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Photograph: Tilley House, Gagetown, New Brunswick
c. 1880
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
From Hannay, James. The Life and Times of Sir Leonard Tilley Being a Political History of New Brunswick for the Past Seventy Years. St. John, N.B., 1897.
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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This silver spoon was found under floorboards of the Tilley House in the 1960s. It belonged to Samuel Leonard Tilley's Loyalist great-grandmother, Elizabeth Tilley, and was made by Saint John silversmith Alexander Munro between 1800 and 1810. The stem is engraved in script with the initials, ET.

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Silver spoon belonging to Elizabeth Tilley
1800-1810
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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This cup and saucer belonged to Samuel Leonard Tilley's grandmother, Mary Chase Tilley, wife of James Tilley.

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Cup and saucer belonging to Mary ChaseTilley, wife of James Tilley
c. 1825
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Gift of Arthur Hetherington, 1994
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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This sampler was made by Elizabeth Tilley, a great-aunt of Samuel Leonard Tilley, about 1795. Elizabeth was the daughter of Loyalists Samuel and Elizabeth Tilley and the only one of their children born after their arrival in New Brunswick.

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Sampler by Elizabeth Tilley, great-aunt of Samuel Leonard Tilley
c. 1795
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Gift of Lizzie J. McIntyre, 1924
New Brunswick Museum

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This cup and saucer belonged to Sarah Briggs Tilley, wife of James Tilley, Jr., an uncle of Samuel Leonard Tilley.

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Cup and saucer belonging to Sarah Briggs Tilley
1825-1835
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Gift of Arthur Hetherington, 1995
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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Samuel Leonard Tilley's father, Thomas Morgan Tilley, was a storekeeper and carpenter in the Village of Gagetown. He and his wife came to the little house in Gagetown as newlyweds in 1817. They quickly expanded the house to include a spacious hallway and stair to the second floor, a large formal parlour and bedroom, and two bedrooms and a hallway on the second floor.

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Thomas Morgan Tilley, father of Samuel Leonard Tilley
c. 1860
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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These sugar tongs belonged to Susan Peters Tilley, mother of Samuel Leonard Tilley. The tongs were made by John Hersey, Newcastle, New Brunswick, between 1823 and 1830, and are engraved with the initials, ST.

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Sugar tongs belonging to Susan Peters Tilley
1823-1830
Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Gift of Mrs. K.M. Willet, 1973
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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Samuel Leonard Tilley was born in a small bedroom off the formal parlour, 8 May 1818. It was common in the early homes of New Brunswick to have a bedroom off the parlour. The room was only used on special occasions: births, illness, visiting clergy, or elderly relatives. Because of its occupants, the room witnessed some of the happiest family events such as births and recoveries from illness, but sadly, it also witnessed the deaths of those who could not fight off the ravages of 19th century disease.