from 1851 Census Springfield Parish , Kings Co
4 9360 Ganong Francis M Head 33 Native Boatman
5 9360 Ganong Deborah F Wife 32 Native
6 9360 Ganong James H. M Son 10 Native
7 9360 Ganong Edwin M Son 8 Native
8 9360 Ganong Matilda F Daughter 6 Native
9 9360 Ganong Mary F Daughter 4 Native
10 9360 Ganong Gilbert W. M Son 1 Native

wife of Frank D Ganong

from NBGS records on early Ganongs
GANONG: Thomas Ganong b. c1745 at Lake Mahopac, NY, died Jan 1810, s/o John Ganong or s/o Isaac Ganong and Rachel Moseman: married c1775 in NY Joanna Barlow born 22 Aug 1748 or 22 Aug 1749 at Lake Mahopac, NY, or 22 Aug 1751 at Sandwich, MA, died 11 Jan 1832 or 14 Jan 1833, d/o Nathan Barlow and Joanna Swift of Sandwich, MA: they came from Amenia in Dutchess County, NY to NB in 1783 as Loyalists: they settled at Kingston in Kingston Parish, Kings County:



Children are listed in an estimated order:

1) Isaac Robertson Ganong b. c1779 Dutchess County, NY: returned to Peru, NY in 1802:

2) John Ganong: probably returned to New York:

3) James Ganong b. 21 Mar 1781 probably near Lake Mahopac, NY, died 16 May 1850 at Springfield, Kings County, m. 7 Oct 1802 at Kingston, Margaret Cox b. 22 Mar 1785 at Kingston, died 28 Mar 1865 at Kingston, d/o William Cox and Ann Dominick: they had twelve children:

4) Thomas Carleton Ganong born 8 Mar 1785 in Kingston Parish, died 2 Apr 1856 in Saint John, m. 27 Mar 1807 at Kingston, Elizabeth Cox born 11 Sep 1787 at Kingston, NB, d. 11 Apr 1860, d/o William Cox and Ann Dominick: they settled in Kingston and had eleven children:

5) Mary Ganong married Mr. Roane, sea-captain who was lost at sea.



Sources: MC1/Ganong, 6 pages: contains an application form for The United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada: see also MC80/732 William F. Ganong’s A genealogy of the New Brunswick branch of the descendants of Thomas Ganong: see MC80/1285 Loyalist lineages of Canada 1783-1983, pages 249-250: see MC80/2244 William F. Ganong’s The Ganong family of New Brunswick: see MC80/2348 Cleadie B. Barnett et. al. Loyalist families, page 14: see also MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 105: see also MC80/2461 Armond A. Paul’s A genealogy of New Brunswick branch of the descendants of Thomas Ganong: see MC80/2620 Mary Josephine Nichols et. al. Genung-Ganong-Ganung, pages 537-596.

Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 95 Number 737

Date September 26 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

While many instances of lonegivity are from time to time reported, it is rare, if ever, to find a case equal to that of the present living descendants of a branch of the old loyalist families of Kiersteads and Grays who settled on the Belleisle Bay (Kings Co.) Of these, the children of the late Isaiah KIERSTEAD, there were living on the 15th September, five sons and two daughters: Rev. Elias KIERSTEAD, age 87 years 3 mos. 24 days; William KIERSTEAD, age 85 years 3 mos. 18 days; James KIERSTEAD, age 81 years 9 mos. 5 days; Mrs. Sarah WEST, age 77 years 1 month; Mrs. Deborah R. GANONG, age 74 years 3 mos. 28 days; Barzillai KIERSTEAD, age 79 years 4 mos. 8 days; Edwin KIERSTEAD, age 70 years 9 mos. 19 days - Making an average of 79 years 5 mos. 6 days. Three of these married into the same family, that of the late James GANONG. Two only of his children survive: Mrs. William KIERSTEAD, age 81 years 8 days; William GANONG, age 72 years 8 mos. 26 days. These with the first five of the Kiersteads named above, sat at dinner on Sept. 16th at the home of Jacob KIERSTEAD near Collina. This reunion was arranged by G.W. GANONG of St. Stephen and took place on the farm occupied by Rev. Elias Kierstead for the past 54 years.

from NBGS records - Keirstead or Kierstead family in New Brunswick
KEIRSTEAD: Benjamin Keirstead or Kierstead b. 18 Sep 1763 at Jamaica, Long Island, NY, d. 1825, s/o Samuel Keirstead and Mary Johnson: he came to NB and settled at Keirstead Mountain, Kings County: married 16 Jun 1793 at Gagetown, Queens County, Jemima Bunnell born on 16 Jan 1773 d/o Isaac Bunnell and Jerusha Sherwood:



Children:

1) Isaac Keirstead b. 1794, died young:

2) John Bunnell Keirstead born 9 Mar 1796, d. 26 Jun 1864, m. 4 May 1818 Ann Holmes born 26 Jun 1799, died 17 Sep 1861: they had thirteen children:

3) David B. Keirstead born 7 Mar 1798, died 1856, married 8 Jun 1823 Sarah Blakeney born 1806, d. 1850: had thirteen children:

4) Thomas Keirstead b. 21 Dec 1799 at Sussex, NB, d. 10 Oct 1857, married 3 Mar 1827 at Sussex, Elizabeth Green born 31 May 1805 at Wickham, NB, died 28 Dec 1891:

5) Bethia Keirstead b. 8 Nov 1801, married 13 May 1822 at Sussex, William Fowlie of New Canaan, Brunswick Parish, Queens County:

6) Lydia Keirstead b. 27 Jan 1804, d. after 1851, married (1st) 16 Feb 1826 at Sussex, NB, David Kelly b. c1796, d. 3 Jun 1836, m. (2nd) after 1851 George Holmes, the widower of Lydia’s cousin Mary (Keirstead) Holmes:

7) Gershom Keirstead b. 22 Sep 1805, d. 13 Sep 1878, m. (1st) 15 Feb 1829 Mary/Elizabeth Worden: had two children who d. young: m. (2nd) on 30 Nov 1835 Hannah Matilda Marr born 23 Nov 1819, d. 28 Jun 1860: had several children: m. (3rd) Catherine Mills: had no issue:

8) Justus Keirstead b. 19 Jun 1807, d. 16 Dec 1880, m. 5 Jun 1834 Eliza Ann Rouse b. - , d. 28 Sep 1895:

9) Daniel Keirstead born 14 May 1809, d. 28 Feb 1882, married 21 Oct 1833 Huldah Gray b. 12 May 1809, d. 18 Jan 1889:

10) Leonard Keirstead b. 2 Jan 1811, d. 26 Sep 1882, m. 18 Sep 1841 Mary Jane Moffatt b. 1820, d. c1905:

11) Sarah Keirstead b. 12 Sep 1813, died c1897, married (1st) her first cousin, Abraham Keirstead born 10 May 1815, died c1850, s/o Isaiah Keirstead and Elizabeth Lester: m. (2nd) Thomas Gibbon b. 1812, d. 16 Oct 1870: m. (3rd) Frederick Erb b. 1822, d. 1896:

12) Deborah Keirstead born 13 Dec 1815, m. 4 Apr 1845 Nicholas Gregg of Studholm Parish, Kings County.



Sources: MC1/Bunnell #2,4, 50 pages: see also MC1/Kierstead: see also MC80/949 David G. Keirstead’s Climbing the family tree: see MC1/Brooks #2, 15 pages: see MC80/1646 Blair E. Bartlett’s The descendants of Samuel and May (Johnson) Kierstead, Loyalists: see also MC80/1790 Ken Kanner’s Early families revisited, page 163: see also MC80/2807 David G. Keirstead’s A Keirstead History, c100 pages.







KEIRSTEAD: Hezekiah Keirstead born on 14 Jun 1765 in NY, s/o Samuel Keirstead and Mary Johnson: came to NB in 1783 as a Loyalist and settled in Kings County: m. 15 Oct 1794 Margaret Middletown or Middleton:



Children:

1) Mary Keirstead born c1796, died 17 Nov 1861, m. John Dick born c1799, died Sep 1854:

2) John Keirstead:

3) George Keirstead:

4) Benjamin Keirstead born 1803, d. 22 Aug 1870, married Esther DeLong born 1809, d. 22 Jun 1879:

5) Jesse Keirstead b. 28 Mar 1805, m. Margaret Middletown:

6) Ann or Nancy Keirstead born c1799, m. Daniel H. Brown:

7) James Keirstead:

8) Alexander Keirstead born 7 Apr 1809, died 19 Jan 1903, m. 27 Aug 1830 Elizabeth Black b. 13 Aug 1806:

9) Luke Keirstead:

10) Elisha Keirstead:

11) Henry Keirstead:

12) Noah Keirstead:

13) Wellington Keirstead:

14) Isaiah Keirstead m. (1st) 10 Mar 1834 Mary Sands, m. (2nd) c1841 Lydia Bradshaw.



Source: MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 146: see also MC80/2807 David G. Keirstead’s A Keirstead History, c100 pages.







KEIRSTEAD: Isaiah Keirstead b. 18 Nov 1761 in NY, d. 1851, s/o Samuel Keirstead and Mary Johnson: came to NB in 1783 as a Loyalist and settled in Queens County: m. 18 Jan 1791 Elizabeth Lester b. 27 Feb 1776, died 12 Apr 1866, d/o John and Lois Lester:



Children:

1) John Keirstead b. 6 Oct 1793, buried 20 Apr 1867, m. 26 May 1814 Mary McLean b. c1798:

2) Mary Keirstead born 15 Feb 1798, died Dec 1845, m. 9 Dec 1819 George Holmes b. - , d. 2 Dec 1851:

3) Samuel Keirstead b. 4 May 1799, d. 6 Sep 1885, married 9 Sep 1826 Anne White b. 6 Dec 1806, d. 3 Aug 1874:

4) Amenzie Keirstead b. 20 Nov 1804, d. before 1854, m. 4 Jun 1829 Alche Morrell born 14 Apr 1803:

5) Gilbert Lester? Keirstead born 27 Jan 1807, d. after 1870, m. 2 Oct 1837 Amelia Nickerson b. - , d. c1875:

6) Isaiah Keirstead born 29 Feb 1808, died c1888, married (1st) 20 Nov 1839 Sarah Taylor: married (2nd) 10 Jun 1858 Sarah Ann (Cronk) Crawford:

7) Jasper Belding Keirstead b. 8 May 1811, d. 3 Feb 1876, m. 13 Apr 1837 Mary Ann Keirstead born 23 Aug 1821, d. 8 May 1886:

8) William Keirstead born 29 Jun 1813, d. 1896, m. 26 Jan 1837 Margaret McLeod born 26 Jan 1816:

9) Abraham Keirstead born 10 May 1815, died before 1850, m. Sarah Ann Keirstead b. 12 Sep 1818:

10) Oliver Coney Keirstead b. 4 Jun 1818, d. 29 Jul 1890, m. 15 Feb 1842 Mary Ann Cole born 1822, d. Dec 1894:

11) James Keirstead b. 30 Apr 1820, m. on 30 Jan 1841 Deborah Ogden.



Source: MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, pages 146-147: see also MC80/2807 David G. Keirstead’s A Keirstead History, c100 pages.







KEIRSTEAD: James Keirstead b. 24 Sep 1756 at Jamaica, Long Island, NY, d. 3 Oct 1846, s/o Samuel Keirstead and Mary Johnson, married 5 Jan 1774 Elizabeth Shaw born c1755 or c1760, d. 3 Feb 1845, possibly d/o Timothy Shaw: they settled in Springfield Parish, Kings County:



Children:

1) Mary Keirstead born 4 Feb 1779:

2) Samuel Keirstead b. 15 Feb 1781, d. 30 Nov 1848, m. 26 Feb 1811 Eunice Shaler born Feb 1780, died after 1851:

3) James Keirstead b. 28 Dec 1782, d. before 1794:

4) Isaiah Keirstead born 1 Apr 1784, died 22 Jul 1844, m. 1804 Lydia Gray of Springfield Parish, born 1786, died 10 May 1863, d/o William Gray and Lavinia Purdy: had ten children:

5) Peter Keirstead born 27 Feb 1785, married Lavinia Gray:

6) Elizabeth Keirstead b. 26 Aug 1789, married Joseph Stackhouse:

7) Lydia Keirstead born 1 Mar 1792, died unmarried:

8) James Keirstead Jr. b. 18 Mar 1794, d. 27 Dec 1857, m. 21 Jul 1820 Mary Hicks b. - , d. 18 Apr 1876: settled in Rothesay, Kings County and had issue:

9) Amos Keirstead (twin) born 28 Dec 1795:

10) Amy Keirstead (twin) b. 28 Dec 1795, d. 1887, m. 1 Mar 1813 George Saunders born 1786, d. 1857, s/o John Saunders and Elizabeth Lippincott: had issue:

11) Ann Keirstead b. 1 Apr 1798, d. 19 May 1856, m. 19 Sep 1814 Ephraim Shalor Carpenter b. 1793, d. 8 Apr 1858:

12) Catherine Keirstead b. 20 Jun 1800, d. 1893, married (1st) 16 May 1820 Richard Ryder b. - , died 1825, m. (2nd) 17 Dec 1828 Rev. James Blakeney born c1801, d. c1863.



Sources: MC1/Carpenter: see also MC1/Kierstead: see MC1/Saunders #2: see also MC1/MacDonald #1, page 4: the surname also spelled Kierstead: see MC80/543 Mrs. Martin Kierstead’s Kierstead family history: see MC80/949 David G. Keirstead’s Climbing the family tree: see also MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, pages 197 to 198 and 255 to 256: see also

MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 147: see also MC80/2807 David G. Keirstead’s A Keirstead History, c100 pages.







KEIRSTEAD: Luke Keirstead b. 24 Jun 1768 in New York, bur. 16 May 1846, s/o Samuel Keirstead and Mary Johnson: came to NB in 1783 as a Loyalist: settled in Kingston Parish, Kings County: m. 16 May 1790 Elizabeth Drew of South Carolina, born 1772, bur. 4 Mar 1848, d/o Joseph and Mary Drew:



Children:

1) Samuel Keirstead b. in NB, d. in Michigan?:

2) Mary Keirstead b. 6 Mar 1795, died 27 May 1833, m. 24 Jun 1809 John Sherwood b. 2 Jul 1790, died 16 May 1870:

3) Martha Hardy Keirstead b. 6 Mar 1795, d. 23 Jan 1823, m. 25 Jan 1816 William Scribner b. - , d. 1843:

4) Jane Keirstead born 31 Aug 1801, married (1st) 24 Feb 1819 John Scriber b. - , d. 6 Feb 1833: m. (2nd) 25 Nov 1834 George Sharp b. - , d. before 1871:

5) Anne Keirstead b. 1803, married 10 Dec 1820 George Haines born c1800, died Dec 1869:

6) George Keirstead born 1805, d. 17 Jul 1888, m. (1st) 26 Oct 1826 Dorcas Johnson b. - , d. before 1831: m. (2nd) 28 Mar 1831 Marianne Jackson b. - , d. 26 Jan 1832: m. (3rd) 23 Oct 1832 Jane Wright b. 1813, died 3 Feb 1885:

7) Luke Keirstead born 1807, married 25 Feb 1833 Catherine Ewing born 1806, died 17 Jan 1859:

8) Joseph Keirstead b. 29 May 1809, d. 12 Jan 1878, m. 23 May 1836 Mary McGouin born 12 May 1810, died 4 Apr 1890:

9) Eliza Keirstead b. 12 Nov 1811, died 26 Mar 1845, m. 9 Jan 1843 William Martin Scribner born 3 Oct 1816, d. 7 Nov 1886:

10) Emmeline Keirstead born 28 Feb 1814, died 9 Jul 1885, m. 25 Feb 1836 George Reicker born in 1812, died 8 Apr 1903.



Source: MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 148.







KEIRSTEAD: Samuel Keirstead b. 16 Feb 1719 at West Precinct, Richmond County, Staten Island, NY, d. 18 Feb 1778, s/o Samuel Keirstead and Lydia Day: m. 16 Feb 1749 at Walpeck, Sussex County, NJ, Mary or May Johnson b. c1724 or c1733 at Jamaica, Long Island, NY, bur. 27 Jan 1818: widow and children came from Long Island, NY to NB in 1783 as Loyalists and settled in Kingston Parish, Kings County:



Children born at Jamaica, NY:

1) Samuel Keirstead b. 1 May 1751 or 1 May 1752, may have d. before 1780:

2) John Keirstead b. 17 Jan 1755:

3) James Keirstead born 24 Sep 1756, d. 3 Oct 1846 or 3 Oct 1848, m. 5 Jan 1774 Elizabeth Shaw born 1755, d. 3 Feb 1845: settled at Gondola Point: had eleven children:

4) Catherine Keirstead born 12 Dec 1758, married 6 Apr 1778 John Neeslet or Nesbit:

5) Johnson Keirstead born 16 Feb 1760, d. 7 Nov 1818, m. (1st) 18 Dec 1781 Rachel Foster: m. (2nd) 24 Jan 1793 Fanny Gallant or Gallandell: they had five sons and three daughters:

6) Isaiah Keirstead born 18 Nov 1761, died c1851, m. 18 Jan 1791 Elizabeth Lester born 27 Feb 1776, d. c1866: had ten sons and one daughter:

7) Benjamin Keirstead born 18 Sep 1763, died 1825, married 16 Jun 1790 or 1793 Jemima Bunnell b. c1773, d/o Isaac Bunnell and Jerusha Sherwood: had at least twelve children:

8) Hezekiah Keirstead b. 14 Jun 1765, m. 15 Oct 1794 Margaret Middleton: had twelve sons and two daughters:

9) Luke Keirstead b. 24 Jun 1768, buried 16 May 1846, married 16 May 1790 Elizabeth Drew b. 1772 in SC, bur. 4 Mar 1848, d/o Joseph and Mary Drew: settled in Kingston and had eleven children:

10) Mary Keirstead b. 22 May 1770, d. c 1873, married 10 Nov 1788 Aaron DeLong b. c1757, d. before 1851:

11) David Keirstead b. 24 Sep 1772, may have died in the USA.



Sources: MC1/Carpenter: see also MC1/Kierstead which says that six sons settled in the Kierstead Mountain and Keirsteadville area: see also MC80/543 Mrs. Martin Kierstead’s Kierstead family history: see also MC80/949 David G. Keirstead’s Climbing the family tree: see MC80/1285 Loyalist lineages of Canada 1783-1983, pages 348-349: see also MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, pages 235 to 236, 253 to 254: see also MC80/1646 Blair E. Bartlett’s The descendants of Samuel and May (Johnson) Kierstead, Loyalists: see also MC80/2119 Gail B. Pipes’ Loyalists all: stories about New Brunswick Loyalists and their descendants, pages 67 to 68, and 183: see also MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, pages 140-141, 145: widow Mary Johnson married (2nd) 2 Oct 1780 at Hempstead, Long Island, NY, Charles Gator or Gaiter b. - , died Nov 1797: the surname was also spelled as Kierstead: see also MC80/2807 David G. Keirstead’s A Keirstead History, c100 pages.