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Id no Volume First Name Last Name Brief summary
00000001 Vol. 2 Donald MATTHEWS c1795-1879
MATTHEWS, DONALD: born about 1795 in PEI, Canada and died July 1879 in most likely Matthews Settlement, on the Little South West Miramichi, NB. He married Hannah Tozer, daughter of Jared Tozer and Sarah Ives, about 1819 in North Esk. She was born about 1802 in Maugerville, Sunbury Co, NB and died after 1871 most likely in Matthews Settlement. They lived in Strathadam between 1819 and 1839 then settled on the Little SouthWest and this was the beginning of Matthews Settlement. The family was Baptist.
00000003 Vol. 2 Justus ADAMS ADAMS, JUSTUS: Justus, when purchasing land at Strathadam in 1831, stated he was a native of New Brunswick. Parents have not been determined at this time. He married Mary McKay, oldest daughter of Robert McKay and E. Alice Parrett on 20 August 1840 in NO Co. She was born 13 May 1822 in North Esk and died 14 July 1902 in North Esk. Justus died 8 April 1883 in North Esk. Justus was a farmer and lumberman, a successful member of the Strathadam community where they raised their 10 children.
00000004 Vol. 2 Robert ALFORD 1798-?
ALFORD, ROBERT: born about 1798 in England and died after 1833. He married Abigail Fraser, daughter of John Fraser and Mary Gillis, on 24 December 1823 in Northumberland County. She was born in Sunny Corner, NB and died after 1833. Abigail had acquired a portion of her father’s Lot 10 at Sunny Corner and this is where they lived until 1833, when the family name disappears from North Esk records. It appears the family may have moved up into Quebec..
Date of Arrival: 1814 from England to New Brunswick.
00000005 Vol. 2 John ALLISON 178 - after 1839
ALLISON, JOHN: was born circa 1780 in County Londonderry, Ireland. Died aft 1839 in Boom Road, NB. He was Presbyterian by faith. He was a farmer and lumberman. He married Eleanor u/k. She was born 1772. Died aft 1861. John purchased Lot F & G at Boom Road, where he resided and raised a farmer.
00000006 Vol. 2 Joseph AMOS 1811-1905
AMOS, JOSEPH: born 31 October 1811 in Isle of Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland and died 6 December 1905 at Lower Derby, NB.

He married Catherine McNeill, daughter of Alexander McNeill and Margaret McPhee, on 1 March 1838 in Lot 65, Queens Co, PEI. She was born 1 February 1813 or 1814 at West River, Lot 65, PEI and died 2 January 1892 in Lower Derby, NB. Joseph was a farmer in the Lower Derby area.

Date of Arrival: 1819 from Scotland to Prince Edward Island, then 1863 to Miramichi.
00000007 Vol. 2 Robert Walter AMOS 1815-1900
He married Catherine McNeill, daughter of Alexander McNeill and Margaret McPhee, on 1 March 1838 in Lot 65, Queens Co, PEI. She was born 1 February 1813 or 1814 at West River, Lot 65, PEI and died 2 January 1892 in Lower Derby, NB. Joseph was a farmer in the Lower Derby area.

Date of Arrival: 1819 from Scotland to Prince Edward Island, then 1863 to Miramichi.
00000008 Vol. 2 James ANDERSON before 1811 - before 1851
He was born in Scotland per family records. It is believed he died not long after the Miramichi fire, sometime between 1830 and 1851. He married Ruth Burden, daughter of Thomas Burden, the Loyalist and Ruth Earle before 1811, very likely in New Brunswick. Ruth was born about 1791 in Prince William, York Co, NB and died after 1871 likely in Carleton Co, NB. It seems likely that James was associated with the lumber industry. From the story of his daughter, Hannah, we learn that Ruth and some members of their family eventually moved to Maine where they could carry on in the lumber woods, after the depression in this business on the Miramichi at that time. They eventually moved back to Carleton Co, NB. By 1851 Ruth was a widow and living in Williamstown, Carleton Co, with family members.
00000009 Vol. 2 Benjamin APPLEBY 1770-1851
APPLEBY, BENJAMIN: born about 1770 believed in the USA and died in 1851 at the home of his daughter, Mrs Mary Vye at Wilson’s Point. He married Jane Rogers, widow of George Hubbard, about 1801 in No Co, NB. It is believed she was born along the South West Miramichi and died 1823 in North Esk Parish.

Benjamin was a son of one of the Loyalist Applebys, five of who settled on Lake Washademoak, Queens Co, NB in 1785. In July of 1801 he purchased Lot 19 at South Esk, in 1808 he received a grant of Lot 4 in Strathadam, but lived on an adjacent lot during most of his years in North Esk. Benjamin and Jane had five children of their own as well as raising the children from Jane’s first marriage.
00000010 Vol. 2 Raphael ARSENEAU 1845-?
ARSENEAU, RAPHAEL: was born 7 February 1845 in New Brunswick, the son of Moise Arseneau and Cecile Caissy. He was living in St-Paul, Kent Co in 1878, but spent 56 years of his life in Rogersville, Northumberland Co.

On 7 January 1870 in Ste-Marie de Kent he married Genevieve Girouard, born 15 October 1847. They had eight children.
00000011 Vol. 2 William ASHTON 1793-1870
ASHTON, WILLIAM: was born in 1793 in Devonshire, England. He settled at English Settlement (Trout Brook) following a stop at Newcastle. He married Mary Braund on 30 October 1837. She was born in 1792 and lived until the 1860’s. William died 25 February 1870. It has been recorded that they had six children that were baptised at the Bible Christian Church in England but we have only found evidence that William lived to adulthood. The Ashtons acquired property in English Settlement and later claimed Lot 6 at Big Hole Tract at Curventon.
00000012 Vol. 2 Moses AUSTIN 1780 - ?
AUSTIN, MOSES: born between 1780-1800 in Massachusetts, USA.

In August of 1813, Moses, as a memorialist, petitioned for a lot of 200 acres of upland, joining to a tract of land memorialed for a Mill Tract by Benjamin Stymiest, at the Tabusintac River in the Parish of Alnwick, North’ld Co, NB.

Moses married Eleanor Robinson sometime between August 4, 1813 and September 1, 1821, possibly in Alnwick Parish. Eleanor was born between 1790 and 1800 in New Brunswick.

Moses sold the tract of land, situate lying and being on Portage Brook, known as Lot #2, to Benjamin Stymiest on September 1, 1821. By August 21, 1850 Moses and Eleanor were living in the Williams College Grant division of Aroostook Co, ME, USA.

They both died sometime after July 1, 1860 in Littleton, Aroostook, ME, USA, and are buried in what is now known as the Henderson Cemetery on the Foxcroft Road in Littleton, ME.
00000025 Vol. 2 David Felix CREAMER 1801-
CREAMER, DAVID FELIX: born circa 1801 believed in Kilkenny, Ireland. He married Mary Lee, born circa 1806, Ireland, in 1824 in Ireland. She did not arrive in Canada until 1831. David was a farmer.
00000028 Vol. 2 James DENNIS c1789-1894
DENNIS, JAMES; was born circa 1789 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland and died 27 February 1894 in Point Pleasant (North West Bridge), NB, at the advanced age of 105. His obituary stated he was an obliging neighbour and “He was in every sense of the word, a whole hearted Irishman”. He married Ellen u/k in Ireland. She was born circa 1793 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, and died 12 December 1899 in Point Pleasant, NB. Both James and Ellen are buried at St. Mary’s RC Cemetery, Newcastle.
00000029 Vol. 2 Patrick DESMOND c 1781-
DESMOND, PATRICK: was born about 1781 in Ireland and died in Nelson Parish, Northumberland Co, NB.

He was married in Ireland and had at least one daughter there. His daughter Catherine accompanied him to Canada.
00000030 Vol. 2 David DINAN (DYNAN) 1806-
DINAN (DYNAN), DAVID: born about 1806 in Ireland. He married Bridget Donnelly on 10 August 1835 in No Co, NB. She was born about 1809 in Ireland. David and his family were the only “Dinan” family in Northumberland County in the 1851 and 1861 census. David was listed as a shoemaker; the family was Roman Catholic.
00000032 Vol. 2 Alexander DONNELLY 1791-1843
DONNELLY, ALEXANDER: born in 1791 in Antrium, Ireland. Alexander and his wife Sarah Bruce, who was born in 1799 in Ireland, came to Blackville, Northumberland Co, NB with their three small children.

In 1823 Alexander petitioned for a land grant for two lots in Blackville. There he became a farmer. Alexander died in July 1843 in Blackville.
00000034 Vol. 2 Patrick KELLY c1806-1883
KELLY, PATRICK: was born in Ireland in 1809. He married Ann Cavinaugh, who was also born in Ireland in 1811. They came to Canada in 1835 and settled in Chatham Parish. Ann must have been pregnant during the voyage because their daughter Mary Ann was born in December 1835. Patrick died 16 December 1864. Ann is variously recorded in the census as living alone or with one of her daughters until her death at Chatham on 22 April 1892, at age 81. It has not been established whether Patrick was related to other Kelly families on the Miramichi.
00000035 Vol. 2 John, SR DOWLING -1830
DOWLING, JOHN, SR: born in Ireland and died in 1830 in Nelson Parish, NB. He married Mary Bridget Delano in Ireland. She was born in 1792 and died 1851 in Nelson Parish, NB. John and Mary arrived in New Brunswick with at least two children, settling on Beaubear’s Island, Miramichi River, NB.
00000039 Vol. 2 Bridget ENGLISH 1782-1868
ENGLISH, BRIDGET: was married to George English. George is believed to have died in Ireland before Bridget came to Canada with her three sons and a daughter. Four other daughters had previously emigrated here in 1836. Bridget was born about 1782 in Ireland and died 11 December 1868 in Nelson, NB. The family was Roman Catholic. Bridget’s tombstone was located at Malcolm Cemetery, St Patrick’s Church, Nelson, which was erected by her son Michael.
00000042 Vol. 2 Michael ENGLISH 1824-
ENGLISH, MICHAEL (MICK): born about 1824 in Port Laoise, Ireland and came to Canada with his mother and other members of the family in 1944. He was the son of George and Bridget English. The family was Roman Catholic. He met Ellen Murphy and they had a son. They did not marry.

He married Catherine Murphy, daughter of Mark Murphy and Mary Synnott, on 22 November 1859 at St. Patrick’s RC Church, Nelson, NB. She was born February 1835 in Nelson and died 13 April 1909. Michael died 16 October 1908.

There is a headstone in Malcolm Cemetery, Nelson, for Michael, age 84, and Catherine, age 73. Catherine also raised another son born to Michael, who arrived shortly after they were married.

Date of Arrival: 1844 from Ireland
00000044 Vol. 2 Hiram FISH 1815-1853
FISH, HIRAM: was born 1815 in the United States and died 1853 in Newcastle, NB. He married Mary Ann Maltby on 28 October 1836 in Newcastle, NB. The daughter of Thomas Maltby and Margaret Kirton, she was born 25 March 1817 in Sunderland, England and died 13 February 1890 in Newcastle, NB. Hiram was a farmer and courier. Mary Ann and Hiram are buried in St. James & St. Johns United Cemetery, Newcastle.
00000045 Vol. 2 Robert FORSYTHE --1819
FORSYTH, ROBERT: born most likely in PA, USA and died 1818-1819 in South Esk, NB. He married Jean/Jane Martin, daughter of William & Mary Martin in February 1788. She died after 17 February 1816 in South Esk. He received a crown grant of Lot 58, within the Micheau Survey between Newcastle and Bartibog in March 1788, but moved to South Esk in 1791 where he acquired Lot 2 from William Gordon in exchange for the down river lot. He held several parish offices over a period of more than twenty years. Robert and Jane are likely buried in The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point, Newcastle, NB.
00000046 Vol. 2 Jared TOZER 1704-1850
TOZER, JARED: was born at Lyme, near the mouth of the Connecticut River on 4 April 1764. Between the ages of fifteen and nineteen, he served as a private solider in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. After his discharge in 1783, he married Sarah Eunice Ives, a daughter of Captain David Ives & Eunice Gillett, a New England Loyalist and found employment in Hartford Co. Connecticut.

Around 1788 he moved to Sunbury County, NB with his wife and two young children. About 1811 he moved to the Miramichi and was engaged in the lumbering industry. He and his wife played a key role in the founding of the first Miramichi Baptist church at South Esk in 1819. Jared died on 22 November 1850 at age eighty-six and his wife Eunice predeceased him in 1844.
00000047 Vol. 2 James Thompson SHERRARD 1802-1872
SHERRARD, JAMES THOMPSON: was born in August 1802 in County Londonderry, Ireland and died 26 May 1872 in Strathadam, NB. He married Rebecca Shannon on 5 January 1832 in North Esk Parish. She was born 27 September 1803 in County Londonderry, Ireland and died 23 May 1901 in Strathadam, NB. James originally came over to the new country to choose timber for ship builders in Belfast, Ireland.
00000048 Vol. 2 Michael FITZGERALD –bef 1829
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL: born in Ireland and died before June 1829, most likely in North Esk Parish. He married Mary Gillis, daughter of Duffy Gillis, on 18 January 1814 in Northumberland Co. She was born about 1791 in North Esk and died after 1829. The family was Roman Catholic. They were living in Grand Digue, NB when their son James was born, but settled in North Esk shortly after.
00000049 Vol. 2 William FITZGERALD 1791-1873
FITZGERALD, WILLIAM: born about 1791 in the Parish of Schull, County Cork Ireland and died 15 August 1873 in Oshkosh, WI, USA. He married Ann Harrigan, daughter of John Harrigan / Horgan, in Ireland. She was born about 1792 in County Cork, Ireland and died in 1880 in Oshkosh, WI, USA. William and Ann came to the Williamstown, NB area in 1830 with eight of their children. They moved to Oshkosh, WI with a number of their children and relatives in 1857. They had at least ten children, though only two are listed below.
00000050 Vol. 2 William R. FORD 1842-1930
FORD, WILLIAM R: born 11 November 1842 in Bathurst, NB, died 11 October 1930 in Whitney, NB. He married Mary Jane Goodfellow, daughter of John Goodfellow and Alice Goodfellow, on 16 December 1884 in Whitney, NB. She was born 4 December 1859 in South Esk, and died 24 May 1946 in Whitney, NB. William was a farmer. William is buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank and Mary Jane is buried St. Philip’s United Cemetery, Whitney.
00000051 Vol. 2 John FRASER --1823
FRASER, JOHN: born in Scotland and died in 1823 in North Esk Parish. He came to America with the 42nd Highland Regiment, then to the Miramichi in 1787 when he received a crown grant on the Miramichi River. He married Mary Gillis / Gillice, daughter of Angus & Abigail Gillis before March 1792 in North Esk Parish, NB. He inherited Lot 10 at Sunny Corner from his father-in-law Angus Gillis in 1793. He held a number of parish offices between 1793 and 1814.
00000052 Vol. 2 John GILKS 1794-1878
GILKS, JOHN: Married Agnes Nancy Moore, daughter of David & Hannah Moore, in the Parish of Blissfield on 2 April 1839, by Justice of Peace, Squire Robert Doak. John & Nancy settled in Blissfield. There he saw the need for a school and built the 1st school, calling it “Upper New Salem” after a name in England. He taught the students until he found a professional teacher.
00000054 Vol. 2 Duffy GILLIS c 1748-May 1824
GILLIS / GILLICE, DUFFY: born about 1749 and died May 1824 most likely on his property in Red Bank, NB. The name of his wife is unknown. He farmed adjacent to his Uncle Angus until 1786 and for a short time farmed a piece of land on the Red Bank Reserve, with the consent of the natives. In 1797 he purchased Lot 13 at Red Bank from the estate of William Davidson, later acquiring other properties, thus building up a considerable estate. His three children were the heirs to his estate. He may be buried in Malcolm Cemetery, Nelson.
00000055 Vol. 2 William GILLIS c1786 - after 1851
GILLIS, WILLIAM: born 30 April 1786, in Barra, Invernessshire, Scotland, the son of John Gillis and Nancy McNeill of St. John’s. He died before 1851 in Maria, Bonaventure Co, Quebec. He married Mary Ann Walsh on 4 September 1809 according to a Catholic Church record. The daughter of James Welch and Ann Martin, she was born about 1796 in Red Bank and died 1856 Bonventure Co., Quebec. William obtained crown grants on the Little South West and Little Sevogle during the first decade of 1800. In 1813 and 1814 he was a Parish Overseer of Roads and Fisheries. The family lived on Lot 14 at Red Bank until around 1828. In 1835 they were living at Little Russea in Gloucester County.
00000056 Vol. 2 George W. GODDARD 1829-1919
GODDARD, GEORGE: born 1 March 1829 in Grimsby, England and died 20 November 1919 in Fort Langley, BC, (the 1901 census indicates his birthday 4 March 1829). He married 1st Hannah May Jennings in England. She was born about 1831 in England and died around 17 October 1871, when an inquest was held on the body of Hannah Goddard, before Coroner Benson in Northumberland Co.; 2nd Janet Edgar, daughter of Unknown Edgar and Margaret Edgar on 8 June 1874 in Red Bank, NB. She was born 17 February 1826 in Scotland and died 17 May 1909 in Langley, BC.

George was a blacksmith and it is believed the Goddard Blacksmith Shop was located by the Daniel McAllister property in Strathadam. George moved his family to British Columbia sometime before 1881 as the family was listed in the 1881 BC census, living in New Westminster and George was farming. George and Janet are buried in Fort Langley Cemetery, Langley, BC

George and Hannah
00000057 Vol. 2 Joseph GOGGIN 1842-1900
GOGGIN, JOSEPH REID: born circa 1842 in Kings Co, NB and died 24 April 1900 in Chatham, NB. He was christened on 10 September 1873 in the Anglican Church, Chatham, NB. He was the son of Robert D. Goggin and Ann Green. He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Searle daughter of Michael Searle and Prudence Parken, on 16 June 1864 in St. Mary’s Church, Chatham. She was born 26 January 1847 in Chatham and died 14 August 1922 in Chatham. Both Joseph and Mary are buried in St. Paul’s Cemetery, Chatham, NB.
00000058 Vol. 2 David GOODFELLOW –1825
GOODFELLOW, DAVID: believed born in Scotland and died 1825 after contracting a severe cold, a result of standing in the river to avoid the flames of the Miramichi Fire. He married Janet McCurrie in March 1786 in Halifax, NS. Believed she was born in Scotland and perished in the 1825 Miramichi Fire, along with her daughter and five grandchildren. The family was living in Point aux Carr at the time. It is believed that David is buried in St. James & St. John’s United Cemetery, Newcastle, as a tombstone was located there for his wife, Janet.
00000059 Vol. 2 William GRAHAM 1796-
GRAHAM, WILLIAM: born about 1796 in Ireland and died after 1861 in Williamstown, NB. He married Jane McLean on 10 August 1828, daughter of John McLean and Isabelle Tweedie, in Northumberland County, NB.

She was born about 1807 in Ireland and died 27 December 1857 in Williamstown, NB. Between 1815 and 1821 William served in the Enniskillin Dragoons in Ireland. After coming to NB he settled in Williamstown and there they raised their family.
00000060 Vol. 2 John GRATTAN 1798-1873
Born about 1799 in Ireland. He married Briget Moran.
00000061 Vol. 2 James GUNN c 1835-1889
GUNN, JAMES: a Loyalist member of the 42nd Highlanders to Saint John in 1783, drawing Parrtown Lot P 1456 and then his regimental allotment on the Nashwaak River. Like many regimental members, he was dissatisfied with his land grant and went “over the Portage” for better land. He married Emma/Amy Stymiest, the daughter of Benjamin Christoffel Stymiest II and Abigail Rachel Fardon on 3 June 1876 at Newcastle.

James died in 1836. Emma was born 1779 and died 1849. There is another record of her being born circa 1760, but this would put her too old to be having children when her last child was born in 1821. The 1779 birth date seems more probable.
00000062 Vol. 2 George HARE c1801-after 1868
HARE, GEORGE: born circa 1801, an Irish Presbyterian, was one of 5 early Miramichi residents of that surname. A resident farmer at Whitney in the 1830’s, he moved his family to Halcomb by 1842.

He married Jane Stoops on 26 June 1824 in North Esk Parish by Rev. Samuel Bacon. His wife, having died in 1851, George was living with unrelated individuals on his Halcomb farm in 1861, but by 1868 he was receiving assistance from the Overseer of the Poor.
00000063 Vol. 2 Jane HARE c1808-after 1861
HARE, JANE: born circa 1808, an Irish Presbyterian, was one of five early Miramichi residents of that surname. She may have been a sister of Alexander Hare who married Jane Allison in a double wedding on 18 October 1826 in Nelson Parish, with Jane and her husband, Samuel Allison. Jane and Samuel were children of John and Eleanor Allison.

Jane’s husband, Samuel, probably a partner of Alexander went into bankruptcy in 1826, due to losses in the Miramichi fire. Samuel, Jane and their young daughter Mary left North Esk for Bonaventure Co, PQ in 1828. They were residents of Nouvelle, PQ in 1861.
00000064 Vol. 2 Dennis HARRIGAN c1780-1860
HARRIGAN, DENNIS was born about 1780 in County Cork, Ireland, and died before 1861 probably in Williamstown, NB. Dennis married about 1808 in Ireland to Catherine Driscoll born 1782 in Ireland, and died about 1864 probably in Williamstown, NB. They arrived in New Brunswick with eight children about 1831. The last child, Dennis Jr., was born in Williamstown a year after their arrival. They had 10 children. Dennis, William, Cornelius and John Harrigan among others are all named in a land petition dated December 31, 1838, regarding water diversion in the Williamstown Settlement.

Dennis Sr. is not found in the 1861 census and is thought to have died prior to this. His wife Catherine is found living in her son Patrick’s home in the 1861 census of North Esk. No record of burial is found for Dennis or Catherine. In a land petition dated in 1865 it appears both Dennis and Catherine are deceased.
00000065 Vol. 2 William HENDERSON c 1794-bef 1861
HENDERSON, WILLIAM: was born about 1794 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland and died before 1861 in New Brunswick. He married Isabella U/K in Scotland. She was born about 1794 in Scotland and died before 1861 in New Brunswick. The family, with at least three children, settled in Derby, then part of Nelson Parish.
00000066 Vol. 2 Thomas HILL 1824-after 1891
HILL, THOMAS: born about 1824 in Ireland and died after 1891 in South Esk, NB. He married Abigail Goodfellow, daughter of John Goodfellow and Mary Williston, on 25 January 1849 by Rev. William Henderson, Presbyterian minister. She was born about 1827 in South Esk and died 4 July 1895 in South Esk. He farmed in South Esk Parish, neighbours to the Goodfellow’s.
00000067 Vol. 2 Thomas HINES 1810-1885
HINES, THOMAS: was born about 1810 in Ireland and died 25 April 1884 in Boom Road, NB. He married Margaret McCarthy in Ireland. She was born about 1819 in Ireland and died 16 October 1887 in Boom Road, NB. Thomas, Margaret and son John arrived from Ireland and settled on a farm at Boom Road. Thomas and Margaret are buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
00000068 Vol. 2 Jonathan HOSFORD 1814-1900
HOSFORD, JONATHAN: born about 1814 in Brandon Parish, County Cork, Ireland and died 11 February 1900 in Trout Brook, NB. He married Mary Copp, widow of Samuel Peabody, on 29 March 1848 in Northumberland County, NB. Daughter of Henry Copp and Elizabeth Page, she was born 4 November 1816 in Devonshire, England and died 11 February 1900 in Trout Brook, NB.

Jonathan was granted land at Williamstown, NB in 1839 but moved to Trout Brook after his marriage. There he was a successful farmer raising five stepchildren as well as six of his and Mary’s. Mary is buried in Wesley United (Methodist) Cemetery in Trout Brook with her 1st husband. No headstone has been found for Jonathan.
00000069 Vol. 2 Aaron HOVEY c 1862-1839
HOVEY, AARON: born Topsfield, MA and baptised on 14 March 1762, the only son on Stephen and Abigail (Hood) Hovey. He arrived on the St. John River aboard the schooner “Eunice” on 26 April 1767.

He married Dorothy Price around 1782 and was listed in the Studholm Report of 1783 as “claiming a lot in consequence of a lease to his father-in-law Edmund Price from Wm. Spry Esq., dated 12 July 1770 for 200 acres of land.”

Aaron filed land petitions in NB around 1785 and in 1811 settled in Ludlow Parish. He was a weaver by trade and hotelkeeper. In “Over the Portage” by William R. MacKinnon, Jr., Aaron Hovey is listed as one of the original 59 settlers to Ludlow.
00000070 Vol. 2 George HUBBARD 1768-1800
HUBBARD, GEORGE: born about 1768 in the USA and died 1800 at Strathadam, NB, at the age of 32 years. He married Jane Rogers on 10 October 1793 in Northumberland Co. It is believed she was born on the Southwest Miramichi and died in 1823 in North Esk Parish. George was in the “masting business” with Daniel Estey in June 1791. He petitioned for land at Strathadam on 12 March 1792, which he claimed to have occupied for the last 4 years. He is buried at The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point. Jane remarried Benjamin Appleby.
00000071 Vol. 2 James HUTCHISON 1790-1882
HUTCHISON, JAMES: was born about 1790 in Scotland died 4 December 1882, NorthWest Millstream area, Northumberland County, NB. He married Judith Murphy in Northumberland Co. She was born about 1802 in King’s Co, Ireland and died 14 September 1866, Northwest Millstream area, NB. James became a lumber operator on the North West in 1824, in 1825 shared the position of Boom Master with Donald McKay, established a store and a ferry service which operated between his property in South Esk to Gillan’s Landing opposite.

In 1827 from his shipbuilding yard, he and James Gillan launched the brig “Ellen McGregor”. He became the 1st postmaster at North Esk Boom, a position he held for nearly 30 years, until his death. James and Judith are buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.

Date of Arrival: 1818 from Scotland.
00000072 Vol. 2 William HYLAND c1805-after 1883
HYLAND, WILLIAM: was born in County Wicklow, Ireland circa 1805. The latest date known to be alive was 1883. He married Bridget Fardy (or Flaherty) on 20 November 1831 by Father William Dollard, missionary priest at Nelson, NB. William and Bridget settled in Sillikers, NB about 1833, where they raised their family.

William was a farmer and woodsworker and a parish overseer of fisheries. His wife, Bridget, a native of County Wexford, Ireland died on September 28, 1888.
00000073 Vol. 2 James JOHNSTON 1780-1867
JOHNSTON, JAMES: born 10 July 1780 in Hoddom Parish, Dumfrieshire, Scotland and died 14 December 1867 in NB, Can. He married Mary Bell on 6 November 1802 in Annon, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Joseph Bell and Mary Johnston and was christened 15 July 1778 in Annon, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and died 29 April 1851 in NB, Can.

The family resided on a farm on the west side of the NorthWest Miramichi at Johnston’s Bridge. James and Mary are buried in St. Stephen’s United (former Presbyterian) Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
00000074 Vol. 2 Justus ADAMS ADAMS, JUSTUS: Justus, when purchasing land at Strathadam in 1831, stated he was a native of New Brunswick. Parents have not been determined at this time. He married Mary McKay, oldest daughter of Robert McKay and E. Alice Parrett on 20 August 1840 in NO Co. She was born 13 May 1822 in North Esk and died 14 July 1902 in North Esk. Justus died 8 April 1883 in North Esk. Justus was a farmer and lumberman, a successful member of the Strathadam community where they raised their 10 children.
00000075 Vol. 2 George HUBBARD 1768-1800
HUBBARD, GEORGE: born about 1768 in the USA and died 1800 at Strathadam, NB, at the age of 32 years. He married Jane Rogers on 10 October 1793 in Northumberland Co. It is believed she was born on the Southwest Miramichi and died in 1823 in North Esk Parish. George was in the “masting business” with Daniel Estey in June 1791. He petitioned for land at Strathadam on 12 March 1792, which he claimed to have occupied for the last 4 years. He is buried at The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point. Jane remarried Benjamin Appleby.
00000076 Vol. 2 William JOHNSTONE 1780-1867
JOHN’s (T) ON (E), WILLIAM: born about 1795 in Robinson, Maine and died in March 1869 at Renous. Upon coming to N.B. he married Elizabeth Newman, daughter of David and granddaughter of John Newman, a Loyalist who had served at Lot 8 along the Renous River. In the 1861 Census for Northumberland County William is described as a farmer and a lumberman. The family was Presbyterian.
00000077 Vol. 2 John JONES 1804-1866
JONES, JOHN: born circa 1804 in Camborne-Reduth, Cornwall, England. He married Elizabeth Rowe in England. She was born circa 1812 in Camborne, Cornwall, England. When John was 34 yr. old, he and his wife immigrated to Canada. They were headed for Prince Edward Island, but after a long voyage, they arrived at Chatham, NB, where their next four children were born. Shortly afterwards the family moved up to a brook flowing into the Nor’West Miramichi, which then took the name of Jones’ Brook. There he built a gristmill to serve the community, and raised their family. When John, Sr. died his sons James and John, Jr. took over the business, James managing the gristmill and John a sawmill near by. Both mills were run by waterpower from the Brook.

A popular Miramichi folk song, “The Jones Boys” was written about the family and their saw mill business. Lord Beaverbrook, when he gave the quarter-hour chimes to the University of New Brunswick in the late 1940’s, arranged for them to play the tune of “The Jones Boys” that he learned as a child when growing up in Newcastle. When a section of the Intercolonial Railway was built across the Jones property about 1870, the name of the locality became Jones’ Crossing. John died 11 July 1866 in Jones’ Crossing, NB and his wife Elizabeth died 20 July 1864 in Newcastle, NB.

Date of Arrival: 1840 from Cambourne, Cornwall, England.
00000078 Vol. 2 James KEATING 1795-after 1861
KEATING, JAMES: born about 1795 in Ireland and died after 1861, likely Newcastle, NB. He married Mary u/k in Ireland. She was born about 1801 in Ireland and died after 1861. The family emigrated from Ireland with at least one child. James and Mary were enumerated in Newcastle Parish in 1851 and 1861. James was listed as a farmer in 1851, but was sick and infirm in the 1861 census.
00000079 Vol. 2 Patrick KEATON/KEATING c1806-1883
KEATON/KEATING, PATRICK: was born about 1812 in Ireland and died October 4, 1883 in Whitney, NB. He married Margaret May Hutchison, daughter of James Hutchison and Judith Murphy, on June 13, 1844 in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Nelson, NB. She was born January 1829 in Strathadam, NB and died June 28, 1874 in Strathadam, NB. The family lived on property purchased from Alexander Mutch at Whitney, NB. There were still young children at home when Margaret died in 1874. The family was Roman Catholic; Patrick and Margaret are buried in St Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.

Date of Arrival: From Ireland in 1827 per 1851 Northumberland County Census
00000080 Vol. 2 John KENNY c1795-
KENNY, JOHN: was born about 1795 in Queens County, Ireland. He died sometime after 1871 most likely in Northumberland or Gloucester Co, NB. He applied for a New Brunswick Land Petition in 1862 for Gloucester Co. He married Anne Marie Nancy Drysdalle, daughter of William Drysdalle and Margaret Higginson, on 26 August 1832 in Tracadie, NB. She was born on 6 February 1805 in Tracadie and died 10 February 1893. Nancy, as she was known, was a legendary figure in the family lore. Placide Gaudet wrote a note on her: “Pris les papiers de son pere” meaning: she took her father’s papers. It is a reference to the Drysdale’s fortune legend. The family name was spelled “Kenna” in the first three NB Census returns. John was a farmer. The family was Catholic.

Date of Arrival: from Ireland before 1832
00000081 Vol. 2 Henry LAWLOR 1814-1906
LAWLOR, HENRY: was born 17 April 1814 in Longford Co, Ireland and died in 1906 in Newcastle, NB. He married Anne Farrell, daughter of James Farrell and Mary Mara, on 7 October 1847 in St. Patrick’s Church, Nelson, NB. She was born in July 1824 in Bartibog, NB and died before 1891 in Newcastle, NB. Both Henry and Mary are buried in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Newcastle, NB. They were living in the Red Bank area with two children in 1851 but they moved to Newcastle before 1861.

Date of Arrival: 1827 from Ireland
00000082 Vol. 2 Paul LYONS 1794-after 1874
LYONS, PAUL: born circa 1794 in Ireland, died after 1874 in NB, Can. He married Margaret Ryan in Ireland.
Date of Arrival: 1828 from Ireland
00000083 Vol. 2 Duncan MacTAVISH c1830-1883
MACTAVISH, DUNCAN: born circa 1830 in Scotland and died 9 May 1883 in North Esk Boom, NB. Parents unknown. He was a lodger in the household of Donald McTavish and wife Jane Matheson in the 1851 Census. He married Nancy McColm, daughter of James McColm and Sarah White, in North Esk Boom, NB. She was born 21 November 1834 in North Esk Boom and died 18 March 1923 in North Esk Boom. Duncan was a farmer in the North Esk Boom area. They are buried at St. Philip’s United Cemetery, Whitney.
00000084 Vol. 2 Thomas Baker MALTBY 1792-1857
MALTBY, THOMAS BAKER: born 17 June 1792 in Scarborough, York, England, and died 2 February 1857 in Newcastle, NB. He married Margaret Kirton on 11 May 1816 in Monkwearmouth Church, Sunderland, England. She was born about 1790 in England and died 9 June 1868 in Newcastle, NB.

The family sailed from River Wear, Sunderland, England to Quebec in April 1817. They were shipwrecked and picked up by another vessel bound for the Miramichi. They settled in Newcastle. Thomas and Margaret are buried in St. Paul’s Anglican Cemetery, Bushville, Chatham Parish, NB.

Date of Arrival: 1817 from River Wear, Sunderland, England.
00000085 Vol. 2 James Stephen MANDERVILLE 1841-1919
MANDERVILLE, JAMES STEPHEN: born 24 March 1841 in Campbellton, Restigouche Co, NB and died 24 September 1919 in Bryenton, NB. He married Mary Warren on 10 August 1863 in No Co. She was born 21 January 1842 in Blackville, NB and died 9 April 1922 in Bryenton, NB. From the 1891 Blackville Census he states both his parents were born in Ireland. He was a lumberman. Both James and Mary are buried at St. Peter’s Anglican Cemetery, Millerton, NB.


Date of Arrival: sometime before 1863 from Campbellton, NB.
00000086 Vol. 2 William MARTIN 1841-1919
MARTIN, WILLIAM: born about 1741 in Morayshire or Banffshire, Scotland and died 17 May 1814 in Red Bank, NB. He married Mary Ann Unknown in Scotland. She was born about 1729 in Morayshire or Banffshire, Scotland and died 9 June 1810 in Red Bank, NB. William was Red Bank’s first permanent European settler. By November 1773 he was settled, by William Davidson, on what later became Lot 14, Red Bank.

Because of the danger along the river during the American Revolutionary War, Davidson gathered most of the settlers on the Grant and took them to Maugerville on the St. John River, where they remained for six years until the war was over.

William Martin along with Angus Gillis and John Stewart remained on the Grant, as they were settled some distance from the mouth of the Miramichi. He later acquired several grants of crown land in and around Red Bank and the Meadows. In 1785 his name appears in the return of the survey done on the state of Davidson & Cort’s grant, at which time he had a household of four. William and Mary Ann are buried at The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point.

Date of arrival: November 1773 from Scotland to the Miramichi.
00000087 Vol. 2 Henry McCAFFERTY c1800-bef 1861
MCCAFFERTY, HENRY: born about 1800 in Ireland and died between 1853 and 1861 most likely in Glenelg Parish, No Co, NB. He married Mary Elizabeth Holland on 25 April 1833 in No Co, NB. She was born about 1813 in Ireland and died between 1861 and 1871. Henry’s family was the only McCafferty family enumerated in Northumberland County in the 1851 and 1861 census returns.
00000088 Vol. 2 James McCOLM 1795-1854
MCCOLM, JAMES: was born about 1795 in Ireland and died 1854 in North Esk Boom, NB. He married Sarah White on 8 October 1833 in Northumberland County. She was born about 1816 in Ireland and died after 1881 in North Esk Boom.

The surnames “McColm” and “McCullam” were used interchangeably to apply to James and his family. James tried his hand at lumbering, was a hog reeve in 1839, a ferryman in 1836 and in the 1840’s an innkeeper. The family lived in North Esk Boom, NB.
00000089 Vol. 2 George Clay MCCONNELL MCCONNELL, GEORGE CLAY: was born on the 12th of May 1801 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland Co., England, the son of Thomas McConnell and Margaret Clay. He was baptised at All Saints Church 5 July 1801, at the same city in England. In various census records George was listed with different occupations: Engineer of steamboat, miner, labourer and lighthouse keeper.

George died of a heart attack 29 Oct. 1876 at Miscou Point Lighthouse, 20 years from the time he started. He was 75 years of age. The Saint John newspaper “Daily News,” 3 Nov. 1876 issue stated he was found by the roadside. No record of his internment is known.

He had married Ludiwina Dempster, daughter of Walter Dempster and Janet Lorimer in Duntocher, England/Scotland. She was baptised 1 September 1805 at Thornhill, Scotland. She passed away 6 February 1870, age 65, according to the Union Advocate of Chatham, NB. When and why George and Ludivina decided to immigrate to North America and particularly to Nova Scotia is not known.
00000090 Vol. 2 Robert McCOSH MCCOSH, ROBERT: born c 1793, in Ayrshire, Scotland. Family tradition suggests that he arrived in New Brunswick about 1820 as a shipbuilder with Gilmour, Rankin and Co. Robert married Catherine Taylor, the daughter of Robert Taylor and Margaret MacLain on 26 November 1822 in Newcastle. They were both listed as residents of Newcastle at that time. Headstones in St. James & St John Cemetery in Newcastle State that Robert died 21 May 1868, age 75, and his wife Catherine died 6 January 1863, age 62.
00000091 Vol. 2 John McEACHERN MCEACHERN, JOHN: John was born in Scotland abt. 1784, and was 22 years of age when they left Tobeumory. Son of Donald and Sarah McEachern. July 1806 the family boarded the Brig “Humphreys” with their worldly possessions and left Scotland forever, bound for the New World, arriving in Charlottetown, PEI. In 1821, John became a Branch Pilot on the Miramichi River.

John, passing in 1879 at 94 or 95 years of age is buried, presumably in the old St. Andrew’s Cemetery at the north end of St. Andrew’s Street at Water Street. A headstone for him has not been found, but as was the custom at a later time, his marker may have become a step for someone’s house “on the hill” at Chatham.

Nancy (Ann) MacDougald became his wife 27 January 1812 as recorded at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Charlottetown. John was 28 when he married. Nancy was very young, perhaps 18 or 19 at the time of their union. It is believed she is the niece of Bishop Angus Bernard McEachern.

The loss of another son and two young grandsons in the McEachern Storm on 23 of August may have been too much for Nancy, as she passed away some three weeks later, on 12 September 1873. at age 79. Buried at St. Michael’s in Chatham directly behind the church in the older part of the cemetery. Her headstone is still legible.

John was a staunch Presbyterian all his life, while Nancy was equally committed to the Roman Catholic Church. Their son, Donald was raised as a Presbyterian, while the other eleven children across some 23 years went to the Roman Catholic Church.
Why did John and Nancy with family leave PEI and why did they go to the Miramichi in New Brunswick?

Bob McDonald feels they left because they owed money and had no alternative but to leave. No doubt this was part of the problem. Note that between 1808 and perhaps 1817, life for John and Nancy was normal. No lawsuits, etc. something changed for them and I suspect it had to do with religion and perhaps the passing of Sarah McEachern Sr.

Apparently, John did not receive the grant of land he applied for, so must have lived in or near EscuminacVillage. Mrs. D.A. MacDonald Sr. of Black River Bridge, in one of her letters enclosed a note from Thomas Lewis that the house John McEachern lived in was bought by his Uncle Mr. John Lewis. John McEachern in 1848, now 64 years of age, bought a farm for 95£ in Auburnille on the Little Branch of the Bay Du Vin River from his son-in-law John McDonald Jr.

The entry in the church records for St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Chatham, reads, ”a faithful member of his church, but sorely tried.”

Bernetta McEachern, my cousin, explained this church record entry as follows. Apparently, John would steal Nancy’s beads so she would not be able to say her prayers. Sometimes she would tie knots in lengths of string so she could say her beads. Sixty-one years of marriage and twelve children did not change either in their beliefs.

Date of Arrival: To the Chatham area about 1819.
00000093 Vol. 2 David McKAY MCKAY, DAVID: was born 11 May 1809 in Balnabruach, Scotland and died in Newcastle, NB. He married a Miss Huntingdon in the Parish of Tarbet, Scotland.
00000094 Vol. 2 Donald McKAY MCKAY, DONALD, ESQ: born c 1786, Nashwaak River, York Co, NB, the 2nd son of Robert McKay, Jr., formerly of the 42nd Highlanders, and Barbara McCloud. He married Zilpha Rogers, daughter of Edward Rogers and Jane Whitney on 9 August 1815 in North Esk, NB. She was born 29 October 1797 in North Esk and died on 19 December 1891, Eureka, CA, at the age of 94 years, some 30 years after Donald’s death on 18 February 1861 in North Esk. Donald is buried in St. James UC Cemetery, Newcastle, and Zilpha is buried in Myrtle Grove Cemetery, Eureka, CA.

Donald settled on the property down river, next to his brother George in 1810. This property had formerly been part of the Eel Ground Indian Reserve. A number of documents exist concerning the ownership of it, the earliest of which, is a deed dated 1813 from Andrew Julian, “King of the Micmac’s” to Donald McKay. The property was a valuable one to a lumberman, because the logs could be boomed in the large sheltered cove at the front of it, the cove known in the late 18th century as Caul’s Cove, and throughout the 19th century as McKay’s Cove.

Donald prospered in the lumber business and also became a prominent public figure in North Esk. As well as filling numerous minor offices, he occupied the following positions at various times form 1812 onward; Trustee of Schools, Overseer of the Poor, Talisman and Grand Juror of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Surveyor of Lumber, Boom Master, and Justice of the Peace. He was the longest serving Boom Master and Justice of the Peace before 1850 and for quite a number of years the only North Esk Justice of the Peace. He was also one of the Northwesters to own the schooner “Huldah”, which he and his brother Robert launched in 1829.

McKay’s unique standing in the Northwest community was signified by the fact that he was sometimes referred to as Squire McKay. He was an officer in the Militia from an early date and was promoted to the rank of Captain in the 2nd Battalion of Northumberland Militia in 1825. He still held this rank in 1850. He was Director of the Northumberland Agricultural Society in 1851 and a Director of the Highland Society in 1953.
00000095 Vol. 2 George McKAY MCKAY, GEORGE: born 13 February 1809 in Scotland and died 19 November 1892 in South Nelson, NB. He married Margaret R. Robertson, daughter of Patrick Robertson and Margaret Crighton, on 18 August 1833 in Scotland. She was born 3 August 1809 in Scotland and died 18 October 1887 in South Nelson, NB. George was a carpenter on Beaubear’s Island in his early years on the river. (See First Families Vol. 1, Pg. 115.) George and Margaret are buried in St. James United Cemetery, Nelson, NB.
00000096 Vol. 2 Hugh McKAY MCKAY, HUGH, born c 1788, St. Mary’s Parish, York Co, NB, the 3rd son of Robert McKay, Jr., formerly of the 42nd Highlanders and Barbara McCloud. He married Elizabeth Beckwith, daughter of Ichabod Beckwith and Susannah Whitney, about 1810 in NB. Hugh was not especially successful in business or significantly involved in local affairs. He died 18 February 1840 in Newcastle, NB in his mid 50’s.
00000097 Vol. 2 Robert McKAY MCKAY, ROBERT: born 1791, Nashwaak, York Co, NB, the 4th son of Robert McKay, Jr., formerly of the 42nd Highlanders, and Barbara (McCloud). He married Eleanor (Alice) Parrett on 14 June 1820, Strathadam, NB. She was born c 1796, Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, died 30 August 1882 at the age of 91, Strathadam.

He preceded his wife, dying between 1865 and 1869 in Strathadam. Robert raised his family at Strathadam on the farm. He was a Constable in 1812 and Surveyor of Lumber for a number of terms in the 1820’s 30’s and 40’s, otherwise he was not a public figure.
00000098 Vol. 2 Michael McKENDRICK MCKENDRICK, MICHAEL: born about 1796 in PEI and died 15 December 1870 most likely in the Red Bank area. He married 1st Louisa Estey on 2 November 1820 in No Co, NB. The daughter of Daniel Estey and Louisa Crowe, she was born in South Esk Parish and died about 1846. He married 2nd Mary White on 13 December 1848 in No Co, NB. She was born about 1803 in County Down, Ireland and died 5 February 1874 in Red Bank Area. Michael was very active in the community, holding a number of parish offices.

He was a successful lumberman and during the 1840’s he acquired most of the assets of the former lumber business of John Cuppage at Red Bank. He was Red Bank’s first postmaster, serving in that position from 5 January 1854 until 1870 when he died. It is believed he is buried in St. Stephen’s United (former Presbyterian) Cemetery, Red Bank, NB as there are records of him calling for tenders in July 1853, to finish the gallery of the new Presbyterian Church that was being built in Red Bank. All the children listed below are children of Michael and Louisa.

Submitted by: Loran & Barb McKay
00000099 Vol. 2 John McKENZIE McKENZIE, JOHN; was born c.1783 somewhere in Scotland. There is no evidence that he was related to any of the other McKenzie families that settled on the Miramichi in the early to mid 19th century. He married Ellen McCullum /McCullam c. 1812 in Newcastle. She was almost certainly the daughter of Henry McCullum, whose Lot #2 in Newcastle, stretching from the present day Morrisey Bridge back beyond the railway tracks, encompassed much of what was once known as the Town of Newcastle.

John himself acquired Lot # 5 in Newcastle and lived on it for the remainder of his life, but because he became involved in numerous land, mortgage and remortgage transactions, at which he proved quite unsuccessful, his ownership of the lot had, by the time his life ended, been pared down to a few acres from the original 150. He died sometime after August 1859.

By profession, he was a “cooper”, a barrel maker, a profession common at the time when most commodities were shipped in barrels. His wife, Ellen, born c.1796 in Newcastle, had died c.1831 in Newcastle.

John and Ellen had 5 or more children. There is documentary proof of the parentage of 3 of them (Ellen, Thomas and Hannah). There is more than enough circumstantial evidence to demonstrate with virtual certainty that Anne & William were their children as well, even though no vital records have been found the sixth child. Elizabeth, can only be labelled as a possible daughter of John & Ellen McKenzie.
00000100 Vol. 2 Gregor McKINNON MCKINNON, GREGOR: born most likely in the USA, as it is noted that he was a former Sergeant in the North Carolina Volunteers who moved from Keswick to the Glenelg Parish in Northumberland County, NB. There he married Jane Sharp, widow of William Sharp, who was a Veteran of the Queen’s Rangers in the Revolutionary War. Jane outlived her second husband and was granted a pension as a widow of a former soldier of the Revolution.
00000101 Vol. 2 Alexander McLEAN MCLEAN, ALEXANDER: born u/k, died after 1835. He married Elspeth Stuart/Stewart on 22 July 1801 in Northumberland County, NB. She is believed to be the daughter of John Stuart & Elizabeth Brown. The family lived on residential property at Cassilis, and Alexander also acquired land at Wildcat Brook, in association with Roderick McDonald and Donald Ross. Alexander and William have been included in this family on the basis of circumstantial evidence only. A baptism for Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Alexander and Elspeth was found St. Thomas RC Church, Red Bank, NB.
00000102 Vol. 2 Hector McLEAN MCLEAN, HECTOR: Hector was a son of Hector McLean Sr., born 1821 in PEI, his parents having emigrated in 1808 from the Isle of Mull, Scotland. His mother was Mary McGrath b. 1829 in Chatham. Hector & Mary married in Bathurst in 1852, and lived in Dalhousie for about 20 years. Hector was born in Dalhousie on December 14, 1859 and died February 13, 1941 in Newcastle. He married Ellen Barry, daughter of James Barry & Julia Dennis on August 10, 1882, at St Mary's Catholic Church, Newcastle. Hector & Ellen lived in Bridgetown, near Newcastle.
00000103 Vol. 2 William Allen McLEAN MCLEAN, WILLIAM ALLEN: was born 1819 in Guysborough, NS and died 20 October 1899 in Whitney, NB. He married Margaret Sloane on 23 December 1852 in North Esk, NB. She was born 1837 in Nova Scotia and died 19 October 1892 in Whitney, NB.

According to family tradition William’s ancestor (possibly grandfather was a retired sea captain known as Sea Wolf who came to Pictou, NS from the Firth of Mull. After marrying, William and Margaret settled in Allison’s Settlement, North Esk Parish, and there they raised their family. They are buried in St. Philip’s UC Cemetery in Whitney.
00000104 Vol. 2 Dugald McPHEE MCPHEE, DUGALD: born about 1792 in PEI and died after 1861. He married Mary Sutherland, daughter of George Sutherland and Ann Stewart, on 25 January 1820 in Northumberland County. She was born about 1799 and died after 1861. The family owned residential property in 1822 but this was sold in 1824 when they moved to Nova Scotia. They remained there until 1859, when they returned to live for a time at Red Bank, before moving away again in 1871. Dugald was a lumberman and parish surveyor of lumber in the early 1820’s.
00000105 Vol. 2 Travis McTAVISH MCTAVISH, TAVIS: born about 1785 in Inverness-shire, Scotland and died 25 April 1860 in No Co. He married Ann McDonald 1 July 1817 in No Co. She was born about 1788 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died 1882 in No Co. They made their home in South Esk Parish. They are both buried in St. James & St. John UC Cemetery, Newcastle.
00000106 Vol. 2 Michael MEAGHER/MAHER/MAHAR MEAGHER/MAHER/MAHAR, MICHAEL: born circa 1786 in Ireland, entered the colony with his wife Mary Kennedy, and family of at least four. He was listed in the 1851 Census as a Roman Catholic, and a School Master. He had farm property at Barnaby River but also lived in Chatham, probably later in life. According to their headstone in St. Michael’s RC Cemetery, Old Section, Chatham, Michael died 2 October 1868, age 82, and his wife Mary Kennedy died 17 July 1892, age 88. Many of his children, in the early 1900’s, moved to Bangor and/or Brewer, ME, USA.
00000107 Vol. 2 John MENZIES MENZIES, JOHN: born 15 June 1797 in James Town, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfrieshire, Scotland and died 27 April 1864 in North Esk, NB. He married Mary Ann Forsyth on 19 May 1831 in St. James Presbyterian Church, Newcastle, NB. She was the daughter of Robert Forsyth and Jean/Jane Martin. She was born about 1812 in New Brunswick and died 12 January 1884 in North Esk, NB. After their marriage they settled in South Esk and remained there until 1836, when he purchased a lot from John Kenny in Whitney and the family moved. The name is still prevalent in the area today. There is a headstone for John in St. Stephen’s United (former Presbyterian) Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
00000108 Vol. 2 Charles MORRIS MORRIS, CHARLES: born 1822, died before 1901, the son of Charles and Frances (Jarvis) Morris, Sr. arrived on the Miramichi with his twin brother, William Morris (1822-1901) and older brother John (1811 – u/k). Charles married Sarah Gunn on 10 November 1845 at St. Mary’s Chapel, Chatham, NB, by Rev. Samuel Bacon. The daughter of Benjamin and Esther (Parsons) Gunn, Sarah was born in 1825 and died 3 April 1918, in Chatham, NB. Charles and Sarah were living in Chatham with their two youngest daughters in 1881. In 1901 Sarah was a widow, and living with her son in law David Carruthers and family in Fredericton.
00000109 Vol. 2 John MURDOCK MURDOCH, JOHN: born in 1735, died 11 January 1797, aged 62 years. He married Janet Malcom. She was born in 1742 and died 9 September 1827, aged 60 years.
00000110 Vol. 2 John MURPHY MURPHY, JOHN; was born about 1789 in Ireland. Records indicate that he and his brother Patrick immigrated together about 1818, and for 15 years lived as bachelor farmers on the west side of the North West Miramichi near Johnston’s Bridge in Sunny Corner. On February 15, 1833, John married Mary Quigley. Patrick continued to share the household after John’s marriage and, in fact, to head it for several years following John's death on November 18, 1857. Mary was born c 1808 in Ireland. She outlived John by almost 40 years, until February 29, 1896.
00000111 Vol. 2 Luke MURPHY MURPHY, LUKE: born 22 June 1798, Wexford Co, Ireland, died 19 July 1895 Eagle Point, Chippewa, WI, USA. He married Elizabeth Fraser on 27 July 1840 in Neguac, Northumberland Co, NB. She was born in 1808 in NB, Can, and died 12 January 1895 at Eagle Point, Chippewa, WI.
00000112 Vol. 2 Marcus MURPHY MURPHY, MARCUS: Marcus (Mark) was born in Ireland about 1801. He made the voyage to Canada as a young man. He married Mary Synnott on 24 January 1830. The marriage was performed by Father Dollard and witnessed by James Murphy and Margaret Deake. Mary was also born in Ireland about 1810 and came to this country in 1826. Among Nowlan Settlement’s earliest settlers, they established a farm and raised their family there.
00000113 Vol. 2 Martin MURPHY MURPHY, MARTIN M: born circa 1808 in Tipperary, Ireland, died after 1871. He married 1st Mary u/k in Ireland, born circa 1810 in Ireland, believed to have died enroute to Canada, 2nd Catherine Kennedy circa 1836 in St. Patrick’s RC Church, Nelson, NB. She was born circa 1817 in either Ireland or Newfoundland, came to New Brunswick around 1836, and died after 1871. Martin was a farmer & a labourer. They were Roman Catholic.
00000114 Vol. 2 James MURRAY MURRAY, JAMES: born 1803 in Ireland and died 11 January 1891 in Chaplin Island Road, Newcastle, NB. He married Catherine Farrell, daughter of Edward Farrell and Catherine Cline, on 18 November 1840 in St. Patrick’s RC Church, Nelson, NB. She was born 10 March 1823 in Ireland and died 23 March 1906 in Chaplin Island Road, Newcastle, NB. Catherine arrived in Canada with her parents in 1826. James and Catherine are buried in St. Mary’s (Old) Catholic Cemetery, Newcastle, NB.
00000115 Vol. 2 Michael O'BRIEN O’BRIEN, MICHAEL: born 1813 in Newton Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland and died 1907 in Stillwater, MN, US. He married Mary Casey on 7 April 1842 in Northumberland County, NB. The daughter of James Casey and Margaret Tobin, she was born 1816 (possibly) in PEI, Can. and died 8 December 1882 in Stillwater, MN, USA. Michael was on the ship “Hannah” (or Harriet) which sank off PEI.

In the 1830’s and 1840’s Michael owned substantial property at Halcomb and there the family lived until about 1848 when they moved to Maine, USA. In 1853 there were living in Stillwater, MN, USA. Michael and Mary are buried in Stillwater, MN.
00000116 Vol. 2 Patrick O'BRIEN O’BRIEN, PATRICK: born before 1816 in Newton Stewart, County Tyrone, Ireland and died after 1849. He married Bridget Dorrington on 7 July 1845 in Northumberland County. The daughter of Michael Dorrington and Catherine Grady, she was born about 1816 and died after 1845. Patrick came from Ireland on the ship “Hannah” (or Harriet) which sank off Prince Edward Island. Patrick and his brother Michael eventually made their way to NB and settled on the Little South West Miramichi at Halcomb.
00000117 Vol. 2 James Francis O'DONNELL O’DONNELL, JAMES FRANCIS: born c 1794 Ireland and immigrated to NB in 1823. Ellen (Eleanor) Reilly, born c 1805, emigrated in 1826. Their marriage was performed 14 March 1828 by Father Dollard, of the South Nelson mission with a dispensation of banns. James Francis O'Donnell had settled at Barnaby River, petitioned for 120 acres of land on 10 February 1832, and finalized the sale on 14 April 1840 for $115.00.

They lived at the homestead in Barnaby River throughout their entire lives. James Francis died between 1861-1871. Ellen passed away between 1881-1891; both are probably buried at Malcolm Cemetery, St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, Nelson-Miramichi, although no records have been located.
00000118 Vol. 2 Henry OLDFIELD OLDFIELD, HENRY: born about 1800 in Ireland and died 25 December 1879, Sevogle, NB area. He married Anne Lacey 16 June 1830 by Father Wm. Dollard, the missionary priest at Nelson, NB. Anne was born about 1805 and died 30 November 1871 in Sevogle area. Henry settled on the Indian Reserve at Sevogle Meadows and became a prosperous farmer, cultivating two islands and a point of land at the mouth of the Big Sevogle River. Henry and Anne are buried at St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
00000119 Vol. 2 Jeremiah O'SHEA O’SHEA, JEREMIAH, I: was born about 1803 in County Cork, Ireland and died 9 November 1886 in North Esk, NB. He married Catherine O’Sullivan, before 1830 in Ireland. She was born about 1810 in County Cork, Ireland and died 4 May 1894 in North Esk, NB. Jeremiah was a farmer and a shingle maker. The family settled at Trout Brook. Jeremiah and Catherine are buried in St. Thomas RC Cemetery, Red Bank, NB.
00000120 Vol. 2 John PALLEN PALLEN, JOHN: was born in 1912 in London, England, the son of William Pallen and Elizabeth Skym. He arrived on the Miramichi with his father’s family (a brother and four sisters) in 1820. He returned to England about 1832 to study medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, graduating in 1835 and joining the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In 1835 he came to Bathurst, NB where his parents were living. After two years, in 1837, he relocated to Chatham.

He practised medicine in Chatham for 60 years, until his death in 1895. He also established a drug store, which was located in the “Flat Iron Building” at the corner of Water St and George St. It is reported that he held his office and surgery there. He also owned the “Pallen Stone Building” on George St. After his death, his son Herbert ran a drug store there. John is buried in St. John’s Cemetery, Chatham, NB.

John married Emily Harris, the “eldest daughter of J. Harris, late of Dorchester, England”. She was born about 1824 and died 6 August 1866 at the age of 42 years.
00000121 Vol. 2 Samuel PAYNE PAYNE, SAMUEL: was born about 1800 in Ireland and died after 1871 at Red Bank, NB. He married Sarah Ealey on 25 October 1827 in Newcastle. She was born about 1801 in Ireland and died possibly at Red Bank, NB.

By 1847 Samuel and Sarah were living on Lot 25 South, the property being given to him by the Indians in 1838. These acres were part of the site of “Indian Gardens” which had been under cultivation before William Davidson’s arrival in the 1770’s. Samuel held minor Parish offices over the years.
00000122 Vol. 2 George PEABODY PEABODY, GEORGE: born 1778 in Maugerville, NB and died December 1852. He married Sarah Sherwood, daughter of Stephen Sherwood, Sr., in Northumberland County. Sarah was a member of the North Esk Baptist Church, although she resided on the South West Miramichi in 1823.
00000123 Vol. 2 David PETRIE PETRIE, DAVID: born 4 May 1839 in St. Cyrus, Kincardine, Scotland and died 12 October 1919 in Northumberland County, NB. He married Mary Ann Smallwood, possibly in PEI, Can. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Smallwood, Mary Ann was born 3 September 1842 in PEI and died 9 April 1922 in Northumberland County. David and Mary Ann are buried in Maple Glen United Cemetery, Maple Glen, NB.
00000124 Vol. 2 Herbert Edward PHAIR/FAIR 1864-1946
PHAIR/FAIR, HERBERT EDWARD: was born 31 January 1864 in England and died 3 December 1946. He married Rebecca Hosford before 1883 in Northumberland County. The daughter of Jonathan Hosford and Mary Copp, she was born 31 December 1856 in Trout Brook, NB and died in 1955. They farmed in the Sevogle area. Herbert and Rebecca are buried in Wesley United (Methodist) Cemetery, Trout Brook, NB.
00000125 Vol. 2 Thomas Walter PRICE `749-1817
PRICE, THOMAS “WALTER”: born 1749 in Llanarthyerey Parish, Wales and died 1817 in New Brunswick. He married Mary Woods, a cousin, on 24 September 1772 in Wales. She was born 1754 in Laughame, Wales. Rev. Walter Price was a minister with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, coming from Devonshire England to St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada in 1784.

While he was at the St. John’s Church in St. Johns, NF he arranged for a silver patten and chalice to be provided from England. This silver was on display at the Newfoundland Arts Centre in 1997 and now is most probably at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, which was built on the site of that church.

In 1790 Rev. Price moved his family to New Brunswick, settling near Durham Bridge, Parish of St. Mary’s, near Fredericton. He petitioned for land in Ludlow in 1805 as his sons had already moved there, and he was a member of the Legislature of New Brunswick. Walter died of Typhoid Fever in 1817. It is believed he is buried in Nashwaak or St. Mary’s, York Co, NB.
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