“Ralph, the fifth son, was noted as a great hunter. He married for his wife, Mariah Jones of Moncton, and settled on Pollett River, where his grandson, Havelock Colpitts lives. The children by this marriage were: Henry, Robert, Thomas, Ralph, Charles (still living), Margaret, Lydia, Mariah (still living), and Deborah. His second wife was Hannah Raymond of Havelock, N. B., and they had one child, Sarah Anne, who married Chas. Keith of Havelock. After the death of his second wife Ralph married Emma Mollins, but there were no children.”
88Listed in the 1851 census with his 3rd wife Emma and his son Ralph Jr.’s family at Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, age 73. Lists the year of his entry into the colony as 1780.
83Regarding the cemetery listing:
“Forest Glen Cemetery
(Salisbury Parish, N.B.)
(contributed by Cleadie Barnett, CG(C))
Located on the easterly side of the Pollet River, about two miles down the river from the Village of Forest Glenn, on land granted to Ralph Colpitts. Copied by J.E. Humphreys in 1922. (He only had 14 entries...) Also, recorded in Aug 1984 by Richard & Sandra Thorne, on whose record this recording is based.”
Stone reports: Colpitts, Ralph d. 21 May 1856 ae 73 yrs
93 [actually he was 77]
Date : February 8, 1855
Place : Saint John
Newspaper : Weekly Chronicle
“d. Westmorland, 21st ult., Ralph COLPITTS, age 80.”
50 [This date of death is likely more correct than the cemetery listing since it is the earlier one and was published in the paper.]