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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

1810<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**18 Jan\u00a0 Thur : I agree\u00a0\u00a0 with\u00a0 Frederick\u00a0 Remby of Petite Riviere to sell him my 30\u00a0 acre\u00a0 lot,\u00a0 in letter H, * *\u00a0 (denotes\u00a0 location\u00a0 of a lot). \u00a0 26 Jan Fri\u00a0\u00a0 : I send\u00a0 Peter West & James\u00a0 Piggott to\u00a0 Henry\u00a0 Hupman to see if his horse will be suitable for me. ** 8 Feb\u00a0 Thur : I take a ride with my wife in Mr.\u00a0 Heater’s\u00a0 slay\u00a0 to see old Mrs. Gorham at William\u00a0 Dunlop’s.\u00a0 She appears very infirm, we make a short visit at Col. Freeman’s.\u00a0 (This\u00a0 entry\u00a0 would\u00a0 place\u00a0 the Dunlop home somewhere near Milton, NS, and not Sable River as has been stated, earlier, in print).\u00a0 [Mrs. Gorham died Sept. 14, 1811].
\n**24 Feb\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : My\u00a0 birthday.\u00a0 Have\u00a0 now\u00a0 completed 75 and enter 76th year.
\n** 4 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Jacob\u00a0 Rude’s\u00a0 child that has always\u00a0 been sickly and
\ndeformed, about 11 years of age, died yesterday morning, was buryed by
\nMr. Bamford in the Chapel burying ground * * . This is the first corps laid there. ** 5 Mar\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Mr. Joshua\u00a0 Brother\u00a0 came passenger in the Brig. from Lunenburg, he reports that William Taylor, Esq., and old Mr. Prescott,
\nlately died in Halifax.\u00a0 It is reported\u00a0 that\u00a0 Mr. Taylor of Shelburne
\nis dead. ** 4 Apr\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : I hear Rufus\u00a0 Cole’s\u00a0 wife died about 12 o’clock last night.\u00a0 She was lately\u00a0 delivered of a child and it is said not skill- fully managed by the midwife. She was a daughter of Christopher Cotman (Jane — See NICKERSON FAMILY, Pg. 348). **16 Apr\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : I hear\u00a0 William\u00a0 Puttum\u00a0 (Putnam)\u00a0 has a little\u00a0 girl missing\u00a0 since\u00a0 last\u00a0 evening,\u00a0 supposed\u00a0 falled\u00a0 from\u00a0 the\u00a0 wharf and drowned,\u00a0 her bonnet\u00a0 was found on the wharf.\u00a0 The\u00a0 widow\u00a0 of\u00a0 Charles Murray, Sr., dec’d (Hope Freeman) called on me with a paper drawn * *. The\u00a0 little\u00a0 daughter of\u00a0 William\u00a0 Puttum\u00a0 is found under the wharf of Elisha\u00a0 Calkin, Esq., * * another\u00a0 melancholla\u00a0 accident has happened. Mr. Robert\u00a0 Slocombe\u00a0 had three sons in a boat loaded with clay.\u00a0 Boat sunk and one of the boys (Zenas) was drowned\u00a0 near opposite Mr. Simeon Gardner’s. **17 Apr\u00a0 Tues : Mr. Slocombe’s\u00a0 boy\u00a0 that\u00a0 was\u00a0 drowned\u00a0 yesterday is found near place he drowned.\u00a0 Buryed at\u00a0 Methodist Burying Ground,\u00a0 on 18 Apr 1810,\u00a0 Mr. Payzant & Harding. **21 Apr\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Robert Freeman sails for Halifax and Manchester, then to Cabaroos.\u00a0 Doc. Stickel & his woman go with him.\u00a0 Stickel is on the lookout\u00a0 for a place to settle.\u00a0 Mr. Geoffrey Cook & wife and Mr. John Newton also go passengers for Manchester. **29 Apr\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Mr. James DeWolf, of Horton, son of Elisha DeWolf, is married\u00a0 by\u00a0 Elisha\u00a0 Calkin,\u00a0 Esq.,\u00a0 to\u00a0 Elizabeth\u00a0 Margaret\u00a0 Freeman, daughter\u00a0 of\u00a0 Joseph\u00a0 Freeman, Esq., a great\u00a0 wedding.\u00a0 Said\u00a0 to be 90 guests,\u00a0 principally relatives. ** 2 June Sat\u00a0 : The\u00a0 Bell\u00a0 Tolls for\u00a0 a death.\u00a0 I hear it is a\u00a0 young woman by name\u00a0 Fraser\u00a0 (Mary)\u00a0 at Mr. Simon Fraser’s and a relation of his from\u00a0 Shelburne.\u00a0 She\u00a0 has\u00a0 been sick some time * * Mr. Fraser and wife are gone to\u00a0 Halifax. * * * from Passamaquoddy,\u00a0 in\u00a0 Mr. Little’s shallop.\u00a0 Ebenezer\u00a0 Harrington\u00a0 is\u00a0 come\u00a0 with them.\u00a0 He went pilot or assistant\u00a0 in a vessel\u00a0 last fall and had not been\u00a0 heard of in a long time.\u00a0 I understand he has been the whole time at Penobscot. ** 3 June Sun\u00a0 : Funeral of Mary\u00a0 Fraser is attended, 5 o’clock, P.M., at Chapel,\u00a0 Mr. Newton and Rev. Mr. Payzant. ** 6 June Wed\u00a0 : * * Hallet\u00a0 Collins,\u00a0 Esq.,\u00a0 came\u00a0 with him.\u00a0 He has received at Halifax,\u00a0 the melancholla tidings of the death of his son
\nSamuel Collins at Crooked Island,\u00a0 one of the Bahamas. He had been at
\nJamaica & I understand took salt at Crooked Island. **20 June Wed\u00a0 : The Bell\u00a0 Tolls.\u00a0 I hear that Thomas Leslie,\u00a0 son of Jasper Leslie of Port Mouton,\u00a0 is dead of the Common fever. **21 July Sat\u00a0 : The Bell Tolls * I hear it is John Godfrey at Herring Cove, a son of the late Enoch Godfrey * * a very\u00a0 promising young man, lately\u00a0 married\u00a0 to a daughter of the late James\u00a0 Dolliver.\u00a0 Buryed 22 July 1810 in Common burying Ground. (See NEHGREG. 127\/45, and DOLLIVER by Lawrence Dolliver for further background). ** 9 Aug\u00a0 Thur : (Lengthy\u00a0 report\u00a0 on\u00a0 the murder of\u00a0 Samuel\u00a0 Allen at Blueberry\u00a0 Cove\u00a0 (West Berlin, NS)\u00a0 by one Patrick Holland,\u00a0 and lists sundry witnesses, justices, etc., i.e.:\u00a0 Conrad\u00a0 Wolf,\u00a0 Leonard\u00a0 Teal, John Teal,\u00a0 William\u00a0 Smith\u00a0 and\u00a0 John\u00a0 Baker,\u00a0 all of Blueberry — Mr. Newton,\u00a0 Mr. Calkin — of\u00a0 Liverpool — also\u00a0 Wheeler\u00a0 Minard & Robert Harlow, Jr. — of Milton — and Mr. Thomas,\u00a0 also Liverpool.\u00a0 Minard & Harlow\u00a0 were at\u00a0 Conrad\u00a0 Wolf’s\u00a0 home\u00a0 at\u00a0 Pudding Pan, NS\u00a0 (now\u00a0 East Berlin).\u00a0 Incidentally, Holland\u00a0 was\u00a0 eventually pardoned). **17 Aug\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : A Black woman,\u00a0 Caesar’s daughter Jane died this day, it is said of feaver.\u00a0 She washed the clothes of John Godfrey\u00a0 (see 21
\nJuly 1810 entry)\u00a0 lately\u00a0 died.\u00a0 Some people think she took the feaver from them cloaths. **24 Sept Mon\u00a0 : George Boyle\u00a0 found not guilty of rape charge by Anne Leslie,\u00a0 wife of John Leslie, Jr. ** 2 Oct\u00a0 Tues : An awful\u00a0 sudden\u00a0 death\u00a0 happened in the night, Capt. Joseph Atkins * * nearing the Fort, taken with bleeding in his stomach and\u00a0 expired,\u00a0 it is said, in fifteen minutes ** 33rd year of his age, left widow and children. ** 4 Oct\u00a0 Thur : Capt. James Barss arrived from Boston.\u00a0 He brings the mellancholia\u00a0 news of the death of\u00a0 Mr. Robert Foster,\u00a0 on his passage from Southward.\u00a0 It is reported that in a fit of insanity,\u00a0 he\u00a0 jumped out of the\u00a0 cabin\u00a0 window * * given to drink at times.\u00a0 He\u00a0 married\u00a0 a daughter of Capt. John West, and it is remarkable that four sisters of them are all widows. Funeral of Capt. Atkins is attended.\u00a0 Mr. Payzant preaches sermon at his meeting house.\u00a0 John\u00a0 McKenzie is returned with Barss, they report that Mrs. Smith, late Mrs. Tinkham,\u00a0 has buryed her daughter that was here with her. It was her youngest, I believe, Mary, had been married about a year, and died in childbed. ** 9 Oct\u00a0 Tues : * * and the funeral of\u00a0 James Knowles Collins, son of Mr. Benjamin Collins, age about 5 years.\u00a0 He died in the night between
\nSaturday and\u00a0 Sunday last.\u00a0 Major Tupper\u00a0 took up William Murray (Jr.) for breach of the peace. Beating his wife and threatening and striking at Major\u00a0 Tupper with a large stick * * a poor\u00a0 man,\u00a0 and,\u00a0 at\u00a0 times, appears to be insane. **13 Oct\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : John\u00a0 Mullins\u00a0 belonging\u00a0 to\u00a0 schooner\u00a0 POLLY, Nathan Tupper, Jr., late master,\u00a0 arrived in the night,\u00a0 or this morning.\u00a0 He reports\u00a0 that 3 days after they left St. Croix, Capt. Tupper was taken
\nwith the black\u00a0 vomit\u00a0 and that he lived only\u00a0 three\u00a0 days after being taken. **18 Oct\u00a0 Thur : About\u00a0 five\u00a0 o’clock,\u00a0 I hear that the (2nd.) wife of Hallet Collins, Esq., is dead (Martha).\u00a0 Funeral 21 Oct 1810. \u00a0\u00a0 5 Nov Mon\u00a0\u00a0 : Simeon (his son) writes to Mr. Bishop (Daniel Lothrop Bishop)\u00a0 by\u00a0 Capt.\u00a0 Seth Huskins via Boston that we shall not send the BRITTANIA to New York as she is not ready. ** 9 Nov\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Another\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 of\u00a0 Caesar\u00a0 Bradly,\u00a0 Blackman,\u00a0 is buryed. \u00a0 15 Nov Thurs : The\u00a0 Courts\u00a0 sit.\u00a0 They\u00a0 try the\u00a0 indictments — John Ward was committed an indictment\u00a0 against\u00a0 Richard\u00a0 MenHall\u00a0 (Mulhall) for\u00a0 putting\u00a0 lime in a black\u00a0 boys’ eye.\u00a0 He\u00a0 was\u00a0 cleared.\u00a0 (Richard Bartholomew Mulhall, s.o. Richard Mulhall, Loyalist, married Hepzibeth d.o. Jesse & Esther Torrey (Cheever) Atwood — died Nov 1873 ae. 81). **17 Nov\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : * * William\u00a0 Chandler,\u00a0 Charles\u00a0 Stuart\u00a0 and\u00a0 Caspar Raynard, paid me 20 Pounds cash for my 200 acre lot Letter\u00a0 D\/4. I am to give them a deed. \u00a0\u00a0 7 Dec Mon\u00a0\u00a0 : A sloop appears in the\u00a0 harbour,\u00a0 said\u00a0 to\u00a0 be\u00a0 Seth Huskins from Boston. **27 Dec\u00a0 Thur : Mrs. John Godfrey says her brother Donald McLeod left Ruth Freeman’s\u00a0 (Mrs. Elkanah\u00a0 Freeman) last Monday,\u00a0 and that she was sick and her daughter Lucy.\u00a0 Mr. John Gorham & others from Cabaroos in Mr. Knaut’s shallop arrived * * 10 in number. That settlement seems to be broken up, at least the settlers from Liverpool. I believe that all but Capt. Samuel Man have quitted the place.<\/p>\n

1811<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Jan Tues\u00a0 : New Year’s Day. Jesse Atwood is very sick and thought to be near his end. ** 2 Jan\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : Jesse\u00a0 Atwood died this morning about 2 o’clock (his) funeral is attended.\u00a0 Mr. Bamford prayed at the house. Tryal of Lewis, a blackman,\u00a0 for theft * * sentenced to 25 lashes * * he\u00a0 received the
\nlashes,\u00a0 while\u00a0 it was\u00a0 executing\u00a0 Alexander\u00a0 Watson\u00a0 of\u00a0 Petit\u00a0 River interrupted the execution and made an affray.\u00a0 The\u00a0 Sheriff\u00a0 committed him to jail. \u00a0\u00a0 3 Jan Thurs : The funeral of Jesse Atwood — see Jan. 2, 1811.
\n**16 Jan\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : I hear the vessel\u00a0 cast away at Indian Island (5 Jan.
\nSaturday, 1811) was Capt. Hillyard of Halifax,\u00a0 and that he and mate & cabin boy were lost. The mate was Edward Fitzjarrel * * . (Fitzgerald) \u00a0 19 Jan Sat\u00a0\u00a0 : Capt. James Barss in\u00a0 Schooner CONSOLATION\u00a0 sails for West Indies,\u00a0 loaded principally with dry fish. \u00a0 21 Jan Mon\u00a0\u00a0 : Pleasant morning. We are unloading the LARK. The corn is a good quality but does not appear to be northern. \u00a0\u00a0 27 Jan Sun\u00a0\u00a0 : The Brig LADY WARREN,\u00a0 Samuel Parker,\u00a0 master, sails for the West Indies with a large cargo of fish. **29 Jan\u00a0 Tues : I understand\u00a0 Doc. (Andrew)\u00a0 Webster is married this evening to Miss Ann Barss,\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 of Joseph Barss, Esq. (Ann d.o. Joseph & Elizabeth (Crowell) Barss,\u00a0 born Aug 21, 1787 at Liverpool. \u00a0 31 Jan Thurs : I have heard the BRITANNIA sailed this day from New York for Demarary (Demarara).
\n** 2 Feb\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : I hear in the evening\u00a0 that\u00a0 Mrs.\u00a0 Moriah\u00a0 Wiggins,
\nalias\u00a0\u00a0 McLeod,\u00a0 died this afternoon,\u00a0 she had been a long time in a declining state. She was a daughter of the late Lieut. Donald McLeod, member of\u00a0 King’s\u00a0 Orange\u00a0 Rangers.\u00a0 (Maria born at Liverpool 11 June 1782. On 10 Aug 1800 she married Charles Wiggins of Wiscasset, Maine). ** 4 Feb\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Funeral of Moriah Wiggins\u00a0 attended,\u00a0 a sermon at the Chapel.\u00a0 She was buryed in the Common\u00a0 Burying\u00a0 Ground tho she and her family are\u00a0 Methodist.\u00a0 I conclude\u00a0 the reason was that her father and mother were buryed there. **15 Feb\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Mr. Mahley,\u00a0 the German\u00a0 gentleman\u00a0 that\u00a0 boards with Mrs. Hopkins * * is from Bishoprick of Oznaburg * * * *. **23 Feb\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : * * he also brings news that\u00a0 Simeon\u00a0 Atwood,\u00a0 son of late Jesse Atwood,\u00a0 was lost overboard on the 6th this month returning from West Indies, * * . **24 Feb\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : My birthday — now\u00a0 completed\u00a0 seventy-six years * *. Aschah Nickerson, daughter of John & Aschah (Crowell) Nickerson, died this morning,\u00a0 having been six or seven months in a meloncholla state of mind and declining * * her death not expected so suddenly, she was able to walk\u00a0 the room\u00a0 in the\u00a0 evening.\u00a0 Funeral 26 Feb 1811,\u00a0 their Meeting House, Mr. Payzant, Psalms 46\/1 (New Light Church).\u00a0 [She was the 2nd or 3rd daughter named Aschah.]. \u00a0 26 Feb Tues\u00a0 : Funeral of Aschah Nickerson attended (see Feb. 24). \u00a0 27 Feb Wed\u00a0\u00a0 : Mary Collins is very low (d.o. Paul & Hannah (Parker) Collins, born Liverpool 15 Aug 1789, died 3 March 1811). ** 2 Mar\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : SPEEDWELL\u00a0 sails for Halifax, * * Mr. Pahley\u00a0 (entry of 15 Feb 1811 says Mahley)\u00a0 is now bound for Europe, * * . ** 3 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Miss Mary Collins,\u00a0 2nd daughter of Mr. Paul Collins died this morning between 1 & 2, * * Deaths\u00a0 have\u00a0 been\u00a0 frequent for some days past * * 3 children have died since\u00a0 (last Sunday).\u00a0 Simeon Freeman’s child buryed * * . ** 4 Mar\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Mr. William O’Neill calls to tell\u00a0 me\u00a0 that\u00a0 Richard Wilson, a blackman, that lived on my\u00a0 son’s\u00a0 place at\u00a0 Indian\u00a0 Harbor, died this morning.\u00a0 Funeral of\u00a0 Miss\u00a0 Mary\u00a0 Collins\u00a0 attended\u00a0 at\u00a0 her father’s house.\u00a0 Mr. Payzant preached.\u00a0 Revelations 14\/13. ** 7 Mar\u00a0 Thur : Mr. Bamford\u00a0 informed\u00a0 me\u00a0 that\u00a0 the\u00a0 Rev. Mr. Israel Cheever died this morning,\u00a0 he is said to be 89 years of age. ** 8 Mar\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Stephen\u00a0 Smith, Jr.,\u00a0 grandson-in-law to the late Mr. Cheever,\u00a0 invites me to attend the\u00a0 funeral\u00a0 to-morrow at 2 o’clock as pall bearer. (For Cheever). ** 9 Mar\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : I attend\u00a0 funeral of Rev.\u00a0 Mr. Cheever.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Payzant preached in New Light meeting house. **20 Mar\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : * * a hired\u00a0 servant of Mr.\u00a0 George\u00a0 Collins * * pre- tended some\u00a0 magic\u00a0 art by which he found some of the goods * * he did not implicate anyone but a son of Mrs. Farmer’s — James Taylor — * * **31 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : I hear that\u00a0 Isaac\u00a0 Kinney\u00a0 died last night,\u00a0 at\u00a0 his brother Sam Kinney’s.\u00a0 Funeral 1 Apr 1811. \u00a0\u00a0 2 Apr Tues\u00a0 : Capt. Samuel Freeman sails for Passamaquoddy. \u00a0 11 Apr Wed\u00a0\u00a0 : I\u00a0 attend\u00a0 the\u00a0 court — presented\u00a0 included\u00a0 Michael Hupman for adultery.\u00a0 (Son of Michael & Anna Margaretha (Howe) Hupman, married Widow Margaret\u00a0 McGowan May 5, 1792.\u00a0 In 1813 records state he purchased the land on which Hunt’s Point is situated,\u00a0 an earlier deed is from his brother Conrad to Andrew Hagen, former Tarleton’s Legion). **15 Apr\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : * * and Jacob Jones\u00a0 with\u00a0 him * * I\u00a0 conversed\u00a0 with Jacob Jones,\u00a0 he says he lives at Hamden, about 30 miles above Castean
\non Penobscot River,\u00a0 is married and in the blacksmith business * *. **25 Apr\u00a0 Thur : I hear a\u00a0 pardon\u00a0 (of\u00a0 murder)\u00a0 has\u00a0 come for Patrick Holland.
\n**26 Apr\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : John\u00a0 Pigot\u00a0 tells\u00a0 me\u00a0 he expects to leave me in two
\nweeks.\u00a0 I conclude he is to be married to\u00a0 John Luther’s daughter. \u00a0 27 Apr Sat\u00a0\u00a0 : Henry\u00a0 Hupman\u00a0 is\u00a0 about petitioning the Governor for some land in the British\/Tarleton’s Legion grant near Broad River.\u00a0 He brings\u00a0 John\u00a0 Hupman & John McKay to depose that the land is not being occupied except\u00a0 the marsh fenced\u00a0 by Drew\u00a0 Ridley & what\u00a0 Hupman\u00a0 has occupied.\u00a0 (John Hupman married Elizabeth, d.o. Donald & Alice (Spade) McKay,\u00a0 fisherman,\u00a0 died old homestead in Summerville\u00a0 [Broad\u00a0 River]. Drew Ridley had family of 3 at Port Mouton in 1787). ** 3 May\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Bell\u00a0 Tolls\u00a0 for\u00a0 the\u00a0 death\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 wife\u00a0 of James McLannen (McClearn). Died last night 8 o’clock,\u00a0 in\u00a0 child\u00a0 bed.\u00a0 Left living child & daughter.\u00a0 She was daughter of Mr. Ichabod\u00a0 Darrow, 25 years\u00a0 of age,\u00a0 and 3rd wife of Mr. McLannen * * small\u00a0 pox\u00a0 being on board * * of which\u00a0 James\u00a0 Fraser,\u00a0 one of his seamen,\u00a0 died the 25th Feb.**. ** 4 May\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : Funeral of Mrs. McLannen. Mr. Bamford preached.
\n8 May Wed\u00a0\u00a0 : Mr. More arrived from Lahave,\u00a0 has\u00a0 No\u00a0 Sale\u00a0 of\u00a0 his
\nleather\u00a0 shoes,\u00a0 so has\u00a0 not raised any money to\u00a0 repay me what I lent
\nthem. (Alexander,\u00a0 s.o. John & Martha (Cobb) More,\u00a0 born Liverpool, NS
\n4 Jan 1796,\u00a0 lost at sea in the privateer ROLLA.) **10 May\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : The\u00a0 Schooner\u00a0 ROVER,\u00a0 Benj. Freeman,\u00a0 master,\u00a0 sails for the West Indies\u00a0 loaded with fish,\u00a0 Prince W. Snow, mate * * poles missing,\u00a0 he understands it is done by Hopkins boys,\u00a0 Black Bill, son-in-law to Peter Prentice & Joseph Buxton,\u00a0 son of Scipio Buxton, black **13 May\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : I hear lately there has been a murder or manslaughter at Chester;\u00a0 the man\u00a0 killed\u00a0 was Allen,\u00a0 grandson to Ambrose Allen of Lunenburg,\u00a0 the murderer was _blank_____. **19 May\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Mr.\u00a0 Bamford\u00a0 baptizes\u00a0 an\u00a0 infant of Stephen Smith’s (Stephen III).
\n**20 May\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Mrs.\u00a0 Ruth\u00a0 Freeman, with\u00a0 all\u00a0 her\u00a0 children\u00a0 except Patty and Elkanah, arrive;\u00a0 she quitted Lunenburg principally for want of a house to live in;\u00a0 Elkanah with Docr.\u00a0 Harley,\u00a0 Patty\u00a0 is at Col. Creighton’s….Mr. Seth Huskins\u00a0 arrived from Lunenburg in a vessel he has bought or chartered.
\n**31 May\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : Capt.\u00a0 James\u00a0 Knowles sails for\u00a0 Montreal,\u00a0 Mr. Alex-
\nander Stevenson (teacher) and family are passengers. * * The SPEEDWELL
\nHugh McLarrin, skipper, sails for fishing\u00a0 (s.o. Robert & Sarah (West)
\nMcLarren or Mclearn, born 16 Jan 1782,\u00a0 married Esther Matthews, 1805,
\ncollector of rates,\u00a0 died 26 Sept 1811). ** 6 June Thur : The wife of\u00a0 Robert\u00a0 Freeman died this day.\u00a0 Interred Methodist Burying Ground 7 June 1811 (Catherine). \u00a0 16 June Tues : John\u00a0 Wallace\u00a0 mows\u00a0 all the street lot.\u00a0 (Born\u00a0 Port Medway,\u00a0 married Mary Eliza,\u00a0 d.o.\u00a0 Israel\u00a0 Wharton — he and his wife went to South-West Port Mouton,\u00a0 farmer, fisherman. ** 1 July Mon\u00a0 : Mr. Black\u00a0 attends the\u00a0 funeral of an i nfant of John Godfrey’s (see also 28 July 1811). ** 3 July Wed\u00a0 : Mr. Thomas Barss marries Miss Amelia DeWolf. ** 4 July Thur : Hallet\u00a0 Collins,\u00a0 Esq.,\u00a0 arrived in McLeod’s shallop, his bride — late\u00a0 Mrs. Eagleson — from Lunenburg, with two daughters and a niece Miss Head * * . **28 July Sun\u00a0 : Towards evening at Mr. Payzant’s meeting,\u00a0 a child of John Godfrey’s is buryed. ( Note also 1 July 1811 entry). ** 4 Aug\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : The\u00a0 Rev.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Case,\u00a0 the\u00a0 Baptist\u00a0 minister,\u00a0 after service\u00a0 baptized Mrs. Lydia Dexter,\u00a0 widow of Ebenezer Dexter, who, I expect,\u00a0 is upwards of seventy years of age. ** 9 Aug\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : I hear that the Widow\u00a0 Hannah\u00a0 Freeman,\u00a0 Col.\u00a0 Nathan Freeman’s widow,\u00a0 died suddenly last evening — appeared to be as well as usual * and was walking\u00a0 acrost\u00a0 the room when she fell dead on the floor * * . Interred in Common Burying Ground,\u00a0 10 Aug 1811, Mr. Black preached. **12 Aug\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Doctor Harley,\u00a0 of Lunenburg, came to town yesterday; he has an account against Ruth\u00a0 Freeman * * he\u00a0 states\u00a0 a\u00a0 balance\u00a0 of 311 Pounds, * * he also has a complaint\u00a0 against\u00a0 her\u00a0 for taking away her\u00a0 son\u00a0 Elkanah,\u00a0 who\u00a0 she\u00a0 had\u00a0 bound\u00a0 to him to learn the trade of apothecary * * . **26 Aug\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : A child of Enoch Freeman is buryed. ** 3 Sept Tues : Brig. NATASHKWEN\u00a0 James Freeman late master,\u00a0 arrived in harbor last evening\u00a0 and this morning we have the\u00a0 melincholla news that Capt. Freeman, John Chadsey,\u00a0 mate and most of the crew are dead. She traded\u00a0 at\u00a0 Guadeloupe * * loaded for home when Mr. Chadsey & some of the crew were seized\u00a0 with a\u00a0 malignant\u00a0 fever * * Boucher was left alive; Mr. Chadsey died, was buryed in the sea near Montserrat; Samuel Smith of Port Mouton, I understand,\u00a0 died also on board.\u00a0 They stopped at St. Kitts,\u00a0 Capt.\u00a0 Freeman\u00a0 went on shore sick to the house of John Robinson, Esq.,\u00a0 and died there in 24 hours;\u00a0 an\u00a0 English\u00a0 lad\u00a0 and\u00a0 a Portugese lad died there also, so there was one of the crew remaining, a Creole, * * *. \u00a0\u00a0 3 Sept Tues : I am requested to write a memorial from the merchants and traders of this place\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 Committees\u00a0 that\u00a0 have\u00a0 arrived at Halifax\u00a0 to\u00a0 regulate the\u00a0 customs,\u00a0 etc.,\u00a0 stating\u00a0 that we have been informed that the officers of the Customs in\u00a0 Shelburne\u00a0 have\u00a0 applied
\nto get Liverpool annexed to Shelburne … and signifying our wish that
\nwe might not be annexed to that collection. ** 9 Sept Mon\u00a0 : Mr. Atkins\u00a0 that\u00a0 married\u00a0 Harriet Allen came in here Saturday night, he sails today & carries Mrs. Jane Alline,\u00a0 his wife’s mother with him. **10 Sept Tues : Overseers of the Poor * * bound\u00a0 Solomon,\u00a0 black boy, son of Sam, late dec’d. to Abel Chadsey,\u00a0 and\u00a0 Joseph\u00a0 Buxton,\u00a0 son of Cipio Deceased, to Ambrose Allen * * . **11 Sept Wed\u00a0 : The Bells Toll.\u00a0 I hear Mr. William\u00a0 Cahoon Senr. is dead and Mr. Black is gone\u00a0 to preach\u00a0 a\u00a0 funeral\u00a0 sermon.\u00a0 (At\u00a0 Port Medway, Queens County, NS). **14 Sept Sat\u00a0 : * * the ancient Mrs. Gorham,\u00a0 widow of Jabez\u00a0 Gorham, died this forenoon;\u00a0 said to be 81 years of age.\u00a0 I conclude\u00a0 that she and Mr. William Cahoon, who died a few days ago, were nearly as old as any that are left — if not older.\u00a0 Funeral, 15 Sept 1811.
\n**27 Sept Fri\u00a0 : The Bell Tolls,\u00a0 I hear Mr. Hugh McLarren (McClearn),
\neldest\u00a0 son of\u00a0 Mr. Robert McLarren,\u00a0 died last night about 8 o’clock.
\nFuneral 29 Sept 1811 at the Chapel.\u00a0 (His\u00a0 name\u00a0 erroneously\u00a0 given as
\nMcLannan on his gravestone in old cemetery,\u00a0 Liverpool, NS). **20 Oct Sun\u00a0\u00a0 : This\u00a0 evening\u00a0 Joseph\u00a0 Freeman, Esq., is\u00a0 married\u00a0 to Mrs. Ann\u00a0 Parker,\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 of\u00a0 Mr. James Rogers and\u00a0 widow of Thomas Parker;\u00a0 married\u00a0 by\u00a0 John\u00a0 Thomas, Esq.\u00a0 Mr. Freeman had a particular license. \u00a0 30 Nov Sat\u00a0\u00a0 : Finley McIntosh arrives from Halifax. **26\u00a0 Oct Sat\u00a0 : We hear\u00a0 that\u00a0 William\u00a0 Dunlop\u00a0 of\u00a0 Port\u00a0 Medway died yesterday of a feaver and a young child of his also the day before. He was the only son of Alexander\u00a0 Dunlop.\u00a0 His\u00a0 father\u00a0 and\u00a0 mother\u00a0 very infirm. **25 Nov\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : Mr. Benjamin\u00a0 Parker\u00a0 died\u00a0 about\u00a0 2 or three o’clock this morning.\u00a0 Interred 27 Nov 1811 from the house. ** 2 Dec\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : CONSOLATION,\u00a0 McPherson master,\u00a0 with colours at half mast * * I hear that Benjamin Kinney, one of the seamen, has been lost overboard on the homeward\u00a0 passage,\u00a0 he was a son of Samuel Kinney and said to be main dependence of the poor family. **22 Dec\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Mr.\u00a0 Smith\u00a0 Jones is married to Miss _______ Chadsey, by Rev. Mr. Payzant. (Mehitable). **25 Dec\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : The widow of the late\u00a0 Rev’d Israel Cheever died this morning, or in the night.<\/p>\n

1812<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**21 Jan\u00a0 Tues : * * there\u00a0 is a\u00a0 topsail\u00a0 schooner\u00a0 on shore at Broad
\nCove * * she is ashore near Peter\u00a0 Clottenburg’s. **24 Feb\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : My\u00a0 birthday — now\u00a0 enter\u00a0 my\u00a0 seventy-eighth\u00a0 year, almost 50 of which\u00a0 spent in this\u00a0 place.\u00a0 (His\u00a0 last\u00a0 birthday\u00a0 anni- versary). **27 Feb\u00a0 Thur : Miss Mary Mayhew died\u00a0 yesterday,\u00a0 a little past four o’clock, P.M.,\u00a0 in the 70th year of her age.\u00a0 She was a sister of Mrs. Thomas and\u00a0 has\u00a0 resided\u00a0 there many years * * (Daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wetherell) Mayhew of Plymouth, Ma.\u00a0 For\u00a0 further\u00a0 data\u00a0 refer to THOMAS FAMILIES of Plymouth County, Mass., by J. M. Raymond, 1980). ** 1 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : Funeral of\u00a0 Miss\u00a0 Mayhew\u00a0 at\u00a0 the\u00a0 Chapel.\u00a0 Mr. Black preached a sermon.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Payzant\u00a0 attended\u00a0 and\u00a0 made the last prayer. (Early ecumenical service: Methodist preacher and New Light minister). ** 8 Mar\u00a0 Sun\u00a0 : My family also\u00a0 receive\u00a0 letter from my daughter Mary at New York — my daughter Lucy Bishop has a daughter 7 weeks old when they wrote; they now have 2 sons & 2 daughters. ** 9 Mar\u00a0 Mon\u00a0 : I ride\u00a0 out\u00a0 with\u00a0 him to\u00a0 further Beach Hill * * Mr. (Robert)\u00a0 Freeman\u00a0 has a child there at nurse with Peggy Hupman (Peggy or Margaret, d.o. Michael Hupman, Sr.). **11 Mar\u00a0 Wed\u00a0 : * * * about half past one P.M.,\u00a0 when her spirit took its flight (Ruth Freeman). **14 Mar\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : The funeral of Miss Ruth\u00a0 Godfrey\u00a0 Freeman,\u00a0 daughter of late Elkanah\u00a0 Freeman and\u00a0 granddaughter to my wife,\u00a0 was\u00a0 attended from the house of my son John Perkins. **20 Mar\u00a0 Fri\u00a0 : The\u00a0 boat\u00a0 returns\u00a0 from\u00a0 Lunenburg\u00a0 and I understand Joseph Freeman, Jr., died there last Saturday, the 14th inst., and was buryed. I afterwards heard he died on Friday night. **21 Mar\u00a0 Sat\u00a0 : The\u00a0 remains of\u00a0 Rufus\u00a0 Cole,\u00a0 who died last Thursday night about 12 o’clock, were buried. \u00a0 13 Apr Mon\u00a0\u00a0 : Samuel\u00a0 Dexter\u00a0 arrives\u00a0 from\u00a0 Halifax,\u00a0 Snow Parker, Esq., and Mrs. John Barry are passengers — they saw the\u00a0 PACKET today near Ashmetogan.<\/p>\n

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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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