Hello Carl,
In response to your message re Fiddlers Green:
I was in Oxford from Sept 7-14 and acquired some notes which were put
together in 1971 by the late, Zehra Simpson who was born in 1909. I don't
know where she obtained the information from.
Part of the notes read as follows:
At the turn of the century, James and Charles Simpson, and King Bros. built
and operated the tug boat "Victoria". There were two hotels on the river
(Philip), one at Fiddlers Green, a stone house called Tides Inn, built 1808;
and McNutts Hotel, where the ferry crossed the river before the Port Philip
bridge was built. At Fiddlers Green, there lived a Peter Rushton, who spent
much of his time playing the violin. Thus the name.
The Molly Moore was built at Fiddlers Green by William (Billy) Moore and
sailed by Capt. Henley. It made several trips from Pugwash to Ireland.
(Carl, above that sentence is the date 23/3/1833 - I have no idea what the
date refers to). It was sold to Thomas Cooke (trader) March 12, 1834.
Pat Mockler built 6 ships where the Port Philip Bridge is now. In 1876 he
built his last ship, "The Condor". It was sold in 89 to Norwegian Trader. It
was still on land at Port Philip when the property was asseted (?) and the
Cumberland County Tax Man tried his best to collect taxes on it. The owner
replied: "A ship is a ship, on land or on sea". It carried lumber to England
and cotton from Savannah, Georgia. The lumber for this ship was cut in
Mansfield and hauled to Port Philip by two oxen by Uncle John Simpson.
(Carl, the Uncle John Simpson she refers to here, was born 4 July 1820.
In other notes that I have, but which are not dated:
William Moore came from Co. Derry, Ireland to Wallace, NS in a vessel
belonging to Joseph Carr of Wallace, who was a ship builder and sea captain.
He married Agnes Simpson. William Moore then went to Amherst in 1814, where
he stayed for 1 1/2 years. He then sent for his father and mother, and all
his brothers and sisters. They all stayed in Amherst till the spring of
1816, when they all came to the shore of River Philip and bought a large
tract of land from a man named Peter Rushton.
Carl, I can't guarantee the accuracy of this, however, Peter Rushton is
mentioned on page 23 of "The History of Pugwash".
I know there has been information written about "The Molly Moore", but I
have not yet been able to track it down. Any assistance would be much
appreciated.
Eleanor
At 09:33 25/09/99 -0300, you wrote:
>From: Carl Demings <cdemings@...>
>
>Hi! Eleanor ...
>
>Your wrote:
>
>"William MOORE built a ship called "The Molly Moore" at Fiddlers Green (Port
>Philip). It was sailed by Capt. Henley and made several trips from Pugwash
>to Ireland. The ship was sold to Thomas Cooke (trader) March 12, 1834."
>
>As a member of the North Cumberland Historical Society, which covers
>the area of Pugwash and Port Philip, I am interested in your post
>identifying Fiddlers Green (Irish perhaps?) as Port Philip; as well
>as the Molly Moore making several trips from Pugwash to Ireland
>before 1834.
>
>Do you have a source for Fiddlers Green?
>
>The history of Pugwash is scanty pre circa 1840 so the voyages of
>the Molly Moore are of interest ... particularly in light of Pugwash
>being unofficially called Waterford (apparently because of settlers
>from Waterford, Ireland) for a short period before it received the
>name of Pugwash.
>
>A most interesting post ... any further information would be
>appreciated.
>
>Carl Demings
>NCHS
>Carl Demings cdemings@...
> from Nova Scotia, Canada