The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories

ry found their way to Prospect Farm, with whom family friendships were for

land Mr. Davis moved to Point de Bute. Although he was a small man and not accustomed to farm work, he remained in Point de Bute for ten years and made a good living for his increasing family. At the end of that time he got a grant of good land in Little Shemogue, on what is now called the Davis Road. On this land Mr. Davis put up a log house and moved his family there. After undergoing most of the privations incidental to such an experience, success came, and with is a comfortable and happy old age. In his la

s a professor in a western College. The other sons of Daniel Davis were farmers, two of

r a time he bought a farm at Tidnish, N.S., and subsequently moved to the Gulf Shore, Wallace. Mr.

now Salem. Samson, although a strong man physically, and with plenty of brains, did not make life a success. He became blind in his later years, and never prospered financially. Politically Mr. Clark would st

settled at Hall's Hill, but afterward moved back to Point de Bute. He was an excellent ploughman, and was one of the drovers north when the Richibucto and Miramichi markets were suppli

rt goes to Amherst for Mr. Ireland's goods," and, later, Mr. Trueman "goes with Mr. Ireland and Amos Fowler to Westcock for advice." Mr. Ireland moved to King's County, where he farmed f

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t the re-union of the Colpitts family in

this side of the Atlantic who bear the name. What his occupation or position in society was before his emigration we can only conjecture. Strange to say, there does not exist a scrap of writing which throws any light on these questions, and tradition is almost equally at fault. Later in life Robert Colpitts was a captain of militia, and it is thought h

ican colonies had broken out, and he could not reach Nova Scotia until the trouble was settled, which was not for seven years. For a part of this time the family had charge of a toll bridge near Newcastle. The following incident is declared to have actually occurred while they were keeping the toll bridge. A large man, riding a very small donkey, one day came up to the bridge and asked the amount of the toll. The charge was more than he felt inclined to pay, so he asked what would it be for

the most part, have been their descendants; no one of the name has yet occupied a prominent place in the public life of our country. But the na

Point de Bute, is a gre

pit

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mained in Miramichi three years and then moved to Bay Verte. The next move was to Mount Whatley, and, after a few years stay there, Mr. Monro

ss in life. His biographer says: "When he was twenty-one years of age a Mr. Robert King came into the district to take charge of the school, and under his care young Monro studied in the win

but refused to appoint him to the office. When Mr. Monro got back to St. John he had but two shillings in his pocket, and with this meagre sum he started on foot for home. Before he had gone far he found a job of masonry work and earned fifteen shillings. With this mo

a and Prince Edward Island." For a number of years he edited an educational monthly magazine called the PARISH SCHOOL ADVOCATE. His biographer adds: "Such is the life and labors of one of our foremost and most useful citizens, and if there is a moral to be read from it, it is this, that to make a man of cultured tastes, a student, a scholar and a pub

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Palmer, who was by profession a lawyer, moved from New York to Staten Island. He had been appointed one of the first judges of the New York Court of Oyer and Terminer. He was also a member of the Governor's Council, and

e name of the "Knapp and Palmer farms." Mr. Palmer afterwards moved to Dorchester Cape, induced to do so because it reminded him of his old home in New York. Palmer and Knapp must have found their loyalty ex

rst), was one of the successful shipbuilders of Dorchester in the fifties, and Philip, another son, was for some

ister, of Dorchester,

oldest practising lawye

the county for some ti

r many years did a la

reland

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d his surprise was great the next morning to see the ground covered with snow. Mr. Harper bought a property to the south- east of the garrison lands, and moved his family into a house said to have been built by the Acadian

chased land near Morris's Mills. It is said he came into possession of this property through prosecuting one Ayer and others for setting fire to his buildings at Fort Cumberland. In 1809 he obtained a grant from the G

ichi. John married Miss Thornton (whose father was a Loyalist), and after living at the mill for a time moved to Dorchester. William married Phoebe Haliday, from Cobequid, and built on the place where

moreland County. He was a magistrate and used to solemnize marriage, and s

y Verte are descendants of the

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ager was a Scotch lass from Dumfries. Mrs. Atkinson, a grand-daughter, has several pieces of fancy needlework done by Mrs. Wethered. "Sarah Huston Wethered was born at Cumberland, in the

tter was twice married, his second wife being Sarah Wethered. He was lost at sea in coming from Boston to Cumberland. His widow became the second wife of Amos Fowler, of Fowler's HIll. Pe

au across that river takes its name-the Etter Aboideau-from Pe

s watch must have been like that of Artemus Ward's or he must have been agen

zerland, and were engaged in making

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, were rescued and brought back to Halifax. For reasons not now known, Mr. Cahill remained on this side of the Atlantic and engaged for a time in teaching school. He married Miss Lesdernier, a sister of Mrs. Richard John Uniacke, and settled in Sackville as a farmer. They had a family of eleven, and Mr. Cahill received regular remittances f

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miths who came from Y

e decade betwee

wrence and married Mis

emicas are descendants

y, who married Parmel

mi

neighborhood, and as a result had his buildings burned, in one of which a large quantity of goods was stored that he had brought to th

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st of the name to settl

other in 1759. At this

ad been here long she m

had been with Winsl

use

land, and his name is on the list of the first grantees of Cumberland Township, in 1763. He settled

en daughters and five sons. The children's names were: William, Charles, Thomas, Georg

Smith; Thomas a Miss

liams, of Fredericton;

ary a Mr. Frank Siddal

Smith; Sarah a Mr. Fie

iams married a Mr. Fish

s: Edwin, Henry, Geor

e Fi

settlement in that way. An incident is told of him in connection with a trip made by his son Cyrus, which gives one a good idea of the man. It was customary before the days of railroads for the farmers and traders in Westmoreland to send teams loaded with produce as far north as Miramichi. These trips were generally made in the early winter, and butter, cheese, woolen cloth, socks, mittens, etc., found a ready market. The journey usually lasted ten days or more. Cyrus was sent by his father, Squire Oulton, on one of these journeys. A storm delayed the party, and more than the usual time was consumed be

ay he decided to send Cyrus over to get the oxen, with instructions to offer Mr. Harper twenty seven pounds for them, but if he would not take it, to give him twenty-eight. Cyrus started away on horseback, in great spirits,full of the importance of his mission. He rode as quickly

s, and successful farmers. A few of the name have tried other professions and have succeeded. Geo. J. Oulton, Principal of th

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Nova Scotia from Skel

me was Mary Thompson

arm now known as the

. John married a Miss Weldon and settled in Dorchester, where he and his descendants occupied a prominent

bson and remained on the homestead. His descendants still own the farm at Amherst Point. Coates married a Miss Jones and settled at Upper Miramichi. O

e hauling wood from the lakes. Ann married Amos Fowler, and E

pork, ordered him to turn about and take it to the rebel camp. This Mr. Keillor refused to do point blank. In the parley and skirmish that followed Mr. Keillor managed to dehorse his man, bind him on the sled, and forthwith delivered him safely at the fort with his carcasses of pork. The young man proved to be Richard John Uniacke, who afterwards became one of the most celebrated of Nova

have met b

haughtily, "You have the

t time I have had the a

Keil

a tone that showed how fully he conside

bellion, when I delivered you, a rebel and

neral left the further conduct

came forward to the desk to be sworn, he refused absolutely to take the oath. When remonstrated with, he said, "I will never consent to hold the King's Court in a barn." And this jurym

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se parents objected to his becoming their son-in-law. The lady, however, was willing to accept her lover without the parents' consent. An elopement was planned and carried out, the young couple coming to Cumberland to set up housekeeping. Mrs. Ward did not live very long aft

Folsom. The Folsoms were from New York, and one of them came to Prince Edward Island to attend to business for the firm. While there he married. Soon after this event Mr. Folsom seems to have been caught by the land craze that few men escaped at that date, and got a large grant of land in Antigonishe Coun

n Ward's family, Henry and William settled at P

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England soldiers present at the taking of Fort Beausejour in 1755. The family

p to a few years ago a document in which General Amherst commissioned Major Dickson

married a Mr. Harper, Nancy a Mr. Gleanie, Sarah a brother of Col. John Allan, and after his death Thomas Roach, Esq., of Fort Lawrence; James married Susanna Dickson, and remained on the homestead. Of the other sons, Thomas Law settled in Amherst and represented the county for some years in the Provincial Legislature; Robert, Charles and John ent

camp was found deserted, and the party started on the return home. When they reached the Le Coup stream, an affluent of the Aulac, they found the tide had risen so much that they were unable to proceed farther in that direction, so turning to the left, they followed the main stream to where there was a crossing. While

that place, and was put under guard, but treated well, as had been the case on the journey from Nova Scotia. Possibly roasted muskrat would not be considered an

by the English, and he was again a free man. He soon made his way back to Fort Cumberland, and was pr

and wills. He was an omnivorous reader, and, like Silas Wegg, was inclined to "drop into poetry." Some of his efforts in this direction on local happening caught the ear and had the ring that stirred the emo

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e to Nova Scotia about the year 1774, one

onsiderable substance in the County of Middlesex, England, known as gentleman farmer, and dubbed "Esquire." The tradition is he married a Lord

in the old Township of Cumberland, he returned to England and made arrangements to move his family to his new domain the following spring. To accomplish this he chartered the good ship ARETHUSA, and pu

as Robert. He was the sailor of the family. He served his apprenticeship to the sea out of England, and followed his father to America, sailing as master p

United States Government gave him a grant of land in Ohio, at that time one of the territories. Some years ago his heirs undertook to look up the records, but found they had been burne

before any payments were made to him. His nearest connections, how

t port of yellow fever. His widow returned to Sackville, leaving her son Edwin, their only child

remained in Fort Lawrence, and the Atkinsons there now are descended from these brothers. Capt. Stephen Atkinson, from whom most of the information about the fam

ily. He did not remain in River Hebert for any length of time, but purchased a farm in Sackville, and moved his family ther

pher, after selling his property in Sackville, purchased a farm in Point de Bute, and moved to that place. He had a large family of boys. Robert (second) moved to Shediac. One brother went to the United States and joined the Latter-Day Saints. Joseph married Ann Campbell, the daughter of Lieutenant C

their ancestor Campbell's sword and some

vigorous and self-reliant family, and hav

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as secured chiefly from Robert Lowerison, of Sackvil

anded on the 1st of May. He settled on the Petitcodiac River, in Westmoreland County, N.B., but the frequent raids made by the Eddy rebels in that district caused him to purchase and remove to a farm adjoining the west

Richard, who married Abigail Merrill, and after spending twelve years between the old home, Amherst Point, and Mapleton, moved to Frosty Hollow, Sackville, on September 18th, 1817, on the farm now occupied by his son, Thomas Lowerison, and his grandson, Bra

is wife attended the Me

n in the deed given by

centor in the old stone

d was buried in the Poi

n the East Riding of Y

1834, and lies b

ree droves of cattle, leaving Mr. Lowerison accountable for the cattle, with no cash on hand to meet the bills. The worry from this affected his mind to such an extent that he never fully recovered. The Lowerison name, until quite recently, was pronounced as if spelled Lawrence. The family has not increased greatly in t

always understood to

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after settled in Jolicure. He had a number of sons, two of whom, John and Sp

evolutionary War, Spi

ed States. John marr

amily of twelve childr

Lewis Fillimore, of Am

o

d by the State of Connecticut to clear the coast of pirates, who were causing a good deal of trouble at the time. So well did Captain Fillimore perform the du

themselves well able to hold their own in the competition

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ng," as he was generally called, came from Windsor on foot to Mount Whatley, N.B., about 1810. Mr. Miner's father di

. He was twice married. His first wife was a Miss Church, of Fort Lawrence; his second, Miss Styles, from Truro, N.S. The sons, James, Willia

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to William Wells before the family left England. Richard was a bachelor, and tradition says he had been a soldier. George purchased a farm in Upper Point de Bute. Neither of the brothers lived long in their new

he secured a large tract of land and became one of the substantial men of the place. A large number of his descendants are in that locality at the present time. The Dobsons, of Cape Breton, N.S., are descendants of Richard. John sold his

. Falkinther, who was said to be a very fine looking woman, had one of her grand-daughters to li

ent out of these journeys that was in them. It was said that he had large feet, and that early in life one of them was run over by a cart wheel, making it larger than the other. One day, while sitting in a St. John hotel, with th

Perhaps the likeness to the old patriarch ended here. He had a large family of boys, to all of whom he gave farms. His younge

lder, Alonzo and John Dobson and their families represent the name now in Jolicure. Dr. Gay Dobso

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m Wales. He was one of

He married Mary Dobson

e family. Ruth, their y

ed on the homestead. St

Bute with his mother,

e second wife of Chris

sons, George, Abel and

ife of John Fawcett, Es

int de Bute, is a so

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were Joseph and Ichabod Throop. Like most of the early settlers, Mr. Tingley raised a large family, and all his sons became farmers. Four of them, John, Harris, Caleb, and William, settled near their father. Josiah settled in Jolicure, Joshua at Shemogue, and Isaac at Point Midgie. There were four daughters

born 1794, die

1794, " 1

1797, " 1

" 1799, "

801, " 18

1803, " 1

1807, " 1

809, still li

ed

812, died 1

816, still li

ed

805, died 1

rt, Obed, Harvey, William, Alfred and Err are grandsons of Willi

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Carter, --- Cook, and James Deware. The Dewares of Jolicure belong to his family. Ralph (second) married --- Ayer and had two sons, Edward and William and three daughters. William settled on Gray's Road, near Wallace. Edward remained on the homestead. One of the daughters married Joseph Lowerison, another Ephraim Rayworth; one remained single. Francis Siddall settled first on the farm now owned by James Colpitts, near Point de Bute Corner, and married Mary Oulton,

of ninety- two years. Godfrey and Bill, of Bay Verte, N.B., and Charles, of Sackville, are his sons. Stephen married a Miss Brown and had a large family. His youngest son, George, is the only one living in the vicinity of the old home. Stephen had a remarkable memor

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as follows: Aaron married first, Vinie Dixon; they had one girl. His second wife was Margaret Weldon; they had two sons and five daughters. He settled in Dorchester. John married Eunice Polly; they had two sons and seven daughters. He settled in Jolicure. Jeremiah married Rebecca Dixon; they had seven sons and six daughters. He settled in Northport, N.S. Thomas never married, and lived in Jolicure. William married Annie Davis; they had five sons and five daughters. He settled in Northport, N.S. S

, landing at Fort Lawrence. The family were adherents of the Presbyterian Church, and took an active part in building and sustaining that church in Jo

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y at Fort Cumberland. He married his cousin, Miss Harper, and they were the parents of six children, one son and five daughters. The son, Thomas, married a Miss Chandler; Jane married George Oulton; Fanny Thomas Bowser; one remained single; of the remaining two, one married Otho Read, and the other Jesse Read. Thomas King (second) owned a large farm that joined the Garrison land. He had a family

s. One daughter married Joseph Black, of Dorchester, N.B.; another married a Mr. McBride; another, William Trenholm, of Point de Bute. William settled in Little Shemogue; Henry moved to Hastings, Cumberland, N.S.; Ja

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late Bloomer Ogden. An uncle of John Ogden spent the latter part of his life in prison rather than swear allegiance to the United States. John ma

a son of John. Amos and William of the same place are sons of Henr

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Upper Jolicure early in the last century. His descendants

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nglish family that sett

nson, a son, removed to

of the Rev. Silas Rand

t de Bute is a grands

AL

y to this country. He

red the Church as one

taught school in Point

. Phalen, was a member

Bute. John married Pr

family. He settled at B

n C. Phalen. The Phale

descendants of John. O

ist mi

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rwards settled on the Murray Road, Botsford, and Mr. Davidson on the Bay Verte Road, alongside of John Monro. The Davidsons were a most intell

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ttled in Bay Verte Roa

820 or 1825. The Turner

. Rev. E. C. Turner, o

nd Conference, bel

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and settled in Fort Lawrence. The elder Mr. Roach did not remain long in Nova Scotia, but pushed on to New York. His son never heard from him after they parted at Halifax. Thomas Roach was very successful in business and fo

daughter of Charles Dixon, Sackville, was his first wife; his second, Mrs. Sarah Allen; third, Mary Dixon, of Onslow, a

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, moved to Bay Verte in the early part of the last century. This son was a master mariner, and spent most of his life at sea. He married Amelia Chappell, and had a famil

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Mrs. Hewson opened a little store and also taught a school, and her son worked as clerk for Titus Knapp. Mrs. Hewson was successful in her trade venture, and in 1796 she and her son bought from Spiller Fillimore his farm on Jolicure Point, which has been known ever since as the Hewson farm. This property is still in possession of the family, and has been the home of four generations. James Hewson married Jerusha Freeman, of Amherst, and had six children-Richard married Seraphina Bent, of Fort Lawrence, and lived at

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ebert. In 1786 Eliphlet Read and Joseph Read were residents of Sackville. In 1788 Stephen Read was one of the Trustees of the Stone Church (Methodist) at Point de Bute. In 180

, of Bay Verte, writes:

lle about the year 1760

William, the latter my

ames, Caleb, Harris,

g my father. E

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the Brunswick House now stands and made his home there. The Maxwells were from New England, and had been in the country some years. Jo

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f the Yorkshire emigrat

Thomas, married Fanny K

r Bowser of Point de Bu

randsons of Th

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and, N.B., came from Yorkshire, in 1817. He was accompanied by three brothers and one sister. The three brothers and the sister settled in Cumberland County, N.S. William had a family of nine children. William (second), married Lucy Chapman and settled in Great Shemogue. George married Mary Pipes and settled at the Head of Amherst. Mary married Joseph

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that he was with Wolfe at the taking of Quebec. If so, he was probably one of the disbanded British soldiers that found their way to C

hree daughters -Ephraim, Jonas, James, Matthew, Liff, Dan, George, and Ben were the names of the boys. It is told of Matthew that once when he was "on a time," the press gang took him and his boon companion on board a man- of-war and induced them to enlist. When the young men came to themselves they were in great trouble, and one night, when the ship was lying near one of the West India Islands,

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rly in the country. T

phet settled at Bay Ve

hters. George and Bill,

, daughters of William

William, George, Joshua

lmira and Jane. Georg

Peggy, John Rawarth;

h; Ann, William Fawcett

. Bill Chappell's sons

ers, Fanny (Mrs. Capt

ne (Mrs. John Carey)

dal

amily in Bay Verte for many year

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he English side, and in 1783 came to Nova Scotia. Isaac settled at Wallace, Cumberland, and his brother settled on the Miramichi River, in New B

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gle to cross the marsh to Jolicure. Here he and his friend, Isaac Doherty, kept a store and built a vessel. The locality was called Irvin's Corner in the early days. Mr. Irvin married Ann Tingley, and soon aft

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arried Eleanor Goodwin, and remained on the home farm, which is now owned by his son, Isaac G. Hamilton. Rev. C. W. Hamilton, of St. John, and Dr. Hamilton, of Montreal, are grandsons of Robert Hamilton. Robert

RLAND, NONE OF WHOSE DESCENDA

ettled at Mount Whatley. He married a Miss Harrison, and had a family of six children. He carried on a la

s in the early part of the last century, and carried on

elonged to one of the Loyalist families, and represented the County of Westmoreland in the Assembly at

e shore. The British Government allowed the surviving children, Sarah, Mary, Thomas, Samuel and Charles, each L1,000 sterling. Sarah married Wm. Botsford, father of the late Judge Wm. Botsford, and grandfather of Senator Botsford; Mary married Col. Joshua Upham, afterwards Chief Justice of New Brunswick. Thomas Chandler, M.P.P., a lawyer of eminence, died at Pictou. His wife, Elizabeth Grant, was an aunt of Sam. Slick, whose name was Thomas Chandler Haliburton. Samuel Chandler was also in the Legislature of Nova Scotia for many years, representing Colchest

ime in Cumberland and afterwards moved t

in Point de Bute. Ralph subsequently went to Upper Canada. The Forsters were Methodists, and it is doubtful if any of that Yorkshire b

k and bought a property at Port Elgin, near the village of Bay Verte, where he built a grist and carding mill, and successfully conducted a large business for many years. He married Caroline Chappell and had

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ENT, July

e, where one of her daughters (Jane) married Richard Jones, of that place. One of her daughters (Mary) remained in Nova Scotia and married George Spencer, and after a number of years moved to Mill Branch, Kent, N.B. Grisilda, the eldest daughter, married John Reid, but I do not know when married, but they resided in Mill Branch, Kent County, from my earliest recollection. My father, William, in time settled on a farm on the main Richibucto River, and married Nancy McLeland, of Great Village, N.S., a sister of G. W. McLelland, who for many years represented Colchester County in the House of Assembly at Halifax. My father afterwards moved to the

te. My grandfather's name was William, but he never came to America. My grandmother's maiden name was Marjorie Fetters. You can see that the Doherty family, with the exception of Isaac and Jane, were not actually sett

very

DOHERT

TRUEM

pect

t de

WHAT WAS THE OLD TO

s ancestors were Loyalists. The McCreadys settled in

were originally from W

resident of Sa

Sutherland, his grandfather, came from Sutherlandshire

s a descendant of Georg

UKE OF YORK in the spri

illiam Freeze. The Bu

n des

1790. He taught school for a number of years. He married a Miss Peck and soon after settled

andfather came from Ire

olchester

ective settlers, from Rhodes (sic) Island and Connecticut, and decided to take up lands at Pisquid or Windsor. Josiah Hicks was a res