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Descendents of William Dorcas (ca 1796 - before 1871)
and Margaret "Unknown" (ca 1796 - ca 1860)

Third Immigrant Generation
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13. Margaret Jane "Jennie" Hay . Daughter of John "Jack" Hay & Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dorcas. Born 5 Feb 1867 in Harvey Sta., York Co., NB. Christen in Harvey Presbyterian Church. Died 26 Nov 1946. Buried in St. Stephen Rural Cemetery.

 

    She married Allen E. Bartlett, son of Amos Hitchings Bartlett & Ann C. Connick, 28 Jul 1886 in Presbyterian Manse, St. Stephen. Born 1865 in Bartlett Mills, Charlotte Co., NB. Died 13 Oct 1948 in NB. Buried in St. Stephen Rural Cemetery. Occupation Railway Engineer.

 

    They had the following children:

  21   i.   Kenneth Albert Bartlett

  22   ii.   Walter Elwood Bartlett

  23   iii.   Annie R. Bartlett

  24   iv.   Robert Ernest Bartlett

  25   v.   Bertha Bartlett

  26   vi.   Mildred A. Bartlett

  27   vii.   Clarence George Bartlett

 

14. Eleanor "Ellen" Hay . Daughter of John "Jack" Hay & Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dorcas. Born 20 Jun 1868 in Harvey. Christen in Harvey Presbyterian Church. Died 10 Nov 1905 in Harvey.

 

    From Church records:    Ellen Hay d. 10 Nov 1905, age 38 yr., consumption

 

15. Mary Isabella "Bella" Hay . Daughter of John "Jack" Hay & Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dorcas. Born 11 Nov 1869 in Harvey. Died 17 Nov 1909 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

 

    Twins born and died 17 Nov, 1909, when Isabella also died after giving birth to them, at the age of forty years.

    She married Robert Moffitt, son of Andrew Moffitt & Margaret "Jane" Piercy, 5 Oct 1887 in York Co., NB By J. A. McLean, Presbyterian . Born 4 Apr 1865 in Harvey, York Co, NB. Died 31 Jan 1930. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer.

 

    Witnesses to marriage were John Messer and Maggie Moffatt.

 

    Ref: Emerson Moffitt, "The Moffitts of Harvey Settlement New Brunswick 1791-1991", 1992, p. 11, 14.

 

    They had the following children:

  28   i.   Lewis Andrew Moffitt

  29   ii.   John Wesley Moffitt

  30   iii.   Jannie Verna Moffitt

  31   iv.   Charlotte Elizabeth "Lottie" Moffitt

  32   v.   Amos Alexander Moffitt

  33   vi.   George McLean Moffitt

  34   vii.   Robert "Allen" Moffitt

  35   viii.   James "Melvin" Moffitt

  36   ix.   Agnes Isabell Moffitt

 

16. William "Alexander" Hay . Son of John "Jack" Hay & Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dorcas. Born Jun 1871 in Harvey. Died 12 Mar 1939 in McAdam. Buried in Rockland Cemetery, McAdam. Occupation Car Repair Department Of CPR, McAdam.

 

    The Saint Croix Courier "Journey Through Time", Good Times, Hard Times: 1926 - 1945 (Issue 4 of 6)--

    30 Jun 1938

 

    Retires today after 39 years with CPR.

    Alexander Hay, well known McAdam resident, today marks his last day of service with the CPR. Mr Hay has been employed in the car repair department and is being superannuated after thirty-nine years with the company.

 

    16 Mar 1939

    Deaths - Hay:   At McAdam, Sun., March 12, Alexander William Hay, aged 66 years.

    (Gravestone in Rockland Cemetery, McAdam has birth year 1872.   Also on gravestone is:   Audrey, 1920 - 1924)

    He married Elizabeth Piercy "Lizzie" Wood, daughter of George Wood & Margaret "Maggie" Piercy, 22 Aug 1900 in Harvey. Born 10 Apr 1873 in Tweedside. Died 25 Dec 1937 in McAdam. Buried in Rockland Cemetery, McAdam.

 

    They had the following children:

  37   i.   Hildred Agnes Antionette Hay

  38   ii.   Marguerite Elizabeth Hay

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