In this database you will find transcribed Anglican Church records from the Gagetown, New Brunswick area. The original nine record books were kept by a series of travelling ministers and covered the years 1786 to 1841, containing lists of marriages, baptisms, and deaths.
Introduction
The records centre geographically on Gagetown, Queens County and particularly focus on the New Brunswick communities of Fredericton, Saint Mary's, Lincoln, Grand Lake, Waterborough, Long Island, Wickham, Hampstead, Maugerville, Petersville, Sheffield, Kingston, Springfield, Greenwich, and Saint John. The communities are mainly located in Kings, Sunbury, and York Counties of New Brunswick, but entries as far flung as Nova Scotia, Ontario, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York are included.
The original materials are held by the New Brunswick Museum Archives (NBM Inventory No. 438) and were transcribed by author and local historian, Marianne Grey Otty (1890-1963). In turn, this database was based on a microform copy of Otty’s work from The Loyalist Collection at UNB Libraries.
The Marianne Grey Otty Database will prove useful to genealogists, historians, and students alike. The entries particularly feature Loyalist settlers and their descendants. The database offers an opportunity to explore family connections, as well as providing a glimpse into eighteenth and nineteenth century New Brunswick.
Instructions for Use
You may search by full name, given name, surname, event type (death, marriage, baptism), and/ or location. You can also combine a name search with a location from the drop-down menu.
Note on Historical Spellings
Personal names were entered in the database by the spelling as originally written. Please be aware that variations in last name and first name spellings will occur. At the time of the records, many surnames were not standardized and were written according to what the recorder heard at the time, so it is necessary to search all variations.
Example: Use of the spelling Catharine or Catherin instead of the modern spelling of Catherine.
Example: The surname Cameron is also spelled Cammeron or Seelye can also be spelled Seeley.
Event Type and Event Details
- Baptisms: Notes usually include the names of the parents and whether a child is a daughter (“Dau”) or Son, the birthdate of the child, and often includes the father’s occupation. A note is made if the individual was an adult at the time of baptism; in the case of adult women, maiden names or the name of husbands are often included.
- Marriages: Notes include the name of the marriage partner and often records the witnesses.
- Deaths: Information is sometimes included surrounding the death and burial.
- Other Notes: Sometimes included are specific details related to individuals. For example, Black people may be searched due to notations of race in the original records. Another example of a possible search term would be drowned for researching mechanisms of death.
