This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNC.2ACE/1134.1 Message Board Post: Gee, I hope this info is new. I would hate to think I'm sharing it for nought! I have three women named McFarlane from rockport who all claim origins in Grand manan. They are likely sisters, as their ages are close. The spelling of the name is with an e, not a d. Don't know if that is a problem for you. First: Lucy McFarlane bd. abt 1806, Grand Manan, NB &Gershom Maxwell bd. abt 1802, NB dd. 1861/1871 m. 11 Aug 1831, Westmorland Co., NB | Wilford Maxwell | bd. abt 1834, NB | William Maxwell | bd. ABT 1853/1855, Rockport, Westmorland Co., NB | & Emma E. Ayer | bd. 16 May 1855, Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB | dd. 13 Jan 1902, Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS | m. 25 Dec 1874, Amherst, Cumberland, NS. I also have an Ann/Anstress/Anstris McFarlane, listed in the 1861 Census as coming from Grand Manan. She was born abt 1815. She was married to William Ward who was a grindstone quarryman in Rockport NB (at the head of the Bay of Fundy). In 1861, they had five children at home ranging in age from 10 to 22. This is what we know to date: William Ward bd. 16 Jan 1814, Sackville Par., Westmorland Co., NB & Ann (Anstris) McFarline bd. abt 1815, Grand Manan, NB m. 17 Sep 1835, Westmorland Co., NB | Susan Ward | bd. abt 1837, NB | Esther Ward | bd. abt 1839, NB | Mary J. Ward | bd. abt 1842 | Lucy Ann Ward | bd. 6 Nov 1844, NB | & Judson Tower | bd. Sep 1839, NB | m. 7 Jan 1889, Westmorland Co., NB | William Ward | bd. abt 1847, NB | & Rebecca Jane Crossman | bd. abt 1842, NB | m. 20 Oct 1866, Cumberland Co., NB | Olivia Ward | bd. abt 1849, NB | & Hazen B. Tower | bd. abt 1837, NB | m. 10 Jul 1876, Westmorland Co., NB | Dorothy (Deborah) Ward | bd. abt 1851, NB And finally Emily. She was also from Grand Manan, according to the Census. I would like to know more about her in particular as she is an ancestor. She married Thompson Maxwell Ward (brother of William): bd. 22 Jan 1820, Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB dd. 3 Dec 1880 occ. Grindstone cutter & Emily McFarline bd. abt 1821, Grand Manan, NB dd. 3 Jun 1874 m. 29 Jun 1843, Westmorland Co., NB | Cynthia A. Ward | bd. abt 1843 | Caroline M. Ward | bd. abt 1846, NB | & Joseph L. Tower | bd. abt 1859, NB | m. 25 Jan 1882, Westmorland Co., NB | Cyrus H. Ward | bd. abt 1847, NB | dd. 8 Jul 1888 | occ. grindstone maker | & Melissa D. Tower | bd. 2 Jun 1849, NB | dd. 3 Apr 1931 | m. 15 Jul 1871, Westmorland Co., NB | Joseph E. Ward | bd. abt 1849, NB | dd. 1917 | occ. Grindstone cutter | & Annie D. Tower | bd. abt 1857 | dd. 10 Jun 1915, Rockport NB | m. 19 Feb 1877, Westmorland Co., NB | Amos H. Ward (my ancestor) | bd. abt 1850, NB | occ. Grindstone cutter | Seraph C. Ward | bd. abt 1858, NB | & Sidney Tower | bd. abt 1853, NB | dd. 1881/1891 | m. 31 Oct 1877, Westmorland Co., NB | Capt. Milton Ward | bd. abt 1868, NB | occ. Sea captain. | & Laura Lockhart | bd. 4 Jan 1871, NB | dd. 1934 If you have any more info to share on these ladies, parents, family lore etc, and how they may have come to arrive in Rockport, I would be most eager to her from you! Thanks for posting. J P Ward