| Call Number: | MIC-Loyalist FC LMR .C4W3M8 |
| Name: | Chipman, Ward, 1754-1824. |
| Title: | Muster Rolls : 1775-1837. |
| Description: | 3 microfilm reels of textual records (6 volumes) ; 35 mm. |
| Background Information: |
Ward Chipman was a graduate of Harvard, a lawyer and a native of Marblehead, Massachusetts, who supported the Loyalist cause.
He was appointed deputy muster master general of Provincial forces at New York, 1777-1783, serving under Edward Winslow. At the end of the Revolution he went to England to press his claims for compensation, and although he was not successful, when New Brunswick was created in 1784 he came to the new province with Governor Thomas Carleton as solicitor general, holding that post until 1808. In 1785 he and eight other lawyers founded the New Brunswick Bar. He established a law practice in Saint John and trained many lawyers who later became prominent figures in the province. Several of his students were Jonathan Sewell Jr., later chief justice of Lower Canada, Ward Chipman Jr., chief justice of New Brunswick, Stephen Sewell, William Botsford, Charles Jeffery Peters, Thomas Wetmore, and William Franklin Odell. He served as surrogate general and recorder of Saint John and member of the House of Assembly. From 1796 to 1798, and again in 1816, he was the British agent or legal counsel to the Boundary Commission, and in 1806 he was named to the Executive Council. In 1809 he was appointed to the Supreme Court and held that position until he became Administrator of the Province in 1823. Ward Chipman married Elizabeth Hazen, daughter of pre-Loyalist William Hazen of the firm Simonds, Hazen and White. This marriage assured his position among the social elite and established connections with many influential families, including the Murrays and the Botsfords. The complete series of Chipman papers (also known as the Lawrence Collection) contains the papers of Ward Chipman, Sr. and Ward Chipman, Jr. (1787-1851) who succeeded his father as surrogate general of Saint John in 1813, and recorder in 1815. From 1816 he served on the Boundary Commission until it terminated in 1828. He was elected to the House of Assembly in 1820 and named speaker in 1824. In 1825 he was elevated to the bench which also earned him a seat on the council, and from 1834 to 1850 was chief justice of the province. |
| Contents: |
The Chipman Papers are arranged in two series:
Series 1 contains 81 volumes, the originals of which are held by the National Archives of Canada.
Series 2 is arranged in a chronological sequence, and the originals are held by the New Brunswick Museum Archives, Saint John, New Brunswick. Both series have been microfilmed. The Loyalist Collection contains only the reels from Series 1 that include the records of the Muster Master's Office, 1777-1785 (Vols. 24-27) and Regimental Papers, 1778-1804 (Vols. 28-30). These records include abstracts of states; subsistence accounts and receipts; muster rolls arranged by regiment; musters of settlers in different locations; muster master's correspondence; instructions; memoranda; accounts; receipts; and lists of rations. |
| Originals: | The original records are held by the National Archives of Canada. |
| Other Numbers: | NAC MG 23, D 1 |
| Finding Aids: |
A completely revised table of contents and microfilm shelf list for the Muster Rolls in the Ward Chipman Papers, Volume 24-30, has been prepared by the author of The Loyalist Collection Inventory. This Finding Aid is available in print with The Loyalist Collection Finding Aids and on the World Wide Web. A separate microfilm shelf list giving the reel numbers and corresponding volume numbers for the Ward Chipman Muster Rolls in The Loyalist Collection and in the National Archives of Canada is also available in The Loyalist Collection and on the World Wide Web. NAC Finding Aid 92, which provides access to the papers of Ward Chipman, Sr. and Ward Chipman, Jr. in the Lawrence Collection, is available on microfiche and in print, and both copies are shelved with The Loyalist Collection Finding Aids. The finding aid for the Ward Chipman Papers in the New Brunswick Museum Archives is available as part of the NAC Finding Aid 92 on microfiche and in print. |
| Web Finding Aid Available | |
| Notes: |
For additional muster rolls of Loyalist regiments, researchers are advised to consult, National Archives of Canada, Record Group 8, 1, "C Series," British Military and Naval Records. The Loyalist Collection contains the Index reels for the complete "C Series," as well as the reels which contain the original muster rolls of Loyalist regiments.
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