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Descendants of John and Jemima (Purdy) Noble

Generation No. 1

1. John¹ Noble was born 06 August 1762 in Sussex County, Delaware ^1,^2,^3,^4,⁵, and died 04 August 1843 in Calais, Maine ^6,^7,^8,^9,^10,^11,¹². He married Jemima Purdy 17 October 1783 in New York, New York ^13,¹⁴. She was born 01 January 1765 in New York^14,^15,^16,^17,¹⁸, and died 14 January 1859 in Calais, Maine ^19,^20,^21,²².

Notes for John Noble:
John was a Revolutionary War veteran and served as a private in the Delaware Line. He enlisted 24 March 1778 as a gunner in Capt. Peter Jaquett's battery, attached to Col. Hall's regiment. At his enlistment he was 5 ft. 6 in. tall, had black hair and was dark in complexion. The equipment he was issued consisted of a gun, a bayonet, a nap sack, a canteen and a tomahawk. He fought in The Battle of Camden at Camden, South Carolina 16 August 1780 against the British. At that battle he was taken prisoner and sent to New York, New York. At some point he swore allegiance to the King of England and took a position in the ordnance department. After the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, John and Jemima went to Port Matoon, near Shelborne, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Loyalists who landed at Port Matoon were not happy with their conditions and they were granted land at Morristown (now St. Stephen), New Brunswick, Canada at the head of tide on the Schoodic (now St. Croix) River. Led by Nehemiah Marks, the Loyalists landed at their site on 24 June 1784. Sometime between the birth of his first two children, 1785 and 1788, he sold or traded his St. Stephen land and moved to the west side of Devil's Head on the St. Croix in the Red Beach village section of Calais, Maine. He and Jemima lived there raising a family and developing the land until they died. The Nobles were one of the fourteen families listed as living in Calais in 1790. In 1830 John owned 50 acres of land in Calais with a barn, a horse, a cow and swine, all valued at $520. John's brother James lived in the Calais area for a short time with John. Knowlton reports that both John and James are listed in Joseph Porter's store account book for 1790. James apparently died early in life and does not appear in any census records for Calais. (Sources: John Noble's pension file; The Loyalists of New Brunswick by Esther Wright; Loyalists to Canada by Theodore Holmes; Records of Calais, Maine, vol. 2 by Sharon Howland; Beginnings by The Rev. I. C. Knowlton; Delaware Archives: Revolutionary War)

Notes for Jemima Purdy:
According to Roy Stewart (1875-1952) Jemima was a prisoner of war just like her husband. She was imprisoned for aiding the enemy around Saratoga, New York. The "Boston Transcript" query #4906 states that Jemima was a native of Mamarone, New York and she had four sisters and one brother. Her sisters are Mary (Purdy) Sullivan, Eunice (Purdy) Lane, Phoebe (Purdy) (Burgess) Hadley and Sally (Purdy) Hoyt.

Marriage Notes for John Noble and Jemima Purdy:
John and Jemima were married by an English army chaplain in New York City.

Children of John Noble and Jemima Purdy are:

+	2	i.	Priscilla² Noble, born 05 July 1785 in New Brunswick, Canada; died Aft. 1860.
+	3	ii.	John Noble, born 06 January 1788 in Calais, Maine; died 07 April 1880 in Calais, Maine.
+	4	iii.	Daniel Noble, born 1790; died Unknown.
	5	iv.	Margaret Noble, born 05 July 1793 ^23,²⁴; died Unknown. She married Elijah Graves Wetherby Abt. 1810 ²⁵; born 20 March 1790 in Boxborough, Massachusetts ²⁶; died Unknown.

Notes for Margaret Noble:
Margaret was living in Robbinston, Maine in 1810 with her husband. No children were living with them.

Notes for Elijah Graves Wetherby:
Elijah was a corporal in the War of 1812 in Capt. Jarius Keene's Company, Leut. Col. O. Shead's Regiment in the Massachusetts Militia marching to the defense of Eastport, Maine 15 July to 5 September 1812. Elijah again appears in the Groton, Massahusetts vicinity as a corporal in Capt. A. Tarbell's Company, Leut. J. Page's Regiment serving at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor 13 September to 7 November 1814.

Marriage Notes for Margaret Noble and Elijah Wetherby:
Elijah and Margaret filed marriage intentions in Calais, Maine 13 March 1810, both were of Robbinston, Maine.

+	6	v.	Robert Noble, born 1795; died 17 March 1823 in Charlotte, Maine.
+	7	vi.	Nicholas Noble, born 1797 in Maine; died January 1881 in Calais, Maine.
+	8	vii.	Jemima Noble, born December 1800 in Maine; died 18 March 1864 in Calais, Maine.
+	9	viii.	Hannah Noble, born 30 June 1802 in Calais, Maine; died 1885.
+	10	ix.	James Noble, born 1806 in Calais, Maine; died 23 January 1868 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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