William Siprell, Sr

1762 - 1822  (60 years)

• Name	William Siprell
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1762	Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	1822	Brighton, Carleton Co., New Brunswick
  Person ID	I70	Whisperspast | Sipprell
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	William Siprel,   b. Abt 1730, France
  Mother	Rebeka
  Family ID	F1045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah (Sally) Foster,   b. 1772, Machias, Washington, Maine d. 1813, Brighton, Carleton Co., New Brunswick (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	1790
  Children	1. William Sipprell, Jr,   b. 22 Jul 1791, Studholme,Kings Co. , NB, Canada d. 9 Nov 1851, Carholme, Norfolk, Canada West (Age 60 years)   2. Wilmot Siprell,   b. 1793, Studholme, Kings, NB, Canada d. 1810 (Age 17 years)   3. James Francis Siprell,   b. 11 May 1795, Studholme,Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada d. 10 Jan 1861, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)   4. Margaret Siprell,   b. 16 Jul 1797, Studholme,Kings Co., NB d. 22 Jul 1872, Brighton, Carlton Co., NB (Age 75 years)   5. Rev Ezekiel Siprell,   b. 10 Aug 1799, Studholme, King's Co., NB, Canada d. 9 Apr 1895, Victoria Corner, Carlton Co, NB, Canada (Age 95 years)   6. Seth Siprell,   b. 20 Aug 1801, Studholme, King's Co., NB, Canada d. 22 Dec 1886, Studholme, King's Co., NB, Canada (Age 85 years)   7. Deborah Siprell,   b. 28 Mar 1804, Studholme,Kings Co. , NB, Canada d. 5 Nov 1875, Kings County, , NB, Canada (Age 71 years)   8. Mary Siprell,   b. 1806, Studholme,Kings Co., NB, Canada d. 9 Oct 1871, Kings County, NB, Canada (Age 65 years)   9. Henry Siprell,   b. 12 May 1810, Brighton,Carleton Co. , NB, Canada d. 5 Jan 1866, Monticello, Aroostook, Maine (Age 55 years)   10. Sarah (Sally) Siprell,   b. 1812, Brighton, , NB, Canada d. 1847, Saint John, , NB, Canada (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  William Siprell Sr. was the founder of the Sipprell Family of New Brunswick, Canada. Family tradition asserts that he was of French Huguenot descent. It is not certain but he may have been born in Pennsylvania about 1762. He enlisted in the New Jersey Volunteers, a Loyalist regiment, 18 January 1780, and served the remainder of the American Revolution. He came to Saint John, New Brunswick, and was disbanded there. He was granted a lot on the south side of Trout River. The following is a record of property sale: 1 Feb. 1800 - William Siperell (Sussex Vale), farmer for 26/1s mortgaged to Samuel Hallett (Sussex Vale), merchant - "a Grist Mill known by the name of Siperells Mill. . . on a part of the Lott belonging to Ezekiel Foster Senr which said Lott whereon sd Grist Mill Stands is the fifth Lott above Howsers survey on Trout Creek so called above the Dutch Vally, but the Land belonging to and whereon sd Grist Mill Stands have been purchased by Sd Seperell from sd Foster and Contains six Acres, more or lefs, running south from the west side of the Bridge that crofses the south branch of trout Creek forty rod, and from that due East to the opposite Lott, and is bound by a Lott of Land belonging to sd Seperell which Lot of Seperells is between sd Fosters Lott and Jacob Snyders" - to be repaid by 1 Feb. 1804 with interest - "said Seperell will at all times keep sd Grist Mill with the Dam and whatsoever doth properly belong thereunto a this own proper Charge and expence in good sufficient Repair"- to be held by said Siperell unto default actually made - signed by both William Seprell & Samuel Hallett - wits. Jeremiah Regan & Mary Regan - acknowledged by William Seperell before Jeremiah Regan, J.P. - Kings Co., 1 Feb. 1800 - rec'd 29 Aug. 1800 & reg'd 1 Sept. 1800 by Daniel Micheau. Register G-1; 955; pp 160-162 In the early years of the nineteenth century, land in Carleton County was being opened up. William, Sally and their young family also migrated up the Saint John River to an area just below the present town of Hartland. They spent the rest of their lives in this area. Settled on the fertile banks of the St. John. Abandoned their original grant in Sussex Vale and settled with their young family on two lots, number 32 and 33 on the left bank of the St. John just below the present town of Hartland. In 1814 William Siprell petitioned for two lots (400 acres) opposite the lower end of Becaguimic Island and cut by a brook that made a deep valley with steep sides - plainly recognizable today, and called Acker's Brook. These two lots were granted to William Siprell in 1815 by which date he had already been living there for at least five years. "9th Sept. Lot no 33 applied for within is vacant and contains 200 ac. No. 32 was allotted to Geo. McGee Jun and contains 200. No. grant has been made to Sipperal. (Signed) Geo. Sproule Upon the faith of an assurance of James Yorke whose credibility I think Unimpeachable I hereby certify that the within named William Siprell is a married man, has a family of three sons and four daughters, is fifty-two years of age - has improved lots number thirty two and thirty three and at present lives thereon, and has a large crop growing -- and is competent to the cultivation of said Lots as a farm. (Signed) Henry Smith Justice of the Peace 9th Sept 1814. William and Sally (Foster) Siprell had a family of ten: five sons and five daughters. According to a note pencilled by a son when on a visit to his parents, Rev. Ezekial and Letitia (Shaw) Sipprell, William "died about age 60 following excessive drinking of cold water. Ill about 3 weeks." And "Sally, his wife, died of Consumption aged about 40". He gives no authority for these statements, but they may well have come from his father. -- Source from Debbie Huewe, "The Loyalists of New Brunswick" p. 197 Sources: UEL [1] Ancestry [2] Family Search Tree [3] George Hayward Collection Chapter 13 Israel Kenny [4] Page 102-108 "William Siprell, Senr. and the Family He Founded" by Harold Fritz Sipprell, 1969 Muster Roll of Captain Joseph CROWELL’s Company 1st Battalion New Jersey Volunteers Commanded by Lieut. Colonel Joseph BARTON Staten Island 11th September 1780 United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada [5] "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W35Q-8VW2), William Siprell