I'm trying to identify if any of the Scottish settlers in 1632 at Port Royal in Nova Scotia can be confirmed to have stay on after Nova Scotia was transferred back to French control in 1632. There are a few references that state that some of the Scottish settlers stayed and married into the French colonists who came. > As you may be aware Nova Scotia from 1621 to 1632 was under the control of the Kingdom of Scotland and Sir William Alexander. > Does any one have any information about this? > > Phil

Philip, I too have seen mention that some remained, but I have never seen definite proof, or any lists of potential names, online or in my study of Canadian history. I imagine some did marry and integrate with the French families, but as I understand it the majority returned to Scotland. Some Scottish folk came amongst the Planters from New England to take over land that was vacated when the Arcadians were expelled in 1755. My opinion and I form it because of your question is that some of the Planters (colonists) could have been from the original settlement at Port Royal, because the two areas Grand Pre and Port Royal, are relatively close to each other. Now that is solely a thought of mine! The first permanent settlers that came direct from Scotland to Nova Scotia landed in 1773 aboard the ship Hector. They landed in Pictou. Pictou is given credit as the birthplace of New Scotland or Nova Scotia as we know it. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Wyatt" <pwyatt@nygh.on.ca> To: <SCOTS-IN-CANADA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:36 PM Subject: [SCTCDN] scottish settlers > I'm trying to identify if any of the Scottish settlers in 1632 at Port > Royal in Nova Scotia can be confirmed to have stay on after Nova Scotia > was transferred back to French control in 1632. There are a few > references that state that some of the Scottish settlers stayed and > married into the French colonists who came. > > > As you may be aware Nova Scotia from 1621 to 1632 was under the > control of the Kingdom of Scotland and Sir William Alexander. > > > Does any one have any information about this? > > > > Phil > > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > Whoever said "seek and ye shall find" was not a genealogist! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >