Captain Thomas Woolverton

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Husband Captain Thomas Woolverton ¹

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            AKA: Captain Thomas Wolverton
           Born: 1735 - Rosemont, Hunterdon County, NJ
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           Died: 11 Sep 1819 - Northampton, Carleton Co., NB
         Buried: 14 Sep 1819 - Northampton, Carleton Co., NB

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         Father: Thomas Woolverton {FSID: LZJW-4MK} 1
         Mother: Mary Pettit 1

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Crowell 1 - 1757 - NJ

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   Other Spouse: Catharine Barton 1 - Bef 1777

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Wife

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Children

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1 F Abigail Wolverton ¹

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            AKA: Davenport
           Born: Abt 1776
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General Notes: Husband - Captain Thomas Woolverton

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FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF19640

from David Macdonald

from Glenn Gohr

from Carl Wolverton

Thomas Woolverton was the son-in-law of Col. Joseph Barton, the most notorious Loyalist of Sussex County. In 1777, Thomas along with the Pettit and Barton families were identified as Tories by the local authorities. He was convicted under a law providing that any person who aided the enemy between April 1775 and October 1776 and did not take an oath of allegiance to the state was subject to conviction for high treason and forfeiture of his property. He spent six months in jail and on April 17, 1780, his confiscated property in Sussex County, NJ was sold at auction. Where the family lived between 1780 and 1783 is not known, but they may have gone to Washington Co. PA to live with his brother John's family until the end of the American Revolution in 1783.

In July 1783 Thomas-3 and his family sailed from NY to Saint John, NB on the ship Lord Townsend. The passengers list shows Thomas with one female (Catharine Barton Woolverton), two children older than 10 (Elizabeth Ann Woolverton, Ann Barton) and three children younger than 10 (Joseph Barton Woolverton, Barent Barton, Charlotte Barton). His two eldest sons from his first marriage, Thomas(22) and Joseph(19) remained with Their Uncle John in PA and never immigrated to Canada.

The Wolverton, Barton and Pettit families settled on farm land in Maugerville, Sunbury Co., NB located a few miles south of Fredericton on the opposite side of the St. John river. Thomas Woolverton's 1789 land grant of 500 acres was located next to the Barton's land grant. In 1796 Thomas was granted 262 acres of land in Northampton, Carleton County., NB. He relocated his family to the new farm in Northampton which is located just south of Woodstock on the opposite side of the Saint John river. Additional grants in the same area were received in 1813 by Thomas and his son Joseph. The land was farmed for many generations by Thomas Wolverton's descendents. Thomas-3 was the progenitor of 'Wolvertons with a NB connection '.

Note from book 'The Woolverton Family 1693 - 1850 and Beyond ':
"Based on St. Luke's Church records in Woodstock, Thomas Wolverton, 76, of the Parish of Northampton, NB, was buried in that parish on 14 September 1819. His age appears to have been recorded in error based on the fact that he signed a legally binding document in 1758 and was the eldest son of Thomas-2. Based on this information he was born in 1735 rather than 1742. No record has been located regarding his wife's birth or Death."

"The only evidence that Thomas-3 had two sons named Joseph is based on the fact that property in PA was registered to a Joseph Wolverton before Joseph Barton Wolverton was of age. No other evidence of his existence has been found."
Alt. Birth: Abt 1735 Sussex Co, New Jersey
Alt. Death: 14 Sep 1819 Northampton, Carlton Co, New Brunswick

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/o/l/Richard-C-Wolverton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0908.html - Thomas Wolverton b abt. 1743

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Research Notes: Husband - Captain Thomas Woolverton

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== Biography ==
Thomas was born about 1735 in New Jersey.

New Jersey because part of the USA when it was formed on 04 July 1776.

He passed away in 1819 in New Brunswick.
New Brunswick became part of Canada when it was formed on 01 July 1867.

== Sources ==
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=== Acknowledgments ===* Wolverton-239 was created on 16 Apr 2014 through the import of Vincent Family Tree.ged by .

* Woolverton-59 was created on 14 Sep 2015 by Terry Phillips.
OBJE: AUTH Lewis Buttery
OBJE: AUTH Teresa Downey
OBJE: AUTH Robin Lee

Sources

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1. WikiTree Wolverton Family.

1 WikiTree Wolverton Family.

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