Thomas KEILLOR 3
came to Nova Scotia
from Skelton, Yorkshire, in 1774. His wife's maiden name was Mary Thompson.
He settled near Fort Cumberland, on the farm now known as the
"Fowler homestead." 3 Mr. Keillor had five
children--three sons, John, Thomas and Thompson, and two daughters,
Elizabeth and Ann.
| 3 On April 25th, 1811, Mrs.
Keillor, Mrs. Trueman's mother, who had
been living at Prospect since 1806, died. Her husband, Thomas
Keillor, a stonemason by trade, died some years earlier. There
is at Prospect a copy of a power of attorney given by Mrs.
Keillor to her "trusty friend," Stephen Emmerson, to
act for her in collecting rents and selling claims in Skelton,
England, in connection with the property owned by her late
husband.
This document was copied by Amos Botsford and witnessed by
Wm. Botsford and Henry Chapman, jun., and
dated Oct. 30th, 1810.
Mrs. Keillor was buried on the old farm at Fowler's Hill
beside her husband in a small burying-ground that was formerly
surrounded by a stone wall, part of which is still standing.
Mrs. Keillor's maiden name was Mary Thomson. She and two
other married sisters--Jane, the wife of John Carter, and Ann,
the wife of William Trueman--came with the Yorkshire emigration.
These sisters left one brother at least in England |
married to Mary THOMPSON (she passed away April 25th, 1811 - see
above:)
They had the following children:
- John KEILLOR born 11 Jan 1761 Skelton, In Cleveland, Yorks,
England 1 settled at Dorchester. Married Elizabeth WELDON
Abt 1776. John died 11 Sep 1839 Dorchester, , Nova Scotia and is
buried Anglican Cemetery, Dorchester, NB.
- Elizabeth KEILLOR born 1757 in Skelton, In Cleveland, Yorks,
England 1 3 4 married 1776 4
William Trueman 4 , son of William TRUEMAN and Ann
THOMPSON. William was born about 1755 in Skelton-in-Cleveland, ,
Yorkshire, England. She died 9 Sep 1826 Point-De-Bute, , New
Brunswick, and is buried Mount Whatley, , New Brunswick. He died 9
Sep 1826 and was buried in Point de Bute, Westmorland, New
Brunswick, Canada.
- Thomas KEILLOR 1 born 23 Nov 1762 in Skelton, In
Cleveland, Yorks, England, settled at Amherst, on the farm
previously owned by William Freeze. He died 11 Feb 1836 Amherst
Point, Cumberland, Nova Scotia and is buried Old Burying Ground,
Amherest, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
- Ann KEILLOR 3 born 1770 Skelton, In Cleveland, Yorks,
England, Christened 12 Mar 1770. She died 19 Nov 1798 Fowler's
Hill, Aulac, New Brunswick. Ann married Amos FOWLER
14 Nov 1788 Cumberland Point, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
- Thompson KEILLOR 3 born 1778 Cumberland Point,
Cumberland, Nova Scotia He died 3 Sep 1797 and is buried Old Fowler
Bury, Ground, New Brunswick. Thompson died when a young man from a
severe cold caught while hauling wood from the lakes.
Note: 1 John and Thomas Keillor came from England with
their father
3 The Keillors were men of integrity, with a good deal of
combativeness in their make up, and not noted for polished address.
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John KEILLOR 1 John married a 3 Miss Weldon
and settled in Dorchester, where he and his descendants occupied a
prominent place for many years. 3 The name became extinct in
that parish in 1899 at the death of Mrs. Thomas Keillor.
John Keillor was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
married to Elizabeth WELDON 13
They had the following children:
- Ann KEILLOR 1 who was married to
David CHAPMAN, of Dorchester on 26 Mar 1805 in
Amos Botsford, Westcock, New Brunswick, who was born 21 Jul 1783 in
Fort Lawrence, , Nova Scotia, son of Thomas CHAPMAN and Abigail
CAINE, and he died 16 Jun 1845 in Dorchester, , New Brunswick. They
had the following children:
- David Weldon CHAPMAN 1807 Dorchester, , New Brunswick, he died
7 May 1835
- William Keillor Chapman born 26 October 1809, New Brunswick,
he died 1835
- Jane CHAPMAN born Abt 1811 Dorchester, , New Brunswick, she
died 15 Feb 1849 Dorchester, , New Brunswick
- David B CHAPMAN born 1820 Amherst Point, , Nova Scotia, he
died 1905 Dorchester, , New Brunswick
- Sarah Ann CHAPMAN born Abt 1822 Dorchester, , New Brunswick,
she died 16 Feb 1853.
- Mary KEILLOR 1 born Abt 1793 4 Dorchester, ,
New Brunswick who was married to 1 John ROBB
born Abt 1796 4 of Dorchester
- Elizabeth KEILLOR 1 born Abt 1787 4 married
Abt 1811 4 to 1 Nathaniel GILBERT
born Abt 1787 4
- John KEILLOR 1 born Abt 1791 4 married to
Mary Ann Riley 1 / Ripley 4
- Margaret KEILLOR born Abt 1789 1 to Andrew 1
READ / 4 REID
| 5 JOHN K. REID, M.D., is of
Scotch extraction, his father, Andrew Reid, who was a native
of Aberdeen, Scotland, having emigrated to the province of
New Brunswick, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and
resided until his death. He married Margaret Keillor,
daughter of John Keillor and Elizabeth Weldon, who were the
parents of eight children. John Keillor, who was of English
descent, emigrated to the province of New Brunswick during
the latter part of the eighteenth century and prior to the
war of the American Revolution. The children of Mr. and Mrs.
Reid were a daughter, Elizabeth, who became the wife of
William K. Chapman of Dorchester who was son of David
Chapman and Ann Keillor.
from Dorchester Cemetery (Dorchester Parish,
N.B.)
William K. Chapman 1809 - 1891
h/w Elizabeth W. 1822 - 1886
Margaret (dau) 1850 - 1924
Etta (dau) 1866 - 1951 |
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- Jane KEILLOR 1 to John DICKEY on 4
02 Sep 1820 Of, Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick. John was
born About 1781 Of, Dorchester, Westmorland, New Brunswick
- Sarah KEILLOR born 4 Abt 1795 1 to James LONG
- Thomas KEILLOR born 22 May 1798 Dorchester, , New Brunswick 1
married to Mary Jane MOORE on 29 Jan 1851.
Thomas died 24 Nov 1887.
1 John Keillor was a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas. |
Thomas KEILLOR 1 born 23 Nov 1762
in Skelton, In Cleveland, Yorks, England, settled at Amherst, on the
farm previously owned by William Freeze. He died 11 Feb 1836 Amherst
Point, Cumberland, Nova Scotia and is buried Old Burying Ground,
Amherest, Cumberland, Nova Scotia. 3 Thomas married a Miss
TRENHOLM
Abt 1789 and settled at Amherst Point. (Mary TRENHOLM
born 1766 in Yorkshire, England, christened 6 Sep 1767 in Hutton Rudby,
Yorkshire, , England, died 28 May 1824 Amherst Point, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia, buried August 1824 Old Burying Ground, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia)
They had the following children:
- John KEILLOR born 1789 in Westmorland Co., New Brunswick,
Canada 2, died SEP 1860 in Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada
- R. Coats KEILLOR 1 married and settled on a good farm
at Point de Bute, and had a family of children. His wife died, and
he married a second time. 3 (1st or 2nd wife unknown at
this time married a Miss Jones and settled at Upper Miramichi). 3
One of Coates's sons moved to Upper Canada, and the name is still
found there. 3 Some of the descendants, but none of the
name, now live in Point de Bute.
- William KEILLOR 1 married Nancy WILLIAMS
of Pugwash ( 1 moved to Ontario. About half of their
children have removed thence to Michigan.)
- Robert KEILLOR 13 married Elsie DOBSON,3
and remained on the homestead. His descendants still own the farm at
Amherst Point. There was a death notice for a Robert Keillor age 59
for May 17th, 1866 in Amherst, son of Thomas.
- There is a marriage notice for a Ralph Thompson Keiller, age
28, single, resident, and born in Amherst, son of Robert
and Elethusa A. - Ralph married on June 27th, 1867 to
Ellen Chappell, age 30, single, of Tidnish, daughter of Richard
and Olive.
- There are birth notices for two children (both in Amherst
) as:
- Olivia Elenora KEILLER on June 15, 1868, Parents Ralph
T. and Elenora
- Thomas William KEILOR on August 27, 1871, Parents
Ralph T. and Elenor
- George KEILLOR 1 born Abt Abt 1809/1819 4
married a 1 Miss Cummings (4 Maria Mariah CUMMINGS)
( 1 moved to Ontario. died 4 Talbot, Elgin,
Ontario About half of their children have removed thence to
Michigan.)
| There is a George KEILLOR in
the 1871 Federal Census: Sex: Male Age: 62 Birthplace: NOVA
SCOTIA Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: ENGLISH
Occupation: Farmer ( F ) District: ELGIN WEST ( 005 )
Sub-district: Southwold ( C ) Division: 2 Page: 43 Microfilm
reel: C-9898 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada |
- Isabella KEILLOR born 29 May 1792 Amherst Point, Cumberland,
Nova Scotia, 1 married to Robert Seaman. They had the
following children:
- Jane KEILLOR born Abt 1805 Amherst Point, Cumberland, Nova Scotia 1
married to Jonah PIPES Abt 1822 , , Nova Scotia
- Elizabeth KEILLOR born Abt 1793 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia 1 married to James HORTON
1817.
- Margaret Joanna KEILLOR born 1807 Amherst Point, Cumberland, Nova
Scotia 1 married to Charles WHITE
( 1 One of C. White's sons was very ingenious. He
invented a chair for President Garfield, on which he used to recline
and rest after he had been shot, and which has become of very great
financial value to the inventor.)
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John KEILLOR 2 born 1789 in Westmorland Co., New
Brunswick, Canada 2, died Sep 1860 in Elgin Co., Ontario,
Canada (Dunwich Twp., Elgin, Ontario, Canada?)
married to Nancy Ann (COPP)
HAYWARD
1
2 BET. 1809 - 1810. Nancy was married first to Henry HAYWARD
(John married a 1 Mrs. Haywood,
and settled on a farm at what is now called Warren. Some of his children
moved to Ontario.) <note that Warren was once called Amherst Head
(just east of Amherst)>
Nancy would have had two children from the marriage to Henry Hayward,
Jonathon Copp Hayward, and Sarah.
John and Nancy had the following children:
- William Keillor born Abt 1823 Warren, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
- Ruth Almelia Keillor was born in Jan 1825. She died in 26 Jul
1890, married to Nelson Parker on 18 Oct 1842 in Saint Thomas,
Elgin, Ontario
- Charles Edward Dixon Keillor born 1831 , Elgin, Ontario, He died
Abt. 1907.
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2 "Henry Hayward married 3rd Nancy (Ann) Copp (a cousin
of her, Abigail, married Henry's oldest son, G. G. Hayward). Abigail was
d/o David Copp and Mary (May) Pike of Horton, N. S., then Westmorland
Co., N. B. Ann (Nancy) Copp was d/o Jonathan Copp and Elizabeth
Anderson. I think Nancy re-married a KEILLOR of Westmorland Co. Her
father Jonathan Copp died before 19 June 1822, when his will was
probated. He left sons Daniel, Samuel, Chandler, James, and grandson
Jonathan Copp (son of deceased son John), and two daughters, Ann KEILOR
(probably "Nancy", married 2nd) and one other dau. Mary,
married a WILBUR. "Nancy Copp married Henry Hayward (his 3rd
marriage) at Hopewell; she was very young - . ca 1803, he about 58 years
old (died 25 March 1808). Dau. Sarah Hayward b. 7 May 1804; son Jonathan
Copp Hayward b. ca 1806.
Ann (Nancy) probably remarried ca. 1809/10 ___ KEILLOR." |
There is a William KEILLOR in the 1871 Federal Census:
Sex: Male Age: 38
Birthplace: NOVA SCOTIA Religion: Baptist Origin: SCOTCH Occupation:
Farmer ( F ) District: ELGIN WEST ( 005 ) Sub-district: Southwold ( C )
Division: 2
Page: 63 Microfilm reel: C-9898 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada |
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| 1 From "HISTORICAL
RECORD OF THE FAMILIES OF THE NAME OF BLACK."
2 From Mary Beth Wheeler's research - sourced from Eunice Hayward
Franks
3 From "THE CHIGNECTO ISTHMUS AND ITS FIRST SETTLERS BY HOWARD
TRUEMAN 1902"
4 LDS Archives
5 Chapter XXXVIII - Part I : The Medical Profession : Bean's 1884
History of Montgomery Co, PA |
Fowler Cemetery, Westmorland County, N.B.
Willm Keillor d. 10 Jan 1794 ae 22 yrs
Thompson Keillor d. 9 Mar 1799 ae 22 yrs
Mary Keillor d. 22 Apr 1811 ae 78 yrs
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