Gabriel Flewelling
Gabriel Hudson Flewelling was a merchant, shipbuilder and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kings County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1882 to 1886 as a LiberalConservative member. Born in Clifton, the son of William P. Flewelling he married, in 1863, Augusta Whelpley. Flewelling was also a captain in the local militia and an auditor for Kings County. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1878 and was first elected in an 1882 byelection held after the death of John Herbert Crawford. In 1886, he was named to the Legislative Council. Some historians have said he had roots in Wales, where his family may have immigrated from. In fact, the FlewellingsFlewwellings had not been in Wales for at least three centuries before his birth, and Gabriels great grandfather and greatgreat grandfather were Loyalists in the American Revolution, from what was then North Castle, Westchester Co., New York.
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