CONSTANTINE, James

1758 - 1829  (71 years)

• Name	CONSTANTINE, James
  Birth	27 Aug 1758	Grinton,Yorkshire (North Riding), England
  	James, ye son of James Constantine of Grinton.
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Dec 1829	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  	buried St.James Anglican Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.S.Headstone says 'from Leeds Yorkshire'.Note: Even if James was born in Grinton, it could very well have been common to name the nearest large city when saying where someone was from. Or James could have moved to Leeds as a young man to obtain work or join the British military.
  Person ID	I230	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	CONSTANTINE, James,   b. 4 Dec 1726, Hawes, Yorkshire (North Riding), England d. 2 Jan 1793, Reeth, Yorkshire (North Riding), England (Age 66 years)
  Mother	TAYLOR, Elizabeth,   b. 4 Feb 1721, Hawes, Yorkshire (North Riding), England d. 1 May 1783, Reeth, Yorkshire (North Riding), England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1744	Aysgarth, Yorkshire (North Riding), England
  	James Constantine & Eliz. Taylor of Thoralby married.
  Family ID	F2954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MOSHER, Elizabeth,   b. 1772, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 Jun 1852, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1790	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. CONSTANTINE, Pharez J.,   b. 1790, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1841 (Age 51 years)   2. CONSTANTINE, Catherine,   b. 20 Jan 1793, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 22 Mar 1875, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 82 years)   3. CONSTANTINE, James,   b. 1794   d. 14 Aug 1864 (Age 70 years)   4. CONSTANTINE, Rhoda,   b. Abt 1797, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   5. CONSTANTINE, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1801, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   6. CONSTANTINE, Margaret,   b. Abt 1804, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 4 Feb 1897, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 93 years)   7. CONSTANTINE, William Stewart,   b. 11 Sep 1810, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2025

  
  

• Headstones		constantine_james_sr-oldstj.jpg
  		James Constantine Snr. James Constantine ____? in Leeds Yorkshire England Died Dec 23 1829 Aged 72 years

  
  

• Notes

  James was licensed to teach school under the Act of 1811; -listed in the 1817 census as head of a household of six (1 English and 5 NS). Children: Catherine b. 20 Jan. 1793; James b.ca. 1794; Pharez J.; William; Elizabeth; Rhoda. There was a James Constantine, son of James Constantine in Grinton, North Yorkshire (only a few miles from Marske) baptized 27 Aug 1758 (Source is the registers of the parish church of Grinton in Swaledale, Co. York). This would add further weight to the likelihood that Simon Ward and James Constantine b. abt 1757 knew each other before coming to Nova Scotia. If this is the correct James Constantine, then his father, James (of Reeth), died 2 Jan 1793. His parents may be the James Constantine and Elizabeth Taylor 'of Thoralby' who married at Aysgarth 5 Sep 1744. They had a son William 06 Mar 1747, Aysgarth, then in Grinton, James 1758, Thomas 26 Apr 1761, Pegge 23 Sep 1764. There are large gaps between these births though, so not sure what happened there! In Hawes, just in the adjoining Dale to the south of Marske (18 miles) there is a James Constantine baptized 30 Jan 1757, son of John Constantine of Burterset. (however further digging revealed this James died in 1769 - says son of John of Burterset) Also, from same source is this entry for 1774 (before James Constantine would have left England): Mannuel Barker, par. of Watlass, & Eliz Constantine, par. of Grinton, by banns, 25 Nov., by Richard Home, rect of Marske. Wit: James Constantine, Eliz Merrall There may have been other Constantine families in the immediate vicinity. In Hawes, we find in the church accounting records: 1734 To James Constantine for a Bellroap - 1/2d There was also a James Constantine, son of James Constantine baptized April 23, 1753, Leeds, Call Lane Chapel (Arian Independent) Although this one is a little early to be the right James. But his headstone did say he was 'from Leeds, Yorkshire'. However this doesn't necessarily mean he was born there. There was a Constantine (no first name given) enlisted on the British Royal Navy Ship 'Royal Oak', mustered 1780. This ship was in the 'Battle of the Chesapeake' during the War of Independance. Could be a connection to Simon Ward who enlisted the year before on the ship 'Daphne', also used during the war of independence.

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] Source #58.