John Townsend came from Prince Edward Island and settled in Upper Jolicure early in the last century.His descendants are living there now.The Townsends are of English descent.
ROBINSON.
The Robinsons were an English family that settled in Cornwallis, N.S., about 1780.Edmund Robinson, a son, removed to Parrsboro'.His wife was Miss Rand, a relative of the Rev.Silas Rand, the Micmac missionary.
John Robinson of Point de Bute is a grandson of Edmund Robinson.
PHALEN.
John Phalen came early to this country.He was educated for Holy Orders, but never entered the Church as one of its ministers.He was married in Halifax, and taught school in Point de Bute for a number of years.His son, John C.Phalen, was a member of the home of Thomas Trueman, of Point de Bute.John married Priscilla Goodwin, of Bay Verte, and had a large family.He settled at Bay Verte.John Phalen, of Amherst, is son of John C.Phalen.The Phalens of Westmoreland and Cumberland Counties are descendants of John.One of the name is in the Methodist ministry.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON.
William Davidson came from Dumfries, Scotland, to this country in company with James Amos, in 1820.Mr.Amos landed at Charlottetown, but afterwards settled on the Murray Road, Botsford, and Mr.Davidson on the Bay Verte Road, alongside of John Monro.The Davidsons were a most intelligent family.The late Hugh Davidson of Tidnish was a member of this family and the Davidson brothers of Tidnish are sons of Hugh and William.
TURNER.
William Turner, who settled in Bay Verte Road, came from the United States about the year 1820 or 1825.The Turners of Bay Verte are among his lineal descendants.Rev.E.C.Turner, of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Conference, belongs to this family.
ROACH.
Thomas Roach was born in 1768, in Cork, Ireland, where he spent his early years.He was educated for the priesthood, and could speak fluently in several languages.About the year 1790 he accompanied his father to Nova Scotia and settled in Fort Lawrence.The elder Mr.Roach did not remain long in Nova Scotia, but pushed on to New York.His son never heard from him after they parted at Halifax.Thomas Roach was very successful in business and for many years was one of the leading men in the Methodist Church on the Isthmus.He was elected a representative to the Provincial Parliament five times in succession, and served the people in that capacity from 1799 to 1826.
Mr.Roach was married four times.His family of four sons and three daughters was the fruit of his first marriage.Ruth, daughter of Charles Dixon, Sackville, was his first wife; his second, Mrs.Sarah Allen; third, Mary Dixon, of Onslow, and his fourth, Charlotte Wells.
Mr.John Roach, of Nappan, and Dr.Roach, of Tatamagouche, are grandsons of Thomas Roach.
SILLIKER.
William Silliker was a U.E.Loyalist from Connecticut, and came to Bedeque, P.E.Island, in 1783, where he spent the last years of his life.His son, William C.Silliker, moved to Bay Verte in the early part of the last century.This son was a master mariner, and spent most of his life at sea.He married Amelia Chappell, and had a family of three children, two sons and one daughter.The Sillikers of Bay Verte are descended from Captain Silliker.Alderman Silliker of Amherst also belongs to this family.
HEWSON.
James Hoytte Hewson and his mother came to Nova Scotia in 1783 with a party of Loyalists, and settled in Wallace.His father, Richard Hewson, who was an officer in the British army, was killed in a negro insurrection in the south.Mrs.Hewson and her young son were sent north to live with friends, which explains how they came to be with the Loyalists.Mrs.Hewson's maiden name was Hoytte.They soon sold their property in Wallace and removed to Fort Cumberland, then one of the centres of trade in the new country.Here Mrs.Hewson opened a little store and also taught a school, and her son worked as clerk for Titus Knapp.Mrs.Hewson was successful in her trade venture, and in 1796 she and her son bought from Spiller Fillimore his farm on Jolicure Point, which has been known ever since as the Hewson farm.This property is still in possession of the family, and has been the home of four generations.James Hewson married Jerusha Freeman, of Amherst, and had six children--Richard married Seraphina Bent, of Fort Lawrence, and lived at River Philip, N.S.; James married Phebe Wry, and remained in Jolicure; William married Elizabeth Chandler, and inherited the homestead; Olive married George Darby, of Bedeque, P.E.Island; Jerusha married George Baxter, Land Surveyor, and a Loyalist, and lived in Amherst; Phebe married John Schurman, of River Philip, the grandfather of President Schurman of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.John Hewson, of Jolicure, Dr.William and Watson, of Point de Bute, and Dr.Charles Hewson, of Amherst, are sons of William Hewson.
READ.
Several persons answering to the name of Read came to the Isthmus soon after the Expulsion.Thomas Read, who was one of the Yorkshire emigrants of 1774, settled on the River Hebert.In 1786 Eliphlet Read and Joseph Read were residents of Sackville.In 1788 Stephen Read was one of the Trustees of the Stone Church (Methodist) at Point de Bute.
In 1800 an Eliphlet Read lived in Jolicure.He married a Miss Converse and had a large family.John Read, of Jolicure, and William Read,* of Amherst, are grandsons of this Eliphlet.
[FOOTNOTE: *Joseph Read, of Bay Verte, writes: William Read, from New England, came to Sackville about the year 1760.His sons were Benjamin, Joshua, Eliphalet, and William, the latter my grandfather.Grandsons:
Eliphalet, William, James, Caleb, Harris, Asa, and John, the last mentioned being my father.END OF FOOTNOTE]
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