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Joshua Pitman Trefry and Elizabeth Kenney

Joshua Pitman Trefry was the son of John Trefry and Hannah Pitman.

Joshua Pitman Trefry married Elizabeth Kenney on Wednesday, 2 January 1782.

Elizabeth Kenney was the daughter of Nathan Kenney. She died in about 1831.

Their children were:

• Mary Trefry, born on Tuesday, 1 August 1786 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, died in about 1821. She married Peleg Holmes on Tuesday, 31 December 1805 in Central Chebogue, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.

• Elizabeth Trefry, born on Sunday, 18 May 1783 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia. She married Ezra Churchill.

• Joshua P. Trefry, born on Sunday, 25 May 1788 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia. He married Bethia Eldridge in 1812.

• James Trefry, born on Friday, 23 April 1790 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia. He married Rebecca Crowell on Thursday, 26 March 1812.

• Mercy Trefry, born on Friday, 22 June 1792 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia. She married Marcus Ring.

• Lydia Trefry, born on Friday, 4 July 1794 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia. She married Elisha Holmes on Thursday, 4 April 1811.

• Sarah Trefry, born on Thursday, 28 April 1796 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia. She married John C. Wyman.

• Thomasine Trefry, born on Tuesday, 28 August 1798 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia, died on Tuesday, 28 August 1798. She never married.

• George Trefry, born on Tuesday, 13 August 1799 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia, died on Monday, 4 January 1864. He married Abigail Perry.

• Benjamin Trefry, born on Sunday, 23 August 1801 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia. He married Deborah Hatfield.

• Matilda Trefry, born on Tuesday, 10 January 1804 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia. She married James Rathburn.

• Thomasine Trefry, born on Saturday, 22 February 1806 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia, died on Tuesday, 22 August 1876. She married William Clements.

• William Allen Trefry, born on Saturday, 6 February 1808 in (Yarmouth), Nova Scotia, died on Wednesday, 8 March 1882. He married Zilpha Perry on Thursday, 16 August 1827.

The IGI lists children both for Joshua Pitman Trefry and Elizabeth Kenney and
for just Joshua P. Trefry. Joshua P. had a daughter named Lydia in the same
year that Joshua Pitman had a son Joshua P.

Joshua P. Trefry had the following children...

        Lydia Trefry    1788    Central Chebogue (Yarmouth), NS
        Mary Trefry     1789    Central Chebogue (Yarmouth), NS

Most of this info is from the 'Yarmouth Genealogies'. It also lists...

        Elizabeth Kenney 2nd m. Margaret (Frost) Randall [Huh?! Lousy notes!]
        Elizabeth 2nd m. Lepton Falkner
        Joushua P. (the son) 2nd m. Lavinia Crowell (a widow)
        James 2nd m. Sarah (Hicks) Tedford

AHD:
When Mary's daughter Matilda was 2, Mary died. She went to live with her
grandmother. When she returned 10 years later after the grandmother died, her
father had married Miss Emery Lockhart. [from E.B.B.]