Sunday, July 18, 2010

William Orser 1763-1844 Mary Craig 1770-1799

William Orser was a Loyalist
William Orser (a Tory)
Parents Jan Orser and Ragel (Rachel) Belyea (Bulyea)
Note:  original spelling of  his surname was Aarse
Born 11 September 1763 Phillipsburg, New York, British Colonial America
Military:  Revolutionary War as a United Empire Loyalist (stayed loyal to England).  After serving in the King George's American Dragoons, he  moved to Prince William, York, New Brunswick. 
Plaque commemorating William as founder of the town of Hartland

Married 1) Mary Craig abt 1790 Fredricton, York, New Brunswick, Canada
LIFE NOTEAfter William Orser had married a Miss Mary Craig, Mr Orser was given a farm [settled 1797, granted 1809] which took in the land at the mouth of the Becaguimic River and a little above its mouth, and down near the center of the now Town of Hartland.
2) Mary Anna Blake abt 1801 New Brunswick, Canada
Note:  his brother's widow, who already had 6 children
Children: Stephen, George, Edward, John, George, Samuel
Died 23 Dec 1844 Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
William and 2nd wife,Mary Blake,
headstone
Buried Orser Cemetery, Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada
 Sources
28 Sep 1974 Article:  "Pioneer Families of Carleton County by George H. Hayward 
Carleton County Historical Society
Orser, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Aert Willemszen
The fact he disembarked from a ship in St. John, New Brunswick: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbcarlet/book.html
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94788144/william-orser
Mary Craig Orser
was a loyalist
Mary Craig
Parents Unknown
Born 1770 New York, British Colonial America
Died about 1800 Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94875002/mary-orser

CHILDREN

John Orser
Born 1791
Died 12 November 1813 Kingston, Frontenac, Canada West
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Phoebe Ann Orser (went by Ann)
Born 1793 Prince William, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Married Joshua Bishop 12 Nov 1818 Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Joshua Bishop and Ann Orser marriage record

Children: Mary, Samuel, Esther, Margaret, William, Elizabeth, John, Elijah, Georgiana
Died 26 June 1839 Andover, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried
Sources
Marriage Record
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173187971/phebe-ann-bishop
Lydia's part of
headstone shared
with husband
*Lydia Orser
Born 1795 New Brunswick, Canada
Married John Giberson 23 May 1811 Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: William, John, Daniel, George, Elizabeth, James, Mary, Esther, Aaron, unnamed baby, Gilbert(adopted)
Died 14 Aug 1877 Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried Baker Cemetery, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Lydia Orser Giberson Obit in the 29 Oct 1877 Daily Telegraph

Sources
1851 Canadian Census (age 56, widow)
1861 Canadian Census (age 67, living with daughter, Esther's family)
1871 Canadian Census (age 76, has adopted son, Gilbert with her)
Obituary: Daniel F Johnson, Vol 41 #1491 St John Daily Telegraph Newspaper
Family Search
ancestry.com
William Orser
Born 1796 New Brunswick, Canada
Married Mary Shaw 28 Nov 1822 Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Jonathan, Margaret
Died
Buried
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Elizabeth Orser
Born 1798 New Brunswick, Canada
Married James Lovely 1814 York, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: John, Mary, Lydia, William, James, Bruce
Died
Buried
Sources
New Brunswick Canada Marriages
Ontario Canada Marriages
Family Search
ancestry.com

Second Wife Mary Ann (Polly) Blake


Mary Ann Blake
Born 6 May 1772 Reeds Point, Quispamsis, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada
Married 1) James Craig 12 September 1788 St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Nancy, Phoebe, Daniel, Moriah, Christopher, Jacob

FAMILY STORY:
In 1780, when she was a little girl, Mary was taken during an Indian raid. A few years after she disappeared, the Americans and English made peace. The Indians had a village just below the ferry at Fredericton and would take their furs there to trade. 

A trader on the East side of the Ferry traded rum for a Church of England prayer book with silver caps on the corners. He found Mary's name inside so went over to St. Ann's Point and showed the officers the book. 

The Captain advised him to return across the river and keep the Indians there for a few days so he and his men could search the Indian village. The trader passed out free drinks and the Indians stayed. 

The Rangers reached the village near the Tobique River at night, but Mary wasn't there so went upriver to the next village. The Indians had been warned to move her and she was taken 10 miles farther upriver to Wapske. The Rangers went overland and found Mary. 

On their return, they had to brave rapids and high cliffs where the Indians would hurl rocks at them as they passed. Captain Stewart led them to believe they were still hunting for the child and their canoe was allowed to pass.

William and Mary's
headstone

Later when Mary and her husband, William Orser, settled at the mouth of the Becaguimec, she knew the ways of the Indians and could speak with them.  She moved with her husband, William Orser, to a house near a big spring (near Upper St. John River at what is now Hartland, New Brunswick.

Died 7 May 1856 Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried 10 May 1856 Orser Cemetery, Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
1851 Canadian Census Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Family Search: life story added by Pat Robbins

CHILDREN w/second wife

Stephen Orser
Born:  1802 Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada 
Occupation: Farmer (1861)
Married 1) Jane McIsaac  25 November 1826 Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada 
Children: Asenath, Mary, Stephen, Jane
2) Sarah Foster 2 December 1835 Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Eleanor, Esther, George, Martha,  Isaiah, William, Susan, Rachel, Alice, Elisha, Blake
Died: 29 October 1868 Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried 31 October 1868 Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
Marriage for Stephen and Jane: New Brunswick Provincial Marriages
1851 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 50)
1861 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 59)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207473485/stephen-orser
Edward (Evard) Orser
Born 1806 Brighton, New Brunswick, Canada
Married Abigail Shaw about 1828 Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Joseph, Elizabeth, William, Lydia, Edward, Mary, Charles, Phoebe, Hannah, Martha
Died 2 Nov 1890 Mars Hills, Aroostook, Maine
Buried
Sources
1851 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 45)
1861 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 55)
1871 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 65, widowed)
1881 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (age 65, widowed, living with son, Charles)
Family Search
ancestry.com
John Moses Orser
headstone
John Moses Orser
Born 13 September 1810 Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada
Married 1) Martha Hamilton 25 December 1830 Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Albert, Moses
2) Anna C Bosworth
Children: Dora, William, George
Died: 23 October 1896 St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota 
Buried: Private Baptist Cemetery, Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
1851 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
1861 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
1871 Canadian Census Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
1881 St. James Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142902637/moses-orser


George's
headstone
Reverend George Whitfield Orser
Born 27 June 1813 Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation: Baptist Minister, ordained in 1843.  
NOTE: He was against paid ministry and believed in a "free gospel and free access" He was expelled from the Free Christian Baptists for this and other disagreements in 1874.  In 1898, George's group formed the Primitive Baptists. 
Married 1) Abigail J Shaw
Children: Enoch, George
2) Harriet Victoria Shaw Rideout (sister-in-law) 30 August 1879 Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Children: Edgar
Died 20 March 1885  
Buried: Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada 
Sources
1881 Canadian Census Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada
The Life and Ministry of the Reverend George W. Orser", by the Reverend Charles H. Orser, printed by The Observer, 1914. (Hayward article, Page 4 of 5)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68017517/george-whitfield-orser
Samuel B Orser
Samuel Bishop Orser
Samuel and Irene's
headstone
Born 10 December 1815 Wakefield, New Brunswick, Canada
Married Irena Ransom Shaw 13 June 1835 Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Children:  Thomas, Samuel, John, Fred, Trecia, Charles, Frances, Victoria, Ward
Died 19 October 1892  Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried Orser Cemetery, Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada
Sources
Family Search
Picture: ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95536625/samuel-bishop-orser

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