Deyarmond Family of Colchester, NS Register Report The Deyarmond Family of Truro and Upper Stewiacke, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Prepared by H. Douglas Goff 7748 Wellington Rd. 22 Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 email goff.doug at gmail.com http://www.gofffamilyhistory.ca 1 (A grandson of Nettie (Deyarmond) Whidden) Note: this report only covers the first few generations of Deyarmond’s in Truro, but provides more detail of the descendants of Robert Deyarmond of Upper Stewiacke. Updated Dec. 23, 2020 First Generation2 3 -------------------------------------------------- 1. Alexander Deyarmond, son of Alex Diermond (ca 1715-). Born ca 1735 in Donegal, Ireland. Alexander died in Chiganois, Col. Co., NS. Alexander and Mary (Barnhill) Deyarmond remained in Ireland for about 6 years after the rest of the Barnhill family removed to Nova Scotia, when her father wrote for them to come to Nova Scotia and take his property in Chiganois and maintain him for the remainder of his life. They removed to Nova Scotia with their family about the year 1767, and settled on Mr. Barnhill's property at Chiganois where they spent the remainder of their days (Miller, page 187). Alexander married Mary Barnhill, daughter of Robert Barnhill (-ca 1771) & . Born in 1738 in Farsetmore, Parish Of Leck, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Mary died in Chiganois, Col. Co., NS. 1 The ancestry of Alexander Deyarmond can be found here. See also descendancy of related families of Whidden and Hamilton. 2 Sources are from: Miller, Thomas. 1873. Historical and Genealogical Record of the first settlers of Colchester County. Halifax, NS, A. and W. MacKinlay, Publ. Facsimilie Edition by Mika Studio, Belleville, Ont., 1972; Graves, Ross. 1973. Stewiacke Valley Families; Wile, Jane, 1999. The Deyarmond Family, Ireland-Nova Scotia. Belmont, NS; Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics online (www.novascotiagenealogy.com); Canadian census online (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx); Colchester Archives online (http://colchesterhistoreum.ca/search/); US vital statistics and census from www.familysearch.org; or as otherwise noted, mostly individual correspondence. 3 Index, beginning p. 118. Page 1 Deyarmond Family of Colchester, NS Register Report They had the following children: 2 i. Robert (1761-11 Feb 1814) 3 ii. John (1764-17 Nov 1850) 4 iii. Alexander (1766-) 5 iv. Rebecca (-26 Nov 1801) 6 v. Elizabeth 7 vi. Letitia (1772-26 May 1835) Second Generation -------------------------------------------------- Family of Alexander Deyarmond (1) & Mary Barnhill 2. Robert Deyarmond (Alexander1). Born in 1761 in Donegal, Ireland. Robert died in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, NS, on 11 Feb 1814; he was 53. Buried in Riverside Cemetery Upper Stewiacke. Residence: 1) Chiganois, 2) Pembroke, NS. Robert was the first settler in Pembroke-Burnside, NS (ca1792), where he took up a large block of land, 1500 acres. His first house stood down by the river, west of what is now the main road and north of the Pembroke Cemetry. When ice freshets came in the spring, they found it was too near the river, so he rebuilt on the hill east of what is now the main road, on what has since been called the Stinson Deyarmond place. His wife was a widow nearly 50 years. Much of the family of Robert came from “Stewiacke Valley Families, Thos. Miller (1860s and 70s) and Ross Graves (1960s and 70s)” In 1790 when Robert was 29, he married Ann (Nancy) Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson (-11 Jul 1852) & Mary McDormond. Born in 1771 in Masstown, NS. Ann (Nancy) died in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, NS, on 26 Jan 1860; she was 89. They had the following children: 8 i. Alexander (Twin) (10 Feb 1792-19 Jun 1846) 9 ii. Thomas (Twin) (10 Feb 1792-31 Mar 1870) iii. Robert. Born in Aug 1793 in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, NS. Robert died in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, NS, on 16 Mar 1850; he was 56. Was lost and died in the woods. iv. Mary. Born on 18 Mar 1795 in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, NS. Mary died in Halifax, NS, in Oct 1860; she was 65. Residence: Halifax, NS. Had a family of three sons and four daughters. In Jan 1816 when Mary was 20, she married Edward Hughes. Edward died ca 1856. Residence: Halifax, NS. 10 v. Joseph (8 Mar 1798-19 Sep 1880) 11 vi. John (1 Jan 1800-11 Dec 1861) 12 vii. Samuel (6 Nov 1801-19 Aug 1883) 13 viii. Sarah (Sally) (11 Mar 1804-1878) ix. James. Born in Dec 1805 in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, NS. Residence: Left home in Page 2 Deyarmond Family of Colchester, NS Register Report 1827; not heard from. From Ross Graves, Stewiacke Families. Page 3 Deyarmond Family of Colchester, NS Register Report x. Charles. Born in 1807 in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, NS. Charles died in New Brunswick, in Jan 1870; he was 63. Residence: Prince Edward Island, New Brusnwick. In 1840 when Charles was 33, he married Mrs. Simpson in PEI. Born in PEI. Mrs. died in New Brunswick in Jan 1869. 14 xi. Rebecca (1809-18 May 1836) 3. John Deyarmond (Alexander1). Born in 1764 in Donegal, Ireland. John died in Chiganois, Col. Co., NS, on 17 Nov 1850; he was 86. Buried in Island Cemetery, Chiganois Marsh. In 1793 when John was 29, he married Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Thomas Wilson (-11 Jul 1852) & Mary McDormond. Born in 1775 in Masstown, NS. Elizabeth died in Chiganois, Col. Co., NS, on 23 Aug 1866; she was 91. They had the following children: 15 i. Mary (10 Mar 1794-) 16 ii. Alexander (18 Dec 1795-23 Sep 1881) 17 iii. Rebecca (13 Mar 1798-14 Apr 1866) 18 iv. Jane (Nov 1800-13 Dec 1880) 19 v. Letitia (1802-15 Oct 1864) 20 vi. Thomas (13 May 1806-14 Feb 1875) 21 vii. Elizabeth (14 May 1809-6 Mar 1894) viii. Sarah. Born in 1811 in Chiganois, Col. Co., NS. On 14 Oct 1841 when Sarah was 30, she married James Graham, son of Charles Graham (10 Dec 1772-1841) & Marian Hyslop (22 Jun 1774-1851). Born on 26 Jan 1807 in Scotland. James died in 1883; he was 75. ix. Nancy. Born in Oct 1814 in Chiganois, Col. Co., NS. On 2 Aug 1847 when Nancy was 32, she married William Ray. Born in 1819 in Scotland. William died in Millsville, Puctou Co., on 27 Dec 1881; he was 62. Residence: Pictou, NS. 22 x. John (2 Sep 1816-8 Nov 1882) xi. Margaret Ann. Born on 28 Feb 1819 in Chiganois, Col. Co., NS. Margaret Ann died on 7 Apr 1892; she was 73. Buried in Lower Belmont, NS. On 7 Jan 1864 when Margaret Ann was 44, she married Wilson Staples, son of William Staples (1769-8 Dec 1854) & Susannah Wilson (1780-17 Aug 1862). Born on 19 Apr 1821. Wilson died in Belmont, Col. Co., NS, on 4 Mar 1902; he was 80. xii. Susan. Born in May 1821 in Chiganois, Col. Co., NS. In Mar 1845 when Susan was 23, she married Robert Young. Residence: Pictou, NS. 4. Alexander Deyarmond (Alexander1). Born in 1766 in Donegal, Ireland. Residence: Debert, NS, Michigan (US), After 1820. "Alexander, the third son of Alexander Deyarmond and Mary Barnhill, was born about the year 1766. He was married to Mary, daughter of the late Thomas Fletcher, of Masstown. They had four sons and five daughters. They lived for some time on the farm that the late Daniel Chisolm lived upon at Debert, Londonderry. They removed to Michigan, United States, about 1820." - from Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County, Down to the present Time, Compiled from the most authentic sources, A&W MacKinley, Halifax, 1873 by Thomas Miller. Page 4 Deyarmond Family of Colchester, NS Register Report “Alexander and Mary came into US on the 26th of Nov 1825 on the schooner Hennetta to New York harbor. There were 8 kids with them including Susan then 14 yrs old. Mary the mom was 51 at the time and the oldest son with them was 22 so I suspect there were other children left behind in Nova Scotia! I know most records also say the parents died by 1820....but they arrived in 1825 and I have found two of Susan’s brothers also in Michigan and traced them. One is buried in the same cemetery as Susan, A. F. as he was known by...which stood for Alexander Fletcher Deyarmond.” - Sarah Riker Austin, 2 G Granddaughter of Susan Deyarmond, Feb. 29, 2016. From Michigan Historical Vital Statistics, Emma Julia Hoof born 07 Apr 1848 Ada, Michigan, died 24 May 1928, Marengo, McHenry, Illinois. Father Alexander F. Deyarmond, b. Nova Scotia. Mother Maria C. Richardson, b. New York. Spouse John Hoof. John Fletcher Deyarmond, b. 11 Mar 1850 Ada W., Michigan, d. 20 Mar 1938, Hartland, McHenry, Illinois, residence Marengo, McHenry, Illinois, Father Alexander Deyarmond, b. Nova Scotia, mother Maria Richardson. Spouse Ida Austin. Burial Hebron, McHenry, Illinois. Chas B. Deyarmond, age 73, b. 1819 Nova Scotia, father Alex Deyarmond, mother Mary Fletcher, married Mrs. Sarah M Deyarmond age 53, b. 1839 Michigan on 14 Apr 1892 Mentor Township, Oscoda, Michigan. Susan Deyarmond Riker Birth Apr. 30, 1812, Nova Scotia, Canada. Death 1889. Susan married Samuel Riker (1813 - 1886) January 1, 1836 in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Children: Philander H Riker (1839 - 1916), LeRoy Delos Riker (1849 - 1942). Burial: Tuttle Cemetery, Ionia, Michigan, USA. (from Find-a-Grave, Bonnie Hoy, 2009. “My 3rd Great Grandfather is Samuel Riker born 10 Feb 1813 in Big Flats, Tioga Co, New York. He married Susan DeYarmond who was born in Nova Scotia on 30 April 1812. They were married 6 Jan 1836. They had 7 children.