John Wry emigrated from Yorkshire to Nova Scotia about 1780, and settled in Sackville.He bought from William Maxwell the farm on which the Brunswick House now stands and made his home there.The Maxwells were from New England, and had been in the country some years.John Wry married a Miss Maxwell.The late Christopher Wry of Jolicure was a son of John Wry.The Wrys of Sackville are descendants of John.
BOWSER.
Thomas Bowser was one of the Yorkshire emigration of 1774, and settled in Sackville.His son, Thomas, married Fanny King, and lived on Cole's Island.Arthur and Blair Bowser of Point de Bute and John and Bliss of Jolicure are grandsons of Thomas (second).
LOWTHER.
Tradition says that the Lowther name was brought to England by one Colonel Lowther, in 1688.This Colonel Lowther was one of the trusted soldiers that the Prince of Orange brought with him from Holland, and was afterwards allotted an estate in Devonshire.From there the family spread to other parts of England.William Lowther, who settled in Westmoreland, N.B., came from Yorkshire, in 1817.He was accompanied by three brothers and one sister.The three brothers and the sister settled in Cumberland County, N.S.William had a family of nine children.William (second), married Lucy Chapman and settled in Great Shemogue.George married Mary Pipes and settled at the Head of Amherst.
Mary married Joseph Carter, of Point de Bute.Hannah married Edward Smith, of Amherst Head.Sarah Thomasina married Rufus Carter, of Point de Bute.Rufus first married Sarah Pipes; his second wife was Elizabeth Lowther.Jane married Richard Pipes, of Nappan.Titus married Phoebe Carter, and remained in Westmoreland.Catherine married William Kever, and went to Minnesota.
ALLAN.
Benjamin Allan was a Scotchman who came to Cumberland from the United States about the time of the Revolutionary War.There is evidence that he was with Wolfe at the taking of Quebec.If so, he was probably one of the disbanded British soldiers that found their way to Canada at the close of (sic) American War.He married a Miss Somers, of Petitcodiac, at the Bend, and finally settled at Cape Tormentine.
Mrs.Allan was a very large woman, of pure Dutch stock, with, it is said, a marked tendency to stand upon her rights.Tradition also says that the pugilistic tendencies of the family were inherited from the mother, as the father was a very quiet, meek-mannered man.It might be that domestic felicity was more likely to be attained by such a demeanor.The Allan family consisted of eight sons and three daughters --Ephraim, Jonas, James, Matthew, Liff, Dan, George, and Ben were the names of the boys.It is told of Matthew that once when he was "on a time," the press gang took him and his boon companion on board a man-of-war and induced them to enlist.When the young men came to themselves they were in great trouble, and one night, when the ship was lying near one of the West India Islands, they jumped overboard with the hope of reaching the shore by swimming.Allan succeeded, and after spending some days on the island in hiding, he found a vessel which brought him back to Halifax, from which place he soon found his way home, none the worse for his experience.His companion was never heard from.A great many of the name are now living at the Cape where their ancestor first settled.
CHAPPELL.
The Chappells were early in the country.There were two brothers, Eliphet and Jabez.Eliphet settled at Bay Verte, and had a family of four sons and five daughters.George and Bill, two of his sons, married sisters, Jane and Polly, daughters of William Wells, of Point de Bute.
George's children were William, George, Joshua, Watson, Susanna, Peggy, Maria, Ann, Amelia, Almira and Jane.George married Betsy Freeze;Susanna, ----- Strange; Peggy, John Rawarth; Maria, Rufus Chappell;Amelia, Nelson Beckworth; Ann, William Fawcett; Almira, Rufus Oulten, M.D.Jane did not marry.Bill Chappell's sons were Bill, Rufus, James and Edwin.His daughters, Fanny (Mrs.Capt.Crane), Matilda (Mrs.
Edward Wood), Caroline (Mrs.John Carey), Louisa (Mrs.Charles Siddall).
The Chappells were a prominent family in Bay Verte for many years, and have a good record there.
BETTS.
Three brothers by this name emigrated from England to New York shortly before the Revolutionary War.Two of the brothers fought in that war on the English side, and in 1783 came to Nova Scotia.Isaac settled at Wallace, Cumberland, and his brother settled on the Miramichi River, in New Brunswick, where the name is still found.George Betts of Point de Bute, is a son of Benjamin and a grandson of the brother who settled at Wallace.
IRVIN.
Joseph Irvin was another of the North of Ireland men that came to Old Cumberland early in the last century.He settled first on the north-west side of the Point de Bute ridge, where the road makes a slight angle to cross the marsh to Jolicure.Here he and his friend, Isaac Doherty, kept a store and built a vessel.The locality was called Irvin's Corner in the early days.Mr.Irvin married Ann Tingley, and soon after moved to Tidnish, where he spent the remainder of his life as a farmer.His family consisted of seven sons and three daughters.
Three of his sons, Joseph, Edwin and James, now represent the name in Tidnish.
HAMILTON.
Robert Hamilton was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, and emigrated to New Brunswick in the year 1824, settling at Tidnish.He had a family of four children, Gustavus, Mary, Eliza and Eleanor.His son, Gustavus, married Eleanor Goodwin, and remained on the home farm, which is now owned by his son, Isaac G.Hamilton.Rev.C.W.Hamilton, of St.John, and Dr.Hamilton, of Montreal, are grandsons of Robert Hamilton.Robert Hamilton had a brother, Gustavus, who was a Methodist local preacher, and for many years was a valuable assistant to the regular minister at Point de Bute when that circuit included the present Bay Verte circuit.
FORMER RESIDENTS OF OLD CUMBERLAND, NONE OF WHOSE DESCENDANTS OF THENAME LIVE THERE NOW.
