Note -another
very informative web page on the Hilchey/Prest family
I recently
came across it is worth a visit for more information.
Enjoy-
Sandra Scott Cook Feb 2011.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nsgerrar/descendants.of.jacob.ueltschi.htm
Jacob
Ueltschi- Ida Anna Hilchey Scott
Ancestors
The Ueltschi
side of our family came from
The Swiss cross on a
red field ultimately derives from a similar banner of the
The
Swiss flag traditionally stands for freedom, honour
and fidelity.
(The motto "Honor et Fidelitas"
was inscribed on the cross of several Swiss mercenary flags of the 18th
century.)
In
modern times, through association with consistent Swiss policy, the flag has
also come to denote neutrality, democracy, peace and refuge.
Ueltschi,
Hilchey Family Crest
Description of the Bern flag-
Gules, on a bend or, a bear passant sable, langued,
armed and vilene' of the field. On a red field a
yellow
diagonal band charged with a
black bear walking upwards toward the hoist. It is important to note that the
official "blazon"
specifies that the tongue,
claws and penis are red -- and by extension it is important to always depict
the bear as male
Symbolism of the flag- The bear is one of the oldest religious and totemistic symbols. It dominated Switzerland in prehistoric
times, and although now extinct is still considered the king of beasts in the
region. The city of Bern maintains to this day a bear pit to perpetuate the
symbolism of its name, but the bears are imported. The red and yellow field are
thought to have come from the Holy Roman Empire battle flag, which was
"per pale gules and or" (divided vertically red and yellow).
Symbolism of the flag The
population of the canton is predominantly Protestant and German-speaking Bern or Berne the capital, is also the
capital of Switzerland.
UELSCHE:
(Name may also be spelled -
HILCHEY, HILCHIE, HILSHEY, HILSHY, UELTSCHI, UELSHE, ULLSHEY, ULSCHIE, ULSTRY)
In 1749 the city of Halifax, N.S. was founded. British
settlers were not attracted to this rugged frontier town, fearing the French
and the Mi kmaq.
The British Government developed a plan to further
foil the French in Louisburg and attract settlers. John Dick, a Scots merchant
was hired to recruit
Protestant settlers from Switzerland, a number of
German states, the tiny country of Montbeliard (now
part of France) and other areas.
From
1750 - 1752, 3000 of these industrious people were lured to N.S. by the promise
of free land, food, tools, and religious freedom. They became known as The
Foreign Protestants.
In June, 1753 a large group of these individuals
arrived in Lunenburg, N.S. to further develop British Settlement. Between
the years 1750 and 1752, over 2000
"Foreign Protestants"
arrived in Nova Scotia on the following ships: Aldernay
(1750), Nancy (1750), Ann (1750), Speedwell (1751/1752),
Gale (1751/1752), Pearl
(1751/1752), Murdoch (1751), Betty (1752) and Sally (1752). Shipboard conditionswere difficult and voyages were lengthy,
yet the majority
survived the journey.
It is believed that Jacob Uelsche
and Family came on the Alderney or Nancy to Halifax
(1750).
Ship: Alderney
Date: May - August 1750
Departing:
Arriving:
Ship Master: Pendcock Neal
Ship Type:
Size: 504 tons
I got
majority of the information on the Ueltschi, Hilchey family from Rose McLanahan who is connected to the Lunenburg Genweb
and some from Kelly
Smith from Musquodoboit Harbour.
Many
dates were added too or verified by me(Sandra Scott
Cook) from www.novascotiagenealogy.com
I
started with David Ueltschi, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1750 with his father
Jacob Ueltschi and family, however this family
can be traced back several more generations starting with:
Jacob
UELTSCHI Birth: 1560 in Oberwil,
Kanton Bern, Switzerland
Married: ABT
1580 Adelheid SCHUMACHER Birth: 1560
in Oberwil, Kanton Bern,
Switzerland Death: 1671,
they had 9 children including our-
Jacob
UELTSCHI Birth: 1583-85 in Oberwil, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
Christening: 1585 Oberwil, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
Married: 1607
in Oberwil, Kanton Bern,
Switzerland
Anna Verena ANDRIST
Birth: 1585 in Oberwil, Kanton Bern, Switzerland they had 8 children including our
Jacob
UELTSCHI Birth: 1612
in Oberwil, Wustenbach,
Switzerland Christening: 1612 Oberwil, Kanton Bern, Switzerland
Death: 1671
in Hubbach
Married: 1629 in Erlenbach, Simmental, Kanton Berne, Switzerland
to Madalena
ABBUHL Birth: ABT 1613 Christening:
1613 Oberwil, Kanton Bern,
Switzerland
Death: 1672
Burial: 1672 they had 15 children including our
Beatus UELTSCHI Birth: 1646
in Oberwil, Wustenbach,
Switzerland Christening: 1646 Death: 1728
Married: 1674
Margret
ESCHLER in Oberwil, Kanton Bern, Switzerland they had 5 children including our
Jacob
UELTSCHI Birth: 1692
Christening: 1692 Kanton Bern
Switzerland Death: 1753 in Nova
Scotia
Married: 1726
Margret
SULLINGER they had 5 children including our David
Ueltschi.
1.
David Ueltschi, (5Jacob, 4Beatus, 3Jacob,2 Jacob,1 Jacob) born 1739 in Oberwil,Wustenbach,
Switzerland. Family Came to Canada
about 1750 landing in Halifax and very soon to Lunenburg NS.
I assume the name changed after coming to Canada.
Looks like the family moved to Popes Harbour before
1791. As the last couple of children were born there.
He married 1769
in Lunenburg Sophia Wuest, daughter of (Johann
Wendel WUEST Birth: 1721 in
Eschollbrucken, Hessen-Darmstadt,
Germany, died
1811 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
and Maria
Apollonia EWALD Birth: 1724 in Osthofen, Germany). Sophia was born 1749 Sophia died in Lunenburg, NS.
Children:
i David
Hilchey, born 1770 in Lunenburg, NS,
died 1851.
He
married Catherine Young.
ii Sophia Hilchey, born 1773 in Lunenburg, NS,
died 1775 in Dutch Reform Church Lunenburg, NS.
iii Catherine Hilchey, born 1775 in Lunenburg, NS,
died 1775 in Dutch Reform Church Lunenburg, NS.
iv Jacob
Hilchey, born 1776 in Lunenburg, NS.
v Mary
Magdalena Hilchey, born 1780 in
Lunenburg, NS.
vi John Wendel Hilchey, born 1783.
vii John
Valentine Hilchey, born 1786 in
Lunenburg, NS.
He
married Letitia Rupert, 1814, born 1791 in Owls Hill,.
viii William
Hilchey, born 1788 in NS.
2. ix Hannah Sophia Hilchey b. 1791.
3. x George Hilchey b. 1793.
Second
Generation
2.
Hannah Sophia Hilchey, (6. David, 5.Jacob, 4.Beatus,
3.Jacob, 2. Jacob, 1. Jacob) born 1791 in Popes Harbour,
NS,
died Jan 09, 1864 in
Spry Harbour, NS, buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Popes Harbour, NS.
She
married Isaac Prest, 1808 in St. Paul’s Church,
Buried
Pioneer Cemetery, Pope's Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada Isaac:
Marriage Bond 1809. May have lived in Blackburn, England.
Immigrated to Halifax, Nova
Scotia around 1800. Enlisted in the Halifax Militia, 15th Battalion at
age 27 5'7 1/2", light hair, eyes & complexion
Note
I found online do not know if factual-“Sir Isaac Henry Prest Sex: M Birth: 1786 in Liverpool, England
Death: in Pope's Harbor,
Halifax. Nova Scotia Prov. Canada
Isaac Priest Birthdate puts him as a possible Father to David David's
first son
was named Henry ... and David supposedly stayed in canada’
Children:
4. i Isaac
Jacob Prest b. 1820.
3.
George Hilchey, (6.David, 5Jacob,
4Beatus, 3Jacob, 2 Jacob,1 Jacob) born 1793 in Popes Harbour,NS,
died July 17, 1871of
Apoplexy in Spry Harbour, NS.
Reported Margaret Hilchey(wife)
He married Catherine Margaret Ann Shellnutt, 1820 in Halifax, Halifax Co, NS, born 1801
baptized: St. George's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia; died 1880 of Apoplexy (stroke); buried: Spry Harbour Anglican Cemetery, Spry Harbour, Nova Scotia in Ship Harbour, NS,. Catherine: Marriage bond dated Jan 06, 1820.; George- Fought with Wellington at the Battle Of Waterloo, June 18, 1815.
Children:
i William
John Hilchey, born 1821 in Spry Harbour, NS, died 1889.
He
married Rachel Newcomb, 1843 in Popes Harbour, NS, born 1823 in Popes Harbour,
NS.
ii Elizabeth
Mary Hilchey, born 1822 in Popes Harbour, NS.
She
married James Edward Cameron, 1839 in Halifax, NS,
born 1811 in Popes Harbour, NS.
iii Margaret
Ann Hilchey, born 1823 in Popes Harbour, NS, died 1903.
She
married (1) Thomas Gaspar Gerrard, 1841 in St. Georges,
She
married (2) George Alexander Leslie, 1847 in Spry Harbour, NS, born 1816.
iv Hannah
Sophia Hilchey, born 1825 in Popes Harbour, NS.
She
married George Prest, born 1829.
v George
Henry Hilchey, born 1826 in Popes Harbour, NS.
He
married Eliza Ann unknown, 1853 in Beavers Harbour, NS, born 1828.
vi Isabella
Elizabeth Hilchey, born 1828 in Popes Harbour, NS.
She
married Alexander Jackson, 1850 in Popes Harbour, NS, born 1828.
vii Caroline
Barbara Hilchey, born 1830 in Popes Harbour, NS.
She
married John Myers, 1851 in Popes Harbour, NS, born 1826.
viii Peter
John Hilchey, born 1833 in Popes Harbour, NS, died 1854.
ix Hannah
Sophia Hilchey, born 1834 in Popes Harbour, NS.
She
married William MacMillan, 1864 in Tangier, NS, born 1842.
x Isaac
Martin Hilchey, born 1836 in Popes Harbour, NS.
He
married Joan Hartling, 1865, born 1844.
xi James Henry Hilchey, born 1839 in Popes Harbour, NS, died 1914 in Carbou
Gold Mines,NS,
buried in
Hillcrest Cemetry, Upper Musquodoboit.
He
married Mary Elizabeth Lawlor, 1868 in Dartmouth,
NS, born 1847 in Tangier, NS,
died 1926 in Carbou Gold Mines, NS.
xii Miltida
Ann Hilchey, born 1841 in Spry Harbour, NS, died 1905 in Mooseland,
NS,
buried St.
Thomas Church Yard, Mooseland.
She
married Martin B. Prest, 1868 in Spry Harbour, NS, born 1840 in Spry Harbour,
NS, died 1900.
5. xiii Thomas Henry Hilchey b. 1844.
xiv Albert
Hilchey, born 1846 in Popes Harbour, NS, died 1923, buried in Higginsville Cemetery.
He
married Esther Vance Henry, 1868 in Spry Harbour, NS, born 1843, died 1917.
xv George
Alford Hilchey, born 1845, died 1851.
Third Generation
4.
Isaac Jacob Prest, (7.Hannah2, 6.David, 5Jacob, 4Beatus,
3Jacob,2 Jacob,1 Jacob) born 1820 in Popes Harbour,
christened 1821 St.
George's, Halifax, Nova Scotia NS, died 1883 in Popes Harbour,
NS, buried in St. Thomas
Church, Mooseland NS. Wooden Cross.
He
married Mary Ann Leslie, 1845, born 1820 in Liverpool,
NS, (daughter of John Leslie and Mary Welsh)
died July 28,1913 in Mooseland,
NS. Marker Wooden Cross.
Death
record Mary Ann Leslie Prest Hilchey
Cemetery
Pope's
Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
2min
walk from Highway
#7 Pope's Harbour
Established: approx.
1790
Gravestones: 10
Oldest: approx. 1790
Newest: approx. 1800
Children:
6. i Mary Ellen Prest b. 1847.
5.
Thomas Henry Hilchey, (7.George2, 6.David, 5.Jacob, 4.Beatus,
3.Jacob,2. Jacob,1. Jacob)
born May 22, 1843
in Popes Harbour, NS, died March 12, 1925 in Stewiacke, NS.
Note: Thomas Henry
Hilchey married His Aunt Hannah Sophia's Granddaughter. Thomas' father George
and Hannah Sophia were brother and sister.
Thomas'
wife Mary Ellen’s grandmother was Hannah Sophia. So Thomas married his 1st
cousin Isaac Prest's daughter Mary Ellen Prest.
Therefore
Thomas and Mary Ellen were Ist
cousins once removed?? Some mixed blood
here!!!!!!!!.
He
married Mary Ellen Prest, Feb 08,1868 in Spry Harbour, NS Church
of England, born June 06, 1847 in Spry Bay, NS,
(daughter of Isaac Jacob Prest and Mary Ann Leslie) died July 31,1924 in Stewiacke,
NS.
Buried Trinity Cemetery
Stewiacke
Note-Marriage record www.novascotiagenealogy.com
Children:
i Elzina
Hilchey, born May 09,1869 in Spry Harbour, NS, died 1949.
She
married Alexander Durkshire, June 1,1894,
born 1865 in Popes Harbour, NS.
7. ii Ida Anna Hilchey b. Oct 15,1870.
iii Jonathan
Ritchie Hilchey, born 1872 in Mooseland, NS, died 1949 in Mooseland,
NS.
Buried in St. Thomas Anglican Cemetery in Mooseland.
NS.
He
married Margaret Elizabeth Landsburg, 1902 in Dartmouth,
NS, born 1876 in Mooseland, NS.
Died 1953 buried with her husband.
iv Frances
Ella Hilchey, born 1876 in Mooseland, NS, died 1918.
She
married Thomas Fulton Kennedy, born 1879 in Upper Musquodoboit, NS.
v Morris
Archibald Hilchey, born Dec 14,1877 in Mooseland, NS, died 1949.
He
married Mildred Hancock Nov 15, 1913, born 1878 in Mooseland, NS.
vi Henry
Cumminger Hilchey, born Sep 25, 1879 in
Mooseland, NS, died 1955,
buried in St Thomas Anglican Church, Mooseland.
He
married Annie Robison Hartling, born 1874 in Mooseland, NS, died 1952.
vii Luvilla Nancy Hilchey, born Aug 15,1882 in Mooseland, NS, died 1968.
She
married Elmer Wilson Milne, June 29,1903,
born 1878 in Mooseland, NS.
viii Levi
Leander Hilchey, born 1883 in Mooseland, NS, died 1935.
He
married Anna Jeanette Ferguson Dec 05, 1904, born
1883, died 1978.
Notes-Marriage record states
that Levi Leander age 40(born 1864?)
parents David and Agnes not Thomas and Mary Ellen? Also born
In Jedore West not Moosland.
ix Hiram
Eldon Bayne Hilchey, born May 15, 1886 in
Mooseland, NS.
Died Jan 18, 1977
buried St. Johns Anglian , NS Age
90
I remember Bayne had a
wooden leg and used to take it off before he went to bed.
I
know he used to sometimes visit and stay overnight at Grampy’s.
As kids
We
were fascinated with this.
Picture of Uncle Bayne taken 1970 at Grammy and Grampy’s Scott 50th anniversary Age 84.
He
married Lucelle Winnifred
McLeod, Jan 14,1914,
born 1883-1890 in Mooseland,
NS. Died April 02, 1968 buried St. Johns Anglian, NS Age 85
x Charlotte
Elmira Hilchey, born 1888 in Mooseland, NS, died 1975.
She
married (1) Albert Edgar Hilchey, 1916, born 1877 in
Halifax, NS.
She
married (2) Edgar Earl Cameron.
She
married (3) Alex Hilchey, born 1877.
Fourth Generation
6. Mary Ellen Prest, (8.Isaac, 7.Hannah, 6.David,
5.Jacob, 4.Beatus, 3.Jacob,2. Jacob,1.
Jacob) (See marriage to number
5.)
7.
Ida Anna Hilchey, (8.Thomas, 7.George, 6.David, 5. Jacob, 4. Beatus, 3. Jacob,2. Jacob,1. Jacob) born Oct 15,1870 in Spry
Bay, NS, died May 17, 1912 in Musquodoboit, buried in
Hillside Cemetery, Musquodoboit, NS.
Died
Age 42 of stomach cancer. The 1901 census states Ida born Oct 15, 1871. Age 29. Census was taken in March of 1901.
She
married William
John Scott, Nov 25, 1889, born
June 21,1866 in Murchyville,
NS, (son of James Scott and Rachel McMullen) died 1938 in Hillside Cemetery,
Musquodoboit, NS.
See Scott
Family History for Continued Decendents.
