I will pass your message on to David today. Good luck.
Jean
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I have Canby relatives in the Philly area, but not that recent. Could you
forward my contact info to him so I can see if my Canby relatives from
about 1700 back into the 1500s are a match? The last Canby on my chart is
Phebe Canby who married Robert Smith in 1719.
Incidentally, my gfather's given names were Davis Watson. I wonder...nah...
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Jean Adams <rad718(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I found a Canby researcher ( David Watson) on
ancestry.com who has
posted
a lot
of information on Edmund Canby b. 1804 d. 1848, the son of James Canby &
Elizabeth Roberts. He has graciously given me permission to post his
information here. He also has photos of the above people on his ancestry
site.
Although I am not related to these individuals, I thought this might be of
interest to other researchers who might be related. If you are related
and want
more information, please post to the list and I will try and help you.
Edmund Canby diaries, 1822-1848.
by Edmund Canby; Mary Price Canby
12345(not yet rated)
Type:Archival material; English
OCLC:74986201
Diaries detailing Canby's work in the flour mills, his conversion to the
Episcopal faith, family affairs, and news of Wilmington; together with
accounts
(1866-1874), kept by his wife, Mary Price Canby.
MILLS AND MANUFACTURES
Canby Family
Samuel Canby (1751-1832) was trained as a carpenter and cabinet maker, but
upon
completion of his apprenticeship, he engaged in the milling business on the
Brandywine. Samuel?s son James Canby (1781-1858) continued his father's
milling
business and became an originator of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore
Railroad and served as its president. He was also a president of the Union
National Bank. Edmund Canby (1804-1848) became the family's
fourth-generation
miller. The HSD holds:
(1). Samuel Canby Accounts, 1773-1785 (1 vol.) contains a list of cash
collected
from sales at the mill, and loans to individuals. Purchases by Canby are
for
household items and mill supplies. However, the mill accounts are not
contained
in this volume. Entries show hiring of labor to perform farm tasks, and
record
sales from the farm. Another portion of an account book, bound with Samuel
Canby
Diary, 1779-1796 (1 vol. together) contains accounts with Joseph Tatnall
and
James Canby for the rental to other parties of farm land for grazing and
haying,
plus wage payments, transportation costs, and the prices received for hay.
(2.) Samuel Canby Diary, 1779-96 (1 vol.), Samuel Canby Diary, 1819-1825 (1
vol.) and Samuel Canby Diary, 1826-31 (1 vol.) contain a wealth of
information
about the weather and local news, observations about wheat harvests, and
the
milling business. Canby details his business associates, where they are
based,
the price of wheat in various areas, and the state of the market. He notes
his
suppliers and customers in the volume, procurement or grain, and the
distribution of flour. Canby also recorded the entry of vessels and their
cargoes. The diaries also reveal the seasonal pattern of milling. Also
present
in several of the volumes is information pertaining to Canby?s farm and
garden;
this information includes data on crops planted, when they were planted and
their yields. Finally, the diaries contain, travel accounts, personal
recollections and anecdotes. Unlike most account books, these diaries
offer a
crucial and rare tool to better understand the worries and thoughts of an
eighteenth century miller/businessman. See HSD finding aid.
(3) Edmund Canby (1804-1848) was prolific writer. The Edmund Canby,
Diaries,
1822-1848 (17 vols.) trace this fourth-general miller's business in a
descriptive narrative form, but are rich in detail about harvests, prices,
and
assessments of the economy generally. Canby describes the wheat harvest
and the
effects that the weather will have on wheat as well as other crops. He also
assesses international markets for wheat and the factors affecting foreign
demand, plus national duties and tariffs. Canby also reveals much of his
personal politics and opinions in the volume. In almost poetic tones, Canby
alternates from stirring declarations that the nation of farmers had the
opportunity and duty to stand in support of freedom, to calculated
observations
upon the weather and the expected wheat harvest. See HSD finding aid.
Tatnall Family
The Tatnall Papers, 1760-1911 (5 folders), include miscellaneous papers for
several generations of Tatnalls. Joseph Tatnall (1765-1813) was a prominent
Quaker shipper, flour miller, and President of the First Bank of Delaware.
He
was the father-in-law of Thomas Lea (see above), with whom he was in
partnership
under the firm, Tatnall and Lea. One folder contains an undated agreement
with
John and Samuel Hollingsworth for Brandywine water rights, a discussion of
overshot mills and two mill races, plans for the construction of a mill
race
(1760), confirmation of the construction of a private road laid out for
Tatnall
(1782), a receipt to Thomas Rodney that shows the amount paid for hoisting,
storing, measuring, and delivering forty bushels of corn at the Tatnall
mill in
1783; and a letter describing corn and wheat prices (1806).
Joseph Tatnall, Account Book, 1813-1827 (1 vol.) was kept by an
unidentified
individual who administered his estate. This volume lists a large volume of
stocks and bonds that Tatnall owned at the time of his death, including
those of
individuals, the Delaware Canal Company, Wilmington Insurance Company,
Philadelphia Bank, and various transportation companies. Tatnall also owned
county and government bonds. Finally, detailed entries show the price of
stocks
and bonds as well as their dividend and interest payments in the early
nineteenth century.
In the Society?s general Deeds collection there are a series of deeds that
document the various land transactions made by Joseph?s son, Edward
(1782-1856).
Edward continued his father?s active career as a miller and merchant, and
served
as treasurer for the Wilmington and Great Valley Turnpike Company. His
final
report upon retirement is located in Wilmington and Great Valley Turnpike
Folder
(ca. 1850). See HSD unpublished Finding Aid.
Edmund Canby diaries, 1822-1848.
by Edmund Canby; Mary Price Canby
12345(not yet rated)
Type:Archival material; English
OCLC:74986201
Diaries detailing Canby's work in the flour mills, his conversion to the
Episcopal faith, family affairs, and news of Wilmington; together with
accounts
(1866-1874), kept by his wife, Mary Price Canby.
watson1693added this on 20 Mar 2009
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