Samuel Denny Street

Samuel Denny Street (May 16 1752 – December 11 1830) was an English-born lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Sunbury County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1795 to 1802 and from 1809 to 1816.

He was born in Southwark, the son of Thomas Street and Ann Lee. Street apprenticed with a London attorney and practiced law for a time before joining the Royal Navy. He served with Lieutenant-General Thomas Gage at Boston. He went to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1776 and was sent to Fort Cumberland (near Sackville, New Brunswick) later that year with his regiment. In 1778, he married Abigail Freeman. Street took part in a number of missions to Maine. In 1781, he was captured. He was put on a prison ship but later escaped. He settled near Burton. In 1785, he was admitted to the practice of law in the new province of New Brunswick. Street ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1792. In 1800, he challenged John Murray Bliss to a duel after Bliss accused him of lying in court. In 1802, he was named clerk for the legislative assembly. In 1819, he was named to the province's Legislative Council. He died in Fredericton at the age of 68.

His son George Frederick served in the province's Supreme Court. His sons John Ambrose and William Henry served in the province's assembly. His daughter Ann was the grandmother of poet Bliss Carman.

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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3148 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]