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Descendents of William Messer (4 Dec 1799 – 21 Sep 1874)
and Alice (or Alison) Brown (~1795 – 19 Sep 1877)

Second Immigrant Generation
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2. Elizabeth Messer . Daughter of William Messer & Alice (Or Alison) Brown. Born 17 June 1827 in Downham, Northumberland, christened 25 June 1827, Crookham Presbyterian Church. Died 26 Sep 1904 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Religion Presbyterian.

    Elizabeth came to NB with the pioneer settlers of Harvey Settlement in 1837.

 

     She married Andrew Wood Cockburn (Coburn), son of John Cockburn (Coburn) & Elizabeth "Betsy" Lesley, 9 Mar 1850. Born 27 May 1827 in Eng. Christen 4 Jun 1827 in Norham. Died 19 Apr 1907 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.

 

    Andrew came to NB with his parents and siblings in 1837 and were among the pioneer settlers of Harvey Settlement.

 

    Andrew and his wife Elizabeth Messer lived in Harvey and were farmers.   (The farm was later known as the Fred Hanselpacker farm.)

 

    The 1861 Census for Manners Sutton show that they owned or occupied 40 acres improved land and 260 acres unimproved land; cash value of farm was 200 pounds; value of implements and machinery, 14 pounds.   They had 2 horses, 3 milch cows, 6 other neat cattle, 10 sheep, 2 swine, and slaughtered 300 lb. pork.   Produced 200 lb. butter; 40 lb. wool; 16 tons hay; 200 bu. oats; 60 bu. buckwheat; 7 bu. timothy; 50 bu. turnips; and 100 bu. potatoes.

 

    They had the following children:

  10   i.   Alice Leslie Coburn

  11   ii.   Elizabeth "Lizzie" Coburn

  12   iii.   Margaret Ann "Maggie" Coburn

  13   iv.   Charlotte Isabella "Belle" Coburn

  14   v.   John Wood Coburn

  15   vi.   Eleanor "Ellen" Coburn

  16   vii.   William Thomas "Bill" Coburn

  17   viii.   Mary Jane Coburn

  18   ix.   Andrew Coburn

  19   x.   Susanna "Susy" Coburn

 

Supplementary Data

Baptism

The Crookham Presbyterian fiche (C 1811-33, A.207) had some of the Messer family:

p. 60   MESSOR   25 June 1827   Elizabeth daughter of William Messor, Hind, Downham, and his wife Alice, daughter of William Brown, was born 17 June 1827

 

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