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Descendents of Aaron Dorcas (ca 1774 - Sep 1853)
and Jane "Unknown" (ca 1774 - 15 Apr 1855

Second Immigrant Generation
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2. James Dorcas . Son of Aaron Dorcas & Jane. Born Approx 1807 in Ireland.

    James Dorcas and his wife Mary had six children.

    He married Mary. Born Approx 1801.

 

 

3. Aaron Dorcas . Son of Aaron Dorcas & Jane. Born in Ireland. Died 19 Nov 1848 in St. John River Near Sugar Island.

 

    Aaron Dorcas lived in Kingsclear Parish in 1845.

     From New Brunswick Courier, 25 Nov 1848:    "We learn from "Headquarters" of Wednesday last that an accident occurred on the St. John River opposite Sugar Island about 10 miles above Fredericton on Sunday.   It appears that a man named Darcus was amusing himself by skating with his sister's son, a child about age 7, named O'Hara in his arms, when the ice suddenly gave way and both were plunged into the river to rise no more.   The bodies were found about an hour after they sank, the child being firmly clasped in his uncle's arms."

    From New Brunswick Reporter, 24 Nov 1848:   "On Sunday last, Aaron Darcus while skating near Sugar Island and holding in his arms a boy of 7 or 8 years of age, the son of a neighbour named O'Hara unfortunately fell into an airhole and was drowned."

 

 

    He married Catherine Virtue, daughter of John Virtue & Catherine, 20 Mar 1845 in York Co., NB By Dr. John M. Brooke, Presbyterian . Born 1828 in Ireland.

 

    From York Co NB Marriage Register B 1837-1850 (PANB):   Witnesses to marriage were William Long and Andrew McGaughlin.

 

    Catherine, aged 23, and her three sons were in the household of her parents, John and Catherine Virtue, in the 1851 Fredericton Census.   Her first husband Aaron Dorcas died 19 Nov 1848.

 

    From New Brunswick Courier, 19 Sep 1857:   "Married 10th inst. by Rev. Dr. Brooke, Gilbert Ross and Mrs Catherine Darcus, both of St. John city."   (Or both from Fredericton??)

 

    From York Co NB Marriage Register C 1850-1866 (PANB):   Catherine was a widow, Gilbert was a widower; witnesses to marriage were Wm Grieves and Helen Marshall.

 

 

    They had the following children:

  8   i.   John Dorcas

  9   ii.   James Dorcas

  10   iii.   Aaron Dorcas

 

 

4. William Dorcas . Son of Aaron Dorcas & Jane.

     New Brunswick Courier, 5 Apr 1845:    Married 20th ult. by Rev. John M. Brooke, William Darcus and Miss Elizabeth Vertue, both of Kingsclear parish (York Co.)

 

 

    He married Elizabeth Virtue, 11 Mar 1845 in Fredericton, NB. Died 15 Nov 1852.

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