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

1. Nellie GEROW was born on 3 Dec 1860 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Mar 1943 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

Isaac married Margaret HARVEY on 22 Sep 1845. Margaret was born in 1815; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. SARAH ELIZABETH GEROW was born in 1846 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Oct 1887 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

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.

Daniel married Catherine SICARD in 1724 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA. Catherine was born on 10 Oct 1704 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA; died on 11 May 1771 in North Castle, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIO FROM FIND A GRAVE
Both Benjamin, II and his wife, Rachel (unknown maiden name) lived in Hempstead, New York, USA in 1744.

Benjamin's burial place is unknown, but probably near Newburgh, New York. Benjamin received a land grant in 1765 consisting of 850 acres of land from the Indians with was located 3 miles east of Newburgh on the Hudson River, then Ulster County until 1798, then Orange County, New York. This is 75 miles northwest of Jamaica, Ny. the paperwork still has the Indian Chief's blood signature on it when it was examined by Prof. E. Stone Wiggins who advised that this grant and Benjamin's will be preserved at the Kingston Courthouse. The property was left to his sons, Stephen, John, and Jacob, according to Rev. A.C. Wiggins of WI. In 1884 most descendants still lived near Newburgh. In 1884, this land was owned by Stephen, the son of James Wiggins.

Benjamin married Rachael STAUFFER in 1722 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA. Rachael was born in 1705; died in 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]