Notes:Taken from the Records of the "General Sessions
of the Peace (Quarter Sessions)" for Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
The Original Document is at PANS, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The original record book was donated by Belle Johnson.
The Names are spelled as they were originally written.
The Parrsboro area is not part of Cumberland County in 1793.** "The Rivers - Elizian Fields , McCan & Nappan etc. " There
has been a Change of Place Name for this Community to
"Rivers McCan & Hebert ~1792". The names "The
Rivers - Elizian Fields, Mc Can and Nappan etc." no
longer are listed as a Town community.
Surnames found in this 1793 Document:
ACKERLEY, ANGEVINE, ATKINSON, BAKER, BARRON,
BERRY, BENT, BLACK, BLINKHORN, BLISS, BOSS, BROWN
CANFIELD, CHAPMAN, COATS, COLEBURN, CRAWFORD,
DONKIN, DOTTEN, EMBREE, FALES, FENWICK, FILLIMORE,
FOUNTAIN, FREEMAN, GILDEROY, HALL, HARRISON,
HOLLIDAY, HOLMES, HUNTER, JENNINGS, JOHNSON,
LAFERGEE, LOGAN, LOLLAR (SOLLAR?), LUSBY, MCGOWN,
MCLELLAN, MCNUTT, METCALF, MILLS, NEWTON, NILES,
OXLEY, PEERS, PIPES, PURDY, RINDRESS, ROBLEE, RUSHTIN, SMITH, SUTHERLAND, TAYLOR, TEED, THOMPSON, TRAVERSE, TREEN, TUTTLE, WATSON, WELSH, WELLS.
List of Town Officers
1793
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County Treasurer | CUMBERLAND COUNTY | Thomas Watson Esq. |
TOWN OFFICE | AMHERST 1793 |
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Town Clerk | Amherst 1793 | John Bent |
Constables & Collectors | Amherst 1793 | Elisha Embree
Samuel Freeman |
Assessors | Amherst 1793 | John Bent
William Hall Hugh Logan |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Amherst 1793 | Robert McGown
Jonathan Pipes Asael Wells Nathan Traverse Atwood Fales |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers & Thissels |
Amherst 1793 | Nathan Bliss
Thomas Berry |
Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Highways | Amherst 1793 | William Hunter
Charles Baker Esq. William Freeman Jun. |
Hogreaves | Amherst 1793 | David Hunter |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Amherst 1793 | Atwood Fales |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
Amherst 1793 | Nathl Niles |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
Amherst 1793 | John Lusby
Thomas Baker |
TOWN OFFICE | Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 |
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Town Clerk | **Court Appointed No one. | Luke Harrison |
Constables & Collectors | Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 | John Harrison
James Metcalf |
Assessors | Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 | Matthew Fenwick
William Pipes Edward Barron Esq. |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 | Barney Gilderoy
Matthew Fenwick |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 | David Mills
Thomas Coats Luke Harrison |
Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Highways | Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 | Edward Barron Esq.
Wm. Pipes James Brown |
Hogreaves | Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 | James Welsh
William Blinkhorn Jun. John Lollar |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 | Peter Mills
Peter Niles John Boss |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
Rivers McCan & Herbert ~ 1793 | Thomas Coats
Dennes Lafergee |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one. |
TOWN OFFICE | Westchester 1793 |
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Town Clerk | Westchester 1793 | John Rushtin Sen. |
Constables & Collectors | Westchester 1793 | Arch.d Crawford |
Assessors | Westchester 1793 | Sam.l Holmes |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Westchester 1793 | Joseph Embree
Sam.l Holliday |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Highways | Westchester 1793 | Aron Fountain
James Sutherland |
Hogreaves | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
**Court Appointed No one. | |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one. |
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River Philip 1793 |
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Town Clerk | River Philip 1793 | John Black |
Constables & Collectors | River Philip 1793 | John Oxley |
Assessors | River Philip 1793 | William Donkin Sen.
George Oxley |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
River Philip 1793 | Richard Thompson
John Black |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers & Thistles |
River Philip 1793 | Asa Fillimore |
Surveyors of River/ Cullers of Fish | River Philip 1793 | Matthew Johnson
Rich.d Coleburn |
Surveyors of Highways | River Philip 1793 | George Oxley |
Hogreaves | River Philip 1793 | Matthew Johnson |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
River Philip 1793 | Geo. Taylor |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber |
**Court Appointed No one.
see Surveyors of River |
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Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
River Philip 1793 | Rich.d Black |
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Fort Lawrence 1793 |
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Town Clerk | Fort Lawrence 1793 | Thomas Chapman |
Constables & Collectors | Fort Lawrence 1793 | John Watson
John Atkinson Jun. |
Assessors | Fort Lawrence 1793 | John Smith
Tho.s Atkinson |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Fort Lawrence 1793 | Peter McClellan
Thomas Chapman |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers & Thissels |
Fort Lawrence 1793 | William Chapman
Martin Bent |
Surveyors of Rivers | **Court Appointed No one. | |
Surveyors of Highways | Fort Lawrence 1793 | John Newton |
Hogreaves | Fort Lawrence 1793 | John Newton |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Fort Lawrence 1793 | Jesse Bent |
Cullers of Fish and
Surveyors of Lumber Sealers of Leather |
Fort Lawrence 1793 | Peter McClellan
Voce Bent |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one.
See Cullers of Fish |
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Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 |
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Town Clerk | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Peter Angevine |
Constables & Collectors | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | David Teed
Charles Jennings |
Assessors | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Gilbert Purdy
James Dotten Alexr McNutt |
Surveyors of Lines & Bounds,
Overseerers of the Poor |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Stephen Tuttle Sen.
John Roblee |
Surveyors of Hay &
Fence Viewers & Thistles |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Joseph Treen
Stephen Canfield |
Surveyors of Rivers | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Isaac Ackerley |
Surveyors of Highways | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | John Rindrass
Joseph Treen |
Hogreaves | Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Alexr Peers |
Clerk of the Market &
Pound keeper |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | James Dotten |
Cullers of Fish and
Sealers of Leather |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Stephen Canfield
John Roblee |
Gaugers and
Sealers of Leather |
**Court Appointed No one.
See Cullers of Fish |
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Surveyors of Lumber
at Macan |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Thomas Coats
Dennis Lefergee |
Seveyor of Lumber
at Ramsheg |
Ramsheg (Wallace) 1793 | Stephen Tuttle
Joseph Treen |
**END 1793