Old Settlers of Shelburne County

“OLD  SETTLERS’  LIST”

[Compiled by Joan Harris Crise]
Credit: Shelburne County Genealogical Newsletter

There have been settlers in the vicinity of the present town of Shelburne since the time of Charles de la Tour, the earliest families known were French, but this list is concerned with those families that were existing in that area, mostly between the towns of Barrington and Liverpool, when the Loyalists arrived in Port Roseway in the spring of 1783. Some of these people were originally Barrington settlers, others were Scotch Irish, part of the McNutt settlement, most of the remainder were from New England, The Loyalists named them “Old Settlers”.

ALLEN, LEWIS – Jones Harbour

ARNOLD BENJAMIN – Little Harbour

ATWOOD, JESSE – Ragged Islands

BENNING, GILBERT – Western Head

BERRY, EBENEZER – Berry’s Point, near Jordan Bay

BUSH, HENRY – west of Port Roseway, along the shore

BUSH, LEMUEL – Port Roseway area

CALDWELL, ELIZABETH Widow – west side of harbour

CATON, JOHN – Jones Harbour

CHURCHILL, JOSIAH – Ragged Islands

COLBY, JOHN – Sable River

COLMAN, CHRISTOPHER – East Ragged Islands

COLVILLE, JAMES – south west side of Round Bay

CRAIG, JOHN – Sable River

CROWELL, ANSEL – near Round Bay

CROWELL, ARCHELAUS – near Round Bay

CROWELL, MOSES – Roseway

CROWELL (CROW), JOSHUA – Sable River

DEMINGS, ANTHONY – Carleton Village

DEXTER, JESSE – Roseway

DICKSON, ROBERT – Sable River

DISBROW, ROGER – Sable Road

DOANE, ASA – Roseway – Round Bay area

DOANE, ELEAZOR – Carleton Village

DOANE, ISRAEL – Little River, Tusket

DOANE, NATHAN – west side of Round Bay

DOTY, THOMAS – Round Bay, Roseway area

EDWARDS, SIMEON – Round Bay

FRUDE, PETER – Jones Harbour

GIFFIN, WIDOW – Sable River

GILFILLAN, ANN – south west side of Round Bay

GODFREY, ENOCH – Litle Harbour

GREENWOOD, WILLIAM – west of Port Roseway along shore

HARDY, JOSEPH – Eastern shores

HARRISON, SAMUEL – Green Harbour near East Brook

HAYDEN, THOMAS – East Ragged Islands – Pleasant Point

HEATER, JOHN – Little River Tusket

HEATHER, JOHN – Little River Tusket

HEWITT, HERCULES, SR. – Green Harbour

HEWITT, HERCULES, JR. – Green Harbour

HOPKINS, JOHN – Eastern shores

HUSKINS, JOB – Green Harbour

HUSKINS, JOHN – Green harbour

HUSKINS, JOSEPH – Green Harbour

JONES, JACOB – Sable River

KENNY, NATHAN – Little River Tusket

KING, ISAAC – Cape Negro

KIRBY, BENJAMIN – east of Round Bay

LATHAM, JOHN – Sable River

LEWIS, JOHN – Port L’Hebert

LOCKE, JACOB – East side of Berry’s Point, near Jordan Bay

LOCKE, JONATHAN, JR. – Ragged Islands

LOCKE, JONATHAN,  SR. – Ragged Islands

MARTIN, CAPTAIN – Ragged Islands

MATHEWS, DANIEL – East Ragged Islands

MATTHEWS, JOHN – East Ragged Islands – Osborne

McMILLAN, DUNCAN – Sable River

McNUTT, COLONEL ALEXANDER – McNutt’s Island

McNUTT, ARTHUR – east of Round Bay

McNUTT, BENJAMIN – north side of McNutt’s Island

McNUTT, FRANCIS – Roseway and west side of Jordan River

McNUTT, JOSEPH – Port Roseway

McNUTT, MARTIN – east side of Jordan Bay

McNUTT, WIDOW – east of Round Bay, near Carleton Village

MILLS, JOSEPH – Sable River

NICKERSON, DANIEL – Little River, Tusket

NICKERSON, JESSE – Crane’s Point, Round Bay

NICKERSON, LOT – Jones Harbour

PIERCE, THOMAS – Sable River

PORTERFIELD, WILLIAM – North West Harbour, later Sable River

PRIDE, IRA – Sable River

PRIDE, WILLIAM – Sable River

RIDER, JOHN – Jones Harbour

RUDE, JACOB – Jones Harbour

SMALLWOOD, BRYAN – Gunning Cove

SMITH, ELISHA – Cape Negro

SMITH, JOSEPH – West of Port Roseway along shore

SMITH, THEODORE – Cape Negro

SNOW, JOSHUA – Round Bay

SNOW, PRINCE – Jones Harbour

SPINNEY, JOHN – Cape Negro

TURPIN, MICHAEL – Eastern shores

WOOD, DAVID – East side of Round Bay, Point Carleton

WRIGHT, GILBERT – Sable River

Hope the five lists supply answers for many.

Muriel M. Davidson.