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The exact date of his arrival at Maugerville is uncertain, but it was probably not long before the 16th December, 1780, when as we learn from old Sunbury County records he purchased half of lot No. 78 in Upper Maugerville from Joseph Dunphy for £100. Nehemiah Beckwith is described in the deed of conveyance as "late of Cornwallis but now of Maugerville, Trader." Mr.
In the course of time branches of the company's business seem to have been established at convenient centres up the river, and their account books contain the invoices of goods shipped to Peter Carr, who lived just below Gagetown, to Jabez Nevers of Maugerville, and to Benjamin Atherton at St. Ann's Point.
Alline spent some weeks in the township, preaching often and visiting the people. By his advice they renewed their church covenant in the form following: "Maugerville, June ye 17, year 1779.
In the survey Richard Simonds acted as chain bearer and James Simonds, who was one of the patentees of the township, also assisted, receiving the sum of £40 for his services. The first published account of the founding of the Maugerville settlement is that of Peter Fisher, printed by Chubb & Sears at St. John in 1825, and a very readable account it is as the extracts that follow will show. John.
A grist and saw-mill had been built and two sloops were owned by the settlers. Some attempt had also been made at raising flax and hemp. The settlement at Maugerville was visited by Hon. Charles Morris, the surveyor general of Nova Scotia, in 1767, and it is not improbable the census taken by order of Lieut. Governor Franklin was made under his supervision. Mr.
In the early days of Maugerville it was quite a common occurrence for an intending settler to leave his family in New England till he had succeeded in making a small clearing and had built a log house for their accommodation, and a hovel for such domestic animals as he chose to bring with him.
In spite of Goold's tact and diplomacy there were a few irreconcilables, and on the 19th of May he wrote from Maugerville to Major Studholme, who had remained with the troops at the mouth of the river: "As notwithstanding every measure which I have taken to reclaim some of the principal people concerned in the late defection, amounting to rebellion, on this river has proved fruitless, and they still continue obstinately bent on quitting their houses and families rather than submit to his Majesty's gracious offers of clemency, I think it my duty to give you their names Seth Noble, Elisha Nevers, Jacob Barker that you may act upon the occasion agreeable to the orders you may have received from Major General Massey."
Given under my hand at Fort Howe this third day of July, 1781. The civil authority at this period was vested in the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Sunbury, which used to meet regularly at Maugerville, and of which James Simonds, James White, Israel Perley, Gervas Say and Jacob Barker, Esquires, were members. One of the notices issued by order of the court was as follows:
Edward Coy was one of the original grantees of Maugerville, his lot being opposite the head of Gilbert's Island, but for some years he lived at Gagetown, where his daughter Mary was born in 1771. This daughter published in 1849 a narrative of her life and christian experience, including extracts from her diary and correspondence during a period of upwards of sixty years.
He returned to England in 1761, became agent there for the Province of Nova Scotia and held a seat in Parliament. For months the settlers of Maugerville remained in a state of suspense and in much anxiety as to the fate of their memorial. They were naturally greatly relieved when the order of the King in Council arrived confirming them in possession of the lands they had settled.
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