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John Botsford BLACK

Male 1846 - 1937  (90 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Botsford BLACK was born on 25 Aug 1846 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (son of Hazen BLACK and Martha Ann BENT); died on 21 Jan 1937 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Family/Spouse: Lydia Ann FREEMAN. Lydia was born on 12 Aug 1843 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 3 Nov 1912 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Katherine May BLACK was born on 20 Mar 1881 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died about 1951 in Regina, , Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in Regina, , Saskatchewan, Canada.

    John married Sarah Ann TRUEMAN on 12 Jul 1917 in Pugwash, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sarah (daughter of John Thompson TRUEMAN and Jane FINLAY) was born on 5 Jul 1847 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 19 Jun 1931 in Amherst Head, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hazen BLACK was born about 1819 (son of Thomas Richard BLACK and Phoebe PURDY); died about 1877.

    Hazen married Martha Ann BENT. Martha (daughter of John BENT and Martha MCLELLAN) was born on 3 Oct 1819 in Brookdale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1877 in Leicester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Martha Ann BENT was born on 3 Oct 1819 in Brookdale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of John BENT and Martha MCLELLAN); died on 6 Feb 1877 in Leicester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Charles Allan BLACK, M.D. was born on 23 Aug 1844 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died about 1898; was buried in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. 1. John Botsford BLACK was born on 25 Aug 1846 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 21 Jan 1937 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    3. Martha Augusta BLACK was born on 9 Jul 1848 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 4 Oct 1928 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. Laura BLACK was born about 1850; died about 1864.
    5. Ada BLACK was born in Aug 1853 in , , , Canada; died about 1914; was buried in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Richard BLACK was born on 20 Jul 1785 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (son of Richard BLACK and Sarah CHAPMAN); died in Unknown in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in West Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Thomas married Phoebe PURDY on 17 Dec 1811 in , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Phoebe (daughter of Gabriel T. PURDY and Esther ANGEVINE) was born on 7 Mar 1795 in Westchester Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 10 Apr 1882 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Phoebe PURDY was born on 7 Mar 1795 in Westchester Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Gabriel T. PURDY and Esther ANGEVINE); died on 10 Apr 1882 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Children:
    1. William BLACK was born about 1812; died on 25 Oct 1828 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Amherst Point, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. Alfred Purdy BLACK was born about 1813 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died about 1894.
    3. Mary Gay BLACK was born about 1815 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 22 Mar 1894; was buried in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. Celia H. BLACK was born about 1817 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died about 1888; was buried in Wentworth Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. Richard Bradford BLACK was born on 5 Jul 1818 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 10 Feb 1885 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    6. 2. Hazen BLACK was born about 1819; died about 1877.
    7. Sarah Jane BLACK was born about 1822 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Jun 1907 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    8. Elizabeth Ann BLACK was born about 1823; died on 20 Mar 1842; was buried in Amherst Point, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    9. William Martin BLACK was born about 1828 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 21 May 1915 in Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    10. Henry Oscar BLACK was born about 1829 in Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died about 1904; was buried in Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    11. Robert Hibbert BLACK was born about 1830 in , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 15 Dec 1880 in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    12. Charles Edward BLACK was born on 2 Oct 1834 in Little River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 1 Jul 1921 in Lorneville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    13. Maria Thompson BLACK was born on 7 Oct 1838 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died about 1914; was buried in Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  3. 6.  John BENT was born about 1790 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (son of John BENT and Mary LUNT); died on 7 Apr 1854 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    John married Martha MCLELLAN on 5 Jan 1815. Martha died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Martha MCLELLAN died in Unknown.
    Children:
    1. Edward BENT was born on 28 Dec 1815; died in Unknown.
    2. Mary BENT was born on 11 May 1817; died in Unknown.
    3. 3. Martha Ann BENT was born on 3 Oct 1819 in Brookdale, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1877 in Leicester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. John BENT was born on 3 Oct 1819 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 23 Jan 1899 in , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried on 24 Jan 1899 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. Charles BENT, M.D. was born on 10 Jan 1826; died in Unknown.
    6. Eleanor Jane BENT was born on 10 Apr 1829; died after 1899.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Richard BLACK was born on 20 Jan 1764 in Huddersfield, , West Yorkshire, England; was christened on 14 Feb 1764 in Elland, Calderdale, Yorkshire, England (son of William BLACK, J.P. and Elizabeth STOCKS); died on 19 Apr 1834 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in West Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Richard married Sarah CHAPMAN. Sarah (daughter of William CHAPMAN and Mary IBBITSON) was born about 1765 in , , Yorkshire, England; was christened on 30 Sep 1766 in Hawnby, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England; died on 21 Feb 1820 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in West Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah CHAPMAN was born about 1765 in , , Yorkshire, England; was christened on 30 Sep 1766 in Hawnby, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England (daughter of William CHAPMAN and Mary IBBITSON); died on 21 Feb 1820 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in West Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Children:
    1. William BLACK was born on 13 Jun 1782 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 25 Oct 1828 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in West Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. 4. Thomas Richard BLACK was born on 20 Jul 1785 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Unknown in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in West Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    3. Maria BLACK was born about 1787 in , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Unknown.
    4. Joseph BLACK was born in 1790 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 9 May 1871 in Searletown, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
    5. Sarah Jane BLACK was born about 1793 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 23 Sep 1830 in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    6. Richard A. BLACK was born about 1793 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 18 Jun 1869 in River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    7. Asher BLACK was born about 1799 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died about 1863.
    8. John Chapman BLACK was born about 1803 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died about 1887; was buried in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    9. Mary Ann BLACK was born about 1805 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 12 Nov 1880.
    10. George BLACK was born about 1808 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 20 Oct 1883 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    11. Mary G. BLACK was born about 1813 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died before 1891.
    12. Unknown BLACK died in Unknown.
    13. Unknown BLACK died in Unknown.

  3. 10.  Gabriel T. PURDY was born on 18 May 1754 (son of Jacob G. PURDY); died about 1841.

    Gabriel married Esther ANGEVINE. Esther was born about 1759; died on 5 Oct 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Esther ANGEVINE was born about 1759; died on 5 Oct 1803.
    Children:
    1. Jacob Griffin PURDY was born on 26 Dec 1787 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 23 Sep 1870 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. Henry PURDY was born on 22 Jan 1789; died in Unknown.
    3. 5. Phoebe PURDY was born on 7 Mar 1795 in Westchester Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 10 Apr 1882 in Salem, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Oxford, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. Esther PURDY was born on 3 May 1801 in Westchester, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Apr 1870 in River Philip, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  5. 12.  John BENT was born on 4 Aug 1747 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States (son of John BENT and Elizabeth BABCOCK); died on 25 Dec 1822; was buried in West Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    John married Mary LUNT. Mary was born in Eastport, Washington, Maine, United States; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Mary LUNT was born in Eastport, Washington, Maine, United States; died in Unknown.
    Children:
    1. Mary BENT was born about 1780 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 19 Apr 1844 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in West Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. Daniel BENT was born in , , New Brunswick, Canada; died in Unknown.
    3. Harriet BENT was born about 1783; died about 1870 in Salmon River, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada.
    4. Clementine BENT was born about 1785; died about 1866.
    5. 6. John BENT was born about 1790 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 7 Apr 1854 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    6. Ezra BENT was born in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Unknown.
    7. William White BENT was born on 24 Aug 1800; died on 25 Apr 1866.