Ancestor 51: Samuel Hand was a Loyalist who fled to Canada
This is the 51st article in the genealogy project, “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.”
Samuel Hand is a paternal fifth great-grandfather. He was born in New Jersey between 1728 and 1738. He was the son of Nehemiah Hand and Lydia (some say last name was Umn and some say no last name).
There is no information on Samuel until he married Phebe Lum in New Jersey in 1758. They had at least three children, fourth great-grandfather Obadiah, Elizabeth, and Phebe.
Family tradition is that son Obadiah fought in the American Revolution and Samuel was a Loyalist, which upset Nehemiah and tore the family apart along party lines.
Nehemiah died in December 1776 and did not leave anything to son Samuel, although he did leave some of his estate to Samuel’s children. His last will and testament states more than once, “Devise equally among all my sons (excepting my son Samuel whose children shall have and receive his share or…”
The book, “Laurus Crawfurdiana : memorials of that branch of the Crawford family which comprises the descendants of John Crawford, of Virginia, by Frank Everett Crawford Vanderbilt,” written in 1883 by Samuel’s descendant, describes Samuel as a captain in the shipping industry.
“He was a sea-captain, owning an interest in a line of vessels running between the American colonies and the mother country at the time the Revolutionary war broke out. As both his sympathies and his business were identified with the Government interests of the mother country, to which he had remained loyal…”
The Canadian Genealogy Index lists Samuel living in New Brunswick, a province of Canada, in 1783. In 1784, Samuel received 4,600 acres of land in New Brunswick, Canada. The land grants were given to (Lt.d Col.) Gabriel De Veber and 18 others, including Samuel, by King George III.
Samuel died in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick, Canada in 1817 at the approximate age of 79. The Vanderbilt book states Samuel and wife Phebe eventually reunited after the war.
“…on his return to the shores of America he found that communication was cut off from his family, and he was separated from them during the war. It is said that at the close of the war, on his return to his wife, they were re-married, because their long separation had divorced them, according to the then-recognized law.”
The history is fuzzy on whether Samuel and Phebe were reunited and where Phebe Lum died. Some say she died in Canada with Samuel, while others say Samuel married someone else in Canada.
Samuel’s life begs for more research. His childhood, career as a sea captain, Loyalist status, and family life with Phebe leave much to the imagination.
This is the 51st article in the genealogy project, “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.”
Samuel Hand is a paternal fifth great-grandfather. He was born in New Jersey between 1728 and 1738. He was the son of Nehemiah Hand and Lydia (some say last name was Umn and some say no last name).
There is no information on Samuel until he married Phebe Lum in New Jersey in 1758. They had at least three children, fourth great-grandfather Obadiah, Elizabeth, and Phebe.
Family tradition is that son Obadiah fought in the American Revolution and Samuel was a Loyalist, which upset Nehemiah and tore the family apart along party lines.
Nehemiah died in December 1776 and did not leave anything to son Samuel, although he did leave some of his estate to Samuel’s children. His last will and testament states more than once, “Devise equally among all my sons (excepting my son Samuel whose children shall have and receive his share or…”
The book, “Laurus Crawfurdiana : memorials of that branch of the Crawford family which comprises the descendants of John Crawford, of Virginia, by Frank Everett Crawford Vanderbilt,” written in 1883 by Samuel’s descendant, describes Samuel as a captain in the shipping industry.
“He was a sea-captain, owning an interest in a line of vessels running between the American colonies and the mother country at the time the Revolutionary war broke out. As both his sympathies and his business were identified with the Government interests of the mother country, to which he had remained loyal…”
The Canadian Genealogy Index lists Samuel living in New Brunswick, a province of Canada, in 1783. In 1784, Samuel received 4,600 acres of land in New Brunswick, Canada. The land grants were given to (Lt.d Col.) Gabriel De Veber and 18 others, including Samuel, by King George III.
Samuel died in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick, Canada in 1817 at the approximate age of 79. The Vanderbilt book states Samuel and wife Phebe eventually reunited after the war.
“…on his return to the shores of America he found that communication was cut off from his family, and he was separated from them during the war. It is said that at the close of the war, on his return to his wife, they were re-married, because their long separation had divorced them, according to the then-recognized law.”
The history is fuzzy on whether Samuel and Phebe were reunited and where Phebe Lum died. Some say she died in Canada with Samuel, while others say Samuel married someone else in Canada.
Samuel’s life begs for more research. His childhood, career as a sea captain, Loyalist status, and family life with Phebe leave much to the imagination.
Ancestor 51: Samuel Hand was a Loyalist who fled to Canada
This is the 51st article in the genealogy project, “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.”
Samuel Hand is a paternal fifth great-grandfather. He was born in New Jersey between 1728 and 1738. He was the son of Nehemiah Hand and Lydia (some say last name was Umn and some say no last name).
There is no information on Samuel until he married Phebe Lum in New Jersey in 1758. They had at least three children, fourth great-grandfather Obadiah, Elizabeth, and Phebe.
Family tradition is that son Obadiah fought in the American Revolution and Samuel was a Loyalist, which upset Nehemiah and tore the family apart along party lines.
Nehemiah died in December 1776 and did not leave anything to son Samuel, although he did leave some of his estate to Samuel’s children. His last will and testament states more than once, “Devise equally among all my sons (excepting my son Samuel whose children shall have and receive his share or…”
The book, “Laurus Crawfurdiana : memorials of that branch of the Crawford family which comprises the descendants of John Crawford, of Virginia, by Frank Everett Crawford Vanderbilt,” written in 1883 by Samuel’s descendant, describes Samuel as a captain in the shipping industry.
“He was a sea-captain, owning an interest in a line of vessels running between the American colonies and the mother country at the time the Revolutionary war broke out. As both his sympathies and his business were identified with the Government interests of the mother country, to which he had remained loyal…”
The Canadian Genealogy Index lists Samuel living in New Brunswick, a province of Canada, in 1783. In 1784, Samuel received 4,600 acres of land in New Brunswick, Canada. The land grants were given to (Lt.d Col.) Gabriel De Veber and 18 others, including Samuel, by King George III.
Samuel died in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick, Canada in 1817 at the approximate age of 79. The Vanderbilt book states Samuel and wife Phebe eventually reunited after the war.
“…on his return to the shores of America he found that communication was cut off from his family, and he was separated from them during the war. It is said that at the close of the war, on his return to his wife, they were re-married, because their long separation had divorced them, according to the then-recognized law.”
The history is fuzzy on whether Samuel and Phebe were reunited and where Phebe Lum died. Some say she died in Canada with Samuel, while others say Samuel married someone else in Canada.
Samuel’s life begs for more research. His childhood, career as a sea captain, Loyalist status, and family life with Phebe leave much to the imagination.
This is the 51st article in the genealogy project, “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.”
Samuel Hand is a paternal fifth great-grandfather. He was born in New Jersey between 1728 and 1738. He was the son of Nehemiah Hand and Lydia (some say last name was Umn and some say no last name).
There is no information on Samuel until he married Phebe Lum in New Jersey in 1758. They had at least three children, fourth great-grandfather Obadiah, Elizabeth, and Phebe.
Family tradition is that son Obadiah fought in the American Revolution and Samuel was a Loyalist, which upset Nehemiah and tore the family apart along party lines.
Nehemiah died in December 1776 and did not leave anything to son Samuel, although he did leave some of his estate to Samuel’s children. His last will and testament states more than once, “Devise equally among all my sons (excepting my son Samuel whose children shall have and receive his share or…”
The book, “Laurus Crawfurdiana : memorials of that branch of the Crawford family which comprises the descendants of John Crawford, of Virginia, by Frank Everett Crawford Vanderbilt,” written in 1883 by Samuel’s descendant, describes Samuel as a captain in the shipping industry.
“He was a sea-captain, owning an interest in a line of vessels running between the American colonies and the mother country at the time the Revolutionary war broke out. As both his sympathies and his business were identified with the Government interests of the mother country, to which he had remained loyal…”
The Canadian Genealogy Index lists Samuel living in New Brunswick, a province of Canada, in 1783. In 1784, Samuel received 4,600 acres of land in New Brunswick, Canada. The land grants were given to (Lt.d Col.) Gabriel De Veber and 18 others, including Samuel, by King George III.
Samuel died in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick, Canada in 1817 at the approximate age of 79. The Vanderbilt book states Samuel and wife Phebe eventually reunited after the war.
“…on his return to the shores of America he found that communication was cut off from his family, and he was separated from them during the war. It is said that at the close of the war, on his return to his wife, they were re-married, because their long separation had divorced them, according to the then-recognized law.”
The history is fuzzy on whether Samuel and Phebe were reunited and where Phebe Lum died. Some say she died in Canada with Samuel, while others say Samuel married someone else in Canada.
Samuel’s life begs for more research. His childhood, career as a sea captain, Loyalist status, and family life with Phebe leave much to the imagination.
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