The following short sketch of some of the persons who took a lead in
establishing the Colony, has been compiled chiefly from public records:
The Honorable Edward Cornwallis, the first Governor and
Commander-in-Chief, was a younger son of Charles, third Baron Cornwallis
by Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard, Earl of Arran and uncle
to the celebrated Duke of Ormonde. He was born in 1713, was member of
Parliament for the borough of Eye in 1749, and was elected member for
the city of Westminster in 1753, shortly after he returned from Halifax.
He married the same year, a daughter of the late Lord Townshend, but
left no children. He was afterwards raised to the rank of Major General
and appointed Governor of Gibraltar. General Cornwallis was twin brother
of Dr. Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury.
The gentlemen who composed the first Council were Paul Mascarene, Edward
How, John Gorham, Benjamin Green, John Salisbury and Hugh Davidson.
Col. Mascarene was a native of Castras in the south of France, was born
in the year 1684. His parents were Huguenots and were compelled to fly
from their native country on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes when
all Protestants were driven from France. He made his way to Geneva at
the age of 12, where he received his education. He afterwards went to
England, where he received a commission in the British army in 1708. He
was appointed Captain in 1710 and ordered to America, where he joined
the regiment raised in New England for the taking of Port Royal. He was
at the capture of Annapolis Royal that year, and was for some time
commander of the garrison as senior major of the regiment. On the death
of Colonel Armstrong he became Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment under
General Phillips, and was third on the list of councillors in 1720, when
the first Council was organized in Nova Scotia. In 1740 he was
appointed Lieut.-Governor of the fort, and administrated the government
of the Province until the arrival of Cornwallis in 1749. He remained in
command at Annapolis after the settlement at Halifax, and was
subsequently engaged as agent of the British Government in arranging
treaties with the Indians of New England and Acadia in 1751. He retired
from active duties and died a Major General in the British army at
Boston, on 20th January 1760. He left a son and daughter. His son was
said to be living in New England in 1835, at a very advanced age. The
late Judge Foster Hutchinson, of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and
the late Deputy Commissary General William Handfield Snelling, were his
grandsons. His great-grandson, Mr. W. Snelling Stirling, has his
portrait, painted by Smybert of Boston about 1725.
Benjamin Green was a native of the province of Massachusetts, born in
1713, youngest son of the Rev. Joseph Green, minister of Salem, Mass.,
and graduate of Harvard College. He was brought up as a merchant under
his elder brother Joseph in Boston. In 1737 he married a daughter of the
Honorable Joseph Pierce of Portsmouth. He accompanied General Pepperal
to Louisburg in 1745, as Secretary to the expedition. After the capture
of that place by the Provincial army, he remained there as Government
Secretary and manager of the finances until Cape Breton was restored to
the French, when he removed with his family to Halifax, and was
appointed to the Council by Governor Cornwallis in July 1749. After the
removal of Mr. Davidson he acted as Secretary of the province. He held
several other important public offices, among which were those of
Treasurer and Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty. On the death of
Governor Wilmot in 1766, Mr. Green being then senior councillor, was
appointed Administrator of the Government. He died at Halifax in 1772,
in the 59th year of his age. His eldest son Benjamin succeeded him as
Treasurer of the province. Benjamin Green, Junior, was father of
Lieutenant William Green of the Navy, and Joseph Green and Henry Green
of Lawrencetown, the latter left descendants at Lawrencetown. The second
son of Governor Green was many years sheriff of Halifax, and having
married a Boston lady, afterwards removed to that place. His daughter
was married to Mr. Stephen H. Binney, son of Jonathan Binney of Halifax,
whose descendants are numerous.
John Salisbury was brother to Dr. Thomas Salisbury, the eminent civil
lawyer in London. Lord Halifax was his friend and patron, and sent him
out with Governor Cornwallis as one of his suite. He does not appear to
have taken any active part in the settlement. He married a Miss Cotton,
who brought him a fortune of L.10,000, which he spent in extravagance and
dissipation. He returned to England in 1753, and died at Offley, the
county seat of his relative Sir Thomas Salisbury in 1762. His only
daughter was the celebrated Mrs. Thrale, the friend of Dr. Johnson,
afterwards married to a Mr. Piozzi.
Hugh Davidson also came out with Governor Cornwallis. He was the first
Provincial Secretary; he returned to England in 1750 under charges of
trading in the supplies and stores for the settlers. Governor Cornwallis
in his letters to the Board of Trade, thought him innocent of the main
charges made against him.
Captain Edward How was a member of His Majesty's Council at Annapolis in
1744. He was with Col. Noble at the affair at Minas and Grand Pre in
1747, where he was severely wounded and taken prisoner by the French
under DeCorne. He came down from Annapolis with Governor Mascarene in
June 1749, and was sworn in a member of Cornwallis' first Council. He
was well acquainted with the language of the Indians and their manners,
and was sent on a negotiation to the French and Indians at Beaubasin in
1751, where he was treacherously murdered by the enemy, though acting
under a flag of truce, having been shot through the back from the bush.
The French officers denied having anything to do with this disgraceful
affair, and charged it on Mr. LeLutre, the Indian missionary, who it was
said was jealous of Mr. How's influence with the Micmacs. His widow
afterwards petitioned the government for pecuniary aid, in consequence
of her husband's services, and for money advanced by him for public
service. The late Richard W. How, captain in the 81st regiment, formerly
of Halifax, was his grandson.
Colonel John Goreham was a native of Massachusetts; he was with General
Pepperal at the siege of Louisburg in 1745, as Lieutenant-Colonel of his
father's regiment raised in Massachusetts. He afterwards had command of
a company of Rangers at Annapolis and came down to Chebucto with his
rangers to meet Governor Cornwallis in 1749. He took precedence next to
Governor Mascarene at the council board. He is styled Captain Goreham by
Mascarene and by Cornwallis in his commissions and correspondence. That
of Lieutenant-Colonel was probably militia rank only. It is probable he
returned to Boston soon after the settlement was formed as his name does
not appear on the Council books after 1752. He had a brother, Joseph
Goreham, who was also a member of Council in 1766; he afterwards
attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the British army. He was
engaged in the border skirmishes on the isthmus from 1754 to about 1758,
and was afterwards appointed Commandant at Newfoundland.
Lieutenant-Colonels Horseman, Ellison and Merser, who were afterwards
appointed to the Council, were the officers in command of the regiments
which came from Louisburg. They all retired soon after to England.
Charles Lawrence was a Major in Warburton's Regiment of Infantry. He
came up with the army and was engaged during 1749 and '50 in the French
wars at Cobequid. He acted as Brigadier General under Amherst at
Louisburg; he was a member of the Council and sworn in Governor of the
Province on the death of Governor Hobson; the first assembly was
convened during his administration, (2nd October, 1758); he died
unmarried on 11th October, 1759, it is said of an inflammation, caused
by overheating himself at a ball at Government House; he was deeply
respected by the whole community, and the Legislative Assembly caused a
monument to be erected to his memory in St. Paul's church "from a
grateful sense of the many important services which the Province had
received from him during a continued course of zealous and indefatigable
endeavors for the public good, and a wise, upright, and disinterested
administration." This monument has now disappeared from St. Paul's
Church. His escutcheon remains in the East Gallery. Lawrence, though an
active and zealous governor, by his desire to favor the officers of
Government with a partiality for his military friends, brought on
himself an organized opposition from the leading inhabitants of the
town, who petitioned the Home Government for redress of their
grievances, which they in a great measure attributed to the Governor and
his Lieutenant Colonel Monckton. His resistance to the desire to call a
Legislative Assembly was among the chief charges against him. His death
shortly after the petition put an end to the difficulties. He was
succeeded by Judge Belcher as Administrator of the Government.
Charles Morris was a native of England; he was Captain of Provincials
under General Pepperal at the siege of Louisburg in 1745. He had been
engaged by Governor Shirley of Boston in a survey of the interior parts
of Nova Scotia with a view to British colonization, in 1745. He also
commanded one of the Provincial Companies sent to Minas under Colonel
Noble in 1747. He was in Halifax in 1749, and in company with Mr. Bruce
the Military Engineer laid out the town and peninsula. He was appointed
to the Council in 1755. Though Surveyor General of the Province he acted
for some time as Judge of the Supreme Court during the time of Chief
Justice Belcher, which offices were both afterwards filled by his eldest
son Charles. Captain Morris died in 1781, and was succeeded in the
office of Surveyor General by his son Charles, whose son, the Hon.
Charles Morris, also filled the same office and was a Member of Council
in 1808. He was the father of John Spry Morris, Esq., afterwards
Surveyor General, who was the fourth in succession who had charge of the
Surveying Department in Nova Scotia. There are numerous descendants of
Captain Morris in Halifax.
Jonathan Belcher, the first Chief Justice, was a native of
Massachusetts, son of the Governor of that province, of an eminent
colonial family; he was appointed Chief Justice of Nova Scotia in 1754,
when a young man, and administered the government on the death of
Governor Lawrence; Chief Justice Belcher arranged and revised the laws
as they appear on our first Statute Book, and rendered good assistance
to Governor Lawrence in founding the settlements at Horton, Cornwallis,
Falmouth, &c., in 1758, '9, and 1760. Judge Belcher died poor; the
Legislature voted a provision to his only daughter. His son, the
Honorable Andrew Belcher, was for many years a resident in Halifax and
member of Council.
Captain Wm. Cotterell was the first Provost Marshal or Sheriff, (there
being no county divisions at this time). He was succeeded in that office
in 1750 by Captain Foy, who held that situation many years, and received
a small pension on his retirement. Mr. Cotterel afterwards acted as
assistant Provincial Secretary.
William Nisbett came out with Cornwallis in 1749 as one of the
Governor's clerks. He practised as an attorney and solicitor. He was
appointed Attorney General on the resignation of Mr. Little, which
office he held for 25 years. He was one of the first representatives in
the General Assembly of 1758, and was elected speaker on 4th December
1759. He continued in the Chair of the House (with the intermission of
one session when sick) until 1783, when he retired on a small pension
and died the following year aged 83. In 1763 he declined a seat in the
Council. During the period of his being Speaker, the House sat for 11
years without being dissolved. The old house in which Mr. Nisbett
resided situated in Grafton Street, Block letter E, Collins' division,
mentioned in a former chapter, still remains, though much changed by the
cutting down of the street many years ago. He left no male descendants.
His daughter, Mrs. Swann, died in the old Grafton street house about 60
years ago.
Archibald Hinshelwood was one of Governor Cornwallis' clerks, and
performed the duties of Deputy Secretary with Mr. Cotterell and others
for many years. Most of the drafts of the letters sent to England by the
first three Governors are in his handwriting. He was elected a member of
Assembly for Lunenburg in 1759 and again in 1765. Lord William Campbell
the Governor appointed him to the Council in 1773, but he died before
taking his seat. His property on Argyle Street after occupied by the
City Water office fell to his nephew, (he having no children), who left
two sons in the navy, both of whom died young. The old property was sold
about 60 years since and purchased by Mr. W. A. Black, who resided there
many years.
Otis Little was Captain of one of the New England Independent Companies.
He was probably a native of England. Being in England in 1749, he came
out with Governor Cornwallis, who appointed him Commissary of Stores,
from which office he was dismissed on suspicion of having traded in the
supplies for the settlers. He acted as first Attorney General of the
Colony, and was probably a lawyer by profession. He was the author of a
well-written pamphlet on the resources of Nova Scotia, written in 1748,
with a view to encouraging British emigration to the province. Capt.
Little left a daughter, who died unmarried at Halifax early in the
present century.
John Baptiste Moreau, designated gentleman and schoolmaster in the book
of the settlers, had been originally a Roman Catholic priest, and Prior
of the Abbey of St. Matthew at Breste. He joined the expedition under
Cornwallis in 1749, and went to Lunenburg with the settlers in 1752. He
received ordination as a clergyman of the Church of England in 1750, and
officiated to his countrymen and the Germans in the County of Lunenburg,
where he died much esteemed and regretted in the year 1770. He left a
son, Cornwallis Moreau, who was the first male child born in Halifax,
and was called Cornwallis after the Governor. This old man was living at
La Have, in Lunenburg County, in the year 1848, being nearly 100 years
of age. He received pecuniary assistance from the Nova Scotia
Philanthropic Society in that year.
Doctor John Breynton came up from Louisburg with the army, where he had
been acting Chaplain to the Forces. He succeeded Mr. Tutty at St. Paul's
in 1751 or 1752, in conjunction with Rev. Thomas Wood. Mr. Breynton was
inducted Rector in 1758 or '9, under the provisions of the Statutes of
the Province, and Mr. Wood acted as Curate or Vicar. After Mr. Wood's
removal to Annapolis in 1763, Mr. Joshua Wingate Weeks, from New
England, became assistant minister at St. Paul's. Dr. Breynton received
his degree of D. D. in 1770. He died in 17--, and was succeeded at St.
Paul's, as rector, by the Rev. Doctor Robert Stanser, afterwards Lord
Bishop of the Diocese. Dr. Breynton was esteemed an eloquent preacher,
and was in the habit of addressing the settlers in English, French and
German.
John Creighton was an officer in the army. He served in the Dragoons at
the Battle of Fontenoy. Having been discharged at the peace of Aix la
Chappelle, he was placed on half pay as Lieutenant of Warburton's
Regiment of Infantry, and came out with the expedition in 1749. Mr.
Creighton was sent to Maligash with Col. Lawrence in 1752 to assist in
forming the settlement at Lunenburg, where he continued to reside until
his death, which took place in 1807. He was Colonel of the Militia,
Judge of the Common Pleas, and for some time a member of His Majesty's
Council, to which he was appointed in 1776. Col. Creighton was a native
of the South of England. He left numerous descendants in this country.
His youngest son, Col. Joseph Creighton, half pay of 56th Regiment of
foot, died at Halifax about 1854. His grandson, the Hon. John Creighton,
of Lunenburg, was a member of the Legislative Council. Mr. James
Creighton, the ancestor of the family of that name now in Halifax, came
out with Col. Creighton. It does not appear there was any relationship
between them. Mr. James Creighton became one of the most thriving and
influential settlers in the town, and was the ancestor of one of our
most numerous and estimable families. Col. Creighton's daughters
married, one to the late Judge Wilkins and another to Hon. Hibbert N.
Binney, both of whom have left numerous descendants.
Perigrin Thomas Hopson, the second Governor at Halifax, was
Commander-in-Chief at Louisburg when that place was delivered up to the
French after the Treaty of Aix la Chappelle. He came up with the army
and was sworn in a member of Council in August, 1749. He succeeded to
the government on the resignation of Governor Cornwallis in August,
1753. He did not remain long at Halifax. In 1757 he was gazetted a Major
General, and in the following year was appointed to the command of the
forces destined for the West Indies. He died before Guadaloupe a short
time before the Island was captured.
John Collier was a Captain in the army and Member of Council in 1752. He
was appointed by Governor Cornwallis one of the magistrates of the town,
and had command of a section of the militia; one of the divisions of the
town being named after him. He died at Halifax in 1769. It is uncertain
whether he left any descendants.
Richard Bulkeley accompanied Governor Cornwallis to Nova Scotia as one
of his A. D. C. in 1749. He was appointed Secretary of the Province in
or about 1759, which office he held until 1793 when, on his retirement,
he was succeeded by his son, Michael Freke Bulkeley, who died a few
years after his appointment, 1796. Capt. Bulkeley was called to His
Majesty's Council in 1759, and as Senior Councillor, he administered the
government on the death of Governor Parr, in 1791. He held, at various
times, the offices of Judge of Admiralty, Brigadier General of Militia,
and Grand Master of the Masons. He died December 7th, 1800, at the age
of 83, beloved and respected by all classes throughout the province. He
was justly esteemed the father of the settlement, being the only person
of consideration then living who came in 1749. He had been twice
married. His first wife was a daughter of Capt. Rouse, R. N.; she died
in 1775. He had three sons, all of whom died before him. His residence
was at the corner of Prince and Argyle Streets, opposite the south-west
corner of St. Paul's Church. The old stone house built by him still
remains; it was for many years the residence of the late Hon. H. H.
Cogswell, and is now known as the Carlton House. Mr. Bulkeley was buried
under St. Paul's Church. His escutcheon, with the bull's head crest,
hangs in the west gallery. The Hon. Richard Bulkeley was the only person
who ever held the rank of General of Militia in this country.
Capt. Horatio Gates was A. D. C. to Governor Cornwallis with Capt.
Bulkeley. He had been in command of an independent company of
provincials in New York in the year 1737. After his arrival in Halifax
he was employed for a short time in the country against the Indians and
French. In 1762 he was appointed A. D. C. to General Monckton, with the
rank of Major, and accompanied him in the expedition against Martinique.
Gates was afterwards better known as a General in the American
Revolutionary Army. Sir Robert Walpole, in a letter dated 1778, says
Gates was the son of a housekeeper of the Duke of Leeds. Sir Robert was
his God-father.
Jonathan Binney was a native of Hull, a small village near Boston. He
came to Halifax shortly after the settlement was formed, and was engaged
in business. He was elected a Member of Assembly for the town in 1761,
and in 1764 was elevated to the Council. In 1768 he was sent to the
Island of St. John (now Prince Edward Island) as Second Judge of the
Local Court, and afterwards held the offices of Collector of the Revenue
at Canso and Collector of Imports and Excise at St. John Island. He was
charged with errors in his accounts by Mr. Legge, the Governor of the
province, under which he went to England in 1776, where he completely
refuted the charges made against him. Mr. Binney married Hannah,
daughter of Mr. Henry Newton, a Member of Council, and is the ancestor
of the whole Binney family now in Nova Scotia.
Joseph Fairbanks was from Massachusetts. He was one of the
representatives in the first House of Assembly, summoned in 1758. Mr.
Fairbanks left no children. His nephew, the late Rufus Fairbanks, became
heir to all his property in Halifax, which at the time of his death was
very considerable. Mr. Rufus Fairbanks was for many years one of the
magistrates of Halifax; he married a daughter of Charles Prescott,
sister to the Hon. Charles Prescott, of the firm of Fairbanks & McNab;
of Hon. Charles R. Fairbanks, many years a Member of Assembly for
Halifax and Judge of Admiralty and Master of the Rolls, and of Samuel P.
Fairbanks, formerly Member for Queens County, with other children.
Benjamin and Joseph Gerrish were both from New England. The former was a
member of His Majesty's Council, appointed in 1768, and Agent for Indian
Affairs in 1760. The latter was many years Naval Storekeeper at Halifax.
He was also a Member of Council. His appointment to the Board bears date
August 16th, 1759, from which he was suspended in 1762 for
non-attendance. He died at Halifax in 1774. Mr. Joseph Gerrish built a
residence in the north suburbs, south of the Dockyard, between Lockman
and Water Streets, and had a fruit garden, the old stone wall of which
remained on the east side of Lockman Street until about 1835. One of
these gentlemen carried on business for some years in company with Mr.
Gray, who was connected with him by marriage. Mr. Gray was father of the
late Rev. Dr. Benjamin Gerrish Gray, minister of St. George's, and
afterwards Rector of Trinity, St. John, New Brunswick, who was succeeded
by his son, the Rev. Dr. William Gray, lately deceased. He was also
ancestor of Mr. Charles Gray, British Consul at Virginia. The Hon. John
Gray, of St. John, New Brunswick, and Benjamin Gerrish Gray, Esq.,
barrister at law, of Halifax, are their descendants; one the son of Mr.
Charles Gray, the other of Dr. William Gray. A Mr. John Gray came out
with Governor Cornwallis in 1749 as a Deputy Secretary; probably Mr.
Gray who was in partnership with Gerrish was the same person.
Major Leonard Lochman, (spelt wrongfully Lockman) was a German doctor
and practised his profession in early life. He came out with the
settlers in 1749 and resided in the north suburbs, where he built a
residence for himself and had a large garden. This old house was lately
pulled down. It stood on the upper side of Lockman Street and was built
with a hipped or gamble roof. He received the rank of Major in the army
for services performed to the British Government. He died at Halifax,
and was buried under the little old Dutch Church, in Brunswick Street,
where his escutcheon and monument with armorial bearings are still to be
seen. The street between Brunswick Street and the water, which was laid
out between the German lots, was named Lockman Street in compliment to
the Major, who was for many years a leading man in Dutchtown. It is not
known whether he left any descendants in the province.
The names of Jonathan Prescott, Malachi Salter, Richard Gibbons, Lewis
Piers and Otto William Schwartz appear among the principal inhabitants
of the town in 1750. Mr. Salter was from New England, had been
extensively engaged in the fishery, and had visited Chebucto Harbor in
1744, five years before the settlement, while on a fishing voyage along
the coast. Chebucto was the frequent resort of Cape Cod and Marblehead
fishermen previous to the settlement. He was a Member of Assembly and
Justice of the Peace for the town in 1759. The old house at the corner
of Salter and Hollis Streets, afterwards the residence of the Hon. W.
Lawson, and later of Mr. Esson, was built by Mr. Salter and was his
place of residence for many years. During the American revolt, Mr.
Salter, with several other gentlemen of the town, became suspected of
treasonable correspondence. He was twice under prosecution, but on a
full investigation nothing appeared to have been said or written by him
of sufficient moment to warrant the charges. Mr. Salter was the ancestor
of the family of that name now remaining in Halifax. He died at Halifax,
in January, 1781, aged 65.
Mr. Gibbons was acting Attorney General for several years, and a leading
practitioner at the Bar of Halifax. His son, Richard Gibbons, died at
Sydney, Cape Breton, at an advanced age, where his descendants are
numerous. The old gamble-roofed house at the corner of Buckingham and
Grafton Streets, known as Isles' corner, lately pulled down, was the
residence of Mr. Gibbons.
John Duport was the English Attorney. He came out with the settlers in
June, 1749, and in July following was appointed a Justice of the Peace.
In 1752 he was made Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. He
performed the duties of Secretary of Council for many years. He was sent
as a Judge to St. John's Island in 1770, and was afterwards Chief
Justice of the Island. Mr. Duport left a daughter married to Mr. P.
Skey, of Falmouth, and a son who was in the army and was father of Mr.
Robert Duport, later an officer in the Purveyor's department of the
British Army. Judge Duport was much esteemed, and appears to have been
an active public servant during the first twenty years of the
settlement.
Joshua Mauger was an English trader, who had been connected with the
government contracts at Louisburg, and appears to have resided in
Halifax for the purpose of commerce only. In 1751 he held the office of
Agent Victualler for the navy at Halifax. In 1754 he had shops
established at Pisiquid (Windsor), Minas (Horton), and other places,
where he sold goods and spirits to the French and Indians. He had still
houses in Halifax where he made rum which he supplied to the troops and
the navy. Mr. Mauger had some difficulties with Governor Cornwallis
regarding illicit dealing. He went back to England about 1761, and was
appointed Agent of the Province in London, which he resigned in the
following year, having secured a seat in the British Parliament. He
owned much property in and about Halifax. The beach at the entrance of
the harbor, extending westerly from Cornwallis, now McNab's Island, was
originally granted to Mr. Mauger, and still bears his name.
Michael Franklin was a merchant from England who settled in Halifax
about 1752 or 1753. He was elected a Member of Assembly in 1759, and
appointed to His Majesty's Council in 1762. In 1766 he received the
appointment of Lieut.-Governor of the Province, which he held until
1776, when he again took his seat at the Council Board. Governor
Franklin was a most active and esteemed public officer. His name appears
connected with almost all the transactions of importance which occurred
in the town from 1763 to 1780. During the American Revolt, his exertions
in support of British authority while administering the government, were
in a great measure instrumental in preserving the tranquility of the
province. He married a daughter of Mr. Boteneau, of Boston, whose wife
was a daughter of Peter Faneuil of that city. He left several children.
The late James Boteneau Franklin, for many years Clerk of the House of
Assembly, was his eldest son. Mrs. Fitzgerald Uniacke was his
grand-daughter.
Lewis Piers was a grand-son of Sir Henry Piers, 1st Bart. of Tristernagh
Abbey, Ireland.
The Hon. Thomas Saul was the wealthiest and most enterprising merchant
from 1749 to 1760.
The names of Benjamin Gerrish, Charles King, Henry Ferguson, Joseph
Fairbanks, William Piggot, William Fury, James Grant, Jacob Hurd, Daniel
Shatford, Samuel Sellon, Charles Mason, Lewis Piers and Robert Campbell
appear on the lists of the Grand Jury between 1751 and 1754.
The following names appear on the register of early settlers:--Richard
Wenman, Thomas Keys, John Edes, John Gosbee, Ralph Coulston, Edward
Orpen, John Christopher Laurilliard, Philip Knaut, Peter Burgman, Otto
William Schwartz, John Jacob Preper, John Woodin, Andrew Wellner,
Christopher Preper, Simon Thoroughgood.
APPENDICES.
A.
The following is a copy of the advertisement which appeared in the
London Gazette, March, 1749:
WHITEHALL, 7th March, 1749.
A proposal having been presented unto His Majesty for the establishing a
civil government in the Province of Nova Scotia, in North America, as
also for the better peopling and settling the said province, and
extending and improving the fishery thereof by granting lands within the
same, and giving other encouragement to such of the officers and private
men lately dismissed His Majesty's land and sea service, as shall be
willing to settle in said province. And His Majesty having signed his
royal approbation of the report of the said proposals, the Right
Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations do, by His
Majesty's command, give notice that proper encouragement will be given
to such of the officers and private men lately dismissed His Majesty's
land and sea service as are willing to accept of grants of land, and to
settle with or without families, in Nova Scotia. That 50 acres of land
will be granted in fee simple to every private soldier or seaman, free
from the payment of any quit rents or taxes for the term of ten years;
at the expiration whereof no person to pay more than one shilling per
annum for every 50 acres so granted.
That a grant of ten acres over and above the 50 will be made to each
private soldier or seaman having a family for every person including
women and children of which his family shall consist, and from the
grants made to them on the like conditions as their families shall
increase, or in proportion to their abilities to cultivate the same.
That eighty acres on like conditions will be granted to every officer
under the rank of Ensign in the land service, and that of Lieutenant in
the sea service, and to such as have families, fifteen acres over and
above the said eighty acres, for every person of which their family
shall consist.
That two hundred acres on like conditions will be granted to every
Ensign, three hundred to every Lieutenant, four hundred to every
Captain, and six hundred to every officer above the rank of Captain. And
to such of the above mentioned officers as have families, a further
grant of thirty acres will be made over and above their respective
quotas for every person of which their family shall consist.
That the lands will be parcelled out to the settlers as soon as
possible after their arrival, _and a civil government established,
whereby they will enjoy all the liberties, privileges and immunities
enjoyed by his Majesty's subjects in any other of the Colonies and
Plantations in America, under His Majesty's Government, and proper
measures will also be taken for their security and protection_.
That all such as are willing to accept of the above proposals shall,
with their families, be subsisted during the passage, also for the space
of twelve months after their arrival.
That they shall be furnished with arms and ammunition as far as will be
judged necessary for their defence, with a proper quantity of materials
and utensils for husbandry, clearing and cultivating the lands, erecting
habitations, carrying on the fishery, and such other purposes as shall
be deemed necessary for their support.
That all such persons as are desirous of engaging in the above
settlement do transmit by letter, or personally give in their names
signifying in what regiment or company, or on board what ship they last
served, and if they have families they intend to carry with them,
distinguishing the age and quality of such person to any of the
following officers appointed to receive and enter the same in the books
opened for that purpose, viz.:--John Pownell, Esq., Solicitor and Clerk
of the Repts. of the Lords Comrs. of Trade and Plantations, at their
office at Whitehall; John Ressell, Esq., Comr. of His Majesty's Navy at
Portsmouth; Philip Vanburgh, Esq., Comr. of His Majesty's Navy at
Plymouth.
And the proper notice will be given of the said books being closed as
soon as the intended number shall be completed, or at least on the 7th
day of April.
It is proposed that the Transports shall be ready to receive such
persons on board on the 10th April, and be ready to sail on the 20th,
and that timely notice will be given of the place or places to which
such persons are to repair in order to embark.
That for the benefit of the settlement, the same conditions which are
proposed to private soldiers and seamen shall likewise be granted to
Carpenters, Shipwrights, Smiths, Masons, Joiners, Brickmakers,
Bricklayers, and all other artificers necessary in building or
husbandry, not being private soldiers or seamen.
That the same conditions as are proposed to those who have served in the
capacity of Ensign shall extend to all Surgeons, whether they have been
in His Majesty's service or not, upon their producing proper
certificates of their being duly qualified.
By order of the Right Hon. the Lords Comrs. of Trade and Plantations.
(Signed) THOMAS HILL, _Secretary_.
B.
The following notices appear in the Gazettes and Magazines of the day:
LONDON, Saturday, July 1, 1749.
Three vessels came up the river with about 300 German Protestants, who
were ordered to remain at Lambeth and Vauxhall till they can be
conveniently shipped to Nova Scotia.
* * * * *
Friday 21st July, 1749.
A great number of German Protestants from the Palatinate attended the
Baron Munchausen, Chief Secretary for Hanover, with a petition
soliciting a passage to Nova Scotia.
* * * * *
Wednesday, 12th April, 1749.
A great number of disbanded soldiers, discharged sailors, poor
artificers, labourers, etc., who have accepted of His Majesty's grant of
lands in Nova Scotia, attended at the Plantation Office in Whitehall,
and received orders for admission, with their families and effects, on
board the transports.
* * * * *
WHITEHALL, April 18, 1749.
Lieut.-Col. Cornwallis made Colonel and Commander of the Forces destined
for Nova Scotia, with a salary of L.1000 per annum.
* * * * *
May 9, 1749.
Hon. Edward Cornwallis to be Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in
and over the Province of Nova Scotia or Acadia.
C.
Extract from a letter in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1749:
BOSTON, 10th July, 1749.
We have advice that two French men-of-war of 80 guns, and 20 transports,
with a Governor and troops for a garrison, have arrived at Louisburg.
The French Government offered Governor Hobson to transport his garrison
to Chebucto, which was accepted, and orders came to discharge the
vessels taken up here for that service. Col. Cornwallis, Governor of
Nova Scotia, arrived at Chebucto on 21st June[98] in the Sphinx, and
Capt. Rouse in a sloop of war, and fifteen transports with 2000
adventurers on board, whose first settlement will be at or near
Chebucto, where the Governor intended to keep the transports till next
year for the convenience of the people, especially the women and
children, until houses are built. The same encouragement that has been
given to the British disbanded soldiers is given to Governor Sherley's
and Col. Pepperell's regiments. Rum was sold at Louisburg for 9d. per
gallon, and molasses extremely cheap. The French lost a great number of
men in their passage to Louisburg by the small pox, yellow fever, etc.,
but the transports at Chebucto lost only one child.
[Footnote 98: The memorandum on the first page of the register of
settlers makes the date of Cornwallis' arrival the 8th June--the writer
of this letter may have been misinformed.]
D.
The following account of the expenditure on the settlement for the year
1749, was submitted to Parliament by the Lords Commissioners of Trade
and Plantations:
Blankets, Woolens and Shoes for the settlers,
and presents for the Indians L. 1,325 4 8
Lines, Nets and Hooks for Fishery, Stationery,
Surveyors' Instruments, Bricks and Garden
Seeds 2,729 12 9
Lighterage and Shipping of the settlers, package
and charges of Hospital Stores, a Surgeon
with medicines by the Transport from
Liverpool, and the Union Snow 336 0 3
Medicines, Sugar, Live Stock, for the voyage,
and Drugs, Instruments and necessaries for
the Hospital 680 14 8
French Bibles 102 17 10
Cash paid for victualling for settlers 12,068 5 6
Treasurer of the Navy's account for Bedding and
Victualling during voyage 7,354 19 0
Ditto, on account of the Sarah, Transport, from
Liverpool 67 18 8
Treasurer of the Ordnance account for field
pieces, swivel guns, small arms and powder 3,592 4 4
Printing and incidental expenses by directions
of Lords Commissioners of Trade 445 19 10
Ventilators for six Transports 102 11 6
2 Fire Engines 72 16 0
Pay of Surgeons, Apothecaries, Midwife,
exclusive of what they received at Halifax 860 0 0
Silver and Gold carried out by the Governor 3,922 8 0
Bills of Exchange drawn by the Governor, the
account of the expenditure not yet received 11,452 13 4
Bills to Capt. Ives for a boat 40 0 0
The Treasurer for Scales and Weights 21 7 0
Bills drawn by Delancey & Watt, of New York, for
Silver sent to the Province 5,523 5 9
Thomas Handcock, Esq., for Boards, Plank, 2
Schooners, Salt and Money shipped to
purchase materials for mills 1,528 15 0
Bills drawn by S. Martin, from Boston 576 8 6
------------
L.52,804 2 7
To the Transport Service for conveying the
Settlers to Nova Scotia, etc. 23,672 1 3
------------
L.76,476 3 10
To Governor Cornwallis for personal outfit 500 0 0
------------
L.76,976 3 10
(Signed) CHRISTOPHER KILBY.
Account submitted to Parliament by the Lords Commissioners the following
year:
Blankets, Woolens and Shoes for settlers, and
presents for Indians L. 1,325 4 8
Supplies for Fishery, Surveyor's Instruments,
Bricks and Garden Seeds 2,729 12 9
Lighterage and Shipping Settlers, package and
charges of Hospital Stores, etc. 336 0 3
Medicines, Sugar, Live Stock, Drugs,
Instruments, etc., for Hospital 680 14 8
French Bibles 102 17 10
Cash paid for Victualling Settlers 12,068 5 6
Treasurer of the Navy's account for Bedding and
Victualling during voyage 7,354 19 0
Ditto on account of Sarah, Transport, from
Liverpool 67 18 8
Treasurer of the Ordnance account for field
pieces, swivel guns, small arms and powder 3,592 4 4
Printing and incidental expenses by directions
of the Lords of Trade 445 19 10
Ventilators for 6 Transports 102 11 0
Two Fire Engines 72 16 0
Bill to Capt. Ives for a Boat 40 0 0
The Treasurer for Weights and Scales 21 7 0
Thomas Handcock, Esq. 1,528 15 6
Pay of Surgeons, Apothecaries and Midwife,
exclusive of what they received at Halifax 860 0 0
To Transport Service for conveying settlers to
Nova Scotia 23,672 1 3
Fees thereon 147 19 9
Fees on money received from the Exchequer,
exclusive of the sums charged on the
foregoing articles 473 4 6
To Freight, Bed, Bedding and Cabins for 514
passengers on board the Alderney, Nancy,
Fair Lady and Two Friends, Transports, and
incidental expenses attending embarkation,
etc., etc. 3,144 4 4
To expenses repairing and fitting Sloop, New
Casco 833 19 6
Gratuities 322 Foreign Protestants from Holland 338 2 0
Cash paid on account of Victualling settlers 4,500 0 0
Cash to Treasurer of Ordnance for Bills drawn by
Governor 1,000 0 0
To Governor Cornwallis for the purchase of
stores, payment of officers, package of
stores, artificers and laborers, and
contingent expenses, exclusive of L.2,500
paid to his regiment for the four pence
stopped for provisions to 11th Sept., 1750 35,268 0 2
Lieut. Martin's disbursements at Boston, for
materials, vessels and stores 6,503 18 2
To Apthorp & Handcock, disbursements at Boston,
for materials, vessels and stores 6,924 14 6
Thos. Gunter's Bills remitted him at Boston, on
account of Expedition to Chignecto 2,600 0 0
Benj. Green, Treasurer, by his account from
Sept. 20, 1750, to Nov. 30, 1750 3,621 14 0
Richard Bulkley, Paymaster of Works, from 1st
August, 1750, to Nov. 30 4,073 16 3
To hire of Transports retained in the service
and not paid by the Navy 4,002 2 4
To Foreign Settlers employed in public works at
12d. per day, till the money advanced is
thereby reimbursed 1,005 0 0
To Col. Phillips' (now Cornwallis') Regt., to
return deductions for provisions to
Christmas, 1750 3,919 5 8
To provisions supplied Cols. Warberton's and
Lascelles' Regts., Artillery Company,
Independent Companies, seamen in vessels,
laborers and artificers 17,832 3 8
Victual and transporting Lascelles' Regt. from
Ireland 8,581 3 9
To Office of Ordnance for Timber, Materials and
Tools sent from Annapolis, hire of vessels,
magazine of powder and payment of officers
and artificers employed by the Board 10,417 15 3
--------------
L.173,838 2 3
CR.
By account of Money granted by Parliament for
Nova Scotia Colony Regiment, March 23, 1748,
granted upon account towards the charge of
transporting to His Majesty's Colony of Nova
Scotia, and supporting and maintaining there
such reduced officers, etc., etc. L. 40,000 0 0
1749. Granted upon account for defraying the
charges incurred by transporting to H. M.
Colony of Nova Scotia, and supporting and
maintaining settlers not provided for by
Parliament 36,476 3 10
1749. Granted on account for supporting,
maintaining and employing the settlers,
March 19, 1750 39,778 17 2
Exceedings 57,682 19 3
--------------
L.173,938 2 3
--------------
CHRISTOPHER KILBY.
The charge for contingencies, and the last charge of L.10,417 15. 3.,
probably embrace the expenditure on Government buildings--the two
churches of England, St. Paul's and St. Matthew's; also the
fortifications and other government works then in progress.
WHITEHALL, February 20, 1750.
Estimate for 1751 L.74,970
1752 96,639
1753 58,559
1754 47,741
1755 55,799
1756 61,657
1757 40,068
1758 15,753
1759 13,081
E.
The following extracts are from the letters of a French officer after
the siege of Louisburg:
"The eyes of all Europe are fixed on this formidable armament; they have
assembled an army of 22,000 men, 1600 brought from Europe, the remainder
provincial militia, with a large train of artillery and munitions of
war, 22 line of battle-ships and 200 transports. Yet Admiral Holburn,
who appeared off Louisburg with 22 sail of men-of-war, took it into his
head that our numbers were equal to his own, and has made his way back
to Halifax. They will ask him there, why did you run away? Oh! says he,
a superior force venit, vedit, fugit. It is vexatious that the first
squadron which France has equipped since 1703 should be shackled with
orders only to keep a look out. If ever there was a certainty of firing
gunpowder to the renown of the white flag, it was on the 19th August,
when Holburn appeared off Louisburg."
In some of his subsequent letters he appears to give a very accurate
account of the siege, and some facts relative to the war not to be found
in any history of that period. In speaking of the landing of Wolfe at
the head of the Highlanders and the American Light Troops--
"It is the interest of the conquered not to diminish the glory of the
victor, and besides it is our duty to do justice even to our mortal
enemy, for which reason I confess that the English on this occasion
behaved with such valor as before the event must have appeased temerity.
Yet it must be allowed that at the same time the difficulty of the
enterprise does them infinite honor, it saves ours; who would have
forseen that they would have ventured to have climbed rocks till then
rendered inaccessible, under a heavy fire from our batteries,
notwithstanding their boats were every moment knocked to pieces in the
surf, which drowned great numbers."
In speaking of the capitulation he says:
"Though reduced to the last extremity we demanded far more advantageous
terms than we had reason to expect. After a consultation between Admiral
Boscawen and General Amherst, an unconditional surrender was demanded.
Dracourt, the Governor, extremely exasperated at those terms, resolved
to hold out, but was compelled to give in on receiving a most peremptory
petition on the part of the inhabitants, presented by M. Prevost. The
capitulation was signed on 15th July, 1758, after a bloody siege of two
months. On the day following, our troops were drawn up, and the colors
and arms surrendered to General Whitmore, who took command of the town.
The evening before the English took possession of the town, we suffered
our soldiers to plunder the magazines, and the priests spent the whole
night in marrying all the girls of the city to the first who would have
them. No one here can perceive, at least by any personal inconvenience,
that we are in a conquered town. The garrison has embarked with as much
tranquility as if it had been going on a voyage of pleasure. Every
soldier has taken away whatever belongs to him without suffering the
least injustice. M. De Dracourt has received all the honors which a
person of his rank deserved; Admiral Boscawen has shown all the respect
to Madam De Dracourt as were due to her merits. This lady has performed
such exploits during the siege as must entitle her to rank among the
most illustrious of her sex, for she fired three cannon every day in
order to animate the gunners. After the surrender she interested herself
in behalf of all the unfortunates; in this number M. Maillet de
Grandville was a striking instance of the instability of fortune. He
left France at the age of 17, arrived at Quebec in indifferent
circumstances; by his industry and application to business, he
accumulated a vast fortune which enabled him to purchase the Lordship of
St. Louis, which cost him 80,000 livres; but now, by the taking of
Louisburg, he is left quite destitute with a numerous family."
F.
HALIFAX, July, 1752.
A list of the families of English, Swiss, etc., which have been settled
in Nova Scotia since the year 1749, and who now are settlers in the
places hereafter mentioned.
NORTH SUBURBS OF HALIFAX.
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
HEADS OF FAMILIES. | Males | Females | Males | Females |
|above 16.|above 16.|under 16.|under 16.| Total.
------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
John Scutt | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Edmund Dwight | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6
Benjamin Brown | 5 | .... | .... | .... | 5
William Gindler | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6
Samuel Shipton | 3 | 3 | 3 | .... | 9
Charles Procter | 2 | 2 | 5 | .... | 9
Jonathan Hoar | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Gerchon Tuffs | 1 | 2 | .... | 2 | 5
Preserved Cunnable | 2 | 2 | .... | 2 | 6
William Bourn | 9 | 1 | .... | .... | 10
Matthew Barnard | 2 | 3 | .... | .... | 5
William Rundal | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Anthony Caverly | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Charles Hay | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
Nathaniel Henderson | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Henry Chadwick | 2 | 1 | .... | 1 | 4
Samuel Lyne | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6
Thomas Fitzpatrick | 1 | 1 | 3 | .... | 5
Judah Riger | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Ezekiel Gilman | 6 | 1 | .... | .... | 7
John Kinselagh | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
Benjamin Ives | 5 | .... | .... | .... | 5
Mrs. Decorot | .... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5
Josiah Crossby | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
William Harris | 3 | 1 | .... | 2 | 6
Benjamin Phippeny | 1 | 1 | .... | 2 | 4
George Gerrish | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10
Robert Norman | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Cox | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Edward Bowden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
John Tongue | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... | 4
Samuel Tanner | 1 | 1 | .... | 2 | 4
Samuel Chandler | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
George Sanders | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6
John Christian Mulhlhe | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8
Ernst Preper | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... | 4
Christopher Harness | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6
Charles Robins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Ezekiel Wildman | 3 | 1 | .... | 1 | 5
Walter Motley | 2 | 1 | .... | 1 | 4
Charles Christ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7
Peter Schahlan | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Peter Mozar | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10
John Hoffens | 1 | 1 | .... | 3 | 5
Peter Wayte | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Thomas Hay | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 3
Jacob Cheney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6
John Jones | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Mary Birin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
Charles King | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
John Porter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7
Joseph Pratt | 1 | .... | 1 | 1 | 3
Daniel Brewer | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
William Hunstable | 6 | 1 | 1 | .... | 8
Benjamin Storer | 3 | 1 | .... | 3 | 7
Jasper Battel | 1 | 1 | .... | 2 | 4
Ulrich Dithoe | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Hans. Geo. Kohl | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
Joseph Chadwick | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Christopher Warner | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
John Christopher Rodolph| 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
John Burger Erad | 6 | .... | .... | 1 | 7
John A. Le Mand | 3 | 1 | .... | 4 | 8
Ludovick Schnerr | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6
+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
| 139 | 75 | 42 | 63 | 309
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
SWISS AND GERMANS IN THE NORTH SUBURBS.
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
HEADS OF FAMILIES. | Males | Females | Males | Females |
|above 16.|above 16.|under 16.|under 16.| Total.
------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Chs. Ludk. Hagelsieb | 2 | .... | 1 | 2 | 5
John Peter Tahn | 2 | 1 | .... | 1 | 4
Michael Brier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Laurenz Busgler | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12
Leonhard Urich | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Jacob Craft | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Wendal Ramjer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
George Storch | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Peter Klattenburger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5
Michael Clouser | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 3
Michael Morash | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
Jacob Schmidt | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
Joseph Ley | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Barthel Hans | 3 | 3 | 1 | .... | 7
Jacob Moser | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8
Conrad Hall | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Jacob Hall | 2 | 1 | 2 | .... | 5
Joseph Bley | 3 | 1 | .... | 1 | 5
Michael Ley | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Elizabeth Werner | .... | 1 | .... | 2 | 3
Magdalen Orell | .... | 2 | .... | .... | 2
Benedict Mayhofer | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
Andreas Kalb | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Adam Rundl | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Ulrich Seeger | 3 | .... | .... | 4 | 7
Daniel Schumaker | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
John Jacob Schmidt | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
Adam Luty | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Conrad Mucher | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Godfried Knotz | 3 | 2 | .... | 1 | 6
Peter Lawner | 2 | 2 | 1 | .... | 5
Godfried Torpel | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... | 5
Jacob Tanner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6
Johannus Buhofer | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
George Nagel | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Rudolph Pense | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6
Adam Wambolt | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
Peter Wambolt | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Ruchart Schup | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Michael Hagg | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Michael Gimber | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Adam Buhler | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Andreas Young | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
---- Beringer | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Casper Hickman | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Henrick Oxner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7
Jean Mange | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
Casper Lehry | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Peter Estmann | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Johannus Lonus | 1 | 1 | 4 | .... | 6
Loui Eouton | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Casper Trillian | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Augustin Wolf | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
Anton Halton | 1 | 1 | .... | 3 | 5
Matthias Nagel | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Franciska Schnider | 1 | .... | .... | 1 | 2
Ludwig Koenig | 2 | 1 | .... | 3 | 6
Nicholas Wolf | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Johannes Schroeder | .... | 2 | .... | .... | 2
Johannes Loesten | .... | 3 | .... | .... | 3
Utrick Klett | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Maria Schlitter | .... | 2 | 1 | .... | 3
Johannus Miller | 1 | 1 | .... | 3 | 5
Johannes Hoaif | 1 | .... | .... | 1 | 2
George Vogler | 6 | 2 | .... | 4 | 12
Jacob Paulus | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6
Conrade Werner | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7
Matheus Finer | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Andreas Sronnagel | 1 | 1 | .... | 2 | 4
Jacob Heish | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... | 4
George Polleber | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Christian Finis | 1 | 1 | .... | 3 | 5
Gotleib Schermuller | 5 | 2 | .... | 1 | 8
Adam Schmidt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7
Christian Perfek | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
Christian Ernst | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Frederick Aurenburg | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8
Nicholas Eggly | 6 | 1 | .... | .... | 7
Henrick Kuhn | 4 | 2 | .... | .... | 6
Ulrick Schenekill | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8
Jacob Shaffhouser | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Johannes Simon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5
Asmus Diel | 5 | 2 | .... | .... | 7
Jacob Sperry | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
Adam Jung | 4 | 2 | .... | 1 | 7
Johann Jung | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7
+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
| 61 | 41 | 13 | 26 | 141
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
SOUTH SUBURBS.
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
HEADS OF FAMILIES. | Males | Females | Males | Females |
|above 16.|above 16.|under 16.|under 16.| Total.
------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Mary Rance | .... | 1 | 2 | .... | 3
Thomas Latham | 3 | 1 | .... | .... | 4
Jonathan Prescott[99] | 11 | 1 | 1 | .... | 13
Joseph Kent | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Edmund Crawley[100] | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7
John Winiton | 3 | 1 | .... | 1 | 5
William Trefoy | 4 | .... | 1 | .... | 5
Darby Cavanaugh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7
Edward Lush | 5 | 1 | 1 | .... | 7
Alice Twyny | .... | 2 | .... | .... | 2
James Ridder | 4 | .... | .... | .... | 4
John Crooks | 2 | 1 | 2 | .... | 5
James Hickens | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
James Pierpont | 1 | 2 | .... | 1 | 4
John Shippey | 2 | 3 | 2 | .... | 7
Peter, a negro | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
John Call | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
Ruth Wheeler | 5 | 2 | .... | .... | 7
Joseph Harris | 8 | .... | .... | .... | 8
Richard Peirie | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Francis Coburne | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8
Charles Terlaven | 5 | 1 | 2 | .... | 8
Darby Sullivan | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
John Jackson | 3 | 1 | .... | 2 | 6
Gregory Ives | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Samuel Sellon | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Isaac Underdunk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6
George Featherstone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
Maurice Welsh | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Andrew Shepperd | 2 | 1 | .... | 1 | 4
William Mallus | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10
Phillip Hammond | 1 | 1 | .... | 2 | 4
Solomon Reed | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
Joseph Evans | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
John Walker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6
Thomas Nunan | 3 | 1 | .... | .... | 4
George Knox | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Joseph Gullison | 1 | 1 | .... | 2 | 4
Jason Chapman | 3 | 1 | .... | 2 | 6
Rebecca Baldwin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
Richard Manning | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
James Cane | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Dennis Hieffernon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5
William Wickham | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Rider | 2 | 1 | 2 | .... | 5
Josiah Marshall | 2 | 2 | 2 | .... | 6
Joseph Pierce | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
John Steel | 4 | 3 | .... | .... | 7
Malachy Salter | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8
Charles Kanier | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 3
Jeremiah Rogers | 3 | 1 | .... | 3 | 7
[101]Peter, Marquis | | | | |
D'Conti and Gravina | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Samuel Cleveland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9
Richard Graham | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
William Nesbitt | 4 | 3 | .... | .... | 7
Isaac Knott | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 31
Daniel Tappoon | 3 | .... | 1 | .... | 4
Hannah Hutchinson | .... | 1 | .... | 1 | 2
Isaac Basset | .... | 2 | .... | 1 | 2
Thomas Clarke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Robert Davis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
William Lawson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
John Eustace | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
James Grimes | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... | 4
John Griffin | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6
Joseph Mehany | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
Josiah Cleveland | 1 | .... | 3 | 1 | 5
Felix McMehan | 2 | .... | 2 | .... | 4
Josiah Nottage | 3 | 1 | .... | 2 | 6
Mathew Mullens | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6
Henry Ferguson | 5 | 2 | 3 | .... | 10
Jean Campbell | .... | 1 | .... | 3 | 4
Ezekiah Averil | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8
Thomas Hardin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
Thomas Maggee | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7
Robert Brooks | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
James Jordan | 1 | 2 | 1 | .... | 4
John Poor | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
Thomas Lamb | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6
Thomas Collicut | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
John Barry | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Maurice Driscoll | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
John McCuller | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Benjamin Child | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7
William Wallace | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
John Murphy | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Henry Rigby | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
William Peters | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
David Carmer | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Patrick Mahoney | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Samuel Fulton | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Dennis Sullivan | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
Stephen Wisdoms | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8
Richard ---- | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Bartholomew Calahan | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Cornelius Crowley | 3 | .... | 1 | 2 | 6
Nathaniel Millett | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Peter Wallace | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
John Slayter | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Martin Ludovig | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
John Wisdom | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
George Cheshire | 3 | 1 | .... | .... | 4
George Featherstone | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Richard Sparks | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Jacob Hurd | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 3
William Williams | 3 | 1 | 1 | .... | 5
Jedediah Harris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5
Abraham Slayter | 3 | 1 | 1 | .... | 5
Richard Winter | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
John Arbuckle | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8
Perfect Miller | 3 | 1 | .... | .... | 4
Mary Miller | .... | 1 | .... | 1 | 2
Samuel Greenfield | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Moses Clarke | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
---- Lewis | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
William Matthews | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
William Christopher | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Thomas Walker | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
Daniel Hills | 4 | .... | 1 | .... | 5
Richard Williams | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Daniel Farrel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8
James Fullerton | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
Nathaniel Mason | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Aaron Porter | 4 | .... | .... | .... | 4
Jacobus Derkindrekin | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
William Seward | 5 | .... | 1 | .... | 6
Joshua Orne | 6 | .... | .... | .... | 6
Elias Girott | 3 | 1 | 1 | .... | 5
Richard Wenman | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 3
Daniel Shatford | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
Charles Henderson | 5 | 1 | .... | .... | 6
Jonathan Harris | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Patrick Cambell | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
Aaron Cleveland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
James Monk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8
Samuel Crafts | 7 | 1 | .... | .... | 8
William Russel | 65 | 1 | .... | .... | 66
Ann Wenmen, in Orphan | | | | |
House | 4 | 4 | 11 | .... | 19
Joseph Palmer, in | | | | |
Hospital | 21 | 1 | .... | .... | 22
Michael Naddow | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Joseph Gerrish | 27 | .... | 1 | .... | 28
Dennis Mehaney | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Conway | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6
Mrs. Taylor | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Michael Lawler | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Peter Murpil | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
John Gallant | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21
Nicholas Nagler | 1 | 1 | 3 | .... | 5
I Swiss | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
Josiah Bracket | 3 | 1 | 1 | .... | 5
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
[Footnote 99: Father of the late Hon. Charles Prescott.]
[Footnote 100: Afterwards Member of Council.]
[Footnote 101: A Sicilian Nobleman, who came with a number of settlers
from the West Indies. He was afterwards a Lieutenant of one of the
companies of Rangers.]
WITHIN THE TOWN OF HALIFAX.
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
HEADS OF FAMILIES. | Males | Females | Males | Females |
|above 16.|above 16.|under 16.|under 16.| Total.
------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Thomas Power | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15
Joshua Mauger | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20
William Steele, Esq. | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
Benjamin Gerrish | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
Robert Cowey | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11
Abigail Ward | .... | 1 | 1 | .... | 2
William Austin | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Thomas Matterson | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Frederick Beeker | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
William Schwartz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Isaac Deschamps | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | 2
Madam D'Pacquet | 3 | 5 | .... | 1 | 9
John Brown | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
Thomas Fulford | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Lewis Pierce | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Thomas Grenoak | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7
Leonard Lockman[102] | 5 | 4 | .... | .... | 9
William Ford | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
John Johnstone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Thomas Luke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Leonard Cotton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10
William and Edward | | | | |
Nichols | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 3
James Brenock | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5
Thomas Oakes | 2 | 1 | .... | 1 | 4
Mr. Wheyland | .... | 1 | .... | 2 | 3
John Wellenon | | | | |
(Wellenor?) | 1 | 1 | 3 | .... | 5
Thomas Price | 1 | .... | 2 | .... | 3
Vernon Merefield | 1 | 1 | 3 | .... | 5
John Brown | 3 | 3 | 1 | .... | 7
Allen Usher | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | 2
Jeremiah Fitzsimons | 3 | 1 | 2 | .... | 6
Daniel McCylster | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7
John Panier | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Peter Anchote | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
John Aubony | 7 | 2 | 1 | .... | 10
David Loyd | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Thomas Saul | 10 | 1 | .... | .... | 11
Alexander Keddy | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
Jane Knight | .... | 1 | 1 | .... | 2
William Brew | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
John Marlow | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Jacob Cone | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5
George Twelve's wife | .... | 1 | .... | 2 | 3
John William Hoffman | 2 | .... | 1 | .... | 3
Mr. Surget | 2 | .... | .... | 1 | 3
James Fitzgerald | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
James Stewson | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
---- Redman | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
James Colbeck | 1 | 2 | 2 | .... | 5
Alexander Abercrombie | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
John Baxter | 1 | 2 | .... | 1 | 4
Giles Harris | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6
William Pierce | 1 | 2 | 2 | .... | 5
Edward Luky | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
James Patfield | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Widow Clerk | .... | 1 | .... | .... | 1
William Davis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
---- Melony | .... | 1 | .... | .... | 1
John Steinford | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
George Suckling | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Alexander Allen | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Widow Henry | .... | 1 | .... | 1 | 2
Thomas Frost | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Ephraim Cook | 12 | 4 | .... | .... | 16
by Mr. Brown | .... | .... | .... | .... | ....
James Colvill | 3 | 2 | .... | 1 | 6
Thomas Moore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
Joseph Maseen | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Edward Potter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
China Brownjohn | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Francis Lock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Daniel Stewart | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8
Robert Grant | 3 | 1 | 2 | .... | 6
John Stockley | 1 | 3 | 1 | .... | 5
Edward Marguin | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
George Greenwood | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
James Smith | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
John Collier, Esq. | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
William Piggott | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15
William Best | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11
William Henderson | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
Anne Woodside | 2 | 1 | 2 | .... | 5
John Connor | 3 | 1 | .... | .... | 4
Richard Barry | 2 | 3 | 1 | .... | 6
William Heyslup | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7
John Peter De Brace | 3 | 1 | .... | .... | 4
John Raet | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Mundy | 1 | 1 | 4 | .... | 6
Richard Stritton | 1 | 2 | 1 | .... | 4
Joseph Churchill | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Laurence Collins | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
John Humphreys | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Joseph Coeishton | 6 | 1 | .... | .... | 7
Ebenezer Petty | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6
Robert Bowden | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Thomas Newman | 7 | 2 | .... | 2 | 11
William Griffin | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 3
James Euston | 4 | .... | .... | .... | 4
Thomas Hagan | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Thomas Mannen | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Edward Butler | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Grant | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
Edward Orpin | 4 | 1 | .... | .... | 5
John Vintenon | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Thomas Branham | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Henry Wilkinson | 1 | 1 | .... | 2 | 4
William Wright | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
Henry Wynn | 4 | 1 | .... | 1 | 6
Paul Pritchard | 1 | 2 | .... | 1 | 4
Alexander Forbes | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
William White | 3 | 1 | .... | 2 | 6
John Hall | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6
Thomas Wilder | 5 | .... | .... | .... | 5
Thomas Greensword | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
George Nelson | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Robert Parfect | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
William McCarty | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
John Ewes | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
James Fallon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8
William Johnson | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Thomas Campbell | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
James Porter | 3 | 1 | .... | 2 | 6
William Vanfelson | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
James Ford | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7
Robert Freeman | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7
John Wooden | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7
William Roacock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Peter Parkman | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Matthew Hopkins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6
James Douglass | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
John Meeds | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Mary Robertson | 5 | 1 | 3 | .... | 9
Mary Williams | .... | 3 | .... | .... | 3
Nathan Nathans | .... | .... | .... | .... | 5
George Taylor | 3 | .... | 1 | .... | 4
Patrick Furlong | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
John Slayter | 1 | 1 | 3 | .... | 5
John Ker | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
John Clewley | 8 | 2 | .... | .... | 10
Garret Mead | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
Charles Mason | 3 | 1 | .... | 1 | 5
Matthew McNemara | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
George Frank | 1 | 2 | .... | 1 | 4
John Webb | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Robert Ewer | 14 | 1 | .... | .... | 15
Peter Martin | 1 | 4 | .... | .... | 5
Michael Mullineaux | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6
Thomas Reeve | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Bohanan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
---- Ray | .... | 1 | .... | 2 | 3
Euste. Butter | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Thomas Golden | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
William Williams | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Edward Lee | 1 | 1 | 5 | .... | 7
James Bannerman | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Richard Bulksley | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
John Franks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Christopher Cooke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6
Robert Dickie | 2 | 2 | 2 | .... | 6
Joseph Wakefield | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
Thomas Bryant | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Edward L'Cras | 3 | 3 | 1 | .... | 7
Lawrence Ren | 1 | 2 | 2 | .... | 5
John Fenly | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
William Walker | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
Mr. Bruce | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Thomas Rundal | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
---- Wigel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Mark Cullymore | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Nathaniel Gosford | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
John Naymers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8
Davis Townsend | 1 | 1 | 2 | .... | 4
John Cleary | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
John Kent | 4 | 1 | .... | .... | 5
William Crafts | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7
Rosana Scott | .... | 3 | 2 | .... | 5
Patrick Britt | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
William Bearsto[103] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6
Joseph Ford | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7
William Eaton | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
James Tate | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Samuel Sprague | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Stephen McKine | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
[Footnote 102: Leonard Lockman was a German. In early life he practised
medicine. He afterwards held the rank of Major in the army, which he
received for services rendered to the British Government. He came out
with the settlers in 1749, and eventually settled in the North Suburbs.
He died at Halifax, and was buried beneath the old German Church on
Brunswick Street, where his monument still remains. Lockman Street was
named after him.]
[Footnote 103: Captain in the army.]
WITHIN THE PICKETS[104] OF HALIFAX.
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
HEADS OF FAMILIES. | Males | Females | Males | Females |
|above 16.|above 16.|under 16.|under 16.| Total.
------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
James Vickars | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Joel Waterman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Catherine Austin | .... | 1 | .... | .... | 1
Andrew Maxwell | 4 | 1 | .... | 1 | 6
John Gaffer | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 4
Luke Shippey | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Henry Sweetland | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Jonathan Markham | 3 | 1 | .... | .... | 4
Francis Porter | 4 | 3 | .... | .... | 7
Matthew Corker | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Thomas Landerkin | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Griffin Jenkins | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Mary Hollowell | .... | 2 | .... | .... | 2
Edward Castle | 6 | 1 | .... | .... | 7
Mrs. Whitehand | 2 | 2 | 1 | .... | 5
John Crowley | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Philip Knaut | 1 | 2 | 1 | .... | 4
Storker Nelson | 3 | 2 | 1 | .... | 6
John Lowrey | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Joseph Scott | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... | 4
Israel Abrahams | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10
Thomas Ames | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Thomas Dame | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Benjamin Lee | 1 | 2 | 1 | .... | 4
Mary Cooper | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Michael Sexton | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
George Popplewell | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Beswick | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
John South | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Richard Hollis | 1 | 2 | 1 | .... | 4
Mr. Reynolds | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
James Whellon | 1 | 1 | .... | 3 | 5
William Giles | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Frederick Barley | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Ezekiel Budd | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Josiah Hardy | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6
John Edmundson | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
James Thompson | 1 | 2 | 1 | .... | 4
Mary Webb | .... | 1 | .... | .... | 1
Timothy Cane | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
James Banfield | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
James Babrig | 3 | 2 | .... | .... | 5
Isaac Solomon | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
James Thorp | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Samuel Blockden | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9
Elizabeth Gunnel | 1 | .... | .... | 2 | 3
Eleanor Cannon | 1 | .... | .... | 1 | 2
Thomas Walker | 3 | 1 | .... | 1 | 5
Charles Morris | 5 | 2 | .... | 1 | 8
Josiah Millekin | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
John Codman | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Lewis Hays | 2 | 2 | 1 | .... | 5
William Moore | 4 | 1 | .... | .... | 5
William Cannon | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Samuel McClure | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5
Henry Fielding | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Patrick Kennedy | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
John Walker | 3 | 1 | 1 | .... | 5
Benjamin Fogg | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
William Foye | 2 | 4 | .... | .... | 6
Otis Little | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8
Hugh Vans | 3 | .... | 1 | .... | 4
Lewis Frignet | 4 | 1 | .... | .... | 5
Joseph Antrims | 2 | 2 | .... | 1 | 5
Benjamin Green, Esq. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9
H. J. O'Brien | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7
Bartholomew Kneeland | 2 | 1 | .... | .... | 3
Joseph Fairbanks | 9 | 1 | .... | .... | 10
James Fillis | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | 2
John Rous | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9
Joseph Rous | 4 | 2 | 1 | .... | 7
John Greensword | 17 | 4 | .... | .... | 21
William Fury | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6
Debtors in Gaol | 19 | .... | .... | .... | 19
Criminals | 8 | .... | .... | .... | 8
William Falkner | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 1
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
[Footnote 104: Between Buckingham Street and the present Blowers
Street.]
ON SEVERAL ISLANDS AND HARBORS, EMPLOYED IN FISHERY.
=======================+=========+=========+=========+==========
HEADS OF FAMILIES. | Males | Females | Males | Females
|above 16.|above 16.|under 16.| under 16.
-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------
ON CORNWALLIS ISLAND: | | | |
Capt. Joseph Rouse | 4 | .... | .... | ....
" Mauger | 7 | .... | .... | ....
" Cook | 5 | .... | .... | ....
---- Bradshaw | 16 | 1 | .... | ....
|---------|---------|---------|----------
| 32 | 1 | .... | ....
AT KETCH HARBOUR: | | | |
John Grace | 10 | 2 | 1 | ....
Capt. Gill | 6 | .... | .... | ....
---- Brown | 3 | 2 | 1 | ....
|---------|---------|---------|----------
| 19 | 4 | 2 | ....
AT SAMBRO ISLAND: | | | |
Capt. Matterson | 21 | 1 | .... | ....
Thomas Youngston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
|---------|---------|---------|----------
| 22 | 2 | 1 | 1
AT ST. MARGARET'S BAY: | | | |
Benjamin Frog | 10 | 1 | 2 | ....
James Ford | 13 | .... | .... | ....
Adam Clown | 1 | 1 | .... | 1
---- Allen | 5 | .... | .... | ....
|---------|---------|---------|----------
| 29 | 2 | 2 | 1
=======================+=========+=========+=========+==========
LABORERS EMPLOYED IN HIS MAJESTY'S WORKS ON GEORGE'S ISLAND.
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
HEADS OF FAMILIES. | Males | Females | Males | Females |
|above 16.|above 16.|under 16.|under 16.| Total.
------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Richard Reeve | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Thomas Leak | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Patrick Hamilton | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Cornelius Larigan | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Laborers | 11 | .... | .... | .... | 11
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
AT THE BLOCK HOUSE AND THE ISTHMUS.
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
HEADS OF FAMILIES. | Males | Females | Males | Females |
|above 16.|above 16.|under 16.|under 16.| Total.
------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Adam Schafner | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
Jacob Soloer | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Johannes Frederick | 1 | .... | 1 | .... | 2
Peter Moeser | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Richard Voleker | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Adolph Henokel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6
Philip Krepof | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Casper Meisner | 1 | 3 | 2 | .... | 6
Johannus Hoars | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Henrick Hiltz | 2 | 1 | .... | 1 | 4
Henrick Mertz | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Johanna M. Girtler | .... | 2 | .... | 1 | 3
Margaretta Hoars | .... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5
Philip Sponnagel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Michael Westhoefer | 1 | 2 | .... | .... | 3
Wilhelm Wensell | 1 | 2 | 2 | .... | 5
Johannes Forrokner | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Ferdinand Schultz | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Christian Schmidt | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Johannus Schnok | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Christopher Schafner | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Lorentz Conrat | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8
Jacob Brande | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Philip Winter | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Johannus Knaut | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Wenel Wust | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
George Evalt | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Adam Lehnhart | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
Conrad Graff | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Jacob Berger | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Philip Sigler | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Frederick Heison | 2 | 1 | .... | 2 | 5
Henrick Lehn | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Johannas Barget | 1 | 1 | .... | 2 | 4
Andrew Walter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4
Henrick Minok | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6
Wilhelm Kuveller | 1 | 2 | .... | 3 | 6
Adam Fileoh | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Andrew Sauer | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Eva Gibhart | 1 | 4 | .... | 2 | 7
Peter Krauner | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
Jacob Seely | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
Adam Boettinger | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Caspar Ditrich | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
Christian Gothart | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Johannes Schmidt | 1 | 1 | .... | .... | 2
John Sebastian Nicolas | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 2
Ditrich Klauter | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Ludovig Feller | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Leonard Anton Freher | 1 | 1 | .... | 1 | 3
Laurenz Lahn | 2 | 1 | 2 | .... | 5
Andreas Velocker | 1 | 2 | .... | 2 | 5
Ludovig Schnoer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6
Philip Hirchman | 1 | 1 | 1 | .... | 3
Anna Luse | 1 | .... | .... | 1 | 2
Caspar Qenok | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5
Philip Rotehauser | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6
Conrad Teele | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5
Michael Merokel | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
George Grant | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
Partel Hoarse | 2 | 5 | 1 | .... | 8
Alon Ostertay | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1
========================+=========+=========+=========+=========+=======
* * * * *
=============================+=========+=====+=======+=====+=======+======
|Families.|Males|Females|Males|Females|Total.
| |above| above |under| under |
| | 16. | 16. | 16. | 16. |
-----------------------------+---------+-----+-------+-----+-------+-----
Within the Pickets of Halifax| 468 | 846 | 622 | 279 | 285 | 2032
Within the North Suburbs | 169 | 317 | 205 | 105 | 138 | 765
Within the South Suburbs | 151 | 429 | 169 | 115 | 105 | 818
Within the Town of Dartmouth | 53 | 81 | 47 | 29 | 38 | 195
On several Islands and } | | | | | |
Harbors employed in } | | | | | |
Fishery, etc. } | .... | 168 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 202
On the Isthmus and the } | | | | | |
Peninsula of Halifax } | 65 | 73 | 66 | 38 | 39 | 216
+---------+-----+-------+-----+-------+------
| 906 |1914 | 1122 | 584 | 608 | 4248
=============================+=========+=====+=======+=====+=======+======
906 families.
1914 males over 16.
1122 females over 16.
584 boys under 16.
608 girls under 16.
1914
1122
----
792 excess of males over females (over 16).
The foregoing is copied from a book in the Crown Land Office, having
been in the Surveyor General's office, apparently, since 17th May, 1779,
as the blank leaves contain memoranda of different warrants of survey
from that date to June, 1781. Copied 4th December, 1862.
G.
_From the Gentlemen's Magazine, Vol. 20, 271._
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, December 7, 1749.
DEAR SIR,--I have at various times given you the last account I was able
of the state of affairs in this Colony. The summer was beautiful beyond
description and even the conception of those who are always confined
within the liquid walls of Britain. As to the winter, which you know I
always dreaded, I do assure you I have felt severer weather in England.
The people acquainted with this climate say that it began this year
sooner than was ever known in the memory of man, and assure me likewise
that it will not be more severe than it has been already; if so, there
is no danger to be apprehended from it. This you will readily grant when
I tell you, notwithstanding the tenderness of my constitution, to which
you are no stranger, that I have not added a single thing, not so much
as a great coat, to my dress since I have been in this Province. When I
look back upon the 21st June, the day of our arrival, I am astonished to
see the progress made; there are already about 400 habitable houses
within the fortifications and not less than 200 without. So surprising
is the growth of this colony, so great the happiness of being ruled by
one who has no other interest at heart but that of making thousands
happy.
From my soul I wish that all other governors would copy such an amiable
example of imitation; he does not, like most others gripe and squeeze to
accumulate a fortune; on the contrary, he derives no profit to himself
from anything, but, with the most unexampled generosity, gives all
places and commissions gratis to the most deserving, nor suffers his
officers to take any fees at present. You know what an English rabble is
(and the greatest part of this colony was such.) You know they are
generally tumultuous, refractory, full of discontent and murmuring,
capricious in demanding favors, not long satisfied with present
concessions, and not seldom abusing them by restless importunity for
more. Such generally is the rabble of mankind, and such were many of the
settlers of this province, but by his prudent management and proper
generosity, by his condescension, candor and affability, the Governor
has charmed the tiger's fury and turned a sad tumultuous rabble into a
tractable and quiet people. They now work with ten times the alacrity
they did at first, are patient under disappointments, and when they meet
with a repulse, they conclude their petitions to have been unreasonable,
from a firm persuasion that His Excellency has their true interest at
heart; they cannot ask with reason, but what he grants with pleasure.
Yours, etc., etc.,
* * * * * *
H.
COPY OF MINUTES OF COUNCIL OF 12TH JUNE, 1752, REGARDING THE ERECTION OF
A LIGHT HOUSE AT SAMBRO.
At a Council holden at the Govrs. House at Halifax, Fryday, June 12th,
1752.[105]
PRESENT--His Excellency the Govr.
Benj. Green, Wm. Steele, } Esqrs.
John Collier, Geo. Fotheringham, }
Resolved, That, Whereas a Light house at the Entrance of the Harbor of
Halifax, would be greatly beneficial to the Trade, Navigation, and
Fishery of this Colony, and might be the means of preserving the Lives
and properties of many of his Majesty's Subjects, and whereas altho'
many persons might willingly contribute towards so good a Work without
any Expectation of a Reimbursement, yet probably many may more readily
be concerned therein, when attended with any hopes of promoting their
own Interest at the same time.
A Lottery, according to the following Scheme, be set on foot for raising
a sum of L.450 towards building a Lighthouse at or near Cape Sambrough,
(whereby, besides the advantages before mentioned,) a considerable
number of Settlers will be usefully employed for some time, and a great
& lasting Benefit to the province be gained, by a voluntary Tax upon
those persons (amongst others) who at present contributed nothing
towards the Expence of the Government whose protection & favour they
enjoy.
Scheme of a Lottery for raising L.450 towards building a Lighthouse at or
near Cape Samborough:--
The number of Tickets to be 1000 at L.3 each, L.3000.
The number of Benefit Tickets to be 200, vizt.:
1 Prize of L.500 L.500
1 Ditto of 300 300
2 Ditto of 100 each 200
5 Ditto of 50 each 250
10 Ditto of 30 each 300
40 Ditto of 10 each 400
140 Ditto of 7 each 980
1 The first drawn 70
--- -----
200 prizes. L.3000
[Footnote 105: At a previous meeting of the Council held on the 3rd of
February, a public ferry was established between Halifax and Dartmouth,
and John Connor of the latter place appointed ferryman, with the
exclusive privilege for 3 years to keep boats constantly passing and
repassing, between Sunrise and Sunset, every day in the week, except on
Sunday, when the boats should pass only twice--the ferriage to be 3d.,
and 6d. after hours, for each Passenger, and a reasonable price to be
paid for goods, other than baggage, etc., carried in the hand, which
passed free.]
Fifteen per cent. to be deducted from the fortunate Tickets, and the
remainder to be paid, without any other Deduction, to ye possessors of
the sd. Tickets, as soon as the drawing shall be over--To be drawn
publickly in the Town House, at Halifax under the Direction of managers
to be appointed by his Excelly. the Govr. as soon as all the Tickets
shall be disposed of, and in case the said Tickets shall not be all
disposed of, before ye 31st Augt. next, the money recd. for any sold to
be repaid to the possessors thereof on Demand.
ED. CORNWALLIS.
I.
_Governor Cornwallis[106] to Duke of Bedford._
(COPY.)
CHEBUCTO, 22nd June, 1749.
MY LORD DUKE,--
I arrived here yesterday,--this morning a Sloop arrived from Mr. Hopson,
which I am obliged to send to Boston in case any ship should be going
thence to England. I would not neglect an opportunity of writing to your
Grace. I met the "Fair Lady" storeship at sea the eleventh, after we had
been from England four weeks, who told me the Transports arrived at
Spithead the day before he sailed, and were to sail in three days after
him, we were then off the island of Sable, and except the first eight
days had met with contrary winds all the passage, besides we had steered
our course for Cape Race but was forced off the banks by a gale of wind
from the North West so that I had reason to think the Transports might
be soon at Chebucto--we had nobody on board that knew anything of the
coasts nor of the Bay of Funday, so were to cruize off the coasts till
we met with a pilot, we made the Coast of Acadie the 14th, but met with
no pilot till the 20th, when we met with a sloop from Boston to
Louisburgh with two pilots on board, for the use of the Governor,--the
wind not serving for the Bay of Funday, and the officers assuring me in
case of foggy weather (not unusual upon those coasts) we might be a
fortnight getting to Annapolis. The wind was fair for Chebucto, so I
thought it advisable to go in there rather than risk the being some
weeks, perhaps, after the settlers arrived. I could save the garrison
of Louisburgh the bad and long navigation to Annapolis, so I sent to
Governor Hopson that I was going for Chebucto and desired him to
transport the garrison thither, imagining he had transports ready; by
his sloop that came in this day I find him in great perplexity, the
French arrived, and he no transports.--The Council of War it seems were
of opinion that the orders from the Secretary at War did not empower him
to hire transports, but to wait my arrival and that I was to send the
transports that brought the settlers here. As I cannot know when the
transports will arrive, in what condition, nor how many I can spare, I
think it absolutely necessary for the service to send the sloop to
Boston with orders to Apthorp and Hancock, who Mr. Hopson has
recommended as the persons who have been always employed on the part of
the Government, to hire vessels with all expedition for the
transportation of these troops from Louisburgh to Chebucto. I send a
letter by the same sloop to Colonel Mascarene in case he should meet at
sea any vessel going to Annapolis. I likewise send a Frenchman that
knows the country over land, by Minas to Annapolis. I have ordered
Colonel Mascarene to come here with a quorum of the Council as soon as
possible that I may open my commission, take the oaths and appoint
another Council, according to His Majesty's instructions.
[Footnote 106: The Honorable Edward Cornwallis was fifth son of Charles,
third Baron Cornwallis, by Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of Richard,
Earl of Arran, and uncle to the celebrated Duke of Ormonde. He was born
22nd February, 1712-13. He was Member of Parliament for the borough of
Eye in 1749, and in 1753, shortly after his return from Halifax, he was
elected for the city of Westminster. He married, the same year, a
daughter of the late Lord Townshend, but left no family. In 1759 he was
made a Major General, and was afterwards the Governor of Gibraltar.
General Cornwallis was twin brother of Dr. Frederick Cornwallis,
afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, and uncle of the Lord Cornwallis
who defeated General Gates at Camden, South Carolina, in 1780, and
afterwards surrendered at Yorktown, to the Revolutionary General
Lincoln.--_Collins' and Debrett's Peerages._]
I can give Your Grace little information as yet as to this country--the
coasts are as rich as ever they have been represented. We caught fish
every day since we came within fifty leagues of the coast, the harbor
itself is full of fish of all kinds; all the officers agree the harbor
is the finest they have ever seen--the country is one continual wood, no
clear spot to be seen or heard of. I have been ashore in several
places--the underwood is only young trees so that with difficulty one
might walk through any of them; D'Anville's fleet have only cut wood for
present use, but cleared no ground, they encamped their men upon the
beach. I have seen but few brooks nor have as yet found the navigable
river that has been talked of--there are a few French families on each
side of the bay about 3 leagues off; some have been on board. As to the
disposition of the French or Indians I can give Your Grace no account
till I see Colonel Mascarene, when I shall write more fully and continue
from time to time to acquaint Your Grace of our proceedings. I wish the
French may not be uneasy at waiting so long on board for the evacuation
of Louisburgh as it may be some time before Mr. Hopson will get
transports--it will, I fear, retard the settlement.
I am &c.,
ED. CORNWALLIS.
P. S.--I expect the transports daily.
His Grace the Duke of Bedford.
(From the Duplicate.)
We came to anchor in Merliguiche Bay, where I was told there was a
French settlement. I sent ashore to see the houses and manner of living
of the inhabitants--there are but a few families with tolerable wooden
houses covered with bark, a good many cattle and clear ground more than
serves themselves--they seem to be very peaceable, say they always
looked upon themselves as English subjects, have their grants from
Colonel Mascarene, the Governor of Annapolis, and showed an unfeigned
joy to hear of the new settlement. They assure us the Indians are quite
peaceable and not at all to be feared--there are none hereabouts.
I have, &c.,
ED. CORNWALLIS.
(From the Duplicate.)
This Frenchman will be there in three or four days--'tis 25 leagues from
hence to Minas, and the French have made a path for driving their cattle
over here.
* * * * *
_Governor Cornwallis to Duke of Bedford._[107]
CHEBUCTO, JULY 23rd, 1749.
MY LORD,--
My last to Your Grace was of June 22nd, a duplicate of which is
enclosed,--the 27th, the transports appeared off the harbor and in a few
days most of them got in. As their passage had been extremely good and
none of them had in the least suffered, I found they would be ready to
sail the moment the settlers should be put ashore. I despatched a sloop
to Boston to countermand the order I had given, and sent to Mr. Hopson
to let him know I would send in a few days transports to bring away his
garrison. Mr. Hopson had wrote me that he had agreed with Desherbier,
the French Commissary, to make use of the French transports upon
condition that in case the English ships should arrive before they were
all on board he should be at liberty to disembark them. I sent him one
the 1st of July and four more, the largest of the fleet, the 5th. I own
I was much disappointed in finding Mr. Hopson unprovided with transports
as I never had the least intimation that he was to wait for the ships
that should bring the settlers. I have an account from Boston of July
3rd that my second order got there soon enough to prevent all but one
from sailing, but as they were all hired this will cause some expense;
they write me it will not be much.
[Footnote 107: John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, was appointed
Secretary of State in 1747-8 and resigned the office in 1751. He was
afterwards Minister Plenipotentiary to France. He died 1771.--_Collins'
Peerage._]
July 8, I received from Mr. Hopson copies of letters from Governor
Shirley and Colonel Mascarene giving an account of the French having
begun a settlement and a fort at the mouth of the St. John River. As my
instructions direct me to prevent all such encroachments, and
particularly mention that River as of the greatest consequence, I next
day sent Capt. Rous of the Albany with a small sloop to attend him with
orders to the commanding officers at Annapolis to furnish him with
troops if demanded. Copies of my letter to Capt. Rous and one to the
commander of St. John's, I send You Grace enclosed. I hope what I have
done in this affair will meet with Your Grace's approbation. July 12th I
heard from Governor Shirley, that he had sent the Boston to Annapolis to
receive my instructions about the affair of St. John's. I sent Capt.
Pearse the same directions I had given to Capt. Rous, and a copy of the
declaration asserting His Majesty's rights. As to Port Mouton which is
mentioned in these letters, I believe it was a mistake occasioned by the
French having put in there in their way to St. John's.
I shall now lay before Your Grace our proceedings at Chebucto.
Colonel Mascarene arrived here on the 12th with five of the Council;
next day I opened to them His Majesty's commission, and took the oaths;
the day following I nominated the members of a new Council:
Colonel Mascarene.[108] Mr. Benj. Green.
Capt. How. Mr. Salisbury.
Capt. Gorham. Mr. Davidson.
[Footnote 108: Col. Mascarene was the Lieut. Governor of Annapolis;
Capts. How and Gorham were two of his councillors. Mr. Green was
secretary to Governor Hopson at Louisburg. Messrs. Salisbury and
Davidson came out with Governor Cornwallis. Mr. Steel, afterwards added
to the Council, was one of the settlers from England.]
I have added since, Mr. Steel.
As, perhaps, no copies were taken of the plans sent me of the harbor, I
send along with this a copy of Durel's plan. Your Grace will see that
the place I have fixed for the town is on the west side of the
harbor--'tis upon the side of a hill which commands the whole peninsula
and shelters the town from the north-west winds. From the shore to the
top of the hill is about half a mile, the ascent very gentle, the soil
is good, there is convenient landing for boats all along the beach and
good anchorage within gunshot of the shore for the largest ships. In
Durel's plan the two points that make the entrance to Bedford Bay are
marked as the places proper to fortify, which is likewise taken notice
of by Mr. Knowles. Their view must then have been to have the settlement
within that bay. This would have been subject to great inconveniences.
In the first place, it would be too far up for the fishermen, it being
about five leagues from the entrance of the harbor to these points, and
the beach all along as proper for curing their fish as can possibly be
imagined, so that no fisherman would ever have thought of going within
these forts--indeed no ships would choose to go so far, as no finer
harbor can be than that of Chebucto, which reaches from these points to
Sandwich River,[109] so that notwithstanding of any forts upon these
points an enemy's fleet might lie secure and indeed block up all ships
within the bay. The proper places to fortify for the defence of the
harbor seem to be Sandwich Point and the bank opposite to it. George's
Island lies likewise very convenient for a battery to defend both the
harbor and the town. It contains about ten or twelve acres. It was there
I landed the settlers from on board the ships sent to Louisbourg--I have
now a guard there and stores, and propose to build a magazine upon it
for powder.
[Footnote 109: North-west Arm.]
As there was not one yard of clear ground, Your Grace will imagine our
difficulty and what work we have to do. However, they have already
cleared above 12 acres and I hope to begin my own house in two days; I
have a small frame and planks ready.
The Indians are hitherto very peaceable, many of them have been here
with some Chiefs; I made them small presents, told them I had
instructions from His Majesty to offer them friendship and all
protection and likewise presents which I should deliver as soon as they
should assemble their tribes and return with powers to enter into treaty
and exchange their French commissions for others in His Majesty's name.
Three of the French Deputies have been here to know what is to be their
condition for the future; I gave them copies of His Majesty's
Declaration and copies of the Oath of Allegiance which I told them they
must take without any condition or reservation, but in the same manner
as His Majesty's English subjects;--they pretend their only difficulty
is from fear of the Indians in case of a French war. I have ordered all
the Deputies to come here and expect them in a few days. I think 'tis
necessary to show them that 'tis in our power to master them or to
protect them, and therefore I design to send as soon as possible two
companies to Minas with orders to build a barrack and stay there the
winter. I shall also send an armed sloop into the Bay of Minas to
prevent all correspondence with the French by sea; another company I
shall send to the head of the bay where the road to Minas begins. I
propose, likewise, a blockhouse half way for the conveniency of
travellers, and then to employ all the men I can get together, soldiers
and inhabitants, to clear the road from hence to Minas; 'tis about 30
miles in a direct line--whether this can be executed before winter I
cannot say. Had the garrison of Louisbourg been arrived, they would
have been of infinite advantage; at present I have only one company of
Hopson's, one of Warburton's and 60 of Gorham's Rangers.[110]
[Footnote 110: These Rangers came from Annapolis; they had been enlisted
in New England and were chiefly composed of Indians of half blood.]
A list of the civil officers I shall be able to send Your Grace by the
next ships that sail, with an account of what further progress we shall
have made.
I am, &c.,
ED. CORNWALLIS.
To His Grace the Duke of Bedford.
J.
NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SUN FIRE COMPANY OF HALIFAX IN THE YEAR
1819.
John W. Pyke.
John Tremain.
Michael Tobin.
Stephen W. DeBlois.
Charles Hill.
John Owen.
Richard Tremain.
Henry Taylor.
J. E. Butler.
David Shaw Clarke.
James Grant.
James Kerby.
William Bowie.
Alexander Creighton.
John Letson.
Alexander Fiddis.
William Lawson.
Adam DeChezeau, Jr.
Andrew Smith.
John Liddell.
Joseph Dolby.
William Milward, Jr.
Azor Stephens.
Joseph Marchington.
Lawrence Hartshorne, Jr.
Robert Lyons, Jr.
John Howe, Jr.
James T. Alport.
Henry Austin.
John Carroll.
Joseph Allison.
Lewis E. Piers.
W. Bremner.
Samuel Story.
George N. Russell.
James Russell.
E. J. Hopson.
Samuel Cunard.
Enos Collins.
James Cogswell.
James Dupuy.
Lewis DeMolitor.
Temple F. Piers.
Edward Alport.
John Salter.
John Moody.
George Mitchell.
S. Morris.
John Ferguson.
W. N. Silver.
James Bain.
William K. Reynolds.
Charles Boggs.
Miles W. White.
A. McDonald.
H. Ford.
D. McColl.
ABSENT MEMBERS.
P. Sennerats, London.
Mark Etter, Trinidad.
James Barlow, London.
John Telford, Scotland.
G. W. Anderson, Glasgow.
James Walker, Chester.
MEMBERS LATELY DECEASED.
John Henry.
Thomas Leo DeWolf.
James Bell.
Robert Lyon.
Samuel T. Prescott.
Winkworth Allen.
John Buchan.
Thomas Austin, Jr.
Peter Bain.
K.
_From the Gentlemen's Magazine, Vol. 20, 1750. (June.)_
The Town of Halifax is entirely built according to the plan given in our
last February number, and many additional buildings are carrying on. The
barracks for the soldiers are completed and the fort at the mouth of the
harbor will soon be in a good posture of defence.
The story in the papers of the Indians burning a town of 200 houses is
without foundation.
Major Lawrence, of Warburton's Regiment at Nova Scotia, appointed
Lieut.-Col. of Governor Cornwallis' Regiment and Lieut. Governor of
Annapolis Royal. (July number of the Magazine, 1750.)
August, 1750. Halifax, Nova Scotia.--The fishery here is extremely good,
one company only having 1400 or 1500 quintals of good dry fish ready to
ship for a foreign market, and others also have been very successful.
Mr. Brown, gardener to Governor Cornwallis, with his son and four
others, going out two or three miles from the town, were beset by the
Indians, who killed him and his son; the latter they buried, but the
other body was found on the ground scalped, and brought hither and
buried; the four others, it is feared, are killed or carried off. The
Indians have also attacked and scalped seven men that were at work on
the other side of the harbor. Parties are gone out to repel them.
L.
RETURN OF THE 1ST COMPANY OF HALIFAX VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY, UNDER THE
COMMAND OF CAPTAIN RICHARD TREMAIN, 6TH JULY, 1812.
Peter Robb, Sergt. Major.
John Brown, }
Wm. Forsyth, } Sergeants.
Thos. Fenerty,}
John Rogers, }
Charles Dunbrack, }
Thomas Nelson, } Corpls.
John D. Scott, }
William Rudolf, }
David Muirhead, }
William Story, Jr., } Bomb'rs.
Martin Piazza, }
John Tremain.
Frederick Major.
William Gorham.
James McAllen.
John Miller.
William Bond.
John Peeples.
William O'Brien.
Alexander Smith.
George Morin.
Francis Story.
George Nock.
Samuel Lydiard.
Benjamin Marshall.
Benjamin Kingston.
Peter Hay.
Frederick Kringle.
John Henry.
William Smith.
Martin Gay Black.
Leslie Moffatt.
John Phillips.
Frederick Runvell.
Francis Muncey.
Robert Grinton.
George O'Brien.
Morgan Doyle.
Daniel Fraser.
Alexander May.
Thomas Gentles.
John Pendergrass.
William Stairs.
John N. Ford.
Nicholas Wright.
Samuel Black.
Azor Stevens.
Henry Monson.
Dennis Connor.
Paul Cermanatti.
Henry Wright.
Abner Stowell.
William Schwartz.
Peter McNab.
Thomas Muirhead.
Alexander Fiddis.
Herven Cameron.
Thomas Simmons.
William H. Barry.
John Hussey.
Thomas Richey.
John McPherson.
Fred'k John Knight.
John Cobb.
Thomas Smith, Jr.
Daniel Ferguson.
Charles W. Hill.
William Murray.
Thomas Beamish.
Nicholas Vass.
Alexander Clarke.
Joseph Lordley.
Henry Boyer.
John Bonnell.
Henry Warner.
David Hutton.
Ralph Turnbull.
Donald Fraser.
James Wilson.
John Forrest.
John F. Salter.
John Fillis.
Richard Scott.
William Strachan, Jr.
John Simpson.
Robert Fraser.
James Cogswell.
John Buchan.
Wyndham Madden.
James Leishman.
Hugh Gall.
Alexander Smith.
Joshua Lee.
Robert Field.
Halifax, July 6th, 1812.
Sgd. RICHARD TREMAIN,
_Capt. H. V. A._
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transcriber's Note:
Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note.
Inconsistent hyphenation, spelling, and capitalization have been left as
in the original. Except for obvious errors (e.g. missing, extra, or
transposed letters), incorrect and obsolete spellings have also been
retained. Mathematical errors have not been corrected.
In the plain-text versions, two oe-ligatures were changed to oe.
The following changes were made to the text:
p. 4: indispensibly to indispensably (indispensably necessary to the
support)
p. 8: De Anvilles' to D'Anville's, to correspond with the same passage
quoted later in the book (D'Anville's Fleet have only cut wood for
present use)
p. 15: Grande to Grand (quartered at Grand Pre)
p. 15: Footnote marker with no note attached removed (after "hired at
fair wages to assist in the work.")
Footnote 16 (originally on p. 15): Note. to NOTE.
p. 26: embarassed to embarrassed (was continually embarrassed)
p. 44: Surveyers to Surveyors (Surveyors of Pickled Fish)
p. 45: Exellency to Excellency (his Excellency the Lieutenant Governor)
p. 51: 6. to 6d. (for the Church L.350 18s. 6d.)
p. 56: subscripton to subscription (A subscription was set on foot)
Footnote 48 (originally on p. 86): extra "of" removed (the accommodation
of the people)
p. 60: parochials to parochialis (notitia parochialis)
p. 82: $ to L. (The highest prize was L.2000.)
p. 90: extra "in" removed (prisoners, six in number)
p. 96: comformity to conformity (in conformity with the Act)
p. 97: "Royal Gazette:" to "Royal Gazette":
p. 97: Prince William Henry to "Prince William Henry" (The brig "Prince
William Henry,")
Footnote 55 (originally on p. 98): Crdnance to Ordnance; Oonnors to
Connors
Footnote 58 (originally on p. 106): Footnote marker was originally
between dash and "Uncertain" instead of before "NOTE."
p. 107: genera to general (as a general)
p. 109: Hemmiongton to Hemmington (J. Hemmington, Grocer)
p. 117: conmiseration to commiseration (commiseration of their
countrymen)
p. 118: pproaching to approaching (On his approaching near)
p. 118: dist nguishes to distinguishes (so often distinguishes)
p. 119: Halibur on to Haliburton
p. 124: fvaourite to favourite (a favourite resort)
p. 128: Beaujoile to Beaujolie (Count Beaujolie)
p. 132: inh is to in his (in his 83rd year)
p. 139: extra "the" removed (appeared in the Gazette)
p. 150: extra "and" removed (and all the other decimal parts)
p. 153: ballotted to billetted (billetted for service)
Footnotes 74-80 (originally on p. 165): "NOTE.--" removed; these notes
were originally grouped together into one paragraph
p. 168: suing to using (using these small boats)
p. 175: extra "to" removed (to the Bishopric)
Footnote 84 (originally on p. 188): Parado to Parade (The Grand Parade)
p. 190: Admirality to Admiralty (Admiralty Records)
p. 192: eollege to college (erecting the college)
p. 193: delapidaated to delapidated (old and delapidated)
p. 197: neucleus to nucleus (nucleus for loungers)
p. 205: aids-de-camp to aides-de-camp ( with his aides-de-camp)
p. 206: asssembled to assembled (assembled under the portico)
p. 211: woooden to wooden (old wooden fortifications)
p. 214: Dorie to Doric (Doric pillars)
p. 216: erecteed to erected (erected there a large stone warehouse)
p. 218: stork to store (present stone store)
p. 222: pretentions to pretensions (his pretensions to skill)
p. 225: were to where (where he received his education)
p. 229: a to as (as Judge of the Supreme Court)
p. 231: Abbe to Abbey (Abbey of St. Matthew)
p. 234: Storkkeeper to Storekeeper (Naval Storekeeper)
p. 234: 1659 to 1759 (bears date August 16th, 1759)
p. 237: Carles to Charles (Charles Mason)
p. 239: seamen to seaman (private soldier or seaman)
p. 242: off to of (Shipping of the settlers)
p. 245: seige to siege (accurate account of the siege)
p. 246-261: all repeated headings in tables removed (e.g. NORTH
SUBURBS.--(CONTINUED.))
p. 247: Rodoph to Rodolph (John Christopher Rodolph)
p. 248: La renz to Laurenz (Laurenz Busgler)
p. 248: E izabeth to Elizabeth (Elizabeth Werner)
p. 248: U rich to Ulrich (Ulrich Seeger)
p. 249: Johanues to Johannes (Johannes Hoaif)
p. 268: soonas to soon as (should deliver as soon as)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of Project Gutenberg's History of Halifax City, by Thomas B. Akins