APRIL 5, 1817
Marriages: The Acadian Recorder reports these in a limited manner, but they originate throughout the Province. Often the dates found in this section and the Deaths section contain two references of inst. (or instant) and ult. (or ultimo). These refer to the month in which the date occured. Inst. or instant means the date is in the current month. Ult. or ultimo means the date given is in the previous month.
Deaths: Again these originate throughout the Province, and sometimes are International.
Ship News: The news typically lists ship arrivals and departures, usually by giving ship name, master, and home port or last port sailed from. Sometimes there are also passengers lists, information of wrecks etc which are reported under this section as well. If you see the symbol "&.c" in the texts, this was the old form of "etc".
Estate Notices: These were advertisements placed when someone died announcing that claims against and owed to the estate had to be settled within a certain time period. This section is a compliment to the Deaths section as an additional source. This section will be done once every few months. Since they often ran the same ad for 2 years, the list usually stays the same for a long period of time. Sources here are not only the name of the deceased, but also those who administered the estate, usually other family members. The complete text is not done. This is just a list containing estate owner, administrator(s) and the date the original notice was placed (if available).
Advertisers: Again this section is
a list of names, with type of business and location if available.
Real estate sales will also
appear in this section, whether private or public/sherrif auction.
This section and the next are not being included yet, but will be eventually
added in.
Snips and Clips: Interesting odds and ends.
- On Tuesday morning at St. Paul's Church by the Rev. Dr. Inglis, Mr. John Hutchinson of Cornwallis to Miss Elizabeth Cribs of this town.
- At Sydney, Cape Breton on the 17th Feb. by the Rev. Mr. Benney, M.A., Dr. S. Nisbett Wiley of his Majesty's 60th Regiment of Foot, to Miss Louisa S. Dumaresq, eldest daughter of the Hon. Philip Dumaresq, Collector of His Majesty's Costoms for that Colony.
- At Sussex Vale on the 4th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Arnold, Mr. Benjamin Redding, Tanner, of Wesmoreland to Miss Sarah Harris, widow of the late Asa Harris, of Sussex Vale.
- In Montgomery county, Kentucky Mr. Jesse Johnson 18 or 19 years of age- 4 feet 1 inch high, weighing about 26 or 27 pounds to Miss Nancy Fowler about 26 or 27 years of age, 6 feet 2 inches high weighing about 150 lbs.
- Sunday afternoon last after a long and tedious illness, in the 42d year of his age, Mr. William Roxby a native of England and long a resident of this town.
- On Tuesday last in the 70th year of his age, Mr. Patrick Grant a native of Aberdeen. Much regretted by his friends and acquaintance.
- At St. Andrews on the 28th ult, in the [__] year of her age, Mrs. Amy Campbell, widow of the late James Campbell Esq. of the 54th Regt. Deeply lamented by a large and affectionate family and much regretted by all her friends and acquaintance.
- Lately at St. Davids', Charlotte county N.B. at the house of Mr. Jacob Young, Mr. George Robinson aged about 50 years. He was a native of Windsor or Halifax N.S. where he resided till within a few years of his death. It will be highly gratifying to the friends of the deceased (if he has left any) to know that although his lot was to depart this life among strangers, he met during his illness with the most humane treatment from his benevolent host, and that he gave evidents proofs of dying in the Christian faith.
Monday March 31 arr.
sch. Catharine 4 days from Boston - cargo flour to Messrs
Moody & Boyle.
Thursday April 3 arr.
sch. Nancy, Tudor from New York to Mr. William Young jun.
Boston March 26 - Arrived sch. James from Liverpool; at Baltimore Morning Star, Allen; - The Matilda will not be ready to sail for Halifax for some days.
Arrived at Charleston, British brig Mary - Kingston Jam. 21 days with about 160,000 specie dollars. Passengers - Robert Bentham Esq., Messrs. Daniel S. Warburg and David Montefione. - Feb. 22 off Havana Spoke the British brigs Dolphin for London and Matilda for Liverpool, who informed that they had been boarded and plundered by a Carthagenian sch. privateer, and that there were several other piratical cruisers (one of them a large brig) in the vicinity on the look-out for a Spanish fleet from Cadiz. - 23d the Mary was chased and fired into by a sch. privateer who kept up an incessant fire of round and grape shot within the range of musketry for nearly an hour without ever hailing the brig; they then run up close to her and hailing, enquired where she was from, remarking at the same time that they took her colours to be Spanish; but on learning that she was bound to America, in ballast, they permitted her to proceed. Received no material injury from the schr's shot.
The brig Retrieve of and for Liverpool struck on the north rocks of
Bermuda on the 17th Feb.; received no material injury and went into St.
George.
The sch. Perserverance, Rowland of this port sailed from Norfolk
Feb. 9 for Grenada.
The sch. Matchless, Vint of this port arrived at New York March
8 from Antiqua.
The brig Louisa, Hobby of and from this port has arrived at Montego
Bay Jam. in 25 days passage.
© 2000 Susan Burns
