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Nathan DeWolf

Male 1720 - 1789  (69 years)


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  • Name Nathan DeWolf 
    Birth 1720  Saybrook, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Mar 1789  Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Old Wolfville Cemetery, Wolfville, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1106  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2015 

    Father Josiah DeWolf,   b. 15 Jun 1685, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Anne Waterman,   b. Apr 1689, Norwich, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1752, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1713 
    Family ID F453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia Kirtland,   b. 28 Oct 1721, Saybrook, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1770, Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 1749 
    Children 
     1. Lucilla DeWolf,   c. 22 Sep 1751, East Haddam, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Edward DeWolf,   b. 1752, Saybrook, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Loran DeWolf,   b. 7 Apr 1754, Saybrook, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1835 (Age 81 years)
     4. Elisha DeWolf,   b. 5 May 1756, Saybrook, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1837 (Age 80 years)
     5. Nathan DeWolf,   b. Saybrook, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2011 

    Family 2 Anna Prentice,   b. 4 May 1730, New London, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Marriage 12 Oct 1770  Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gurden DeWolf,   b. 11 Sep 1771, Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1772, Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +2. Sarah DeWolf,   b. 10 Oct 1773, Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1865 (Age 92 years)
     3. Jonathan DeWolf,   b. 1772/1776, Horton, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location
    Histories
    Prentice Family Genealogy
    Prentice Family Genealogy
    Nathan DeWolf Bio in 'The History of King's County'
    Nathan DeWolf Bio in "The History of King's County"
    Family ID F225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Nathan DeWolf Gravestone
    Nathan DeWolf Gravestone
    In Memory of / Nathan Dewolf Esq / who died March 21st / 1789 Aged 69 Years

  • Notes 
    • from Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, October, 1701-May, 1745 by Franklin Bowditch Dexter, 1885

      Nathan Dewolf was the son of Josiah Dewolf, and grandson of Simon and Sarah (Lay) Dewolf, all of Lyme, Connecticut. His mother was Anne, youngest daughter of Thomas and Miriam (Tracy) Waterman, of Norwich. A younger brother was graduated here in 1747. Nathan joined the church in Lyme, at the same time with his father, in June 1741.
      This is probably the Nathan Dewolf, of Saybrook, who enlised as a private soldier and served as commissary in the expedition against Crown Point in 1755.
      He married Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia (Belden) Kirtland, of Saybrook, and the births of five children are on record (1752-60) there.
      In 1781, with others of his kindred, he took advantage of the inducements lately offered by the government of Nova Scotia, and removed to a tract of five hundred acres vacated by the unfortunate Acadian exiles. He became a prosperous farmer, and died there. His name was starred (by mistake) in the Triennial Catalogue of 1757, but the star was removed in the next issue; it was restored in 1775, removed in 178, and not finally inserted until 1799.
      Authorities, Mrs. E.E. Salisbury, MS. letters, May, 1885.
    • from "Family histories and genealogies, Vol. 2, including families of De Wolf and others" by Edward & Evelyn Salisbury, 1892
      Nathan De Wolf, at the time of the census of 1770, was a successful tiller of the soil. His legal practice did not interfere with his agricultural pursuits. He was for many years senior Justice of the Peace for King's County, N. S., havng received his commission 13th March 1767. He was Registrar of Probate, and took an active part in all public affairs. He died at Horton, 21st March 1789, aged sixty-nine years. His residence was on the east side of the main post-road, opposite to the present (1887) Baptist church, at Wolfville. The census-returns of 1770 give a detailed account of his farm-produce and stock, while the records of his native town show that he owned several tracts of land in Connecticut prior to his removal.

  • Sources 
    1. [S87] Binney, C. J. F., The history and genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss family : in New England, etc., from 1631 to 1883 , (Boston: The editor, 1883), pg 271-285.

    2. [S116] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of King's County, (Salem, Mass: The Salem Press Company, 1910), pg 632-633.