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Much of the research on the Davidson family and related lines, including the Campbell, Howe, Maxwell, Milliken, Nash, Thompson, and Wallace families was done by Mary (Davidson) Adams of Toronto. I am grateful for her 200 page work titled "The Davidsons and Related Families of Charlotte County, New Brunswick", printed in June, 2000, as I refer to it often in putting together information for this site.
The information I am posting here has been collected in over ten years of researching my husband's family tree. Some of the families below are Dave's direct ancestors, but others aren't. If I have found something that might be of interest to other researchers, I will post it whether there is a connection or not.
Glimpses of the Past newspaper
articles.
1868 St. Croix Courier interview with Mrs. Porter, daughter of Nehemiah Marks, as referred to in Glimpses of the Past articles LII and XCII.
Lists
of early settlers:
1) From the Library and Archives Canada, in the Ward Chipman papers: (background information)
Master Lists: (men) (women) (children over ten) (children under ten)
Roll of the Disbanded Men, Women and Children of the 74th Regt. present at St. Andrews, Passamaquoddy Bay, Nova Scotia, May 20th 1784. (original) (sorted) (additional information)
List of Men, Women and Children of the late Royal Fencible American Regiment in the District of Passamaquoddy. (original) (sorted)
Roll of Men, Women and Children settled near the Falls of Scoodiac River in the Town of St Andrews Passamaquoddy, under the Direction of Capt. Nehemiah Marks - 11 June 1784. (original) (sorted)
Roll of Loyalists &ce settled at Belle Vue in Beaver Harbour - 10th July 1784. (original) (sorted)
Return of Men, Women and Children of the Penobscot Loyalists settled in the district of Passamaquoddy the 10th of June 1784. (original) (sorted)
Return of Men, Women and Children &ce at Etang 1st June 1784. (original) (sorted)
Return of Men, Women and Children's names with Lieut. Colonel Stewart settled in the District of Passamaquoddy. (original) (sorted)
List of Men of the late K. O. Rangers at Passamaquoddy. (original)
Muster Roll of a Party of the late Royal Garrison Battn Settled at Maggeegodavic River, Passamaquoddy Bay 10th May 1784. (original)
List of Men, Women and Children's Names Discharged from the 70th Regt and Settled in the District of Passamaquoddy 8th July 1784. (original)
St Andrews 3d July 1784 Return of Men with Capt. Dawson settling at Passamaquoddy. (original)
List of Men's names late of the 42d Regt and Nova Scotia Volunteers settled in the District of Passamaquoddy. (original)
Brunswick Soldiers late of the Regiment of Specht Settling at Saint Andrews, Passamaquoddy. (original)
Return of Men, Women and Children Loyalists Settled in the District of Passamaquoddy. (original)
Return of Men's names, Loyalists, Settled with Ensign James McNabb on the River Maggeegodavic, Bay of Passamaquoddy. (original)
2) Return of the Persons Belonging to the Friends Company of Loyalists who have drawn their lands at Beaver Harbour. (background information)
Document from
Charlotte County Council Records - April 1791 General
Sessions.
This contains Justus Seelye's statement to the Council about six couples in the county who were living together but not married. Surnames are Clinch & Handy, McNabb & Scully, McDougall & Maloney, McTavish & Sinclair, Martin & Tibbets, and McIntosh & Bowling. I am grateful to Blair Meating, author of Some Descendants of Peter & Lucretia Clinch, for pointing out the existence of this document. (background information)
A
walking tour of old
St. Andrews, circa 1820. (background information)
Land
Petitions:
1) Concerning the 74th Regiment:
a) Petition dated Jan. 27, 1785, signed by Peter McCallum, Alexander MacNiven, and John Campbell.
b) Petition dated Jan. 31, 1785, signed by Alexander MacNiven and Peter McCallum.
c) Petition dated Feb. 10, 1785, signed by Alexander MacNiven and Peter McCallum.
d) Letter dated Mar. 14, 1785, signed by Alexander MacNiven and Peter McCallum.
Charlotte County Families
1) 1888 newspaper announcement of the equity sale of the property of the late John Campbell of St. Stephen. Lists all of his heirs, including those with surnames Campbell, Trecarten, Love, Boyd, and Joy.
2) 1790 document from the Charlotte County land registry, in which the family of Alexander McNiven, deceased, former Sergeant in the Seventy-Fourth Regiment of Foot, make John Campbell and Peter McCallum,former Sergeants in the same regiment, their attorneys for settling the estate of Alexander. The locations in Scotland are given for the McNiven family members. The other two Sergeants may have come from the same area.
3) Information on the family of Colin and Susannah (Campbell) Campbell of St. Andrews, parents of Sheriff Colin Campbell.
4) John and Rachel Campbell of Marshfield in the Parish of St. George.
a) Purchase of land by John Campbell in 1793.
b) Sale of land by John and Rachel Campbell in 1820 to Roderick Morrison.
c) Sale of land by John Campbell in 1821 to Colin Campbell.
d) Sale of land by John Campbell in 1821 to John Cameron.
e) Mortgage of land by John Campbell in 1822 to Miriam Pagan.
f) Sale of land by John and Rachel Campbell in 1825 to Peter McDiarmid.
g) Sale of land by John and Rachel Campbell in 1825 to John Cameron.
h) Sale of land by John Campbell in 1829 to Christopher Scott.
1) 1836 Will of James Davidson Sr of the parish of St. George. This will does not appear in Charlotte County probate records. Also of interest to Clinch researchers as it mentions his daughter "Ellen Clinch wife of Patrick Clinch".
2) 1838 Petition of James Davidson for a pension as a Revolutionary War soldier.
3) Alice J. Davidson (1887-1970) of Saco, Maine.
1) 1802 deed in which John and Hannah Goss of the parish of St. George sell land to Peter Goss, "late of Newfoundland".
1) Elizabeth (Meader) Hanson's Indian captivity story.
1) Tillay Howe - 1797 deed of sale of Lot One, Letter A in Beaver Harbour, Charlotte County to John Garrison. This is a copy of the original deed, not a registration copy, and has signatures of Tillay Howe, Joshua Knight and Elias Wright.
2) Photo of sampler stitched by Hannah Howe, daughter of Simeon and Hannah (Dawes) Howe.
3) Henry Howe's American citizenship document, dated Dec. 7, 1849 at "Passamaquoddy District", New Brunswick or Maine.
4) Henry and James Howe - the story by James Howe Junior, son of James, of their trip to the California gold rush, and their families' trip from New Brunswick to join them.
5) a different version of this story, told by Frank Howe, son of Henry.
6) Simeon Howe - 1852 document in which Simeon, from California, gives his son-in-law, Henry Seelye of St. George, NB, power of attorney with the right to sell his real estate.
7) Simeon Howe - 1853 deed of sale of his rights to various pieces of land in the area of St. George, NB to George Young, with Henry Seelye acting as his attorney.
8) Simeon Howe - 1853 deed of sale of another piece of property in the area to George Young, with Henry Seelye acting as his attorney.
9) 1860 deed in which the sons of Simeon and Hannah (Dawes) Howe sign over to their mother their rights to the real property which Simeon owned at the time of his death.
10) 1861 deed in which the daughters of Simeon and Hannah (Dawes) Howe sign over to their mother their rights to the real property which Simeon owned at the time of his death.
11) 1861 deed in which Hannah (Dawes) Howe sold land in St. George, NB to John O'Brien.
12) Henry Howe - newspaper story describing his trip to the Cariboo gold rush in British Columbia in 1863. Henry was accompanied on this trip by his brother-in-law, Henry Seelye.
13) photo of Pratt Howe.
14) Hannah (Dawes) Howe - obituary which appeared in a New Brunswick newspaper soon after her death on June 13, 1883.
15) Hannah (Dawes) Howe - pension documents in which Hannah applies for a pension based on her son Pratt's civil war service.
1) Information on the family of Aaron and Eunice (Greenlaw) Linton of the parish of St. George.
1) 1844 will of Hugh MacKay of the parish of St. George. Heirs include Hugh Matheson, Isabella Robinson, Matheson children, Charlotte Campbell, Alexander and Mary MacKay and children, and Catherine Sutherland.
1) 1837 will of Peter McCallum of the parish of St. Patrick.
2) 1790 document from the Charlotte County land registry, in which the family of Alexander McNiven, deceased, former Sergeant in the Seventy-Fourth Regiment of Foot, make John Campbell and Peter McCallum,former Sergeants in the same regiment, their attorneys for settling the estate of Alexander. The locations in Scotland are given for the McNiven family members. The other two Sergeants may have come from the same area.
3) 1785 document from the Charlotte County land registry, in which John McCallum and his wife Catharine Ferguson sell their rights to a lot of land to Colin Campbell.
1) Information on the family of Angus and Catherine McDonald of the Royal North Carolina Highlanders Regiment. Includes information on the names Campbell, McCallum, and McMaster.
1) 1878 newspaper story in which Edward Seelye gives an account of his family. Also of interest to Jordan and Milliken researchers.
2) Edward Seelye's obituary, 1878. Mentions his wife who was a daughter of Duncan McFarlin and sister of Samuel McFarlin of Rolling Dam.
1) Information on Bethridge (Ryder) Wallace of Pennfield Parish, Charlotte County.
1) 1807 letter from Peter Waltman to "Mr. Stricklen", likely John Strickland. Also mentions Aaron Linton and Moses Winder.
Kings County and Queens County Families
1) Secord/Secor/Seacord DNA project.
2) What do we really know about William Secord?
3) William Secord's signature.
4) Elias Secord's signature.
5) Other Secord signatures.
6) Will of William Secord, dated 1843.
7) William Secord's children.
8) Will of Gilead Seacord, dated 1856.
9) Loyalist claim of William Secord. (background information)
10) A second set of Loyalist claim documents of William Secord.
11) A third set of Loyalist claim documents of William Secord. This set also mentions Elias Secord.
12) Information on how William and Elias Secord came to what is now New Brunswick.
13) 1838 pension petition of Elias Secord.
14) Information on Ruth (Hunt) Secord.
15) 1785 land petition of William Secord and others.
16) 1785 land petition of James Gerow, which mentions William Secord.
17) 1785 land petition of John Secord.
18) 1786 land petition of William Secord.
19) 1788 land petition of John Seacord.
20) 1804 land petition of Elias Secord and others.
21) 1810 land petition of William Secord, William Secord Jr., James Secord, and Elijah Secord, and others.
22) 1818 land petition of James Secord.
23) 1823 land petition of Elias Secord, Samuel Secord, John Secord, and others.
24) Index to land transactions involving Secords in Kings County, NB from 1785 to 1880:
a) Chronologically.
b) By parish.
c) Alphabetically by grantor.
d) Alphabetically by grantee.
25) Who were Charles Jeptha Secord's parents?