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Well, I didn't find any pieces of the puzzle where I thought I would. Following is the information on the two surnames in the book "The History of Queens County" by E. Stone Wiggins, first published in 1876:
COLWELL. Robert, born in the County of Donegal, Ireland, in 1791. He came to New Brunswick in 1820, and settled in Scotchtown. He afterwards moved to Cumberland Bay, on lot number one, where he died, aged eighty-three. His children were: Joseph, who married Miss Brown; James, never married; Rober, Ann Mulroy; Sarah, Robert Elkins; Mary Jane, George Langley; Susan, William Reid; Elizabeth, David Phillips; William, Eleanor Day. The sons are comfortable farmers on Cumberland Bay.
COLWELL. John, a U.E. Loyalist, was born in the State of New Jersey, and during the Revolutionary War served as an ensign in General Coffin's Corps. Early in the campaign he was shot in the forehead and the bullet, which lodged in the back of his head, was never afterwards extracted. He settled in St. John in 1783, where he received a grant of a city lot on which he commenced business as a merchant. In 1795 he commanded a company of Loyal Artillery. He lived fifty years after peace was proclaimed, in which time his pension amounted to ten thousand dollars. In 1796 he settled on the Jemseg. His wife's maiden name was Hannah Britton. Their children were Eleanor, who married Joshua Oakley; Charlotte, John Young; William, Eunice Ann Dykeman; John James, Mary Peters. James John, never married. George Colwell, J.P. and Charles, Enoch and Gilbert, are sons of William. William, who is now living and well, is in his 87th year.
DENTON. Several persons of this name, residents of Queen's County, New York, supported the royal authority during the perilous period of the Revolution. In 1775 Joseph Denton, of Brookhaven, assisted Major Benjamin Floyd in soliciting signatures to a paper expressing determination to adhere to the cause of the Mother County. This name also is found among the Addresses of Lieutenant Colonel Sterling. In 1776, Amos, Amos, jr., Joseph, Samuel, and Thomas professed themselves to Lord Richard and General William Howe loyal and well affected subjects. James Denton, in 1780, was in arms against the Whigs. Samuel came to St. John with the other Loyalists, in 1783, and subsequently settled in Canning, then Waterborough, Queen's County. He died May 24, 1827, aged 75 and was interred in Marshall Cemetery, Scotchtown. His wife, Elizabeth, died July 1, 1814, aged 64. They had two sons: Moses, who married Eleanor Brill, and Samuel, who married Hananah Thorn. The sons of the former are: John, David, Solomon, Humphrey and Harvey. John was, for a number of years, Inspector of Schools for the county of Prince Edward, Ontario, and is still living at Picton in very comfortable circumstances. Solomon, who is now a model farmer on the Maquapit Lake, was for some time Inspector of Schools for the County of York and a successful teacher in Fredericton. Humphrey and Harvey are prosperous farmers. The sons of Samuel, viz: William, Frederick, Stephen, Alfred and Jospeh, are also well off farmers in Scotchtown. Frederick is a man of much genius and mechanical ability.
This is no help with the Susan/Susannah question.
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