Elizabeth appears to have been the daughter of:
426. ELIZABETH ANN (“ELIZAâ€) FLEWELLING
d/o Thomas and Elizabeth (Griffin) Flewelling first of North Castle, Westchester Co., New York; lastly of Oak Point, Greenwich Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick
Elizabeth Ann Flewelling b. ca. 1766, d. Indiantown, Portland Parish, Saint John Co., NB 29JAN1852 aet. 86, bur. Anglican Cem. Saint John, NB, m. Robert Cunard (b. Norriton Twp., Montgomery Co. (then Philadelphia Co.), Pennsylvania ca. 1749, d. Indiantown, Portland Parish, Saint John Co., NB 18DEC1818 aet. 69, m. 1st New York 13MAR1781 Elizabeth Travis (d. ca. 1783, sans pro.)), s/o John and Ann (Rogers) Cunard. H. A. Cody identifies Elizabeth and her husband, but he also (incorrectly) assigns Ezekiel Flewelling, son of Caleb, as a son of Thomas.
In, Indiantown: 1863-1865, (Daniel F. Johnson, CG(C), “Generationsâ€, issue 31, MAR1987, pp. 17-27, the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Fredericton, NB, 1987), Johnson points out that Indiantown is:
Situated in Portland Parish, County of St. [sic] John, Indiantown is bounded by Marble Cove of the St. [sic] John River above the Reversing Falls. Regretfully, the census records of 1851, 1861 and 1871 are missing.
This points out one of the main difficulties in determining Flewellings in the County of Saint John, the missing census returns. What Johnson offers is extracts from the Assessment Books of 1863 - 1865 in the Archives and Library section of the New Brunswick Museum in Saint John. In particular, Johnson referred to the assessment list of 30SEP1863, the assessment list of 4JUL1865 and to, Hutchinson’s Saint John Directory: 1863-1864. Some Cunards in this list are:
NAME 1863 1864 ADDRESS
Charles H. Cunard yes yes Main and Bridge
Enos G. Cunard no yes Bridge and bridge
John Cunard yes yes Marble Point
Robert Cunard yes yes Marble Point
Thomas Cunard yes yes Main and Bridge
William Cunard yes yes Main and Bridge
It is difficult to determine exactly whom these persons are, although it may be assumed that they are descendants of Robert and Eliza (Flewelling) Cunard. In particular, the name, “Enos G.â€, (living on Bridge Street, by the bridge) is evocative of Eliza’s brother, Enos Flewelling.
In, Inhabitants of Portland - 1814, compiler unknown, from the White Papers in the Ganong Room of the New Brunswick museum, Saint John, (“Generationsâ€, issue 31, MAR1987, p. 28, the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Fredericton, NB, 1987), is an assessment list wherein Joshua B. Travis, a constable of the Parish of Portland, was ordered 27JUL1814 to assess each head-of-household £50 for maintenance of the Poor of the Parish. Amongst those listed were:
Robert Cunnard
John Cunnard
apparently living close by as they were listed sequentially in a non-alphabetical (i.e., door-to-door) listing.
Sharon Dubeau (New Brunswick Loyalists, Generation Press, Agincourt, ONT, 1983, p. 37) writes that Robert was b. ca. 1749, d. 1818, and had a son, Abraham. D. G. Bell (Early Loyalist Saint John: 1783-1786, New Ireland Press, Fredericton, NB, 1983, p. 193) gives information which suggests that Robert was married when he came to New Brunswick in 1783, but that his wife died before MAY1784, and that they had no children.
Tim Mullins, in an application for the Port Roseway Association, wrote:
Cunard, Robert. Carpenter. Came alone. He was born in Norriton Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (then Philadelphia County). Eldest of three sons and two daughters of John & Ann Rogers Cunard. His brothers Benjamin and Henry chose CONRAD for their spelling and their lines have run out malewise. He had a sister Sarah who married Enoch SUPPLEE. They, too, were Loyalists and she died at Saint John on 21 November 1825; all left Philadelphia in 1780. Robert Cunard married Elizabeth Travis in New York on 13 March 1781. She came with him to Nova Scotia aboard the "Grace" and he was granted land in Parr Town (Saint John.) She died the first winter without issue. Robert was tried and convicted in absentia of high treason in Pennsylvania in 1784. He returned in 1807 to get his inheritance. Robert Cunard married 2nd Ann Eliza Flewelling and had a family comprising Charles, John, Thomas, Mary, Margaret, Robert, Sarah, Nancy and Elizabeth Clarissa. Ann Eliza, his 2nd wife, died 29 January 1852 at 86 years of age, in Indian Town, buried Church of England Cemetery, Saint John. The CUNARD name was in the Saint John City Directories until at least 1946. Robert was a first cousin to Abraham Cunard, whose brother, Jonathan was a carpenter also, and he returned to New Jersey and had an enormous CUNARD posterity there. Abraham settled in Halifax, had 8 sons and 2 daughters, one son being Samuel who started the Cunard Steamship Lines. Samuel's brothers Joseph, Edward & Henry were in the ship building business for a while at Miramichi. Abraham has often been erroneously called a son of Robert, but was a son of Samuel Cunard, a brother to Robert's father, consequently a first cousin of Robert. His dates are 1755-1824. Robert CUNARD died at Indian town, St. John, on 1812/1818 aged 69. His place of burial is not known; too early for the Church of England grounds where later family members repose. He was afflicted with palsy in later years. It has been very difficult to find posterity -- perhaps most of the men were bachelors -- but it seems certain there are a few descendants from female lines such as Dalton, Jordan, Reynolds and Johnston. He was recommended by Mr Thomas Mullins.
Erik P. Conard, commenting on the above summary, wrote (27NOV2001):
[The] lion's share of the work presented was mine, but no credit given, and I do not know who got it, where or when. It is somewhat irksome in that it makes it difficult to compare research when one is lifted, without documentation, and you do not know whether it was yours or simply corroborated what you have. I noted some original words included in the Robert presentation...indicating to me it was verbatim from my work. Abe Cunard was a first cousin to Robert. Robert did come to NS a married man and it appears she died the first winter, no issue.
This gives the Cunard family (with additional material submitted to the IGI by Erik P. Conard) as:
1. JOHN CUNARD m. ANN ROGERS
11. ROBERT CUNARD b. Norriton Twp., Montgomery Co. (then Philadelphia Co.), Pennsylvania ca. 1749, d. Indian Town, NB 18DEC1818 aet. 69, m. 1st New York 13MAR1781 ELIZABETH TRAVIS (d. ca. 1783, sans pro.), m. 2nd ELIZA ANN FLEWELLING (b. ca. 1766, d. Indian Town, NB 29JAN1852 aet. 86, bur. Anglican Cem. Saint John, NB)
111. CHARLES CUNARD
112. JOHN CUNARD
113. MARY CUNARD
114. MARGARET CUNARD
115. ROBERT CUNARD
116. SARAH CUNARD
117. NANCY CUNARD
118. ELIZABETH CLARISSA CUNARD
119. ANN ELIZA CUNARD
12. BENJAMIN CONRAD
13. HENRY CONRAD
14. SARAH d. Saint John, NB 21NOV1825, m. ENOCH SUPPLEE
15. daughter
2. SAMUEL CUNARD
21. ABRAHAM CUNARD b. 1755, d. 1824, eight sons, two daughters
211. SAMUEL CUNARD of Cunard Steamship Lines
212. JOSEPH CUNARD
213. EDWARD CUNARD
214. HENRY CUNARD
22. JONATHAN CUNARD, a carpenter who returned to New Jersey
and some of the children of Eliza and Robert were:
4261. SARAH CUNARD b. ca. 1787, d. Portland Parish, Saint John Co., NB 25APR1808, m. ROBERT LASKEY
4262. CHARLES CUNARD b. ca. 1789?
4263. JOHN CUNARD b. ca. 1799?, m. Portland Parish, Saint John Co., NB 22MAY1819 ANN ELIZABETH DALTON
4264. THOMAS CUNARD b. 12SEP1800, bpt. St. George’s Chapel, Oak Point Greenwich Parish, Kings Co., NB 8NOV1801, d. Hoyt Station, NB 8JUL1894, m. Portland, Saint John Co., NB 19JAN1831 SARAH JOHNSTON (b. ca. 1800 or 1810?)
4265. ROBERT CUNARD b. ca. 1802 or ca. 1805, lived in Portland, Saint John Co., NB, d. 30JAN1891, bur. Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery, Thorne Ave, Saint John, NB, m. 1st 8FEB1838 JANE FISHER (b. ca. 1816, d. JUN1848, bur. Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery, Thorne Ave, Saint John, NB); m. 2nd 5SEP1850 ANN FISHER (b. ca. 1823 or 1825, d. 7MAR1904, bur. Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery, Thorne Ave, Saint John, NB)
4266. MARY CUNARD
4267. MARGARET CUNARD
4268. CATHERINE CUNARD, (suggested by Erik P. Conard, Ancestry.com, Halifax board, 22JUL2000.) According to the IGI b. ca. 1810, d. 28JAN1860, bur. Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery, Thorne Ave, Saint John, NB.
4269. NANCY CUNARD
426J. ELIZABETH CLARISSA CUNARD b. Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 14MAR1794, d. Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 27APR1859, m. 1813 GEORGE VALENTINE REYNOLDS (b. 1784, d. 1867), s/o Jesse and Elizabeth (Pine) Reynolds
426K. ANN ELIZA CUNARD
426J. ELIZABETH CLARISSA CUNARD
Elizabeth Clarissa Cunard b. Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 14MAR1794, d. Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 27APR1859, m. 1813 George Valentine Reynolds (b. 1784, d. 1867), s/o Jesse and Elizabeth (Pine) Reynolds
New Brunswick Lineages, Daniel F. Johnson, BBA, CG(C), privately, Saint John, NB, 1988, pp. 10 and 11 has a line of descent for Lennox W. Bagnell of Saint John that begins with Robert Cunard’s parents, through Robert and Elizabeth, and includes the following information, beginning with their daughter:
Clarissa Elizabeth Cunard (1794-1859) m. James Valentine Reynolds (1784-1859), s/o Jesse and Elizabeth (Pine) Reynolds. Their daughter:
Stella Jane Reynolds (1856-1915) m. Otty Havelock Bagnell (1857-1888), s/o Thomas and Jerusha (Tapley) Bagnell of Sheffield, NB. Their son:
Walter Lennox Bagnelle (1881-1961) m. Janet A. Riley (1836-1922), d/o Hiram Thomas and Jessie (Evans) Riley. Their son:
Lennox W. Bagnell b. Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 1915
Julie Barker, at Ancestry.com, Halifax board, 25JUN2002, writes:
I read your lengthy bio on the Cunards.In case you are interested I am a descendent of Elizabeth Clarissa Cunard who married James Valentine Reynolds.They are my gggg grandparents. I would like to thank you for the extensive information.
Best Regards,
Julie Barker
and Julie Barker, at Ancestry.com, Cunard board, 5DEC2001:
Looking for information on parents of Elizabeth Clarissa Cunard born Mar 14 1794 Saint John, New Brunswick Canada died Apr 27 1859 Saint John New Brunswick Canada
A daughter was:
426J1. STELLA JANE REYNOLDS b. 1856, d. 1915, m. OTTY HAVELOCK BAGNELL (b. 1857, d. 1888), s/o Thomas and Jerusha (Tapley) Bagnell of Sheffield, Sunbury Co., NB
426J1. STELLA JANE REYNOLDS
Stella Jane Reynolds b. 1856, d. 1915, m. Ootty Havelock Bagnell (b. 1857, d. 1888), s/o Thomas and Jerusha (Tapley) Bagnell of Sheffield, Sunbury Co., NB. Their son was:
426J11. WALTER LENNOX BAGNELL b.1881, d. 1961, m. JANET A. RILEY (b. 1836, d. 1922), d/o Hiram Thomas and Jessie (Evans) Riley
426J11. WALTER LENNOX BAGNELL
Walter Lennox Bagnell b.1881, d. 1961, m. Janet A. Riley (b. 1836, d. 1922), d/o Hiram Thomas and Jessie (Evans) Riley. Their son is:
426J111. LENNOX W. BAGNELL b. Saint John, Saint John Co., NB 1915