Class F \Q$£ the early settlers. Under date of Jan. 9, 17(52, Charles Morris, the Chief Surveyor previously mentioned, made to the Government an extended report upon the condition of the various townships of the province. Here is what he say s about Falmouth. ( Mss. in Province Library at Halifax. ) " This township was granted to one hundred proprietors, of which eighty families are at present settled, containing 350 persons. The settlement was begun in 1700. Several other grants of the lands adjoining have been granted and added to this township, so that the whole will consist of one hundred and fifty proprietors or shaies This township con- tains about 2500 acres of marsh land. [Judge Haliburton says 1184 acres of diked marsh in 1828. ] and 3,003 acres of cleared upland, the proprietors having divided the cleared land and improvable land into lots. It amounts to about eighty acres to each share. The other parts of the township being the termination of two long ranges of mountains is broken mountain and steep precipices and mostly unimprova- ble lands. These inhabitants have imported large quantities of cattle and have this year cut hay sufficient for supporting- them, but the excessive drought of the summer has blasted The emigration to Nova Scotia. 21 most of their corn. The river Pisiquid running through this town is navigable for sloops to all the settlements, there being- three fathom at high water for six miles. The town is situa- ted in the centre of the settlements. The woods having suffered at the same time as Horton, the growth of timber is small, of the same kind as Horton." In another place he explains this last allusion as follows: " In Horton the natural growth is spruce, fir, white birch, poplar and white pine. The growth of timber is small, the woods having been levelled by fire about fifty years since." The river Pisiquid, now called the Avon, as it flows out between Falmouth and Windsor, receives the St. Croix. By the union is formed a broad basin some two miles wide, across which at low tide men have been known to wade, but which at high tide contains from fifty to sixty feet of reddish muddy water, having during the flood a current inward strong enough to bear " three-masters " up stream. To the northward of this basin a part of the Rhode Island men had chosen their farms including the thirteen families who came in the sloops Sally and Lydia. Their first landing place, now called Avon dale, is a flourishing ship-building village, abounding in Rhode Island names. As we have said, the settlement was first called East Falmouth, but in 1761 it received with the formal grant of the township, a new name, Newport, which it still retains. The tradition prevails that this name was given in honor of the old home of the settlers in Rhode Island, but this explanation, though so natural, is certainly incorrect, as is shown by the following letter. ( For a copy of this letter, I am indebted to David Allison, LL. D. Superintendent of Education for Nova Scotia, a na- tive of Newport, from whom numerous courtesies have been received. ) 22 The emigration to Nova Scotia. Halifax, March 31, 1761. Sir: Capt. Maloney, upon the application of the Inhabitants of Horton and Cornwallis, is to return to New London to take in provisions, but half his lading. He is then to proceed to Newport to take in provision for East and West Falmouth. He has orders to take Dr. Ellis and family and effects and one Mr. Mather, [ this name is somewhat uncer- tain ] , if they are ready. The Inhabitants of East Falmouth have petitioned to be set off as a distinct town and it has been mentioned in Coun- cil, I) lit nothing- conclusive done. There is an objection be- cause of the fewness of proprietors, but it: they will consent to have an addition of 20 rights, a sufficient quantity of land being added to« that end, I believe they may obtain it. I have proposed to have it named Newport, from my Lord Newport, a friend of Mr. Belcher's, and which I believe will be agree- able to the people if the}r think it will be of advantage to them. I think the addition of 20 shares will be no disad- vantage, as they have land equivalent. You can inform yourself of their opinion on this head. I shall endeavor to send the iron by the vessel bringing the provision. I am obliged to you for the assistance you gave my son among the inhabitants. It will not be long before you will be here and then I will fully inform you of the other affairs, till when I ran, in haste, Si)', your most obt servant, C. Morris, ( Surveyor General ) To Isaac Deschamps, Esq. Fort Edward. The emigration to Nova Scotia. 23 This same gentleman in the report of Jan. 9, 1762, pre- viously mentioned, gives a description of the 58,000 acres to which the name Newport was affixed: " This township, granted to seventy proprietors, began its settlement in 1761. ( He must refer to the grant of 1761. The settlement began previous to June 1760. ) The present number of families is sixty, containing about 240 persons. They imported a sufficient number of neat cattle and have this summer cut hay sufficient for them. They have also raised a considerable quantity of English grain, but not enough to subsist them, being cut short by the drought. Thoy have but little improved land in proportion to the other townships. It contains about 1,000 acres of marsh land and 600 acres of cleared lands. This township contains in pro- portion to its bigness a greater quantity of improvable lands than any of the fore-mentioned townships. The soil in gen- eral is rich and great part free from stones ; it is heavy tim- bered, not having suffered by fire, as the others neighboring. Its natural growth is fir, pine, spruce, oak, beach, ( sic ) birch, etc. The river Conetcook runs through the middle of this township, navigable for sloops at high water for ten miles, and on the southern end the river St. Croix, navigable for four miles." The names of the grantees of Newport are given in the appendix. Among them are a dozen or more which are plainly not of Rhode Island origin. It will be remembered that Mr. Morris spoke in his letter of " an addition of 20 rights " to the original settlement. The great mass of the names, however, are the same as are well known now in the southern counties of our state. Perhaps the most interesting single name is that of " William Hallyburton," for he was the great-grandfather of Judge Thomas C. Haliburton, the 24 The emigration to Nova Scotia. distinguished Nova Scotian historian and humorist, hetter known as " Sam Slick." [ Since it is not generally known that this family is of Rhode Island origin, let me here insert a copy of a certificate now existing in Newport, R. L, which is conclusive on this point. " Newport, Rhode Island, | September 15th, 1762. j This may Certify all it may Concern that I the Subscrib- er did sometime in the Fall of the year 1760 draw a memo- randum ( for Mrs. Sarah Wright late deceased ) of several Bequests, &c, which she was minded to make, But any of the Particulars I do not really Remember. William Hally burton. I further add, the said Memorandum was drawn at the Re- quest and Desire of the said Sarah Wright. Newport | Newport, to wit. j Sept. 15th day, A. D. 1762. Personally appeared the above-named William Hallyburton and made Solemn Oath to tbe Truth of the above said Evidence and Signed the same. Taken and Sworn to the Day and Date above said. Before me, John Davis Jr., Justice of the Peace." It is interesting in this connection to note that among those who removed to Halifax from Newport, R. I., at the close of the Revolution, was a Dr. John Halibnrton, father of the late Sir Brenton Halibnrton, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia at his death in 1865. i The records of NeAvport, still extant, show the same pro- cedure in general as on the other side of the river. The pro- prietors held their first meeting on June 9, 1760, one day The emigration to Nova Scotia. 25 earlier than at Falmouth proper. James Weeden was chosen moderator and Zerobabel Waistcoat clerk. Captain Edward York, Joseph Baley and Benjamin Sanford were chosen a committee to regulate affairs. A month later they ran out " town lots," providing for a compact village at what is now Avondale. Subsequently other villages have sprung up, but none of large size. The neighboring town of Windsor, clustering about Fort Edward, became the business centre for Newport and Falmouth, as well as for its own township. The settlers at Newport, as also at Falmouth, made provision for a school, and for religion, in their division of lands. Each proprietor appears to have had by allotment some 500 acres, partly marsh, partly upland, and largely woodland, be- sides six acres in the proposed " town." Much of this land, however, was not improved for many years. The township has had a quiet and peaceful development as a farming region, with some ship building and some quar- rying of " plaster." Being the nearest fertile district to Halifax, it has always had a ready market for such products as were needed by a garrison town, especially for horses and hay. The marsh lands are apparently of inexhaustible fer- tility and the uplands of good quality. To the settlers of Ehode Island origin have been added numerous others of English, Scotch, and Scotch-Irish descent, all a worthy stock for the upbuilding of a new country. The names of Mosher, Simpson, Smith, Sanford, and Knowles are still common and prominent. The faces to be seen on the hillsides are the ex- act counterparts of those in our own rural districts. Indeed in riding over the pleasant hills of both Newport and Fal- mouth, everything reminded me of certain parts of my native state, except the beds of the rivers. For here we have noth- ing like the Avon, the ancient Pisiquid, at low tide, a broad 4 26 The emigration to Nova Scotia. slimy chasm, forty to fifty feet deep, lined everywhere with a reddish ooze. It was when gazing on this spectacle from Windsor, that Charles Dudley Warner declared that he never understood before how much water added to a river. There is still a third township en the Pay of Fundy which had its origin in a colony from Rhode Island, but of this 1 cannot speak at length. It is the town of Sackville in New Brunswick, lying on a part of the famous Tantemar marshes, " the granary of Nova Scotia." Some twenty five families had settled there in the summer of 1761 and the other grantees were expected by Mr Morris to arrive in the spring of 1762, as many of them had been down the previous year to build houses in preparation for their families. There is at Halifax in the Province Libary a " List of the Sub- scribers for the Township lying on the Tantemar River, Represented by Benjamin Thurber, Cyprian Sterry, and Edmund Jenckes from Providence in Rhodisland," which list is given in the appendix. The 154 names upon it are nearly all common in the northern towns of Rhode Island. Probably most of them represent actual settlers, who were at Sackville for a time, if not permanently. For the settlement at this point had a somewhat different history from those of which Ave have spoken. There was, for instance, a whole Baptist Church in Swansea, Massachusetts, that emigrated bodily, under the leadership of the pastor, Nathan Mason, to Sackville in 1763 and after a residence there of eight years returned to its former abode. Moreover, when the War for Independence broke out, many of the settlers at Sackville and Cumberland sympathized so strongly with their brethren in the revolting colonies, that they joined the patriots in arms, and in consequence lost their homes, as the Province re- mained loyal to King George. Yet, I am told, the majority The emigration to Nova Scotia. 27 of the population of the township today is of New England ancestry. As I rode through Sackville upon the train, I got a glimse of Mt. Allison University, and Mt. Allison Ladies' College, institutions for higher education, which give some hint of the prosperity of the township and of the type of character prevailing among its residents. Rhode Island has no reason to be ashamed of her representatives at the head of the Bay of Funcly. Of individual reminiscences relating to the period of the immigration of 1760, little can now he obtained. Not many of that first generation became prominent above their fellows in matters that have interest for succeeding generations. There was, indeed, but one of the Rhode Island settlers whom I should care to follow personally in this paper, and in that one I hope to find you sharing a hearty interest. His name was Henry Alline. ( As to spelling, the name is variously written Alline, Allin, and Allen. ) Although he died of consumption at the early age of 36 years, he had meantime revolutionized the religious condition of his adopted land and had cleared the way for men of a different type to build strong and sure. Indeed his services had earned for him the title of the Whitefield of Nova Scotia. Henry Alline was born in Newport, R. I., June 14, 1748. His father and mother, William and Rebecca Alline, appear not to have been of the Rhode Island family of similar name, but by their son are said to have been born and brought up in Boston, where he had numerous relatives. The boy Henry was but twelve years old on that summer in 1760 when with his father's family he clambered over the sloop's side and landed in the red mud of the Pisiquid at Falmouth. In his journal, marvellously constructed in a short-hand that is well 28 The emigration to Nova Scotia. nigh a cipher, he has told us how his boyish fears were stirred by the frequent rumors that the Indians were about rising, and by the occasional coining of theMicmacs themselves, with their faces made hideous by war paint, to declare that the English should not settle in their country. At an early age he became the subject of very strong re- ligious impressions. Fear of death and the judgement con- stantly haunted him. Yet for twenty years he lived a misera- ble life under the terrors of the law and the lash of an accus- ing conscience, but stubborn and unyielding. In his twenty- seventh year for the first time he obtained light and learned to hope in Christ. Through the prayerful study of the bible, and the reading of religious books, he then obtained more correct views of his own character, and the disposition of God to save repentant sinners. When finally enabled to rest firm- ly upon the atonement of Jesus Christ, his joy in the posses- sion of pardon became as intense as bis depression under a sense of guilt had previously been. " Oh! the astonishing won- ders of His grace," lie exclaimed, " and the ocean of redeem- ing love. Millions and millions of praise to His name ! And oh ! the unspeakable wisdom and beauty of the glorious plan of life and salvation." The emotional type of his religious life, so evident in these quotations, was never changed. It was the key at once to the extent and the character of his whole work. At this time he attempted to take passage for New Eng- land in order to secure the education necessary to enable him to preach the gospel. It was, however, at the outbreak of the Revolution, and communication was not easy. He re- turned to Falmouth and soon commenced to address his friends and neighbors. For three years he preached almost daily, confining his meetings to the neighboring townships, The emigration to Nova Scotia. 29 and meeting' with much hardship and opposition. In 1779 he was regularly ordained, and thereafter roamed through the length and breadth of the lower provinces, on horseback in summer and on snowshoes in winter, visiting every Eng- lish speaking settlement, and everywhere arousing intense excitement, which took practical form in breaking up old church establishments and forming- new societies. In August 1783, he found himself doomed for the grave, and started upon a journey to New England and a milder climate. On the way he preached as opportunity offered, but was overtaken by the destroyer while still in New Hampshire, and died at North Hampton in that state Feb. 2, 1784, without having reached the longed for refuge with relatives at Boston. His young life seemed fairly to have burned out with the inten- sity of its own fires. Henry Alline was not an educated man ; nor yet was he illiterate, for from the age of nine he was a devoted reader of thoughtful books. His journal shows evidence of great intellectual activity, and, indeed, of marked natural gifts for the pursuit of philosophy. Yet he was too fully absorbed in his religious work to devote much time to study or to literary composition. The most important of his literary produc- tions are two books published after his death. The one is " Hymns and Spiritual Songs" a collection of nearly five hundred original hymns, which had reached a third edition in 1797. The other is his " Life and Journal" published at Boston in 1806. Both display genuine power, but need to be judged by the standard of his day, rather than by the criteria of our own highly favored age. The first effect of Alline's religious efforts certainly ap- peared to be more largely for evil than for good. He broke in upon the settled congregations of the day with a deter- 30 The emigration to Nova Scotia. mined purpose to disturb the existing ecclesiastical relations and this purpose was accomplished, even to painful results. Families were divided ; old neighbors became fierce enemies; old churches became disintegrated, and new organizations took their places. But there were reasons why such pioneer work in religion was needed. The churches of the provinces were then ap- parently at a very low ebb spiritually. If we may believe John Wesley, the clergymen of the Church of England in this region were not all worthy of their appointment. In 1780 that divine wrote to the Bishop of London as follows: " Your Lordship observes there are three ministers in that country ( Newfoundland ) already. True, my lord ; but what are three to watch over the souls in that extensive coun- try. Suppose there were three score of such missionaries in the country; could I in conscience .•..recommend these souls to their care ? Do they take care of their own souls ? If they do, ( I speak with concern ) I fear they are almost the only missionaries in America that do. My lord, 1 do not speak rashly ; I have been in America, and so have several with whom I have lately conversed, and both I and they know what manner of men the greatest j art of these are. They are men who neither have the power of religion, nor the form; men that lay no claim to piety, nor even decency." ( Smith's Methodism in Eastern British America. ) These are serious statements to be made by a clergyman about fellow preachers in the same communion. Possibly they did not apply to the eight of this denomination then in Nova Scotia. But it is certain that after nine years of labor along the Basin of Minas, Rev. Joseph Bennett, the resident missionary, had but 48 communicants in a population of fully a thousand Protestants. The emigration to Nova Scotia. 31 The Presbyterianism of that day, moreover, lacked the life and fervor which now give it such aggressive zeal. Most of the New England settlers are said to have been Congregation- alists, who had come out of the New England churches at a time when the absence of religious earnestness in them is a matter of well known history. On every side, therefore, Alline found religious apathy, indifference, and formality, where he looked for vital and piactical religion. Social services Avere rarely held. In 1782 one of the solid men of Liverpool, N. S., prominent in the Congregational church there, wrote in his journal thus : ( Smith's Methodism in Eastern British America. ) " A religious meeting was held at my house in the evening ; a large concourse of people, I believe nearly one hundred and fifty, attended ; which is till of late a very strange thing in this place, such a meeting having scarcely been known since the settlement of it, till since Mr. Alline was here." The disturbance of these cold and formal church relations could not be an unmixed evil ; indeed, it was a necessary con- dition of genuine religious progress. Few men could have done the work better than Alline. " To the one extreme of cold religious doctrine he opposed the other extreme of feeling. His religion was a religion of feeling. -His writings glow with it." The rapture he had felt when conscious of pardon he assumed to be the test of religion in himself and others. He appealed incessantly to the feelings of his hearers. " He dwelt upon the greatness and glory of Christ, his compassion, his humiliation, his bleeding love, his joy in saving sinners; or else mourning over the insensibility of those whom he ad- dressed he sought to alarm them into feeling." He enforced his teachings with affectionate earnestness, and throughout all his toils and hardships displayed an elevated cheerfulness 32 The emigration to Nova Scotia. and joy. He was a good singer, fervent in prayer, and pos- sessed of a copious flow of language. This is evinced not only by his printed sermons, but by the book of hymns which he composed. Many of the young men who flocked to him as leader, and who were converted and joined him in the ministry, were of the same type. Passing from settlement to settlement, " like religious knight-errants," they made, as was natural, a profound impression. The slumbers of the churches were thoroughly disturbed and the members were led to active effort. Alline's doctrinal views appear to have been fragmentary and but slightly systematized. He saw in the plainest nar- ratives and announcements of Scripture marvellous allegories. He was indeed a mystic, but amid all his extravagances of opinion his eminent and uniform piety showed that he " loved God out of a pure heart fervently." No distinct organization now exists as the result of the work of A lline and his colleagues. The movement was an offshoot of the great New Light movement which followed the preaching of Whitefield in America, and in which Rhode Island had no small share. Alline's followers were grouped into churches resembling the Cengregationalist bodies of New England ; but little attention was paid to order or dis- cipline, and as a consequence these organizations failed to be permanent. In process of time the larger number of the New Light preachers and their adherents, who had been awakened under Alline's preaching and influence, became Baptists and *were gathered into churches of that faith and order. A few became leaders among; the Methodists. Cer- tain it is that to the pioneer work of Alline and his fellow laborers the Baptist denomination owes not only its numeri- cal predominance in the fertile valleys of Nova Scotia, but The emigration to Nova Scotia. 33 also the earnest, active type of practical religion which char- acterizes it in that province. An appropriate gift, therefore, was Henry Alline from the land of John Clarke and Roger Williams to the colony at the north. Of the descendants of the Rhode Island founders of Nova Scotia, many have honorably distinguished themselves in public and commercial life. The most eminent literary rep- resentatives of the blood now living are doubtless Thomas B. Aldus, Record Commissioner at Halifax and editor of the Archives of Nova Scotia, and Edward Young, LL. D., now U, S- Consul at Windsor, N. S., but long connected with the Treasury Department at Washington. Nicholas Mosher, Esq., of Newport, was one of the pioneer ship-builders of Nova Scotia, who represented his township in the Legislature, and was a man of most extensive influence. The Northups of Falmouth, have also been prominent. Jeremiah, the origi- nal settler, was the first member of the Provincial Assembly from that township. His son John was for many years a leading merchant of Halifax. A grandson of the latter, the late Jeremiah Northup, was Senator of the Dominion of Can- ada for Nova Scotia. Edward Albro, Esq., is an aged and prominent hardware merchant in Halifax. At Sackville, the descendants of Valentine Esterbrooks have ever been numer- ous and influential ; some thirty of the name are now upon the voting list. A grandson of Eliphalet Reed still lives at the age of ninety years and more, to encourage his two sons in their work as Christian ministers. Dr. Edward A. Bowser, the distinguised professor of mathematics at Rutgers College, a native of Sackville, has a Rhode Island ancestry. It is now evident, also, that we can add to this list the genial and witty Thomas C. Haliburton who died in 1865, having been thir- teen years a Judge in Nova Scotia and six years a Member 5 34 The emigration to Nova Scotia. of Parliament in London, the author of " Sam Slick" and also of a " History of Nova Scotia." Tims Rhode Island can claim to have furnished the stock from which Canada has developed her finest literary flower. In closing, let me allude to the interesting - field opened hy a knowledge of this emigration to our Rhode Island genealo- gists. The proprietors' records and probate records relating- to the three townships of Falmouth, Newport, and Sackville, together with the lists of grantees and other lists of various periods found at Halifax, afford abundant ground for research respecting families and individuals who went thither. In some cases there is documentary evidence concerning Rhode Islanders who never left this colony. For example, on the Falmouth records I found an interesting page about a contro- versey relating to 43 acres of land in Charlestown, R. I., in which Capt. Edward York, of Falmouth, his wife Hannah, her father John Larkin, and her brother John Larkin, Jr. all figured. At Windsor I found a power of attorney signed by Christopher Allen of North Kingstown in 1761, and also the will of Edward Church of Little Compton, probated the same year. None of these, except Capt. York and his wife, were ever residents of Nova Scotia. Occasional references appear to the names of relatives in Rhode Island. I need not en- large upon the value of such clues in the search for missing- links. I must, in a word more, allude to the aid rendered me in my hasty examination by several gentlemen and one lady upon the field. These are, in particular, Dr. David Allison and Mr. Thomas B. Akins of Halifax, Mr. C. W. Knowles and Dr. Edward Young of Windsor, Miss. Margaret Young of Falmouth, and Mr. William II. Knowles and Rev. John A. Mosher of Newport. These all, except Dr. Allison, share The emigration to Nova Scotia. 35 in a Rhode Island ancestry ; and a 1, without exception, mer- it the kindest thoughts of their kindred in Rhode Island for their generous service to a stranger, who bore no claim to their favor save his birth in the city of Roger Williams, and his deep interest in the land from which their fathers came. APPENDIX. List of Persons to whom Town Lots were 'assigned at Fal- mouth Nov. 15, 1760. Taken from the Proprietors' Records. ( It is possible that some of these names were added at a later date. ) Henry Dennie Denson a Henry Maturin Denson Henry Maturin Denson John Denson Timothy Saunders Lucy Denson Nehemiah Wood Edw. Ellis Watmouth James H. Watmouth Edmund Michenor Michel Michenor ) Matthew Michenor | Abel Michenor 1 2 Joseph Wilson Jabez Harrington 14 15 3 Luke Horswell 16 4 Joseph Steel Perry Borden 17 18 5 John Shaver 19 6 Meeting Minister's Lot 20 7 Alex. McCullough 21 8 Adam McCullough 22 9 Ebenezer Millet 23 10 11 George Lyde Thos. Akin 24 25 12 13 Moses Marsters ^ Martha Dyer j Edward York 26 27 36 The emigration to Nova Scotia Ieliabod Stoddard 28 Benj. Gerrish, Esq. 61 I 29 Jonathan Davison 62 Wignul Cole ) William Shey 63 a 30 Jona. Marsters 64 Thos. Woodworth 31 Jesse Crossman iS5 Stephen Akin I 32 Benj Salter W John Lovelass [ John Meacham 67 John Steele 33 David Randall 68 John Hicks 34 Dan '1 Hovey, Jr. 69 Abraham Wheeler 35 Eleazer Doane 70 Constant Church ' 36 Sam. Brow 71 Edward Church 37 William Wood I 72 Terence Fitzpatrick 38 Peter Shaw j Beiioni Sweet ) 39 William Nevil Wolesley 73 Edw. Manchester j Ahr. Marsters 74 Church of England Lot 40 Benj. Hicks 75 Walter Manning 41 Win. Nevil Wolesley 1-2 76 J ohn Gray 42 Fred'k. Delks Hore 77 Benj. Thurhev 43 a 78 Chris. Dewey ) 44 Charles Proctor 79 Samuel Davison | John Hicks ( 80 John Davison 45 John Hicks Jr. ) Wiliam Allen 46 St. John Broderick 81 Mary Paysant 47 Samuel Broderick 82 James Wilson 48 Amos Wenman 83 Peter Shaw 49 William Shey 84 Condemned 50 to 54 Joseph Baley ) 85 Alex. Grant 55 Edward York j J ere Northup 56 Dan'l Greeno 86 Joseph Northup 57 Benj. Gerrish 87 David Randall | 58 Joseph Gooding 88 Cyprian Davison \ Benj. Meyer 89 F. T. Midler 59 J. R. Muller 90 Joseph Jess 60 Shubael Dimock 91 The emigration to Nova Scotia 37 John Simpson 92 William Church 100 Alex. Grant 93 Fork of River David Pake 94 Zach. Chase 1 Condemned 95 Nath. Reynolds 2 Abner Hall 96 Edw. Humblehatch 3 Barnabas Hall 97 Lient. DesBarres 4 Abner Hall ) 98 School Lot 5 Thomas Parker ) Henry Lyon 6 Amos Owen 99 John Almand 7 II. Grantees of the Township of Newport, N. S. entered upon the Proprietors' Records, tide in the Hants Journal contributed by 1761, as Taken from an ar- [r. Joseph Allison. Joseph Bailey Benjamin Sanford Joshua Sanford Benjamin Reynolds Caleb Lake James Mosher James Harvie John Woolhaber Peter Shey Samuel Bentley James Smith James Simpson Arnold Shaw Samuel Albro Jonathan Babcock Daniel Wier Jeremiah Baker Silas Weaver James Card Stephen Macumber Levi Irish Ichabod Macumber Cornelius Potter William Albro Samuel Brenton Benjamin Wilcocks Michael Fish John Wood 38 The emigration to Nova Scotia. Joseph Sanford Elislia Clark John Slocum Jonathan Rogers John Gosbee Zerobable Wastcoat Robert Wastcoat Benjamin Borden Richard Card James Weed en Stephen Chapman Gilbert Stuart John Chambers John Harvie George Mumford John Shaw Edward Ellis En com Sanford Joseph Straight Henry Knowles Robert Wastcoat Sr Stukely Wastcoat John Jeffers Daniel Dimock James York James Julian George Briohtman John Woodman Joseph Wilson Edward Church Archibald Harvie Samuel Borden William Allen William Hallyburton Daniel Sanford Aaron Butts Moses De Les Dernier Gideon De Les Dernier Peter Bourgeois Jonathan Card Abel Michener James Harvie Jr. Isaac Deschamps Benjamin Walley Amos Walley III. " The List of the Subscribers for the Township Lying on Tantimar River, Represented by Benjamin Thnrber. Cyprian Sterry and Edmund Jinks, from Providence in Rhodisland." Taken from records in the Province Library at Halifax. The date is probably 1761, bnt possibly 1760. The emigration to Nova Scotia. 39 Jos. Olney John Jenckes Solo. Wheat Wm. Clark Jona. Olney Wm. Ford Benj'n Thurber Cyprian Sterry Edmund Jenckes David Burr Sam'l Wetherby Step. Angel Peleg' Williams Jona. Allen Jos. Tower Peter Randal Seth Luther Jno. Young- Sam Thurber Jacob Whitman John Tripp Nath Day John Malavery Noah Whitman Edmund Tripp David Waters Nath Buckiin Noah Mason William Sheldon Dan'l Wear Rich'd Brown Volintine Easterbrooks Charles Olnej Thos. Field Rob't Sterry The above mentioned names for One sliare and & half. 47 Thos. Bowen 23 1-2 Step. Jenckes James Olney Win. Brown Sam'l Lethredge 70 1-2 Elisha Hopkins Wm. Walcot Gershom H olden David Alberson Sam'l Currey John Foster Rob't Potter Dan'l Wilcocks Sam'l Clark John Miillin Nathan Case Robt Woodward Eben'r Robins Peter Baieman 40 The emigration to Nova Scotia. Daniel Tluirber Daniel Calioon Chas. Symons Benj. Gorman John Howland Nathan Jenckes David Tift Jos. Brown Gideon Smith Jos. Hawkins Sarah Cottle Isaac Cole Obediah King Thos. Woodward Rob't Foster Jer. Brownel Nath'l Finney John Dexter Steph. Carpenter Levi Potter Nedebiah Angel John Brown James Foster Sam'l Briggs James Young Ichabod Cumstock Morris Hern Jos. Burden Ezra Heyley Obediah Sprauge ( sic ) Edward Thurber John Olney Sam'l Toogood Jos. Olney, Jr. Wm. Whipple David Wilbur Oliver Casey Elisha Smith Nathan Case Jr. Charles Angel Jos. Taylor Oliver Man Moses Man W. Whipple, Jr. Wm. Phillips Benj. Robinson Jona. Pike Geoioe Wear Edward Giles John Smith Gilbert Samons W T oodbery Morris John Wiever Nehemiah Sweet Stephen Goodspeed Abraham Olney James Muzey Jeremiah Dexter William Jenckes Henry Finch Sam'l Shearman Wm. Olney John Olney Jr. James Olney The emigration to Nova Scotia. 41 William Olney, Jr. Francis Swan, of Massachus's Coggeshal Olney Daniel Ingols, " John Power John Wilson, . " Aaron Mason Nath'l Brown, " Nathan Jen ekes Abiel Fry, " Freelove Tucker Simon Fry, u Benja. Cousins Bemsley Stevens, " Rowland Sprague Rob't Davis, Nathan Giles Jer. Dexter ( erased ) Benja. Medberry Nathanael Woodward Zeph'r Woodward These single James Jenckes shares each William Emerson 154 Chas. Spaulding 47 -I AnTl 1 lAWTlPT* Nath'l Packer 107 Thos Sterry 70 1-2 A "mtiQD K 1 1 hnrn Nathan Sterry 177 1-2 Samuel Mott James Day of Massachusetts. 45 first settlers Asa Foster « 66 2 do. John Peabody a 66 3 do. Peter Parker, a Isaac Blunt, u « 177 Caleby Swan, a On the back of the paper is written: " List of Tantamar Proprietors," also " A List of the Settlers from Providence in Rhode Island Colony." 42 The emigration to Nova Scotia. IV. " Return of the State of the Township of Falmouth, Jan, 1, 1770." Taken from records in the Province Library at Halifax. The names alone are here given ; but the original states the number in each family and classifies the property of each. Henry Denny Denson Abel Michenor Joseph Wilson Joseph Jess Levi Irish Ichabod Stoddard Edward Yorke Wignall Cole Thomas Woodworth Stephen Aken John Potter Constant Church John Simpson Jonathan Vickery Tamerlain Campbell Georo-e Stuart Christopher Knight Peter Manning ( * The record states th the province within a year John Davison William Allen Malachy Cagan Edward Manchester Jeremia Northup Jacob Mullar William Shey Benjamin Gerrish Jonathan Marsters John Loveless I. F. W. DesBarres George Faesch Henry Lyon James Wilson Luke Horswell * Timothy Davison Terence Fitzpatrick at this man and his family had loft •) V. Return of the State of the Township of Sackville, Jan. 1, 1770. Taken from the records in the Province Library, Hal- ifax. The emigration to Nova Scotia. 43 Sam'l Bellew John Peck Joseph Collins Gideon Young Sam'l Rogers Joshua Sprague John Olney William Lawrance Robert Foster James Jinks John Barnes Jacob Bacon George Shearman Nath'l Finney William Olney William Alverson Ezekiel Fuller Jeremiah Brownell Daniel Hawkins David Tift Ameriah Telland Thomas Irons Thomas Collins Nathan'l Rounds Amasa Kellum Robert Scott Calyb Finney Stephen Johnson Samuel Lettimore Gideon Smith George Shearman, Jr. Nathan Mason Nathaniel Mason Nathan Simmons Samuel Emerson David Alverson Benjamin Tower Joseph Tower John Day Valentine Esterbrooks Robert Lettimore Eliphalet Reed Seth Hervey Gilbert Simmons Jacob Fuller Josiah Tingley Benajah Lewis John Thomas Job Simmons Epherim Emerson Benja. Emerson Ebenezer Salisbury Eben Salisbury, Jr. Isreal Thornton Isaiah Horton Nehemiah Ward Jonathan Cole William Baker Joseph Baker William Simmons Benja. Mason Samuel Lewis Samuel Eddy John Wood Sam'l Irons 44 The emigration to Nova Scotia. VI. Roll or Inventory of Estates in the Township of Newport, Dec. 30, 1772. Taken from records in the Province Library, Halifax. The date and some of the names are almost illegible. Encom Sanford George Brightman James Smith Joseph Bailey, Esq. Henry Knowles John Smith, Canetcook. John Lawrillard Benja. Wier John M Thomas Baker William Reed ) William Sterling J Thomas Allen William Coffell Isaac Deschamps, Esq. Barzillai Mosher Francis Smith Samuel Cottnam Archibald Harvie John Brown James Simpson ( agent for Tncker ) Ichabod Macomber Daniel Dimock Abraham Ada Robert Waistoc James Dormond Sam'l Bentley John Wood Woodward Sanford James Card Jeremiah Baker Thorn. Cochran John Simson Robert Scott Daniel Wiever Stephen Wilcox James Campbell John Anthony James Harvie, Jr. Benjamin Bnrges George Sharahe James Fish Michael Fish, widow her share Daniel Greeno James Simpson John Harvie John Mosher William Bentley James Harvie John Chambers Shnbael Dimock Amos Walley The emigration to Nova Scotia. 45 Stephen Macomber William Smith Hugh Smith Benja. Sanford John Canavan John Dinsmore James Mosher William Smith, Irish William Wier William Wier forjMr, Shay Caleb Lake Sanford George Mumford James Harvie. Jr. & Stephen Wileocks Benja. Wileocks Robert Salter Archibald Harvie John Woodman John Carder Phillip Mosher Job Card James Dormond Cornelius Potter Abel Michenor VII. " A list of persons in Newport Township, Nova Scotia, qualified to serve on Juries," 1781. Taken from the papers of Isaac Deschamps by Thomas B. Akins, Esq. James Gamble James Mosher Allen Mosher John Cannan Husfh Smith Wm. Smith .... hen Macomber Amos Waley Acey Limock Thomas Baker John Marsters Dan'l Dimick John Lawald Ichabod McComber Stephen Macoomber John Almand James Fogson Mosher John Bentley Barsiler Mosher Jonathan Knowles John Smith 46 The emigration to Nova Scotia. John Chambers James Bailor Wm. MacCoy Shub'l Dimock McComher Pawper .... ham Reid Francis Mason Dan'l Weden Wm. Weden Philip Mosher Edw'd Mosher John Macnutt Beniamen Wier John Brown Joseph Baley Archibald Harvey Francis Smith Wm. Smith John Rong J as. Fish Daniel Greno Geo. Sharon John Harvie Wm. Coffin Jas. Simpson Thos. Smith Particat Casey Arnold Shaw Juda Shaw John Wier James Dearmet Sam'] Donsmore Jas. Donsmore Francis Donsmore Francis Parker Ezek'l Marsters Wm. Sterling Beniamen Sweet Sept. 5, 1781. E. Mosher, Constable. This is a list of all th this side of Cannetcnt River. Wm. Smith John Anthony David Anthony Noah Anthony John Smith James Wier Wm Wier Caleb Lake Will'm Lake Britman Sandford Benjamen Wilcocks Stephen Wilcocks Rob't Wilcocks The emigration to Nova Scotia. 47 "Woodward Sanford Edward Barges Osborn Sanford Cornelius Potter Peleg Sanford Stephen Potter James Harvie John Card Rob't Salter Job Card Will'm Salter Thomas Allen John Buroes William Albro VIII. Notes relating to the Rhode Island Settlers at Newport and Falmouth, N. S., taken from the offices of the Register of Deeds and the Register of Probate, at Windsor, N. S. Transfers of Real Estate. 1. Christopher Allen of North Kingstown, R. I., to Stuke- ley Wascoat of Newport, N. S.; power of attorney relating to draught of lands ; June 23, 1761. 2. James Mosher, attorney for Aaron Butts, to John Chambers ; Apr. 14, 1763. 3. J ohn Jeffers, lease to John Harvie and John Chambers ; Apr. 15, 1763. 4. Joseph Straight to John Chambers ; Apr. 14, 1763. 5. John Steele to Moses Deles Dernier, Nov. 9, 1763. 6. Benjamin Borden to Benjamin Sanford, Dec. 13, 1763. 7. James Mosher to James Simpson, Mar. 2, 1762. En- com Sanford, witness. 48 The emigration to Nova Scotia. 8. Joshua Sanford to James Simpson, Feb. 6, 1762. 9. Jonathan Babcock to James Simpson, Oct. 25, 1702. 10. James Weeden to James Card, Sept. 30, 17G2. Silas Wever, witness. 11. Sam'l Bentley to June 1, 1762. 12. Nehemiah Wood to Mar. 1, 1763. 13. Benjamin Reynolds to Stephen Macomber, May 12, 1764. 14. William Albro to James Smith, Apr. 14, 1763. 15. Zerobbabel Wasteoat to John Chambers and James Smith, 1763. ( Probably Apr. 14. ) 16. John Woodman to John Chambers, Apr. 14, 1763. 17. Sam'l Brown, brickmaker, to Sam'l Watts, tavern- keeper, Falmouth. 18. Eben'r Millett to Thomas Woodworth, Sept. 8, 1764. Wills. [ Dat. - dated ; p. - admitted to probate. ] 1. Edward Church of Little Compton, dat. Aug. 15, 1757, p. Sept. 17, 1761 ; mentions son Constant. 2. Stephen Chapman, Newport, N. S.; dat. 3d. mo., 12, 1765 ; mentions wife Zeruiah, children Nathaniel, Rufus, William, Dorcas, Lucy. 3. James Wilson, Falmouth ; mentions brother William Wilson, sister Ruth Wilson, cousin Barnabas Wilson. 4. Richard Card, dat. Sept. 28, 1773, p. Sept. 18, 1775. The emigration to Nova Scotia. 49 5. James Card, dat. Jan. 13, 1778, p. Mar. 28, 1778. 6. James Weeden. dat. May 27, 1777, p. Dec. 29, 1783 ; mentions wife Mary, children Daniel, Naomi Weeden, Wil- liam, Mary Canavan. 7. George Brightman, dat. Jan. 5, 1786, p. May 1, 1786 ; mentions honored father, children ( under age ) George, Susannah, Lydia, Mary, Elizabeth, Esther and Han- nah, his nephew George Dimoek, and his brother Thomas Brightman. 8. Joseph Bailey, dat. Apr. 7, 1787, p. Aug. 27. 1787; mentions son Joseph Sanford Bailey, daughters Deborah Dimoek and Sarah Brown, grandchildren ( the above men- tioned children of George Brightman ) and his wife Hannah. 9. James Harvey, dat. June 26, 1786, p. Dec. 19, 1792; mentions sons John, Archibald and James, and daughter Margaret. 10. Wignal Cole, dat. Mar. 27, 1789, p. May 23, 1794 ; mentions sister Susannah Cole in Rhode Island, and William Cole, son of eldest brother John, in Rhode Island. 11. Benjamin Wilcox, Mar. 3, 1813, mentions eldest son Stephen, sons Robert and Gardiner, daughters Else Har- vey, Hittabel Sanford, Francis Card, Esther Mosher, Susan- nah Lake, Hannah Brown, Mary Armstrong, and his grand- danghter Esther. 12. Henry Knowles; inventory Jan. 20, 1800, mentions daughter Martha sixteen years old, his mother, and his wife Molly. Receipts are signed by William Knowles, Sabray Knowles, Nathan Knowles, ( possibly Catharine ) Knowles, Joshua Smith, Sarah Smith, Molly Knowles and Martha Knowles. 7 The Rhode Island Emigration to Nova Scotia. By Ray Greene Huling, A. M., New Bedford, Mass. Providence, R. I., Reprinted from the Narragansett Historical Register, April, 1889. f-B Mr '09