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COL Gilbert Purdy Veteran

Birth
Rye, Westchester County, New York, USA
Death
5 Jun 1838 (aged 87)
Wallace, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Burial
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FATHER: Samuel PURDY, Rev., 1710–1796,
MOTHER: Winnifred Wright GRIFFIN, 1720–1783...

NOTE: UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST (U.E.L.)...

MARRIED: 26th March 1781, at Trinity Church, Parish, Oswego, New York, USA to Bethiah FISHER...

Gilbert & Bethiah had the following 10 Known Children:

#1) Gilbert Sniffen PURDY, 1779~1875,

#2) Samuel PURDY, 1781~1827,

#3) Elizabeth PURDY, 1784~1861,

#4) Winifred PURDY, 1786~1838,

#5) Gabriel PURDY, 1788~1790,

#6) Henry PURDY, 1790~1856,

#7) Griffin PURDY, 1792~1865,

#8) Bethia PURDY, 1794~1881,

#9) Lavinia PURDY, 1797~1878,

#10) Elijah PURDY, 1799~1895,

NOTE: 1776 in Westchester County, New York, USA, JOINED THE ROYAL ARMY & SERVED AS A GUIDE TO THE ARMY...

NOTE: 4th May 1777 in Westchester County, New York, USA, COMMISSIONED BY SIR WILLIAM HOWE THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT IN THE GUIDES & PIONEERS. LATER, SERVED WITH THE WESTCHESTER LOYALISTS...

NOTE: 5th June 1783 Departure on the ship Thetis from Westchester County, New York, USA... AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, JOINED THE REFUGEES AS A LIEUTENANT...

NOTE: 12th June 1783, Arrival at Fort Cumberland in Fort Beauséjour, New Brunswick, Canada... ARRIVED WITH FAMILY & THE REFUGEES...

NOTE: 1785 in Remsheg, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, GRANT OF LOT #30, WHICH CONTAINED 200 ACRES ALONG THE REMSHEG RIVER... IT IS NOW KNOWN AS MALAGASH...
FATHER: Samuel PURDY, Rev., 1710–1796,
MOTHER: Winnifred Wright GRIFFIN, 1720–1783...

NOTE: UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST (U.E.L.)...

MARRIED: 26th March 1781, at Trinity Church, Parish, Oswego, New York, USA to Bethiah FISHER...

Gilbert & Bethiah had the following 10 Known Children:

#1) Gilbert Sniffen PURDY, 1779~1875,

#2) Samuel PURDY, 1781~1827,

#3) Elizabeth PURDY, 1784~1861,

#4) Winifred PURDY, 1786~1838,

#5) Gabriel PURDY, 1788~1790,

#6) Henry PURDY, 1790~1856,

#7) Griffin PURDY, 1792~1865,

#8) Bethia PURDY, 1794~1881,

#9) Lavinia PURDY, 1797~1878,

#10) Elijah PURDY, 1799~1895,

NOTE: 1776 in Westchester County, New York, USA, JOINED THE ROYAL ARMY & SERVED AS A GUIDE TO THE ARMY...

NOTE: 4th May 1777 in Westchester County, New York, USA, COMMISSIONED BY SIR WILLIAM HOWE THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT IN THE GUIDES & PIONEERS. LATER, SERVED WITH THE WESTCHESTER LOYALISTS...

NOTE: 5th June 1783 Departure on the ship Thetis from Westchester County, New York, USA... AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, JOINED THE REFUGEES AS A LIEUTENANT...

NOTE: 12th June 1783, Arrival at Fort Cumberland in Fort Beauséjour, New Brunswick, Canada... ARRIVED WITH FAMILY & THE REFUGEES...

NOTE: 1785 in Remsheg, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada, GRANT OF LOT #30, WHICH CONTAINED 200 ACRES ALONG THE REMSHEG RIVER... IT IS NOW KNOWN AS MALAGASH...


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