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em　in　the　fall　of　the　same　year。〃　　Mr。　Weldon　settled　first　in　Hillsboro　and　later　removed　to　Dorchester；　where　the　name　has　remained　ever　since。　Dr。　Weldon；　Dean　of　the　Halifax　Law　School；　belongs　to　this　family。

SCOTT。

Adam　Scott　was　from　Langholm；　Dumfriesshire；　Scotland。　He　emigrated　to　New　Brunswick　with　his　wife　and　family　in　1834；　landing　first　at　Quebec。　He　settled　in　Shemogue；　Westmoreland　County。　His　wife's　name　was　Janet　Amos。　He　had　eight　children。　Two　of　the　sons　and　the　eldest　daughter；　Janet；　married　into　William　Trueman's　family。　The　daughter；　Mrs。　Joseph　Trueman；　is　still　living；　bright　and　cheerful；　in　the　84th　year　of　her　age。　Mr。　Scott　was　one　of　the　most　prosperous　farmers　in　the　district　in　which　he　settled；　and　lived　to　be　ninety…nine　years　of　age。

BENT。

This　name　is　believed　to　have　come　from　bent　grass；　〃a　stiff；　wiry　growth；　little　known　in　America。〃　　John　Bent；　the　first　of　the　name　in　America；　was　born　in　Penton…Grafton；　England；　in　November；　1596。　He　came　to　America　in　his　forty…second　year；　and　settled　in　Sudbury；　Mass。　The　Bents　came　to　Nova　Scotia　around　1760。　The　names　of　Jesse　and　John　Bent　are　found　on　the　list　of　grantees　for　the　township　of　Cumberland　in　1763；　to　which　reference　has　previously　been　made。　Sarah　A。　Bent；　daughter　of　Martin　Bent；　married　Edward　Trueman。

JEWETTCOY。

Mary　Jewett；　who　married　Alder　Trueman；　of　Sackville；　and　Asa　Coy；　who　married　Catherine　Trueman；　of　Point　de　Bute；　were　of　the　New　England　emigration　that　settled　on　the　St。　John　River　in　1762…3。

HARRISON。

John　Harrison；　of　Rillington；　Yorkshire；　England；　and　his　wife；　Sarah　Lovell；　of　the　same　place　with　their　family　arrived　in　Cumberland　County；　Nova　Scotia；　in　the　spring　of　1774；　and　settled　on　the　Maccan　River。　They　had　family　as　follows：　　Luke；　born　August　25th；　1754；　married　Tryphena　Bent；　November　22nd；　1789；　John；　married　twice；　first　wife　Dinah　Lumley；　of　Yorkshire；　England；　and　second　Charlotte　Mills；　of　the　State　of　New　York；　Thomas　born　March　28th；　1762；　married　Mary　Henry；　William；　born　March　25th；　1770；　married　Jane　Coates；　Mary；　married　Matthew　Lodge；　Sarah；　married　James　Brown；　Nancy；　married　John　Lumley；　Hannah；　married　John　Lambert；　Elizabeth；　married　Henry　Furlong。

Luke　Harrison　（son　of　John）　and　his　wife　Tryphena　Bent；　had　family　as　follows：　　Jane；　married　William　Bostock；　Margaret；　George；　married　Sarah　Hodson；　Hannah　married　George　Boss；　Amy；　married　Thos。　Dodsworth；　Eunice；　married　Amos　Boss；　Elizabeth；　married　William　Smith；　Joseph；　Jesse；　married　Elizabeth　Hoeg。

John　Harrison　（son　of　John）；　whose　first　wife　was　Dinah　Lumley；　and　second　Charlotte　Mills；　had　family　as　follows：　　Sarah；　John；　Maria；　Lovell；　Mary；　Charlotte；　Rebecca；　William；　married　Elizabeth　Brown；　James。

Thomas　Harrison　（son　of　John）　and　his　wife　Mary　Henry；　had　family　as　follows：　　Luke；　married　Hannah　Lodge；　Sarah；　married　Martin　Hoeg；　Clementina；　married　Joseph　Moore；　Harriet；　married　William　Coates；　Thomas；　married　Clementina　Stockton；　Tillott；　married　Eunice　Lockwood；　Mary；　married　Gideon　Trueman；　Ruth；　married　Hugh　Fullerton；　Henry；　first　wife　Phoebe　Chipman；　and　second　A。　M。　Randall。

William　Harrison　（son　of　John）　and　his　wife；　Jane　Coates；　had　family　as　follows：　　Sarah；　married　Robert　Oldfield；　Thomas；　married　Elizabeth　Shipley；　Edward；　William；　married　Mary　Tait；　John；　married　Jerusha　Lewis；　Ann；　married　David　Keiver；　Joseph；　married　Jane　Ripley；　James；　married　Mary　Lewis；　Robert；　married　Hannah　Wood；　Jane；　married　Nathan　Hoeg；　Luke；　Brown；　married　Mary　Ann　Coates；　Hannah；　married　David　Long。

Luke　Harrison　（son　of　Thomas　and　Mary）；　was　born　August　10th；　1787；　and　died　November　12th；　1865。　He　and　his　wife；　Hannah　Lodge；　moved　from　Maccan　River；　N。S。；　to　Dutch　Valley；　near　Sussex；　N。B。；　and　had　family　as　follows：　　William　Henry；　married　three　times；　first　wife　was　Sarah　Slocomb；　second　Rebecca　Slocomb；　and　third　Lavina　M。　Knight；　Charles　Clement；　Mary　Ann；　married　J。　Nelson　Coates；　of　Smith's　Creek；　King's　County；　N。B。；　Thomas　Albert；　married　Isabel　Stevenson；　of　St。　Andrew's；　N。B。；　Joseph　Lodge；　married　Charlotte　Snider；　of　Dutch　Valley；　Sussex；　N。B。

William　Henry　Harrison　（son　of　Luke　Harrison　and　Hannah　Lodge）；　was　born　July　20th；　1813；　at　Sussex；　N。B。；　and　died　May　2nd；　1901；　at　Sackville；　N。B。　He　had　no　family　by　his　first　and　second　wives。　He　and　his　third　wife；　Lavina　M。　Knight；　daughter　of　Rev。　Richard　Knight；　D。D。；　of　Devonshire；　England；　had　family　as　follows：　　Richard　Knight；　married　to　Anne　Graham；　of　Sussex；　N。B。；　living　at　Colorado　Springs；　Colorado；　U。S。A。；　Hannah　Lovell；　dead；　William　Henry；　of　Sackville；　N。B。；　Charles　Allison；　dead；　F。　A。　Lovell；　of　St。　John；　N。B。；　Albert　Thornton；　of　New　York　City；　Mary　Louisa；　married　to　T。　Dwight　Pickard；　of　Sackville；　N。B。；　living　at　Fairview；　B。C。；　Frank　Allison；　of　Sackville；　N。B。；　married　to　Flora　Anderson。

John　Harrison；　of　Rillington；　Yorkshire；　England；　who　settled　at　Maccan　River；　N。S。；　Canada；　in　1774；　was　a　relative　of　John　Harrison；　born　at　Foulby；　in　the　Parish　of　Wragley；　near　Pontrefact；　Yorkshire；　May；　1693。　John　Harrison；　of　Foulby；　was　the　inventor　of　the　chronometer；　for　which　he　received　from　the　British　Government　the　sum　of　L　20；000。　He　died　at　his　home　in　Red　Lion　Square；　London；　in　1776。　The　chronometer　accepted　by　the　Government　from　John　Harrison　was　seen　in　July；　1901；　at　Guildhall；　London。

The　following　letters　were　written　by　members　of　the　Harrison　family　to　friends　in　England。

William　H。　Harrison；　a　descendant　of　John　Harrison；　visited　Yorkshire　about　the　year　1854；　and　received　the　letters　from　friends　there；　bringing　them　back　to　Nova　Scotia；　where　they　were　written　so　many　years　before。　They　are　interesting　as　giving　the　experience　of　the　emigrant　in　the　new　country。　The　first　was　written　by　Luke；　a　young　man　twenty　years　old；　who　had　come　to　Nova　Scotia　with　his　father　and　had　been　in　the　country　but　three　months。　The　second　was　written　by　John　Harrison；　a　brother　of　Luke's；　in　1803；　after　they　had　tested　the　country。

EXTRACTS　FROM　OLD　LETTERS　OF　THE　HARRISON　FAMILY。

〃TO　MR。　WILLIAM　HARRISON；　〃Rillington；　Yorkshire；　〃England。　〃June　30th；　1774。

〃DEAR　COUSIN；　〃Hoping　these　lines　will　find　you　in　good　health；　as　we　are　at　present；　bless　God　for　it。　We　have　all　gotten　safe　to　Nova　Scotia；　but　do　not　like　it　at　all；　and　a　great　many　besides　us；　and　are　coming　back　to　England　again；　all　that　can　get　back。　We　do　not　like　the　country；　not　never　shall。　The　mosquitos　are　a　terrible　plague　in　this　country。　You　may　think　that　mosquitos　cannot　hurt；　but　if　you　do　you　are　mistaken；　for　they　will　swell　you　legs　and　hands　so　that　some　persons　are　both　blind　and　lame　for　some　days。　They　grow　worse　every　year　and　they　bite　the　English　the　worst。　We　have　taken　a　farm　of　one　Mr。　Barron；　for　one　year；　or　longer　if　we　like。　The　rent　is　L　20　a　year。　We　have　10　cows；　4　oxen；　20　sheep；　one　sow；　and　one　breeding　mare。　He　will　take　the　rent　in　butter　or　cheese；　or　cattle。　The　country　is　very　poor；　and　there　is　very　little　money　about　Cumberland。　The　money　is　not　like　our　English　money。　An　English　guinea　is　L　1　3s。　4d。　In　Nova　Scotia　money　a　dollar　is　equal　to　5　shillings；　and　a　pistereen　is　a　shilling。　In　haying　time　men　have　3　shillings　a　day　for　mowing。　The　mosquitos　will　bite　them　very　often　so　that　they　will　throw　down　their　scythes　and　run　home；　almost　bitten　to　death；　and　there　is　a　black　fly　worse　than　all　the　rest。　One　is　tormented　all　the　summer　with　mosquitos；　and　almost　frozen　to　death　in　the　winter。　Last　winter　they　had　what　was　reckoned　to　be　a　fine　winter；　and　the　frost　was　not　out　of　the　ground　on　the　20th　day　of　June；　which　I　will　affirm　for　truth。　I　shall　let　you　know　the　affairs　of　the　country　another　year；　if　God　spare　life　and　health。　Dear　cousin；　remember　me　to　my　uncle　and　aunt　and　to　all　that　ask　after　me。

〃From　your　well　wisher；　〃LUKE　HARRISON。

〃Direct　your　letters　to　John　Harrison　or　Luke　Harrison；　at　the　River　a　Bare；　nigh　Fort　Cumberland；　Nova　Scotia。〃

〃TO　MR。　JOHN　HARRISON；　〃Rillington；　near　Motton；　〃Yorkshire；　England。

〃Maccan　River；　N。S。；　〃June　24th；　1810。

〃DEAR　COUSIN；

〃Long　ago　I　have　had　it　in　agitation　of　writing　to　you　and　now　an　opportunity　is　just　at　hand；　which　I　gladly　now　embrace；　hoping　these　lines　will　find　you　and　your　family　all　in　good　health；　as　me　and　my　family　are　the　same；　thanks　be　to　him　that　ruleth　over　all。　I　am　now　going　to　give　you　a　little　sketch　of　our　country；　of　Bonny　Nova　Scotia；　and　the　advantages　and　disadvantages。　I　settled　here　on　this　river　about　23　years　ago；　upon　lands　that　had　never　been　cultivated；　all　a　wilderness。　We　cut　down　the　wood　of　the　land　and　burnt　it　off；　and　sowed　it　with　wheat　and　rye；　so　that　we　have　made　out　a　very　good　living。　Here　we　make　our　own　sugar；　our　own　soap　and　candles；　and　likewise　our　own　clothing。　We　spin　and　weave　our　own　linen　and　wool；　and　make　the　biggest　part　of　it　into　garments　within　our　own　family。　This；　I　suppose；　you　will　think　strange；　but　it　is　merely　for　want　of　settlers　and　more　mechanics　of　different　branches。　There　were　twenty…　five　petitioned　to　the　Government　for　new　lands　when　I　settled　here；　and　we　all　drew　500　acres　of　land　each。　I　bought　500　acres　joining　mine；　which　cost　me　abo