1785 - 1885  NASHWAAK FAMILIES  published by the Nashwaak Bicentennial Association. in 1984. A genealogical history of the earlier generations of residents along the Nashwaak River in St Mary's parish, York County, New Brunswick,  Canada where the disbanded of the 42nd Highland Regiment were settled after the Revolutionary War.

Soft Cover  219 pages.  79-page index of names - very good good condition. Surnames mentioned include: Abernathy, Allen, Arnold, Banks, Barrett, Bell, Bolster, Bonnar, Bradley, Brittain, Brown, Bruce, Bubar, Cameron, Campbell, Cass, Clark, Clayton, Clowater, Collings, Cook, Coughlan, Cowperthwaite, Coy, Craig, Craigs, Crone, Dennison, Dinsmore, Dodds, Drummond, Dunphy, Eastman, Estey, Evans, Fletcher, Flinch, Flewelling, Forbes, Fowler, Fraser, Galen, Gilmore, Good, Goodspeed, Hanson, Hatheway, Henderson, Howe, Johnston, Kennedy, Lightbody, Lipsett, Logan, Lyman, MacBean, McConnell, MacDonald, McDowell, McGivney, MacIntosh, MacKay, MacKenzie, MacLaggan, MacLean, MacLeod, MacMillan, MacNabb, McNeil, MacPherson, McRaw, Magee, Manzer, Miller, Munn, Munroe, Murray, Peters, Peterson, Pidgeon, Plante, Pond, Porter, Price, Reid, Ross, Savage, Shields, Smith, Somerville, Sterling, Stewart, Sutherland, Sweeney, Tierney, Urquhart, Vanhorne, Waltman, Weade, Weeks, Whitlock, Woodcock, Woodworth, and Young.  

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I couldn’t figure out the reason for Gramp and Dad building a bonfire on the sandbar by the brook. It was too late in the season to be burning grass and too early to be thinking of roasting wieners.

Mum really added to our bewilderment when she asked us to take the black cast iron frying pans and griddles down to where the fire was burning. Although this was housecleaning days, Mum was not one to throw anything away.

Things became more confusing when Dad placed the pans in the middle of the fire. When they turned red, Gramp put on heavy leather gloves and with a long poker pulled them out. He waited a few minutes, took the largest frying pan, kept turning it, while rubbing with dry beach gravel. When it cooled, he covered it with lard.

After the treatment was done to each one, we were sure surprised at the results. Mum now had “like new” grey cast iron cookware.

I wonder if the Sutherland children on the Nashwaak watched the cleaning and curing of the cast iron cooking utensils? Their father John Sutherland was born in White Chapel, England, served in the 42nd Highland Regiment during the American Revolutionary War and in 1783 landed in Saint John with the disbanded regiment. He received land in the Dugald Campbell grant on the Nashwaak River and died there in 1822. His wife was Abigail Sewell, daughter of Dominicus Sewell and Sarah Thorndike of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. In 1838 she applied to the Old Soldiers’ Pension for relief as she was 63 years old and very infirm and unable to support herself. Her son had died the previous Fall and the only son living had a family of his own to support.

There are more details on the Sutherlands in the publication “1785 - 1985 Nashwaak Families” that was published in the 1980's by the Nashwaak Bicentennial Association. In fact, the 219 page book is filled with biographical information on the many families who called this area “home”.

Solomon Whitlock was born at Danbury, Connecticut and served with the New Jersey Volunteers. He settled at Penniac. His second wife was Mary Horton, the widow of John Horton.

Charles Galen was born in Ireland. He was married in 1846 to Sataria Jane, the daughter of James McNeil and Jane Sullivan. Their son, Charles Jr. married Ann Sweeney.

Marven Dunphy and family moved to the Nashwaak area in 1877 on land formerly owned by William Manzer.

Angus MacBean was born in Inverness, Scotland. His wife was Mary Church. One of his sons married Isobel MacLaggan, the daughter of Margaret and Cpl. Peter MacLaggan.

James Robert Somerville, son of John Somerville and Elizabeth Thompson was born in Musquash. In 1871, he married Mary Elizabeth Carrigan. They settled in Zionville.

Rev. John Magee, a Baptist Minister, chose Elizabeth Peters as his wife.

The eight pages of photos, give faces to the early settlers.

If you have roots to the Nashwaak, the “1785-1885 Nashwaak Families” book is an excellent starting point.