William Pike Pye was my gt.
Grandfather. I’ve attempted to identify his children, their spouses and their
families in an effort to see how many other families were closely related to
this branch of the Pyes. All the families were very large by today’s standards,
making the extended families something to marvel at.
William and Esther Anne, AKA
Anne, from this point on, were married Mar. 25, 1828 at the Church of England in
Northern Gut, Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. Anne followed the common custom of
using her middle name instead of her given name. This has made researching
difficult if you only have the given name and then can’t find it anywhere.
Their children were:
1. Abraham
(1829-1911) d. in Chelsea MA
2. Susannah
3. James (1831 -
l873) m. *Mary Ann Soper, 1855 in Battle Harbor, Lab/NL – 9 children
4. Julia Ann (c. 1834- ?) m. *George Soper, 1854
in Harbor Grace, NL – 7 children
(*Mary Ann and George Soper were brother
and sister.)
5. Edmond (1835-1907) m. Julia Priddle, 1859
Battle Harbor, Lab/NL – 10 children
6. Edward (1836-1837)
7. John Charles (1839-1905)
m. Rachel Elizabeth Lacy (also spelled Lacey), 1862, in Battle Harbor, Lab/NL –
13 children
8. William (1841-1855)
9. Maria (1844-?)
10.
Moses (1845-1926)
m. Mary Ann Sutton, 1868 in Carbonear, NL – 10 children
1. Little is
known about Abraham other than he died in Chelsea MA, 1911.
2. Susannah is
also an unknown and could, quite possibly, belong to another family.
3. James was b.
Feb 14 1830 in Cape Charles, Lab/NL. He married Mary Ann Soper, Oct. 11 1855 in Battle
Harbor, Lab/NL. Their children were:
3a.
William Charles Soper Pye, b. Jun 3 1856, at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m.
Clara French – 1879; 8 children.
3b.
Mary Ann Pye, b. Mar 14 1858 at Cape Charles Lab/NL, m. Elijah Horwood (also
Harwood); 5 children
3c. George Pye, b. Sep 6 1861 at Cape Charles
Lab/NL, m. Emma French – 1880; 6 children
3d.
Ephraim James, b. Sep 26 1862 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Mary Ann Stone
– 1882; 7 children
3e.
John Charles Pye, b. Oct 7 1864 at Cape Charles, LAB/NL, m. Susannah Pye
– 1884; 1 child
3f.
Albert Pye, b. Sep 5 1866 at Cape Charles Lab/NL,
m. Eliza Stone; 10 children
3g.
Victoria Pye, b. Jul 1 1868 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Frank Lewis –
1888; 4 children
3h.
Henry Thomas Pye, b. Dec 21 1870 at Cape Charles Lab/NL, m. Julia Ann
Stone – 1899 13 children
3i. Emily Pye, b. Dec 1 1872 at Cape Charles
Lab/NL, m. George Davis – 1892; 2 children
4. Julia Ann Pye
was b. 1834. She married George Soper Sep 27 1854 at Harbor Grave NL. Their children
were:
4a.
William Henry Soper, b. Jan 30 1856 at Carbonear, NL, m. Martha Rumson – 1882; 4
children
4b.
Sarah Ann Soper, b. Jan 28 1858 at Carbonear, NL, m. Levi Herald – 1881; 10
children
4c.
Silas Bendle Soper, b. Sep 19 1860 at Carbonear, NL, m. Catherine Unknown –
1854; 1 child found
4d. Rosana Soper,
b. Dec 20 1862 at Carbonear, NL, m. Nicholas Powell – 1885; 1 child found
4e.
George Edward Soper, b. Mar 18 1865 at Carbonear, NL, m. Ellen Badcock; George
died 2 mos. after marriage in a drowning accident.
4f.
Laura Jane Soper, b. Nov 24 1867 at Carbonear, NL.; found no marr. or death
info on her.
4g. Asenath
Soper, b. Jun 27 1872 at Carbonear, NL, m. George Pike – 1894; 4 children
5. Edmund Pye was
b. 1835. He married Julia Priddle Oct 17 1859 at Battle Harbor, Lab/NL. Their
children were:
5a. Maria Ann Pye, b. Oct 7 1860 at Cape Charles
Lab/NL.
5b. John Thomas Pye, b.
Mar 28 1862 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL.
5c. Susannah Pye, b. Apr
30 1864 at Battle Harbor, Lab/NL, m. John Charles Pye ,1884 – 1 child found
5d. Willis George Pye,
b. Apr 24 1866, Lab/NL, m. Elizabeth Herald 1895 – 6 children
5e. Harriet White Pye, b. May 24 1865, Western
Bay, NL; possibly adopted. She appears to be the d/o Thomas and Ann Rose White
of Ochre Pit Cove. She m. Isaac John Sellars, 1889
5f. Lorenzo Pye, b. Nov 6 1869 at Cape Charles,
Lab/NL, m. Mary Jane Butt 1896 – 10 children
5g. Martha Miriam Pye,
b. Nov 7 1871 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. John Farmer 1898
5h. Margaret Pye, b. Jan 23 1874 at Cape Charles,
Lab/NL.
5i. Julia Mary Pye, b. Dec 5 1875 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL.
5j. Sarah Jane Pye, b.
Mar 11 1878 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Richard John Atwill 1909 – 4 children
6. Edward Pye, b. 1836 - 1837
7. John Charles Pye,
b. Sep 29 1839 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL. He married
Rachel Elizabeth Lacy (Lacey) Sep 24 1862 in Battle Harbor, Lab.
7a. Henry William Pye,
b. Jun 25 1863 - 1877 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL
7b. Jesse, b. Mar 11
1865 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL. He married Nora Edith Carmichael Jun 22 1893 in
Halifax Nova Scotia – 15 children
7c. Israel, b. Jan 20
1867 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL. Reported to be a hunter/trapper along the Quebec
border, supposedly married an Indian woman and had many children.
7d. Eugene I, b. 1870 –
c. 1877 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL.
7e. Laura, b. Oct 23
1871 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Adam George in 1892 – 5 children
7f. Lily, b. 1872 at
Cape Charles, Lab/NL. No further info
7g. Mary Jane, b. Feb
28 1873 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Elihu Callahan, Jan 5 1895 in Carbonear NL –
1 child
7h. James, b. Feb 17
1875 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Marion Susannah Pike, Jun 26 1900 in Chelsea
MA – 8 children
7i. Samuel, b. Mar 19
1876 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Annie Edna Pike, Nov 12 1900 in Chelsea MA – 15
children
7j. Ebenezer (Eben) b.
Feb 17 1878 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Annie Millie Aug 13 1920 in helsea MA –
6 children
7k. Esther Ann, b. Apr
21 1880 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL – No further info
7l. Eugene II, b. 1884
- 1903 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL.
7m. Effie Mabel, b. Aug
15 1885 at Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Hayward Power, Jan 29 1905 at Bay of
Islands, NL – 11 children
8. William Pye, b.
1841 – Mar 29 1855
9. Maria, b. May 5
1844 – No further info
10.
Moses, b. 1841 at
Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Mary Ann Sutton, Jun 6 1868 at Carbonear NL. Their
children were:
10a. Ernest, b. 1869
Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Alice Bellows - 1904 at Cape
Charles, Lab/NL
10b. Alfred, b. 1870
Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Annie Parsons - 1888
10c. Bertha, b, ?, m.
Elias Curtis – c. 1889
10d. William, b. 1870
Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Amelia Walsh
10e. Edward, b. 1871
Cape Charles, Lab/NL,
10f. Edmund, b. 1872
10g. Manoah James, b.
1874 Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Minnie Ethel Herald – 1903 – 10 children
10h. George, b.1877
Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. Elizabeth Herald – 1920 – 10 children
10i. Elizabeth Ann, b. 1879
Cape Charles, Lab/NL, m. John Edward Stone c. 1893 - 13 children
10j. Maria
b. 1885, m. Kenneth Bellows 1905 - 8 children
In summary, these are the surnames that represent people who
were FIRST cousins to my grandfather, Jesse Pye (John Charles, William Pike): Pye
(obviously), Soper, Horwood (also Harwood), Lewis, Davis, Herald. Powell, Pike,
Farmer, Atwill, Curtis, Stone and Bellows. These names represent the married
names of his female first cousins. In all, I have found 36 first cousins, I’m
still in the process of discovery, so there could be more.
Again any questions,
corrections or changes should be sent to:
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