Rev Ezekiel Siprell

1799 - 1895  (95 years)

• Name	Ezekiel Siprell
  Prefix	Rev
  Birth	10 Aug 1799	Studholme, King's Co., NB, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Apr 1895	Victoria Corner, Carlton Co, NB, Canada
  Person ID	I75	Whisperspast | Sipprell
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	William Siprell, Sr,   b. 1762, Pennsylvania d. 1822, Brighton, Carleton Co., New Brunswick (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Sarah (Sally) Foster,   b. 1772, Machias, Washington, Maine d. 1813, Brighton, Carleton Co., New Brunswick (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	1790
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Letitia Shaw,   b. 16 Jul 1816, Northampton, New Brunswick, Canada d. 7 Apr 1902, Victoria Corner, Carlton Co, NB, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1833	Wakefield, Carlton County, NB, Canada
  Children	1. Martha Sipprell,   b. 20 Aug 1835, New Brunswick d. 13 Apr 1901, Saint John, New Brunswick (Age 65 years)   2. Samuel Sipprell,   b. 12 Apr 1836, Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick d. 13 Apr 1836 (Age 0 years)   3. Samuel Sipprell, II,   b. 23 Feb 1837, , Carelton, New Brunswick d. 19 Jan 1905, Somerville, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 67 years)   4. Abner Mesereau Sipprell,   b. 31 Mar 1839, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick d. 11 Jul 1916, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick (Age 77 years)   5. Nathaniel Shaw Sipprell,   b. 14 Jun 1841, New Brunswick d. 18 Oct 1909, Mattawamkeag, Penobscot Co, ME (Age 68 years)   6. John Colby Sipprell,   b. 3 Aug 1843, New Brunswick d. 28 Sep 1851, Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick (Age 8 years)   7. Mary Ann Sipprell,   b. 17 Nov 1845   d. 1 Dec 1847 (Age 2 years)   8. Ezekiel Mallory Siprell,   b. 7 Jul 1847, Somerville, New Brunswick, Canada d. 25 Oct 1922, St John, St John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 75 years)   9. Ruth Ann Sipprell,   b. 30 Mar 1850, Carleton, New Brunswick d. 3 Jul 1931, Somerville, New Brunswick (Age 81 years)   10. Phoebe Jane (Jennie) Sipprell,   b. 28 Nov 1852, Somerville, Carlton, NB d. 25 Apr 1930 (Age 77 years)   11. Letita Adelaide Sipprell,   b. 8 Apr 1855, New Brunswick d. 19 May 1875 (Age 20 years)   12. William Henry Sipprell,   b. 24 Oct 1857, Sommerville, Carleton, New Brunswick d. 12 Dec 1933, Sommerville, Carleton, New Brunswick (Age 76 years)   13. Nehemiah James Sipprell,   b. 23 May 1860, New Brunswick d. 20 Apr 1942, New Westminster, British Columbia (Age 81 years)   14. James N. Sipprell,   b. 23 May 1860, New Brunswick d. 20 Apr 1942, New Westminster, British Columbia (Age 81 years)   15. Sarah Ada Sipprell,   b. 19 Oct 1863, Somerville, Carleton, New Brunswick d. 18 Jan 1926, Somerville, Carleton, New Brunswick (Age 62 years)   16. Jane Siprell
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Ezekiel and Seth were pioneer settlers in Somerville. Baptized at about 19 at a meeting held by the evangelist Rev. Clark Allen, he became a staunch adherant to the Free Christian Baptist Church. He was ordained 15 March 1840. He farmed during the week and laboured for the Lord Sundays. At the time of his death he was believed to be the oldest clergyman in Canada. Dr. Turner , in his Shaw book, said: Ezekiel Sipprell and his younger brother Seth were pioneer settlers in Somerville (Carleton Co., N.B.). We are told that, in later years, he loved to relate "how the two poled up the river in a canoe with a gallon of molasses, a bag of cornmeal, their guns and axes. Landing just opposite where Hartland now stands, they began cutting birch timber." On their first clearing they sowed wheat and from two acres raised 101 bushels, which took the King's bounty for that year. For several years they lived alone in a little hut. A pleasant family tradition states that, as a lad, he was visiting Nathaniel Shaw's family and idly rocking the cradle wherein lay their first child, Letitia. Someone began teasing young "Zekel" asking him when he was going to get married. "I'm going to wait for 'Tishie'," he is said to have replied. And he did just that. He waited some sixteen years and married her in 1833. We are told that, after the wedding, he took her up behind him on his horse and galloped off to their new home. Baptized at about nineteen at a meeting held by the noted evangelist Rev. Clark Allen, the "New Light" Preacher, he became a staunch adherent of what came to be known as the Free Christian Baptist Church. He was ordained 15 March 1840. At the time of his death, he was believed to be the oldest clergyman in Canada. Sources: Canada Census, 1871, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4MX-TFM), Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick 1871,1881,1891 Canadian census http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e326/e008132643.pdf http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=cda0524d-6278-4aec-869c-37755b5116e6&r=1&ni=262256 http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=3c912425-7131-4b5d-8d83-64de68a12590&r=1&ni=262259 NB Marrage Records Page 144 https://nbgs.ca/upload/files/NB_marriage_records/Carleton_Co_Marriages_1832-1887.pdf NB Land Grant 1833 http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=14189 http://www.jedh.com/src/genealogy/Full07a-p/p177.htm Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XG4G-B6V) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94725476/ezekiel-sipprell