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Location: Rockport, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
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Rockport, New Brunswick One Place Study
Rockport ca 1872.The view is to the southeast. The water is an arm of the Bay of Fundy called Cumberland Basin. |
The goal of this project is to track the original settlers in Rockport, New Brunswick and their descendants. More importantly is to provide one location to go to for a variety of information about the Rockport area. This is meant to compliment the existing categorization structure or Wikitree, the Rockport & Area History and Genealogy Facebook Page and existing books and publications on the area.
Name
Rockport; North Joggins (to 1881); Joggins P.O. (for postal use, ca 1872); Cape Maringouin Peninsula
Communities
- Category: Johnsons_Mills,_New_Brunswick (Grand Anse)
- Lower Rockport (Slacks Cove)
- Category: Rockport,_New_Brunswick
- Category: Upper_Rockport,_New_Brunswick (Hard Ledge, North Joggins)
- Category: Wood_Point,_New_Brunswick
Neighbouring communities:
- Category:Westcock,_New_Brunswick
- Category:Dorchester_Cape,_New_Brunswick
- British Settlement
- Frosty Hollow (Mapleberg)
- West Sackville
- Evans
Geography
- Continent: North America
- Country: Canada
- Province: New Brunswick
- County: Westmorland
- GPS Coordinates: 45.7324551,-64.5033218
- Elevation: 0 m or 0 feet
History
Located on the Cumberland Basin, 16.93 km E of Harvey: Sackville Parish, Westmorland County: PO 1864-1939: in 1871 it had a population of 100: in 1898 Rockport was a seaport, a sub-port of entry and a farming, fishing and lumbering settlement with 1 post office, 1 store, grindstone quarries, 1 lighthouse, 1 church and a population of 200: included the community of North Joggins: PO 1853-1875: in 1866 North Joggins was a farming settlement with approximately 36 families, including 7 Tower families: in 1871 it had a population of 150: included the settlement of Upper Rockport: PO Upper Rockport 1875-1967.
Latitude : 45° 44'
Longitude : 64° 30'
County : Westmorland
Parish : Sackville
Population
- Included as part of Sackville parish on census reports until the 1911 census.
- The are about 588 names in the 1911 census. This does not include Johnsons Mills.
- There are 280 names in the 1921 census
- There are 218 names in the 1931 census.
Early Settlers
- Ayer
- Moses John Frederick Delesdernier (1724-1811)
- Buck
- Bedford Boltenhouse (abt.1762-1848)
- James Bulmer (aft.1835-)
- Martin Cole (1762-1808)
- Hugh Doherty (1796-1875)
- Daniel Fletcher (1759-1819)
- Samuel Boyer Halfkenny (abt.1818-1859)
- Hicks
- Gershom Maxwell (1758-1828)
- Robert Lindsay McHaffey (1885-1947)
- Mitton
- Outhouse
- James Purdy (1781-1861)
- William Read Sr. (1766-1843)
- John Seaman Unsure which one
- Nathan Seamans (1742-1822)
- Pickering Snowdon (1750-1830)
- Benjamin Tower (1744-1804)
- Joseph Tower (1746-1822)
- Benjamin Wilbur (1705-bef.1774)
- Jonathan Ward (1770-abt.1857)
Honour Roll
These men served in WWI. For many years, the Honour Roll hung in the Rockport United Church.
Rockport United Church - WWI "Roll of Honor" posted on the wall |
Following are links to the profiles for the men listed above.
- Harris Grace Read (1894-1916)
- Arlington Dixon Ward (1895-1917)
- Clarence Leslie Ward (1893-1918)
- Rayworth Wilton Read (1896-1961)
- Vincent Henry Read (1896-1966)
- Parlee Hector Ward (1890-1958)
- Russell Elmer Maxwell (1897-1963)
- Lorne Varnick Tower (1894-1964)
- Avaird Ira Tower (1895-1966)
- Edward Hussel Tower (1897-1973)
- Edmund Bert Read (1898-1963)
Education
Rockport School
List of pupils enrolled in 1929 (from a register):
- Treva Trites (age 16, grade 8)
- Ardoinne B King (age 15, grade 8)
- Greta E Tower (age 15, grade 8)
- Ralph E. Withers (age 13, grade 8)
- Marion O. Tower (age 13, grade 8)
- Mildred Dernier (age 12, grade 6)
- Roy Ward (age 13, grade 6)
- Charles R Withers (age 10, grade 5)
- Cecil A Tower (age 10, grade 5)
- Marion O Maxwell (age 10, grade 5)
- Sybil E Tower (age 9, grade 3)
- Jean F Ward (age 9, grade 3)
- Frank M Ward (age 9, grade 3)
- Verna I Tower (age 7, grade 2)
- Arthur A King Adrian A King (age 8, grade 2)
- Frances A Tower (age 7, grade 2)
- Musetta M Maxwell (age 7, grade 1)
- Reuben H Ward (age 6, grade 1)
- Rupert W E Dernier (age 6, grade 1)
- Rita C E King (age 5, grade 1)
Cemeteries
- Rockport Cemetery, New Brunswick category
- Old Rockport Cemetery, Rockport, New Brunswick category
- Second Westcock Hill Cemetery, Westmorland County, New Brunswick category
- Westcock Cemetery, Westcock, New Brunswick category
Migrations
So many people from Rockport left for the "Boston States" that I created a page for it some time ago. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Migration_from_Rockport%2C_New_Brunswick_to_the_Boston_States?
Notables
- H.R. Emmerson, ninth premier of NB (lived there as a youth when his mother taught school)
- Electra (Ward) Nicks , long-time secretary to broadcaster Lowell Thomas
- Amos Seaman, The Grindstone King
- Austin Tower, Chaplin to the Seaman's Bethel, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Bibliography
- Head of the Bay: A History of the Maringouin (Rockport) Peninsula by Jeffrey Ward[1]
- The Cumberland Basin Grindstone Industry: A Compendium of Sources & Illustrations Compiled and Edited by Paul Bogaard[2]
- Roberts Country: Sir Charles G.D. Roberts and the Tantramar by Charles H.H. Scobie[3]
In the news
- Stone chimney is all that remains of world-class grindstone quarry
- Slacks Cove 'hidden gem' of New Brunswick history
Sources
- ↑ https://tantramarheritage.ca/publications/books/head-of-the-bay-a-history-of-the-maringouin-rockport-peninsula/
- ↑ https://tantramarheritage.ca/publications/books/the-cumberland-basin-grindstone-industry/
- ↑ https://tantramarheritage.ca/publications/books/roberts-country-sir-charles-g-d-roberts-and-the-tantramar/
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