Re: [nscumber] Refugees voyage to River Saint John

carolyn,

does the history of wallace bay....have information on an Alexander Ross
family... arriving about 1840.....Alex ander married Mary Mclean in Pictour
but went to Wallace to raise their large family... their dtr. Agnes
marrying Rufus Peers.

Is the Alexaner Peers family (loyalists) featured in that book...I will try
to order that book if it appears to have interest for my families. Thank
you for the lead to the books...
----- Original Message -----
From: "CAROLYN MCGRATH" <carolyn18@...>
To: <nscumber@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nscumber] Refugees voyage to River Saint John


> For this book, try the Advanced Book Exchange at www.abebooks.com; use
> Nova Scotia History as your search phrase; I have bought many old books
> from them, including HR Brown's The Valley of the Remsheg or History of
> Wallace Bay, which has a complete Tuttle genealogy (beginning with
> Stephen).
>
> carolyn
>
> BillA43@... wrote:
> >
> > First, the definitive book on the questions concerning the Remsheg
Loyalists
> > or, from another perspective, some of the Westchester Refugees is Gerald
> > Vincent's, The Civil Sword. It simply is one of the finest histories
I've
> > ever read. You simply have to find a copy of the book. It is the perfect
> > answer to many of the questions you've raised.
> >
> > In short, the Remsheg Loyalists landed at Fort Cumberland at the head of
the
> > Bay of Fundy in July of 1783 aboard the Brig, Thetis and the ship,
Nicholas
> > and Jane.
> >
> > The Loyalists of Bay Chaleur arrived along the Gaspe coast in the summer
of
> > 1784, near present day New Carlise and Paspebiac (A.D. Flowers
chronicled
> > this journey in his book entitled, The Loyalists of Bay Chaleur). They
sailed
> > down the St. Lawrence from areas upriver in Lower Canada. Many were
loyalists
> > from New York and some were discharged British Regulars.
> >
> > Robert Flowers was a British Regular of the 29th of Foot who landed at
New
> > Carlisle. If you have information that he was ever in Nova Scotia or New
Bruns
> > wick, I'd be very excited to see it. I'm similarly interested in
specific
> > information about William Thompson. Betts was present in both places as
you
> > mention. Also the Secords, Beebes and Samuel Chatterton, the husband of
> > Charlotte Beebe found homes in both places. Samuel Chatterton was a
British
> > Regular in the 31st Regiment of Foot. Stephen Tuttle, as you mention,
was
> > also in both places.
> >
> > Bill Flowers
> >
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