Category: 1770 Cumberland Census

Categories: Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Colony | Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Census


Cumberland was an original Township in the Chignecto region and included the area between Sackville and Amherst. It includes present day Westmorland Parish and Fort Lawrence.

The thirteen original townships projected by Governor Lawrence in 1759 were Horton, Cornwallis, Falmouth, Onslow, Granville, Annapolis, Cumberland, Amherst, Sackville, Tinmouth, Liverpool, Barrington and Yarmouth.

Following is a list of the names that can be read from the census. It is not complete as some names were lost.

  • William Allan
  • John Allan
  • Samuel Wethered
  • Sennacherib Martyn
  • Benoni Danks
  • Anthony Burk
  • John Huston
  • Joshua Winslow
  • James Law
  • Martin Peck
  • Henry McDonnell
  • John Spring
  • Sarah Jones
  • William Milburn
  • Jotham Gay
  • Daniel Earl
  • Josiah Throop
  • Jabez Chappel
  • Liffy Chappel
  • Samuel Raymond
  • Benjamin Allen
  • Jesse Converse
  • Young Sherman
  • William Southworth
  • John Filmore
  • Charles Oulton
  • Jeremiah Brownall
  • Robert Watson
  • William Maxwell
  • Mark Patton
  • William Bearsto
  • John Bent
  • Thomas Dixson
  • Jonathan Eddy
  • Josiah King
  • William Welsh
  • Zebulon Roe
  • Ebenezer Gardner
  • Samuel Smith
  • Simon Newcomb
  • Obadiah Ayer
  • Elijah Ayer
  • Abiathar Eddy
  • Jonathon Fearn
  • Mary Hunt
  • Merritt
  • Merritt
  • Name and numbers not vivible
  • King
  • Gannet
  • Clarke
  • Robert Whatley
  • Robert Haggart
  • Daniel Ryan
  • David Stone
  • William Bryan
  • Kane
  • Daniel Gooding
  • William How
  • Nathaniel Reynolds
  • Samuel Gay
  • Levy Ames
  • William Resty
  • John Ackley
  • Samuel Hicks
  • Thomas Mee
  • Winckworth Tonge
  • James Terreaux
  • John Lockhart
  • Walter Walters
  • Edward Barron
  • Jonathan Ward
  • John Filmore
  • Charles Oulton

Person Profiles (32)

A

bef 1750 - aft 1778
03 Jan 1747 Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland - 07 Feb 1805
1717 Scotland - 19 May 1785
30 Apr 1727 Norwich, New London, Connecticut - 13 Nov 1799
1730 Norwich, New London, Connecticut - abt Aug 1777

B

abt 1739 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay - abt 1794
abt 1732 - abt 1806
04 Aug 1747 Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 07 Jul 1823
21 Apr 1749 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island - 11 Apr 1835

C

abt 1745 New London, Connecticut Colony - 1803 photo
13 Dec 1714 Lebanon, New London, Connecticut - 19 Apr 1781 photo

D

abt 01 Jan 1716 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts - abt 01 Jan 1777

E

abt 1726 Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay - Aug 1804 photo

F

18 Apr 1726 North Franklin, Norwich, New London, Connecticut - 01 Mar 1796

G

bef 04 Sep 1737 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 21 Nov 1832 photo
11 Apr 1733 Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 16 Oct 1802
abt 1740 Ireland - 1778

H

10 Jun 1726 Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 29 May 1776

K

09 Aug 1741 Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay - 16 May 1829

L

abt 1744 Ireland

M

abt 07 Mar 1729 Minterburn, County Tyrone, Ireland - 1824

N

28 Dec 1745 Lebanon, Connecticut - Dec 1776

O

abt 1744 England - 09 Sep 1826 photo

P

abt 1710 Faughanvale Parish, County Londonderry, Ireland - 1781

R

25 Oct 1730 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - aft 1782
19 Mar 1733 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut - 05 Oct 1817

S

06 Jun 1746 Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 1812

T

13 Jul 1727 Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island - 08 Oct 1822

W

01 Oct 1729 Town of Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony - bef 1738
1730 Boston, Massachusetts - 1780
23 Jan 1727 Portsmouth, New Hampshire - 1801




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