Col. James BRITTAIN

Col. James BRITTAIN

Male 1752 - 1838  (86 years)

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  • Name James BRITTAIN  [2
    • From New Jersey, a brother to Joseph and William. He served with the New Jersey Volunteers during the War, first as an Ensign (1782) and later as a Lieutenant. He arrived in Saint John, Fall 1783, aboard the ship "Duke of Richmond", and was granted a townlot at Parrtown, in 1784. He served as a colonel in the NB militia. He eventually settled in Kings Co., where he became a magistrate. He died at the age of 86.
      [New Brunswick Loyalists by Sharon Debeau, 1983]

      Posted on Find A Grave created by: Beverly Burnett [1]
    Prefix Col. 
    Birth 3 Aug 1752  Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Oct 1838  Greenwich, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Oak Point Anglican Cemetery, Oak Point, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I07920  Main Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2022 

    Father William BRITTON,   b. Abt 1723, Richmond, Staten Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1804 (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary COLLINS,   b. 1724, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1805, Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 30 Nov 1743  (license) Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F16997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elleanor BUTLER,   b. 1762   d. 27 Jul 1846, Greenwich, Kings, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 24 Feb 1773 
    Family ID F17001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Aug 1752 - Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Oct 1838 - Greenwich, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Col. James Brittain and Elleanor Butler Headstone
    Col. James Brittain and Elleanor Butler Headstone
    James, son of William Britton and Mary Collins and his wife Elleanor Butler, are buried in the Oak Point Anglican Cemetery in Oak Point, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada.

    Created by: Beverly Burnett
    Photo added by; Daphne

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S11407] Elmer Garfield Van Name, J.D., LL.D., Britton Genealogy, Early generations from Somersetshire, England to Staten Island, New York.