BORN: 1754 in Canton, Massachusetts
DIED: 1832-1836 in Clevelands, Nova Scotia
MARRIED: 14 November 1786 in Clements, Nova Scotia
SPOUSE: Altje Van Voorhies born 13 December 1770 in Long Island, New York, died 20 April 1855 in Clements, Nova Scotia
CHILDREN:
William born 8 June 1789 in Waldeck, Nova Scotia, died 1795 in Waldeck, Nova Scotia
Mary born 2 May 1791 in Waldeck, Nova Scotia, died 1795 in Waldeck, Nova Scotia
Jane born 1792 in Waldeck, Nova Scotia, died 7 September 1867 in Clements, Nova Scotia
Luke born December 1794 in Clements, Nova Scotia, died in Paris, Ontario
Mary born 1796 in Clements, Nova Scotia, died 28 January 1865 in Clements, Nova Scotia,
Elizabeth born 22 September 1798 in Clements, Nova Scotia,, died 1 April 1874 in Clements, Nova Scotia
Catherine Marsden born 1802 in Clements, Nova Scotia, died 12 March 1852 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia
Sophia Ann born 1804 in Clements, Nova Scotia,
Shippy born 18 October 1807 in Clements, Nova Scotia,died 1812 in Clements, Nova Scotia
NOTES:
Shippy was a farmer who owned various land during his lifetime. He began with a 580 ac woodlot inherited from his father Michael. He received 100 ac on the Waldeck Road from his wife’s family, purchased an adjoining 200 ac, and this was their homestead property. When he was 66 he purchased 300 ac in Nictaux South and moved there, with 18 ac under cultivation and 7 in pasture although it was not good farmland. He sold the 300 ac Waldeck property, and later sold the Nictaux property in two parcels to two of his children.
Shippy and Altje had two other children, not listed above. Margaret was born at Clements in 1808 and it is assumed she died in childhood. William was born in Clements in 1810 and died at Strathroy, on 7 Mar 1896 after a career in shoemaking. His apprenticeship papers are in the online database.