Hi Wendy...I actually have quite a bit on the Paul Family...and yes they are all related! My husbands great grandmother Mary Paul was the daughter of Ellen Paul....and all my information shows that your John Paul is the son of Noel (Newell Paul) Paul and Elizabeth ...according to Phil Jeddore. My problem with the wife Elizabeth is that I have a baptismal for Ellen Paul daughter of Noel (Newell) Paul & Jane Silvester ...Ellen was born in 1846 & Noel & Jane were married in 1839...and another baptismal for Francis Paul by the same parents in 1866...this means that John Willam Paul would have to be the son of Noel & Jane Silvester.
According to Bev Warford...Noel is the son of Joseph Paul...Noel was born c1824 in BIG RIVER now BIG COVE New Brunswick
John Paul married #1 - Unkown Joe ...Children: Mary Paul & James Paul
John Paul married #2 - Mary Jeddore...Children: Andrew Peter Paul - Jul 1894 & Hettie Paul
John Paul married #3 - Annie Bowns Butt.... and I have a list of children
As for the Jewer name ...yes they are spelt both ways...in the 10+ years of researching all this I have found many jewer (jure) in our family....The name changes came about with the catholic priests doing marriages and baptismals...they wrote what they heard...the original was JUER...and I do have (somewhere) info on that origin to newfoundland.... who were your grand parents ?... I may have the info for that jewer side.
I hope this helps you...there is no doubt about the Mi'kmaq in your family and it is a given...my husband got his "Indian" on the Paul (his mother's) side through his g-grandmother Mary, then to Ellen to Noel & his father Joseph...you need 5 generations.
Anything you need please write me at
miqmakman@hotmail.com ...I just did another branch of the family decended from Noel Paul's brother William Paul who married Joanna Silvester ...sister to Noels wife Jane...so there is info...and it is available...hope to hear from you...Jackie