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

Second Immigrant Generation
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7. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Dorcas . Daughter of William Dorcas & Margaret. Born 18 Jul 1840. Christen 22 May 1846 in Cathedral Records, Fredericton. Died 18 Apr 1915 in McAdam. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

 

    From Cathedral records, Fredericton:     Baptized 22 May 1846, Elizabeth Darkis, b. 18 Jul 1840, d/o William and Margaret Darkis -- at Harvey.   (PANB F1114, Cathedral Records, Fredericton)

 

    She married John "Jack" Hay, son of Alexander Hay & Jane Robinson, 9 Nov 1864 in Harvey By Rev. Samuel Johnson . Born Approx 1826 in Northumberland, Eng. Died 4 Apr 1900 in Harvey.

 

    It would appear that John's first wife died before the 1861 Census was taken.   Children:   Jessie,   Robert and Susanna were born approx. 1855 to 1860, and appear in the 1861 census living in Harvey Settlement with grandparents Alexander and Jane, and John and Jane. (Susanna or Susan was possibly Jane's daughter.)   In the 1871 Census, Robert age15, and Susan age 11, are living with John Hay and his wife Elizabeth, and Jessie, age 16, is in the home of John Dorcas and Margaret.

 

    From Religious Intelligencer, 18 Nov 1864:    " Married Harvey (York Co.) by Rev. Samuel Johnson, 9th Nov, John Hay and Miss Elizabeth Dorcas, both of Harvey"

 

    PANB, #F15552, p. 565:   "John Hay to Elizabeth Darcas on Nov 9, 1864 by Samuel Johnson, witnesses John Dorcas and Margaret Craig."

 

    They had the following children:

  13   i.   Margaret Jane "Jennie" Hay

  14   ii.   Eleanor "Ellen" Hay

  15   iii.   Mary Isabella "Bella" Hay

  16   iv.   William "Alexander" Hay

  17   v.   Wesley Hay

 

8. William Dorcas . Son of William Dorcas & Margaret. Born 6 Apr 1842 in Harvey, NB. Christen 22 May 1846 in Cathedral Records, Fredericton. Died 6 Sep 1893 in Williamsburg. Buried in Williamsburg Cemetery.

 

    From Cathedral records, Fredericton:   "Baptized 22 May 1846, William Darkis, b. 6 Apr 1842, s/o William and Margaret Darkis -- at Harvey.   (PANB F1114, Cathedral, Fredericton)"

 

    From Headquarters, 17 Apr 1867: "Married Waverley House, Fredericton, 16th inst., by Rev. Dr. Brooke, William Darens and Miss Isabella Craigs, both of Manners Sutton."

    Witnesses to marriage were Ralph Craig and Isabella Craig.

 

    William died from diabetes.

    He married Isabelle Craig, daughter of James Craigs & Mary Hume, 16 Apr 1867 in Waverley House, Fredericton By Rev. John M. Brooke. Born 6 Nov 1851 in Harvey Settlement. Died 23 Aug 1924 in Williamsburg, NB. Buried in Williamsburg Cemetery.

 

   Isabelle and her husband William Dorcas had nine children:   Mary Ann, John, Lizzie, Maggie, Ellen, James (Digby Jim), Sarah, Mabel and Charles.   All their children except Lizzie and John stayed in NB.

 

    They had the following children: (Not all children listed here.)

  18   i.   Eleanor "Ellen" Dorcas

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