John Hasty & Patience Sprague

A Loyalist Family in Early New Brunswick

John Hasty was born in Ireland around 1753-1754. His parents’ names and specific place of origin are unknown. Descendant and author Warren H. Hasty believes that John was likely born in the northernmost province of Ulster, Ireland, and that he was of Scots-Irish (Scots-Ulster) origin. This conclusion is based primarily on the perceived Scottish origin of the surname Hasty, which the author associates with the Lowland Scots and notes appears in Scotland as Hastie, later adopted in Ulster as Hasty.  

Religion is presented as additional circumstantial support for an Ulster origin. Warren H. Hasty notes that Scots-Ulster settlers were overwhelmingly Protestant, in contrast to the largely Catholic population of Ireland as a whole and points out that John Hasty’s children were all Protestant. On this basis, the author infers that John Hasty himself was likely Protestant and therefore consistent with a Scots-Irish background. The author also situates John within the broader waves of Scots-Irish emigration from Ulster to North America in the late 18th century, suggesting he may have emigrated during the 1770–1775 migration period.

American Revolutionary War

As a young man, John served as a driver of artillery horses for the British in the Revolutionary War in America. While no direct evidence survives for John Hasty’s path into military service, Irish-born men of his generation typically entered British service in one of two ways.

One common route was migration from Ireland to Britain followed by enlistment in the British Army. Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and Irish-born men regularly enlisted in British forces, including the Royal Artillery. Economic hardship, limited land access, and lack of employment opportunities in Ireland led many young men to seek military service as a stable livelihood. If John Hasty enlisted in Britain or Ireland, he may have been posted to North America as part of Britain’s wartime deployment, particularly in non-commissioned or support roles such as artillery drivers, which required physical labour and experience with horses rather than formal education or rank.

Another possibility is that John Hasty emigrated directly to North America before or during the war, settling in one of the British colonies prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Irish immigration to the American colonies was well established by the mid-18th century, especially to ports such as New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. When the war began, men already resident in the colonies could be recruited locally or pressed into service to support British military operations. Individuals in civilian occupations involving horses or transport were particularly suited to service with artillery or supply units, where prior military training was not always required. 

A driver of artillery horses was a specialized soldier attached to the British Royal Artillery whose primary responsibility was the movement and care of the horses used to transport cannon, ammunition, and artillery equipment. In the eighteenth century, artillery pieces were heavy and could not be moved without teams of horses pulling limbers, caissons, and supply wagons. Drivers were therefore essential to artillery operations, ensuring that guns and ammunition could be brought into position, withdrawn, or relocated as military circumstances required. In addition to controlling the horse teams, drivers were responsible for feeding, grooming, harnessing, and maintaining the animals, whose condition directly affected the effectiveness of the artillery.

Unlike infantry soldiers, artillery drivers were often not permanently attached to a single regiment or battery. This lack of fixed regimental attachment was typical of the role and explains why drivers frequently do not appear in surviving regimental muster rolls or are listed only indirectly in pay or provisioning records. Despite this, drivers were enlisted soldiers, subject to military discipline, and served in active military environments, including campaigns and battle zones, where they were exposed to the same dangers as other troops. In British North America during the American Revolutionary War, the role of artillery drivers was particularly important due to difficult terrain, long distances, and the need to move artillery between forts, coastal positions, and inland posts.

Because of John’s role as a driver of artillery horses, tracing his movements during the Revolutionary War is extremely challenging. Although drivers were enlisted soldiers, their service is often poorly documented, which helps explain why such individuals frequently lack clear regimental attachments in surviving records, as was the case with John Hasty. That said, once the British withdrew from Boston in 1776, New York City became the only sustained centre of British artillery, cavalry horses, and ordnance support in the colonies, and it remained the primary military base for the duration of the conflict. Given that concentration of resources and personnel, it is highly likely that a driver of artillery horses such as John Hasty served mainly in or around New York.

Like many soldiers whose wartime roles left them without clear postwar prospects, John Hasty appears to have followed the broader Loyalist migration north after the war. Following the British defeat at Yorktown in 1781 and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Great Britain formally recognized the independence of the Thirteen Colonies while retaining its remaining North American possessions, including Nova Scotia, Quebec, Newfoundland, and the Great Lakes region. In the aftermath of the war, large numbers of British soldiers—both regulars and militia—relocated to British North America, accompanied by thousands of civilian Loyalists who chose not to remain in the newly independent United States. In 1784, Nova Scotia was subdivided and the Province of New Brunswick was created north of the Bay of Fundy, in part to provide a separate administrative framework for these Loyalist settlers. Within this new province, land was allocated to individuals and groups, and in some instances disbanded military units or associated settlers received adjoining grants, reflecting the Crown’s efforts to resettle the Loyalist population.

Arrival of the Loyalists

A more substantial phase of St. Stephen began in 1784–1785 with organized Loyalist migration following the American Revolutionary War. One group, the Cape Ann Association, received a large land grant in what became the Parish of St. David, while other families settled along the river downstream from Porter’s Stream. These settlers cleared land, established farms, and developed sawmills and gristmills, notably at Moore’s Mills. Agriculture, fishing, hunting, and domestic textile production supported the community, which initially enjoyed relative self-sufficiency and prosperity.

Although earlier settlers were already present along the St. Croix River, the organized Loyalist settlement of St. Stephen is closely associated with Captain Nehemiah Marks, who arrived in 1784 at the head of a group of more than one hundred Loyalists and discharged soldiers. This group, known as the Port Matoon Association, had been formed in New York in 1783 and initially intended to settle at Port Mouton in Nova Scotia. After spending the winter there under difficult conditions, many of the settlers voted to follow Marks to the St. Croix River. They stopped first at St. Andrews and arrived opposite the present town of St. Stephen on May 26, 1784, where they landed, raised the British flag, and briefly named the settlement “Morristown.” Although about a dozen families were already occupying the river frontage, Marks reportedly sought to avoid conflict, assuring both newcomers and earlier settlers that the Crown would provide for all. The Crown subsequently granted land, supplies, and rations to support the settlement, and royal surveyors laid out village lots and farm grants along the river, the King’s Mast Road, and the Old Ridge to the north. While many settlers struggled after government rations ended, early hardship gradually gave way to renewed industry, expanded farming, and the growth of a lumber-based economy, laying the foundations of the community that became St. Stephen.

John “Hastie” appears on the “Roll of Men, Women and Children settled near the Falls of Scoodiac River in the Town of St. Andrews Passamaquoddy under the direction of Captain Nehemiah Marks,” on June 11, 1784. This roll documents his presence among Loyalist settlers under official British supervision in the immediate post-war period.

Just a few months later, on September 16, 1784, John Hasty was named among the grantees of a land grant in Passamaquoddy, Sunbury County (then part of Nova Scotia), receiving an allotment of 100 acres. The land, located in Jones’s division, included “all woods, underwoods, timber and timber trees, lakes, ponds, fishing waters, water courses,” as well as the “privilege of hunting, hawking, fowling.” A General Index of Grants identifies the locality as River St Croix in Sunbury County. See Appendix 1 for a transcription.

John reappears on the public record in the early 1790s, when he is involved in two land transactions.

On September 26, 1791, Lachlin McEachern, yeoman of St. Stephen, Charlotte County, sold to John Hasty, also of St. Stephen, lots no. 31 and no. 32, located on the west side of the main street in St. Stephen, for the sum of five pounds currency. The deed conveys the two town lots together with all buildings, improvements, rights, and appurtenances. See Appendix 2 for a transcription.

On June 25, 1793, Thomas Mitchell, John Hasty, and Martin Merrigan jointly executed a deed to confirm William Tyler’s ownership of part of Lot No. 1 in Jones’s Division, Morristown (present-day St. Stephen). The lot had originally come to Thomas Mitchell through an exchange with the late John Dunbar. Mitchell later sold the eastern half to John McMillan and the western half to John Hasty, reserving a small 40-foot square in the northwest corner. Hasty subsequently sold the western half to Martin Merrigan, while retaining the reserved 40-foot square. Because several earlier title deeds had been lost, this transaction formally cleared the title: Mitchell released any remaining interest, Hasty conveyed both his residual claims and the reserved 40-foot square, and Merrigan conveyed the western half of the lot. See Appendix 3 for a transcription.

Marriage to Patience Sprague

John Hasty married Patience Sprague on July 11, 1795, at All Saints Anglican Church in St. Andrews, Charlotte County. Only an index record has been found; the marriage record has not been located. Patience would have been quite young at the time—in her early teens—while John would have been in his early forties.

Children

Though birth records have not been located for all children, John and Patience were reported to have had eight children. However, in an 1821 land petition, John affirms that he has “nine children living.” [Note that a good portion of the below information is sourced from Warren H. Hasty’s John [and] Patience Hasty and Descendants, second edition. Original documents have been cited when found, though these often don’t contain identifying information (age, parents, etc.).]

1.     Jenny Hasty

• Christened on April 25, 1796, at All Saints Anglican Church in St. Andrews

2.     James Hasty

• Born January 8, 1799, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

• Married Phebe Berry on September 8, 1818, in Machias, Maine

• Died before August 9, 1853 (probate)

• Worked as a farmer

• Named as son of John Hasty in 1821 land petition

3.     John Hasty/Hastay

• Born around 1800 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

• Married Prudence Ruth McCurdy on November 28, 1828, in New Brunswick

• Died on April 26, 1883, in St. David, Charlotte County, New Brunswick

• Buried at Heritage Cemetery in St. David

• Worked as a farmer and ship carpenter

• Named as son of John Hasty in 1821 land petition

4.     Thomas Hasty/Hastay

• Born around 1802 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

• Married Nancy Bladgrove Christy on December 7, 1826, in St. Stephen 

• Married Ann Maria Frost on August 25, 1836, in St. Stephen

• Possibly married Ann Connor

• Died on March 26, 1872, in St. Stephen

• Worked as a farmer

5.     William Hasty/Hastay

• Born June 7, 1804, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

• Married Ann Connick on December 20, 1827, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

• Died on October 30, 1877, in Clearwater, Minnesota

• Buried in Acacia Cemetery in Clearwater

• Worked as a farmer

• Named in 1827 land sale from John Hastey to William Hastey (relationship not disclosed)

6.     Sarah Hasty

• Born February 7, 1805, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

• Married Atkins Berry (brother of Phebe) in Machias, Maine, before 1830

• Died on December 6, 1880, in Machias, Maine

7.     Asa Frank Hasty

• Born around 1814 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

• Married Lucy Ann Grimmer before 1838

• Died on June 20, 1859, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

• Worked as a farmer

8.     Hannah Hasty

• Born around 1813, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

9.     Unknown Ninth Child

Land Transactions

The following land transactions illustrate John Hasty’s long-term presence in St. Stephen and his gradual accumulation and disposal of property over more than three decades:

• July 23, 1804: William Campbell, a yeoman of St. Stephen, sold to John Hasty, also of St. Stephen, Lot no. 34 in Letter G, as shown on the farm-lot plan drawn by Nehemiah Marks and others. The property was conveyed for ten pounds currency. See Appendix 4 for a transcription.

• September 21, 1807: Duncan McColl and numerous other proprietors of land in St. Stephen submitted a memorial to the provincial government concerning the large 1784 Loyalist grant to Nehemiah Marks and others. Ongoing petitions had raised the possibility that this grant might be escheated (reverted to the Crown), and the memorial records a compromise proposed by the government. Under this proposal, the grant would be surveyed and formally escheated, but all current occupants would be confirmed in the lots they possessed, resident original grantees and bona fide purchasers would have their assigned lots re-granted on the original terms, and adult children of original grantees remaining in the province would receive preference when applying for unassigned land. Any remaining unused lots would revert to the Crown and be disposed of as ordinary Crown lands. The memorialists expressed their agreement with these conditions and requested that the escheat proceed accordingly. The petition, which included John Hasty among its many signatories, was read in Council on September 25, 1807, and the requested action was approved. See Appendix 5 for a transcription.

• April 25, 1809: John Hasty, yeoman of St. Stephen, sold to Thomas Burton, a merchant of the same place, four garden lots numbered 39, 40, 41, and 42, situated on the east side of the street within the lands originally granted to Nehemiah Marks and others. The lots were conveyed for twenty-five pounds currency. The deed was signed by John Hasty and his wife Patience Hasty, who later formally acknowledged before a justice of the peace that she executed the conveyance freely and without compulsion. See Appendix 6 for a transcription.

• August 28, 1820: John Hasty, yeoman of St. Stephen, sold to John Frink, James Frink, Schuyler P. Frink, and George Frink six town or garden lots numbered 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32, located on the west side of the street in St. Stephen, comprising approximately four to four and a half acres. The lots were conveyed for fifty pounds New Brunswick currency. The deed was executed by John Hasty and his wife Patience, who formally acknowledged the conveyance and separately released her dower rights. See Appendix 7 for a transcription.

• March 20, 1821: John Hasty Sr., James Hasty, and John Hasty Jr., all residents of St. Stephen, submitted a joint petition to the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick requesting grants of Crown land within Reserve No. 1 in the parish of St. Stephen. In the petition, John Hasty Sr., aged 67 and born in Ireland, stated that he had resided in St. Stephen for 36 years and had previously received 100 acres for his service during the American Revolutionary War. His sons, James Hasty (aged 22, married with one child) and John Hasty Jr. (aged 21, unmarried), both born in St. Stephen, declared that they had received no land grants from the Crown. The petitioners requested portions of an uncultivated tract beginning near Denny’s Stream, by Tristram Morris’s mill, and extending north to Cranberry Lake, noting only small abandoned clearings on the land. They affirmed their intention and ability to immediately improve and cultivate the land, denied any intent to transfer it to others, and asked for nearby vacant land should the requested tract already be claimed. The petition was sworn before a justice of the peace and certified on March 26, 1821, as not conflicting with other applications, confirming the land lay within a Crown reserve. See Appendix 8 for a transcription.

• August 22, 1821: Daniel Getchell, yeoman of St. Stephen, sold to John Hasty a farm lot identified as no. 5, located on the east side of the road running through St. Stephen, with a frontage of about 45 rods and containing approximately 60 acres, being part of a grant to Daniel Getchell and others. The agreed price was 112 pounds 10 shillings, equivalent to $450, to be paid partly in cash and partly in lumber according to a detailed instalment schedule extending into 1823. Getchell conveyed the land together with all improvements and appurtenances, warranted clear title in fee simple free of encumbrances, and further bound himself under penalty of $500 should the deed prove insufficient to secure Hasty’s title. The deed was executed by Daniel and Elizabeth Getchell, acknowledged before a justice of the peace, and recorded in December 1821, confirming John Hasty’s lawful ownership of the farm lot. See Appendix 9 for a transcription.

• October 13, 1826: John Hastey and his wife Patience, both of St. Stephen, sold to John Dewolfe, a merchant of the same place, Farm Lot no. 72 in Stephen Grant (formerly known as Mark's grant), located in the Parish of Saint James. The property, part of the third division of the grant, contained approximately 100 acres and adjoined land granted to Samuel Stewart. The sale price was 21 pounds, 6  shillings, 8 pence New Brunswick currency. Patience formally released her dower rights following a separate examination. See Appendix 10 for a transcription.

• September 13, 1827: John Hastey of St. Stephen, sold to William Hastey a farm lot numbered 55 in the first division of the St. Stephen grants, being part of the formerly escheated Marks grant. The lot contained approximately 40 acres, with an additional ten percent allowance for roads and waste, and had been granted to John Hastey under the Great Seal of New Brunswick. The consideration for the sale was 200 pounds New Brunswick currency. The deed was signed by John Hastey and his wife Patience, who later acknowledged the conveyance before a justice of the peace and formally released her dower rights. See Appendix 11 for a transcription.

Note on dower rights:

In land transactions in early New Brunswick, a married woman automatically held dower rights, meaning she was legally entitled to a life interest in one-third of any land owned by her husband during their marriage. As a result, when John Hasty sold land, his wife Patience was required to appear in the deed to formally release these rights. This process involved Patience being examined separately by a Justice of the Peace and declaring that she freely and voluntarily relinquished her claim to dower or “thirds,” without fear or compulsion. Her participation did not mean she owned or sold the land herself, nor that she received the purchase money; rather, it ensured that the buyer obtained clear title and could not later face a claim from her after John Hasty’s death.

Revolutionary War Soldiers’ Pension

By the 1830s, many surviving veterans of the American Revolutionary War, as well as their widows, were living in what contemporary records described as “distressed” or destitute circumstances. Some suffered lasting effects of wartime service, while others had experienced failed farms or businesses, chronic illness, or declining capacity due to age. As the number of such cases increased, the situation drew the attention of the New Brunswick House of Assembly, which in 1839 enacted legislation to provide relief. Entitled An Act for the Relief of Old Soldiers of the Revolutionary War and their Widows, the Act permitted eligible soldiers and widows to apply for an annual pension of ten pounds, subject to clearly defined conditions that had to be satisfied before payments were authorized.

On January 13, 1838, just six weeks before her husband’s death, Patience submitted her petition as follows:

In the month following Patience’s application, a committee of the House of Assembly reported on the petitions of “sundry old soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary War.” Acting under a resolution of the House dated February 28, 1837, the committee examined one hundred petitions and identified those that met the required criteria. The petition of Patience Hasty of Charlotte County was among those deemed satisfactory and approved for relief. 

John Hasty died in St. Stephen on February 28, 1838, at approximately eighty-four years of age. Although no contemporary death or burial record has been located, the date of death is stated by Patience in an affidavit sworn in 1848 and represents the best available evidence currently known. 

After her husband’s death, Patience filed another petition:

Patience submitted multiple affidavits over a period of years in support of her relief as the widow of a Revolutionary War veteran. This repetition reflects standard administrative practice in New Brunswick, where relief payments were subject to periodic review and widows were required to re-affirm their continued eligibility, including widowhood, residence, and indigence. The consistency of her affidavits and the continuation of payments until at least 1859 indicate that her claims were accepted by the provincial authorities.

In 1843, Patience declared:

Patience continued to receive a pension and remained a resident in St. Stephen for the remainder of her life. She never remarried. In the 1851 Canadian census (enumerated in 1852), she is recorded as a sixty-seven-year-old widow living in the household of Hugh Toby and Isabel C. Toby. Based on available records, Patience likely died between 1859, the final year in which she appears on pension lists, and 1861, when she no longer appears in the census.

The documentary record concerning Patience’s life prior to her marriage is extremely limited. Census data and pension schedules consistently suggest a birth year between 1781 and 1784, with 1782 appearing most frequently. Author Warren H. Hasty identified her father as James and her birthplace as Calais, Maine; however, no contemporary or primary sources have been located to substantiate these claims.

James Sprague and Sarah Jane Dyer

Primary source records on James Sprague are lacking. The following information about James and his wife derives mostly from secondary and derivative sources.

According to Warren H. Hasty, at the time of her marriage, Patience was the “daughter of James Sprague of Red Beach (Calais), Maine.” Red Beach is located just across from St. Croix Island. He further asserts that the first Sprague ancestors to arrive in the United States were Francis Sprague and his wife Lydia Archer, who sailed from London to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in July 1623.

James Sprague, son of Abial (or Abiel) Sprague and Hannah Getchell, was born around 1746 in Harpswell, Maine. He married Sarah Jane Dyer (ca. 1750–1835). They had at least seven children:

1. William

2. James (ca. 1777–1859)

3. Patience (born ca. 1782)

4. Alice (born ca. 1784)

5. Jeremiah (1786–1881)

6. Stephen (ca. 1788–1864)

7. Susannah (b. 1799)

James spent most of his adult life in the Machias–Calais region of Maine. He settled in Calais in 1781, following an earlier stay in Machias, and worked in the lumber trade. His timber was sold across the St. Croix River to Loyalist settlers on the Canadian side, positioning him as one of the earliest American commercial participants in a region that would soon become a major post-Revolutionary migration corridor. The 1790 U.S. census lists him was a resident of the “Township East of Machias” in Maine (a head-of-household census only]. Records indicate that he acquired and transferred property locally, including a 300-acre tract registered in 1784 at Passamaquoddy Bay. 

Sprague family history attributes military service to him during the Revolutionary era, including participation in the boarding of the British sloop Unity. In June 1775, only weeks after Lexington and Concord, tensions between British authorities and the frontier settlement of Machias erupted into open conflict. A British-escorted trading mission arrived aboard the merchant sloops Unity and Polly, accompanied by the armed schooner Margaretta. When the British commander demanded that Machias remove its Liberty Pole and supply lumber for the British military, local patriots led by Jeremiah O’Brien refused and attempted to seize the British officers. The officers escaped back to the Margaretta, shots were exchanged, and the British vessel fled down Machias Bay.

On June 12, Machias militia armed the Unity as an improvised warship and pursued the Margaretta. After a short confrontation, the British commander, James Moore, was mortally wounded, and the schooner was captured. The capture of the Margaretta, often called the Battle of Machias, was among the first naval actions of the American Revolution. Family history also suggests that James Sprague served in the local militia defence of Machias and the surrounding frontier against British incursions.

James Sprague died on March 12, 1799, when a boat capsized on its route from Schoodiac to St. Andrews. Following his death, James’s estate was administered in Washington County, Maine. He died without a will, and his son William was appointed administrator on August 2, 1803.

A Loyalist Family on the St. Croix

From the close of the American Revolution to the early decades of the nineteenth century, John Hasty and Patience Sprague’s lives unfolded along the banks of the St. Croix, where new settlements took shape, farms were cleared, and a Loyalist community gradually found its footing. John’s arrival with other displaced families in 1784 placed him among the earliest organized Loyalist settlers of St. Stephen. He acquired land, raised children, and participated in the slow but steady development of the town. What began as a cluster of log houses eventually matured into a stable cross-border community, with family ties extending into Calais just across the water. It was in this setting that John spent the remainder of his life, passing away in 1838 at an advanced age.

Patience survived her husband by more than two decades, maintaining her home in St. Stephen and living quietly among neighbours and family. The pension she received in her later years linked her to the generation who had fought in the Revolutionary War and then helped build new lives in New Brunswick. Patience never remarried, and she remained in St. Stephen until her death, leaving behind descendants on both sides of the St. Croix.

Appendix 1

1784 Land Grant

Corrected FamilySearch AI transcript [found in full text search]

Nova Scotia

George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland

King, Defender of the faith, and so forth

To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting

Know Ye, That we of our special Grace certain knowledge and mere motion Have Given and Granted and by these presents for us Our Heirs and Successors Do Give and Grant unto Captain Nehemiah Marks, Lieutenants Richard Brady, Maurice Salts, John Dixon, Alexander McBean, Dennis Post and Robert Morrell, Hugh Ellis, John Robison, Sergeant Alexander Dobbins, William [Pallon?], Silas Manly, Sergeant Thomas Mitchell, Sergeant Evan McPherson, William Frazer, Sarah Webb, Benjamin Burgess, David Walton, Thomas Tompkins, Martin Hayman, Thomas Patterson, James [Lunn?], Thomas Wilson, Sergeant James Frazer_William Jackson, William Stephenson, John Barber, Sergeant Samuel Osborne, William Murchie, Thomas Bennett, Miles Post, Christopher Derrick, George Weiley, Lieutenants William Grant, William Kennedy, and Niel McBean, Sergeant William Rose, Christopher Brown, Thomas Grimer, William Barnsfair, Richard [Smy?], Joseph Betson, James McMullin, Thomas Dodd, John Ross, Ecabod Pine, Edward Gilner, John Dunbar, Noah Brown, John Lyle, John McGraw, Thomas Grace, John Noble, John Barclay, John Jones, John Biddle, William Dixon, Michael Simpson, James Banks, Peter Ferdinand, Duncan Campbell, William Campbell, Matthew Goodwin, James Smith, Charles Darby, Andrew Arnold, Thomas Hutson, James Waller, John Wall, William McCluskey, William Shelton, John McLaughlin William Holmes, Andrew Murchie, John McGier, William McGier, William Kelly, Martha [Gramer?], Simeon Manly, David Post, Francis Tipping, John Browne, Abraham Pine, William George, Thomas Day, Josia Fowler, William McLennon, Allan Kennedy, Hugh Chisolme, Alexander Kennedy, William Nesbitt, John Fraser, Alexander McDonald, Donald McCormick, Donald Campbell, John Waterston, William Frazer Junior, Donald Cormick, Kenneth McGraw, John Ryan, John Colville, John Hasty, Robert Martin, Robert Conner, Daniel Lafferty, John [Corrick?], Peter Ellwood, Laughlin [McCachrie?], Martin Merrigan, James Maxwell, George [Leibett?], James Lowrie, Charles McArthur, George Johnson, Robert Dobbie, Daniel Cormick, John McBean, James Wall, Margarett Deverick, Mary Wilson, and Mathew Walker, in severally and in severally unto their and every of their several and respective Heirs and assigns, a tract of Land, containing in the whole Nineteen Thousand Eight hundred and fifty acres, in the County of Sunbury and

comprehended within the boundary following in Our province of Nova Scotia bounded and Abutted Situate laying and being to wit Beginning at a Hemlock Tree marked No 4 [illegible words] being One Mile from the River [illegible words] called Scoodic [Skutic], measuring in a Right line on a course North, Twenty five degrees East, thence to run South fifty degrees East One Hundred and twenty chains, of four Rods Each, thence to run North three hundred and Eighty Eight Chains, thence to run North Twenty two degrees, and an half West two hundred and Sixty five Chains, thence South Sixty seven degrees. West Six Hundred and Ninety an half chains, thence South [Twenty?] nine degrees East , three hundred and Eighteen chains, thence North Sixty two degrees East three hundred and forty chains, thence South thirty degrees East two hundred and fifty two chains to the River Scoodick [Skutic] Alias St Croix, aforesaid thence to run North fourteen degrees East  y two Chains, thence East Twenty five Chains, thence South Sixty degrees East Thirty one Chains, to the bounds; first mentioned and containing Twenty five thousand Acres of Land in the whole district more or less allowance being made for all such Roads as may hereafter be deemed necessary to pass through the same being all wilderness land. And hath such shape form and Marks as appears by a platt thereof, hereunto annexed, Together with all Woods Underwoods, Timber and Timber Trees, Lakes ponds, Fishing Waters, Water Courses, Proffits Commodities appurtenances and Hereditaments whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, Together also with Privilege of Hunting Hawking and fowling in and upon the same and Mines and Mineral Saving and reserving nevertheless to us our Heirs and Successors. All white pine trees if any shall be found growing thereon and also saving and reserving to us our Heirs and Successors all mines of Gold Silver Copper Lead and Coal. To Have and To Hold the said parcell or Tract of Nineteen Thousand Eight hundred and fifty acres of Land and all and Singular other the Premisses hereby Granted unto the said Several and respective Grantees in the Lots Shares qualities and proportions and in severally as follows that is to say unto the said Captain Nehemiah Marks Seven hundred acres. Unto the said Richard Brady, Maurice [Salts?], John Dixon, Alexander M Bean, Dennis Post and Robert Morrell, Four Hundred acres Severally aprice, unto the said Hugh Ellis, John Robison, Alexander Dobbins, William [Pallon?], Silas Manly, Thomas Mitchell, Evan McPherson, William Frazer, Sarah Webb and Benjamin Burgess Three Hundred Acres Severally, aprice unto the said David Walton, Thomas Tompkins, Martin Hayman, Thomas Patterson, James [Lunn?], Thomas Wilson, and James Farren Two Hundred and fifty Acres Severally aprice, unto the said William Jackson, William Stephenson, John Barber, Samuel Osborne, William Murchie, Thomas Bennett, Miles Post, Christopher Derrick, George Weily, William Grant, William Kennedy, Neal McBean, William Rose, Christopher Brown, Thomas Grimes, William Barnsfair and Richard [Smy?], Two Hundred Acres Severally aprice unto the said Joseph Betson, James McMullin, Thomas Dodd, John Ross, Ecabod Pine, Edward Gilner, John Dunbar, Noah Brown, John Lyle, John McGraw, Thomas Grace, John Noble, John Barclay, John Jones, and John Biddle, One Hundred and fifty Acres Severally aprice, unto the said William Dixon, Michael Simpson, James Banks, Peter Ferdinand, Duncan Campbell, William Campbell, Matthew Goodwin, James Smith, Charles Darby, Andrew Arnold, Thomas Hutson, James Waller, John Wall, William McCluskey, William Shelton, John McLaughlin, William Holmes, Andrew Murchie, John McGier, William McGier, William Kelly, Martha Gramer, Simeon Manly, David Post, Francis Tipping, John Brown Abraham Pine, William George, Thomas Day, Josia Fowler, William McLennon, Allan Kennedy, Hugh Chisolme, Alexander Kennedy, Donald Campbell, John Waterston, William Frazer, Donald McCormick, William Nesbitt, John Frazer, Alexander McDonald, Donald McCormick, Kenneth McGraw, John Ryan, John Colville, John Hasty, Robert Martin, Robert Conners, Daniel Laffarty, John Corrick, Peter Elwood, Laughlin [McCachrie?], Martin Merrigan, James Maxwell, George [Leibett?], James Lowrie, Charles McArthur, George Johnson, Robert Dobbie, Daniel Cormick, John McBean and James Wall, One Hundred Acres Severally aprice and unto the said Margarett Deverick, Mary Wilson, and Matthew Walker, Fifty Acres Severally aprice, in severally and in severally unto their and every of their several and respective

Heirs and Assigns forever in free and common Soccage THE said Several and Respective Grantees and their several and respective

Heirs or Assigns YIELDING and PAYING therefore unto us, our Heirs and Successors, or to our Receiver General for the Time being, or to his Deputy or Deputies for the Time being Yearly, that is to say, at the Feast of Saint Michael in every year at the rate of Two Shillings for every Hundred Acres, and so in Proportion according to the Quantities of Acres hereby granted; the same to commence and be payable from the said Feast of Saint Michael which shall first happen after the Expiration of Ten Years from the Date hereof PROVIDED always and this present Grant is upon Condition that the said Several and Respective Grantees and their Several and Respective Heirs or Assigns shall and do within three years after the Date hereof for every Fifty Acres of Plantable Land hereby granted, clear and work three Acres at least in that part thereof as he she or they shall judge most convenient and advantageous; or else to clear and drain three Acres of Sampy or Sunken Ground, or drain three Acres of Marsh, if any such contained therein. AND shall and do within the Time aforesaid, put and keep upon every Fifty Acres thereof, accounted [blank space] Barren, three Neat Cattle, and continue the same thereon, until three Acres for every Fifty Acres be fully cleared and improved, and if there shall be no part of the said Tract fir for present Cultivation without Manuring and Improving the same, respectively He She or they within the Time aforesaid shall be obliged to erect on some Part of their said Respective Land, one good dwelling house, to be at least Twenty Feet in Length and Sixteen Feet in Breadth, And to put on His Her or their said respective Land the like number of the Three Neat Cattle for every Fifty Acres or otherwise if any part of the said Tract shall be Stony or Rocky Ground, and not fit for planting or Pasture, shall do within three Years as aforesaid, being to employ thereon and continue to work for three Years then next ensuing, in digging any stony Quarry or Mine, one good and able Hand for every Fifty Acres, it shall be accounted a sufficient Cultivation and Improvement; PROVIDED also, that every three Acres that shall be cleared and worked , or cleared and drained as aforesaid, shall be accounted a sufficient Seating, Cultivation and Improvement to save forever from Forfeiture Fifty Acres of Land in any Part of the Tract hereby granted ; And the said Several and respective grantees and their Several and Respective Heirs and Assigns be at liberty to withdraw His Her or their Stock, or forbear working in any Quarry or Mine, in Proportion to such Cultivation and Improvements, as shall be made upon the Plantable Lands, Swamps, Sunken Grounds or Marsh therein contained; AND if the said Rent hereby reserved shall happen to be in arrear or unpaid for the Space of One Year from the Time it shall become due, and no Distress can be found on the said Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments hereby Granted, or if this Grant shall not be duly registered in the Registers Office of our said Province within Six Months from the Date hereof, and a Docket also entered in the Auditors Office of the same, then this Grant shall be void, and the said Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments hereby Granted, and every Part and Parcel thereof shall revert to us, our Heirs and Successors; AND PROVIDED also, and upon this further Condition, that if the Land hereby Given and Granted to the said Several and Respective Grantees and their Several and Respective Heirs as aforesaid shall at any Time or Times hereafter come unto the Possession and Tenure of any Person or Persons, whatever Inhabitants of our said Province of Nova Scotia, either by Virtue of any Deed of Sale, Conveyance, Enfeoffment, or Exchange, or by Gift, Inheritance, Descent, Devisee, or Marriage, such Person or Persons being Inhabitants as aforesaid, shall within Twelve Months after his, her or their Entry and Possession of the same, take the Oaths, prescribed by Law, and make and subscribe the following Declaration, that is to say, “I do promise and declare, that I will maintain and defend to the utmost of my Power, the Authority of the King in his parliament as the Supreme Legislature of this Province” before some one of the Magistrates of the said Province, and such Declaration and Certificate of the Magistrate that such Oaths have been taken, being recorded in the Secretary's Office of the said Province, the Person or Persons so taking the oaths aforesaid, and making and subscribing the said Declaration, shall be deemed the lawful Possessor or Possessors of the Lands hereby granted; AND in Case of Default on the part of such Person or Persons in taking the Oaths, and making and subscribing the Declaration within Twelve Months as aforesaid, This present Grant, and every part thereof, shall and We do hereby declare the same to be Null and Void to all Intents and Purposes, and the Lands hereby Granted and every Part and Parcel thereof, shall in like manner revert to and become vested to Us, our Heirs and Successors, any Thing herein contained to the Contrary Notwithstanding

GIVEN under the Great Seal of our Province of Nova-Scotia, WITNESS our Trusty and Welbeloved John Parr Esquire [illegible] Captain General Governor and Commander in Chief in and over our said Province this Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty four and in the twenty fourth Year of our Reign.  

No 138 It appearing to me that a Warrant of Survey hath been duly Executed according to His Majestys Instructions and His Excellency the Governors Orders and that the Deputy Surveyor General of the woods hath Certified that the said Land is not within any Reservation for the Crown Let a Grant be prepared according to the above Draft, and the Kings Instructions, Observing to Annex the plan thereunto And to fill up the Blanks of Commencement of quit Rent and date of the Grant.

[illegible signature]

To The Secretary of Nova Scotia 

Appendix 2

1791 Land Purchase

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[page] 69 Lachlin McEachern to John Hasty No 46

This Indenture made the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one between Lachlin McEachern of the parish of Saint Stephen, County of Charlotte and Province of New Brunswick, Yeoman, of the one part & John Hasty Yeoman of the parish County & province aforesaid. Witnesseth that the said Lachlin McEachern for and in consideration of the sum of Five pounds the receipt whereof the said Lachlin McEachern doth hereby acknowledge & thereof the said John Hasty his heirs executors & every of them doth hereby forever acquit and discharge Hath bargained granted sold aliened and confirmed and by these presents doth bargain grant sell release and confirm unto him the said John Hasty his heirs and assigns forever. All that Messuage and tenement of Land known and described by Lots No 31. and No 32. situated on the west side of the Street St Stephen Parish County & Province aforesaid. Together with all the hereditaments improvements and appurtenances thereto belonging or in any ways appertaining, and all the rents issues and profits thereof to hold to him the said John Hasty to the only use and behoof of the said John Hasty his heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby the said Lots of Land as above described together with all the messuages Tenements improvements Hereditaments and appurtenances aforesaid against myself my heirs executors and all other persons or person claiming or to claim by from or under me to him the said John Hasty forever warrant and defend by these presents. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.

Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of us Witnesses:

• N. Marks

• Betsey Marks

• Lachlin McEhern his mark

• L.S.

Received the day of the date of the above the within mentioned sum of five pounds Currency.

Lachlin McEhern his mark

Saint Stephens 20th Septr 1791. Personally appeared before me one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the said County the within mentioned Lachlan McEachern who acknowledged this Instrument to be his voluntary act and deed and desired it might be recorded as such.

Nehemiah Marks J Peace

Saint Andrews

Charlotte Country [??] Received and Registered 13th Decr 1821.

Appendix 3

1793 Land Sale

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Thomas Mitchell, John Hasty and Martin Merrigan to William Tyler

To all persons to whom these presents shall come, we Thomas Mitchell, John Hasty and Martin Merrigan are of the Parish of Saint Stephen and County of Charlotte in the Province of New   Brunswick respectively send Greeting . Whereas John Dunbar, late of the said County, deceased, did formerly for a certainly Town lot number One in Buckeleys Division in Saint Andrews [illegible] given by the said Thomas Mitchell, give and grant in Exchange unto the said Thomas Mitchell, a certain Garden lot in Morris Town in the Parish of Saint Stephen aforesaid, known and commonly described by the name of lot number one in Jone’s Division, the Eastern moiety or half of which lot was by me the said Thomas Mitchell sold and conveyed unto John McMillan, and the Western moiety thereof also has been by me sold and conveyed unto the said John Hasty who has also sold and conveyed the same since unto the said Martin Merrigan, reserving in the North West corner a space of forty feet square, which said reserved space I the said John Hasty have agreed to sell unto William Tyler of Saint Stephen and Charlotte County aforesaid, merchant, and whereas several of the Title Deeds respecting the said lot are by accident lost or mislaid ; to remedy which, and also to confirm a title to the said Western moiety of the said lot unto the said William Tyler his Heirs and Assigns [Now?] therefore Know ye, that I the said Thomas Mitchell for and in consideration of one shilling to me in hand paid by the said William Tyler of which I hereby acknowledge the receipt, do hereby grant, release and convey unto the said William Tyler his Heirs and assigns forever all my right, title, Interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever, in, to, or out of the said Western moiety of the said lot number one, and every part and parcel thereof. And I the said John Hasty in consideration of the sum of three pounds good and lawful money of New Brunswick to me in hand paid by the said William Tyler, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby release and convey unto the said William Tyler his Heirs and assigns forever, all my right, tible and claim whatsoever in and to that part of the Western half of the said lot by me heretofore sold and conveyed unto the said Martin Merrigan, and do likewise hereby grant bargain and [sell?] unto the said William Tyler, his Heirs and assigns, the space of forty feet square mentioned as above to have been by me reserved at the North West Corner of the said lot — And I the said Martin Merrigan for and in consideration of the sum of Twenty Six pounds five shillings lawful money of New Brunswick aforesaid, to me in hand [well?] and truly paid by the said William Tyler, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said William Tyler his Heirs and Assigns, the said Western moiety or half part of the said lot number one, measuring upon the lines of the said lot eleven perches and a half from the Street or thereabouts  — with all privileges, improvements, inclosures and appurtenances whatsoever thereupon or belonging to the same, excepting however the space of forty feet square, sold and conveyed as above by the said John Vasty  — To Have and To Hold the said Western moiety of the aforesaid lot number one, with all and singular the Rights, [Members?], Advantages, Privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining unto the said William Tyler his Heirs and assigns and unto his and their only proper use, benefit and behoof forever — and to or for no other use intent or purpose whatsoever — In Witness whereof, who have hereunto respectively set our hands and affixed our seals at Saint Stephen aforesaid the twenty fifth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, and in the thirty third year of His Majesty’s Reign. Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of Nehemiah Marks, John [McMaster?], H. B. Brown: Thomas Mitchell (L.S.) John Hasty (L.S.), his mark, Martin Merrigan (L.S.), his mark.

Appendix 4

1804 Land Purchase

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320 William Campbell to John Hasty

Know All Men by these presents that I William Campbell of of the Parish of Saint Stephen in the County of Charlotte and Province of New Brunswick Yeoman for and in consideration of the sum of Ten pounds Currency of this Province to me paid by John Hasty of the Parish County and province aforesaid Yeoman the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained and sold and by these presents do grant Bargain and Sell unto the Said John Hasty, His Heirs and assigns All that Lot track or parcel of Land Situate lying and being in the Parish County and Province aforesaid

Known and described by No 34 in Letter G in the Farm lots drawn by Nehemiah Marks and others as by the Grant thereof remaining upon Record reference being had thereto may more fully and at Large appear together with their and every of their appurtenances thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining I have and to hold the said Lands and premises with the appurtenances to the said John Hasty his heirs or assigns and to his and their only use and behoof forever and I do for myself my heirs Executors and administrators covenant with the said John Hasty his Heirs and assigns that I am seized of the Premises as a good Indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee simple free of and from all manner of Incumbrances whatsoever Rents Dues Conditions Reservations and services due and Reserved to the King only Excepted And that I have good Right full Power and Lawful Authority to grant Bargain and sell the same in manner and form as above written In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty third day of July and year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred of four And in the forty fourth year of his Majesty’s Reign. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of: Peter Cresty, Thomas Mitchell,

William Campbell (LS) Saint Stephen 23d July 1804

Appendix 5

1807 Memorial

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McColl, Duncan et al_ 1807

To His Honor Gabriel G. Ludlow, Esquire, President of his Majestys Council and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick &c &c &c

The Memorial of the Subscribers, Proprietors of divers lots of land Severally and respectively granted to and purchased by them in a certain tract of Land granted to Nehemiah Marks and others under the Great Seal of the Province of Nova Scotia bearing Date the Sixteenth day of September One thousand Seven hundred and eighty four.

Most humbly sheweth

That in consequence of divers memorials from your Memorialists and others interested in the Grant above mentioned now depending before your Honor respecting an Escheat of the Grant above mentioned, it has been proposed on the part of His Majesty 's Government to your Memorialists, that the Grantees as well as others holding as purchasers under the Said Grant should apply for an Escheat thereof upon the following Conditions viz

1.     That upon a Survey of the Grant to be had for that purpose, all persons now in possession under the Grant be confirmed in the possession of the Lots of which they are so in possession.

2.     That all the other Lots assigned by the draft and index to the Several [two illegible words] be re-granted to Such Grantees as remain in the Province and to Such persons as are purchasers of Such lots Severally and respectively, upon of the terms and conditions of the original Grant

3.     That Children of age in the families of the original Grantees, remaining in the Province be considered as intitled to a preference in applications to be made for the remaining Lots

[Line crossed out]

4.     That the residue of the Lots remain Subject to the Escheat to be disposed of as other Crown Lands.

Your memorialists with great Gratitude having received and attended to the Said proposals, most humbly pray that your Honor will be pleased to order and direct that the proper steps be taken for effectuating an Escheat of the said Grant agreeably to the Said proposals and upon the conditions above mentioned, and as in duty bound. Shall ever pray.

Saint Stephen 21st Septr 1807

Signatures: Duncan McColl, Robert Watson, James Maxwell, Joseph Porter, Thomas [Mit?] [bottom of page is ripped]

Signatures:

• [illegible] Grimmer Junr

• [William?] Mitchele

• William McLennan

• John Barber

• William Fraser Junr

• John Lyall

• Christopher Brown

• William Nesbit

• John [McLauchlin?]

• William [Patton?]

• Alexander McDonald

• John Hasty

• Denis [Dost?]

• [Danl?] Laferty

• Thomas Dod

• Miles Post

• Andrew Murchie

• William Murchie

• William Holms

• William Kennedy

• William Fraser

• Thomas Grimmer [Senr?]

• Marten Heyman

• Alexander McBean

• Peter [McDiarmid?]

• William Mabec

• Jacob Mabec

• [illegible] Campbell

• Ichobad Pine  

Memorial of Joseph Porter and others praying for an escheat of a Grant to Nehemiah Marks and others dated 16 Sept. 1784 in certain conditions.

Read in council 25th Septr 1807 & complied with.

 Appendix 6

1809 Land Sale

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60 John Hasty to Thomas Burton

County of Charlotte viz

Know all men by these that I John Hasty of the Parish of Saint Stephens County of Charlotte and Province of New Brunswick Yeoman for and in consideration of the sum of twenty five pounds Currency to me paid by Thomas Burton of the Parish of Saint Stephens County of Charlotte and Province of New Brunswick Merchant the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained and sold and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell unto the said Thomas Burton his Heirs Executors or Assigns these four garden lots lying situate and being in the Parish County and Province afforesaid known and described [by?] Nos thirty nine, forty, forty one and forty two on the east side of the Street in the location of lands granted to Nehemiah Marks and others together with all the appurtenances thereto belonging or in any ways appertaining to have and to hold the lands and premises with the appurtenances to the said Thomas Burton Heirs and Assigns and to his and their only use and behoof forever and I do for myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators covenant with the said Thomas Burton his Heirs executors and Administrators and assigns that I am seized of the Premises as a good indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple free of and from all manner of incumbrances whatsoever rents dues conditions reservations and and reserved to King only excepted, and that I have full power and lawful authority to grant bargain and sell the same in manner and form as above written. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine and in the forty ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us [Ninian?] Lindsay, [illegible] Lindsay

• John Heasty his mark

• Patience Heasty her mark

County of Charlotte viz

On the sixteenth day of July, and year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ten personally appeared before me the [Subscriber?] one of His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the County afforesaid the Grantee John Hasty within named who acknowledged the within Instrument of writing to be his voluntary act and deed and desired it might be recorded as such at same time also appeared Patience wife of the said John Hasty who being by me seperate and apart examined acknowledged that she did sign seal and deliver the said writing and declared that she executed the same freely and voluntarily without any fear threat or compulsion from him her said Husband.

[Ninian?] Lindsay J.P.

Saint Andrews

Charlotte County [SS?] Registered 3d September [illegible]

Harry Hatch

[Regd?]

Appendix 7

1820 Land Sale

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No 129 John Hasty to John Frink, James Frink, Schuyler Frink & George Frink

Know all Men by these presents, that I John Hasty of the parish of Saint Stephen in the County of Charlotte, and province of New Brunswick, Yeoman, for and in consideration of the sum of Fifty pounds  [blank] shillings [blank] pence current money of New Brunswick, to me in hand well and truly paid by John Frink , James Frink, Schuyler P. Frink, and George Frink, all of the parish County and province aforesaid the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, Have granted, bargained, sold and conveyed and by these presents do grant bargain sell and convey unto them the said John Frink, James Frink, Schuyler P. Frink, and George Frink, their heirs and assigns, the following described Town or garden lots of land, lying and being situate in the said Parish of Saint Stephens, to wit, six town lots, Numbered twenty seven, twenty eight, twenty nine, Thirty, Thirty one, and two, containing about four or four and a half acres of land, lying on the West side of the Street. To Have and to Hold the aforesaid bargained and sold Six Town Lots, together with all and singular the rights members privileges and Appurtenances belonging thereto, to them the said John Frink, James Frink, Schuyler P. Frink and George Frink, their heirs and assigns and to their only proper use, benefit of them and their Heirs Forever.

And I the said John Hasty for myself, my heirs, executors, and Administrators do hereby covenant and agree to and with the said John Frink, James Frink, Schuyler P Frink and George Frink, their heirs and assigns that I am lawfully possessed of the aforesaid bargained Town Lots, as a good estate of inheritance in fee simple, that I have good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner and form as before written, and that I will warrant and defend the same, against all the lawful claims of all and every person or person whatsoever

In Witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal at Saint Stephen aforesaid this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and in the first year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us. Thos Armstrong, [Ninian?] Lindsay [T???].

• John Hasty, his mark

• Patience Hasty, her mark

Saint Stephens

Charlotte County

Be it remembered that on the twenty eighth day of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty at Saint Stephens aforesaid, personally appeared before me the within named John Hasty and Patience his wife and acknowledged that they signed sealed the within deed to and for the use and purposes therein mentioned. And the said Patience being my[by?] me examined seperate and apart from her Husband declared that she executed the same and thereby released and resigned her dower or right of Dower or thirds in and to the land or premises hereby conveyed freely willingly and without any threats or compulsion from her said Husband or dread of his displeasure. Thos Armstrong J Peace

Saint Andrews

Charl. County [SS?] Recd and Regd 1 July 1822

Appendix 8

1821 Land Petition

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1821

Hasty, J. Sr. & others

To His Excellency Major General George Stracey Smyth Leut Governor, and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick &c &c &c

The Petition of John Hasty Senr James Hasty & John Hasty Junior, all of St Stephen

Humbly Sheweth

That your petitioners are British subjects, and inhabitants of the parish of Saint Stephen, in the County of Charlotte; That John Hasty Senr was born in Ireland, is sixty seven years of age, has a wife and nine children living, has resided in this parish for the last thirty six years, that he has had one hundred acres of land granted to him, in the grant to Nehemiah Marks Esquire & others for his services in the Revolutionary war in America; that James Hasty was born in this parish of Saint Stephen, is aged twenty two years, has a wife and one child, has resided in this parish for the last [illegible] years, and has not received any grant [word crossed out] of land from the Crown : That John Hasty was born in this parish of Saint Stephen, is aged twenty one years, is unmarried, has resided in this parish ever since he was born, and has received no grant or allottment of land from the Crown;

That your petitioners are desirous of obtaining a grant of a tract of land in this parish, on the reserve Numbered one, beginning on the Denny 's Stream, near Tristram Morris Mill and extending northerly to the Cranberry lake, in such quantities as your Excellency may be pleased to grant. that this tract of land is in an uncultivated & natural State excepting, a Clearing of about seven acres made by Lewis [Monday?], & a clearing of about ten acres made by a person of the name of [Brooks?], who has left the country. That your petitioners have the ability and intend forthwith to cultivate and improve the lands applied for according to the Royal Instructions ; That they have not either directly or indirectly bargained or agreed for the sale or transfer of the said lands to any person or persons whatever.

Your petitioners therefore pray that your Excellency will be pleased to grant them such proportions of the said tract of land as you may deem fit, as soon as the restrictions are taken off, and as in duty bound will ever pray.

• John Hasty, his mark

• James Hastay [signature]

• John Hastay junr [signature]

Saint Stephen

March 20th 1821

Should the Land herein described be already applied for, your petitioners humbly pray that your Excellency will be pleased to give them an allotment in the nearest vacant situation to it. 

Saint Stephen

Charlotte [SS?]

On the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, before me Joseph Porter Esquire one of His Majesty's Justices of the peace for the County of Charlotte personally appeared the within named applicants to the before written petition, and made oath that the several matters of things set forth therein the just and true.  

Joseph Porter J. Peace

The situation herein described, is part of Reserve No one, for the use of the Crown; and does not interfere with any application.

1821. March 26

[illegible signature]

[Secy?] Genl

Appendix 9

1821 Land Purchase

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No 48. Daniel Getchell to John Hasty

Know all Men by these Presents that I Daniel Getchell of the parish of Saint Stephens in the County of Charlotte and Province of New Brunswick, Yeoman, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings part of said sum in current money of New Brunswick and the other part in Lumber as follows and of the above sum the following payments are to be made they first payment to be one hundred and fifty dollars of which sum twenty dollars in current money of New Brunswick & the second payment on the [20?]th June 1822 Forty dollars Cash and twenty five in Lumber, third payment on the 1st of the following October Sixty dollars in Lumber Fourth payment thirty five dollars in Cash and one hundred and Forty in Lumber for the year 1823 being the last payment to be made in two Divisions [illegible] the first on the 20th June 1823 and the second on the 1st of the following October, the whole of the payments amounting to four hundred and fifty dollars. The payments to me well and truly made by John Hasty of the parish County and province aforesaid Yeoman the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have granted bargained and sold unto the said John Hasty by these presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said John Harty his heirs and assigns the following described farm Lot of land [number?] Five on the eastern side of the road leading through Saint Stephens being forty five rood in front containing sixty acres more or less in the Grant to Daniel Getchell and others in the said Parish of Saint Stephen with all and singular the Improvements Rights Members Privileges & appurtenances. To have and to hold the aforesaid bargained & sold premises with all and singular the rights members Priviledges improvements & appurtenances thereto belonging to him the said John Hasty his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized of the aforesaid bargained premises as a good Estate of Inheritance in fee simple free of and from all incumbrances whatever and that I have a good right full power and lawful Authority to sell and convey the same in manner and form as before written, and that I will warrant and defend the same and the lawful claim or claims of every person whatever and further warrant and defend this deed that I Daniel Getchell is firmly bound in the penalty of Five hundred Dollars to be paid to the said John Hasty his heirs and assigns if the above writings are not sufficient to hold the same Lot of Land as described. In witness I hereunto set my hand and seal at Saint Stephen this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one and in the [blank] year of his Majestys Reign

Signed, Sealed & Delivered in the presence of

• John Hasty [Legr?], his mark

• Michale Mitchell

• Daniel Getchell (LS)

• Elizabeth Getchell (LS), her cross  

Charlotte [SS?] Be it remembered that on the second day of [October?] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appeared before me Joseph A Clarke Esquire one of his Majestys Justices of the Peace for the said County Daniel Getchell subscriber to the foregoing Deed and acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act

Joseph A Clarke

J Peace

Saint Andrews [?]

Charlotte County [?] Received & Registered [17?] Dec 1821

Appendix 10

1826 Land Sale

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4739

John Hastey to John Dewolfe 364

Know all men by these Presents that We John Hastey and Patience Hastey wife of the said John Hastey of the Parish of Saint Stephens and County of Charlotte in the Province of New Brunswick Yeoman, for and in Consideration of the sum of pounds Twenty one pounds Six Shillings and eight pence lawful money of the Province of New Brunswick to us paid by John Dewolfe of the same place Merchant The receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge Have granted bargained and sold and by these Presents do grant bargain and sell unto the said John Dewolfe his Heirs and Assigns, All that certain farm lot of land lying and being situated in the Parish of Saint James in the County and Province aforesaid Known and described by farm lot number seventy two in the said Stephen Grant formerly known by Mark's grant containing One hundred Acres of land more or less granted to me in said grant and the third division thereof, and Joining lands granted to Samuel Stewart, To Have and to Hold the said lands and premises with the Appurtenances to the said John Dewolfe his Heirs and Assigns and to his and their only use and behoof Forever, and we John and Patience Hastey do for ourselves our Heirs, Executors and Administrators covenant with the said John Dewolfe his Heirs and Assigns that we are Seized of the Premises as a good indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple free of and from all manner of Incumbrances whatsoever, Rents, Dues, Conditions, Reservations and Services due and reserved to the King, only excepted, and that we have good right full power and lawful Authority to grant bargain and sell the same in form and manner as above written. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and Seals this thirteenth day of October in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Six and in the Seventh Year of His Majesty's Reign.

Signed Sealed and delivered of in the presence of Thos Armstrong, Isaac Hanson.

• John Hastey L.S., his mark

• Patience Hastey L.S., her mark

Saint Stephens

Charlotte County

Be it Remembered that on the thirteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty six at Saint Stephens aforesaid personally Appeared before me — Thomas Armstrong Esq  one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said County the above named John Hastey and Patience his wife and they acknowledged that they signed sealed and delivered the foregoing Deed to and for the use and purposes therein mentioned. And the said Patience being examined seperate and apart from her Husband declared that she executed the same, and thereby released and resigned her dower and Right of dower or thirds in and to the lands and Premises hereby conveyed, freely, willingly, and without any threats or compulsion from her said Husband or dread of his displeasure.

Saint Andrews, Charlotte County [SS?], Recd and Regd 29th September 1827

Thos Armstrong J.P.

Appendix 11

1827 Land Sale

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No 142

John Hastey to William Hastey

Know all Men by these presents, That I John Hastey of the parish of Saint Stephen, in the County of Charlotte and Province of New Brunswick Yeoman, for and in consideration of the sum of Two hundred pounds Lawful money of the Province of New Brunswick aforesaid to me paid by William Hastey of the said Parish of Saint Stephen in the County of Charlotte and Province of New Brunswick aforesaid the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, Have granted, bargained and sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell, unto the said William Hastey his Heirs and Assigns: all that certain Farm lot of land lying and being situate in the said Parish of Saint Stephen & in the County aforesaid numbered Fifty five, in the first division of the Saint Stephen grants, late escheated Marks grant, containing forty acres more or less, with ten per Cent allowance for roads and waste, granted to me under the Great Seal of the Province of New Brunswick, reference thereto being. To have and to hold the said lands and Premises, with the Appurtenances to the said William Hastey his Heirs and Assigns, and to his and their only use and behoof forever, And I do for my Heirs, Executors and Administrators covenant with the said William Hastey his Heirs and Assigns, that I am seized of the Premises as a good indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple free of and from all manner of incumbrances whatsoever (Rents, Dues, Conditions, Reservations, and services due and reserved to the King only excepted) and that I have a good right, full power and lawful authority to grant bargain and sell the same in manner and form as above written. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of September in the year of an Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven and in the eighth year of His Majesty's Reign.

Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of William Murchie, William McDonald

• John Hastey L.S., his mark

• Patience Hastey L. S., her mark

Stephen County, Charlotte County

Be it Remembered that on the seventeenth day of September, One thousand Eight hundred and twenty seven personally appeared before me the subscriber the within named John Hastey and Patience his wife and acknowledged that they signed sealed and delivered the within Deed to and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and the said Patience being by me examined seperate and apart from her Husband declared that she executed the same and thereby Released and resigned her dower and right of dower or thirds in and to the Lands and premises hereby conveyed freely, willingly, and without any threats or compulsion from her said Husband or dread of his Displeasure

Thos Armstrong J. Peace

Saint Andrews Charlotte County [SS?] Recd and Regd 4th July 1828

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