Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NamePhoebe EVERITT 
1399
1399FlagsBrick Wall
Individual Notes
• a “spinster” (that is, now a “widow”).1346, p 5
• I could find nothing that would prove Phoebe Everett was a daughter of Clear Everett. The Everitt family, p. 57 DCHS- Year Book 1922 states “they had (at least) five children...” which indicates there could have been others (maybe dying in infancy) but unlikely Phoebe was one of them.1434
• The Dutchess Co tax lists show a Richard Everitt (1756, 1760-3) and his son Clear. Probate was entered for Richard, 9 March 1764. Clear Everitt was sheriff for Dutchess County, and was married to Magdalina Vanderburgh. He died 3 July 1790. I have no indication that Phoebe (Everitt) Martin is related. (Margin Note: It has been my guess that Clear is her father.)1426, p 1
• I could find nothing that would prove Phoebe Everett was a daughter of Clear Everett. The Everitt family, p. 57 DCHS- Year Book 1922 states “they had (at least) five children...” which indicates there could have been others (maybe dying in infancy) but unlikely Phoebe was one of them.1434
• The Dutchess Co tax lists show a Richard Everitt (1756, 1760-3) and his son Clear. Probate was entered for Richard, 9 March 1764. Clear Everitt was sheriff for Dutchess County, and was married to Magdalina Vanderburgh. He died 3 July 1790. I have no indication that Phoebe (Everitt) Martin is related. (Margin Note: It has been my guess that Clear is her father.)1426, p 1
Research
• A Richard Everit (also Everitt) died intestate in 1764, when his son, Clear, was appointed administrator. John Clare, of Jamaica, in his will, acted and proved in 1720, left land not only to Richard, eldest son of his sister, Elizabeth Everit, but after the death of his wife practically all his real property was to go “to my cousin Richard Everit during his life and after his decease to his son Clare.” Just who this Richard was is not certain, but he was surely one of the Jamaica family. The son’s name is more usually spelled Clear, rather than Clare, but does not seem to have been St. Clair, as sometimes thought. Clear Everitt, who in January 1744/45 married Magdalena van der Burg, became a prominent citizen of early Poughkeepsie. He was sheriff in 1754, an overseer, and the owner of considerable property. Some indications seem to show that he was a Tory, but his property was not confiscated in 1777, like that of most Loyalists, and in 1784 he was paid rent for the use of his roomy the Court of Oyer and Terminer. However, he was apparently absent from his home during part of the war, did not sign the Pledge of Association. Clear and his son, Richard Everitt in Poughkeepsie, according to popular belief was occupied during part of the Revolution by Governor Clinton. The State of New York has bought the building and it now preserved as a historical museum. It is not improbable that Washington and Lafayette stayed there, and certainly it was used for important purposes, although it is not certain that it was the principal gubernatorial mansion in Poughkeepsie. The house seems to have been built after 1770, and while there is no evidence that Clear Everitt or his son Richard put it up, they are generally supposed to have done so.1435
Spouses
Death1809/1816, Augusta, Ontario, Canada1327, place only,1339, p 8; date only Age: 72
ResidenceDutchess County, NY; Grenville County, ON1399
FatherRichard MARTIN (-<1764)
MotherUNNAMED (->1764)
Individual Notes
• The young couple made the perilous journey by sea in 1740, bringing with them their son William, six weeks of age.1346, p 5
• Our first “official” document on the Martins is a marriage license, dated February 18, 1761. On that day William was betrothed to Phoebe Everett, a “spinster” (that is, not a “widow”), and William is listed as a “yeoman”; that is, a small farmer.1346, p 5
• William Martin appears on the Dutchess Co tax lists 1760-1763. It seems likely to me that he lived further north at the time of his move to Grenville Co in 1786.1426, p 1 & p 31
• Death was a ready companion in those days. William and Phoebe Martin lost their first two children: both sons named “James.”1346, p 5
• When young William grew up, he became a farmer like his father, and lived in New York. He married a lass named Phoebe Everett, fathered a son, James, and was on the “wrong” side when the American Revolutionary War broke out!
Not only were the Martins against the War, but they also left the country when the battles were over. They moved to southern Canada -- nearly starving along the way -- and met up with many others who had been against the War, also.1346, p 2
• William Martin, although he suffered losses and indignities during the war, didn’t leave the states until 1786 when grants of land were offered the Loyalist settlers in Canada. With a group of neighbors, William and Phoebe and their son James, then 20 years old, set out for Canada, probably beginning their trip along the Hudson River. They had as many of their personal belongings as they could carry. They had to cross part of the Adirondacks, and their party got lost in the forest for about three weeks.1333, pp 4-5
• …a UEL from the Hudson River who was granted lot 6, conc. 1, Augusta.1339, p 3
• On Town Plot Register, New Oswegatchie, 1787.1403, p 11
• William Martin settled on Lot No. 12, in the 4th Concession. Mr. Martin came to Canada at the close of the Revolutionary War. In making the journey to Canada through the woods, he and his companions lost their way, and wandered for nearly three weeks in the forest. Provisions becoming scarce, they were compelled to kill a cow which they were driving. Not having any salt, they found it difficult to eat the meat, but the hide was eagerly devoured and relished.1401, p 160,1402, p 9
• William Martin, residence Augusta. Says that he aided and assisted the King’s officers and subjects during the War -- only came in after peace, not U. E.1427, p 209
• Given a Crown grant of 107 acres on May 17th, 1802.1428, p 1,1429, p 4,1430, p 2
• Lot 6, E Side, 107 acres, Date of Patent: May 17th, 1802.1431,1401, p 161,1432, p 1
• William Martin was the original grantee of the East 1/2 of lot 6, concession 1, Augusta (107 acres), which is on the shore of the St. Lawrence, just west of Prescott. It seems likely that he bought the right to this from the loyalist who first drew it, as all of the front lots (for several concessions back from the river) had been assigned at the time the loyalists arrived in 1784.1339, p 2
• Our first “official” document on the Martins is a marriage license, dated February 18, 1761. On that day William was betrothed to Phoebe Everett, a “spinster” (that is, not a “widow”), and William is listed as a “yeoman”; that is, a small farmer.1346, p 5
• William Martin appears on the Dutchess Co tax lists 1760-1763. It seems likely to me that he lived further north at the time of his move to Grenville Co in 1786.1426, p 1 & p 31
• Death was a ready companion in those days. William and Phoebe Martin lost their first two children: both sons named “James.”1346, p 5
• When young William grew up, he became a farmer like his father, and lived in New York. He married a lass named Phoebe Everett, fathered a son, James, and was on the “wrong” side when the American Revolutionary War broke out!
Not only were the Martins against the War, but they also left the country when the battles were over. They moved to southern Canada -- nearly starving along the way -- and met up with many others who had been against the War, also.1346, p 2
• William Martin, although he suffered losses and indignities during the war, didn’t leave the states until 1786 when grants of land were offered the Loyalist settlers in Canada. With a group of neighbors, William and Phoebe and their son James, then 20 years old, set out for Canada, probably beginning their trip along the Hudson River. They had as many of their personal belongings as they could carry. They had to cross part of the Adirondacks, and their party got lost in the forest for about three weeks.1333, pp 4-5
• …a UEL from the Hudson River who was granted lot 6, conc. 1, Augusta.1339, p 3
• On Town Plot Register, New Oswegatchie, 1787.1403, p 11
• William Martin settled on Lot No. 12, in the 4th Concession. Mr. Martin came to Canada at the close of the Revolutionary War. In making the journey to Canada through the woods, he and his companions lost their way, and wandered for nearly three weeks in the forest. Provisions becoming scarce, they were compelled to kill a cow which they were driving. Not having any salt, they found it difficult to eat the meat, but the hide was eagerly devoured and relished.1401, p 160,1402, p 9
• William Martin, residence Augusta. Says that he aided and assisted the King’s officers and subjects during the War -- only came in after peace, not U. E.1427, p 209
• Given a Crown grant of 107 acres on May 17th, 1802.1428, p 1,1429, p 4,1430, p 2
• Lot 6, E Side, 107 acres, Date of Patent: May 17th, 1802.1431,1401, p 161,1432, p 1
• William Martin was the original grantee of the East 1/2 of lot 6, concession 1, Augusta (107 acres), which is on the shore of the St. Lawrence, just west of Prescott. It seems likely that he bought the right to this from the loyalist who first drew it, as all of the front lots (for several concessions back from the river) had been assigned at the time the loyalists arrived in 1784.1339, p 2
Census
• 1796 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Living alone.1339, p 7,1340
• 1806 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Believe listed as James Martin.1341
• 1806 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Believe listed as James Martin.1341
General
• Unaffected by the abuses which other colonies were experiencing, many of the people in New York remained loyal to King George, believing that if they did have any grievances against the British, those problems could be resolved properly and legally without resorting to armed conflict. On July 2, 1776, only the New York delegation suddenly abstained from signing the Declaration of Independence (they did later, reluctantly). At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, it was the New York delegation which offered the most opposition. New York finally ratified 30 to 27, only after ten other states had already ratified.1333, pp 2-3
• [excerpts] It has been estimated that forty percent of the colonial population of America did not approve of the rebellion against the Mother Country. Often Tories, as the patriots called them, paid for their loyalty to the Sovereign by being beaten, robbed, tarred and feathered, driven from their homes, and their properties confiscated. As early as 1775 and 1776 a few families from Massachusetts and the Mohawk Valley of New York sought refuge in the vast silent wilderness north of the border.
The Loyalist migration began in earnest after the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. It is commonly believed that most Loyalists settled in Canada. Actually, the majority of them went to England or the West Indies, where living conditions were easier than in the cold and wild northern territory. It is estimated that 50,000 Loyalists settled in Canada, of whom approximately 37,000 went to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 3,000 to Québec, and 10,000 to Ontario.1433, p 229
• “UE” loyalists, who were given some special privileges, were those who “joined the Royal Standard” and removed to British territory before the peace treaty in 1783.1339, p 1
• Augusta -- This important municipality, situated on the bank of the St. Lawrence, was one of the first settled in the United Counties, the first settlers coming up the river in the brigade of boats in the spring of 1784.1401, p 159
• [excerpts] It has been estimated that forty percent of the colonial population of America did not approve of the rebellion against the Mother Country. Often Tories, as the patriots called them, paid for their loyalty to the Sovereign by being beaten, robbed, tarred and feathered, driven from their homes, and their properties confiscated. As early as 1775 and 1776 a few families from Massachusetts and the Mohawk Valley of New York sought refuge in the vast silent wilderness north of the border.
The Loyalist migration began in earnest after the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. It is commonly believed that most Loyalists settled in Canada. Actually, the majority of them went to England or the West Indies, where living conditions were easier than in the cold and wild northern territory. It is estimated that 50,000 Loyalists settled in Canada, of whom approximately 37,000 went to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 3,000 to Québec, and 10,000 to Ontario.1433, p 229
• “UE” loyalists, who were given some special privileges, were those who “joined the Royal Standard” and removed to British territory before the peace treaty in 1783.1339, p 1
• Augusta -- This important municipality, situated on the bank of the St. Lawrence, was one of the first settled in the United Counties, the first settlers coming up the river in the brigade of boats in the spring of 1784.1401, p 159
Marriage2 Mar 1761, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York1436, p 131 & p 257,1327,1399,1437,1438
Marr MemoPresbyterian Church, Rumbout
Marriage Notes
• Marriage Bonds, 18 Feb 1761.1327
ChildrenJames (Died as Infant) (~1762-~1762)
James (Died as Infant) (~1764-~1764)
James (1766-1838)
Phoebe
Catherine (~1767->1819)