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- ! <http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/archival-records/interloan/surrogate-court-index-rg22hl.aspx>Surrogate Court Surname Index - 1793-1858RG 22, Appendix A25PURDY, Jesse Leeds and Grenville - 1817PURDY, John Frontenac - 1852PURDY, Micajah Frontenac - 1844PURDY, William York - 1854! <http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/547/1/13/115520?RECORD>Description of File or Item:Title Purdy, Micajah, Frontenac CountyDates of Creation 1844Physical Description 1 file of textual recordsFile or Item Forms a Part of This file or item forms part of the following group of records: RG 22-159Restrictions on the Group of Records of which this File/Item forms a Part Researchers must use microfilm version whenever available.Location and ordering information File is located on microfilm reel GS 1, Reel 1223. 1 <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=napanee&id=I23623>UELEntries: 57635Updated: 2010-09-25Contact: RichardID: I23623Name: Micajah Purdy 1Sex: MBirth: 10 MAY 1766Birth: 10 MAY 1766 in USA 1Death: 26 JAN 1844 Death: 26 JAN 1844 in Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada 1Note:Clark notes that he was the father of 23 children of whom 9 survive and was married 5 timesThe Township Pioneers [ The Kingston Whig, July 1 1899]INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUED BY THOMAS W. CASEY Reminiscences of John Collins ClarkWritten Fifty-Five Years Ago - the Purdys, Herchimers and Other Neighboring Settlers - Sketch of the Writer - Tracing Their Descendants.ThePurdysThe Purdy family located in the last lot in Ernesttown adjoining Kingston and some of the descendents became residents of the latter. It may be as well, therefore, to give Mr. Clark?s reminiscencesof them. Hewrites:?David Purdy located thelast lot (No. 42) on the front of Secondtown, east side. He married Miss Abigail Ostrum, whose connections settled in the township of Sidney, not far from Belleville. He had a largefamily most of whom are still living (in 1844). Two of his youngest sons, Samuel and Joseph, reside on the old farm. The old man is dead, buthis widow still survives.?Gilbert, the oldest son of the Purdy family,married Miss Asenith Goldsmith, of Hallowell,who left him. Ruliff, another son, married a widow Gilbert, ofSidney, where he resides, and hasbecome a prominent and wealthy man. David was accidentally shot and killed when a boy by his cousin, John Everett. Samuel married Eliza, a daughter of Samuel Lockwood, and Joseph married Minerva, her sister.John andJacob married daughters of Jacob Fretts, of Fredericksburgh. Elizabeth married a Mr. Woodward; he died and she married again. Mary marriedJohn Abbott; he died and she married William Ellerbeck. Old Mrs. Purdy, mother of these children, has from heryouth been troubled at times with aberration of mind and several of the children have been similarly affected.David Purdy?s brothers, Micajah, Gilbert and Samuel,settled inthe township of Kingston. they had large families. Samuel movedto somedistant place. Gilbert is still living, he was twice married, and Micajah, who died lately, was married five times, and was the father of twenty-three children, nine of whom, and his last wife are living. His twofirst wives were sisters by the name ofSands, of Newburgh, New York state, the third was a Miss Ann Detlor, of Fredericksburgh, the fourth aMiss Embury (niece of the third) and the fifthMiss Mithebel Holmes, also of Newburgh, N.Y.Father: Gilbert Purdy , Sr. b: 1721 in NewYork State, U.S.A.Mother: Mary Dorlandb: BEF 13 SEP 1724 in Norwich, Chenango, New York, USAMarriage 1 Mercy SandsMarried: BEF 1784Marriage 2 ElizabethSANDSMarried: 6 JUN 1786 in Presbyterian Church, New Windsor, Orange County New York USAChildrenFemale Purdy b: 1793Marriage 3 Ann DetlorMarried: AFT 1786Marriage 4 Mary Anna Embury b: 1786 in South Fredericksburgh, Lennox and Addington Co.,Ontario, CanadaMarried: ABT 1798ChildrenMicajah Purdy , Jr. b: in Kingston City or Twp., FrontenacCo., Ontario, CanadaMarriage 5 Hester Jane Holmes b: 28 JUN 1779 in Newburgh Orange NYMarried: AFT 1828Sources: Title: One World Tree (sm)Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, n.d. Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Media: Ancestry.com Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: The GenerationsNetwork, Inc.
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1766 - 1844 (78 ans)
d. 1829 (Âgé de 43 ans)