In Julia Walker's "History of Londonderry", she mentions that some thought they were a disbanded military unit that came in Spring 1818, but she felt they were more likely farmers who took up the offer of free land. Julia was an expert in this area and I tend to agree with her as I've never found any military connection to those who settled. I'd like to add that these were hardy people. There was no road into the area at that time. The men started out from Saint John, 50 miles away, followed the Hammond River, with just what they carried on their backs and cut a track through the dense rugged woods. The land was poor for farming and seemed to grow rocks better than anything else. It is now reverted back to woodland and commercial blue berry fields with only rock foundations left. Cheers, Suzanne Carter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverley Clarkson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 6:38 AM Subject: Re: [ NB ] Londonderry, NB Irish Settlers >I read the same article and wondered if anyone knows the story of why they > came in 1818? It might give me some clues about my pioneers who came in > 1831 and 1838 > > Beverley > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Judy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was reading with interest in yesterday's Transcript about the settlers >> who established Londonderry, NB in 1818. My ancestor, James M. McQuin, >> arrived that same year from Londonderry and settled in the Miramichi. I >> believe the John and Thomas McQuin who settled in the Chatham area were >> probably his brothers. >> >> I wonder if there is a connection to the settlers in Londonderry, NB? I >> also would like to know if anyone has info on the ancestors of the >> Penobsquis area McQuinn's? (John McQuinn m. Elizabeth Jordan of Jordan >> Mountain) >> >> Thank you, >> >> Judy McQuinn >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> List Announcements can be found at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Beverley Clarkson > Sambro Head, Nova Scotia > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message