The Acadian Recorder
MARCH 7, 1818
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.
- [ no report ]
- Wednesday morning, Mr. William Stump aged 12 years.
- At Pictou June 30th in the 64th year of her age, Christian, wife of Roderick M'Kay, long an inhabitant of this town; esteemed by all who knew her for a uniform life of piety and benevolence.
Tuesday, March 3 - arr. schr. Elizabeth, Walker - Boston.
Friday, March 6 - arr. sloop Olive, Marshal - Boston, sch. Hero - Liverpool.
The sch. Mary, Harvey of and for Annapolis from St. Salvadore put into Port Matoun 17th ult.
The sloop ______, Kelly of Halifax sailed from Nasseau for St. Domingo about 3d Jan.
The sloop Peggy from Baltimore for Halifax put into Mary-Joseph about 20 days since.
The schooner Lark, mentioned in our last to have sailed from Boston for Moose Island Jan. 22 was unfortunately wrecked on the coast in or near the Bay of Fundy - Passengers and crew saved.
The schooner Hero from Halifax for St. Vincents was spoken Jan. 23d lat 29, long 64 49.
St. John, N.B. - Feb. 24 the brig Weasel, M'Nevin 60 days from Jamaica fro St. John, N.B. went on shore on Scituate Beach near Boston in the gale of the 3d inst. and has gone to pieces. She had a cargo of 21 puncLeons of Rum - 9 only of it saved.
Narrative : Of the melancholy loss of the schooner Sally of Prince Edward Island, burthen 100 tons, T. Nicholls Master. This sch. loaded with timber and plank at Croppo for Messrs J.N. LePage & Co., on the 23d Dec. last. The ice set into Croppo Bay and froze her in. On the 24th the wind veering from the northward, drifted the ice and schr. into the Gulph [sic] where they remained drifting up and down with the tide, in a most perilous situation until the 29th, when having expended all their provisions and water and no appearance of the ice breaking up, or extricating the vessel from the field of ice in which she was inclosed, they determined to quit her, and launched their boat a mile over the ice to the water, which they effected, and got safe ashore 4th January. The sch. had drifted in sight of Charlotte Town when J.N. LePage accompanied by Peter Smith, James Foster, the packet man, and four others well acquainted with the nature of drift ice, put off and succeeded in getting on board, and were soon after joined by John, Robert, William, James and Edward Wood, the owners of the schr. At night a gale came on, which drove the sch. on St. Peters' shoal, the ice forcing her on her beam-ends, and the sea making a breach over her. She lay in this situation until Monday morning, full of water, without any shelter or nourishment for those on board. On Monday the wind moderated, but very cold and the sufferers most worn out with hunger; launched the boat off the deck and made another attempt to reach the land, which they succeeded in doing . . . Messrs Foster and Shillingworth died in the boat; John and Joseph Wood expired just as they had reached the shore; the remainder were in a dying and frozen state. The survivors received the most kind treatment from the soldiers at the Block-house, and the inhabitants living near the spot. The survivors have been carried to Charlotte Town, and are all in a fair of recovery with the exception of William Wood who lays dangerously ill.
©
2001 Susan Burns
