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 maiden name was Marjorie Fetters。 You can see that the Doherty family; with the exception of Isaac and Jane; were not actually settlers or permanent residents of Point de Bute。 Both Isaac and Jane (Mrs。 Jones) are buried there。 Perhaps the Irvin family can add other facts to what I have written。 With kind remembrance to self and family; I remain。

Yours very truly;

J。 W。 DOHERTY; M。D。

HOWARD TRUEMAN; Esq。 Prospect Farm; Point de Bute。


LATER RESIDENTS OF WHAT WAS THE OLD TOWNSHIP OF CUMBERLAND。

McCREADY。HIGGINS。C。 F。 McCready's and David Higgin's ancestors were Loyalists。 The McCreadys settled in King's County; N。B。; and Higgins; in Colchester; N。S。

SNOWDON。The Snowdons were originally from Wales; England。 Pickering Snowdon was a resident of Sackville in 1786。

SUTHERLAND。James Sutherland is of Scotch blood。 Donald Sutherland; his grandfather; came from Sutherlandshire; Scotland; in 1818; and settled in Pictou County; N。S。

BULMER。George Bulmer is a descendant of George Bulmer; who came from Yorkshire in the ship DUKE OF YORK in the spring of 1772。 He came with his brother…in…law; William Freeze。 The Bulmers are said to be of Norman descent。

FULLERTON。Douglas Fullerton's grandfather was a Scotchman; coming to Halifax about the year 1790。 He taught school for a number of years。 He married a Miss Peck and soon after settled down as a farmer in Parrsboro'; Cumberland County; N。S。; where many of his descendants live。

DOYLE。James Doyle's grandfather came from Ireland and settled at Five Islands; Colchester County; N。S。

HICKS。This name was early in Nova Scotia。 I find John Hicks in company with three others; prospected Nova Scotia; in 1759; for prospective settlers; from Rhodes (sic) Island and Connecticut; and decided to take up lands at Pisquid or Windsor。 Josiah Hicks was a resident of Sackville in 1786。 The late Samuel Hicks of Jolicure came to that place from Sackville where the name is now in large number。




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