Colonel Thomas DAWSON b. 12 Sep 1762 Cootehill, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland d. 4 Mar 1804 , Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1762 - 1804 (41 years)

Name	Thomas DAWSON [1]
Prefix	Colonel
Birth	12 Sep 1762	Cootehill, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland [2]
Christening	16 Sep 1762	, County Cavan, Ulster, Ireland [2]
Gender	Male
_UID	B4AB2427482043A68B0B1FD9F1FDE297F01E
Military	From 1776 to 1799	, , , Ireland [2]
Also served in America as an Officer in the Royal Irish Artillery.
Property	19 Mar 1800	Lot 39 Twp, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada [3]
Purchased 500 acres calling it Dawson's Grove According to Wikipedia: Lot 39 is a township in Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of St. Patrick's Parish. Lot 39 was one of four lots awarded to the officers of the 78th Fraser Highlanders in the 1767 land lottery.[2] Col. Thomas Dawson purchased 500 acres (2.0 km2) of land in Lot 39 on March 19, 1800, for 135 pounds, 8 shillings and 4 pence, later adding another 100 acres (0.40 km2). He emigrated from Coote Hill, County Cavan, Ireland with wife Elizabeth and six children, arriving in PEI on June 6, 1801. Col. Thomas Dawson (1762– 1804) called his new property Dawson's Grove, after a Dawson family property in Ireland. He is buried at Elm Avenue Cemetery, Charlottetown, PEI. References: Stats Canada 2001 Clark, Andrew Hill (1959). Three Centuries and the Island. Toronto Press. pp. Appendix B.
Immigration	6 Jun 1801	, , Prince Edward Island, Canada [1, 2]
from Dublin, , Ireland
Occupation	Wesleyan Preacher
Death	4 Mar 1804	, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada [2]
Burial	Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada [2, 5]
Person ID	I4209	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	20 Feb 2020

Father	Samuel DAWSON, b. Abt 1733 d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Caroline STEWART, b. Abt 1738 d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	Abt 1758
Family ID	F1356	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Frances TAIT, b. 12 Mar 1768, Monaghan, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland d. 5 Feb 1849, Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 80 years)

Marriage Abt 1784 , , , Ireland [1, 2]

Children

	1. Elizabeth Frances DAWSON, b. 6 Jan 1785, Cootehill, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland d. 26 May 1866, , , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 81 years)
+	2. Anna Margaret DAWSON, b. 5 Mar 1789, Cavan, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland d. 28 Sep 1875, Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 86 years)
	3. Samuel Edward DAWSON, b. 28 Dec 1791, , , , Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Thomas DAWSON, b. 22 Sep 1793, , , , Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Frances Fanny DAWSON, b. 18 Nov 1795, Cootehill, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Richard DAWSON, b. 14 Apr 1799, , , , Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Mary DAWSON, b. 11 Apr 1802, , Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Benjamin Chappell DAWSON, b. 20 Mar 1804, , Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F1397 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 24 Jan 2019

Photos

Thomas Dawson 1762-1804
Hand coloured photograph on paper laid on board, gift of Doreen Heaps, 2010, to Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS. Gouache over a photograph of an Irish miniature of Col. Thomas Dawson (Ireland, 1762 - 1804, Charlottetown, PEI). Great, great, great grandfather of donor. Husband of Elizabeth Frances Tate (married 1784). Information found on Flickr.com (https://www.flickr.com/photos/artgalleryns/5277310537)
Portrait shared on Ancestry by MichelleMeney 20 Jun 2011 in "Ives-Meney Family Tree"
(https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2552368/person/-1834245586/facts)

Event Map

	Birth - 12 Sep 1762 - Cootehill, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland
	Christening - 16 Sep 1762 - , County Cavan, Ulster, Ireland
	Military - From 1776 to 1799 - , , , Ireland
	Marriage - Abt 1784 - , , , Ireland
	Property - 19 Mar 1800 - Lot 39 Twp, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada
	Immigration - 6 Jun 1801 - , , Prince Edward Island, Canada
	Death - 4 Mar 1804 - , Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada
	Burial - - Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I4209&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Colonel Thomas DAWSON."

Sources

[S1665] Hunter, Dave, The Island Register., (http://islandregister.com : 2008 - 2011), accessed 27 May 2011), "The Descendants of John Jacob Heartz and Dorothea Rhene" by Peggy Sorrell
[S1665] Hunter, Dave, The Island Register., (http://islandregister.com : 2008 - 2011), accessed 27 May 2011), "The Descendants of Col. Thomas Dawson and Elizabeth Frances Tate" by Dave Hunter
[S1762] Wikipedia Contributors, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia., (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page : 2019), accessed 17 May 2019), Lot 39, Prince Edward Island
[S2230] "Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry , ((https://www.ancestry.com : 1997-)), accessed 2 Sep 2018), "Ives-Meney Family Tree" by MichelleMeney, Story of Thomas Dawson Col (b. 1762 - d. 1804) shared 20 Jun 2011; citing the Archives Council of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE.
[S2230] "Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry , ((https://www.ancestry.com : 1997-)), accessed 2 Sep 2018), "Lawton Family Tree" by Love_Darlene, Colonel Thomas Dawson Doc. posted 14 Jun 2012; undocumented.