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Benjamin Wadden

Male Abt 1775 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Benjamin Wadden 
    Born Abt 1775  Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1798  Soldier in RNS Regiment Find all individuals with events at this location 
    acc to Wadden-Leango marriage entry in St. George register 
    _UID D01ABA1575B1E74E838352184365847A2A6C 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1595  Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2023 

    Family Mary Ann Leango,   b. Abt 1776,   d. Oct 1852, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 22 Oct 1798  Saint George, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • married by banns.
    Children 
    +1. Benjamin Wadden,   b. Abt 1801, Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1875, Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
    +2. James Wadden,   b. Abt 1807, Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1881  (Age ~ 75 years)
    +3. Margaret Wadden,   b. Abt 1812, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1860, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
     4. Mary Wadden,   b. 20 Aug 1818, St. George (Anglican), Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1855, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     5. Elizabeth Wadden,   b. 1 Feb 1821, South Head, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1862, Coxheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Last Modified 23 May 2017 
    Family ID F629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cape Breton County land petition year 1810
      Wadden, Benjamin
      Petition to Nepean: Petitioner is a disbanded soldier of the last Nova Scotia Regiment, is married, and has five children. He asks 300 acres at First Bay Lake in Cow Bay. Note: complied.
      Cape Breton no.: 641
      NSARM microfilm: 15790

      Cape Breton County land petition year 1818
      Wadden, Benjamin
      Petition to Swayne, 1813: Petitioner was born at Bona Vesta, Newfoundland, is married and has six children. He served eight years in the Nova Scotia Regiment. In 1811 he received a grant of land, but as it was unfit for cultivation he asks to exchange it for a lot at Cow Bay. Petition to Nepean, 1809: Asks for a lot at Cow Bay. Report of Crawley to Ward, 1818: 200 acres near Cow Bay. Plan.
      Cape Breton no.: 2054
      NSARM microfilm: 15796
      (See Cape Breton deed bk E p 200 for this grant)

      Benjamin had additional children:
      Abraham Wadden married Mary GRANDY at St. George's on 13 OCT 1827
      Ellen Wadden married John SPEARS at St. George's on 10 SEP 1829
      Sarah Wadden never married and, like her mother, died at Coxheath.