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from The Historical Posterity of William Black by Cyrus Black 1811-1900: "In the 1750s and '60s there were rich agricultural districts in the provinces (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, not provinces then but part of British North America) untenanted in consequence of the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia in the year 1755. An unbroken stillness had for several years reigned over the ruins which showed the sites of the former dwellings of those expelled.Michael Franklin, who at that time was Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, engaged several families to emigrate from Yorkshire, England, to Nova Scotia in the year 1772. These people arrived in Cumberland on the 21st May, having been detained a few weeks in Halifax. Others came in 1773 and in 1774 from the same place and settled in different parts at the head of the Bay of Fundy. The several families who came from Yorkshire bore the following names;--Dixon, Wells, Trueman, Weldon, Bowser, Chapman, Freeze, Ripley, Shipley, Fawcett, Keillor, Trenholm, Read, Donkin, Oxley, Smith, Atkinson, Dobson, Pipes, Anderson, Harrison, Johnson, Robinson, Lusby, Foster, and others, whose numerous descendants are spread over the land to which their fathers emigrated. Most of these families are too well known to require any eulogy from the writer; suffice it to say they have become household names through the country, and are generally esteemed for their sobriety, industry, and religious principles. Let it be remembered that those who now, in the year 1882, are accounted old men, are the grandchildren of those emigrants from Yorkshire." To view a list of the original settlers included here, search for "Settlers" as a surname.
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| Submitter: | Marty Lund (click to view profile) |
| Number of Individuals: | 19552 |
| Most Popular Surnames: | Chapman 3%, Smith 3%, Estabrooks 2%, Allen 2%, Hicks 1% |
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| Last Updated: | October 10, 2008 at 17:11:31 |
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