Christina Paterson (MacGregor) Sedgewick (1843 - 1916)

Born 12 Jun 1843 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Sedgewick D.D. — married 3 Jan 1868 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1916 at age 73 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Birth

Christina Paterson MacGregor was born in 1843 in New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America. Her parents were Roderick McGregor and Janet Jessie Chisholm.

Life

Ancestors

FIG. 1 - Three generation ancestor diagram for James Drummond MacGregor (1838-1918) and his five siblings.

Paternal Grandparents

Rev. James Drummond MacGregor (1759-1830), father of Roderick MacGregor, was born in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. He was educated at the University of Glasgow. In 1786 after completing his theological studies and becoming fluent in Gaelic he was assigned by the General Associate Synod of Scotland to Pictou, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America. ^[1] In 1796, ten years into his mission in Nova Scotia, Rev. MacGregor was 36 years old when he married Ann Mackay in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Ann Mackay (1772-1809), mother of Roderick MacGregor, was born in Scotland and arrived in Pictou, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America as an infant with her parents on the ship Hector in 1773. Ann Mackay was 25 years old in 1796 when she married Rev. James Drummond MacGregor. Tragically, she died in 1809 at the age of 36 during her seventh childbirth.

Maternal Grandparents

Chisholm grandparents not currently known.

Parents

Roderick MacGregor (1802-1871) was born at the glebe (or parson's close) built by his father Dr. MacGregor beside the East River below New Glasgow, a location with no geographic name at that time. From the perspective of geographic place names employed in Nova Scotia vital records, the location became known as Coal Mine Station during the War of 1812, and two decades later in 1830 as Albion Mines, and four decades later in the 1870s the bustling community acquired its current name: Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.

Janet Jessie Chisholm (1810-1888), was likely born in Nova Scotia, but her birth or baptism date, the names of her parents, and the community where she was raised currently lack source citations. ^[2]

Early Years

Marriage of Parents

Jessie Chisholm and Roderick MacGregor were married on 9 December 1831 in Nova Scotia, British Colonial America. ^[3] Their handwritten marriage bond named the date the marriage was solemnized but did not name a geographical location for the event.

Siblings

1. Margaret MacGregor (1834-1921)
2. James Drummond MacGregor (1838-1918)
3. Peter Archibald MacGregor (1840-1931)
4. Christina Patterson MacGregor (1843-1916)
5. Sarah Mackenzie MacGregor (1845-1930)
6. Laura MacGregor (1849-1941)

Later Years

Marriage

Christina P. MacGregor married Thomas Sedgewick at New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia on 3 January 1868. The groom, a resident of Tatamagouche, was 29 years old, and the bride, a resident of New Glasgow, was 24 years old. The officiant was the groom's father, Rev. Robert Sedgewick. The witnesses were Roderick MacGregor (the bride's father) and George Walker. ^[4]

Children

1. Sarah Elizabeth Sedgewick (1868-1937)
2. William Middleton Sedgewick (1873-1928)
3. Margaret MacGregor Sedgewick (1875-deceased)

1871 - Canada Census

1881 - Canada Census

1891 - Canada Census

1901 - Canada Census

1911 - Canada Census

Death and Legacy

Christina Paterson Sedgewick died on 12 July 1916 at Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was 73 years old. She was survived by her husband, their three children, and many grandchildren. ^[5]

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ The specific assignment of Dr. MacGregor, and who gave him the assignment, is unavoidably evident in the title of the 533 page book > "Memoir of the Rev. James MacGregor, D. D., missionary of the General Associate Synod of Scotland to Pictou, Nova Scotia," by George Patterson, 533 pages, J.M. Wilson, 1859, Philadelphia, USA, https://archive.org/details/memoirofrevjames00patt/page/48/mode/2up, accessed 7 November 2021.
2. ↑ As secondary evidence Jessie's record in both the 1871 and 1881 Canada census identifies her birthplace as Nova Scotia.
3. ↑ Roderick McGregor and Jessie Chisholm marriage bond, married 9 December 1831, bondsmen Roderick MacGregor and Robert MacGregor, bond amount 100 pounds, digital image of printed form with handwritten attestations, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, https://archives.novascotia.ca/images/vital-statistics/marriages/1800/1800-06141.jpg, accessed 29 October 2021.
4. ↑ Thomas Sedgewick and Christina MacGregor marriage, 3 January 1868, New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada; groom age 29 years, occupation clergyman, resident of Tatamagouche, birthplace Aberdeen, Scotland, parents Robert and Jessie Sedgewick; bride age 24 years, resident of New Glasgow, parents Roderick and Jessie MacGregor; witnesses George Walker and Roderick MacGregor, officiant Rev. Robert Sedgewick, digital image of handwritten Pictou County marriage register, year 1868, book 1831, page 35, marriage number 89, Nova Scotia Archives, https://archives.novascotia.ca, accessed 11 December 2021.
5. ↑ Christina Paterson Sedgewick death registration, female, date of death 12 July 1916, age 73 years, residence Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, occupation housewife, married, husband Thomas Sedgewick D.D., birth place New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, religion Presbyterian, physician Dr. Dan Murray, undertaker E. C. McLellan, burial Tatamagouche, informant E. C. McLellan, date of registration 12 July 1916, book number 31, page 283, death number 923, District 5 (Truro), Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nova Scotia Archives, digital image of handwritten death registry, https://archives.novascotia.ca/images/vital-statistics/deaths/31/31-00283.jpg, accessed 22 November 2021.