Looking for information on the parents of my 4th g.grandfather, Patrick Peters: b.Ireland c.1796, died 1854 South Branch NS Canada. The following details are exerpted from a copy of a statement made by Patrick's daughter-in-law (my 3rd g.grandmother), Jane (Robertson) Peters on the 10th of June 1913 at 77 years of age:
"Patrick Peters had nine brothers (John, Charles, Tom, James...) and one sister (Margaret, married a man by the name of Butler). Patrick and his brother Charles came to Nova Scotia not far from 1816, and with them a friend by the name of Donahue. My mother-in-law used to say that the Peterses and the Donahues were friends in the old country and in this...intermarried. Patrick Peters married Christy MacLeod in Halifax and settled in South Branch, Stewiacke where they lived until after the death of Patrick Peters in 1854....Charles Peters and his friend Donahue went to Boston where Charles Peters had his own vessel of which he was Captain. Tom Peters, son of John Peters and brother of Charles and Patrick Peters who came to Nova Scotia, remained in Dublin, Ireland. About the time I was married (Feb. 17, 1857) a letter came from Tom Peters of Dublin saying that his brother Charles was reported lost at sea....after a time they (Tom Peters) went to Boston, and as they never wrote back to Nova Scotia, the family of Patrick Peters lost all trace of them also."
"Note - Patrick's father's name was John, his mother's name was Mary. They came from Waterford, Tipperary. Patrick used to call himself the youngest of ten sons."
Any info or point in the right direction would be very much appreciated.
