Thank you for your quick reply and the additional information. "Paris Greens" is what I have heard it called. It was also used as rat poison and on early wallpaper backing. The first time I heard of it, it was used in a suicide. I have no idea whether this could have applied to Nathan. It could have been accidental. Bill Nancy Averill wrote: > Hi, > > I have Nathan b. 6/6/1829, d. 4/27/1901 Bartlett, NH, he died of Paris Green > Poisoning. There is a question on who poisoned him. They used that poison > on potatoes. He married Elizabeth Rathburn (Burke) 1/6/1863. They had a > son Frederick who married Cynthia Twombly. They are in the 1900 census in > Bartlett living with Frederick & Cynthia in Bartlett, NH, USA but Elizabeth > died in 1900 and Nathan died in 1901. > > Nancy > > -----Original Message----- > From: newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:newbrunswick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tufts > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:38 PM > To: newbrunswick@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ NB ] WHEATON, Ephraim (Loyalist) --> DeLong > > Hi Wayne, > > I have no evidence to identify Elizabeth Wheaton's father, but > the geography suggests she was part of this family somehow. If > she died in 1900, then I have a problem. Any chance the Elizabeth > who d. in 1900 was nee Burke? I've done some guessing to make the > data fit what I had. I have only one Nathan DeLong in this > generation and have him m1 21 Feb., 1856 to Elizabeth Wheaton & > I'm guessing he was the same Nathan who m2 6 Jan., 1863 perhaps > at Gagetown to "MIss" Elizabeth Burke, both of Hampstead. > > The LDS reading of the 1881 Woodstock census shows Nathan & > Elizabeth, both age 53, have liv. with them a John (29) and Ward > A. (4) "Bark." The logical explanation is that John Bark was John > Burk and probably a nephew of Nathan's wife. > > I was sent this Elizabeth's birthdate that was taken from the > 1900 N.H. census. Elizabeth was b. in June, 1832. That census was > taken before the Sep. 1900 death date you have. I don't have > access to the US census, so I have been unable to see if she was > living in 1910. > > Their son, Frederick, was with them in 1881, aged 17. I had him > b. in Feb., 1864, which agrees with the 1900 census. He m. > Cynthia _______ in NH and had Edith 1898 and Lela 1900. I also > ask in my notes: "Did he die in MA?" > > Bill > > Wayne DeLong wrote: > >> Is this Elizabeth Wheaton - the same one that married Nathaniel DeLong > > Feb > >>21,1856. I show her born in Wicham but no dates- her death listed as > > Sept > >>3,1900 ?? >> >>Thanks >>Wayne DeLong >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Bill Tufts" <dg052@freenet.carleton.ca> >>To: <newbrunswick-l@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:30 AM >>Subject: [ NB ] WHEATON, Ephraim (Loyalist) >> >> >> >> >>>Hi Darlene, >>> >>>Thought I sent this to you before, but maybe not. Sorry. >>> >>>Quickly, Ephraim m2 1812 Mary London & his son, Seth, m. 14.9.1815 >>>(Gagetown Anglican Record) to Elizabeth Clarke. >>> >>>The following are from my misc. Loyalist records. >>> >>>WHEATON, EPHRAIM -(WEATON/WHETEN) >>>-from Norwalk, Ct.; lived Belleisle Bay, Kings county, N.B. >>>-later to Saint John. -(Ref. 1) >>>-claim for losses, 9.1.1787, Saint John, N.B. -his father took fam. to >>>Long >>>Is., N.Y., in Fall, 1776; Ephraim then 16 yr. old; father d. there Oct., >>>1779, leaving 8 children: Ephraim (oldest); William (killed with Tarlton's >>>Light Horse; no issue); Joseph (living U.S.); Mary (m. Charles POWERS >>>& liv. "above St. Anne" (Fredericton); Sarah, Martha & Anna in U.S.; >>>their mother d. 1782 at Long Is., N.Y. Loss of several small properties >>>at >>>Norwalk (1 at Canaan) of father detailed in claim. Witnessed by James & >>>Silvanus HAIT (i.e., HOIT), who both named Ephraim's father as >>>William. -(Ref. 77 (Antliff), pp. 202-203) >>> >>>-Kings County Marriage Register A: Ephraim Wheaton of the Parish of >>>Greenwich, widower to Mary London of the Parish of Greenwich, spinster >>>on 20 August 1812. Witnesses: Timothy Shaw & William Erb. >>> >>>-Estate of Ephraim WHEATON, Greenwich, Kings Co.; Exec.: Mary >>>WHEATON, Mayes CASE, 17 Jan. -("New Brunswick Courier", 26.1.1833) >>> >>>- Wallace Hale, "Early New Brunswick Probate Records - 1785-1835", >>>(Heritage Books Inc. 1989). >>>Parish of Greenwich, Kings Co., Farmer. Will dated 15 >>>March 1830, proved >>>24 December 1832. >>> Wife Mary entire estate for life, she to bring up my children until >>>my youngest son James Wheaton is age 21. At her death property to be >>>sold and proceeds divided, one-half to be divided among the children of >>>my last wife Mary and the other half to be divided among all my children >>>by my first and second wives, except Seth Wheaton and Ann Shaw who >>>shall have only five shillings each. Wife Mary Wheaton and friend Mayes >>>Case executors. >>>Witnesses: Joseph C. Skinner, Jarvis Worden, Patrick O'Neill. >>>Inventory, dated 24 December 1832, valued at about 480 >>>pounds by Joseph C. Skinner and William London included the farm, >>>valued at 400 pounds. >>> >>>Trinity Anglican Church, Kingston, N.B., 1819 baptisms (includes >>>Greenwich Parish): >>> -Aug. 10 Mary (Adult), w/o Epraim (sic) Wheaton, Greenwich, >>>Farmer, by Elias Scovil. >>> -Aug. 10 Elizabeth, Hannah, David, & Mary Jane, Children of >>>Epraim (sic) Wheaton, Greenwich, Farmer, by Elias Scovil. >>>-granted 210A. at Belleisle Bay, Kings Co., N.B. -(Vol. A, p. 40, # 80) >>> >>>daughter, Hannah: >>>-m. 19th inst. Belleisle Bay, by Rev. Cookson, Andrew SHAMPIER / >>>Hannah WHEATON d/o late Ephraim WHEATON. -("New Brunswick >>>Courier", 28.2.1835) >>> >>>-descendant? - By the death of Ephraim WHEATON, which occurred >>>yesterday morn. at his residence, King St., West End (St. John), the >>>honorable record of an old citizen has been brought to a close. His >>>activity >>>had not ceased with his advancing age until a few weeks ago when he met >>>with an unfortunate accident from which he never rallied. He was a >>>member of the West End Methodist Church. -("The Daily Telegraph", >>>17.11.1890) >>>-Wheaton, Ephrim (sic), Age 84, 16.11.1890, b. N.B. -Index to Saint >>>John Burial Permits, 1889-1919: Vol. 3, No. 484, Microfilm F20740, >>>PANB. >>> >>>Bill >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >