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CALDER, James

Male Abt 1820 - 1822  (~ 2 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  CALDER, James was born about 14 Jun 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (son of CALDER, William and STACEY, Elizabeth); died on 25 Jun 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; was buried est 26 Jun 1822 in Copps Hill Old Ground (4-24-1), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Died:
    From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Buried:
    From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  CALDER, William was born about 1760 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA (son of CALDER, Major William and ESTABROOK, Anne); died on 20 Mar 1824 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; was buried est 22 Mar 1824 in Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Died:
    From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Buried:
    in the Vannever tomb #11 owned by George Vannever, designated as 11 Charter St. From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    William married STACEY, Elizabeth on 04 Jun 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of STACEY, Steven and JARVIS, Mary) was born est 1790 in USA; died on 14 Jun 1820 in Boston, Massachussetts, USA; was buried est 16 Jun 1820 in Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  STACEY, Elizabeth was born est 1790 in USA (daughter of STACEY, Steven and JARVIS, Mary); died on 14 Jun 1820 in Boston, Massachussetts, USA; was buried est 16 Jun 1820 in Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Elizabeth Calder

    Notes:

    Died:
    after childbirth. From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Buried:
    in tomb #29 owned by Bradley Cummings and Simon Robinson, designated 29 Charter St. Source Title: Calder, Major William of Charlestown, MA by Harold Clarke Durrell, 1933. From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Notes:

    Married:
    by Rev. Daniel Webb. From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Children:
    1. CALDER, William was born about 1810 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; died est 1880 in Massachusetts, USA.
    2. CALDER, Robert was born on 29 Feb 1812 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachussetts, USA; died on 06 Jan 1893 in Revere, Chelsea, Massachussetts, USA; was buried est 08 Jan 1893 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachussetts, USA.
    3. CALDER, Elizabeth was born about 1816 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Aug 1891 in North Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. CALDER, James was born on 02 Feb 1819 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; died on 02 Aug 1819 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; was buried est 03 Aug 1819 in Copps Hill in Bell Tomb, Old Ground (3-17-2), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. 1. CALDER, James was born about 14 Jun 1820 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Jun 1822 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; was buried est 26 Jun 1822 in Copps Hill Old Ground (4-24-1), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  CALDER, Major William was born in 1735 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA (son of CALDER, Dr. Robert and LAWRENCE, Hannah); died on 15 Sep 1802 in Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Master Mason, King Solomon's Lodge.

    Minute Man, lost house and property when British burned Charlestown, recompensed L338.

    Took part in Boston Tea Party, Friend of Paul Revere.

    Commanded Charlestown Artillery Company which inaugurated custom of celebrating Bunker Hill Day.

    Sold 4 acres to Navy Yard. From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Birth:
    From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Died:
    From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    William married ESTABROOK, Anne on 25 Dec 1759 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA. Anne (daughter of ESTABROOK, John and HARRINGTON, Prudence) was born on 11 Feb 1739 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Sep 1816 in Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  ESTABROOK, Anne was born on 11 Feb 1739 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of ESTABROOK, John and HARRINGTON, Prudence); died on 17 Sep 1816 in Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Anne Calder
    • Obituary: 16 Apr 1823

    Notes:

    Birth:
    From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Obituary:
    Independent Chronicle 4/16/1823 Vol. LVII, Iss. 4380, p 1. "In Charlestown, on Saturday afternoon, after a long and distressing illness, which she bore with Christian patience and resignation, Mrs. Ann Calder, widow of the late Major William Calder, aged LXXXVI. Funeral on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, from the house of Timothy Thompson, Jr. head of Back street. Relations and friends of the deceased are respectfully invited to attend."

    Died:
    From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Notes:

    Married:
    From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Children:
    1. 2. CALDER, William was born about 1760 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Mar 1824 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; was buried est 22 Mar 1824 in Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. CALDER, Robert was born on 23 Dec 1761 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 07 Aug 1849 in Massachusetts, USA.

  3. 6.  STACEY, Steven was born est 1760 in USA; died est 1825 in Massachusetts, USA.

    Steven married JARVIS, Mary est 1780 in Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born est 1760; died est 1825 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  JARVIS, Mary was born est 1760; died est 1825 in USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Mary Stacey

    Children:
    1. 3. STACEY, Elizabeth was born est 1790 in USA; died on 14 Jun 1820 in Boston, Massachussetts, USA; was buried est 16 Jun 1820 in Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  CALDER, Dr. Robert was born about 1692 in Asswanley, Parish of Glass, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (son of CALDER, Alexander and SKENE, Barbara); died about 1746 in At Sea, Canada; was buried about 1746 in Cape Breton, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Emigration: Abt 1710, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA

    Notes:

    Rev. Arthur Wilmot Ackerman writes : "His father, Dr. Robert Calder of Scotch Descent and a surgeon in the Royal Navy (see Locke Genealogy, p 45) was one of four brothers." From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Birth:
    From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Died:
    was recorded in book as at about time of siege of Louisburg (c1742), however last child born 1746, so must have died within 9 months of then. Died at Sea. From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Buried:
    From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Robert married LAWRENCE, Hannah on 03 Feb 1719/20 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of LAWRENCE, Daniel and MASON, Hannah) was born on 17 Feb 1699/0 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Scotland; died on 25 Nov 1758 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 01 Dec 1758 in Phipps St. Burial Ground, Charlestown, Massachusetts, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  LAWRENCE, Hannah was born on 17 Feb 1699/0 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Scotland (daughter of LAWRENCE, Daniel and MASON, Hannah); died on 25 Nov 1758 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA; was buried on 01 Dec 1758 in Phipps St. Burial Ground, Charlestown, Massachusetts, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Hannah Calder
    • Will: 1759

    Notes:

    there is a Lawrence Family tree in "Genealogies of the Families And Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts" (1860). see WorldVitalRecords. Oct 2011.

    Birth:
    From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Will:
    None, estate administered by son Samuel, with Estate Appraisal on 24 July 1759.

    Died:
    in her 59th year. From book "Major William Calder of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1735-1802". Boston, Mass.: T. Groom, edited by H.C. Durrell, 1933. on Ancestry.com. Oct 2011.

    Buried:
    reads "widow of Robert, 59 y." From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Notes:

    Married:
    by Rev. Joseph Stevens. From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Children:
    1. 4. CALDER, Major William was born in 1735 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Sep 1802 in Massachusetts, USA.

  3. 10.  ESTABROOK, John was born on 28 Jul 1694; died est 1775 in Lexington likely, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Calder, Philip Raymond, Calder Family in America, NEHGS. From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Died:
    as was residing in Lexington, assume died there. Oct 2011.

    John married HARRINGTON, Prudence on 27 Oct 1720 in Massachusetts, USA. Prudence was born on 24 Jul 1701; died est 1775 in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  HARRINGTON, Prudence was born on 24 Jul 1701; died est 1775 in USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Prudence Estabrook

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Calder, Philip Raymond, Calder Family in America, NEHGS. From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Calder, Philip Raymond, Calder Family in America, NEHGS. From Rootsweb site 'Twelve Generations' of Libby Baker. Oct 2011.

    Children:
    1. 5. ESTABROOK, Anne was born on 11 Feb 1739 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Sep 1816 in Massachusetts, USA.


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