Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Stella Evelyn Carter

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Stanley Owen Carter ³⁷⁵ Mother: Living

Jane Caroline Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 18 Aug 1830 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,283 ^,1688 ^,2994 Christening: 10 Jun 1831 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,2994 Death: 10 Feb 1855 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 24) ¹⁴¹ ^,983 ^,3116 Burial: 13 Feb 1855 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁹⁶ Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: James Robertson, A. M. Missionary, 10 Jun 1831, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Burial: 12 Feb 1855, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Hon. Lt. Commander Robert Carter RN, MHA ¹⁰ ^,305 ^,316 Mother: Ann Williams Hutchings ⁵ ^,10 ^,316

Spouses and Children

1. *Hon. Capt. Peter Germon Tessier M. L. C. ³³ ^,141 ^,292 Marriage: 4 Feb 1849 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴¹ ^,278 ^,481 ^,983 ^,3037
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: 1846, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Rev. George W.B. Carter, 4 Feb 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Robert and Ann Carter, Thos. Bennett, Lewis Tessier, C. D. Newman, 4 Feb 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Single: 8 Feb 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

140916:

Here is a transcript of the original Cathedral register:
"Page 218 Marriages
N^o. 3 Peter Germon Tessier, bachelor, and
Jane Caroline Carter, spinster, both of this Parish
were married in the St. John's Central School-room
(the same being duly licensed by the Bishop of the Diocese)
this Fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand, eight hundred and forty-nine,
By me,
George W. B. Carter

This marriage was { Peter Germon Tessier
solemnized between us { Jane Caroline Carter

I the presence { Robert Carter
of us { Tomas Bennett
{ Lewis Tessier
{ Anne Carter
{ C. D. Newman

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090621:

Jean Carter Stirling's transcript:

1849, 4 Feb. St. John'sPeter Germon TESSIER, Bachelor, married Jane Caroline Carter, Spinster; married by Rev. George W. B. Carter
Witnesses: Robert Carter, Ann Carter

Note that it is incomplete and does not contain the names of all those who signed as witnesses.
Children: 1. Peter George Tessier 2. Hon. Lewis Robert Tessier MHA 3. James William Germon Tessier 4. Charles William Hutchings Tessier

Notes
General:

100906:

Death announcement appeared on 12 Feb 1855 in: 1) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895 2) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 3) Express (Newfoundland Express) 1851-1876 and stated that Deceased was the wife of P.G. Tessier and the daughter of Robert Carter, Colonial Treasurer. [Husband's first name also recorded as P.L.]. Her age was recorded as 24 but no cause of death was recorded. Most likely a complication of child-bearing as P.G. Tessier seemed to have a strong inclination to producing heirs.

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301111 from Kirby website: February 13, 1855. – "Tessier, Jane wife of P. Tessier and daughter of Robert Carter, Treasurer of this Colony died at the age of 24. Died last Friday."

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020311 from NGB Ang Cath Burial Register:

Feb 13 1855 Jane Caroline TESSIER 24 yrs Jane Caroline CARTER born 1830 Ferryland, dau of Robert Carter & Anne Williams Hutchings. Married Germon Peter Tessier 1849.

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050812 this from Jean Stirling: "Cyril Tessier's grandmother Jane was Robert Carter R.N.'s daughter, and Cyril's father Charles Williams Hutchings Tessier was the only one of her four sons to marry and carry on the Tessier name."

Jane was born in Ferryland; the family moved to St.John's due to her father's
career (Member House of Assembly, Col.Secretary, Col. Treasurer, etc. ) and she was married and died there aged 24.

Jane Maud McCurdy Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 28 Jun 1850 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³¹¹⁷ Christening: 28 Dec 1850 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³¹¹⁷ Death: 2 Mar 1908 - Bedford Leigh, Leigh, Lancashire, England ( at age 57) ¹⁶⁰¹ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter Q. C., KCMG ²⁹² ^,728 ^,1875 Mother: Eliza Walters Bayly ¹⁴² ^,1870 ^,1871

Spouses and Children

1. *Edward J. Philpot ¹⁴² ^,1877 Marriage: 7 Apr 1849 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁷⁷
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Edward Botwood, 7 Apr 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Notes
General:

281106: Notes on my copy of George LeMessurier's family tree are cut off at the edge of the page but note that they had some sons and daughers.

Jean Simms Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 12 Jun 1888 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁵¹ ^,3104 Christening: 22 Jul 1888 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁵¹ ^,3104 Death: 24 May 1895 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 6) Burial: After 24 May 1895 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰²⁶ Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Arthur C.F. Wood, M.A., 22 Jul 1888, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Residence: Hamilton St., 21 Apr 1897, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)

Parents

Father: James Charles Carter ¹⁰ ^,33 ^,142 ^,282 ^,983 Mother: Jeanie Deans Morison ¹⁰ ^,1177 ^,1518 ^,3025 ^,3026 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

!BIRTH/DEATH: OACm'y Family gravestone; Jean Sims Carter,
1888-1895; 7 years old.

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Hon. John Arthur Carter MHA ¹⁰ ^,142 Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living 2. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Joan Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1758 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁰⁴ ^,505 Christening: Death: 10 Apr 1799 - Dartmouth, Devon, England ( about age 41) ²⁹² Burial: After 10 Apr 1799 - Dartmouth, Devon, England Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1752, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: 1772, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 1799, Dartmouth, Devon, England.
• Alt. Burial: 4 Oct 1799, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: Surrogate Robert Carter JP ¹⁰ ^,78 ^,168 ^,454 ^,1991 Mother: Ann Wylly ¹⁶⁸

Spouses and Children

1. *Capt. Peter Tessier ⁵ ^,10 Marriage: 1780 ⁵⁰⁴ Children: 1. Capt. Peter Weston Tessier 2. Elizabeth Tessier 3. Robert Carter Tessier 4. Robert Tessier 5. Jane Tessier 6. Maudlin Tessier 7. Anne Carter Tessier

Notes
General:

From: Enid O'Brien [enidobrien@yahoo.com] Sent: December 17, 2002 5:21 PM To: Chris Subject: Re: Are all the P. Tessier's one and the same person?

Dear Chris:

Re: Tessiers/Carters.

Joan Carter, son [daughter] of Robert Carter and Ann Wylly (and sister to Mary married to Daniel Saunders) married Captain Peter Tessier of Newton Abbot, Devon. They had four children that I know of as follows: Peter, Elizabeth, Jane and Ann. The son Peter married a Miss Germon and it was their son Peter Germon Tessier who married Ann and JaneCarter, sisters. They were the daughters of Lieutenant Robert Carter, RN, and Ann Williams Hutchings (who was the son of William Carter/Ann Catherine Williams Hutchings and grandson of Robert Carter/Ann Wylly).

The Tessiers were decended from Baron de Tessier, who fled the excesses of the French Revolution to England. He is remembered for having undertaken the care and maintenance of 6 Roman Catholic priests who fled France with him. Tthe Tessiers at one time had shipping and supplybusiness which was the largest in NL with 54,000 tons of ships and 325 employees. When quitting time came the flow of Tessiers workers blocking traffic on Water Street became known as Tessier's Army. Ref. A Seaport Legacy, Paul O'Neill.

While I was looking this up for you I came across something else in O'Neill's book as follows: Charles Tessier (this is the son of Peter) married a Miss Rogerson, whose ancestors included Patterson, founder of the Bank of England and Sir Hans Sloan, founder of the British Museum (sound familiar??)

I hope this is helpful.

Regards

Enid

Chris <cmorrye122@rogers.com> wrote:

Hi Enid:

Lacking anything better to do, I am going through Gert Crosbie record by record (yawn!) and checking them against entries I have from other sources. I have discovered an anomaly in some information that you provided tome concerning the mysterious marriage(s) of a Peter Germon Tessier. From what I can now gather, it would appear that this same man married Jane, the third daughter of Capt. Robert Carter R.N. (Colonial Treasurer) and then a couple of years after her untimely death at the age of 24 he married her elder sister Anne Catherine Weston Carter. Gert's entries that lead me to this conclusion are:

Tessier, Jane, wife of P.L. (P.G.?) Tessier and 3rd daughter of Robert Carter (Col. Treasurer) died on Feb. 10 aged 24, Feb. 12/55TGE (Times, Gazette and Express)

Tessier, Peter Germon and Carter, Anne Catherine Weston, eldest daughter of Capt. Robert Carter R.N., were married by Rev. Pedley on May 6, May 11/58 GTCLE (Gazette, Times, Courier, Ledger, Express)

I'm pretty sure my deductions are right but I would like your concurrence.

The thing is, in an earlier email, unless I misunderstood your meaning, you seemed to indicate that a Peter Tessier also married a Joan Carter, daughter of another earlier Robert Carter (the husband of Ann Wylie):

"My deep down gut feeling about Matthew Morry (Jr) is that he was called "William" - not on official documents but probably to distinquish him from his father, Matthew, Sr. If we look at your note re Sur Ct. Records -it would mean that Robert Carter had another dgt married to a Saunders in order to have a gddgt, Ann Saunders. From all the records I have on the Carters I could confirm only 4 daughters - Ann alias Hill, alias Sweetland, Morry, Mary md to Daniel Saunders, Joan md Peter Tessier and Sarah who died young. In his will (1800) he mentions 2 dgts, not Mary or Sarah, because they were dead at this time. Also, I can find no evidence of Daniel having another dgt. I believe he had 3 chidren, even though only two show up in the census. I believe he had William (who moved to St. John's, Robert and Ann). This is a mystery. I know by now I shouldn't presume anything but that is my feeling, but I am keeping an open mind on it. The only thing we know without any doubt is that Matthew Morry married Ann Saunders (who is my forebearer) and (a) he MIGHT have been called William (b) he might have a brother William (c) or there might be another Willliam Morry floating around. Personally, I vote for (a)."

Did I just get that screwed up or is this an actual event as well with the coincidence in names being because of a close affiliation between these families over several generations? I note that there are also later intermarriages between Tessiers and Carters even into this century.

Can you straighten out this mess for me please.

Chris

180703: PANL MG 31 File 41 is the will of Robert Carter. In this he leaves 1 guinea to his daughter Joan Tessier. How generous!

St Saviour Church Burial Records, Dartmouth.

Birth possibly Ferryland, Nfld., or Sidmouth or Exeter, Devon

!DEATH: Records of St. Petrock's, Dartmouth, Vol.II, 1652-1837

John Carter

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 8 Mar 1713/14 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ³¹¹⁸ Christening: 8 Mar 1713/14 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ³¹¹⁸ Death: Bef 12 Apr 1777 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ³¹¹⁹ Burial: 12 Apr 1777 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ³¹¹⁹ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1716, Sidmouth, Devon, England.
• Alt. Christening: 8 Mar 1716/17, Sidmouth, Devon, England.

Parents

Father: William Carter ¹⁰ ^,78 ^,168 ^,454 Mother: Joan Hill ¹⁰ ^,78 ^,168 ^,454

Notes
General:

190614:

Jean Carter Stirling's notes on this person:

"There are 6 years between John's birth and that of William, the first born. Possibly there are other children we have not located."

201218:

There seems to be some suggestion that this John Carter may also have come to Ferryland along with his brother Robert, at least for a while, but it is ambiguous. In the vast collection of papers assembled for the challenge to ownership over lands around The Pool, John Noonan's lawyer compiled a listing of land registry information of pertinence. One such reference, found in the transcript of the record by Ray Curran on the NGB website reads:

"Number 11, Vol. 2, Page 238 Thomas Thomas record (Agent???) John Carter of Ferryland 1775 to ---"

There is no other known John Carter in the family at this time, though this could of course be an unrelated person. It requires further research. Jean Carter-Stirling could neither confirm or refute that this was indeed Robert's brother. She also pointed out that quite probably this same John Carter was one of eight people who signed the legal document giving possession of Isle au Bois so there seems to be some compelling support for the belief that it was Robert's brother.

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070721:

I have just found the actual christening record in Sidmouth Parish Register on FindMyPast and it shows that he was actually christened on 8 march 1713/14, not 1716/17 as Aunt Jean (and now many others repearting her) have recorded. I will make this change in my family tree and on FamilySearch but there will continue to be many erroneous iterations of this error for years to come online. ³¹²⁰

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