Nellie married Hiram PETERSON on 21 Nov 1882 in Picton, Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Hiram (son of Daniel PETERSON and Mary PARKS) was born on 27 Nov 1852 in Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Dec 1919 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rosa Ethel PETERSON was born about 1883 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

Isaac married Elmira MARTIN about 1855. Elmira was born in 1822; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Margaret RUSSELL on 17 Feb 1793 in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Margaret was born in 1768 in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 12 Aug 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

PER KENT GEROW

Isaac was Captain of the Queen's Rangers who died July 1778 in New York City, most likely of fever. He is buried in the Trinity Church Yard.
The widow Charity and her children came to New Brunswick with the Loyalists.

Captain married Charity WIGGINS about 1754 in Westchester County, New York, USA. Charity (daughter of Benjamin WIGGINS and Rachael STAUFFER) was born in 1746 in Westchester County, New York, USA; died on 20 Oct 1840 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charity Gerow....from Mildred Smith's records - June 1973

Charity's land petitions reveal what kind of a woman she was and, to some extent, what her life was like in New Brunswick.

Even after Captain Isaac's death she must have had a certain amount of comfort and security in New York City, the British capital in North America from 1776 to 1783. However, she had a difficult time getting sufficient rations for herself and her family and appealed to Sir Guy Carelton for help.

When the peace was signed to end the American Revolution it was impossible for Charity and her little children to return home. Even before hostilities had broken out they had been forced away from their North Castle farm. Rioting rebel mobs had, from 1770 on, persecuted families with known Loyalist sympathies and especially families with husbands in the British army.

In 1780 the New York Legislature passed a law that Loyalist wives and their children under 10 had 20 days to get out of the state.
When peace was signed in 1783 the families that had fled to New York City had to be taken to land still under the British flag before the British surrendered New York City. Otherwise they would suffer at the hands of mobs.
Even if kin took them into their homes, mobs might drag them out, tar and feather them, cut off their ears etc.....

In 1783 Charity Gerow and her family and a large number of other Loyalists were transported from New York City to New Brunswick. A book called "Early Loyalist St. John" by D.H. Bell, 1983 states "widow Charity Gerow from Westchester County, N.Y. and 4 sons went July 1783 to N.B. on the refugee ship "Montague". Her 2 daughters and their husbands, and her 2 nephews were on the same ship". There she petitioned the Govenrment for land and received a large tract of land alongside Washademoak Lake. She only owned the land until 1805 when she sold the land to James Henry and went to live with her daughter, Phoebe Sherwood.

There is also a record that Charity remarried after 1803 to John Pickett but that this marriage did not last long. There is also a record in New Brunswick of the burial of Charity Rickets buried Oct. 20, 1840 but it is believed to be Charity Pickett. Charity Ricket ( Pickett ) was buried by Rector Harrison of St. Luke's Anglican in Loyalist Cemetery, King's Square, Saint John, New Brunswick. This information provided by records of Mildred M. Smith - 1980.