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THE DIARY OF SIMEON PERKINS<\/span><\/strong>
\n(Extracts)<\/strong><\/p>\n

By<\/em> Muriel M. Farquhar Davidson<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 The following “Extracts” are a\u00a0 combination of\u00a0 research by Lt.Col. Robert Ford Kirkpatrick, USAF (Ret’d)\u00a0 with\u00a0 1992\u00a0 research\u00a0 by\u00a0 above writer. The original entries will be marked by\u00a0 **\u00a0 preceding the date and form of writing has been matched to the diary and original copy. \u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 genealogical\u00a0 data\u00a0 in\u00a0 THE DIARY OF SIMEON\u00a0 PERKINS\u00a0 is\u00a0 very valuable, contains much of the history of the\u00a0 Proprietors who founded the\u00a0 Township of\u00a0 Liverpool,\u00a0 Nova\u00a0 Scotia in 1759.\u00a0 Readers\u00a0 will\u00a0 be familiar with many of the surnames listed in the\u00a0 entries, descendants of the first\u00a0 families\u00a0 of the Township of Liverpool\u00a0 and nearby areas still reside there, but often the surname spelling has changed.
\nThe original books,\u00a0 contained in\u00a0 Volumes I,\u00a0 II,\u00a0 III,\u00a0 IV and V, list many of the schooners and other forms of shipping\u00a0 plus extensive data of weather, tides, encountered hardships and a verbal\u00a0 picture of life in the early days as found\u00a0 by the Proprietors of the Township of Liverpool. Readers are grateful these records were kept.<\/p>\n

Volume III<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The following genealogical extracts, as prepared by Lt.Col.\u00a0 Robert Ford Kirkpatrick,\u00a0 are\u00a0 included — Volume III\u00a0 was\u00a0 not available\u00a0 for\u00a0 any\u00a0 additions.<\/p>\n

1790<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

** 1 Jan\u00a0 Fri\u00a0\u00a0 : My wife * * was delivered of a dau. 12 o’clock noon.
\n**16 Apr\u00a0 Fri.\u00a0 : Old Isaac\u00a0 Tinkham,\u00a0 maintained by the Town for some
\nyears, died suddenly, last night. ** 4 May\u00a0 Tues\u00a0 : On\u00a0 Saturday,\u00a0 the 1st inst.\u00a0 Rebecka,\u00a0 wife of John McAlpine,\u00a0 departed\u00a0 this\u00a0 life.\u00a0 Sick a\u00a0 long\u00a0 time.\u00a0 Made\u00a0 use\u00a0 of a surprising quantity of opium.\u00a0 Buryed yesterday. John Luin, some years in poor state, had several fitts,\u00a0 etc.,\u00a0 left alone,\u00a0 attempted to go into his sail loft & fell down in the loft where\u00a0 found\u00a0 dead.\u00a0 Buryed this day. ** 9 May\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Joseph Bangs, Junr., published to Dorcas Briggs. **14 May\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Dr. A. Timothy Miller,\u00a0 who\u00a0 resided\u00a0 here since last October, * * has quitted this place.\u00a0 Disgusted\u00a0 with\u00a0 some people who refuse to pay him for enoculations * *. ** 2 June Wed\u00a0 : Stephen Snow’s wife delivered of a girl. ** 3 June Thur : About 9 o’clock, I understand Mrs. Bangs (Joseph) is dead. I am desired to attend the funeral as a pall bearer to-morrow at 5 PM. ** 4 June Fri\u00a0 : Mrs. Bangs’ funeral is attended. I am a pall holder. **11 June Fri\u00a0 : I hear from Port Medway, that the wife and child of Joseph Foster and d.o. Stephen Morine, last night accidentally drowned. There was another daughter of Morine’s in the boat who was saved. Women were in a skiff boat and run upon a rock called Ruff’s Point.
\n**13 Aug\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Doc. Kendrick of Shelbourne arrived here with his
\nfamily, last evening. He is preparing to go into the house of Capt.
\nJoseph Freeman. **27 Sept Mon\u00a0 : Capt. Josiah Godfrey, who has long been in a weak state, died last night. **14 Oct\u00a0 Thur : Seth\u00a0 Hopkins missing and supposed to be drowned. Went from Mr. Parker’s wharf as it was setting in dark; appeared to be in liquor, and paddled away his boat sitting in the stern. Boat found near Verge’s Point last evening and paddle missing, etc.
\n** 5 Nov\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Body of Seth Hopkins, who was drowned evening of 13th
\nOct. last, found this morning on shore within the great rock towards
\nSandy Cove. Coroner gives order to bury the body. It was buryed in the
\nburying ground. ** 4 Dec\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Mr. Joseph Bangs, who lost his wife by death the 3rd June last, is published to Miss Lydia Gorham, d.o. Mr. Jabez Gorham. William Bartlett, shoemaker, late of Kingston in New England, is
\npublished to widow Sarah Doliver, widow of Robert Doliver, dec’d., who
\nwas lost in the schooner BETSEY, John Crowell, master, in the York fleet in time of the late war. (1779). **23 Dec\u00a0 Thur : This evening at 5 o’clock, Mr. Joseph Bangs was marr. to Miss Lydia Gorham, d.o. Jabez Gorham.<\/p>\n

1791<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0 **28 Feb\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : It is said that Silvanus Freeman was marr. last night, by Samuel Hunt, Esq., to Miss Peggy Drew.
\n**16 Apr\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Malachy Drew, s.o. Seth Drew, died this morning at daylight. Bur. 17 Apr., 1791. **22 Apr\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : I hear Mr. George Mitchell dies this morning * *. I since hear that he died yesterday. **26 Apr\u00a0 Tues : * * they told him the GOOD FORTUNE lost a man over- board on their outward passage, supposed to be John Fraser by his saying he was a young married man.
\n** 8 May\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : * * confirmation of John Fraser being lost overboard.
\n(See 26 Apr. 1791) **15 May\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Mr. Robert Foster, with his family, embarked for Kingston, and sailed. **28 June Tues : At evening, Mr. Elisha Hopkins, Jr., marr. Miss Mary Ann Thomas, d.o. John Thomas, Esq.
\n** 6 July Wed\u00a0 : Sam’l Hunt, Esq. brings news from Port Medway that
\nBenj. Kinney is dead of small-pox. ** 2 Aug\u00a0 Tues : Capt. Davis of Kingston reports that Mr. Robert Foster, who moved from here 15 May last to Kingston (Mass.) is dead of a feaver, 29 June. **13 Sept Tues : Stephen Snow arrives from Shelbourne, in a boat belonging to Mr. Barry; brought Mr. James Rogers’ wife and son and daughter and Black Philips wife. **18 Sept Sun\u00a0 : Mr. Grandine preached his farewell sermon, meaning to leave this place first opportunity. (He was a passenger to Barbadoes, 2 Oct. 1791).
\n**25 Oct\u00a0 Tues : Peter West is marr. to Isabella McLaren. (McClearn).<\/p>\n

1792<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**17 Jan\u00a0 Tues : Yesterday, house, store of late Benjn. Parker Jr., sold by the sheriff to George Porter. **19 Feb\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : John Nickerson’s son died last night. **21 Feb\u00a0 Tues : John Nickerson’s son Jon is buryed. **22 Mar\u00a0 Thur : Mrs. Carder, a woman not long from Boston, mother of Richard Carder, boat-builder, departed this life in the night. (Her earlier residence was Providence, RI.). ** 3 Apr\u00a0 Tues : John Heater arrives from Argyle, with his family, with design to settle here. ** 5 Apr\u00a0 Thur : John Heater moves to my house where Sam’l Kinney used to live at The Falls (Now Milton, NS). **15 Apr\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : * * Capt. Hopkins was to sail from Montserrat, a few days after him, for salt and then come home. Hopkins lost a lad by name Bennet Woods, s.o. Joseph Woods at Beach Meadows (NS); fell over-
\nboard by accident. **16 May\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Mr. Tinkham and family embark on board Brign. GEORGE & TRACY, Jacob Jones, master, for Wiscasset, sails about 9 AM. **31 July Tues : * * David Thomas, paymaster of the (King’s) Orange
\nRangers, desiring me to find the residence of widow of the late Lieut.
\nDonald McLeod, * * and he will pay her a balance of his pay due. Ltr.
\ndated 12 May 1792. John Fillis, Esq., is dead. **12 Aug\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Mr. Boyd designing to take passage with Capt. Christopher to Phila., took very affectionate leave of the Congrega- tion in his afternoon sermon. **13 Aug\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Paul Harding is marr. to Miss Rebecca Smith, d.o. William Smith, shoemaker. **31 Aug\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Capt. Elisha Hopkins, Jr., sails for Halifax,
\npassengers * * and a boy William Robinson that has been living in my
\nhome, * * who I return to Halifax from whence he came.\u00a0 Aquila Inloes (a cooper) lost a child last night, supposed by worms. (Elizabeth). **16 Sept Sun\u00a0 : * * Five of my children christened at my house * * viz: Elizabeth, Eunice, Mary, Simeon Leonard & Charlotte * * by the Rev’d William Jessop, Methodist minister. **23 Sept Sun\u00a0 : * * he brings meancholla (melancholy) news of the death of my father-in-law, Mr. Henry Young, killed by a bull near his house. (prob. at Argyle, NS). **13 Oct\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Capt. Elisha Hopkins reports that Capt. Neal from Boston told him that Solomon Drew was dead from small-pox (27 Sept 1792). Capt. Daniel McMichael is also dead. **18 Oct\u00a0 Thur : Report that\u00a0 Rebecca\u00a0 Collins died at Boston,\u00a0 after enoculation\u00a0 for\u00a0 small-pox,\u00a0 about\u00a0 same time as Solomon\u00a0 Drew. (See previous entry).
\n**28 Oct\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : I attend\u00a0 funeral of a\u00a0 child of\u00a0 Humphrey\u00a0 McDonald,
\nabout 5 months old; it died yesterday. (Lemuel). ** 3 Nov\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : * * sails for New York in FRIENDSHIP,\u00a0 Samuel Crowell and family go passengers,\u00a0 came last fall * * have\u00a0 quit this place to return to Connecticut. * * quit\u00a0 claim\u00a0 deed from two women of Chatham and their\u00a0 husbands calling themselves heirs to John Young — property Fish Lot B #7. ** 7 Nov\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Francis\u00a0 Weisgeaber,\u00a0 a German,\u00a0 came to live with me to-day.<\/p>\n

1793<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

** 9 Jan\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Capt. Zebulon Perkins is this evening married to Miss
\nAbigail Collins, d.o. Mr. Hallet Collins. I was at the wedding. It was
\nperformed by Mr. Pleasant,\u00a0 or\u00a0 Presant, the New Light preacher. (Rev.
\nJohn Payzant). **10 Jan\u00a0 Thur: Mr. James\u00a0 Taylor of Shelbourne, is this evening marr. to Miss Susannah Collins, d.o. Benajah Collins, Esq.,\u00a0 by Mr. Presant. ** 3 Feb\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Russell Douglass marr. Polly Godfrey. **22 Feb\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Mr.\u00a0 Stephen\u00a0 Collins\u00a0 departed\u00a0 this\u00a0 life\u00a0 about 12 o’clock in the night\u00a0 past, * * in a declining\u00a0 state\u00a0 for\u00a0 12\u00a0 months past. **23 Feb\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Remains\u00a0 of\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Stephen\u00a0 Collins\u00a0 was interred this afternoon. As the people met on the other side of the river, I did not attend. [West side of Mersey River, easily accessible in 1993]. ** 2 May\u00a0 Thur : * * Capt. George of the Frigate HUSSAR, pressed about 60 people on Saturday night\u00a0 (at Halifax),\u00a0 Capt.\u00a0 Hopkins’s\u00a0 mate and John\u00a0 Thomas,\u00a0 Jr.\u00a0 Hopkins had got his mate,\u00a0 but\u00a0 could\u00a0 not\u00a0 obtain Thomas. **12 May\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : * * arrives\u00a0 Brig. UNION, * * they have lost the mate Mr. Prince Snow and * * seaman William West, Jr., s.o. William West by a feaver, on the passage.\u00a0 Mr. Snow died as I hear on Saturday night a fortnight ago. (Snow: 27 Apr.; West: 10 Apr 1793).
\n** 6 June Thur : Joseph\u00a0 Tinkham,\u00a0 Esq.,\u00a0 having\u00a0 purchased\u00a0 a\u00a0 small
\nschooner from John McLeod * * has sold his house, settled his business in some measure.\u00a0 He sailed for Wiscasset this day.\u00a0 Wm. H. Tottle and Seth Bangs with him. ** 9 June Sun\u00a0 : Some\u00a0 fishermen\u00a0 from Chatham came to meeting * * One of them,\u00a0 a son of Lemuel Hunt,\u00a0 that formerly lived here, * * said he was born here, * *. **20 June Sun\u00a0 : * arrives\u00a0 from\u00a0 Halifax,\u00a0 John Thomas,\u00a0 Esq.,\u00a0 comes passenger and has brought his son John * *. (Had been pressed earlier; see 2 May 1793 entry). ** 4 Aug\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : A\u00a0 lad,\u00a0 17\u00a0 years\u00a0 of age,\u00a0 McCormack\u00a0 by\u00a0 name,\u00a0 an apprentice to William Smith * * expired a little after sunset, yester- day. Bur. in burying yard, 5 Aug 1793. ** 7 Aug\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Schooner SOPHIA sails for Bay of Fundy. Doc. Kendrick
\nand family go passengers bound to Cornwallis to settle there. **25 Aug\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Stephen\u00a0 Snow\u00a0 had\u00a0 a male\u00a0 child\u00a0 buryed\u00a0 which died yesterday.
\n** 6 Oct\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Lemuel Drew 3rd arrives from Petite Riviere, where he
\nhad been to marry a Miss Park, d.o. Wm. Park dec’d, her mother married
\nRobert Watson. Marr. I understand, last Thursday (3 Oct 1793). **13 Oct\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : John Roberts,\u00a0 Carpenter,\u00a0 who has resided here about 14\/15\u00a0 months,\u00a0 is\u00a0 published\u00a0 to\u00a0 Abigail\u00a0 Whittimore,\u00a0 d.o.\u00a0 Josiah Whittimore. **20 Oct\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Mr. Elisha\u00a0 Calkin was\u00a0 published this morning by Mr. Payzant\u00a0 and at 1 o’clock\u00a0 married to\u00a0 Miss\u00a0 Desire\u00a0 Parker,\u00a0 d.o. Mr. Benjamin Parker. **12 Nov\u00a0 Tues : Samuel Hunt, Esq., being gone to marry a son of Enoch Godfrey to a Miss Jane. (?Jayne). **24 Nov\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Samuel\u00a0 Freeman\u00a0 at\u00a0 The Falls\u00a0 (Milton) published to Rebecca Harlow. **28 Dec\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : The wife of Revd. Mr. Cheever\u00a0 died in the last night or this morning. (Buried 31 Dec 1793).
\n**30 Dec\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : One Mr. Bruss\u00a0 (Bruff)\u00a0 of Shelbourne,\u00a0 a man used to
\ndifferent kinds of handy work about guns, * *\u00a0 and any kind of\u00a0 silver work came * * and\u00a0 agreed\u00a0 to set up\u00a0 business here. * * to take Capt. Zebulon Perkins’ house for 6 Pounds a year.<\/p>\n

1794<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

** 1 Jan\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : * * except one called Dan,\u00a0 said to be an apprentice to Messrs. Cochrans, is dead. **20 Jan\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Capt.\u00a0 George\u00a0 Collins\u00a0 marr. Miss Lydia Barss, Capt. Joseph Barss’s eldest daughter. ** 3 Feb\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Joseph Collins (Jr.) marr. Polly (Mary) Drew. **23 Feb\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Capt. Samuel Man,\u00a0 late\u00a0 of\u00a0 Shelbourne,\u00a0 now of this town, is published to the widw. Elizabeth McLeod, widow of late Lieut. Donald McLeod, and d.o. Mrs. Drew. (This was Elizabeth (Waterman) Lee, McLeod’s 3rd marr.). **15 Mar\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Some time in the afternoon Mrs. (Zebulon) Perkins is delivered of a female child. **16 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : * * a ship had been into Barrington Bay\u00a0 and\u00a0 carried off one William Doten on Wednesday\u00a0 evening last;\u00a0 he went on board to see a man, one Johnson, whose mother lives in Shelbourne * *. **17 Mar\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Mr.\u00a0 Robert\u00a0 Harlow,\u00a0 Senior, departed this life this morning 0406. Buryed 18 Mar 1794. **16 Apr\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : I attend\u00a0 the\u00a0 funeral of old Mrs. Cole,\u00a0 the wife of Benjamin,\u00a0 who died in the night\u00a0 before last, * * held in the meeting house. **21 Apr\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Mr. William\u00a0 Mack is marr. to Mrs. Mary Parker, widw. of Mr. Benjamin Parker, Jr., dec’d. * * (nee Burbank). **13 May\u00a0 Tues : * * one third of my demand on the estate of Jeremiah Nickerson, dec’d. (d. 8 Dec 1791). **14 June Sat\u00a0 : Capt.\u00a0 Snow\u00a0 Parker’s\u00a0 son Snow, about 4 yrs. old, is missing and supposed drowned.
\n**24 June Tues : I make a return\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 number\u00a0 of\u00a0 Indians in this
\ncounty.\u00a0 There appears to be 21 families;\u00a0 3 single men,\u00a0 besides some
\nyouths. **26 June Thur : I hear that the wife of John Patterson — she was Ann Chisholm — died yesterday in child bed. ** 4 July Fri\u00a0 : Cornelius\u00a0 Knowles\u00a0 departed\u00a0 this\u00a0 life\u00a0 early\u00a0 this morning,\u00a0 ailing a year or two, * * upwards\u00a0 of 70 yrs.\u00a0 Buried 5 July 1794. ** 8 July Tues : Stephen Pane,\u00a0 formerly a settler at this place,\u00a0 but for many\u00a0 years\u00a0 resident at\u00a0 Plimouth,\u00a0 is said to be dying at Josiah Whittemore’s.\u00a0 Mr. Pain\u00a0 departed this life about 3\/4 PM.,\u00a0 bur. 9 Jul 1794. **16 July Wed\u00a0 : Capt. Snow Parker’s\u00a0 son, Snow,\u00a0 that was missing the 14th of June is found and buryed this day. **21 July Mon\u00a0 : Capt. Freeman spoke a sloop, Capt. Barnham of Norwich * * who told him my youngest\u00a0 sister Mary Manning was dead. * * I have now only one sister left of four, viz: Judith Ripley, wife of Gamaliel
\nRipley of Scotland, Windham and 4 brothers: Jacob, Jabez, Hezekiah and
\nEbenezer.\u00a0 My father,\u00a0 mother\u00a0 and\u00a0 nine children are going the way of thee earth. ** 2 Aug\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : William\u00a0 Pendal,\u00a0 who went with Ellenwood, is drowned by going on a raft to get the boat that went adrift. **20 Aug\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : In the evening Robert\u00a0 Dickson went from the point in a boat and fell overboard between Sandy Cove and Herring Cove. His son and another boy in the boat hove him an oar which he got, but it being dark\u00a0 they lost sight of him * * feared he is drowned.\u00a0 (Located alive ashore, 21 Aug 1794). **21 Aug\u00a0 Thur : Capt. John Freeman is marr. to a d.o. John McLeod. **24 Aug\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Alexander\u00a0 Patillo\u00a0 published at Methodist meeting to Elizabeth Bartlet;\u00a0 she was Elizabeth Roberts and marr. some years ago to Joseph Bartlet, who after living with her some months went away and left\u00a0 her.\u00a0 He\u00a0 supposed\u00a0 to be dead\u00a0 but has been seen by some of our people in\u00a0 the\u00a0 States.\u00a0 She has a son by him.\u00a0 (Liverpool VR’s give 2 sons to Joseph and Eliz. Bartlet;\u00a0 as of 3 Dec 1762, and 13 May 1765). The Rev. Mr.\u00a0 Cheever published to the widw. Verge and Mr. Bennet to a dau. of John McLeod at other meeting. **26 Aug\u00a0 Tues : Thomas Roberts,\u00a0 I understand, was marr. last evening to Elizabeth Ford. **21 Sept Sun\u00a0 : Mr. (Alexander) Patillo sails for Chester and carries
\nhis new wife,\u00a0 Mrs. Bartlet,\u00a0 that was. **26 Sept Fri\u00a0 : AURORA, Ephm. Dean, master,\u00a0 arrives from Jamaica and Turk’s Island. He has lost Thomas Bangs and George Briggs by sickness, * * they died on the passage beating up from Jamaica to Turk’s Island. **28 Sept Sun\u00a0 : Isaac\u00a0 Gorham\u00a0 marr. to\u00a0 Betsey\u00a0 Tung\u00a0 (Tonge);\u00a0 John Kempton to Sally\u00a0 Snow in the morning.\u00a0 Mr. Bennet is marr. at evening to d.o. John McLeod by Rev. J. Payzant. ** 8 Oct\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Capt.\u00a0 Bradford\u00a0 sails\u00a0 for\u00a0 Plimouth in the POLLY to visit his parents * * Mrs. Jane\u00a0 Allaine is gone with him. ** 9 Dec\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Old Mr. McDonald at Mr. Fraser’s is dead.<\/p>\n

1795<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

** 1 Jan\u00a0 Thur : My\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 Charlotte’s\u00a0 birthday.\u00a0 Enters her 6th year.\u00a0 Capt. Thomas Parker marr. Miss\u00a0 Rhoda\u00a0 Collins. ** 2 Jan\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Betsey\u00a0 McLeod\u00a0 taken\u00a0 out\u00a0 of\u00a0 her\u00a0 head at Elkanah Freeman’s. **29 Jan\u00a0 Thur : Mrs. Ephraim\u00a0 Dean,\u00a0 relict of the late Capt. Ephraim Dean, died last night at Blueberry Cove\u00a0 (now West Berlin, NS).\u00a0 It is designed to bring the corps to town. **24 Feb\u00a0 Tues : My birthday, I enter the 61st yr., * * **11 Apr\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Mrs.\u00a0 Anne\u00a0 Godfrey\u00a0 departed this life at 0100, this morning.
\n**13 Apr\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : * * * also a letter\u00a0 from\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Gideon\u00a0 Snow,\u00a0 son of
\nMrs. Godfrey’s sister, Snow,\u00a0 advising that Mrs. Snow died 26th March.
\n**23 Apr\u00a0 Thur : * * they\u00a0 bring\u00a0 the\u00a0 melancholla\u00a0 news\u00a0 that\u00a0 Capt.
\nJacob\u00a0 Jones,\u00a0 master of the\u00a0 schooner\u00a0 HOPE,\u00a0 on his\u00a0 outward\u00a0 voyage
\nwashed\u00a0 overboard\u00a0 and\u00a0 drowned.\u00a0 A valuable man and good neighbor. **18 June Thur : I hear Col. Freeman departed this life yesterday at a a little\u00a0 passed 2 o’clock PM. * * he was as I understand,\u00a0 by\u00a0 Nelson Freeman, 55 yrs., and 3 mos., old. Bur. 19 Jun 1795. ** 5 July Sun\u00a0 : Lawrence\u00a0 Hayes\u00a0 lost\u00a0 an\u00a0 infant,\u00a0 died\u00a0 with\u00a0 the (w)hooping cough, which discord prevails much among the children, * *. ** 7 July Tues : Capt. Zeb. Perkins’ wife\u00a0 delivered\u00a0 of a male child * * and\u00a0 child\u00a0 died\u00a0 soon\u00a0 after it was\u00a0 born * * the\u00a0 child\u00a0 buryed towards\u00a0 evening. **18 July Sat\u00a0 : I met the\u00a0 news\u00a0 that\u00a0 she\u00a0 is dead — Capt.\u00a0 Zebulon Perkins wife (Abigail, d.o. Mr. Hallet Collins).\u00a0 Buried 20 July 1795. **21 July Tues : * * to\u00a0 Windsor,\u00a0 to purchase\u00a0 the\u00a0 store\u00a0 and\u00a0 lot belonging to the heirs of Mr. Robert\u00a0 Campbell, * *. **24 July Fri\u00a0 : * * report * * that\u00a0 Elisha\u00a0 Hopkins,\u00a0 Jr.,\u00a0 was lost overboard * so am in hopes that news will not hold true. ** 1 Oct\u00a0 Thur : Mr. Nathaniel Freeman is\u00a0 married\u00a0 to\u00a0 Miss\u00a0 Rebeckah Hopkins,\u00a0 by\u00a0 John\u00a0 Thomas,\u00a0 Esq.,\u00a0 who has an\u00a0 appointment\u00a0 from\u00a0 the governor\u00a0 for\u00a0 that purpose in pursuance of a law made last session of assembly, * * . **12 Oct\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : I hear\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 (Peter)\u00a0 Fisher\u00a0 of Port\u00a0 Mouton is dead last Thursday (8th Oct.) he has been unwell for a long time. **20 Oct\u00a0 Tues : Last\u00a0 evening\u00a0 Capt.\u00a0 Zebulon\u00a0 Perkins brought me his boy\u00a0 Isaac,\u00a0 I agreed\u00a0 to take him off his hands,\u00a0 he is not\u00a0 bound to him but indentures\u00a0 were wrote and sent by John\u00a0 Stewart for the boy’s mother at Green\u00a0 Harbor to sign * *, he is son of Thankful,\u00a0 a dau. of Old Huskins\u00a0 (John and Ann),\u00a0 and sister of Seth Huskins,\u00a0 he is about 7 yrs. of age last July by Capt. Perkins’ account got from his mother. (Isaac Ampson, indentured to Perkins, was sent to school – Page 31). **26 Nov\u00a0 Thur : My\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 Abigail\u00a0 marr.\u00a0 Joshua Newton, Esq., by Rev. William Black by licence assigned from Mr. Thomas. ** 7 Dec\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Capt.\u00a0 Hiter of the wine vessel\u00a0 reports\u00a0 that\u00a0 Capt. Benj.\u00a0 Boden\u00a0 that\u00a0 used\u00a0 to\u00a0 live\u00a0 here and marr.\u00a0 Ruth\u00a0 Godfrey died
\nsuddenly,\u00a0 at Virginia,\u00a0 last summer. **12 Dec\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Schooner\u00a0 BRISK\u00a0 arrived\u00a0 from\u00a0 West\u00a0 Indies,\u00a0 Abner West,\u00a0 mate,\u00a0 has been lost\u00a0 overboard\u00a0 on the\u00a0 passage,\u00a0 I understand about seven days ago. \u00a0 1796<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**24 Feb\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : My\u00a0 birthday.\u00a0 I enter\u00a0 my\u00a0 62nd yr.\u00a0 I was marr. 10
\nSept 1775, to Elizabeth Headley, widw., of John dec’d, by whom I have 2 sons; 6 daughters, all now living. My\u00a0 eldest daughter Abigail marr. Joshua\u00a0 Newton\u00a0 2 Nov last (1795).\u00a0 When I came here,\u00a0 I had a\u00a0 son at Norwich (Conn.)\u00a0 named Roger.\u00a0 He came to me\u00a0 during the\u00a0 American War and went from here with Thomas Harrington on the __ Nov 1781, to visit friends in Connecticut,\u00a0 they put in at Cape Resus\u00a0 (Forchue, Yarmouth Co., NS)\u00a0 and sailed from that place,\u00a0 but were never heard from * * . He was b. Norwich, 8 Dec 1760. **29 Feb\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Leap\u00a0 Year.\u00a0 John\u00a0 Connelly’s\u00a0 wife,\u00a0 a\u00a0 d.o.\u00a0 Jacob Peach, died last night of a consumption; declining for a year. Buried
\n1 Mar 1796. ** 1 Mar\u00a0 Tues : In\u00a0 the\u00a0 evening,\u00a0 the wife of\u00a0 Jacob\u00a0 Peach,\u00a0 mother of the\u00a0 deceased\u00a0 Mrs.\u00a0 Connelly ( 29 Feb.)\u00a0 died.\u00a0 She had\u00a0 been in a declining\u00a0 dropsical state for some time. ** 9 Mar\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : We\u00a0 hear\u00a0 via\u00a0 Shelburne that\u00a0 Revd.\u00a0 William\u00a0 Jessop is dead at New York.
\n**30 Mar\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Vessel in last\u00a0 night\u00a0 proves\u00a0 to\u00a0 be\u00a0 VENUS,\u00a0 George
\nCollins,\u00a0 master\u00a0 from\u00a0 Boston.\u00a0 Benj.\u00a0 Knaut is come\u00a0 with him and is
\nmarr. at Beverly (Mass.) to a Miss White. ** 7 Apr\u00a0 Thur : Schooner\u00a0 VICTORY,\u00a0 John\u00a0 Freeman,\u00a0 master,\u00a0 arrives from Barbadoes and Turk’s\u00a0 Island * lost * James\u00a0 McCoy of\u00a0 Port Jolly by falling\u00a0 overboard. ** 3 May\u00a0 Tues : Capt. Hopkins arrives\u00a0 from\u00a0 Martinique,\u00a0 brings news of death of Capt. Joseph\u00a0 Collins and James\u00a0 Jones, his mate,\u00a0 at Mar- tinique,\u00a0 and also the death of\u00a0 James\u00a0 Perry,\u00a0 Hopkins’\u00a0 mate;\u00a0 these losses\u00a0 fall heavy on two poor\u00a0 widows,\u00a0 viz Mrs.\u00a0 Desire\u00a0 Collins and Mrs. Jones,\u00a0 as well as\u00a0 upon\u00a0 Mrs.\u00a0 Collins,\u00a0 the young\u00a0 widow of the deceased.\u00a0 My man Donald\u00a0 McAdam is going with Maj. William Freeman to Margaret’s Bay * * have, now, no man.
\n**29 May\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Mrs.\u00a0 Hunt\u00a0 (Lois) departed this life about 9 o’clock
\nthis\u00a0 morning.\u00a0 She was towards 80 * * many years in an\u00a0 infirm\u00a0 state
\nand 6 or 7 months\u00a0 bedridden,\u00a0 in which time her\u00a0 husband\u00a0 has been in
\ngaol for debt at suit of Benajah\u00a0 Collins, Esq.,\u00a0 so he\u00a0 has\u00a0 not\u00a0 had
\nleave to see her. ** 8 June Wed\u00a0 : Thomas\u00a0 Cook’s\u00a0 wife died last evening at Port Mouton of consumption. **20 June Mon\u00a0 : Mr. Dolliver\u00a0 reports that Capt. Samuel\u00a0 Man had lost one of his men, Acquilla Inloes,\u00a0 overboard about a week ago. (13 June 1796). **15 July Fri\u00a0 : * * schooner arrives from Shelbourne,\u00a0 Michael Hulit, a carpenter that used\u00a0 to work\u00a0 here and one\u00a0 Brown,\u00a0 a carpenter, are come to look for employ,\u00a0 a widow\u00a0 Robinson with two children are also come.\u00a0 She is a milner\u00a0 and\u00a0 mantua\u00a0 maker,\u00a0 and I understand means to settle here,\u00a0 if she meets with\u00a0 encouragement. ** 8 Aug\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Mr. Milton\u00a0 Foster\u00a0 arrives * * he\u00a0 brings\u00a0 the\u00a0 very melancholla\u00a0 news\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 death\u00a0 of\u00a0 Mr. David Collins\u00a0 on board HMS AFRICA,\u00a0 and also Mr. Silvanus\u00a0 Hopkins at\u00a0 Philadelphia;\u00a0 they die in youth * * . **19 Aug\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : One\u00a0 Sheopard\u00a0 (sic) from\u00a0 Shelburn is setting up the baking\u00a0 business;\u00a0 he has rented ground from Desire Collins and raises his house this day. **28 Aug\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Benajah\u00a0 Collins, Esq.,\u00a0 arrives from Halifax. I hear he brings news of death\u00a0 of John Brown,\u00a0 son of Thomas\u00a0 Brown,\u00a0 at The
\nFalls,\u00a0 drowned in a passage\u00a0 from the States to Ireland.\u00a0 I hear this
\ncontradicted. ** 8 Sept Thur : Doctor Collins arrives from\u00a0 Barrington,\u00a0 it is said, to reside here. He is come to look for a place and has not his family, it is Isaac Kinney,\u00a0 his wife and child (sic). **28 Sept Wed\u00a0 : Mr.\u00a0 Harris\u00a0 Harding,\u00a0 the\u00a0 New\u00a0 Light preacher about whom\u00a0 there\u00a0 has\u00a0 been\u00a0 so\u00a0 much\u00a0 noise concerning a young woman Hetty Harrington,\u00a0 said to be pregnant by him,\u00a0 has come to town. **29 Sept Thur : I understand by\u00a0 report that\u00a0 Mr. Harding was married last night. **30 Sept Fri\u00a0 : My\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 Newton is delivered of a daughter about 7 PM. ** 3 Nov\u00a0 Thur : I hear Caleb, son of\u00a0 Thomas and\u00a0 Elizabeth Brown, at The Falls is dead. **22 Nov\u00a0 Tues : John Cody’s right of land sold for only 8-0-0, a very moderate sum for 500 acres. ** 9 Dec\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Mr. Barry\u00a0 reported\u00a0 at my house that the wife of Mr. Cox,\u00a0 merchant\u00a0 at\u00a0 Shelburne,\u00a0 died\u00a0 suddenly,\u00a0 since\u00a0 he\u00a0 came\u00a0 from
\nShelbourne\u00a0 as he heard this day by a Sable River boat. **22 Dec\u00a0 Thur : * * Enos\u00a0 Collins,\u00a0 master * * he\u00a0 brings\u00a0 the melan-cholla news of the death of Capt.\u00a0 Pardon\u00a0 Gardner,\u00a0 master\u00a0 of\u00a0 sloop ORANGE,\u00a0 at Martinique, * * and some\u00a0 others go\u00a0 through\u00a0 the woods to Capt.\u00a0 Doran’s to a wedding to be there\u00a0 celebrated this night between Mr. Andrew Craig and widow Elizabeth Mitchell. (Capt. Doran resided in the village presently known as Mill Village, Queens County, NS).<\/p>\n

VOLUME\u00a0 IV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1797<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Jan\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : New Year’s Day.\u00a0 Thro the Goodness of God I, and all my\u00a0 Family,\u00a0 have\u00a0 lived\u00a0 to see the\u00a0 Commencement of an other year. \u00a0\u00a0 2 Jan\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Sets\u00a0 in\u00a0 to\u00a0 snow in the\u00a0 morning,\u00a0 & continues the Most of the day … A Cold\u00a0 Storm. \u00a0\u00a0 3 Jan\u00a0 Tues : Mr. (Robert) Barry’s\u00a0 Brig\u00a0 AURORA\u00a0 is\u00a0 at\u00a0 anchor .. I understand\u00a0 she has\u00a0 been 5 days out of\u00a0 sight of land\u00a0 coming\u00a0 from Halifax.\u00a0 I drink tea with Capt. Zebulon Perkins, (nephew).
\n4 Jan\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Mr. Barry arrives in the POLLY from Halifax. \u00a0\u00a0 6 Jan\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Very\u00a0 Cold\u00a0 Night & morning,\u00a0 a thick\u00a0 Vapour\u00a0 on the water, and Soon Turns to Snow. . . . Mrs.\u00a0 Desire\u00a0 Collins administers estate of her late son, David Collins, who died on board His Majesty’s Ship\u00a0 AFRICA.\u00a0 Elisha\u00a0 Calkin and Thomas\u00a0 Parker are her bondsmen. \u00a0\u00a0 9 Jan\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : We kill two hogs & a calf.\u00a0 Neither of them very fat. The weather has been so cold they could not gain much. **16 Jan\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : The\u00a0 overseers\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 poor\u00a0 came\u00a0 to\u00a0 my house and executed the indenture of Isaac\u00a0 Ampson\u00a0 to\u00a0 me,\u00a0 he\u00a0 is\u00a0 the\u00a0 son\u00a0 of Thankful\u00a0 Huskins,\u00a0 dau. of John and Ann Huskins,\u00a0 who\u00a0 was married to one Ampson,\u00a0 or lived with him,\u00a0 & had this\u00a0 Isaac and an\u00a0 other older than him, who lives with ___ Freeman, at The Falls.\u00a0 She\u00a0 left\u00a0 Ampson
\nand lived with another man who was drowned.\u00a0 Job\u00a0 Huskins\u00a0 says\u00a0 he’ll
\nbe 11 years old next\u00a0 July — indentured\u00a0 until 21. \u00a0 29 Jan\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : The grist mill is going all day,\u00a0 as\u00a0 the\u00a0 people are in great want of meal.
\n6 Feb\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : I make a beginning\u00a0 to cut some timber for the vessel I propose building.\u00a0 Have Peter West and Jeremiah (Cannon) cutting …\u00a0 get 2 pieces across the pond and one home. \u00a0 18 Feb\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : The Schooner BETSEY\u00a0 sails\u00a0 for\u00a0 Halifax.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Tracy Collins & his two youngest sisters go passengers.\u00a0 (Hepzibeth and Ruth Collins,\u00a0 daughters of Benajah and Susanna (Tracy) Collins). **20 Feb\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : William Morris, caulker, having been long in a sickly state, died this day about 10\/11 o’clock. Bur. 21 Feb. 1797.
\n**24 Feb\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : My birthday, enter my 63rd year. **27 Feb\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : * * Nathl. Smith of\u00a0 Portlatour perished in the woods last Wednesday night,\u00a0 on the road between\u00a0 Barrington and Portlatour, with the cold.\u00a0 (Nathaniel was s.o. Nathaniel and Mary (Walker) Smith, of Port LaTour;\u00a0 marr. (1) Sarah Meader, Eastham, Mass.:\u00a0 (2) in 1766, Patience,\u00a0 d.o. Chapman and Sarah\u00a0 (Meader)\u00a0 Swain\u00a0 of\u00a0 Nantucket\u00a0 and Port LaTour). **20 Mar\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : * * all except\u00a0 William\u00a0 Clark,\u00a0 seaman,\u00a0 who died in prison.\u00a0 They were\u00a0 captured by a\u00a0 Dutch\u00a0 privateer,\u00a0 and\u00a0 carried\u00a0 to Curassou (sic). **22 Mar\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : We begin to fit the\u00a0 GOOD\u00a0 FORTUNE.\u00a0 Jacob Randall at work.\u00a0 We design to send her to Boston for salt.\u00a0 (Jacob Randall was a member of a Loyalist\u00a0 family who came to\u00a0 Shelburne\u00a0 from\u00a0 Virginia –built a house at\u00a0 Liverpool in 1797 and was a\u00a0 shipbuilder.\u00a0 Lived\u00a0 on area later known as\u00a0 Ford’s\u00a0 Hill). **25 Mar\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : The schooner\u00a0 GREY\u00a0 HOUND,\u00a0 James\u00a0 Slocombe,\u00a0 master, arrives from Antigua … taken by a French privateer … his crew, all except John More,\u00a0 the mate,\u00a0 left him at Antigua,\u00a0 and the black boy, son of Adam Fall,\u00a0 he was taken on board the\u00a0 privateer,\u00a0 they said to make him a Freeman. [Note: The hope of all black people, at that time, were to become free men, with rights and privileges]. \u00a0 31 Apr\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Cloudy\u00a0 morning.\u00a0 I write to Mr. (Francis) Green that I would take Catherines River Land again this year,\u00a0 at Ten Pounds. **11 Apr\u00a0 Tues : Hannah\u00a0 McLeod,\u00a0 daughter of John and Alice (Harring- ton) McLeod, died this morning about 4 O’clock. Remains buryed, with a funeral service in the New Light Meeting House. \u00a0 14 Apr\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Nathan\u00a0 Tupper, Esq.,\u00a0 launches his new brig built at Herring Cove by Isaac Dexter, Esq. \u00a0 18 Apr\u00a0 Tues : I understand\u00a0 Harris\u00a0 Harding\u00a0 preaches\u00a0 this evening at Mr. Reads.\u00a0 (David Reed and his wife Rebecca had a large family; he operated a grist mill and\u00a0 engaged in lumbering;\u00a0 moved from Liverpool after 1813). **21 Apr\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : The Widw. Isabell\u00a0 McLarren\u00a0 (McClearn) departed this life this evening. (Widow of James McClearn). \u00a0 22 Apr\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : The Revnd. Mr.\u00a0 Fidler returns from the westward. Has been as far as Little Harbour … preached twice each day.
\n**23 Apr\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Funeral of Mrs. McLarren attended;\u00a0 the corps carried
\nto the chapel, funeral service preached by Mr. Fidler. \u00a0 27 Apr\u00a0 Thur : Capt.\u00a0 Bradford\u00a0 sails\u00a0 for\u00a0 Port\u00a0 Metway on a voyage for alewives. [1993: A distance of six miles, by highway]. \u00a0 28 Apr\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Salt\u00a0 is\u00a0 growing\u00a0 scarce and dear in the States. … Capt.\u00a0 Joseph Freeman left Samuel,\u00a0 Thomas and James Freeman,\u00a0 and Mr. (Robert)\u00a0 Huston\u00a0 at Syle (Seal)\u00a0 Island to\u00a0 save the cargo of a brig. (Robert Huston\u00a0 was a Loyalist settler at Shelburne, NS,\u00a0 a shopkeeper or grocer, apparently moved to Liverpool in 1796). **15 May\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Thomas Reid that was impressed from the Brig. AURORA
\nlast year, is got back by way of Boston; he came with McNut last night from Shelburne. **16 May\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Michael\u00a0 Creamer,\u00a0 a native of\u00a0 Ireland who came here last fall * * comes to work on my vessel * * . ** 9 June Fri\u00a0 : Mrs.\u00a0 Cooper,\u00a0 Gamaliel\u00a0 Stuart’s mother,\u00a0 is said to be dying. **11 June Sun\u00a0 : Mrs.\u00a0 Cooper\u00a0 departed this life,\u00a0 last night,\u00a0 about 10 o’clock.\u00a0 Buryed 12 June 1797, by Mr. Fidler. \u00a0 31 July Fri\u00a0 : The PILGRIM,\u00a0 Capt. Freeman Gardner,\u00a0 is arrived from Boston.\u00a0 Mr. McDonald, the mate, got some news from a Newfoundland man of Capt. (George) Porter & Mr. (Jesse) Atwood & his son. They were all in jail,\u00a0 in the Interior\u00a0 of France,\u00a0 where the\u00a0 Newfoundland man was also, & made his escape.\u00a0 (Alexander McDonald was\u00a0 discharged from the 42nd Highlanders in 1786,\u00a0 a Loyalist, and he settled in Sandy Bay). **11 Aug\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : * * Dr. David Bosquet & family go passengers in order to take passage at Shelburne with Capt. Osborne,\u00a0 for the West Indies; he does not find business answer to his mind here. \u00a0\u00a0 5 Sept Tues : I deliver Colin Campbell Esq. of Shelburne an account
\nagainst Elisha Elbridge of Yarmouth to collect…My son Simeon Leonard
\nhas a bad sore foot, Doc (Andrew) Collins attended it. \u00a0\u00a0 10 Sept Sun\u00a0 : Simeon’s foot is still in a bad way. Mr. Kirk ordered Sumack Roots,\u00a0 bark bruised,\u00a0 boiled. Bathed sore with liquor then lay on bark of the Roots.
\n**12 Sept Tues : Grant\u00a0 administration\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 Widw.\u00a0 Mary Inloes on
\nestate of her late husband Acquilla Inloes dec’d, * *. **30 Sept Sat\u00a0 : Benajah\u00a0 Collins, Esq., with\u00a0 his\u00a0 family, embark\u00a0 on board sloop MARY & FRANCIS,\u00a0 for\u00a0 Salem;\u00a0 he some time ago purchased a fine\u00a0 seat\u00a0 at\u00a0 Danvers * * they take with them their son Tracy, their daughters\u00a0 Deborah b. 8 May 1775;\u00a0 Tryphena\u00a0 b. 5 Mar 1779;\u00a0 Hepzibeth b.21 Aug 1780, & Ruth,\u00a0 their son\u00a0 George\u00a0 is settled\u00a0 here & daughter Susannah is\u00a0 married to Mr. James Taylor,\u00a0 she also remains here. **22 Oct\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Samuel\u00a0 Kinney’s\u00a0 son\u00a0 Richard,\u00a0 I\u00a0 hear,\u00a0 died\u00a0 this morning * * . **28 Oct\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : I learn that Mrs. Rhoda Parker,\u00a0 Thomas Parker’s wife and infant child are both dead.\u00a0 She died about 0400 this morning, the child I believe in the evening. She seemingly gone the same way as her sister Abigail did,\u00a0 perhaps\u00a0 some\u00a0 constitutional or family disorder. (Rhoda d.o. Hallet and Rhoda (Peek) Collins,\u00a0 was\u00a0 born\u00a0 at Liverpool, NS, on February 13, 1776. Abigail,\u00a0 wife of Capt. Zebulon Perkins, was born on September 2, 1772,\u00a0 married January\u00a0 9, 1793,\u00a0 died\u00a0 July\u00a0 18, 1795). **29 Oct\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Mrs. Rhoda Parker funeral.
\n** 2 Nov\u00a0 Thur : * * Queens\u00a0 County\u00a0 party\u00a0 of\u00a0 militia\u00a0 returns from
\nHalifax,\u00a0 being\u00a0 discharged\u00a0 24 October * * all returned except Medad
\nTupper who entered on\u00a0 HMS PREVOYANTE and Carr who,\u00a0 with his family,
\nremain at Halifax.\u00a0 (Possibly John Carr of Green Harbour, NS). \u00a0 13 Nov\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Dogget’s\u00a0 mortgage\u00a0 assigned\u00a0 over to Ichabod Dogget & Joseph Verge,\u00a0 according to my desire,\u00a0 for 30 Pounds. **23 Nov\u00a0 Thur : A little daughter of Benoni Gardiner,\u00a0 of Port Mouton Island, having died at Mr. Rogers, was this day buryed; carried to the grave by six young women in white. ** 1 Dec\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : I execute\u00a0 two\u00a0 deeds\u00a0 of a number of lots of land to Jedediah Huntington, Esq., of New\u00a0 London\u00a0 (Conn) to pay a debt * * .
\n** 9 Dec\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : A most awful\u00a0 accident\u00a0 happened to Mr. Silvanus Cobb * * fractured his skull * * until evening when\u00a0\u00a0 he\u00a0 expired.\u00a0 Funeral 10 Dec 1797. \u00a0 29 Dec Fri\u00a0\u00a0 : Mr. Jesse\u00a0 Atwood & son,\u00a0 who have been\u00a0 prisoners in France, taken with (George) Porter,\u00a0 came home in brig from Halifax.<\/p>\n

1798<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**24 Feb\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : My birthday * enter my 64th year. ** 2 Mar\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : (Alexander) A son of Robert Huston died this morning of a feaver * * about 9 years of age. Buryed 3 March 1798. **14 Mar\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : * * The overseers\u00a0 (of the poor)\u00a0 prosicuted\u00a0 Thomas Phelon for having Jenny Sawer with child.
\n** 1 Apr\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : * * they lost a man\u00a0 overboard the\u00a0 night after they
\nsailed from here,\u00a0 his name was Little-John. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 Apr Mon\u00a0\u00a0 : I settle with Stephen Page…owed me,\u00a0 with interest, near 180.\u00a0 I compromised the Business,\u00a0 and took up with Sixty Pounds. His son\u00a0 Stephen gave his note for Ten Pounds… (Stephen s.o. Stephen & Priscilla\u00a0 (Stephens) Page, b. 28 Dec 1769 – fisherman,\u00a0 privateers- man, shipmaster,\u00a0 member of militia, mar. 1 Sep 1791 at Liverpool, NS, Dorcas,\u00a0 d.o. Benjamin & Desire (Smith) Cole,\u00a0 wid. John Doggett Jr.) \u00a0\u00a0 1 May Tues\u00a0 : John\u00a0 Hayden\u00a0 comes on board the\u00a0 ELIZA as a hand, at Five Pounds a month. (S.o. Thomas Hayden, Ragged Island- Thomas Hayden had family of 11 in 1787 – His (2) wife was Bertha West,\u00a0 wid. of John Strickland). **14 May\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : A daughter of Mrs. Carey\u00a0 died\u00a0 this\u00a0 day\u00a0 of\u00a0 putrid feaver. \u00a0 10 June Sun\u00a0 : The Schnr. JUNO arrived from Shelburne, Capt. Grayson and Mr. Wm. Robinson\u00a0 (a Loyalist settler) are in her. **17 July Thur : Capt. Jabez\u00a0 Cobb and\u00a0 family are\u00a0 gone to\u00a0 reside at Halifax. **20 Aug\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : William\u00a0 Gardner of\u00a0 Herring\u00a0 Cove,\u00a0 one of his hands (schooner\u00a0 BLACK SNAKE) was drowned by a whale striking his boat while
\nout fishing.\u00a0 (This happened July 25, 1798). \u00a0\u00a0 1 Sept Sat\u00a0 : The meeting of the subscribers to the\u00a0 Annapolis Road is adjourned for a fortnight. ** 3 Sept Mon\u00a0 : * * and told him that Capt. Barrack’s\u00a0 mate was dead, who was David Snow,\u00a0 and it is generally believed that he is dead.
\n10 Sept Mon\u00a0 : The sickness in Boston not so bad as we have heard. \u00a0 16 Sept Sun\u00a0 : Samuel\u00a0 Hunt\u00a0 Esq.\u00a0 carries\u00a0 on the meeting…Herring vastly plenty in the river. \u00a0 28 Sept Fri\u00a0 : The\u00a0 Schnr. PACQUET\u00a0 arrives\u00a0 this\u00a0 morning or in the night\u00a0 from\u00a0 Boston.\u00a0 She\u00a0 was\u00a0 out in the gale last Tuesday night … suffered considerably (damage). **18 Oct\u00a0 Thur : * * he has brought\u00a0 one of the\u00a0 Esquimo Indians and a young woman of the same tribe,\u00a0 the man designed to live with (Robert) Slocombe and the girl * * * to live with Mr. Bradford. **11 Dec\u00a0 Tues : Remains of\u00a0 Alex\u00a0 Godfrey’s\u00a0 little\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 (Ruth) that was burnt some days ago (7 Dec 1798) by her clothes\u00a0 taking\u00a0 fire which caused her death was buryed to-day.<\/p>\n

1799<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Jan Thurs : Very\u00a0 cold\u00a0 morning,\u00a0 wind\u00a0 at N.E.,\u00a0 & towards\u00a0 Noon begins to snow, but not very fast. \u00a0\u00a0 8 Jan Tues\u00a0 : Cold…Sleading Wood.
\n17 Jan Thurs : The\u00a0 subscribers\u00a0 for land on the Annapolis Road meet
\nat Mrs. West’s to sign the Memorial\u00a0 to the Governor.\u00a0 It was read and
\napproved.\u00a0 I Signed & soon left them. \u00a0 19 Jan Sat\u00a0\u00a0 : Elisha Hopkins,\u00a0 John\u00a0 Thomas,\u00a0 Esqs,\u00a0 & their wives, with myself,\u00a0 & wife,\u00a0 take a ride in our Slays\u00a0 round by the falls as far as Sandy Cove. ** 7 Feb\u00a0 Thur : I hear\u00a0 old Mrs.\u00a0 Cohoon\u00a0 (Elizabeth) of Port\u00a0 Medway died last Monday (4 Feb 1798).\u00a0 She has been in a poor state of health for some time.
\n**24 Feb\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : My birthday. I enter my 65th year. ** 1 Mar\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : This\u00a0 morning\u00a0 Isaac Dexter & Mr. Robert Dickson come to my house & informed me that a\u00a0 shallop\u00a0 is\u00a0 stove\u00a0 to\u00a0 pieces\u00a0 near Dipper Creek,\u00a0 that two men are found dead * * towards noon I hear the men\u00a0 that\u00a0 are\u00a0 found\u00a0 are\u00a0 Conrod\u00a0 and the other man * * * Hickerson, Sarlick or\u00a0 perhaps Frelick. ** 8 Mar\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Isaac\u00a0 Dexter * * tells\u00a0 me\u00a0 he\u00a0 has the corps of two men found dead (see March 1, above). **10 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : The wife of Elisha Callin (sic)\u00a0 [Calkin]\u00a0 died\u00a0 this morning of a lingering disorder. **12 Mar\u00a0 Tues : The\u00a0 funeral of Mrs.\u00a0 Calkin is\u00a0 attended\u00a0 by a\u00a0 vast number of people considering coldness and snow.\u00a0 Mr. Payzant delivered a very good discourse * *. **24 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : James\u00a0 Freeman,\u00a0 son\u00a0 of\u00a0 William\u00a0 Freeman,\u00a0 Esq., is
\nmarried to Betsey (Elizabeth) Collins,\u00a0 d.o. Widw. Desire Collins. **31 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : John\u00a0 Freeman\u00a0 published\u00a0 to\u00a0 Major Tupper’s daughter Patty (Martha). ** 6 Apr\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : George\u00a0 McAdam\u00a0 died this evening; Benj. Arnold comes to town;\u00a0 David Miller moves into my black-smith house. **16 May\u00a0 Thur : This\u00a0 evening\u00a0 Mr. Thomas\u00a0 Freeman is married to Miss Sally (Sarah) Hopkins). **24 May\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : The wife of Benj.\u00a0 Holmes is\u00a0 dead.\u00a0 Funeral\u00a0 26\u00a0 May 1799, at the Chapel by Mr. Mann. **29 May\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : About 1\/2 past 12 o’clock\u00a0 departed\u00a0 this\u00a0 life\u00a0 Doc. George Forbes Vaughn,\u00a0 late surgeon of ship\u00a0 CHARLES\u00a0 MARY\u00a0 WENTWORTH. Interred with military honors,\u00a0 30 May 1799.
\n**12 June Wed\u00a0 : Mr. Benj.\u00a0 Arnold\u00a0 and wife\u00a0 came to town in order to
\ntake passage to\u00a0 New London,\u00a0 in schooner\u00a0 VICTORY.\u00a0 (See also 6 April entry). **14 July Sun\u00a0 : * * letter give me\u00a0 information\u00a0 of\u00a0 the death of two of my brothers-in-law: Benjamin Burnham, who married my eldest sister,
\nand Gamaliel Ripley,\u00a0 who married my sister Judith,\u00a0 now my only\u00a0 sur-
\nviving sister; Ripley died first part of April last and Burnham 17 May * * (Prob. at Conn.). ** 4 Sept Wed\u00a0 : * * spoke the CHARLES MARY\u00a0 WENTWORTH, 16 Aug * * and was\u00a0 informed that Mr.\u00a0 Nath’l\u00a0 Freeman\u00a0 was killed in a fort they had taken possession of by a musquet ball in his head, * * . **11 Sept Wed\u00a0 : * * find to be\u00a0 the\u00a0 CHARLES\u00a0 MARY\u00a0 WENTWORTH,\u00a0 Capt. Freeman; he left cruising on account of sickness aboard, * * one Peter Frude & a boy of Thomas\u00a0 Scott’s\u00a0 have\u00a0 sickened and died — Nathaniel Freeman was killed much as we’d heard\u00a0 (see 4 Sept. entry). \u00a0 24 Sept Tues : Pleasant morning.\u00a0 We have fish\u00a0 out\u00a0 to\u00a0 dry.\u00a0 Comes small showers of rain.\u00a0 We paid 4 hhds. for the\u00a0 GOOD FORTUNE. **26 Sept Thur : I hear Mr. Elisha\u00a0 Calkin’s son\u00a0 William which was at nurse at Desire Drew’s,\u00a0 died last night.\u00a0 Buryed 27 Sept 1799.
\n**27 Sept Fri\u00a0 : Mrs. Samuel\u00a0 Man had a young son\u00a0 departed\u00a0 this life
\nlast night,\u00a0 name was Jonas (James?).\u00a0 Buryed 28 Sept 1799. ** 3 Oct\u00a0 Thur : Capt. Dean’s\u00a0 child died last night soon after he got home (Maria,\u00a0 d.o. Ephraim & Nancy (Atkins) Dean,\u00a0 b. Liverpool Sep 11 1798). **16 Oct\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : I hear Mr. Edward Keleigh died at\u00a0 Port\u00a0 Medway\u00a0 last Wednesday.
\n**20 Oct\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Capt. Thomas\u00a0 Parker is married by John Thomas, Esq.,
\nto Miss Nancy (Ann) Rogers,\u00a0 only daughter of Mr. James Rogers by lic.
\n**31 Oct\u00a0 Thur : A man by the name of Gates, of Annapolis, who worked on the road to Nictaux,\u00a0 is about to marry the widow Mary Harrington. ** 1 Nov\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : The REGULATOR sails\u00a0 for\u00a0 Annapolis.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Gates\u00a0 is married this morning to\u00a0 Mrs. Harrington\u00a0 and carries her with one of her daughters with him in the REGULATOR. ** 5 Nov\u00a0 Tues : I hear that Nathan Tupper, Jr., is married to a Miss Prentice, somewhere in the Bay of Fundy settlements. (Cornwallis, NS., 12 Oct 1799; Rev. Wm. Twining; Miss Delight Prentice).
\n**11 Nov\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : NATASHKWEN\u00a0 is arrived\u00a0 from\u00a0 Boston,\u00a0 they\u00a0 had\u00a0 the
\nmisfortune yesterday morning to loose Jack\u00a0 Grant,\u00a0 a mulatto man that
\nused to live with Benajah Collins, Esq., * * fell off * * . **16 Nov\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Mr.\u00a0 William\u00a0 Allen\u00a0 &\u00a0 family\u00a0 are\u00a0 come with him ** formerly\u00a0 of\u00a0 Boston,\u00a0 a man\u00a0 of\u00a0 property,\u00a0 has\u00a0 lived\u00a0 some\u00a0 time in Shelburne\u00a0 and\u00a0 is\u00a0 now\u00a0 much reduced,\u00a0 his son William has been doing business here some time;\u00a0 they have taken the house belonging to Capt. John Freeman. \u00a0 17 Nov Sun\u00a0\u00a0 : Moderate day. Capt. Gorham arrived from Halifax. ** 5 Dec\u00a0 Thur : I agree with\u00a0 Peter\u00a0 Spearwater of\u00a0 Little Harbour to live with me as a laborer. (Peter s.o. August Spearwater (Spahrwasser) b. Wiesbaden,\u00a0 came with parents to Nova Scotia,\u00a0 mar. Magdalena, d.o. Johann\u00a0 Philip\u00a0 & Anna\u00a0 Catherine (Engerhaut) Henrici, of Lunenburg in 1788.\u00a0 At age 95 drowned after falling through ice at Lake George). **14 Dec\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : This morning\u00a0 early Mr. Josiah\u00a0 Whittimore came to my house and informed me that William Brocklesby had hanged himself in an old barn\u00a0 belonging to Mr. Mather * * he was\u00a0 buryed\u00a0 in the lane that goes out by the burying ground.
\n**20 Dec\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Seth Bangs was married last night to Sally\u00a0 Chisholm,
\nby John Thomas, Esq. **23 Dec\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : I hear Mr. Seth\u00a0 Drew died last night.\u00a0 He\u00a0 has\u00a0 been unwell two or three weeks. **25 Dec\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Remains of Mr. Seth Drew are buryed.\u00a0 A\u00a0 son\u00a0 of\u00a0 Job Boomer (Job Jr.) was killed by a log * * * . **26 Dec\u00a0 Thur : I hear that Polly Draper’s\u00a0 child died on Sunday last (22 Dec 1799)\u00a0 and that she is in a bad way.\u00a0 Samuel Hunt, Esq., seems fast decaying, he is not able to go out. \u00a0 30 Dec\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : William,\u00a0 son\u00a0 of\u00a0 John & Christie\u00a0 Forbes,\u00a0 of Ross-shire, Scotland, soldier at Bunker Hill – discharged at Shelburne 1783 – Liverpool 1798 – married Widow Mrs. Maxwell, died 1831.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE DIARY OF SIMEON PERKINS (Extracts) By Muriel M. Farquhar Davidson\u00a0\u00a0 The following “Extracts” are a\u00a0 combination of\u00a0 research by Lt.Col. Robert Ford Kirkpatrick, USAF (Ret’d)\u00a0 with\u00a0 1992\u00a0 research\u00a0 by\u00a0 above writer. The original entries will be marked by\u00a0 **\u00a0 preceding the date and form of writing has been matched \u2026<\/p>\n

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