Jesse CONVERSE

1741 - 1822  (80 years)

• Name	Jesse CONVERSE
  Birth	31 Dec 1741	, Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, (USA),, 42.681095,-71.489301   [1, 2, 3]
  	The NEHGS Register 1939, page 231, has his birthplace as Merrimack, New Hampshire, and birth date as 12 December 1741. In her book "Planters and Pioneers" Esther Clark Wright has Jesse born in Dunstable, Massachusetts. His tombstone records that he was from Massachusetts.
  Gender	Male
  Milit-Serv	Between 1754 and 1763	,, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Jesse was a soldier in the French & Indian War. He rose to the rank of Captain in Col. Nehemiah Lovewell's company of Col. John Hart's regiment in 1758.
  Census	1770	,, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia   [5]
  	Jesse was listed in this census as single (although his daughter was born 2 years previously), Protestant and American.
  Land Grant	12 May 1789	, Hopewell Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick   [6]
  	acreage was 13,906, shared with a Robert Dickson.
  Note	The administrators of Jesse's estate were Converse Richardson, grandnephew, and Philip Palmer, son of Gideon Palmer of Dorchester. "Est. Jesse Convarse (sic), Hopewell, Albert Co.; Admin.: Convarse Richardson, Philip Palmer."
  Death	22 Aug 1822	New Brunswick, Canada   [8, 9]
  	Converse Richardson (Jesse's grandnephew) was administrator of Jesse's estate after he died intestate in 1822 in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
  Burial	, the Jolicure Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Jolicure, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada, 45.93590,-64.23386   [10]
  	Inscription: Here lies / the remains of / Jesse Converse / a native of Massachusetts & / one of the first settlers / of this place, / who died / Aug.22, 1822. / Aged 82 Years.
  Person ID	I9280	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Joshua CONVERSE,   b. 3 Jun 1704, , Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts,, 42.487960,-71.152235 d. 1744, , Litchfield, New Hampshire,, 42.847111,-71.465556 (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Rachel BLANCHARD,   b. 20 Mar 1712, , Dunstable, New Hampshire d. 26 Jan 1801, , Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	21 Jul 1729	, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [4, 11]
  	both of Dunstable, Nassachusetts. They later lived in Merrimack.
  Family ID	F8640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth
  Marriage	Y  [12]
  Children	1. Margaret CONVERSE,   b. Abt 1768   d. 24 Jan 1850 (Age ~ 82 years)
  Family ID	F7917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 22 Aug 1822 - New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2174] NEHGS Register 1939: Jesse Converse, 2174. (Reliability: 2). Page 231 [S2501] Planters and Pioneers, 2501. (Reliability: 2). [S16286] Early Generations of Founders of Old Dunstable, 16286. (Reliability: 3). [S16286] Early Generations of Founders of Old Dunstable, 16286. (Reliability: 3). page 7 [S2337] Census 1770 - Nova Scotia, 2337. (Reliability: 3). [S2205] PANB - Index RS686, 2205. (Reliability: 3). PANB Microfilm 16300, Volume III, Grant 190. [S8317] Estate - Jesse Converse, 8317. (Reliability: 3). [S3450] Cemetery Marker - Jesse Converse, 3450. (Reliability: 2). [S4088] Abiel Richardson - NEHGS Register, 4088. (Reliability: 3). page 129 [S3450] Cemetery Marker - Jesse Converse, 3450. (Reliability: 3). [S2114] Vital Records of Woburn, Massachusetts, 2114. (Reliability: 3). Marriages, Page 60, "both of Dunstable". [S373] Gary Townshend, personal communication, 373. (Reliability: 2).