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r Thirsk, and were among the first to accept the teachings of John Wesley. Mr. Wells did not come direct to Halifax, but landed at Boston, and, after staying there some months, came to Fort Cumberland. This was in 1772. He bought property

s follows:-George to Elizabeth Freeman, of Amherst; William to Catherine Allan, of Cape Tormentine; Mary to George Chappel, of Bay Verte; Elizabeth to Jona

enjoyed a special gift in prayer, and not infrequently, in the

the old journal: "Jun

ife May 31st, very sudd

e eleven o'clock; was b

ells,

r. Wells, may have some interest for his descend

, but the journey appears to be too much for me to perform, for I was exceeding bad yesterday, and altho this day I feel a little freer from pain, yet my weakness is great. If I should be better towards the l

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Charles H., Charles C., James, and Joseph D. Wells, great-grandsons, represent the name in Point de Bute and Jolicure. The late W. Woodbury Wells

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llen drapery business. In 1774 he prospected Nova Scotia with a view to settlement, and purchased a large block of land near the present tow

last years of his life in Dorchester, where he left a large family by his second wife. He was the

, and have contributed their full sh

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ee brothers came to this country-Henry, Gabriel, a

n Fort Lawrence, Gabr

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of Cumberland are al

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to count an M.D. among its members, and the civil ser

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r of the St. John Hazens. Issue of this union was a large family, of whom, Josiah, born April, 1708, was the twelfth child. He married Eleanor ---, and their son, Josiah, born March, 1740, was married in 1767 to Ru

t-grandfather of Senator Wood. The earliest, dated 1759 (in the reign of George II), was for 750 acres, one and a half shares of the original gr

s later his widowed daughter, ambitious for the welfare of her fatherless famil

hire town, instead of direct to the Eldorado of their dreams is one of the unknowable things, but presumably the exigencies of travel in those days had

Senator Wood's grandfather, and also from letters, we find quaint co

art Josiah found employment. The young man seems to have had all the business acumen and habits of industry that distinguish his posterity. When work in the mill was slack he taught school, beginning with four scholars. Evening amusements co

ay in those days. The neighbors came and went with kindly ministrations to the sick woman, and the son pursued his work in the

of Grapes.' The diary speaks of their visiting 'Mr. Robie, Mr. Blowers, the Chief Justice and th

children, Mariner and Ann. The widow married Philip Palmer and afterwards went to live in Sackville, N.B. They had eight children, Martin, who settled in H

account at an early age. He purchased in course of time the property adjoining Mr. Palmer's, in Sackville, where he built a store and dwelling which is known

andfather had a brother, Charles Thompson Wood, born at Lebanon, Conn., October, 1779. He married Elizabeth Tracy, and pursued the trade of hatter

mutual, and while the Senator would tell of many years' patient seeking for his father's kindred, they related the story which had been to

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n active service during the American Revolutionary war, and at its close was disbanded and grants of land in the Maritime Provinces distributed among its members. The greater number of these grants were on the Nashw

large for the times, and was very successful. He was a Methodist local preacher, and in 1829 started a literary and religious journal, which enjoyed, like most of its successors in that city, but a brief existence. Mr. McLeod's family numbered six-Roderick, the youngest, died in infancy; Annie, the e

N.J., where his widow and three daughters still live. Mr. McLeod never lost his love for the old flag for which his grandfather fought, and although so many years of his life were spent in the United States, where he alwa

de Bute, by whom he had five children. His sec

1860, and lost an arm at Fort Sumter. He afterwards graduated with honors f

it is now. He was one of the editors of the PROVINCIAL WESLEYAN. Like his brother Wesley, the last year

s taken from a letter w

reply to one aski

all know very positively that the McLeods sprang from the best and most honorable clan of old Scotland. We have improved some in manners, for we no longer drive our foes into caves, and smoke them

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e married Frances Ivey, in 1782. Mr. Avard was appointed a class-leader, and for seven years never failed to be present at the regular meeting of its members. He was intima

d in London, and a daughter was buried in the City Road burying- ground. In 1806 Mr. Avard emigrated to Prince Edward Island, landing at Charlottetown on May 15th, where he remained until 1813. In the fall of that year he left Charlottetown, with the intention of going to Windsor, N.S

istol, England, and soon after his arrival in America found his way to Chignecto and taught school several years in Point de Bute. In 1813 he married Margaret Wells, daughter of William Wells, of Point

ed first in Jolicure, where he conducted a farming and mercantile business. He subsequently bought a large tract of land in Shemogue,

"to run him down." As soon as Mr. Avard knew the state of affairs he at once volunteered to undertake the work. In the meantime Doyle had got a good start. At Amherst Head he hired a farmer, George Glendenning, to take him to the Four Corners, Sackville. Mrs. Glendenning was suspicious of the man, and advised her husband to have nothing to do with him, but Mr. Glendenning laughed at her fears. The dog, however, seemed to share h

ed the man from getting on board the stage, but could not arrest him. When he finally apprehended the fugitive, he brought him back in his chaise and delivered him to the

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ealous exertions, I have it in command to request you to believe that His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor and H. M. Council highly appreciate the important services which, at much personal risk, you rendered in pursuing, for

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pursuing and apprehending Doyle, the supposed perpetrator of the murder in the County of Cumberland, and beg leave through you to acquaint His Excellency and Her Majesty's Council that were it possible for me to possess any stro

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in the year 1730, at Kirleavington, near Yarm, in the east riding of Yorkshire, in Old England. I was brought up to the bricklayer's trade with my father until I was about nineteen years of age, and followed that calling till the twenty-ninth year of my age. I then engaged in a paper manufactory at Hutton Rudby, and fo

e a warm and hearty welcome." Mr. Dixon was one of the members who took an active part in the erection of the first Methodist church in Sackville, while he and his neighbor, William Cornforth, whose land adjoined, jointly set apart

a tendency to seek wider fields for the exercise of their energies. The late James Dixon, of Sac

f the Dixons," published in 1892, says of William Dixon: "He is still active and vigorous, capable of much physical exertion, and has an excellent memory, is a diligent reader, with a decided preference for poetical works, and employs some of his leisure hours in wri

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iness in Halifax, and owned property in Chester and Lunenburg, where he built mills. "The Indians twice burnt his house in Lunenburg County.' Mr. Prescott died in Chester, in 1806, and his widow in Halifax, in 1810. His son, Hon. Charles Ramage Prescott, was a prominent merchant of Halifax, but on account of failing health and to get rid of the fog moved to King's County, N.S. He lived for years at Town

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f the Methodist Church. He joined the Church in Point d

, March

Mr. Tr

ited States. He emigrated to this country in the year 1813, located in Moncton, and was engaged in mercantile pursuits until the time of his death in 1851, paying one hundred cen

r. John Newcomb, father of the distinguished astronomer, Prof. Newcomb, of world-wide reputation. Joseph married Miss Harris. Harriet married Mr. Thos. Trueman. William has been an accountant in the railway offices of this city. John's wife was Miss Embree, of Amherst, and his second wi

acrament of the Lord's Supper to-day, and I would be glad to have you stay and assist,' which I did. At the close of the service I remarked to the minister that I was very much interested in being present, as I was informed that the remains of my ancestor were in the vault under the pulpit, and that I was his great- grandson. He seemed much surprised and announced the fact to the congregation, and further said that I would preach in the afternoon, which I did. He then directed the sexton to show me down into the vault. In this vault there were the remains of three ministers in their separate coffins. One was a coffin containing the remains of the immortal Whitfield. In the coffin just opposite was the remain

in Berkshire, Eng. I have a photograph of the stone church where he ministered. His sons were Nonconformists, and John Pr

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ought with him his wife and family of eight children, four sons and four daughters. He purchased a large

d to John Wesley, that the first Methodist church was built in Point de Bute. Later, Joseph Chapman, Esq., a grandson o

to William Trueman, at Prospect, will perhaps be intere

s learned the business of Cabinet maker. Prudence keeps a farmer's house in Cleaveland and Betty is at home and she is Taller than her mother. Thanks be to God both I and my wife enjoy a tolerable share of health and can both work and sleep tolerably well. ________ died about last Candlemas, which has made the society at Hawnby almost vacant for a class leader, but I go as often as I can and your friend, Benjamin Wedgewood, speaks to them when I am not there. Tho most of the old methodists at Hawnby are gone to Eternity, yet there is about thirty yet. James Hewgill is married and both him and his wife are joined in the society. There us preaching settled at Swainby and I believe a yearnest Society of aboyt Seventeen members. I often go there on Sundays to preach. There has just been a Confirence at Leeds and good old Mr. Wesley was there among them, very healthy and strong, though 86 years of age. At our Hawnby Love Feast I had Mr. Swinburn and his wife 2 nights at my house. They seem to be people who have re

active interest in the general muster. As a consequence there was usually a colone

views on the matter, and then with an emphasis that indicated he was in earnest, he said, "If you are not on the muster field by one o'clock I will have you fined to the full extent of the law." One who witnessed this interview said it was laughable

race or a fox hunt appealed to something in their nature that stirred the pu

of Colonel Henry Chapman, of Point de Bute, each measured six feet or over, and were finely proportioned. Two of the s

, of Amherst, and settled in Dorchester. Henry married Miss Seaman, of Wallace, and remained on the farm at Point de Bute. Mary married George Taylor, Memramcook. Jane married John Smith, of Fort Lawrence, and was the mother of nine strapping boys, all of whom proved good men for the cou

number more than the descendants of any of the other Yorkshire families. Rev. Douglas Chapman, D.D., Rev. Eu

d spent a good deal of time in gathering information about the Chapman family. The following letter

"SHARROW, SHEFFIELD, EN

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surprised to receive a lett

wnby Hall for America and could not get any letter answered. Most of the Chapman family have passed away since he left. We have the four grandchildren l

your ancestors lived. The house and farm are still in the family and should be glad to accommodate you if yo

wishes to y

main

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from Thos. J. Wilkinso

BANK, "THIRS

miles from Thirsk, rather difficult of access on account of the steep ascents

y years, the Rev. O. A. Manners (connected with the Duke of R

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, viz., 'March 22, 176

baptized. Feb. 3, 1763

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foregoing William Chap

man who landed i

amily by the name of Barr

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all and settled first at Westcock, Sackville Parish, but afterwards moved to Dorchester. Christopher married a Miss Roberts and settled at Westmoreland Point, near his father. John married Miss Anne Lowerison and rema

rom Amherst. His widow afterward became the second wife of William Chapman, of Point de Bute. Mr. Carter and his sons were honest men, and the name still stands well for fair dealing. Inspec

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holm brothers in the

hn. Matthew settled at

Provinces, and John

m was probably confisc

lan left t

heriff Allan had several tenants, it is quite probable that Mr. Trenholm was one of them. John Tr

owns this part of the property and turns out flour at the old stand. William married a Miss Ryan and owned a large farm in Point de Bute, on the

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overnment, and the lords of trade, by the King's command, advertised in March, 1749, offering to all officers and private men discharged from the army and navy, and to artificers necessary in building and husbandry, free passages, pr

00 sterling for the exp

dward Cornwallis was ga

and sailed for the Prov

f June, just a month a

of Nova Scotia, but ha

ntil the 21st June. On

ax Ha

since we came within forty leagues of the coast. The harbor itself is full of fish of all kinds. All the officers agree t

tory of the country and settled at Amherst Point. Hugh Logan was the founder of the family in Cumberland and became one of the solid men of the place. He is said to have b

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afforded was given to him as an honored guest. On that day silver spoons were used. Turning to Mr. Allison the agent said, "I see that you can afford to have silver on your table. If you can afford this you can pay more rent; your next year's rent will be increased." "I will pay no more rent," said Mr. Allison, "I'll go to America first." The agent increased the rent the next year, and Mr. Allison sold his

King's County, on the border of the historic Grand Pre, where he lived until his death, in 1794. His wife was Mrs. Alice Polk, of Londonderry. She survived him for several years, and gave the histo

e political, religious and commercial life of Nova Scotia in the last hundred year

roughout Eastern British America as his," and "in him the noblest character was associated with the most unassuming demeanor." Charles and Joseph, brothers, were the first of the name to settle in Sackville. Dr. David Allison

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bridge over the Tantramar, a structure that was burned in the summer of 1901. He was also one of the contractors on the Eastern Extension Railway, from Moncton to the Nova Scotia border, and lost h

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ipley. He was master of a schooner that ran between St. John and the ports at the head of the Bay. On

amily. Mr. Smith was an honest and most industrious man. He left a large p

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nty. His son, Robert, by his second wife, married Jane Ripley, and inherited the homestead. This property is now owned b

Rupert, are at the present time prominent men and leading farmers of Nappan, N.S. Anothe

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had a family of three sons and five daughters. James married Jane Lawrence, and Jesse married Eunice Lawrence. The eldest daughter, Anna, married Amos Lawrence, and the youngest, Lavina, married Douglas Pugsley, of Nappan, whose first wife was Caroline Lawrence. James Fullerton (second) took an

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nary War, and at its close his landed estate was confiscated. He then left the country and settled in Amherst, N.S.

rip from Eastport to the Isthmus. The captain was incapable of managing the boat through drink, and

Embree's sons, remain

ird son, settled at A

ried Luther Lusby. A g

illiam L.

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tt, of Lower Sackville, N.B. Henry and Mary Ripley had a family of sixteen children. Henry Ripley occupied a rented farm the first years in this country, but later purchased a farm from the DeBarres esta

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Amherst. The one hundred acres of land given him by the Government was at Wallace. He was twice married. His first wife, by wh

wife left this son with friends in Petitcodiac, and returned either to the States or to Great Britain. They were not heard from afterward. The Pugsleys of King's County and St. John a

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Nancy, after the ship. David and Margaret Mitchell came from the neighborhood of Londonderry, in Ireland to Nova Scotia, in 1829. David Patterson came from Maghera, Culnady County Antrim, Ireland,

s a medical missionary and been accepted. She will leave for China next September, via San Francisco. It is something I can hardly talk about, yet I would rather she would go there than marry the richest man in the United States, for it is a grand thing to work for the Lord Jes

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characters in Europe. Between two such populations there could be little sympathy, and centuries of calamities and wrongs had generated a strong antipathy. The Scotch planted upon Irish soil were Scotch still, and the Irish were Irish still." One of their own writers says: "If we be not the very peculiar people, we Scotch-Irish are a most peculiar people,

ecause I have found so many of them among the early settlers of this cou

emigration are: Clark,

en, Allison, and

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the farm now owned by Charles George. John settled in Lower Sackville, near present Mount Allison Academy, and built a mill on the brook that runs through the farm. The Fawcett foundry stand

ried Mrs. Eleanor Colpitts, nee Eleanor Forster, of Amhers

ed Sarah Holmes. Their

ts

moved to Sussex. The Dobsons of Sussex a

Lower Sackville, had f

wo daughters, Mary and

ohn married Jane Blac

ried John Ogden. Robe

e Trueman, daughter

nd. The voyage lasted seventy-three days. About the middle of the voyage the VALIANT came across a Scotch brig in a sinking condition and too

le, and finally located at Salisbury. He had three sons, one now living in Carl

ackville; John Towse, settled in Dorchester; Robert Morrison, s

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in the list of students attending Mount Allison Academy in 1843. Isaac drowned off Grindstone Island when twenty-four years old, in 1819. William married a Miss Estabrooks, and they had ten children-James Isaac, who died recently at Shediac, where his family still live; Evander Valentine, who lived in Sackville and was well known as Captain Evans; Jane, who married Marcus Trueman, and now lives in California; William Murray Stuart, who at one time had charge of the Westmoreland Bank in Moncton; George Edwin, a mechanic, who moved

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er coming to this country Mrs. Wood died, leaving three children-a son and two daughters. The son was born on St. Valentine's Day, and was named Valentine. Mr. Wood's second wife was the widow o

dren: William, who died in boyhood; Edward, Rufus, Joshua, Cyrus, Thomas, Albert, Mary A

dinarily gifted intellectually. Albert, the youngest son, became celebrated as a skilful and successful sea captain. He published a book, entitled "Great Circle Sailing," that quite changed the methods, in some particulars, from which ships had been navigated previously. C

lliam Wood bearing the name h

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after Acadia came into possession of the English he settled in Annapolis. Michael Spurr Harris, a grandson of Samuel Harris, was born at Annapolis Royal in 1804. His wife, Sarah Ann Troop, was born in Aylesford in 1806. Michael Harris started in business in St. John in 1826; in 1837

ncton owes much to its enterprise and farsightedness. The lat

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wo of his sons, John and James, emigrated from Dumfries. Scotland, to Richibucto, New Brunswick, in the spring of 1821, and settled at Galloway, on the farm now owned by Robert Main, a grandson of David, and son of James. James married Jane Murray,

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arp came to the Isthmu

atthew settled in Napp

John in Sackville. Sam

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t London for Halifax in 1760. The vessel in which he sailed was wrecked on the coast of Portugal. Returning to London, in 1761, he found that his wife and family had sailed for Halifax, where he joined them

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y. His wife's name was Janet Amos. He had eight children. Two of the sons and the eldest daughter, Janet, married into William Trueman's family. The daughter, Mrs. Joseph Trueman, is sti

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and, in November, 1596. He came to America in his forty-second year, and settled in Sudbury, Mass. The Bents came to Nova Scotia around 1760. The names of Jesse and John Bent are

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, who married Catherine Trueman, of Point de Bute, were of the Ne

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as follows: Luke, born August 25th, 1754, married Tryphena Bent, November 22nd, 1789; John, married twice, first wife Dinah Lumley, of Yorkshire, England, and second Charlotte Mills, of the State of New York; Thomas born March 28

ohn) and his wife Tryph

d William Bostock; Ma

rried George Boss; Amy,

oss; Elizabeth, marrie

ried Eliza

John), whose first wif

, had family as follow

e, Rebecca; William, m

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eg; Clementina, married Joseph Moore; Harriet, married William Coates; Thomas, married Clementina Stockton; Tillott, married Eunic

Shipley; Edward; William, married Mary Tait; John, married Jerusha Lewis; Ann, married David Keiver; Joseph, married Jane Ripley; James, ma

homas and Mary), was bo

65. He and his wife, H

Dutch Valley, near Suss

nry, married three tim

a Slocomb, and third L

ied J. Nelson Coates, o

bert, married Isabel St

ried Charlotte Snider,

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ughter of Rev. Richard Knight, D.D., of Devonshire, England, had family as follows: Richard Knight, married to Anne Graham, of Sussex, N.B., living at Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.; Hannah Lovell, dead; William Henry, of Sackville, N.B.

gley, near Pontrefact, Yorkshire, May, 1693. John Harrison, of Foulby, was the inventor of the chronometer, for which he received from the British Government the sum of L

tten by members of the Harriso

e written so many years before. They are interesting as giving the experience of the emigrant in the new country. The first was written by Luke, a young man twenty years old, who had co

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they bite the English the worst. We have taken a farm of one Mr. Barron, for one year, or longer if we like. The rent is L 20 a year. We have 10 cows, 4 oxen, 20 sheep, one sow, and one breeding mare. He will take the rent in butter or cheese, or cattle. The country is very poor, and there is very little money about Cumberland. The money is not like our English money. An English guinea is L 1 3s. 4d. In Nova Scotia money a dollar is equal to 5 shillings, and a pistereen is a shilling. In haying time men have 3 shillings a day for mowing. The mosquitos will b

our wel

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John Harrison or Luke

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soap and candles, and likewise our own clothing. We spin and weave our own linen and wool, and make the biggest part of it into garments within our own family. This, I suppose, you will think strange, but it is merely for want of settlers and more mechanics of different branches. There were twenty- five petitioned to the Government for new lands when I settled here, and we all drew 500 acres of land each. I bought 500 acres joining mine, which cost me about eighteen pounds, and my part of the grant cost eight pounds. I have lived on it ever since and make out a very good living. We milk ten cows, keep one yoke of oxen, three horses, betwixt twenty a

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wife. Pray send out a ship-load of young women, for there is a great call for