Families: Greene, Clark and connected families in Cowansville- Clarenceville area

Dedis write.. my father, Lee Irving Greene, 1897-1970 was raised in the Cowansville- Clarenceville area. His parents were Herbert Fargo Greene and Edna Jane Clark . Our family roots go back 3-4 generations in that area. I’m looking for any obits or census records that might tell me a bit about the lives of those

ancestors. I do have photos of several generations that I could share, as well as a “mystery” couple that I can’t identify but I believe are family. My father's parents were Herbert Fargo Greene, born March 27 1858, St Sebastian LeGranit Quebec, died July 6 1921,Clarenceville . Edna Jane Clark Greene, born Dec 17,1861, died Oct 14 1920. He married Edna on May 25, 1880. Theirs was a big family, Grant, Ida Carlton, Minnie, Lee,

Myrtle and Ethel Greene. Herbert worked as a live stock speculator, butcher and farmer according to census records .He and Edna attended the Methodist church. 

When they were first married they lived with Edna’s parents. My paternal great grandparents were Heman Green, born Feb 9 1826, Brookville Quebec, died Aug 25 1918. He married Almira Johnson born Nov 18 1919, died, Nov 18, 1919 in Clarenceville, on Oct 18 1847 at the Episcopal church. I’m thankful to have a copy of his obituary which I could share if anyone is interested. Email me is you have any information to share with Dedie Missisquoigenealogy@gmail.com See full document here 

 

Catalogue of Clarenceville Academy, Canada-East, 1849

Catalogue of Clarenceville Academy, Canada-East, 1849

DIRECTORS:

Rev. M. Townsend, President

Dr. P. H. Barber, Secretary

Dr. Uriah Laflin

Albert Chapman

Oliver Flagg

Peter Hawley

Amos H. Vaughan

Isaac Hogle

James McGillivray

PRINCIPAL

George Lee Lyman

STUDENTS:

GENTLEMEN

Charles Jonathan Alger, Hinesburgh, Vt.

Charles Nelson Beerwort, Clarenceville

Oscar Fitzallan Billings, Clarenceville

Harlin Nash Bridges, St. Albans, Vt.

John Henry Brougham, Clarenceville

Albert Tuttle Chapman, Clarenceville

George Nelson Clarke, Clarenceville

Hiram Edward Clarke, Clarenceville

Theodore Platt Clarke, Clarenceville

Myron Babcock Curtis, Georgia, Vt.

Asahel Hawley Derick, Clarenceville

Thomas Harvard Derick, Clarenceville

Lyman Holt Derick, St. Thomas

Henry Dikeman, Lacolle

Jackson Dunlop, Phillipsburgh

Geo. Melvin Emerick, St. Thomas

Walter Farnham, Dunham

Philo Judson Farnsworth, Clarenceville

Henry Stoughton Farnsworth, Clarenceville

Oliver Flagg, Jr., Clarenceville

Osman Henry Goss, Westford, Vt.

George Robert Gunn, Henryville

William Higgins Harrington, Clarenceville

Ruggles Wright Johnson, Clarenceville

Ephraim Smith Leach, Enosburgh, Vt.

Thomas Little, Clarenceville

Myron Martin, Brockville

William Cornelius Mastin, Oddelltown

Phineas Phelps, Stanbridge

William Wilder Ray, Hinesburgh, Vt.

Sylvester Rowe, Clarenceville

Jed Clesson Shattuck, Sheldon, Vt.

Seymour Smith, Phillipsburgh

William Hubert Smith, Clarenceville

Seth Sowles, Alburgh, Vt.

Austin Stewart, Clarenceville

Donald Stewart, Clarenceville

Heber Townsend, Clarenceville

Hobart Townsend, Clarenceville

Johnson Smith Walker, Clarenceville

Aubrey John Lewis Woolls, Isle Aux Noix

LADIES:

Sarah Baker, Sheldon, Vt.

Georgiana Eliza Barber, Clarenceville

Maranda Billings, Brockville

Frances Cleora Bingham, Brockville

Maria Bunker, Clarenceville

Frances Chadwick, Enosburgh

Sarah Avis Chapman, Clarenceville

Clarissa Minerva Clark, Clarenceville

Martha Adelaide Crosett, Enosburgh

Maria Eliza Burtis, Clarenceville

Keziah Maria Cutting, St. Johns

Lucy Hurd Derick, Clarenceville

Sarah Eliza Hawley, Clarenceville

Cecelia Lorane Hulbert, Sheldon, Vt.

Christia Ana Johnson, Clarenceville

Paulina Partlow, Stanbridge

Martha Eliza Sawyer, Clarenceville

Emeline Eunice Shattuck, Shelton, Vt.

Lucy Maria Smith, Clarenceville

Sophia Stewart, Clarenceville

Ann Eliza Townsend, Clarenceville
**Thanks Mary Anna for transcribing

The 200th anniversary of the ordination of the Rev. Micajah Townsend of Noyan, Clarenceville and Allburg by Richard Worden

Thanks so much to Richard Worden for doing this research on Reverend Townsend.

 Two men traveled from the area of Missisquoi Bay to Quebec City where they were admitted to the priesthood of the Church of England on the twenty first day of January 1816. The Rev. Micajah Townsend and the Rev. James Reid were immediately assigned to parishes in the Bay area. Reverend Townsend was twenty seven years of age. Rev. Townsend was born in 1789 at Brattleboro, Vermont and was the sixth of eight children born to Micah Townsend and Mary Wells.

The family received a land grant of 1200 acres at Farnham. Clearing and preparing the land consumed Rev. Townsend’s growing years and the neglect of his education. He eventually enrolled in school where he was the oldest student, the tallest student, and an avid learner. He soon found employment as a school teacher at Alburg, Vermont, Northfield, Massachusetts, and Philipsburg. He attended services of worship offered by itinerant Methodist preachers, developed an interest in theology and came to the attention of the Rev. Charles Stewart of St. Armand who encouraged him to study for the ministry of the Church of England. Townsend and James Reid were tutored by the Rev. C. C. Cotton of Dunham, an Oxford University graduate, who in 1804 came to Missisquoi.

The congregations at Noyan, Clarenceville and Alburg was the official parish given to Mr. Townsend; however, he served a much wider area including being an Army Chaplain. An example of the extent of Rev. Townsend’s work beside Sunday services is the year 1832 when he performed 108 baptisms, 16 weddings, and 21 burials. He served on the board of the local Academy and acted as a spokesperson for many people. He was married twice and had nine children two of whom died at a young age. Rev. Townsend built his own house, farmed, constructed churches, established cemeteries, and was made an Honorary Canon of the Cathedral in Montreal. He died on the seventeenth of January 1871 and was buried at Clarenceville where his monument indicates that he held the degree of Master of Arts.

St. Thomas Church, Noyan, Quebec; St. George’s Church, Clarenceville, Quebec; and St. Luke’s Church, Alburg, Vermont Sources Cotton, Charles Caleb. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cotton_charles_caleb_7E.html
The Borders Regional Ministry: Historic Roots & Current Formation. http://trinityrutland.blogspot.ca/2013/09/the-islander-church.html
Townsend, The Reverend Micajah.
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