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I am looking for more info on this man. (His parents) John P. Dahlgren, the first Dahlgren to live here, resided on Brier Island before coming to Weymouth where he married Elizabeth Payson; daughter of Nathaniel, sister to James. John P. died at the age of 76 (November 03, 1858.)

John born 1782, was a native of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was sailing to Italy, during Napoleonic Wars, with a cargo of grapes when he was made prisoner and taken to France. After the war, he was sent to Halifax. Mr. Dahlgren was a charter member of the Columbia Division, No. 24. The Dahlgrens and the Paysons gave some of their lands to have a church built. The old cemetery is still there, however the church burned. The Dahlgren house has a worship space upstairs used by the family in those days. These families are mostly people who worshipped at St. Thomas Church.

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