DR. WILLIAM C.
MILNER'S 1934
HISTORY
OF SACKVILLE, NEW BRUNSWICK
As
the kitchen windows rattled and the wind blew down the stovepipe, Mum
sat close to the open oven door with two sweaters wrapped tightly
around her.
A great draft of cold air came through the door as Dad brought in
another armful of hardwood and dropped it into the wood box.
Before going back out to face the bitter cold, he leaned over the stove
to get warm.
As he rubbed his hands together, he said to Mum, “Even though it is
chilly in here tonight, we are fortunate to live in a house that was
double plastered and to have lots of dry wood.”
He continued, “It really must have been terrible for the early settler
who lived in a little log cabin with a mud floor, to try to keep
themselves and their young children warm, on those cold winter nights.”
Not all log cabins were tiny, as in Sackville, Christopher Humphrey’s
mother had built a log house with four rooms downstairs and two
chimneys.
The ‘History of Sackville’
written by Dr. William C. Milner in 1934 reveals a tremendous amount of
information on the early history of the settlement, its settlers,
homes, land transactions, schools churches, cemeteries, shipbuilding,
businesses, marriages (1820-1830) and other topics.
By the time the Yorkshire people came to Sackville, there were
only two New England settlers left there, Mr. Hawkins and Amasa Kellam.
Hawkins sold two thousand acres of land to Charles Dixon, who became
one of the most important man in the community. The other Yorkshire
immigrants to Sackville were Bowser, Atkinson, Anderson, Bulmer,
Harper, Patterson, Fawcett, Richardson, Humphrey, Carnforth and Wry.
The terms of some grants included a quit rent of one shilling for every
50 acres granted, payable every Michaelmas, a promise to cultivate
yearly a certain percentage of the land and to plant annually two acres
in hemp.
An interesting summary of April 1820 tells of the owners of the homes
with information such as:
John Humphrey built what is known as the Lyons House. Christopher
Richardson purchased from Amos Seaman the lands afterwards owned by
John R. Richardson, now possessed by Gershom Maxwell. The first
two-story frame house was built by George Bulmer and purchased by
Jonathan Black with the builder finding it necessary to obtain some of
the lumber from the United States.
Deles Dernier resided in a log house on one side of the highway and
Major Wilson occupied a frame house on the other side.
In 1820, the school at Crane's Corner had accommodation for 30 pupils.
The first teacher in it was a Yankee named Pendleton.
The pupils in 1845 of Mr. Isaac B. Barnes were as follows: Amos
Boultenhouse, age 15; Albert Black, 8; Abel G. Carter, 16; Albert Wry,
9; Bedford Dixon, 8; C. E. Dixon, 6; Charles Boultenhouse, 10; Isaac
Wry, 9; Isaac Purrington, 12; George Wry, 10; Thadius Carter, 12;
William Barnes, 17; Lennox-Kinnear, 18; James Dixon, 15; Amy Wry, 16;
Charlotte Harris, 14; Charlotte Richards, 15; Jane Wry, 9; Julia
Richardson, 8; Margaret Wry, 12; Cynthia Wry, 10; Sarah A. Wry, 8;
Sarah Bowser, 7; Mary J. Carter, 7; Sarah A. Harris, 8; Rebecca Harris,
12; Rebecca Richardson, 12; Isabel Dixon, 13; Harriet Forbes, 17; Mary
C. Kinnear, 11.
The First Presbyterian Church built at Sackville in 1872 was located at
Happy Hill, on land purchased from Robert Bell. The building was 30
feet by 60 feet and could seat 250 people
The final sixty-three pages of the book hold biographical and
genealogical information on the surnames of Allison, Anderson,
Atkinson, Avard, Ayer, Barnes, Black, Botsford, Bowes, Bowser, Bulmer,
Burk, Burnham, Cahill, Campbell, Carnforth, Carter, Chandler, Cole,
Crane, Dixon, Dobson, Estabrooks, Evans, Fawcett, Fisher, Harper,
Herritt, Hicks, Humphrey, Lawrence, Ogden, Patton, Reed, Rogers,
Seaman, Sears, Smith, Thompson, Upham, Ward, Wilson, and Wood. This is
useful as a guide as I have been told by a researcher of the Sackville
area that there are some errors in the text.
The ‘History of Sackville’ by
Dr. William C. Milner is available for viewing at several libraries.
Volunteers of the Chignecto Project have placed an electronic version
of the book online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/archives/nb/sackvill.txt
which can be either read in its entirety or a word search can be
carried out.
This is a good introductory source for the genealogical researcher with
roots in the Sackville area.
Query 1447
Taylor - Cruickshank - Ewen:
John Warren Taylor married Charlotte Mary Cruickshank daughter of
Thomas Mitchell Cruickshank and Maggie Jane Ewen on 02 Dec 1933 in
Studholm Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick. I am interested in
finding the names of his siblings and parents or any living relatives.
WENDY TAYLOR
1002 Earl Crescent
Burlington, Ontario
Canada, L7T 3P9
E-mail taylors@lara.on.ca
Query 1448
Theal - Lord - Belyea:
Tertullus Theal of Manawagonish Road, Saint John County was
convicted of manslaughter in the death of his second wife, Mary Janet
Lord in 1881. I would like to get a copy of her obituary and
information on her place of burial in the Saint John area of New
Brunswick. I do not know the name of Tertullus’s first wife. How is
Hiram Theall, born 1735 in Rye, New York, connected to Loyalist Charles
Theall who died in 1814 in Kings County, New Brunswick? Could anyone
provide me with information on the twelve children of Charles
Flewelling Theall, born 1831 and his wife Sophia A. Belyea 1828 - 1874?
DARLENE STOKES
E-mail PatriotGirl777@aol.com
Query 1449
Murphy - Bowes: William
Murphy was born circa 1827 in Ireland and died 25 Mar 1905 in Saint
John, New Brunswick. His wife Alice was born circa 1836 in Upham
Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick and died in Saint John 20 Mar
1915. Both are buried in Fernhill Cemetery. I need documentation on
this couple as to parents, siblings and children. Was Alice’s maiden
name Bowes?
DIANE LAND
1744 North Adams St.
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
19464, USA
E-mail crafdy1954@comcast.net
Query 1450
Hayes: Searching
for Isaac Hayes, of Scotch descent, born circa 1800 in
Paradise, Nova Scotia. Died circa 1883 in Port George, Nova
Scotia. Is there a connection to the Hayes family in Kings County?
E-mail Idabutler@sympatico.ca
Telephone 705-649-3694
