Greetings Listers and Merry Christmas! I realize that Nicolet County is not part of the "Eastern Townships", but I have been sent some important information from the Archives in Nicolet that you may like to know about. At one time, in the early 1800's on the South shore of the St. Lawrence, there was a small colony of Anglo-protestant settlers in the town of Nicolet. My husband's family of BRACK lived there from their time of arrival in 1817 to approx. 1825. This family along with several others lived on the Seigneury of Nicolet which was owned by a Captain Kenelm CHANDLER. Captain CHANDLER was British and was appointed in 1800, commissioner to settled the domain accruing from the Jesuit esates. I know the BRACK's RUTHERFORD's, ROBERTS lived here and eventually moved south to Drummondville and Granby, quite possibly some of these other family names followed as well. In 1823 - 1824 this group of people constructed the English Protestant Church St. Bartholomew's: Le comte DALHOUSIE Reverend J. DRISCOLL M. Thomas TRIGGE K.C. CHANDLER Nicolet Docteur ALEXANDER " Robert GILMOR " Leonard MARLER (1) " Lt. W, ROBINS " Moses FOLLENSBY " Alexander BRACK " John BRACK " Richard CAUGHTREE ": William RUTHERFURD " Mary ROBERTS " M. Moses ALEXANDER " Sergent J. JENNERY " Ann. BIDDEN " Colonel HERRIOT " Colonel Frs. COTTRELL Baie-du-Febvre Sarah ATKINSON " M. MacKENZIE " M.C. GRANT Montreal M. FORSYTH " Thos. THAIN, Ecr " J.-B CAILOF " M. CHAPERON Quebec A. FRIEND " Sam HART " Bridson " If some of these names are on your tree, drop me an email I have more information on the Church and Seigneury. If you are searching CHANDLER, I have some family history dating back to 1737 and some family groups sheets as well. Kathleen BROCK Edmonton, AB