Benjamin Thomas, Carleton County Pioneer

Benjamin Thomas (Richard4, Joshua3, Richard2, Evan1)  was born Bet. 1797 - 1798 in Canada (Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick), and died 28 Jul 1885 in Carleton County, New Brunswick. His grandparents were Joshua and Martha Thomas, loyalists from the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania, who settled in Burton, Sunbury, NB in 1783.  His parents were Richard and Hannah Glasier Thomas. 

Benjamin's maternal grandfather, Lieutenant Benjamin Glasier, fought in the French and Indian Wars, having been held captive at Fort William Henry, NY for an extended length of time.  He arrived on the River St. Johns prior to the loyalists.  He was a lumberman, cordwainer, soldier and a blackmith.  At Gouldsborough, Maine he was one of the petitioners against the embargo of July 1 1775.

 Benjamin Thomas married Mary Ann Hayward 24 Jul 1819 in Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick, daughter of George Hayward and Mary Smith. She was born 1799 in Canada (Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick), and died Bef. 1851 in Brighton, Carleton, NB. Her maternal grandparents were Connecticut loyalists, Daniel Smith and Ruth Fitch.  The Daniel Smiths (Burton--1783) and the George Haywards (Lincoln--1763) were early settlers in Sunbury County.

Benjamin's siblings were Elizabeth Thomas Dickinson (Darius), Rebecca Thomas Sewell (Nicholas) (removed to Maine), Ann Thomas Sewell (William), Sarah Thomas Robinson Dickinson (John Duncan), Hannah Thomas Stone (Stillman)(removed to Maine), Stephen and James, both early settlers in Carleton County. George Thomas who married Mary Crandlemire (removed to Michigan) is also quite likely a brother.  All were born in Sunbury County, NB. Some of them returned to the United States in the 1800's, as did many of his children.

In 1821 & 1827, Benjamin petitioned for land in Carleton County. He located there about 1821. In 1821 he described himself as married with a female child. In 1827 his petition stated he had three children. The family lived in what was to become Rockland, near his brothers, Stephen and James. He was a farmer and a Free Will Baptist.

In 1837 he sold the property that he acquired in 1827 to brother-in-law, Samuel Estabrooks, removing to land that was originally Stephen Thomas'. Stephen appears to have died by this time. He lived with his daughter, Caroline Noble, in 1861. By 1871 he had returned to Stephen's land and lived near his brother,  James. He will die on this property.

WOODSTOCK SENTINEL 1885: Hartland (Carleton Co.) 28th Aug., Benjamin THOMAS, age 88. Deceased was one of the first settlers of Becaguimec Settlement, having lived at the above place nearly 60 years, raising a large family of whom 4 sons and 4 daughters survive him. D.R. THOMAS and J.H. THOMAS, two of the above, reside in California.

September 14, 1885 Saint John The Daily Telegraph d. Hartland (Carleton Co.) 28th ult., Benjamin THOMAS, age 88. Deceased was one of the first settlers of Becaguimec Settlement having lived in the above place nearly 60 years.

Children of Benjamin Thomas and Mary Hayward were:

Ruth Thomas, born 1834 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick. Died in Boston, MA

John Hiram Thomas, born 1838 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick; died Aft. 1921 in Oakland, CA.

Mary Ann Thomas, born 1824 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick.

George Hayward Thomas, born 1827 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick. Died in probably Maine.

Emmaline Isabella Thomas, born 1837 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick.

Frederick Thomas, born 1842 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick.

Jane Thomas, born 1830 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick.

William Henry Thomas, born 1830 in Canada (Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick); died 1914 in Chicago, IL.

David R Thomas, born 1833 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick; died 1897 in Martinez, CA.

Caroline Thomas, born 1824 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick. She removed to Maine during the 1860's  Married Isaacher Noble..

Adeline Thomas, born 1843 in Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick.

From  The History of Central New Brunswick by L.M B. Maxwell
 "There was Capt. Benjamin Glasier that was in New Brunswick which at one time Maine was part of that territory. Capt Benjamin Glasier this is what it saids in a book (from Reminiscences of Thomas Glasier) Thomas Glasier was a grandson of Capt. Benj. Glasier and Benjamin was stationed at fort william nry when it was besieged by the French and Indians. They held out for weeks but hunger drove them to surrender at last, the supplies they expectd from Halifax did not come. the French commander let them go safely to their homes, so they laid down there arms and marched out accompanied by the women and children who were in the fort for protection. The Indians attacked them as they were making their way to safety and brutally murdering them they dashed the children against the trees and ill treated and sclaped the men and women. Grandfather went off by himself and was near safety when a savage jumped from behind a tree and grabbed him. Grandfather who was a strong man, wrestled with the Indian and wrenched the Tommy hawk from his belt and jerked it up to kill the Indian , another Indian seized him from behind and overpowered him bound him and led him to their canoes. He found a gread many others from the fort also prisoners , amongst them was the old commander of the fort also prisoners . They scapled Grandfather. Grandfather said the indians killed others at houses they would come to kiling men and women and children, and burning there houses. 

They held him prisoner for 9 months In Quebec they hand him over to a prison there. He was there some months and he was redeemed by his brother Capt. Beamsley glasier who had come to make a exchange of prisoners. He made his way home to Newbury Port and then to St. John, N.B. He and his other brother Steven (steven Glasier's house is still standing) In the lower Lincoln. helped Hazen & white and Peabody fill a contract with the English Goverment for masts and then they started ship building. Benjamins sons, Senator John and Stephen became the first great lumbermaen on the St. John River an at one time employed 600 men. They were the first to bring lumber over the Grand Falls.

Capt Glasier was a lumberman, cordwainer, soldier and a Blackmith. At Gouldsborough, Maine was one of the petitioners against the embargo of July 1 1775. In 1779 he Removed to Nova Scotia, now New Brunswick.   In 1782 he Purchased 1000 acres of land 8 miles below St. Anne's Point, now Lincoln, from Benjamin Bubar (Bubier) for 200 Pounds.

He was omitted from the Studholme Report. In 1793 he was a resident of Maugerville, NB
His will dated April 11th 1806, proved April 16, 1814. No. 39. He was an Anglican.

Marriage Notes for Benjamin 4Glasier, Lt and Marcy/Massa Downs: Married in the home of John Hanson in Gouldsborough.

Father: Stephen Glasier b: ABT 1687 in Massachusetts (Newberry)
Mother: Sarah Pike b: 1706 in New Hampshire (Salisbury)

Marriage 1 MarcyMercy Downs b: 1750 in Maine

• Married: 1770 in Goldsbourgh, ME

Daniel Smith c 1736 in Norwalk Connecticut and died 1816 in Burton, Sunbury.  He was the youngest son of Nehemiah and Elizabeth Clapham Smith. He married Ruth Fitch, 22 May 1760 in New Canaan, CT, daughter of Theophilus Fitch and Lydia Kellogg. She was born 1739 in Norwalk and died in Burton. 

Royal Gazette 1816:  SMITH, Daniel  Parish of Burton, Sunbury County. Intestate. Administration granted 29 June to Clapman SMITH, Orlo SMITH and Daniel SMITH.

There were two Daniel Smiths in Norwalk during the mid 18th century. Several researchers report the Daniel, son Eliakim and Abigail Hoyt, as the Daniel who was a loyalist.  However, I have not found any documentary evidence to support this. Vol 25 issue 2 of The American Genealogist states his lineage as that of Nehemiah Smith, son of Samuel, and Elizabeth Clapham, daughter of Peter Clapham and Rebecca.    Daniel's son named Clapman is so similar to Clapham that it gives confirmation to this lineage.

In the marriage record for Daniel Smith and Ruth Fitch, Daniel is referred to as of Norwalk. Later he owned property in New Milford and ran a public house there at the start of the American Revolution. See his claim for land in NB that is attached.  His daughter Lydia was baptised in 1766 in New Preston by the Rev. Roger Viets, St. andrews Chruch, Simsbury, CT.See attached from Rev. Viets records. This indicates Daniel was an Episcopalian and that could be the source of his loyalty to the crown.

 Josiah  Starr petitioned that Daniel's property in New Milford be seized to pay wages of the men under his command.  By a court decision of June 1781 this was done.  Daniel Smith was captured, escaped and helped bring other Tory families through the lines. He sailed on the Union from New York in the spring of 1783 to what is now New Brunswick, Canada in 1783. He brought two slaves with him and granted them their freedom, but they stayed with his family for the rest of their lives. His claim for compensation of his losses in New Milford was accepted by the British Commission of Inquiry and he and his sons, Orlo, Clapman and Daniel Jr. were granted land along the South West Branch of the Oromocto River in New Brunswick near the town of Blissville.

The Union was part of the "Spring Fleet" and departed from Huntington Bay on April 16th 1783 with the "Kingston Loyalists" and proceeded to New York, where forty-three of the passengers disembarked on April 23rd. The Union sailed for New Brunswick on April 24th with the remaining one hundred and sixty-four passengers. The Union arrived at Partridge Island, NB on May 10th, and was moored at St. John on May 11th. The passengers did not land immediately, but "remained comfortable on board ship" until June 4th 1783.

Return of the Famelies, &c., Embark'd on board the Union Transport, Consett Wilson, Master, began Huntington Bay April 11th, & Compleated April 16th, 1783: Daniel Smith, Nw. Milford, Connecticut, Farmer .  Daniel appears alone on the return, so his family must have come later.  Robert A East, in Connecticut's Loyalists  describes the Spring Fleet arrivals as being very similar to the Pilgrims on the Mayflower.

From New Brunswick Land records: Smith, Daniel 1789 Daniel Smith, asks for 500 acres on Oromocto. (HIS PROPERTY WAS JUST WEST OF THOMAS PROPERTY ON ACCOMPANNYING MAP)

Child of Daniel Smith and Ruth Fitch is: Mary Smith, born in Connecticut (New Milford); died 1811 in Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick.

Daniel's daughter, Mary Smith,  was born in Connecticut (New Milford), and died 1811 in Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick. She married George Hayward, son of George Hayward and Ann Durley. He was born 1768 in Sunbury County New Brunswick, and died 05 Dec 1828 in Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick.

From Some Descendants of George Hayward and Ann Durley by George H. Hayward:  George  may have left NB in 1823, some of his land was sold at that time. He probably returned before his death as his estate was inventoried and probated in NB. He owned 1 stove and pipe, 1 bedstead and carpet, 1 tender, 1 pr. stillery, 1 pr. tongs, slae harness, 1 bed, s blankets, 1 sheet, 2 pillows, 1 coverlet, coat, vest, coat, trousers, cloake, 2 window curtains, 1 pr bed curtains, 2 tea boards, dishes trunk, 1 pr. candlesticks, 1 hat, 1 axe, 1 shovel, 1 sled, old iron metal chest, 1 pr. andirons, 1 table, 1 slae, seventeen harrow teeth, 1 chair, 1 bake pan, 1 tea cannister, 2 pewter dishes, 1 sheet, quilt, 1 pr. hames, brass chains, 1 decanter, 1 watch, and seals 1 lot lands, house barns, 10 acres, 1 horse. The value was 288 pounds.

George attended the Anglican Church in Maugerville,   probably livimg in Lincoln most of his adult life. Child of Mary Smith and George Hayward is: Mary Ann Hayward, born 1799 in Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick; died Bef. 1851 in Brighton, Carleton, NB. She married Benjamin Thomas 24 Jul 1819 in Lincoln, Sunbury, New Brunswick; born Bet. 1797 - 1798 in  Sunbury, New Brunswick; died 28 Jul 1885 in Carleton County, New Brunswick

William Henry6 Thomas (Benjamin5, Richard4, Joshua3, Richard2, Evan1) was born 1830 in Canada (Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick), and died 1914 in Chicago, IL. He married Caroline M. Clarke 07 Jul 1858 in St. James Anglican Cathedral, Toronto, Canada, daughter of William Clarke and Anne Marshall. She was born 1839 in England (Heavitree, Exeter, Devonshire), and died 1908 in Chicago, IL.

Born in New Brunswick, he appears in the 1851 Brighton Parish Census as the child of Benjamin Thomas. He moved to Barrie, Ontario between 1851 and 1861, probably in going first to Toronto, Ontario where he met Caroline.  There is a William Thomas living very near the Clarke family on Park Lane in 1856. He immigrated to Chicago about 1876, little less than a century after his loyalist ancestors had fled NY.  In 1900, the family lived at 59 University Place. This was the site of the originial University of Chicago. All their Chicago homes were within a few blocks of each other.

In the Barrie 1871 census, the record for the William Thomas family includes the following:

William Thomas 36 NB W. Meth. , Caroline 29 , William 10, Bella 12, Mary 9,

Randolph 7, Hiram 5 and Caroline 2 

On the 1880 United States Census his occupation is distributor and date of immigration, 1876. The children were : Isabella 19,  William F. 17, Mary Ann 15, David Randolph 13, Carrie 10, Benjamin Marshall 8,  John Howard 5, Wallace Henry 3, and Ruth Adeline 1.   The family was living in LaGrange Park.

A son George Garfield was born in 1881--per 1900 US Census. He died in 1944. Son, William F., died in 1908, D.R. in 1918, and Wallace Henry in 1893. Hiram had died by 1880.

The following articles from the Chicago Tribune give some picture of the man and his sons. However, these stories must be placed in the context of Chicago in the 1890's. A boom town. The one thing that cannot be denied is that W.H. Thomas had a very strong constitution.

Chicago Tribune 1891

HIGH RATE OF INTEREST.

In a Circuit Court bill Willaim H. and William F. Thomas allege they lost Many thousands of dollars by doing business with the Chicago Trust and Savings Bank, The Midland Co. and Daniel H. Tolman. They tell a story of usurious interest at the rate of 2 1/2 percent per mouth until the interest became the principal.

A loan of $2650, one for $5,500 and others for $700 and $400 grew into mountains and Were soon lost among the interest and collateral securities. For instance, a trust deed involving prop. worth $2500 was given to back-up the loans, amounting to less than $5,000, and now the complainants find it hard Work to get the property back.

Chicago Tribune 1893

The Chicago Trust and Savings Bank to be a usurer yesterday by Judge Tuley. The decree was entered on a suit brought by William H. and William F. Thomas, the Midland company, Daniel H. Tolman

president of both concerns and several officers of the bank. The complaints allege that they Had borrowed $6375 on which usurious interest was Charged.

The firm of W.H. Thomas & Son won the suit which had been pending for sometime.

FELLED BY SAVAGE BLOW

Chicago Tribune, Sept. 2, 1896

W. H. Thomas HIT ON THE HEAD WITH LEAD PIPE AND BEATEN,

C. H. Davis and a Companion Sought After by the Police on a Charge That They Assaulted the Old Man in His Calumet Area Flats-He Refuses to Pay a Plumber's Bill. They Came to Collect-Victim May Not Recover.

William H. Thomas a South Side property owner with a real estate office in the Title and Trust Building, is confined at his home,

No, 59 University place, Is in critical condition as a result of a terrible blow an the head with a piece of lead pipe And a beating he received Yesterday morning at tare hands of two young plumbers. His assailants called at Mr. Thomas' flat buildings Nos 1927 and 1928 Calumet Avenue, to collect a plumbing bill, which amounted to $17.

Mr: Thomas, who is 70 years of age may not recover from his injuries.

According to the story told by neighbors living in Calumet avenue to police at the Cottage Grove Avenue Station,the aged Mr. Thomas was looking around his flat buildings to see What repairs were needed when Charles Davis, a collector in the employ of Plumber John W Trembley of 23rd St and Cottage Grove Ave, accompanied by another *young man, walked into the flat building and asked the feeble owner if he was ready to settle the little Plumbing bill.

' No:- replied Mr. Thomas,somewhat angrily, " I think the bill exorbitant, but, if you call at my office, I believe we can adjust Matters amicably."

`• That won't do," exclaimed bill collector. We want the money right now.

Well you can't get It," was the answer.

We'll get it now or we will kill You."

To avoid trouble Mr. Thomas started to walk away.}_ Before he had taken two steps, so the police report puts forth, the collector struck the aged man over the head with a long, heavy piece of lead pipe.

Mr. Thomas was knocked insensible, and, it is alleged, while he was lying on the floor In the hallway Davis and his companion kicked him several times in the head and body.

After the assault both assailants ran away so far have succeeded in eluding police.

Last night and all of yesterday afternoon Lieut. Thomas had a number of his detectives scouring the South Side for the men, but as of2:30 am. neither of them had been arrested.

Dr. A. H Bird, who was called to attend Mr. Thomas, found an ugly gash two two inches over the right eye, which extended to the bone, contusions on the head and body, and two broken ribs. The doctor also stated that the patient had received Internal Injuries, and that all his hurts, coupled with the man's advanced age and feeble condition, might prove fata

Mr. Thomas was conveyed to his home in the police ambulance from the Cottage Grove Avenue Station.

Mr. Thomas' son, D. R. Thomas, is a member of the Chicago Athletic Club, and a lawyer with an office in the Unity Building. Mr. Thomas who was assaulted has been a resident of Chicago for thirty years and is the owner of over $100,000. worth of property In the vicinity of Nineteenth street and Cottage Grove avenue.

Sept. 3 1896, Chicago Tribune

H, C. Davis, collector for Plumber J. Trembley, No. 22 Cottage Grove avenue, is still at large, despite his assault upon W.H. Thomas. a real estate man.

More than that, Mr. Davis was much sought yesterday by those whom a common bond had made wondrous kind, the callers being those who asserted that their charts to collect debts from the victim of the assault had resulted to their physical detriment,Mr. Davis was not, however, in the language of the street, "comeatable," although he was entirely willing to be located by the police. This willingness was based, it was stated, upon a desire to have Mr. Thomas or the Messrs. Thomas, the three husky sons of the first-named, place their grievances upon record, is order that a public answer might be made.

As a matter of precaution, Mr. Davis quietly went before Justice George Ford, pleaded guilty to assault and battery, and paid the fine and costs. Then he adjourned to await developments, which it seems, have not developed.

The whole story, as told, Is this:

Mr. Thomas has three sons. They are D. R. Thomas, a lawyer,, who weighs 250 pounds: Will F. Thomas, a less mighty man, but by no means a weakling; and Ben M. Thomas, who was has the reputation of being a "good man."

A great number of the small merchants in the neighborhood of Mr. Thomas' home, No. 59 University place, say they have had dealings with father and sons.

Among these is J. 0. Samkins, a plumber, at Wabash avenue and Twentieth streets He says he went to Mr. Thomas' office, which was then at No. 119 Dearborn street, and asked the payment of a bill. He says that through the Intervention of the sons he escaped only with a pair of black eyes and numerous bruises.

Another plumber,, with a similar story, is P. J. Kinney, whose shop is in Twenty-second street, near Cottage Grove avenue.

Abner Price, a mason contractor, says his son was assaulted because he attempted to collects bill.

W. Hanson, a carpenter, in Twenty-second street, near Prairie avenue, Is one of others who detail experiences with the Thomases similar to those described.

The elder Thomas could not be seen yesterday.

Benjamin and Thomas and William F. Thomas not only deny the allegations, but declare that they never before heard either of J. O, Samkins, P. J. Kinney, Abner Price, or W. H. Hanson.

However, it is asserted that one of the Thomas sons called on Mr. Samkins yesterday for the purpose of paying the claim

for presenting which Mr. Samkins says he was beaten.

Chicago Tribune October 6, 1898

FENDER RUNS DOWN LAWYER W. H. THOMAS.

Aged Attorney Struck While Crossing La Salle Street-is crushed Under the Car-Badly Hurt, but Will Recover.

Attorney W. H. Thomas of 57 University place was run down by a grip car at Randolph and La Salle streets at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. His Injuries are serious, but It Is thought he will recover. The car fender was antiquated and useless. The lawyer, who is 67 years old, was crossing La Salle street with his sons. Attorneys D. R.and Benjamin Thomas, when the accident occurred. A wagon stopped them for a moment, and when it passed Mr. Thomas started ahead. He did not see a Lincoln avenue grip car which had just left the tunnel, and was run down.

Mr. Thomas was dragged nearly 100 feet before the car was stopped and when his sons reached him he was unconscious. Part of his body was under the front of the car, which had to be shoved back before he could be taken out. A physician who attended him said that two ribs and his right arm were broken. He was taken home in an ambulance.

Mr. Thomas has been a resident of Chicago twenty years. With his sons he has offices In the Unity Building.

Chicago Tribune (IL) - May 10, 1914

THOMAS

Deceased Name: William H. Thomas

William H. Thomas, aged 85 years, father of David R., Benjamin M., John H., George G., Isabella B., Mary A., Caroline M., and Ms. H. W. Gaines. Funeral Sunday, May 10, at 2 o'clock, from his late residence, 3254 Groveland ave. Interment, Oakwoods cemetery.

 Caroline M. Clarke: Her birth is registered in St. Thomas Parish--1839 Oct.-Dec. William and Caroline were married in Toronto in 1858. The transcription of the original record indicated that she was 19. The witnesses were Stephen Ricketts and father, Wm. Clarke, both of Toronto. She was named after William's sister, Caroline.

She appeared in The Tribune as being active in real estate with William. She died from utuerine cancer at 3234 Groveland. Her children were listed as Wiiliam F., David R., Benjamin M., John Howard, George G., Isabella R., Mary A. and Mrs. H.W. Gaines.

Children of William Thomas and Caroline Clarke are:

John Howard Thomas. 

Ruth Thomas.

Isabella Thomas.

David Randolph Thomas.

Wallace Thomas.

Geroge Thomas.

Mary Ann Thomas.

William F. Thomas.

Caroline Thomas.

Benjamin Marshall Thomas, born 1873 in Canada (Barrie, Ontario); died 24 Jun 1927 in Chicago, IL.   Benjamin Marshall7 Thomas (William Henry6, Benjamin5, Richard4, Joshua3, Richard2, Evan1) was born 1873 in Canada (Barrie, Ontario), and died 24 Jun 1927 in Chicago, IL. He married Alice Ethel Lupton 1898 in prob. Chicago, daughter of John Lupton and Anna Pillar. She was born 1873 in Canada (Montreal, Quebec), and died 1909 in Chicago, IL.

George and Ann were grandparents to Mrs Benjamin Thomas, Mary Ann Hayward.  It has been suggested that they were born in England. Although this is possible, I do not believe it is correct.  This assertion is based on a 1788 land petition in which George stated that he came with his family in 1763 from Great Britain (transcribed in Sunbury County land records to say he was a native of GB) to Nova Scotia. It does not say England and it does not say he was a native of anywhere.  It could have also been colonial Massachusetts which was the home of practically every 1763 arrival to the St. John River and in '63 part of colonial Great Britain.  Colonial Great Britain would be defined as existing from circa 1650 to1870 A.D.   This period also is included in what is defined as the "First British Empire" which revolved primarily, but not exclusively, around the settler colonies of the Americas and ended in 1783.

George stated he had not received the land to which he was entitled in '63 and would have wanted to emphasize his loyalty to the crown at the time the loyaltists were arriving in Sunbury County leading to less available land. The attached land records confirm that he arrived in 1763 and that his ownership of his land was disputed by Mary Bradley in 1787--providing a need to emphasize that he was a preloyalist British subject in order to obtain land in 1788.

Most other references to the family's being from England were oral history which is often incorrect. It seems correct that his great grandfather had come from England to MA about 1630, so they were English in origin. No primary document has ever been found for either George or Ann in England or MA.

I believe George most likely came from Essex County, MA with the many other settlers from that area. Among them the Perleys.  I believe Perley could have been Ann's correct maiden name. Durley was never documented as her maiden name but passed through the family as tradition.  Her name does appear in undocumented sources as Durley. However, there is no trace of the name Durley anywhere in New Brunswick records. It seems likely that she also came from Massachusetts. Perley is very common in Essex county, MA and in early NB. I think she could be a widow of a Perley or an unaccounted for descendant of Allen and Susanna Perley. Allen was of Welsh descent and settled in early 1630's in Ipswich.

Some records indicate George and Ann's daughter, Mary Ann Hayward, was born in Manchester, England. Could this be New England? Manchester, MA is in Essex county. Ann is referred to as Nancy in some land records.

From: Baltimore : its history and its people, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. 1912.
In 1763, a number of families, led by Israel Perley, arrived in four vessels from New England, and settled at Maugerville, on the St. John, the first permanent British settlement above the mouth of the river. George was one of these along with his brother, Nehemiah.This volume is also the source of George's birth date and his parents names.  His birth date is given as 4/4/1739.  He and his brother were among the first twenty settlers. He settled on lot #70. 

There is no source information in Baltimore.  Genealogical Publishing Co. states: In the late 1900's the Lewis Publishing Company  perfected a formula for presenting and preserving the genealogies/biographies of eminent or successful citizens throughout much of the Eastern half of the United States. The Lewis technique was to employ a credible authority, who would himself supervise a stable of writers and editors, in the task of garnering and editing biographical/genealogical material, including photographs, from hundreds of subjects whose lives and family histories fell within the geographical range of a particular publishing project, be it local, statewide, or regional 

It occurs to me that a possible source for the publishing company as regards George (1739) and Nehemiah (1738) was a family bible and family tradtion.  It is also possible that the publishing company drew conclusions from existing records of the time that could not be supported and resulted in errors.

From Some Descendants of George Hayward and Ann Durley by George H Hayward. He was engaged in lumbering and owned several pieces of property. The inventory of his estate taken at Lincoln 10th Aug. 1799 by John and George Hayward, Lem Wilmott, Asa Perlay and William Boone. It included (original spelling): 2 old hats, 1 body coat, 1 velvit vest & britches, 3 wast coats, 3 pr. stockings, 2 fine shirts, 1 Cotton, 4 pr sheets, 4 pillow cases, 4 cups and sawsers, 1 Large puter Bason, 3 pr stockings, 1 tea pot, 1 old tea kettle 1 Damask Tab'l Cloth, 1 Damsk Cloth, 2 Damask tablecloths small, 6 napkins, 1 bead spread, 2 Linen sheets, 1 blankit, 2 old sheets, 1 cover bed, 1 colleted blankit or bead cover, 1 colleted bead cover, 1 bead battens & pillow, 1 bead batten and 2 pillows, 4 old puter plates, 6 knives and forks, 3 puter spoons, 5 sliver tea spoons, 1 ease chare, 1 old mahogny bead stead, 1 clothes baskit, 2 Chares, 1 Desk, 2 quart mugs, 6 cups & sawers, 3 small boots, 1 butter crook, 18 3/4 bushel corn, 11 1/2 bushel wheat, 4 cows, 1 calf, 3 swine, 10 sheep & 3 lambs before shorn, 1 hoe, 2 3 years heffers, 1 year old heffer, 31# butter, 317# pork, The Hart farm, Lorr of land on the Oromocto, 1 sett old curtain, 1 birch table, 1 pine table, 1 churn. The total value was 314 pounds, 16 pences and 3 shillings.

The author of this work does believe that George, Ann and daughter, Mary, were natives of England.

Their children were: 

Mary Ann born 1762 married Joseph Hoyt

John,  b.1766 married Chole Strange

George,  b.1767 married Mary Smith