Daniel Bloodsworth
ID # 7889, (1823-1862)
| Birth | Daniel Bloodsworth was born on 17 November 1823 at New Brunswick. |
| Marriage | He married Abigail Forman in 1849. See notes for Daniel Bloodsworth. |
| Death | He died on 11 November 1862 at Burford Township, Brant Co., at age 38. |
| Burial | He was buried at Burford Congregational Cemetery. |
| Note | Information for Daniel Bloodsworth and Abigail Forman is sparse, but improves with some research. One source is Death Notices from the Christian Advocate, 1858-1872. This is volume 5 of Rev. Donald A. McKenzie's 12 volume work that is mainly obituaries that appeared in Ontario Methodist publications. This is published by Global Heritage Press, formerly of Milton, but now of Ottawa, and Daniel's obituary is to be found on pages 23 and 24. This tells that Daniel Bloodsworth was born in New Brunswick on November 17th, 1823, and that he came to (Upper) Canada at age 12 with his parents. They settled in Saltfleet Township, at the time in the Gore District, though later a township in Wentworth County. He is said to have married Abigail Ferman (Forman) in 1849 and moved with her to Burford Township. The obituary goes on to say that he died on November 14, 1862, by falling from a joist in the Methodist Episcopal Church which was being erected on the Brantford-London Gravel Road and that he was survived by his wife and four children. A briefer obituary is to be found on page 30, volume 4 of McKenzie's work. This essentially quotes an obituary as it appeared in the Paris Star. A grather grimmer obituary appeared in the November 22, 1862, edition of the Hamilton Spectator, and this may be found at glanbrookheritage.ca. The family has not been found in the 1851 Canada West census. It may be that they were on the move at the time. Library & Archives Canada's website indicates that the 1861 every person census for Brant County at least should be present for all townships. There are some Burford pages to be found on Ancestry, but your researcher has yet to find the one that records the Bloodsworth family. In 1998, the Brant County branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society transcribed the entire 1861 census for Brant County. This included pages for Burford Township and Daniel and Abigail appear there with their four children. All the given names of the family are only represented by initials, but it's clear enough that this is Daniel and Abigail. The two older children were female and the two younger children were males. Only a later record for the first female child, J. A. Bloodsworth, born approximately 1852 in Upper Canada, has yet to be found. Records have been found for the three younger children. The Brant OGS transcription for the Bloodsworth family reads as follows; Page 17 Line 9 Bloodsworth D Farmer born New Bruns. Episc Meth, 38, male married Line 10 Bloodsworth A born New Bruns Episc Meth 35, female married. Line 11 Bloodsworth J. A. born U. Canada, age 9, female Line 12 Bloodsworth M. C. born U. Canada, age 8, female Line 13 Bloodsworth I. H. (J. H.?) U. Canada, age 5, male Line 14 Bloodsworth I. A (J. A.?) U. Canada, age 3, male Line 15 Ferman J, farmer, New Bruns Bapt 73, male married. Line 16 Ferman E. New Bruns 69 female married Line 17 Shingstead I born U. Canada 15 Male single. I. Shingstead was probably a servant. It is now safe to say that the Formans (or Ferman as transcribed) were Abigail's parents. Onland.ca has some abstract indexes for lot 9 on the 5th concession and this shows Jacob Forman obtaining a portion of the lot from Thomas Bennett in 1851. In 1858, Jacob Forman and wife transferred their property (or a portion thereof) to Daniel Bloodsworth. Jacob and Elizabeth are buried close to Daniel and Abigail in Burford Congregational Cemetery. The exact amount of land in the abstract index isn't easily read considering the way it is presented, but an 1870s atlas shows that 100 acres of this lot is owned by the Bloodsworth heirs. The only other comment that may here be made has to do with the book, undated but believed written in the early 1950s, by Dr. Esther Clark Wright, The New Brunswick Loyalists. The back of the book contains a list of Loyalists and one of them, on page 261, shows a Nathaniel Bloodsworth who is said to have been a sergeant in the Queen's Rangers and who settled in Carleton County, New Brunswick. There is nothing to indicate that he was Daniel's father, or perhaps grandfather. Bloodsworth, however, is hardly a common name, so a connection is entirely possible, even probable. Something of the same could be said for the Forman family. Page 282 of Dr. Wright's work shows a James Forman of Penniac, N.B., who was a sergeant in the King's American Regiment. . |
Children of Daniel Bloodsworth and Abigail Forman |
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| Last Edited | 2 Dec 2021 |