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By<\/em> Muriel M. Farquhar Davidson<\/em>
\nThe 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 Lt.Col. Robert Ford Kirkpatrick (USAF-Ret’d) published an abbreviated version\u00a0 of the following diary in The Liverpool Advance, with three episodes under the\u00a0 heading :\u00a0 Queen’ s\u00a0County Historical Society.\u00a0 Kirk added a few words of explanation in the first chapter — these may also have been reprinted here.\u00a0The\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. \u00a0\u00a0 The 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.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘PERMANENT SETTLEMENT’<\/span> <\/span><\/strong>Chapters I and II1766<\/span><\/strong> Liverpool \u00a0 29 May Thurs. : First entry by Simeon Perkins. \u00a0\u00a0 3 June Tues. : Day of rejoicing over the repeal of the\u00a0 Stamp Act.. in the evening the company marched to the home of Major\u00a0 John\u00a0 Doggett\u00a0 and were entertained.\u00a0 Major John Doggett was largely\u00a0 responsible for the first\u00a0 settlement in 1759 and\u00a0 for\u00a0 the\u00a0 first large\u00a0 migration to Liverpool in 1760.\u00a0 [See DOGGETT NOTES]** \u00a0\u00a0 4 June Wed.\u00a0 : Capt. Josiah\u00a0 Godfrey\u00a0 arrived from New Haven. He is loaded with grain, etc. Holt chartered him. \u00a0 7 June Sat.\u00a0 : Liverpool PACKET sails at evening.\u00a0 Henry\u00a0 Stewart is master.\u00a0 Plaiceway\u00a0 goes to\u00a0 trade with the Indians.
\nThe vessel is 22 tons, and built for this trade. ** 8 June Sun. : Benj. Adgate’s mother dead. (Probably at Norwich, CT. Perkins’ sister married an Adgate). **19 June Thur.: Family of Paul Doten leave Liverpool for Plymouth, MA **22 Aug. Fri. : Wife of Thomas Gordon dies in afternoon, bur. 23 Aug.
\n**11 Oct. Sat. : Bones\u00a0 located\u00a0 at\u00a0 Port\u00a0 Medway.\u00a0 Believed\u00a0 those of persons lost March 1761: Joshua\u00a0 Harding,\u00a0 John\u00a0 Young,\u00a0 and 2 sons of Peleg Dexter, i.e. John and Elisha. \u00a0 20 Oct. Mon. : A shipload\u00a0 of\u00a0 settlers\u00a0 for\u00a0 Port\u00a0 Mutton\u00a0 (Mouton) arrive there. \u00a0 23 Oct. Thurs: Cannot agree for\u00a0 timber\u00a0 there\u00a0 (Port\u00a0 Mutton).\u00a0 Our people offer it at 8 shillings per ton. There are sixty-two (62) souls in the ship to settle at Port Mutton. ** – NOTES, biographical and genealogical, are included on each page. \u00a0 21 Nov. Fri. : I go to Port Medway to examine the bones found there (11 Oct.). Prince Snow and Nathaniel Godfrey go with me … The bones look old … I do not think they are the bones of the missing ones. \u00a0 22 Nov. Sat. : We arrive at Liverpool at 2 P.M., bringing the bones to Liverpool. \u00a0\u00a0 5 Dec. Fri. : The Freemasons\u00a0 Lodge\u00a0 was\u00a0 formed two\u00a0 weeks ago, at which John Doggett, Esq.,\u00a0 Samuel\u00a0 Doggett,\u00a0 Ebenezer\u00a0 Doggett,\u00a0 Jesse Dodge,\u00a0 Robert\u00a0 Slocombe and Gilbert Manthorne were introduced to that fraternity.<\/p>\n

1767<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**15 Jan. Thur.: Seth Drew marr. Desire Cole, widow of Benjamin Cole.
\n**21 Jan. Wed. : Wife of Nathan\u00a0 Tupper Jr. dies of convulsions after childbirth. \u00a0\u00a0 1 Apr. Sat. : Mr. James Knowles and Mr. Stephen Smith arrived from Halifax. [See KNOWLES & SMITH NOTES] \u00a0\u00a0 3 Apr. Mon. : The dwelling house of Ebenezer Dexter, at Great Hill, was burnt.\u00a0 He and his wife were from home.\u00a0 Their eight year\u00a0 old son (Benjamin b. Rochester March 23, 1758), carried out the cradle with an infant child (Ebenezer b. July 20, 1766). \u00a0\u00a0 8 Apr. Sat. : Today I move\u00a0 into\u00a0 my\u00a0 new\u00a0 house.\u00a0 It\u00a0 being\u00a0 newly plaistered, and I not being well, I did not choose to move sooner.
\n** 9 May Sat.\u00a0 : Body of Joseph Cone drowned 5 months ago found today.
\n**14 May Thurs.: Stephen\u00a0 Morine\u00a0 marr.\u00a0 Miss\u00a0 Susannah\u00a0 Patterson at
\nPlaiceway’s. (Liverpool). \u00a0\u00a0 4 June Thur.: Thomas Burnaby, thought to be near his end,\u00a0 was this day baptized\u00a0 in his bed, and received into the Church by\u00a0 Rev. Israel Cheever. ** 6 July Mon. : Joseph Tribble goes to Conn. to seek employment. **28 July Tues.: Elijah Minard marr. Miss Mary Stevens. \u00a0\u00a0 6 Aug. Thur.: The wife of Joseph Collins, Jr. and the wife of Sam’l Dolliver each delivered of a daughter. The Collins child died at night
\n**18 Aug. Tues. : Wife of Lemuel Hunt buried, he is fishing. \u00a0 21 Aug. Fri.\u00a0 : Jonathan\u00a0 Darling\u00a0 comes\u00a0 from\u00a0 Port\u00a0 Jolly,\u00a0 he is wounded in a fray with Robert Roberts. \u00a0 28 Aug. Fri.\u00a0 : A negro sailor was found\u00a0 guilty of taking fish out of Snow’s\u00a0 yard,\u00a0 valued at one\u00a0 shilling\u00a0 (petite\u00a0 larceny). He was ordered stripped, whipped 20 stripes, set in the stocks one hour, pay treble damage,\u00a0 and costs of\u00a0 prosecution.\u00a0 He was whipped at the new whipping post, and stocks. He was the first to suffer such punishment.
\n(NOTE: This was located on the Commons, known now as The Parade). \u00a0 31 Aug. Mon. : News brought of the death of my sister at Norwich on July 27th. She married an Adgate. \u00a0 21 Nov. Sat. : At half past ten, a.m.,\u00a0 sail for Norwich in schooner JOLLY FISHERMAN, which I built in Liverpool.\u00a0 My whole\u00a0 family – 21 in all – consisting of myself,\u00a0 brother Hezekiah,\u00a0 two apprentices and my housekeeper. Anchor at Port Hebere (L’Hebert) at evening. Liverpool is in poor condition — no fish. \u00a0 30 Nov. Mon.\u00a0 : Perkins arrived at New\u00a0 London (CT.)\u00a0 and set out on horseback for Norwich.<\/p>\n

Simeon Perkins kept a diary while absent from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, at Norwich, Conn. —\u00a0 the entries do not pertain to Liverpool, N.S. He was at Norwich from 21 Nov 1767 to 15 June 1769.<\/p>\n

1769<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**16 June Fri. : Thomas Bee’s wife died (earlier). ** 7 July Fri. : William Tripp is dead and nothing to be got. (Outside of Liverpool area). [Possibly this meant area of residence]. ** 8 July Sat\u00a0 : Body of John Patterson, a lad drowned at Birch Cove (Liverpool),\u00a0 on the river,\u00a0 found at Sandy\u00a0 Cove\u00a0 (Liverpool) on the harbor. **26 July Wed. : John Dolliver’s wife died of convulsive fit.<\/p>\n

1770<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

** 8 May\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : John Noyes,\u00a0 of\u00a0 Horton,\u00a0 as\u00a0 he\u00a0 said,\u00a0 drowned in Liverpool Bay. [BOSTON in printed diary copy – mmd.]. \u00a0 29 May Tues. : Representatives were chosen. William Smith and me for the Country. John Doggett, Esq. for the town.<\/p>\n

1772<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

19 Mar. Thur.: John Doggett, Esq. is very ill. **20 Mar. Fri. : John Doggett died on Port Mouton Island. \u00a0 24 Mar. Tues.: Today the body of John Doggett, Esq. is brought from Port Mutton Island (granted to him in 1763).\u00a0 He\u00a0 departed\u00a0 this\u00a0 life last Friday evening after a tedious and lingering illness. \u00a0 25 Mar. Wed. : The funeral of John Doggett, Esq.
\n[Burial believed to be in the Township of Liverpool
\nBurying Ground, later named Congregational
\nCemetery — earliest known public cemetery]. ** 8 Apr. Wed. : Indians bring in body of Andrew Martin’s 15 year old daughter,\u00a0 accidentally\u00a0 shot\u00a0 in head by Indian\u00a0 boys\u00a0 goose hunting. Burial at Port Mouton, NS. ** 4 May Mon.\u00a0 : John\u00a0 Carroll\u00a0 (Irish)\u00a0 marr.\u00a0 Deborah\u00a0 Cuffee\u00a0 (Free Negro) before witnesses of clergy and magistrates in own ceremony.<\/p>\n

1773<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**11 Jan. Mon. : John\u00a0 Wall and\u00a0 family\u00a0 remove to Newport (R.I.) …
\nMany other families talk of going away, as the outlook is bad. I think
\nLiverpool is going\u00a0 to decay,\u00a0 and it may be many years ere it is more
\nthan a fishing village. **25 Feb. Thur. : Child of\u00a0 Eleazer\u00a0 Simmons\u00a0 dies of burns.\u00a0 Child of Joseph Bangs, ae. 8, drowned (Mary); John Cobb marr. Polly Young. \u00a0\u00a0 7 Mar. Sun.\u00a0 : Abner Doggett and wife taken into the Church. \u00a0 30 Mar. Tues. : Schr. ROYAL GEORGE,\u00a0 Capt.\u00a0 Theodosius\u00a0 Ford,\u00a0 sails for Boston, with Major Doggett, Passenger. (Returned due to head winds
\n— sailed April 2nd). \u00a0 18 Apr. Sun.\u00a0 : Sarah Headley taken to Church and baptized. **24 May Mon.\u00a0\u00a0 : John Freeman, s.o. Capt. William, bur. to-day. Died 23 May 1773. **15 Aug. Sun.\u00a0 : 8-10 PM, Capt.\u00a0 Samuel Doggett died. Funeral 17 Aug. \u00a0 30 Sept Thur. : Went with\u00a0 several\u00a0 gentlemen\u00a0 to the Widow\u00a0 Deborah Doggett,\u00a0 to countenance\u00a0 her\u00a0 newly-opened\u00a0 tavern. (Widow of Samuel Doggett). ** 6 Nov. Sat.\u00a0 : Died, wife of John Mitchell, bur. same day. **19 Nov. Fri.\u00a0 : Mrs. Plaiceway\u00a0 and\u00a0 family and Hugh\u00a0 Gordon’s go to Philadelphia. (permanently?).<\/p>\n

‘OUTBREAK\u00a0 OF\u00a0 REVOLUTION<\/span>‘\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter III<\/p>\n

1774<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0 21 Jan. Fri.\u00a0 : There is a tumult at Boston,\u00a0 occasioned by the East India Company sending quantities of tea to Boston, and other places in America.\u00a0 342 chests of tea,\u00a0 December 18th last,\u00a0 were destroyed by a number of people dressed as savages. \u00a0 23 Jan. Sun.\u00a0 : The wife of Nathaniel Freeman delivered of two sons this morning. **11 Mar. Fri.\u00a0 : Vessell\u00a0 from\u00a0 Yarmouth\u00a0 brings news of drowning of John McKinnon Esq. ** 5 Apr. Tues. : Edward Kelley [Kelly] marr. Jane Vance, Rev. Cheever ** 9 May\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Zoeth Freeman\u00a0 marr.\u00a0 Jane\u00a0 Harlow,\u00a0 d.o. Robert and Jane (West) Harlow. \u00a0 27 May Fri.\u00a0\u00a0 : Infant son of Simeon Freeman died. \u00a0 28 May Sat.\u00a0\u00a0 : An infant child of Joseph Freeman dies this morning. \u00a0 19 June Sun.\u00a0 : A regiment\u00a0 of\u00a0 soldiers\u00a0 are\u00a0 encamped\u00a0 on\u00a0 Boston Common. There are 13 men of war at Boston. **16 July Sat.\u00a0 : Arthur Vance deceased a few days ago. **28 July Thurs.: John Mitchell marr. Rhoda Tucker. ** 6 Aug. Sat.\u00a0 : John Hopkins, Jr., marr. Susannah Jones, d.o. James Jones. \u00a0 26 Aug. Fri.\u00a0 : Capt.\u00a0 Benejah\u00a0 Collins\u00a0 and\u00a0 family\u00a0 sail\u00a0 for New London. **12 Sept. Mon. : Wife of William Gammon died. Bur. 13 Sept. 1774. \u00a0 13 Sept. Tues.: The brig\u00a0 LIBERTY,\u00a0 built at Sandy Cove\u00a0 by Joseph Bangs, for Capt. William Dean, is launched. **15 Sept. Thur.: Robert,\u00a0 s.o. the late\u00a0 Robert\u00a0 Plaiceway,\u00a0 died of quincy. ** 4 Oct. Tues. : Vance and Thomas Bines move\u00a0 to Phila. John Wallace and family,\u00a0 widow Eleanor Scott and family all depart.\u00a0 They sail at evening for Port Mutton. ** 6 Oct. Thurs.: Robert\u00a0 Stevenson\u00a0 marr.\u00a0 Jane\u00a0 Headley,\u00a0 widow\u00a0 of William Headley, at Moose Harbour by Rev. Israel Cheever. **12 Oct. Wed.\u00a0 : Jonathan\u00a0 Pinkham\u00a0 Esq.,\u00a0 and\u00a0 a\u00a0 number\u00a0 of\u00a0 other families moved from\u00a0 Barrington\u00a0 (NS)\u00a0 to Kennebunk\u00a0 (MA. now ME.)… Benjamin Harrington and John McKay got into Pudding Pan (East Berlin) with boat damaged.
\n**13 Oct. Thurs.: William Cheever marr. Rebecca Holmes. **18 Oct. Tues. : Wife of John Lewin died, bur. 19 Oct. 1774. \u00a0 13 Nov. Sun.\u00a0 : Mr. Cheever has gone to Portmitway (Port Medway) to marry William Cahoon, Jr. to Tabathy, d.o. Stephen Smith. ** 8 Dec. Thurs.: Mentions\u00a0 insolvent\u00a0 estates\u00a0 of\u00a0 B(ruce) Stuart and Ward Tupper, deceased. **27 Dec. Tues. : Moses Levet marr. Azubah Nickerson at John West’s. **29 Dec. Thurs.: Robert\u00a0 Stevensons had\u00a0 twins that died. …Benjamin Cole Jr. marr. Elizabeth Tupper.<\/p>\n

1775<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

** 5 Jan. Thurs.: At Herring Cove (now Brooklyn, NS) James Ferguson, a
\nnorth of Britain man, marr. Elizabeth, d.o. James MacDonald. \u00a0 28 Feb. Tues. : Relict\u00a0 of\u00a0 Capt.\u00a0 Sylvanus\u00a0 Cobb died last evening. Bur. 1 Mar. 1775. \u00a0 27 June Tues. : News of engagement (June 17th)\u00a0 between\u00a0 the King’s
\ntroops and the Provincialists at Bunker Hill, Charlestown and that
\nCharlestown is burned to the ground. \u00a0 20 July Thurs.: Fill up the ground\u00a0 before\u00a0 the\u00a0 Meeting\u00a0 House.\u00a0 A number of Proprietors last evening,\u00a0 of the new Meeting House (became known as “Old Zion”)\u00a0 conclude to have a belfry and steeple,\u00a0 upon the top of the House. [Possibly located near Shipyard Point]. **27 July Thurs.: Bartlett Bradford marr. Hannah Dean.
\n**28 July Fri.\u00a0 : Abiel Wood\u00a0 and\u00a0 wife sail for Pownalborough (MASS.
\nnow MAINE). ** 3 Aug. Thurs.: Joseph Atkins marr. Miss\u00a0 Waitstill\u00a0 Cahoon by Rev. Mr. Cheever, at Portmitway (Port Medway) at Parker’s. \u00a0 23 Aug. Wed.\u00a0 : Capt. Benjamin Bowden marr. to Ruthy Godfrey, widow of Capt. John Godfrey,\u00a0 by the Rev. Mr. Cheever by the service of the Church of England.\u00a0 This was prior to the beginning of the Church of England in Liverpool and vicinity]. \u00a0 10 Sept. Sun. : I am married to Elizabeth,\u00a0 widow of the\u00a0 late\u00a0 John Headley,\u00a0 by the Rev.\u00a0 Israel\u00a0 Cheever.\u00a0 (Elizabeth was d.o. Henry and Elizabeth Young, marr. John Headley, lost at sea.\u00a0 A daughter Ruth was born posthumously at Milford Haven Jan. 1, 1768). **15 Oct. Sun.\u00a0 : Jesse Atwood marr. Esther Cheever, d.o. Rev. Cheever<\/p>\n

AMERICAN\u00a0 PRIVATEERING <\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter IV<\/p>\n

1776<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Jan. Tues. : John\u00a0 West\u00a0 and\u00a0 Jabez\u00a0 Cobb\u00a0 are\u00a0 licensed to keep tavern.
\n9 Jan. Tues. : A\u00a0 schooner\u00a0 is\u00a0 arrived\u00a0 at\u00a0 Port\u00a0 Roseway\u00a0 (now Shelburne) from Plymouth,\u00a0 principally to invite Mr. Thomas Davis to return home, as the Colonies have come into a new resolution that all the estates\u00a0 of persons\u00a0 absconding and do not return\u00a0 by the 20th of April … (will be confiscated?) ** 6 Feb. Tues. : Mrs. Boden’s children both dead. ** 8 Feb. Thurs.: Enoch Dexter marr. Mary, eldest daughter of Elisha Freeman, Esq. \u00a0 13 Feb. Tues. : Some of the Magistrates and one of ye overseers of
\nthe poor meet at Mrs. Doggett’s to consult proper measures to prevent
\nthe spreading of the small pox. **18 Feb. Sun.\u00a0 : News from Boston that the\u00a0 American\u00a0 army at Quebec is totally defeated. General Montgomery killed, Col. (Benedict) Arnold wounded and taken prisoner, and the whole army either killed or taken … 7 P.M., Jonathan Crowell died of small-pox; bur. 20 Feb. 1776. **25 Feb. Sun.\u00a0 : After innoculation a child of Robert Stevenson died of small-pox. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Apr. Mon. : Gamaliel Stuart, a Lieutenant with the King’s Orange Rangers,\u00a0 arrives\u00a0 from\u00a0 Halifax\u00a0 with\u00a0 news\u00a0 of\u00a0 50\u00a0 sail\u00a0 of vessels arrived there from Boston, with some troops and families aboard. **25 May Sat.\u00a0\u00a0 : Lee’s sloop brings news\u00a0 of\u00a0 death at St. Kitts from small-pox of Capt. John Cobb. **11 June Tues. : Capt. Boden and family\u00a0 sail to Chedebucto\u00a0 Bay with view to living there. ** 3 Oct. Thurs.: 3 PM,\u00a0 Abigail\u00a0 born,\u00a0 d.o.\u00a0 Simeon\u00a0 Perkins\u00a0 and Elizabeth. (Abigail named after Perkins’ first wife, Abigail Backus). **14 Oct. Mon.\u00a0 : Medad Tupper marr. Miss Lois Hunt, d.o. Capt. Samuel Hunt. **25 Oct. Fri.\u00a0 : Wife of Joseph Collings (Collins) had son. ** 9 Dec. Mon.\u00a0 : Doan Freeman marr. Rebecca, d.o. Eben Harrington. **15 Dec. Sun.\u00a0 : John Collings marr. Miss Polly Stuart;\u00a0 Isaac\u00a0 Joice marr. Miss Abigail Hopkins. **20 Dec. Fri.\u00a0 : PM, Reuben Dexter found dead. Head much bruised.<\/p>\n

1777<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**26 Jan.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Widow\u00a0 Mehitable\u00a0 Plaiceway\u00a0 died\u00a0 suddenly\u00a0 Sunday evening. ** 3 Feb.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Polly Plaiceway taken to live at Simeon Perkins’.
\n**20 Feb. Thurs.: Capt. (Theodosius) Ford died about 6 AM, bur. 22 Feb. 1777. **26 Feb. Wed.\u00a0 : Capt.\u00a0 Obed\u00a0 Hutchings died yesterday morning about
\nsun rise. Bur. to-day. ** 5 Apr. Sat.\u00a0 : Simeon Freeman died last evening. ** 6 Apr. Sun.\u00a0 : Funeral for Simeon\u00a0 Freeman.\u00a0 age 44,\u00a0 at the Falls (now Milton, NS) at Burbank’s where his father lives.
\n(NOTE: Original “Extracts” lists Simeon PERKINS).
\n**30 Apr. Wed.\u00a0 : Enoch Dexter died about noon. Bur. 1 May 1777. ** 8 May Thurs. : Mrs. Tupper died 11 PM, Bur. Sat. 10 May 1777. **11 May Sun.\u00a0\u00a0 : Mrs. Roberts died about 10 AM. **14 May Wed.\u00a0\u00a0 : Robert Roberts died about 0900. Bur. 15 May 1777… Mr. Amasa Braham begins a school for reading and writing. **16 May Fri.\u00a0\u00a0 : Deborah Doggett, Jr., had a daughter. **19 May Mon.\u00a0\u00a0 : Elisha Freeman, Esq., died. Bur. 20 May 1777. \u00a0 25 May Sun.\u00a0\u00a0 : Robert\u00a0 Harlow,\u00a0 junr.,\u00a0 is baptized and taken into the church. \u00a0\u00a0 8 June Sun.\u00a0 : Robert Harlow’s children, the 6 youngest, baptized. **24 June Tues. : Wife of Ebenezer\u00a0 Harrington died,\u00a0 yesterday or in evening. **14 Aug. Thurs.: Mrs. Lathrop Freeman died this morning.\u00a0 Buried 15 Aug. 1777. \u00a0\u00a0 5 Oct Sun.\u00a0\u00a0 : Turpin arrives from Ragged Islands. Says a privateer had him and two small\u00a0 schooners in custody at Port\u00a0 Matoon.\u00a0 (Michael Turpin marr.\u00a0 Abigail\u00a0 Whittemore 26 June 1768 at Chester,\u00a0 St. John’s Anglican Church records). ** 6 Oct. Mon.\u00a0 : Mrs. Stevenson had a daughter. ** 9 Oct. Thurs.: Lydia, wife of Nathan Tupper Jr., died; marr. about 3-4 months. Bur. 10 Oct. 1777. **22 Nov. Sat.\u00a0 : Moses Leavet died of small-pox.\u00a0 Bur. 23 Nov. 1777, on a little hill at Ballast Cove.<\/p>\n

1778<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

** 6 Jan. Tues.: Lathrop Freeman\u00a0 marr.\u00a0 Miss Sally Cobb, d.o. Capt. Jabez Cobb. **31 Jan. Sat. : Capt.\u00a0 Josiah\u00a0 Godfrey\u00a0 reported\u00a0 died of small-pox
\n(where and when non-determinable). \u00a0 13 Feb. Fri. : Capt. Jesse Atwood arrived last evening from Halifax. He had been looked upon as lost, being a fortnight from Halifax. **17 Feb.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Two\u00a0 sons of John\u00a0 Huskins\u00a0 drown a few days ago in Medway Harbour. Resided on east side of Medway Harbour … and the old man and woman are so infirm that they are not able to get fire wood, and are destitute of any kind of provisions. Have two small children.
\n18 Feb. Wed. : Letter written to the Overseers of the Poor and the
\nMagistrates at Dublin (east side of Medway Harbour), desiring them to
\ntake care of John Huskins, and family. **26 Feb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Mrs. Stephen Collins delivered a daughter. \u00a0 28 Feb. Sat. : Gamaliel Stuart sailed for Halifax. ** 4 Mar. Wed. : Mrs. William West had a daughter last night, or early this morning. **15 Mar. Sun. : Perez Tinkham marr. Miss Hannah Ford. \u00a0 16 Mar. Mon. : Gamaliel Stuart arrived from Halifax. **26 Mar. Thur.: Wife of Capt. Horton had a son. Capt. Horton has been gone a year and ten months. Jane Nickerson had a daughter. ** 1 Apr. Wed. : Catherine Doggett had a son last night. Allowed to be James McDonald’s. ** 2 Apr. Thur.: Nathan Tupper, Jr.,\u00a0 marr.\u00a0 Miss Lydia Freeman,\u00a0 d.o. late Simeon Freeman. **21 Apr. Tues.: Amasa Braman\u00a0 (teacher)\u00a0 absconded\u00a0 after\u00a0 16\u00a0 months residence,\u00a0 in\u00a0 a\u00a0 Cape\u00a0 rescue\u00a0 shallop.\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 John\u00a0 Collins and wife departed, supposedly for New England. **14 May Thur. : Eben Nickerson died in ye morning. \u00a0 29 May Fri.\u00a0 : A shallop arrived from Halifax,\u00a0 Doliver master. Mr. Peter Collins comes in her from Port Metway, and says he was taken by five Privateers at LeHave last Wednesday,\u00a0 and his vessel burned.\u00a0 She was owned by Banajah and Stephen\u00a0 Collins.\u00a0 He was allowed to take out what he called his own. Then the schooner was stripped and burned.
\n** 7 June Sat. : Seth\u00a0 Freeman\u00a0 and\u00a0 John\u00a0 Kinney\u00a0 off on a Privateer
\n(American). Rob Doliver and Joseph Verge gone with Cole (American). \u00a0 18 June Thur.: Candidates for Militia\u00a0 Officers meet at Mr. West’s, all except\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0 Banajah\u00a0 Collins.\u00a0 (He petitioned Sept. 3\/1778 to be allowed to return to Mass. with his family). \u00a0 29 July Tues.: Capt. Atwood sails for Portmetway and Halifax. ** 6 Aug. Thur.: Mr. Joseph Tinkham\u00a0 appointed on the goods of Robert Ambrose, deceased. **19 Aug. Wed. : My wife safely delivered of a son. **23 Aug. Sun. : My new born son baptized by name of John. \u00a0\u00a0 4 Sept Fri. :Waitestill\u00a0 Lewis is arrived from\u00a0 Barrington,\u00a0 in a shallop. … Waitestill Lewis, Sr., went from Rhode Island to Halifax where he kept a public house.\u00a0 When\u00a0 hostilities\u00a0 began,\u00a0 he moved to Liverpool,\u00a0 and then returned to Boston.\u00a0 His son settled at Yarmouth and assisted American prisoners to return. **25 Sept. Fri. : One of the Privateer gang comes by land to town. His name is Rowland Edwards. A shoemaker.\u00a0 Born at Rochester, and lived at Egg Harbor about eight years, wants to remain here and work his trade.
\n27 Sept. Sun. : Hear the Privateers\u00a0 Crew at Port\u00a0 Matoon\u00a0 have gone westward with\u00a0 Gamaliel\u00a0 Stuart’s\u00a0 boat and robbed the people at Jones Harbour of some guns. ** 3 Oct. Sat.\u00a0 : I set off paraphinalia to widows Ford and Snow. \u00a0 23 Nov. Mon.\u00a0 : Michael\u00a0 Turpin of Ragged\u00a0 Islands,\u00a0 is a corpse on
\nboard Schnr. BETSEY with Capt. Jesse\u00a0 Atwood.\u00a0 Turpin\u00a0 died about 12 last night. Had been sick some time at Halifax.\u00a0 He is buried by the Overseers of the Poor. \u00a0 24 Nov. Tues. : Job\u00a0 Huskins to go on Schnr.\u00a0 BETSEY for one trip
\nwith Capt. Atwood. **26 Dec.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : David Barss died suddenly at Portmatoon on a voyage, while gunning on Dec. 26, 1778 – supposed to die of quincy. … Silvanus Morton, born at Plymouth July 5, 1760, died after a lingering illness.<\/p>\n

ARRIVAL\u00a0 OF\u00a0 TROOPS<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong>Chapter\u00a0 V<\/p>\n

1779<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

24 Feb. Wed. : Simeon Perkins’ birthday – 45 years of age. ** 2 Mar. Tues.: Mr. Peleg Freeman marr. Miss Hannah Dean, a daughter- in-law to Capt. Bradford. **24 Mar. Wed. : Last evening\u00a0 Silvanus\u00a0 Morton (Jr.), about 20, marr. Susannah Freeman, d.o. Barnabas Freeman, about 17. ** 2 Apr. Fri. : Wife of Joseph Tinkham (Jr.) delivered of a daughter. ** 5 Apr. Mon. : Indian, Paul Bigto comes across the woods and brings news of death of the\u00a0 wife of\u00a0 Gamaliel\u00a0 Stuart at Port\u00a0 Mouton.\u00a0 She delivered a son yesterday,\u00a0 about 3 o’clock,\u00a0 and died a little after sunset. ** 6 Apr. Tues.: Corpse of Mrs. Stuart brought\u00a0 from Port\u00a0 Mouton\u00a0 and buried this afternoon.\u00a0 She was d.o. widow Isabell McLarn (McClearn). **13 Apr. Tues.: News that Angus Chisholm of Port Medway,\u00a0 was drowned yesterday morning, or rather the day before, in a boat that overset in Medway River. Samuel Mack and Gamaliel Doliver survived the accident. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Mention of building the\u00a0 Battery by Capt. John West’s Company, Capt. William Freeman’s Company and the Light Infantry. \u00a0\u00a0 2 June Wed. : The Parade is cleared,\u00a0 the Battery completed,\u00a0 Mrs. Perkins fired the first gun, a 12 pounder. **24 June Tues.: Our\u00a0 county\u00a0 representative\u00a0 William\u00a0 Smith\u00a0 died at Halifax of consumption. Bur. 26 June 1779. **15 July Thur. : Mr. Jonas Girdley marr.\u00a0 Miss Salome Nickerson. … An auction of the insolvent estate of William Fitch Jr. ** 5 Sept. Sun. : Mr. Michael Lee published to Miss Betsey Waterman. \u00a0\u00a0 7 Sept. Tues.: News of\u00a0 entire\u00a0 defeat on July 28 of Americans at Penobscot. ** 9 Sept. Thur.: Sgt. Fady Phillips, King’s Orange Rangers, married Rebecca Lewin of this town. **18 Sept. Sat. : Letter\u00a0 arrives\u00a0 stating 29 July,\u00a0 in New York, Mr. Joseph Collins very sick of small-pox. Very little hope of recovery. **21 Sept. Tues.: Mr. Michael Lee marr. Miss\u00a0 Betsey\u00a0 Waterman.\u00a0 Her father-in-law is Capt. Drew. **27 Sept. Thur.: Mr. Wicks, a soldier, marr. last Thursday to Betsey Patterson. ** 1 Oct. Fri.\u00a0 : Goods belonging to deceased John Carroll, who was maintained by the town and died about eight days ago, were sold. ** 6 Oct. Wed.\u00a0 : Mrs. Parker\u00a0 delivered of a daughter last\u00a0 evening after being almost despaired of.
\n**11 Oct. Mon.\u00a0 : Capt.\u00a0 Horton\u00a0 told\u00a0 Capt.\u00a0 Kinney\u00a0 that Mr. Joseph Collins was dead of small-pox. **17 Oct. Sun.\u00a0 : Mr. Cheever\u00a0 preached a\u00a0 sermon on the death of Mr. Joseph Collins, at New York, and Doane Freeman who died of consumption Thursday evening last (14 Oct. 1779).\u00a0 [Doane\u00a0 Freeman\u00a0 s.o. Samuel & Mary (Doane) Freeman, b. Harwich Aug. 14, 1757. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 Nov. Wed.\u00a0 : News of a Brig and 2 Schooner Privateers are at Port Matoon,\u00a0 one of the schooners is manned with\u00a0 mostly or all Frenchmen, which have robbed the houses of Matthew McLarn (McClearn) and Mr. John Dogget(t). \u00a0 20 Nov. Sat.\u00a0 : Mr. Ira Pride comes from Port\u00a0 Matoon,\u00a0 has sold his shallop to John Doggett.
\n**25 Nov. Thur. : James Knowles marr. Miss Betsey Burbank. **22 Dec. Wed.\u00a0 : Tabathy, d.o. Dan Nickerson,\u00a0 brought from Argyle by Mr. Rider to live with us.<\/p>\n

1780<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

**20 Feb. Sun.\u00a0 : Joseph Verge died of\u00a0 lingering\u00a0 illness.\u00a0 He was a
\ncooper and shallop-owner, settled at Verge’s Point (later Fish Point),
\nmarr. Abigail, d.o. John and Abigail Doggett Jan. 20, 1779. \u00a0\u00a0 7 Mar. Tues. : Mr. Stephen Smith sails for Halifax with six of the prisoners that were set on shore at Port Matoon.<\/p>\n

[Volume I ends Friday, 31 March, 1780]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Muriel M. Farquhar Davidson 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 \u2026<\/p>\n

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