M. Hathaway

E. married Elizabeth Tisdale. Elizabeth (daughter of Ephraim Tisdale and Ruth Strange) was born in 1773; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Tisdale, Ephraim, born at Freetown, Massachusetts on 8 Feb 1745, died at Charlotteville Twp., Norfolk Co., Upper Canada on 4 May 1815 ae 70y 2m 15d.1 He married at Freetown on 19 Jun 1767,2 Ruth Strange, born 26 Apr 1748, died 1821.2 Ephraim was buried in St. John's Church Cemetery, Woodhouse Twp.

Ephraim Tisdale was a sea captain and owned a shipyard in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts. He owned a sailing vessel engaged in the West Indies trade. During the early part of the American Revolution, Ephraim was engaged in British goverment service in the distribution of army supplies. At the end of the war, the Tisdale estates were confiscated.

Ephraim took his family in the 1783 exodus from New York to New Brunswick, sailing on the ship Brothers in the Springfleet. The ship's roster listed him and his wife with 5 children aged over 10 years, 4 children aged under 10, and 1 servant.3

Ephraim settled near Waterbury on the St. John River. Captain Tisdale resumed his seafaring life. In 1808, Ephraim came with his sons to Norfolk County Upper, Canada.4

Gravestone in St. John's

Anglican Church Cemetery

Ephraim Tisdale

Died May 4 1815

Aged 70 years

2 ms & 16 days

Children:

*a.Ephraim Tisdale II, born 7 Feb 1768; mar. Submit Newcombe

*b ii.John Tisdale, born 4 Oct 1769; mar. Sarah Brittain

c iii.Hannah Tisdale, born on 4 Feb 1771, died on 31 Aug 1844 in 74th y. She married Israel Perley (son of Israel and Elizabeth (Mooers) Perley), born 1765. Hannah was buried in St. John's Church Cemetery, Woodhouse Twp. See the Perley genealogy for the continuation.

d iv. Elizabeth Tisdale, born 1773. She married Eben Hathaway. Children: Warren Hathaway; Eliza Hathaway; Matilda Hathaway; Mary Hathaway; George Hathaway; Caroline Hathaway

e v. Ruth Tisdale, born 1776, died 1848. She married Peter Lyon. Children: John Lyon; Harriet Lyon; Tisdale Lyon; Charles Lyon; Elizabeth Lyon; Samantha Lyon; Peter Lyon; Mary Lyon

*f vi. Lot Tisdale, born 1776; mar. Nancy (Ann) Swain

*g vii. Joseph Tisdale, born 1778; mar. Margaret Lawrence

*h viii.William Tisdale, born 1781; mar. Sarah Lawrence

Ephraim married Ruth Strange on 19 Jun 1767 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Ruth was born on 26 Apr 1748; died in 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ephraim's ancestors resided in Wales then moved to Lancashire and Yorkshire, England. John Tisdale, the first to emigrate to America, was born at Ripon, Yorkshire on 7 Nov 1614. He emigrated to the old Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1636, settling on a 10 acre grant in Green Harbour. He and his wife Sarah Walker moved with their children to Taunton, Mass. Between 1655 and 1659, John was a Constable of Taunton. In 1674, he represented the City of Taunton at the Plymouth General Court. On 27 Jun 1675, while engaged in a skirmish with hostile Indians, John was killed. John's son Joshua was born at Duxbury, Mass. in 1646 and he settled at Freetown, Mass.