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Kingston General Merchants receives approval to operate agency liquor storePublished Monday May 3rd, 2010

Tammy Scott-Wallace
Telegraph-Journal

KINGSTON - Kingston area residents and cottagers will likely be sipping cold beer purchased locally by Canada Day.

Matthew Sherwood/Telegraph-Journal

Steve Gatien, owner of the Kingston General Merchants, seen outside of his store on February 12, 2010. Gatien would like to see a liquor store somewhere on the Kingston Peninsula.

And Steve Gatien, owner of Kingston General Merchants, can hardly contain his excitement.
The businessman who has been rallying for a decade to get a license to operate an agency liquor store out of his convenience store and gas bar found out Friday morning his proposal to operate has been approved.
"I just feel exhilarated," he said just hours after receiving the news from NB Liquor. "It's hard to believe. I tried for so many years. I did everything I could possibly think of to get this going and the day has come."
While Gatien has wanted the agency store contract to fuel his business, for years he received opposition in the community because of his store's location near a church and school.
The issue came to fruition in February when NB Liquor held a community vote to determine if the people in Kingston wanted an agency store closer to them. The community packed the Moss Glen Legion and of the 231 people who attended, only 36 voted against the idea.
"We had to prove this is something most people wanted," Gatien said. "For those people who still have concerns, I completely respect those concerns but I'm going to prove their fears are unfounded."
Soon after the interest was determined at the meeting, NB Liquor called a tender for proposals and Gatien was the sole respondent wanting to sell beer, spirits and wine on the Kingston Peninsula.
On Thursday night, NB Liquor's board of directors approved Gatien's proposal, confirmed communications manager Nora Lacey.
She said the next step is for Gatien to meet with the agency program's manager to finalize details of his contract, and agree on a training schedule and opening date.
With an expansion to accommodate his new inventory, software upgrades and staff training, Gatien's hope is to be open in time for the July 1 long weekend.
"We're hoping to be open in some form by that weekend," he said. "That Canada Day weekend is the big one for us, and it's huge for the community. This is cottage country."
The businessman said while he was not sure what NB Liquor's decision would be, he opted to take a chance to ensure he was further ahead in his preparations to open if he was approved. He has the shelving built to accommodate the wine and spirits and bought a fork lift two weeks ago to help move pallets of beer when they come in. He is also making plans to build a warehouse for his inventory, install a modern security system and put his walk-in coolers in place for cold beer and coolers to be readily available.
Gatien said along with his "major investment" to prepare his business, he also plans to hire new staff although he is not certain what his needs will be at this time.
"I just think this is going to be good for everybody," Gatien said. "This will help me build on my business and it's going to help keep gas pumps in the community. This just complements the world of one-stop shopping, especially in a small community where, for a businessperson, if you don't grow, you go.
"In a small business you walk on egg shells every day. I just see this as a new start."

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LAURA CALDER

TV chef from N.B. a surprise winner at 'food Oscars'Published Tuesday May 4th, 2010

New Brunswick's Laura Calder was the come-from-behind winner Sunday night in New York when French Food At Home, the TV series she's hosted for three seasons, took the James Beard Foundation Award for best television show in a studio or fixed location.

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New Brunswick’s Laura Calder says quality was worth aiming for on her cooking show ‘French Food at Home.’

A virtual unknown in the U.S., the program beat out blockbusters Iron Chef America and Barefoot Contessa for one of North America's highest culinary honours.

"I really strove to get quality, and I think (the fact) that quality won is what I'm most proud of. It's more than proud, I feel like, you see? I said so. I said that quality was worth aiming for," Calder said from New York on Monday.
"My director always said that good is the enemy of great," she rasped, her voice raw with a nasty case of laryngitis that saw her in bed by 10 p.m. Sunday, instead of kibitzing at after-parties.
"I wanted the food not dumbed down, I wanted the visuals not dumbed down, I wanted the concept not dumbed down, and the biggest battle is against that, because everybody wants it to be as cheap and stupid as possible," she said with a throaty laugh.
While Time magazine dubbed the awards, named for the famed champion of American cuisine, "the Oscars of the food world,-it's not a Hollywood kind of fame," said Calder, a Kingston native who grew up in a farmhouse in sight of the St. John River.
"It's people who have worked really hard, often for many, many years. If you're someone who likes to cook and feed people, you're not a bronze statue "¦ so it's very low-key compared to the music industry or the television industry," she said.
Still, the emergence of the celebrity chef and the foodie craze has made superstars of some American cooking show hosts, who get mobbed in public.
"When all the Food Network people came to Canada, they said, 'You can just walk down the street?'" Calder said. "I said, 'Yeah, I could take my clothes off, it wouldn't make any difference. No one here cares.'"
That may change, as French Food at Home, now in its third season on the Food Network Canada, makes its American debut May 31 on the Cooking Channel, a new spinoff launched by the Food Network in the U.S.
"It's a good welcome into the States," Calder, who lives in Toronto, said.
It wasn't always thus. The timing of her first cookbook, French Food At Home, couldn't have been worse, corresponding, as it did, with intense anti-French sentiment over the Iraq war. Remember freedom fries?
While anti-Gallic sentiment has simmered down, Calder battles the perception that French and highfalutin are synonymous.
"If you're vaguely articulate, not cursing and swearing and flipping burgers, you're pretentious ... it just seems that if you do things in a nice way it's perceived as being snobbish, which I think is really unfortunate. And I think the French are associated with that," she said. "So I'm trying to make it seem more accessible, just closer and more relaxed.
"I mean, I grew up in Long Reach, New Brunswick."

STEPHANIE ( MURRAY) MAINVILLE

Stephanie is daughter of Carolyn and Duke Murray, Long Reach.

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LAURA CALDER OF LONG REACH

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,Kingston Songbird

Relief worker: Kingston Peninsula teen looks at the world differently now

MARY-ELLEN SAUNDERS
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL

A Kingston Peninsula teenager who travelled to New Orleans last month to do relief work, five years after hurricane Katrina blew through, says the devastation was still prominent and jarring.

Kâté Braydon

Darcie Stack went to New Orleans last month to help build a house and clean up a school. She says she no longer takes things for granted.

"We hear about it and see it on TV but the impact it has when you see it in person, it hits you so hard you realize what happened to them and how lucky you are," said Darcie Stack.
"It makes you feel so good to help. It's amazing."
Stack, 17, spent more than a week in early July helping clean up a school destroyed by flood waters and building a home for a family in New Orleans. The small-town girl who grew up on the Kingston Peninsula said the trip has given her a new outlook on life.
"I look at the world differently now that I've been somewhere to see the effects major destruction can have," she said.
"Any day something could change and flip my life around, so I make the best of it and don't take anything for granted because you never know what could happen tomorrow."
Her aunt, Heather Stack, said after the trip Darcie seemed to grow up and mature before her eyes.
"It was a real self-esteem builder," Heather said. "She came back thinking she could conquer the world."
Darcie was finishing her final year at Hampton High School when she received a letter from People for People Ambassador Tours informing her that she was nominated as a student leader and was invited to participate in one of their student ambassador trips.
Through fundraisers and business sponsors, she came up with the $3,000 fee to go on the trip and left about a week after graduating from Hampton High School with honours and five university scholarships.
She said she was provided a list of participating communities and universities across the United States and chose New Orleans because she thought it needed her help most.
She said it was hard to adjust to the conditions there, but the work was so rewarding she woke up every day feeling grateful she was able to give something to people who had lost almost everything.
Heather said the family was nervous as they waited at home for their little girl to make it to New Orleans, changing flights three times and arriving as the only Canadian in a group of people whom she had never met. She said Darcie is of a family of five children and her two young brothers were troubled at the thought of Darcie being eaten by a crocodile.
Heather said she thinks what Darcie did is amazing and encourages others teens to do the same.
"I think of her and I can't help but smile," Heather said.
"I have such pride in her. She is very hard working. ... She's like a ray of sunshine, she is a kind-hearted girl and she is gentle and intelligent."
Darcie said while she was in New Orleans, she put siding on a house for two days with Habitat for Humanity.
"It was fun," she said. "I didn't think I would be able to do it but once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy."
She also helped to clean out, paint and reorganize a school that was heavily damaged during the hurricane and has not been used since.
"It was brutal," Darcie said. "You couldn't find half the stuff you needed. There was a tunnel of destruction, the paint inside was peeling, the windows were destroyed and you could barely open the doors."
As part of the program, she was invited to attend a lecture every night of the week-long trip. She heard from a panel of people who were in New Orleans during the hurricane, including director Spike Lee, who worked on videos about the hurricane; former U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who spoke of how she felt when she got the call about the destruction; professional football playing brothers Eli and Payton Manning, who lost loved ones and homes in the storm; and storm chaser Jim Reed.
Darcie said she learned from each of them, but the overwhelming thing she took away was how much it meant to everyone that she was there to help.
"It gave you a sense of how people around you feel and how happy it makes them," Darcie said. "It makes you feel so good inside, it makes you feel proud and it gives you a sense of compassion."
The lessons she learned are ones she plans to take with her as she travels to Halifax this fall to study at Dalhousie University in her quest to become a dentist.

SUMMERVILLE - Ben Gamble is seeking an adventure of a lifetime.

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Ben Gamble holds a snake a stick as he empties his bungalow of the slimy creatures during a trip to Epi Island, Vanuatu. Gamble is in the running to host the 'Paradise Hunter' TV series.

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Ben Gamble on top of the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala.

The 22-year-old Summerville man is in the running to be the host of the upcoming Paradise Hunter television series, which will ultimately permit him a 52-week paid vacation.
Already the energetic, youthful Gamble ranks fifth in the voting polls and is looking for support to push him to the finish.
"I'm already a paradise hunter. I'm just not getting paid for it," Gamble, who works at the Xerox call centre in Saint John, said in his audition tape.
"I've been lucky enough to go to the South Pacific, Europe, Africa and Central America so far and I would love to add more to that list," he added. "Whether that's getting lost in a jungle or stranded on a desert island or stuck in the middle of an African village, it doesn't matter to me, I'm going to find paradise."
Despite his age, Gamble can already be considered a world traveller. He has visited 20 countries, including four trips to Africa. Usually he travels alone, packing his bags at his home on the Kingston Peninsula and setting out fearlessly to experience the world.
He is so moved by the culture and realities of these faraway places that he has even engaged his family and friends here. Following one of his trips to Benin in West Africa, which he first visited after high school through a Canada World Youth exchange program, he brought home to his family the story of orphaned children.
Since then the Gambles have gained the support of local schools and their community to raise funds to build an orphanage there.
Gamble's mother, Judy said, more than $55,000 has been raised locally to build the needed facility.
And her adventurous son has made a commitment to increasing those funds if he wins this competition. Of the $60,000 Gamble would be paid to travel the world, he says he would give half his earnings toward the orphanage project to improve the lives of parentless children in Benin, pay off his $15,000 student debt and give the rest to other charities.
Gamble's family, including dad Gary and three siblings, will be going to Benin together in May to check in on their pet project.
His mother said her four children are compassionate and generous. Ben in particular has always been focused on seeing the world and sharing stories of those journeys in exciting ways.
This would be the perfect job for her youngest child who has always worked to gather enough funds for his next adventure and then hit the road, often returning to his same job at Xerox.
Earlier this year Gamble was considering a move to Calgary when he visited an online job bank in search of work there. He stumbled on the search for the Paradise Hunter host. He never did move to Calgary, but he sent in his video application for the job.
The 700 applicants who submitted rehearsal videos in the fall have been narrowed down to 40, with the Hampton High graduate the only finalist from Eastern Canada. Half of the 10 finalists will be chosen by votes, and the remaining five selected by Paradise Hunter.
As host of the Paradise Hunter TV series, the successful candidate will embark on a year-long journey where the dream job is to lead the audience on a fast-paced adventure, visiting 12 different paradise destinations around the world. The host will explore the culture, attractions and lifestyle in each country.
"So far the closest I've come to paradise was in Vanuatu, a chain of 83 islands in the South Pacific. It's got it all - beautiful beaches, dense jungles, erupting volcanoes, amazing sea life, and even more amazing people," Gamble said.
"I love meeting new people, discovering new cultures, trying new foods, and doing new and exciting activities. There's really not much I wouldn't try once."
For Gamble, winning the competition will not only bring with it a $60,000 salary, but at the end of the season after he selects his paradise from among those visited, he will be given a property worth up to $150,000 in that country.
Paradise Hunter is a Calgary-based online site that specializes in buying, selling and renting vacation properties around the globe.
People can vote for Gamble until Dec. 15 at www.paradisehunter.com.

Ben Gamble on top of the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala.

A small miracle Published Saturday April 2nd, 2011

Health: Almost three months after being hit with a condition that most times ends in death, Aaron Small looks back on that fateful day when his lucky stars were aligned

Peter McGuire
Telegraph-Journal

With their two young children fast asleep, Aaron and Jenny Small were about to settle in for a quiet Saturday evening at home.

Photo: Peter McGuire/Telegraph-Journal

Thirty-six-year-old Aaron Small didn't know what hit him on Jan. 15. Fortunately his wife, Jenny, is a cardiac nurse and recognized the symptoms of aortic dissection. If it wasn't for her, Aaron said, he would have been 'pooched'. They are shown here with their two children, Kyle and Isabel.

Matthew Sherwood/Telegraph-Journal

Dr. David Bewick

Photo: Kâté Braydon/Telegraph-Journal

Dr. Marc Pelletier is the Chief of the Department of Cadiac Surgery at the N.B. Heart Centre.

Aaron was downstairs waiting for the puck to drop for Hockey Night in Canada and Jenny was upstairs on the living room couch, plugged into her iPod.
The day before, Aaron had enjoyed a solid day of snowmobiling with next-door neighbour Jeff Sherwood. And later that night he helped celebrate Terry Lamb's 50th birthday, complete with an SUV stretch limousine. The party went into the wee hours of the morning and was loaded with laughs.
On Saturday, the Smalls went to the hospital to visit Aaron's maternal grandmother, Isabel Fullerton - their three-year-old daughter is named after her great-grandmother - who was experiencing gall bladder complications. Later, the family of four from Rothesay stopped at Swiss Chalet for lunch.
There were absolutely no signs of trouble.
After dinner, little Kyle and Isabel went to bed like angels - Jenny assures this isn't always the case.
It was the calm before the storm.
"I came up to listen to my iPod," she said. "It was 8 o'clock and Aaron came up clutching his chest. He said, 'Jenny, I'm having chest pains and my jaw and head feel like they're going to blow off.'
"He came and sat beside me on the couch and he was real short of breath," she said. "It came out of nowhere."
"It was weird," Aaron said. "I'm a pretty healthy guy, all in all. It was definitely pretty scary. I knew something wasn't right."
As a cardiac nurse, Jenny traded her wedding band for her scrubs and swung into action.
"I said to him, 'You have two choices. I'm either calling someone to come here and I'm taking you, or I'm calling an ambulance.' "
Aaron suggested they wait five minutes and see if the pain would subside.
Jenny would have none of it. She knew every second counted.
"I see this every day," she said.
Then, as Aaron went downstairs in their split-entry home to get his coat, the pain intensified.
"I headed down the hall to change my clothes," Jenny said. "All I heard was 'Jenny, you better call the ambulance.'
"So, as I'm calling 911, I'm leaning over the top of the stairs, because I can see him at the bottom and I'm saying 'Are you passing out? Are you losing consciousness?'
"And he says, 'I think I'm going to.' He wasn't really sure. He didn't know what was what."
Just before calling 911, Jenny called Jeff Sherwood's wife, Andrea, to ask her if she could come over to look after the children while they went to the hospital. "I told her Aaron's having chest pain, can you come over? There were no questions asked.
"As I ran downstairs, I'm talking to 911 and I'm looking at Aaron and his pupils had dilated at this point and he couldn't move his whole right side. He was paralyzed on that side and kind of flailing on the left. He couldn't speak to me and that's when I thought he had stroked."
In the meantime, Andrea Sherwood showed up along with the ambulance and Const. Mary Henderson of the Rothesay Regional Police Force. Sherwood - formerly Andrea Stilwell - Small - formerly Jenny Alchorn - and Henderson - formerly Mary O'Brien - have been good friends for years, all having grown up in the Renforth area of Rothesay.
The paramedics began to hook the patient up with intravenous lines. He got up from the couch and actually started to feel a little better. He even walked to the ambulance.
"That's the end of Aaron's memory," his wife said, recalling the fateful night. "He remembers getting in the ambulance and his leg killing him but that was it until five days later."
The ambulance arrived at the Saint John Regional Hospital at approximately 8:45 p.m.
"He was so gorked on medicine, when we get into emerg, he's completely disoriented, completely agitated and his right leg is still killing him," Jenny said.
Familiar with cardiac procedures, Jenny Small had a hunch the nurses in the emergency room were testing for a dissection of the aorta. She was right.
The bad news, though, is that less than 20 per cent of people afflicted with the condition survive.
"It was the same thing that killed [actor] John Ritter," she said. "It wasn't seen on this particular test so I asked them if they were going to do a CT Scan. From the time they did the CT Scan until when we got back to emerg, the radiologist was on the phone. He saw it right away. It was an aortic dissection. It's the main vessel in your body that all of the other blood vessels come off to feed your brain, your arms, your kidneys, legs, everything. It's the main branch that everything comes off."
"Jenny's role can't be minimized," said Dr. Marc Pelletier, chief of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the N.B. Heart Centre. "She recognized very early on that something was wrong . . . she played a very important role, not only getting him to the hospital quickly but once he was in the hospital, raising it as a potential diagnosis.
"We see about 10 patients a year arrive at the hospital who survive in New Brunswick," Pelletier said.
"We're looking at something that's very lethal. Only 10 to 20 per cent survive."
Pelletier said that up to 80 per cent of those afflicted will die and of the individuals who do make it to the hospital, 30 to 50 per cent will die, either in the emergency room or because they arrive at a smaller hospital and have to be transferred.
Dr. Peter Ross was the emergency room doctor on duty when Small arrived.
"It was a real ah-ha moment in his career," Jenny said. "Like I said, Aaron is a 36-year-old healthy guy. [Aortic dissection] wasn't in the forefront of the doctor's mind."
"Crack was in the forefront of their mind," Aaron said, referring to his unusual behaviour at the time.
"There was a lot of talk of whether he was on certain substances," Jenny said.
Ross now uses Small's case as a teaching tool during rounds.
Small was hurried to the operating room where Dr. Rand Forgie was ready to begin surgery that would last between nine and 10 hours.
Jenny said the key was not panicking and having their lucky stars aligned.
"We definitely had some sort of higher power with us," she said.
Small was hospitalized for two and a half weeks and is now on the mend.
"A lot of guys don't get off the couch," he said, referring to the mortality rate.
"All the stars were aligned for us," Jenny said. "The kids were asleep so they didn't see any of it. We were home on a Saturday night, which isn't always the case and a sense of calm came over me. It was really quite eerie. And add the fact that Dr. Forgie, an unbelievable surgeon, was on duty. Everything seemed to fall into place for Aaron."
Small said if it wasn't for his wife, he wouldn't have had the chance to even reach the operating room.
"If she wasn't there, I would have been pooched, according to the docs," said Small, who owns and operates Valley Home and Hearth on the Marr Road in Rothesay.
He said the fact that he beat such odds hasn't quite sunk in but the support he and his wife have received certainly has.
"The survival part is really good," he said matter-of-factly. "But the fact that everybody - friends and family - have been so helpful is unbelievable."
Aaron's aunt, Beth Fullerton, spearheaded a benefit dance that saw friends come from as far away as Montreal and Halifax. Others made sure their driveway was plowed and sanded and others offered hours of comfort with a steady stream of visitors to the hospital.
An avid hockey player and a familiar fixture on the blue line in the Kennebecasis Valley Gents Hockey League, Small was forced to the sidelines with all that has happened but the 6-foot-4, 200-pound defenceman - he was 230 pounds before the ordeal - hasn't totally thrown in the towel.
"His prognosis is good but he still has an abnormal aorta," said cardiologist Dr. David Bewick, who is overseeing Small's recovery. "He does require ongoing surveillance."
Bewick said it is important for Small to monitor his blood pressure and avoid any increase in sheer force, stop-and-start sports and intense weightlifting.
"I'd rather see him doing controlled exercises with a warm-up and cool-down phase."
Small admits that he looks at life differently these days.
"I've had more than my share of people in the medical field tell me that I should have been dead. So yes, it does change your outlook."
During a recent visit to the Rothesay Arena to watch young Kyle in action, the proud father stood behind the protective glass chatting with friends.
Someone walking by said, "Good to see you Aaron."
To which Small replied with heartfelt sincerity, "It's good to be seen."
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One word that comes to mind about our families, friends, colleagues, neighbours, acquaintances and community throughout this crisis would be gratitude. Since January 15th there has been an outpouring of support, including caring for our children, helping with our business, sending food, plowing, shovelling and sanding our driveway, organizing a benefit, helping out and donating to the benefit, giving of personal time, travelling from near and far (including Montreal and Halifax) to attend our benefit, and sending thoughts and prayers via phone, mail, email and texts.
We are deeply touched and overwhelmed. We know that we are, indeed, blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives and cannot thank you all enough.
From Dr. Rand Forgie, Dr. Peter Ross, Dr. Ian Keith, Dr. David Bewick, the cardiac OR staff and the entire staff at the New Brunswick Heart Centre, everyone was just amazing.
Jenny and Aaron Small
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"Aortic dissection is a potentially lethal disorder which results from a sudden tear of the inner lining of the aorta, a tube that transports the blood ejected from the heart to the body. Conditions associated with this abnormality include chronic hypertension, atherosclerosis or 'hardening of the arteries', congenital heart abnormalities such as a bicuspid aortic valve and an aneurysmal aorta or an inherited condition called Marfan's syndrome. Patients with these predisposed conditions, which, not infrequently,they are completely unaware of and have an enlarged aorta with weakening of the aortic wall, can present with an aortic dissection. Instead of a healthy reinforced aortic wall which can withstand the pulsating ejection of blood from the heart, patients with an aortic dissection have a weakened wall, similar to wet tissue paper which can suddenly tear. Think of the aorta similar to the peeling of an orange. When an aortic dissection occurs, the blood ejected from the heart with each beat 'dissects' the peeling from the orange rather than staying inside the orange. This potentially can cause a complete rupture of the lining of the aorta and result in a catastrophic situation with sudden death. Hence, immediate diagnosis is mandatory. Approximately, two per cent of patients die every hour from symptom onset if corrective surgery is not undertaken. Once a diagnosis is made, emergency cardiac surgery is mandatory due to the lethal consequences of conservative management."
Dr. David Bewick

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PICKETT MURDER

blackriverrosi — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:55:58 CDT

The Pickett Family were Loyalists and they began with.... PICKETT: David Pickett b. 27 Jul 1743 in Norwalk, CT, d. 25/28 Nov 1826, m. 18 Mar 1769 Mrs. Sarah (Lewis) Gould b. 22 Aug 1739 in Stamford, CT, d. 21 Mar 1832: came from Stamford, CT to NB in 1783 as Loyalists: settled in Norton Parish, Kings County: Children: 1) Mercy Pickett bp. 15 Jan 1770 2) Gould Pickett b. 4 Feb 1770, d. 5 Jul 1840, married Mary/Polly Scribner or m. Mary Manchester and had seven children: 3) Hannah Pickett b. 25 Jul 1771, d. 29 Oct 1860, m. 16 Aug 1791 William Whitney or Whiting and had three children. 4) John Lewis Pickett born 9 Jul 1773, d. 3 Aug 1859, m. 30 Jan 1808 Mary Peters: had six children: 5) David Pickett b. 27 Dec 1776, d. 30 May 1861, m. 3 Sep 1826 at Carleton, Saint John, Ruth (Sherwood) Wetmore born 24 Aug 1798, died 29 Feb 1876: settled in Kingston Parish, Kings County and had eight children: 6) Sarah Pickett b. 6 May 1778, d. 6 Jun 1826, married 10 Jan 1813 Robert Smith: 7) Peter Pickett b. 27 Mar 1780, died 12 Apr 1834, m. 13 Dec 1807 Lavinia Sophia - : 8) Abraham Munson Pickett b. 6 May 1782, died 17 Jul 1862, married (1st) Harriet DeForest: had six children: m. (2nd) 6 Jun 1830 Fanny Lyon: had four children: settled in Kingston Parish.

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David Pickett was a prosperous weaver from Connecticut. Forced from his home and business, he had to support his family by farming near the refugee camp at Lloyd's Neck, Long Island. When British sailors plundered the loyalist's livestock to add to their ship's rations, Pickett and two other loyalists complained to the admiral of the fleet. Their quest for justice so angered one officer that he threatened to tie the three refugees to a ship's cannon and have them whipped. The loyalists escaped the enraged captain unharmed, but Pickett's sense of justice guided him the rest of his life. Thirty years later, he became a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Kings County, New Brunswick.

David Pickett occupies a prominent place in Kingston History as one of the leaders of the settlement in early days. From his evidence before the Loyalist Claims Commission Feb 2 1787 we have first hand information on his estate and adventures in Connecticut as follows:

He was a resident of Stanford, Conn. At the outbreak of the revolution and a weaver by trade. In the early part of the war he signed a paper professing allegiance to the British, in consequence he was tried by a revolutionary committee and was advertised as an enemy to his country. For safety he had to flee to the British lines in September 1776. His buildings and property were confiscated and sold and his wife turned out of the house in Stamford eleven days after he left. She later joined him on Long Island.

He was employed in the wagon department of the British forces for a time and then engaged in the wood trade with New York until the sailing of the Loyalist fleet in 1783. He came to St. John in May of that year on the ship UNION and proceeded up the river soon after with the Kingston settlers. They encamped until they got their lots surveyed and settled on them in the fall of that year. Losses: He was possessed of a house and lot in Stamford, Connecticut. The lot of about 1/2 acre was purchased in 1766 for 47 pounds subject to widow's third and made an onto the house which he valued at 150 pounds. He lost weaving implements worth 40 pounds, furniture, provisions, one cow, one steer, one yearling, also 15 pounds of tea which he had on board a boat, and meant to sell; he also owned half a share in a schooner employed in carrying wood. His house was plundered and some money taken. He produced for the court a copy of the judgement of confiscation.

Witness: Isaac Bell. Isaac Bell said that he knew the claimant and that he declared his allegiance from the first and suffered as much as any one. He remembered that he was advertised as an enemy of the state. Witness was obliged to assist his family privately at that time. He was a weaver and carried on a good business. He thinks he had two or three looms going. He was esteemed an honest and good man. Mr. Bell was witness to Pickett's wife being turned off the place.

In Huntington's History of Stamford County we find the following: "In April, 1776, the committee of inspection advertised him (David Pickett) as an enemy of his country and recommended to all person to break off commerce and intercourse with him." "Accompanied by his wife and seven children he went to St. John, NB on the ship UNION in 1783. He passed the remainder of his life in that province where he was judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Treasurer of Kings County. He died in 1826.

"James Pickett of Connecticut went to St. John, NB on the ship UNION in 1783 and was a grantee of that city. He died in Portland in 1812. A son of David Picket, Justice S. Pickett, had a very long life and his wife still longer. The newspaper item at her death in 1922 tells in a few words the end of the Pickett family in Kingston.

"A life long resident of Kingston, NB passed peacefully away yesterday in her ninety-first year in the person of Mrs. Julia J. Pickett, widow of Justice Pickett. No children or any brothers or sisters survive." (Feb 1922)
Saint John Gazette of [Feb] 17 1797, there was printed one of the [...] advertisements of public business at Kings County, signed by David Pickett.

Notification

The subscriber request all those persons who have any demands against King's General Sessions of the Peace to be held in in Kingston, Kings County, and all those indebted to the county are desired to make payments without delay. Daniel Pickett Treasurer, Kingston, Kings Co. Jan 23 1797

The PICKETT MURDER AND TRAGEDY took place at the GOULD PICKETT's Homestead on Pickett Lake in Kingston. These newspaper accounts tell the story first-hand.

.The nasty events begin with a wedding, followed by a family feud, a murder and the tragic death of an only child.

Date April 8 1843
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Thursday, by Rev. W.T. Wishart, Seymour Pickett of Golden Vale (Kings Co.) / Letitia F. AGNEW eldest d/o James AGNEW, Watchmaker of this city (St. John)

Date July 30 1886
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Melancholy Results of A Family Feud - Seymour Pickett was murdered by his brother, Munson Pickett at Kingston (Kings Co.) Seymour, the eldest son was enamoured of Miss AGNEW, the daughter of James W. AGNEW, a jeweller who was well known to the citizens of St. John. A day was appointed for the marriage to take place and every preparation was made for the happy event. Seymour took his 18 year old bride to his country home where she was greeted by a stern-eyed mother-in-law, a displeased brother-in-law and two indifferent sisters-in-law. .. Two days after the funeral took place and while the wife was standing by the grave of her murdered husband, their youngest child and only son, a bright bonnie boy who was left at home, fell into a tub of hot water and was scalded to death.

Date September 7 1844
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

d. 1st inst., James Agnew Pickett only s/o Seymour Pickett, Golden Vale, Kingston (Kings Co.), age 5 mos.

Another Article , 'A Tragic Chapter' 9 which I have not yet found) - tells of the death of Miss Pickett at Provincial Lunatic Asylum. (No wonder) The story goes like this...

Date July 24 1847
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

The Circuit Court for (Kings Co.) commenced its sittings at Kingston on 13th inst. His Honor Judge Carter presiding. On Monday, Munson Gould Pickett and Charles DEFOREST who had been indicted for the murder of Seymour Pickett (brother of the former and brother-in-law of the latter) at Golden Vale near Kingston on 26th Dec. last were put upon their trial and the day following the Jury returned a verdict of guilty against the prisoner Pickett but recommended him to mercy on account of his youth (age 22) and acquitted Deforest... The brothers, with some of their sisters, who were not upon good terms, owing to a dispute about property left by their father, resided in separate apartments in the same house. During the absence of the deceased and his wife in St. John, the part of the house occupied by them was broken into and a bed and other articles taken away. On their return at night, after some ineffectual attempts to obtain the property, Seymour undertook to break open the door of a room occupied by Munson with an axe, and in doing so, the latter fired upon him with a fowling piece loaded with what appeared to be the largest description of swan shot, several of which entered the abdomen and caused his death in about two hours... His Honor the Judge passed the awful sentence of law upon the prisoner and ordered him for execution 29 October next...

Date July 30 1847
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The Loyalist

Trial for Murder of Seymour Pickett. Testimonies of James BARNES, James COOKSON (spouce of Hannah P), William GREENSLADE, Eliza Pickett (sister of deceased), Stephen Pickett (brother of deceased), Abraham MAYBEE, Mary Anne Pickett (sister of deceased) and Mrs. Fanny Pickett (wife of Munson Pickett).

Mrs Fanny Pickett above was the wife of Munson Pickett , Gould Pickett's brother..... Munson, the murderer was Gould's son.

Date April 8 1848
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

Munson Pickett, who was convicted of the wilful murder of his brother Seymour Pickett in October last and sentenced to death, but who has since remained in confinement in (Kings County) jail, awaiting the decision of the Crown lawyers in England, on some law points raised at his trial, was conveyed to the Penitentiary on Saturday morning last, his sentence having been commuted to 14 years imprisonment with hard labor.

Date February 24 1852
County Carleton
Place Woodstock
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel

We learn from Fredericton that Executive Clemency has been extended to Munson Pickett who was sentenced to 14 year imprisonment with hard labour in Provincial Penitentiary for the shooting of his brother Seymour Pickett at Kingston (Kings Co.) in December 1846 and that he will be discharged 1st April next when he will have been confined four years. - 'Observer'

And did Munson Gould Pickett go to the States...

In 1880 American Census we find this family

Munson G PICKETT			Household
		Male

	Other Information:
		Birth Year	<1827>
		Birthplace	CANADA
		Age	53
		Occupation	Machinist
		Marital Status	W <Widowed>
		Race	W <White>
		Head of Household	Munson G PICKETT
		Relation	Self
		Father's Birthplace	CT
		Mother's Birthplace	CANADA

	Source Information:
		Census Place	Brooklyn, Kings (Brooklyn), New York City-Greater, New York
		Family History Library Film	1254845
		NA Film Number	T9-0845
		Page Number	178B

Munson G PICKETT	Self	W	Male	W	53	CANADA	Machinist	CT	CANADA
Emma PICKETT	Dau	S	Female	W	20	CANADA	Keeping House	CANADA	CANADA
Amelia PICKETT	Dau	S	Female	W	19	CANADA	At Home	CANADA	CANADA
Ida L PICKETT	Dau	S	Female	W	17	CANADA	At Home	CANADA	CANADA
Elmira M PICKETT	Dau	S	Female	W	15	CANADA	At Home	CANADA	CANADA
Mary CALLAHAN	Other	S	Female	W	27	NY	Servant	IRE	IRE

My guesses seem right as I found this article about Letitia, Seymour's wife and widow.

We know little about Letitia's early life - her childhood and education. She was born in Ireland about 1825, and came with her parents, James and Eliza Agnew, to Saint John in 1833. It seems clear that she had brothers and sisters, but we do not know how many, nor exactly where Letitia 'stood' in the family; though she was the eldest daughter, and clearly one of the older children. Her father, James Agnew was a watchmaker and jeweller, and established a good trade in that business in Saint John. The Agnew family was probably Reformed Presbyterian, before they came to Saint John. James Agnew became a ruling elder in the Saint John Reformed Presbyterian congregation. We hear first of Letitia, when as an eighteen-year-old, she married, in 1843. The wedding itself was announced in the New Brunswick Courier of 8 April:

married Thurs. [April 6] by Rev. W.T. Wishart, Seymour Pickett of Golden Vale, Kings Co. [N.B.]/Letitia F., eldest daughter of James Agnew, watchmaker of this city [Saint John].

Rev. Wishart was at that time a Church of Scotland minister of Saint John. The Pickett family was staunchly Church of England.

The Seymour Pickett/Letitia Agnew marriage was to be very eventful.

Seymour was the second son of Gould Pickett. Gould Pickett, of solid Loyalist stock, had built, as a young man, the fulling mill at Pickett's Lake, and for the rest of his days maintained a thriving business there. He also owned good farm land. He was able to keep his wife, three sons and four daughters in comfortable circumstances, having built a large square two-and-one-half-storey house near the mill by the end of the lake.

Gould Pickett was proud of his children. They were smart and eager to learn. He had seen to it that they attended school regularly and were brought up by the teachings of the church. He had taught his sons the fulling business, and although his eldest son, Stephen, moved to a farm several miles away from Pickett's Lake, his other sons, Seymour and Munson, were anxious to carry on the father's business. Gould had expanded the fulling mill to include carding machines, looms and grindstones for gristing. The water to run the mills flowed from Pickett's Lake into a long wooden sluice-way along the outlet stream to feed into the big water wheel. Altogether the location was exceptionally fine, situated beside the road in a beautiful valley just two miles from the center of Kingston village. Small wonder that the entire Pickett home and establishment became known as 'Golden Vale.'

At the time of his death at 75, in 1840, Gould Pickett had reason to feel satisfied with his life. He had served well in a number of positions of public trust. Especially gratifying - he was leaving a well-established business for his two sons to carry on. This gratification was enshrined in his last will and testament.

I, Gould Pickett, Esquire, of the Parish of Kingston in Kings County in the Province of New Brunswick being of sound body and mind thanks be to the great giver of all blessings do hereby make and publish this my Last Will and Testament ... The farm on which I now reside I give to my two sons Seymour and Munson together with all the privileges, buildings, improvements, Mills, Machinery, farming utensils and stock of all descriptions to be equally divided, or to be held as tenants in common when Munson arrives at the age of twenty-one years on condition that they provide for the [rest of the] family till they are able to provide for themselves ... Should my decease happen before Munson comes of age, Seymour is to have all he can realize after keeping Mills and Machinery in good repair, also the buildings, and furnishing the family in a decent and comfortable manner till Munson arrives at the age of twenty-one years ... I also recommend to my sons Seymour, and Munson to carry on business, in partnership after my decease and be sure and take no advantage of each other ... Signed Gould Pickett March 21, 1836.

Gould Pickett died a contented and gratified man. But in his last will and testament were contained the seeds of contention.

According to the terms of the will, Gould Pickett's widow and four daughters lived on at the homestead, as did Munson and Seymour. Munson was only fifteen when his father died and Seymour was twenty-eight, so he assumed sole management of the mills and farm. Seymour was his own boss and that was the way he liked it. Munson worked there, but still had another six years before he came of age and could claim his half of the property.

The mills prospered under Seymour's management. He had ideas and he devised and put into operation some original improvements in the machinery used in the manipulation of cloth.

As already mentioned, Seymour married Letitia Agnew, daughter of a prominent jeweller in Saint John; Letitia was well-educated, refined, sensitive and liked to write poetry. In 1843, a bride of eighteen, and city-bred, she went with her husband to the country to meet for the first time and move into the same household with his mother, four unmarried sisters and younger brother Munson. But the house was divided: Munson, his mother and sisters on one side, and Seymour with his young wife on the other. They lived in separate quarters on opposite sides of the hall of the big two-and-one-half-storey house.

In the spring of 1844, Seymour and Letitia had a baby son, whom they named James Agnew Seymour Pickett. Five months later the baby became ill and died. In the summer of 1845, Letitia bore another son, Henry Bernard.

On March 11th, 1846, Munson came of age. On that day he approached Seymour with a neighbour as witness to claim his half of the property or his property rights as stated in his father's will. Seymour said he would divide and give up everything belonging to Munson and seemed to admit that Munson had as much right there as himself. There was, however, a discrepancy between what Seymour said he would do and what he actually did. He refused to divide the property; to make partition or to allow Munson free access to his part of the farm and the mills. Munson tried to have the matter settled through arbitration, and by having friends reason with Seymour. Seymour reacted by locking doors against Munson, and by continuing sole possession of the property. He further agitated Munson by selling farm items, livestock and mill machinery, part of which rightfully belonged to Munson.

On the one hand, it appeared that Seymour, having enjoyed sole authority of the household, farm and mills during the five years since his father's death, considered that he deserved sole ownership. On the other hand, Munson had lived in anticipation of the day when he would no longer be dependent on his brother, and he was not about to relinquish his inheritance. Munson became increasingly angry and frustrated and stayed away from home, returning only when Seymour was absent.

For Christmas 1846, Seymour took his wife and nineteen-month old child to Saint John to visit Letitia's relatives, the Agnew family, and others. They returned by horse and sleigh late on Saturday afternoon, December 26. Letitia, tucked under blankets with their baby on her lap, enjoyed the ride home through the beautiful countryside, listening to the sleigh bells jingle in the frosty air. Across the frozen Kennebecasis River they rode, then to the heart of Kingston village, past the courthouse and gaol, past the church and cemetery, and Sam Foster's store. They waved and called seasonal greetings to a small group of neighbours standing on the doorstep of Sam's store. On up the hill they went, the horse pulling eagerly now that it was almost home.

The sun dipped below the western side of the creek, and immediately the air seemed to chill. There was Sam Hoyt coming up from his tanning-house. He made shoes as his father had done. When he saw Seymour and Letitia he waved, "I've got your boots ready", he called, "I'll bring them over tomorrow." Seymour nodded and waved.

They followed the road beside the lake, and in a few minutes saw smoke curling from the chimney on his mother's side of the house. They turned into their own yard and Seymour paused to let Letitia and the baby off at the door, then went to put the horse in the barn and feed it for the night. When he entered the back door of the house he heard gaiety coming from his mother's side. Munson was at home having a Christmas party with his mother and sisters. Seymour went into his own kitchen to light a fire to warm the house.

He soon noticed that some articles were awry. On closer inspection he discovered that some documents pertaining to the estate were missing. He stood stark still, his expression darkening. Then he turned abruptly and strode from the room. Letitia perceived his fury and followed nervously. Seymour went to the end of the hall, stopped opposite Munson's door and knocked loudly. "Open up!", he demanded. Munson refused.

"Open up! You've got my papers, I know you've got them!" Seymour's voice rose angrily as he kicked and pounded on the door. "You'll not come in here!", shouted Munson in reply. "You open this door or I'll get an axe and break it in", yelled Seymour in a rage. "Do that, and I'll shoot", warned Munson, just as raging.

Heedless of the warning, Seymour ordered his wife to bring him an axe. She did. He grabbed it, and with one terrific swing burst open a panel of the door. But, before he could strike another blow, there appeared through the opening the black muzzle of a gun. A sudden flash, a loud crack, and Seymour fell to the floor. His hand clasped to his chest, he lay at Letitia's feet, blood trickling and collecting on the floor. Letitia's screams brought Munson to his senses. Horror-stricken, the family carried Seymour to a cot and tried to dress his wounds. Letitia knelt beside him, begging God for his life, her tears mingling with the blood stains on his clothes.

Stunned at first by what had happened, Munson was soon beside himself with grief. In the midst of the horror, Seymour called out for Munson to be brought to his side, where he forgave him freely for what he had done. Four hours after he was shot, Seymour Pickett died.

Scarcely was he gone when a knock came on the door and a constable entered. He arrested the pale and shaken Munson and took him to the gaol in Kingston Square. The entire countryside was thrown into shock and disbelief. Seymour Pickett, known far and wide, shot dead at thirty-four by his brother Munson! Gould Pickett's sons! Such a thing just could not be.

The community pulled itself together long enough to pay their last respects and to attend the funeral for Seymour at Trinity Church. Just a few steps away, confined in the gaol on the other side of the road, Munson neither slept nor ate, but brooded over the consequences of his rash act.

Poor Letitia watched her husband's body being placed in the frozen ground to rest beside the body of their first-born son. Back at the Pickett house, some neighbours, full of pity for the family, had gone in to scrub away the awful bloodstains, using tubs of hot water. Amidst the hustle and bustle, Letitia's second-born, Henry Bernard, ventured too close to the steaming vats, and fell into the scalding water before anyone could grab him.

On hearing the terrible news, Letitia went into shock. The following day, little Henry died. Letitia began the New Year by burying her second son.

Although she was loved by the community, Letitia felt alone. Her husband and children were dead and the circumstances surrounding two of the deaths were too horrible to contemplate. Before long, and pregnant with another child, she moved back to Saint John to be near her parents.

I'll relate that next chapter of Letitia's life; but before doing so, I return for a few moments to Munson Pickett and Kingston Village.

Munson remained in Kingston gaol, charged with the murder of his brother Seymour. At his trial he was defended by Lemuel Allen Wilmot, who later became Attorney General of the province, but Wilmot lost the case. Munson was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. The people of Kingston felt that they couldn't allow another tragedy to occur in the Pickett family, even in the name of justice. They agreed that Munson had done wrong to kill his brother, but they realized that Seymour was not without blame. They knew that Munson had tried repeatedly to gain his rights through peaceful means, although constantly rebuffed by Seymour. In view of this, they circulated a petition for mercy which was numerously signed. One of those signatures was that of Letitia Pickett. The petition was sent to the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, forwarded to the Secretary of State in England, and Munson's sentence was changed to life imprisonment.

While in prison Munson's health suffered, and after four years he was pardoned. Upon his release he returned to Pickett's Lake and began to manage the mills, although the property rights remained with the province. Three of his four sisters married and moved away. His mother moved away also, and the fourth sister, who was unmarried, went to live in Fredericton. Munson ran the mills successfully, and employed several people. In 1858 he married Mary Lee, and they lived at Pickett's Lake in the big old house where Munson had killed his brother twelve years earlier. During those years Munson refused to fix the shattered door still hanging on its hinges in the hallway. His wife and children found it a strain to live on the scene amidst constant reminders of the tragedy. Munson suffered too from the experience of his past, and was quite unhappy and depressed. Sometime after 1862, having operated the mills for about ten years, Munson moved with his family to the United States to make a fresh start.

However, the tragedy had deeply affected others, particularly his unmarried sister who lived in Fredericton. As time went on she became obsessed with the thought of the Pickett property, which had been confiscated by the Crown. She demanded that it be returned, and devoted her full time to achieving that end. She was constantly in and about the House of Assembly in Fredericton, where she seized every opportunity to buttonhole the members and relate her tale of injustice and plea for redress. She was a familiar figure on Queen Street, pacing up and down the street every day with slow, steady, majestic step seldom speaking with anyone, never women. The members of the legislature tried to avoid her, and as long as she didn't disturb the actual sitting of the House, they tolerated her. But finally they considered her too troublesome, and she was sent to the provincial asylum in Saint John. The farm she loved so much was sold to strangers.

Some time in 1847, Letitia took up residence in Saint John, probably with her parents. Later, she gave birth to another baby son, and called him Seymour Pickett.

From this point on, the details of Letitia's life become more sketchy. In the 1851 census of Saint John, it is clear that Letitia, and her four year old son, Seymour Pickett, are living with her widowed mother Eliza Agnew, and several brothers and sisters. Throughout the next period of her life, Letitia contributed poetry to Saint John, N.B., papers and to magazines in Scotland and Ireland. The collection of her poetry was published in 1869.

Late in 1855, she remarried. The New Brunswick Courier of 4 Jan. 1856 carries the announcement:

married Monday evening 31 December [1855] by Rev. A. McLeod Stavely, David Simson, Cupar, Fife, Scotland/Mrs. Letitia Picket, daughter of the late ... James Agnew of Saint John city.

Stavely, as already mentioned, was the Reformed Presbyterian minister of Saint John, and David Simson was a Reformed Presbyterian layman. There must have been children born to Letitia, now Mrs. Simson. And there was death in that family. On 19 January 1864, this newspaper announcement:

On Friday night, 15th [Jan. 1864] David Henry, youngest son of David and Letitia Simson, aged 1 year and 6 months.

Death - even tragic death - seemed to be Letitia's quite consistent companion. She wrote a poem "on the death of a brother, who was accidentally shot by a companion, at Red Head, [N.B.]."

Letitia was to be left a widow for a second time, though when David Simson died is not known. It seems clear that Letitia left Saint John and settled in Boston in the late 1870s. Perhaps it was as an indirect result of the Great Fire in that city in 1877.

We have very little information about Letitia's life in Boston. There is this one detail, carried in a Saint John newspaper in December 1882:

Mrs. Letitia F. Simson, has an appeal in the Georgetown (Mass.) Advocate in favor of the erection of a Home for Friendless Women. General Butler, Mayor Green, Collector Worthington, Gen. Sherman, and other notables are on the committee in aid of the object.

Perhaps Letitia's own life experiences had prepared her to understand the plight of 'friendless women.'

Letitia died on 6 February 1885, approximately sixty years old. There is another announcement in the Saint John press.

Mrs. Simson was known to a great many readers of the local press by her poetic contributions.... They gave evidence that the writer possessed a tender and sympathetic nature. Sometimes she dealt with a patriotic theme or public event, in the treatment of which she displayed poetic fervour. Her friends everywhere will hear with regret of her death.

My Kingston Peninsula Home

Walter Bates and Henry Moon

blackriverrosi — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:50:51 CDT

Walter Bates, Sherrif of Kings Co., Initials carved into a foundation stone of the old Sunday School, now a part of fire-place at Anglican Church Hall. The old Sunday School may have been the oldest building in The Village when it was torn down.

Walter Bate's Book about the famous prisoner, Henry More Smith. Henry was to be hanged, on doubtful evidence, for stealing a horse. He escaped more than once, acted out and won a pardon, thus escaping the noose that was used most readily in Kingston in those days.

Henry More Smith

In the 1970's, classes were conducted at Macdonald Consolidated School in the basement, behind the furnace room, at the site of Henry's dungeon.

Kingston Peninsula Heritage

blackriverrosi — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:44:14 CDT

Heritage Club....

Grand Re- Opening, June 17, John Fisher Memorial Museum, remodeled with 88 volunteer hours....

Beth Quigley, President Peninsula Heritage and Wayne Burley, Heritage Branch, NB.

Retirement gift

The crowd

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Volunteers at the Museum and Carter House like Beth Quigley, Eric McCumber, Darlene Love, Eleanor Hughes and Dorri Gorham, who was recently honoured, are key to success.

　

The Raymond Family and Farm

blackriverrosi — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:26:46 CDT

Silas Raymond made his home in Kingston on property we bought in the 1970's and named Maplewood Farm.

Silas Raymond (1748 - 1824)

Silas Raymond, youngest child of Samuel and Mary Raymond, was born in Norwalk, June 26, 1748. At the age of twenty-one he married Dec. 21, 1769, Sarah Barlow, who was born January 18, 1746

In Bunting's History of Free Masonry in New Brunswick, p. 39, there is an account of the steps taken to organize "Midian Lodge" in Kingston. Of this Lodge I believe Silas Raymond was the first Worshipful Master. Important national events were commonly celebrated by the Kingston folk at the house of Silas Raymond. Among such events may be mentioned the victories of Trafalgar and Waterloo. The dinner and usual festivities at the house of Silas Raymond were, as a matter of course, preceded by attendance at Divine Service in the neighbouring Parish church. Old time newspapers describe several such celebrations at the old shire-town a century or more ago. Mr. Holman made a pencil sketch of the old Raymond House which was reproduced, along with an excellent article on the Loyalists, by the late Dr. James Hannay in the New England Magazine.

Mr. Holman, the artist, drew the house in mid-summer of 1891, when the cinnamon roses along the fence in front of the old house were in full bloom, and the foliage on the trees was very beautiful. The house was without a tenant for a good many years. [Editor's note - Raymond states in the photo caption in his journal that the house was taken down about 1903].

News Articles from NB Archives

Date May 30 1878
County Charlotte
Place Saint Andrews
Newspaper Bay Pilot

We record today the death of Charles RAYMOND at the advanced age of 90 years. His decease has severed another of the now remaining links connecting the present generation with the early history of the county and province. Silas RAYMOND, the father of the deceased, came to this Province with the Loyalists in the year 1783 accompanied by his wife and four eldest children, settling shortly afterwards at Kingston (Kings Co.) in the vicinity of which nearly all his descendants are still living. The family of which Charles Raymond was the last surviving member was a remarkedly long lived one, the ages attained by the several members being as follows: Grace RAYMOND, 77; Samuel RAYMOND, 94; Jesse RAYMOND, 84; Hannah RAYMOND, 87; Sarah RAYMOND, 70; Achsa RAYMOND, 84; Charles RAYMOND, 90; George RAYMOND, 80; Mary RAYMOND, 82; giving an average of 83 years - 'Carleton Sentinel'

Date May 22 1878
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

With the death of Charles Raymond of Woodstock, one of the few remaining links that connect the early history of the Province with the present, has been severed. Silas Raymond and Sarah Raymond, the parents of the deceased, came to St. John from Long Island with the Loyalists in 1783, accompanied with their four eldest children and an aged mother. They settled shortly after at Kingston (Kings Co.) where their mother died at the advanced age of 97. As some slight compensation for the loss of their property abandoned in Norwalk, Conn., they received a grant of 200 sterling from the Crown. The family of which the deceased was the last surviving member was remarkable for its longevity. The following is a table of ages and date of death of each member: Grace Raymond, 26th Sept. 1847, age 76; Samuel Raymond, 22nd Jan. 1867, age 94; Jesse Raymond, 3rd Jan. 1859, age 84; Hannah Raymond, 28th May 1867, age 87; Sarah Raymond, 6th Feb. 1853, age 70; Achsah Raymond, 19th Dec. 1869, age 84; Charles Raymond, 17th May 1878, age 90; George Raymond, 20th April 1870, age 80; Mary Ann Raymond, 1875, age 82. The deceased moved to Woodstock in 1819 at which time there were but two houses upon the banks of the Meduxnakik, the beginnings of a town now numbering nearly 3,000 inhabitants. The deceased descendants of three generations are all living in Woodstock.

Date December 9 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Last night shortly before midnight, Thomas F. Raymond, proprietor of thr Royal Hotel, King Street, passed away. Although his death was not unexpected, as it was known to Dr. Thomas Walker, his attendant physician and friends, yet it was not known until last night that the ends was so near. He was down in the office on Saturday morn. last. In the afternoon he went to his room and has since then been under medical treatment. Mr. Raymond was born at Hampton (Kings Co.) and left there when a lad of about 16 to come to St. John and soon afterwards engaged as a clerk with the firm of Carvell Bros., iron merchants. He subsequently went into the same business on his own account on Union Street. His next and most successful venture was when he entered partnership with the firm extensively engaged in the West India trade. During this time he resided in Liverpool, England. About 28 or 30 years ago, Mr. Raymond returned to St. John and leased the Stubbs Hotel, Prince William Street, conducted for years by Mr. McIntosh. The name of the hotel was changed to that of the Royal. The business was conducted without interruption until the big fire of 1877, in which Mr. Raymond lost heavily. In a few days afterwards the public found Mr. Raymond comfortably established in the Prince building on the north side of King Square and known as the Stanley Hotel. He remained in business on the square about three years and then moved to the present stand on King Street, as well and popularly known as one of the foremost hotels in the maritime provinces. Deceased was 74 years old and was never married. He leaves a number of nephews and nieces to whom he was greatly attached. These include James T. Raymond of this city; W.E. Raymond, George Raymond of Hampton; Mrs. D. McL. SMITH of this city; Mrs. DECOSTA of Barbadoes who is now here and Miss Alice Raymond and her brothers Albert Raymond and Edward Raymond.

Date August 17 1833
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

Est.: Charles Raymond, Hampton, Kings Co.;Exec: Joanna Raymond, Stephen G. FOWLER

Date August 15 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

... Hear and near the shore of Darling's Island (Kings Co.) was pointed out to me the residence of the late Capt. OTTY, R.N. who saw active service in the war of 1812. He came to New Brunswick soon after the termination of the war and purchased an estate on Darling's Island. He married a Miss CROOKSHANK of St. John. He was the father of Col. Andrew OTTY, Judge OTTY, R.W. OTTY, Allen OTTY, Henry P. OTTY, Wm OTTY, John OTTY and Mrs. Dr. EARLE, the last four of whom are still living. Near this point we passed the ruins of the residence of the late Stent Raymond and Charles Raymond, which was built more than one hundred years ago. Mrs. Charles Raymond, who is said to be 94 years old, is still living at Upper Maugerville (Sunbury Co.). Nearby is the birthplace of Thos. F. Raymond, the proprietor of the Royal Hotel. Stent Raymond's property descended through James Raymond and James Woolsey Raymond to George Raymond, the present owner. (see original 'In Kings')

Date November 28 1895
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe

The death occurred this morn. of James T. Raymond, the Mill street grocer. Mr. Raymond, who was about 45 years of age, was a brother of W.E. Raymond of the Royal Hotel and Geo. Raymond of Hampton (Kings Co.) His death was due to an accident he met with about a week ago. He fell backwards from his express wagon and pulled a barrel of vegetables on him inflicting some internal injuries. Mr. Raymond, about 25 years ago, was steward of the Royal Hotel when it was on Prince William Street. About 1880 he took charge of the Loch Lomond House and managed it for three years, then moving to Woodstock where he spent two or three years. From there he went to Montana, returning here about six years ago and opened the store on Mill Street. His wife, who survives him with a son and two daughters, was a d/o late Dr. RUDDOCK of St. Martins (St. John). Mr. Raymond was a member of the Foresters.

Date November 29 1895
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Regret was expressed yesterday for the death of James T. Raymond, grocer, Mill Street. Mr. Raymond fell backwards from an express wagon and pulled a barrel of vegetables with him. He suffered internal injuries which caused his death. He was about 45 years old. He leaves a wife, son and two daughters. Deceased was a brother of W.E. Raymond of the Royal Hotel and of George Raymond of Hampton

Date January 6 1894
County Carleton
Place Woodstock
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel

By the death of Mrs. Raymond, wife of Lt. Col. C.W. Raymond, an esteemed family is deproved of an excellent wife and mother. Mrs. Raymond, well advanced in years, had been ill for soem time. The funeral occurred 30th ult., Rev. Canon Neales officiating at the parish church and grave. There were no pall bearers, the casket containing the names were reverently borne from the church to the grave by sons of the deceased, Rev. W.O. Raymond, Lee Raymond, Arthur Raymond and C.T. PERKINS, a son-in-law.

Date January 7 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe

A telegram from Hampton (Kings Co.) says J.W. Raymond, father of W.E. Raymond and brother of Thomas F. Raymond of the Royal Hotel, died this morn. Mr. Raymond was a prominent farmer and was about 71 years of age. His wife, three sons and one daughter survive him.

Date August 1 1892
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

The General Public Hospital Commission suffered a loss on Saturday in the death of Thomas F. Raymond, their secretary. Mr. Raymond had not been in good health for some time previous and a vacation at St. Andrews failed to improve it. He was at one time a member of the firm of Raymond & Smith, the latter being the late G.W. SMITH and his business never recovered from the effects of the great fire. He was senior past master of Albion Lodge, F.& A.M. Mrs. Raymond survives him.

Date December 14 1895
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

The death occurred at Philadephia yesterday of Philo M. Raymond who was a divinity student in that city. Mr. Raymond graduated from King's College two years ago and intended to enter the ministry. He was but 25 years of age. He was a brother of Edward Raymond, barrister of this city and his family reside in Carleton (St. John). Mr. Raymond had taken the service on more than one occasion in St. Jude's Church.

Date January 27 1866
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning Telegraph

Stabbing affray at St. Andrews (Charlotte Co.) DALTON, ship carpenter belonging to Portland (St. John) stabbed by Raymond, is now lying in a dangerous condition. Raymond is from Woodstock (Carleton Co.) - son of Raymond who at one time was accused of kidnapping a negro. He is also a discharged soldier from the U.S. Army (see original). (See George L. Raymond, Vital Statistics From New Brunswick Newspapers Volume 18)

Date July 6 1895
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe

Boston 'Herald' - Word was received Thursday morn. of the death of J. Maxfield Raymond, better known in this city and vicinity at Jerry Raymond. He had been ill for a long time and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Raymond was born in Woodstock, N.B. in 1850 and came to Boston when he was 20 years of age. He worked as a compositor on several New Brunswick newspapers, including the 'Herald', for a number of years and in 1880 commenced with his brother, C.M. Raymond, the manufacture of the Raymond skate, developing a business which attained remarkable growth. While the roller skating craze in this country died, it became as much a fad in Australia and countries as it was here, and firm did a large foreign business. He leaves a widow and four brothers.

Date July 13 1895
County Carleton
Place Woodstock
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel

A letter from his brother, G.J. Raymond under date July 4th, brought us the intelligence that Jerry Maxwell Raymond was dead. He was born in Woodstock in 1850 and lived here until he was twenty years old, when he graduated from the 'Sentinel' office and went to Boston where, quoting the Boston 'Herald', he worked as compositor on several Boston newspapers, including the 'Herald', and in 1880 commenced with his brother, C.M. Raymond, the manufacture of Raymond skate, developing a business which attained a remarkable growth. While the roller skating craze died out in this country. it became as much a fad in Australia and in other countries and the firm did a large foreign business. Mr. Raymond had been ill for over a year and leaves a widow and four brothers in Boston, and a sister, Mrs. Robert WAKEM of Greenfield (Carleton Co.). He was a member of A.& H. Artillery Co. and of Joseph Wabb Lodge, F.& A.M. and St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter.

Ongoing Kingston News

blackriverrosi — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:58:13 CST

KINGSTON PENINSULA - Ernie Gorham is a typical, hardworking farmer adored by his community. Cindy Wilson/Telegraph-Journal The loss of 4,500 mature turkeys on Nov. 28 translated into a $50,000 loss for Ernie Gorham and Gorham Creek Farm. He is also a little shy. While he is opting to step away from the limelight as he comes to grips with the hit to his livelihood on Nov. 28, his neighbours are committed to lending a hand to the man they say would be the first to help others. It was on that weekend when a power outage devastated Gorham Creek Farm. Neighbour Pete Dickie explained that Gorham had gone to bed and around midnight, the area suffered a power loss. Usually the barn's backup system kicks in, ringing to the house to alert Gorham if the mandatory fans used to circulate the air and keep his turkeys alive stop working. That backup system also failed that night because rodents had chewed through its wires, which means in the massive barn where his turkeys lived, the fans were not working to blow in the fresh air needed to keep levels of carbon dioxide from building up. At 6 a.m., when Gorham woke up and found the power off in his home, he went to his barn and found that 4,500 mature turkeys that were ready for Christmas harvest had suffocated. He found the dead turkeys piled in corners where they huddled in search of fresh air. They would have died without the air circulating within an hour and a half, Dickie said. Only 1,000 from his flock survived. The financial loss rings in at about $50,000, and because it is not feasible to transport and harvest the remaining 1,000 turkeys, Gorham is selling them locally. They will be ready on Dec. 22. "This was his entire year lost," Dickie said. Gorham had raised the turkeys from chicks and "they were ready to go. "Farmers are not strangers to misfortunate or setback, but this is a tremendous blow." Dickie said the tight-knit community is helping with fundraising events and has established a trust fund that will help ease that blow. "It's just so sad, especially given the time of year. Here he was with his hay wagon carrying load after load of dead turkeys from the barn. And he kept a smile on his face," Dickie said. Gorham is the second generation owner of the sprawling farm his father started at Gorham's Bluff on the Kingston Peninsula. With four children and the turkey farm Gorham's sole income, the community is doing what it can even though the farmer prefers not to put anyone out. Because of the cost of reinvesting in a new flock, Dickie said it will take three or four years for Gorham to recuperate after this devastation. The community is holding what they are calling the Turkeypalozza dance for Gorham at the Moss Glen Legion on Jan. 16 with music by Smokehouse. The benefit begins at 7 p.m. People can also make donations to the Gorham Farm Trust Fund at any Scotiabank.

KINGSTON PENINSULA - The size of a community says nothing about the size of its heart.

Telegraph-Journal..Published Saturday January 23rd, 2010

Gorham Creek Farm lost 4,500 turkeys as a result of a power outage in November.

The people of the Kingston Peninsula have been rallying to raise funds to help a local farmer who lost a year's worth of income two months ago when his turkeys perished. Through trust fund donations and a benefit dance and auction, the community raised $15,600.
Called Turkeypalooza, the silent auction and dance held last Saturday night at the Moss Glen Legion went far beyond the success neighbour and organizer Pete Dickie imagined.
"It was a huge success," said organizer and neighbour Pete Dickie said. "It was unbelievable. The whole Peninsula was there. Cars were lined up for miles.
"One guy won a $400 50/50 and gave it back to me. Someone else bought three loaves of fresh bread at the silent auction for almost $40. It was crazy."
The money will help well-known local farmer Ernie Gorham recoup after his loss.
It was on Nov. 28, 2009 when a power outage devastated Gorham Creek Farm. Gorham had gone to bed and around midnight the area suffered a power loss. Usually the barn's back-up system kicks in, ringing to the house to alert Gorham if the mandatory fans used to circulate the air and keep his turkeys alive stop working.
That back-up system also failed that night, which means in the massive barn where his turkeys lived, the fans were not working to blow in the fresh air needed to keep levels of carbon dioxide from building up.
At 6 a.m., when Gorham woke up and found the power off in his home, he went to his barn and found 4,500 mature turkeys that were ready for Christmas harvest had suffocated. He found the dead turkeys piled in corners where they huddled in search of fresh air.
Only 1,000 from his flock survived. The loss rung in at about $50,000.
Dickie said about $2,000 was raised through donations from across the province to the now-closed trust fund. The remainder came from the community during the benefit.

Investigation: Victim recovering from surgery at Saint John hospital after Lower Norton incident

Published Saturday February 6th, 2010

LOWER NORTON - A 42-year-old man lay wounded in a puddle of his own blood for more than four hours Friday morning before dragging himself to his front door and crying out for help, an RCMP officer said in an interview.

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Peter Walsh/Telegraph-Journal

This is the house at 327 Ketchum Road in Lower Norton where a man was shot Friday morning. He suffered a wound that required surgery and was listed in serious condition Friday night.
The man suffered a gunshot wound in a shooting incident.
His sister heard his call as she walked her children from their home next door to catch the school bus, Cpl. Pat Cole said.
"She heard the commotion and ran over and checked on him," Cole said. "The sister and the brother-in-law did perform first aid on him."
The unidentified man was recovering from surgery at the Saint John Regional Hospital.
The RCMP issued a press release Friday night saying a 41-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the shooting.
"District 3 RCMP, with the assistance of the RCMP negotiation team and the Saint John Police Force Emergency Response Team, arrested the suspect without incident in his residence in Erbs Cove," the release said.
Hampton RCMP received a call from the house at 327 Ketchum Rd. at 7:43 a.m. about the shooting. But the incident happened hours before, possibly as early as 3 a.m., the RCMP said.
"He had been there for several hours," Cole said of the victim.
"As far as we know it's not life-threatening, but anytime you have surgery something could happen," Cole said of the victim's injuries.
In a release Friday night, the RCMP said the man "remains in hospital in serious condition."
Beyond saying the victim had "fragments removed from his body," Cole would not release details concerning the victim's injuries or what type of gun was used.
Outside the victim's house, a grey building with white trim, there were no signs of what occurred the night before. No yellow police tape ringed the structure externally and no police cars were in sight Friday afternoon.
The only noise was a screen door at the victim's house that squeaked as it blew open in the wind and the screaming buzz of a chainsaw somewhere in the woods.
The smell of wood stoves filled the air and light wisps of smoke rose from the house and into the sunny, blue sky.
The man's sister lives in a trailer overlooking the house where the shooting occurred.
While sounds could be heard inside, no one responded to knocks at the door.
Neighbours in the area were polite, but tight-lipped.
Separated by a stand of trees, two men stood at the end of a laneway and split firewood. They smiled and said they knew the victim, but that they didn't hear a sound.
Staff at the Kingston General Store, the rural community's hub, brushed off media questions.

Suspect arrested in Kingston shooting Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2010

The Ketchum Road home in Lower Norton where a 42-year-old man was shot Friday. (CBC)A 41-year-old man has been arrested after another man was shot at a home on New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula Friday morning.
The suspect was arrested without incident at his home in Erbs Cove, N.B., by members of the District 3 RCMP, with the assistance of the RCMP negotiation team and the Saint John Police Force's emergency response team, said RCMP Cpl. Pat Cole.
Meanwhile, the 42-year-old man who was shot underwent surgery and was listed in serious but stable condition at the Saint John Regional Hospital, said Cole.
Neighbours have identified the victim as Danny Brien.
Police believe the victim was shot sometime between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. No one else was in the home, located on Ketchum Road in Lower Norton, at the time.
The man was found about five hours later by his sister, who lives next door.
Hampton RCMP Cpl. Pat Cole said the victim could have bled to death within a few more hours. (CBC)"He was yelling for help and it just happened that his sister was bringing her children to the bus and heard the commotion and ran over to see what was going on," said Cpl. Pat Cole of the Hampton RCMP.
"He'd been yelling the whole time," he said.
"When we located the victim, he was in a pool of blood, he was covered in sleeping bags and blankets, and he was in a state of shock," Cole said.
"He could have bled out if he wouldn't have been seen in the next few hours."
The victim and suspect are believed to know one another, and it's considered an isolated incident, said Cole.
The investigation continues.

February 9, 2010

HAMPTON - Two brothers charged in connection with a shooting on the Kingston Peninsula Friday were released from custody following a bail hearing in Hampton provincial court Monday.
Scott Douglas Quigley, 41, of Erbs Cove and Adam Dale Quigley, 36, of Kingston appeared together in handcuffs and leg chains in the prisoner's box. Several family members were on hand for support.
Scott Quigley was arrested by District 3 RCMP on Friday night. Adam Quigley was arrested Monday, just hours before his court appearance.
The two men, both plumbers, are charged with acting together on Feb. 5 in the aggravated assault of 42-year-old Daniel Brien of Lower Norton.
There is a publication ban on evidence given during the joint bail hearing. Scott Quigley was represented by lawyer David Kelly and Adam Quigley was represented by duty lawyer John King.
Hampton RCMP said Brien was found lying in a puddle of his own blood Friday morning by his sister next door, who heard his cries for help as she walked her children to the school bus. He had dragged himself to the front door of his Ketchum Road home.
Police say he was shot several hours before.
Brien was shot in the leg and has since undergone surgery at the Saint John Regional Hospital to repair the extensive damages.
While Crown prosecutor Kelly Winchester objected to the release of the two Quigley brothers, Judge James McNamee said under strict conditions of a Form 12 court order, he does not see the public at risk with their release from jail.
Both Quigleys were released subject to certain conditions including that they keep the peace and refrain from alcohol consumption and the possession of weapons and ammunition. They must report to the Hampton police and have no contact with Brien.
The pair must also remain at home under house arrest conditions between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily unless they are travelling directly to and from work.
At least two supporters of Brien's sat in the front of the courtroom to hear the judge's decision on bail. When the judge announced the Quigleys' release, one young man stormed out and refused to talk to reporters outside the courtroom.
The Quigleys will appear again in Hampton provincial court next Tuesday to enter an election on the indictable charge they face.
Aggravated assault carries a maximum prison term of 14 years.

February 17, 2010

HAMPTON - Two brothers charged in the shooting of a Lower Norton man have elected trial by judge and jury.
Scott Douglas Quigley, 41, of Erbs Cove and Adam Dale Quigley, 36, of Kingston, appeared in Hampton provincial court together on Tuesday.
In a statement that surprised Judge Henrik Tonning, defence lawyer Larry Veniot said the matter is ready to proceed to the higher court without a preliminary hearing.
The judge said that during his legal career, it has found it uncommon for anyone electing a jury trial to waive a preliminary hearing.
"I've been at 'er 30 years," Tonning said.
The case has been forwarded to the Court of Queen's Bench in Saint John to set a trial date.
The Quigleys were released from custody a week ago following a bail hearing in Hampton court.
They face charges of indictable aggravated assault that were laid following a shooting on Feb. 5.
The men, both plumbers, were charged in the shooting of 42-year-old Daniel Brien of Lower Norton. Brien remains in the hospital with leg injuries from a gunshot wound.
Both Quigleys are in the community awaiting their trial on conditions including that they keep the peace and refrain from alcohol consumption and the possession of weapons and ammunition. The two brothers must report to the Hampton police and have no contact with Brien.
The pair must also remain at home under house-arrest conditions between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily unless they are travelling directly to and from work.
On Tuesday, Tonning allowed a slight modification to both men's conditions to allow Adam Quigley to go to his mother's home across the street from his home, and to allow Scott Quigley to move from his residence into a new one early in March as planned. He must notify the RCMP at the time.
Aggravated assault carries a maximum prison term of 14 years.

CATCHING A SHARK....2010

It wasn't quite a scene from Jaws but it was a memory a trio of youngsters from the Kingston Peninsula won't soon forget.

Telegraph-Journal

William Jones, left, Jacob Baxter, centre, and his brother, Kaleb, hold up a shark that they caught while ice fishing in their grandfather Sid Baxter’s shack off of the Moss Glen Road.

Jacob and Kaleb Baxter and their cousin William Jones had just finished their day at MacDonald Consolidated School on Wednesday and hitched a ride home with William's mother, Karen Jones.
Hooked on ice fishing, thanks to their grandfather Sid Baxter, the three couldn't wait to get home to dump their book bags and head to the shack, located on the Kennebecasis River off the Moss Glen Road.
Things appeared to be unfolding nicely in the late afternoon, at least for William and Kaleb. It seemed as though they couldn't get their gaspereau bait on their hooks quick enough before they'd get another bite. They barely had time to tease Jacob, who was just a couple of feet away but down on his luck.
William and Kaleb figured they probably had more than 15 fish between them.
Now comes a fish story all three say is true.
"I said, 'I'm going to catch the biggest shark in the ocean,' " said 12-year-old Jacob. "And about a minute later, I caught something. It was really hard to reel in so I knew I had a big fish."
Big all right. And it wasn't your garden-variety smelt that is often the catch of the day during ice-fishing season on the Kennebecasis.
In fact, it wasn't a smelt at all.
It was a shark, an honest to goodness shark, measuring 28-and-a-half inches long and three-and-a-half pounds. It didn't have the big teeth associated with the predators vilified in the movies but it still had a mouthful of tiny razor-like weapons.
"When I pulled it up, I said, 'Holy, this is crazy,' " Jacob said. "I kind of turned around and it hit my brother's leg. He was jumping all around and I said, 'William, open the door.' He did and we all went outside."
Both William and Kaleb both confirmed what would be Jacob's prophetic proclamation.
"Me and Kaleb were catching all the fish and Jake said, 'I'm going to catch the biggest shark in the ocean,' " William said. "About a minute later, Jake hooked something and he could hardly even bring it up."
Kaleb, an 11-year-old in Grade 6, didn't dispute the fact there was excitement within the tight quarters of the three-hole shack.
"At first, I saw its eyes coming out and then Jake hit me in the leg with it and I flipped out."
William told much the same story.
"I saw the big green eyes coming up and as soon as he got it out of the hole, I said, 'Holy crap.' Jake started yelling at me. I opened the door and plowed right out."
Was he scared? Nah. Well, maybe just a little.
"Not as scared as Kaleb," said William, the oldest of the three at 13.
The boys rushed home to show their prized catch to their grandparents - Joan and Ralph Howlett and Sid and Betty Baxter - and before long, much of the community heard the news, including their parents Bill and Fran Baxter and Karen and Thane Jones.
Only one question remained: Was it really a shark? Or was it just a big ugly hake or some other creature the boys weren't familiar with?
Professor Steve Turnbull, a shark biologist at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, was consulted and confirmed the news after seeing pictures.
"It's definitely a spiny dogfish," he said, before explaining it's one of many names associated with the fish scientifically known as the Squalus acanthias. "He's a full-fledged shark.
"He's a little underweight which is not surprising, given the time of year and the circumstances. It's the first I have heard of one being that far up the river.
"These guys are supposed to be farther south this time of year and not supposed to survive in fresh water, at least not for very long."
Turnbull believes that the shark was likely swept up river by the tide.
"As far as I know they're found in brackish waters - mouths of bays and estuaries like the St. John River and Kennebecasis River and near Reversing Falls.
"These animals are migratory. In the winter, they're supposed to move south to New England and North Carolina.
"He's not supposed to be here."

KINGSTON - Residents on the Kingston Peninsula will vote Tuesday night to determine if there is enough interest to establish a liquor outlet.....February 2010

Telegraph-Journal

Steve Gatien, owner of the Kingston General Merchants, would like to see a liquor store somewhere on the Kingston Peninsula.

The community meeting, called by the Kingston Chamber of Commerce on behalf of NB Liquor, will be held at the Moss Glen Legion at 7 p.m.
Currently, residents and cottagers along the peninsula typically make the trek to Hampton, or travel across the ferry to Public Landing to get their drinks.
Nora Lacey, communications manager for NB Liquor, said the meeting and vote were initiated by the community to gauge support for an agency store. If the support is there, NB Liquor will give them what they are asking for.
If there's a positive vote, a tender will be called, potential sites will be visited and a recommendation could be in the hands of the corporation's board of directors by April for final approval, she said.
"It's totally up to the community if they want this," Lacey said. "It's very much a community-driven decision."
As it stands, 47 corporate stores and 70 agency stores dot the province in areas NB Liquor feels adequately meets the demand of customers.
Lacey said NB Liquor received a letter from a business owner in the community who would like to operate a liquor outlet from his existing business.
Steve Gatien, owner of Kingston General Merchants, acknowledged he's the business owner who initiated the process.
He said whether it's his business or some other, he believes there's a real need for a place to buy wine, spirits and beer, especially in the summertime.
With a school and church located across the road from his general store in the heart of Kingston, he admits there's opposition to a liquor outlet in the community.
"When you're a little guy like me, you don't want to rock any boats," Gatien said. "For me personally, it's not about the liquor, it's about staying in business and keeping the gas pumps in our community. You know the old story, you grow or you go.
"For most people, though, they don't like the hike out of the community to get a bottle of wine," he added. "In the summer, the population here better than doubles. The cottagers who come into the store are appalled you cannot buy a bottle of wine or a six pack of beer on the peninsula. They are a major player here.
"The Kingston Peninsula is one large playground in the summer. It's all about fun and recreation."
While the businessman had hoped cottagers could vote tonight, Lacey confirmed the vote is for registered residents of the local service district who live between Whiting Lane and the Neck Road.
The area was selected because it's the most likely user group of a potential liquor outlet.
Gatien, a lifelong resident of the peninsula who went into business in 1999, said this issue has been a hot one on the peninsula in recent months and there is even a Facebook site that is encouraging people to get out and vote.
Dick Gorham, a member of both the Kingston LSD and the Kingston Chamber of Commerce, said there are church groups that are particularly disinterested in an agency store located in the community because their religious principles oppose alcohol.
"This is not a meeting to have a bar or tavern in our community," he said.
Gorham said he supports the establishment of the agency store in the community, and doesn't see the sale of liquor as being more detrimental than the sale of tobacco products.
Currently, from Whiting Lane, Lacey said the closest place to get alcohol is 16.2 kilometres away in Hampton.

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MOSS GLEN - When Kingston Peninsula residents finally got down to voting Tuesday night, it wasn't even close.

Telegraph-Journal, February 2010

Alison Lamrock casts her ballot during Tuesday night’s vote on whether there should be an NB Liquor agency store on the Kingston Peninsula.

Telegraph-Journal

The Moss Glen Legion was overflowing with people who turned out for Tuesday night’s meeting.

They came out strongly in favour of having an NB Liquor agency store in their area.
The meeting at the Moss Glen Legion to vote on the issue drew more than 200 people. A few of the minority opposing the idea attempted to draw out the evening with long speeches, but after listening for a few minutes the crowd shouted them down.
In the end 231 votes were cast and only 36 were against the idea.
The vote is not binding on New Brunswick Liquor Corp., but was taken as a sign that the liquor corporation should proceed to the next step of asking the local business community for expressions of interest in opening an agency store, said Tim Seymour, district manager of corporate stores for NB Liquor.
"When we do the selection process our objective always is to select the applicant with the best combination of business experience, financial stability and location," he said.
Up until the last minute before the meeting, it was unclear exactly who would be able to vote. Originally NB Liquor set some boundaries, but in the end it was decided that anyone who lived on the Kingston Peninsula at least six months of the year was eligible.
Originally the local service district was asked to organize the meeting but was unable to do it, so the Kingston Peninsula Chamber of Commerce took on the challenge, said president Linda Dupuis.
"Because the Kingston Peninsula Chamber of Commerce called the meeting and the chamber represents the whole peninsula, they (NB Liquor) allowed us to go beyond those boundaries that were established originally so that everyone on the Kingston Peninsula could vote," she said.
Bill Lane stood up during the meeting to speak against having an agency store in the area, saying easier availability of alcohol would lead to more crime and deaths.
"Here on the peninsula alone in the past few years there have been four deaths with alcohol-related situations," he said. "If we make it more available to our youth, we are inviting more problems."
Steve Gatien, owner of Kingston General Merchants, was at the meeting helping to set up chairs. He has said he is interested in putting in an application for an agency.
Murray Bacon, a resident of the peninsula, said he would like to know where the outlet might be located before voting. He is concerned that Gatien's store is in a school zone, which he feels is inappropriate for an agency outlet.
NB Liquor has more than 70 agency stores throughout the province and they have been running smoothly for over 20 years, Seymour said.

QUISPAMSIS - A man who was believed to have a gun drove to the middle of the ice on the Kennebecasis River and stayed there for almost an hour Friday afternoon.

Telegraph-Journal Feb 28, 2010

KâtÈ Braydon/Telegraph-Journal

A man stands by a pickup truck on the Kennebecasis River on Friday afternoon. At right, traffic on the Gondola Point Arterial is lined up as the ferry service was temporarily shut down.

Sgt. Gary Fournier of District 3 RCMP said the man is known to police and may have been carrying a weapon.
"It was indicated he had a firearm," Fournier said over the phone as the incident was unfolding.
Cpl. Rob Landry of the RCMP said Friday night the man was in custody and will have a remand hearing today. No charges have been laid.
He said whether or not the man had a gun is still being investigated.
The pickup truck was parked on the middle of the ice near the Gondola Point ferry at about 4 p.m. Friday. For almost an hour, the man sat inside the truck, walked around outside and bent over and looked at the ice. At some points, he got in the truck and drove it around in circles. Just before 5 p.m. the man drove to the Kingston side of the river and was taken into police custody. No one was injured.
A long lineup of cars waited in supper-hour traffic in the rain as the bizarre event unfolded. The ferry service was interrupted frequently during the drama.
The truck was dark in colour and was barely visible from the Quispamsis side of the river.
Citizens watched from cars parked at a small parking lot off Gondola Point Road usually used by people accessing Gondola Point Beach in the summer. Police later asked drivers to move their vehicles from the lot. By 5 p.m. traffic flow was back to normal on the ferry runs.

Kingston man violates conditions in Valley
SAINT JOHN - A man convicted of conspiring to produce marijuana will serve the remainder of his year-long sentence in jail after he violated conditions of his house arrest on Nov. 27. Michael David Somerville, 39, of the Kingston Peninsula, had only served two weeks of his house arrest - living with his parents in Quispamsis - when he committed two violations. He did not get back home by his 5 p.m. curfew last weekend when he ran out of gas and went to a nearby restaurant for a drink, violating another condition. "In my view, if he took his curfew seriously, he would have walked home," Justice William Grant said in the Court of Queen's Bench on Monday. He said when the trust of a conditional sentence is violated, there must be consequences. Somerville was considered a lesser target in the RCMP's Operation June Bug sting, which wrapped up last year.

Carter House

blackriverrosi — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:51:35 CST

Carter House about 1906.William Samuel Carter,
M.A., LL.D., D.C.D., of loyalist decent. Born at Kingston, N.B. 1858,
died at Fredericton, N.B. 1931. Chief superintendent of education since
1909. Pres. of Senate of New Brunswick University. Pres. of Dominion
Education Association, Pres. of Federated Canadian Club 1911, and
a member of the Kingston Memorial Church.

Carter House 2008, picture by Darlene Love.

Grand Opening, Carter House.

Loyalist Days at Carter House, Photo, by Freeman Patterson, owned by Shirley Short.

Shirley Short on left, one of the founders of Loyalist days, Kingston.

Carter House Shed. Carter House Visit.

Macdonald Consolidated School Photos

blackriverrosi — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:46:19 CST

1965 Yearbook Staff

In this photo: Barb Bostwick, , Marc Stewart, Ida MacPherson, Linda Johnson, Mildred Bostwick, Pat Hanscom

Joan V Fullerton

. 1965 Student Council

In this photo: David Johnston, Susan Thompson,Skippy Ashe, Anne Scribner, Mr Johnston, John Quigley, Gewn Quigley, Sarah Quiqley

1965 school teachers

In this photo: Mrs.White, Mrs. Wetmore, Mr Johnston, Etha White, Mrs Short, Gordon Miller, Mr Wright

1965 grade 11

In this photo: Mr. Johnston, Roberta Withers , Fred Smith, Wendell Flewelling, Billy White, Fred Healy, Joan Fullerton

1965 grade 10

In this photo: Gordon Miller, Paul MacFarland, Skip Ashe, Mae Hamilton, Ann Scribner, Monte Bonney, Donna Hatfield

1965 grade 9

In this photo: Pat Whittaker Hanscom, Pat Hanscom, Pat Whittaker, Randy Trites, Carol Gray, John Edwards, Gail Miller , Susan Thompson

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Eldon Pitt, back, second from right

.1946...Charlie Waddell, back, third frm left, Bung Waddell, back right

In this photo: Gordon Bostwick?, Dean Grant, Malcolm Dann, Jane Trites, Ricky Hayes, Alma Hamilton, Sonya Waddell, Jane Gilliland, Cindy Butler, Brian Johnston, Brenda, Steve Waddell, Randy Hampton, Alan Sweet

In this photo: Charlie Asselstein, Albert Clark, Florence Crowe (whittaker), Florence Whittaker, Marilyn Erb, Cathy McKenna (Anderson), Cathy McKenna, Debbie Scott, Mark Wheaton, Barb Fullerton, Charlie Prince, Elouise Campbell, Dougie Wade, Elaine Pitt, Gerald Pierce, Lorraine Marshall, Glendon Dann

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1904

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Christopher Wager Cosman

blackriverrosi — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:31:07 CST

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Darlene Love moved to Kingston in 1969, a place she had never heard of, only to discover years later that her mystery grandfather, Christopher wager Cosman, was born in Kingston and that her Great-great grandparents, James and Betsy Ann Cosman were Loyalist farmers in Kingston and Shamper's Bluffs and that they ran a store and mill at "Hogtown" or Lower Kingston, near Cosman Lake...otherwise known as Bate's Lake or Kingston Lake. Betsy Ann ( Golding ) Cosman is buried in the Baptist Cemetery, Kingston ( Cosman donated land) and James Cosman was taken across the river to Tenants Cove for burial. Christopher Cosman is buried with his parents, John Nelson Cosman and Lydia Ann Sheck, at Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Lower Millstream..

Christopher was a teamster and horse trainer.

Trinity Church

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My Kingston Peninsula Home

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This is an ongoing collection of information by Darlene on Kingston and with pictures of the Kingston Peninsula in New Brunswick, with essays on Kingston Peninsula History, New Brunswick, Canada, of long ago and of today. All who are interested are welcome to view and to enjoy this site. The Love Family Kingston are featured on the site as well as many outher Loyalist families. Darlene Love is a grandaughter of Christopher Cosman, an old Loyalist Peninsula family. When she moved to Kingston in 1969, she was really coming home. There are lots of slide shows of the school, school kids, young peoples, parades, snapshots, market, and many other things old and new. Kingston Loyalist days are featured.

Above, Darlene Love, modeling at the barns, Crestwood.

Others are welcome to join as users and as writers with approval. Send me a message or join. Also see my Lawton website http://www.lawtonfamilynb.com/

I have a vast collection of items on Kingston and some essays and diaries, so this is a work in progress. I also am building my family history site, ( Lawton and Cosman ) and belong to a Bronte site. I do Kings Co. and Saint John Co. family histories as well. Welcome questions. Rosi

Other pages to visit are -Village of Kingston The Village Loyalist Days ,Loyalist Days 2, Loyalist days 3, Loyalist Days 4,

Loyalist Day Snaps Black and White, Loyalist Days Snaps Colour,

More loyalist Days, 1960's,Loyalist Day Spectators ,.

The Kin gs ton Farmers' Market, Market 2007 Busy Days, Grand Opening Expanded Market 2007,.

People of Kingston, The School,School Kids Village of Kingston, The Village, News, News 2,.

Love family Kingston, History ,,,Beginnings, History .... Growth, Kingston Peninsula.

Kingston Old and New,The Willows, Walter Bates and Henry Moon, The Village.

Wayne Cosman's Birthday and family pictures, Scribner-Earle, Waddell Family ( from Scotland ).

Gatiens, Heritage Home, Kingston General Merchants ( Hill House ), Kingston General Merchants, Slide Show,

Trinity Church, King and Queen Contest, Kingston Snapshots,

Kingston Young Peoples and School Kids.

Market Season 2008
Love Grandkids Step Grand kids

Maplewood Farm-The Love's Love Family Homes, Kingston

Raymond House Carter House PICKETT MURDER Loyalist Stories

Kingston peninsula Churches Kingston Peninsula Heritage

Maps Events News of Old....Long Reach

Heritage Buildings The Cosman's of Kingston Far and Wide....Kingston Folk Away

Above, Tom Love, winner of first pumpkin growing contest at the Kingston Farmers' Market, new building.

Early Loyalist Settlers at Kingston

When we moved to Kingston, on the Kingston Peninsula, New Brunswick, in 1969, it seemed remote, lonely and at the ends of the earth.. We knew nobody and had moved into a house that had belonged to a member of a rigidly religious and reclusive family who shunned us as outsiders more than they shunned their fellow citizens who did not adhere to the chosen faith. It was an unlucky landing for a young family, as no other neighbours lived close by, so our young children had nobody but themselves to play with. This was made harder to because they knew these people had youngsters who were not allowed contact with us. All about us was their land, their territory, their hostility. We had no idea that these people were not the standard for the wider community and some lonely years were ahead for us.

Now, for us, Kingston and the Kingston Peninsula is the center of the universe. We have had a long and varied family life and working life here, an interesting story, of which, I will write more later.

People of Kingston

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Far and Wide....Kingston Folk Away

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Date August 7 1895
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

Miss Mary E. COFFEY, a native of Kingston (Kings Co.) N.B., is living at Manchester, Vermont and is the companion of Mrs. Grant, widow of President Grant. Recently she accompanied Mrs. Grant on a visit to the Soldier's Home in Bennington, Vermont, which she found under the charge of Major R.J. COFFEE, who proved to be her cousin, Major R.J. Coffey was born in St. John, N.B. Dec. 15, 1842. He went to Vermont in childhood. In 1877 he was elected captain of Co. H of Montpelier, which company he recruited and served two years. He was commissioned captain and provost marshall on the regimental staff in 1882 and in 1891 was commissioned as major and brigadier provost marshall, a position which he now holds. He is a veteran of the civil war, having served three years and three months, his first enlistment being in the New England guards, 1st Vermont Volunteers and in Co. K, 4th Vermont. He was promoted sergeant and was always on duty with his company till discharged by reason of wounds received on picket duty at Centreville, Va, Oct. 16th, 1863. Major Coffey participated in the battles of Lee's Mills, Williamsburg, Golden Farm, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Mary's Heights, Bank's Ford, Gettysburg and Funkstown and was awarded a medal of honor by Congress for distinguished conduct at Bank's Ford, May 3, 1863. He joined the Grand Army in 1870 and held many offices of the order. When the Soldier's Home at Bennington was organized, he was chosen its first superintendent. Major Coffey's father, the late John COFFEY, was in H.M. custom house, St. John, N.B. in the year 1840 under late Collector Bowyer Smith.

My Kingston Peninsula Home

News of Old....Long Reach

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http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats/FullTextResults.aspx?culture=en-CA

Early Loyalist Settlers at Kingston

My Kingston Peninsula Home

Far and Wide....Kingston Folk Away

Early Loyalist Settlers at Kingston

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NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF BIRTHS< WEDDINGS< DEATHS< ACHIEVEMENTS AND CRIME

Date November 11 1892
County Kings
Place Sussex
Newspaper Kings County Record

An Account of the Earliest Settlers - At the beginning of the next school year, March 24th, 1815, Mr. Walter DIBBLEE was placed in charge (of the Indian School, Sussex). This gentleman was born at Stamford, Conn, about the year 1764 and was in the list of families that embarked for St. John on board the Union Transport at Huntington Bay, April 11th, 1783, he is stated to be a farmer by occupation. He was a cousin of Rev. Frederick DIBBLEE and drew lost no. 117 in St. John on the east side of Germain Street below Horsfield. Soon afterwards removed to Kingston, he was elected a member of the second vestry of the church there, March 28th, 1785. In 1789 he was appointed school master at Maugerville, having been recommended by Rev. John Beardsley as son of an old and valuable S.P.G. missionary at Stamford in New England. But in 179(1 or 4) Mr. Beardley reported to the S.P.G. that Mr. Dibblee had removed to Canada. Just when he returned to New Brunswick is not certainly known, but from 1795 to 1799, he was again teacher at Maugerville. In 1808 he had a school at Kingston and received from the N.E. Company 8 as one years salary for instructing the Indians there. He appears to have continued to teach at Kingston till his removal to Sussex, but as he was paid for only a few of those years, it may be concluded that there were no regular Indian school at Kingston. Walter Bates refers to Walter Dibblee in his history of Henry More Smith - 'The prison in the autumn of 1814 was kept by Walter Dibblee, a man of learning and talents who had been afflicted with a painful disease, so that for the greater part of the time he was confined to the house and frequently to his room in the county court house, where he taught a school by which means, together with the fees and prerequisites of the jail and court house, afforded him a comfortable living for himself and family, consisting of his wife and daughter, and one son named John DIBBLEE about 19 years of age, who constantly attended his father. It may also be necessary to mention that Mr. Dibblee was one of the principal members of the Masonic Lodge held at Kingston.' From the same work, we learn that Mr. Dibblee left Kingston on 11th March 1815 to take charge of the Indian Academy at Sussex. This position he held until failing health obliged him to relinquish it on the 24th May 1817. He died on the 1st of the following June and his son John finished out the school year.

BIRTHS

Date July 11 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Kingston (Kings Co.) July 10 - Arthur DIXON of the Neck, formerly of Kingston, is receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter.

DEATHS

Date April 19 1845
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

d. At his residence, Kingston (Kings Co.) 5th inst., John LYON, age 83, born at Redden, Connecticut, Loyalist of 1783, left many descendants. Date May 26 1838
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
d. Kingston, Kings Co., Thursday 17th inst., attack of paralytic, Benajah NORTHRUP, age 88, native of Connecticut, U.S. Loyalist, Came here 1783, left 14 children, 118 grand children, 111 great-grandchildren. Date July 14 1849
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
d. Tuesday, Kingston (Kings Co.) at homestead of Justus S. WETMORE Esq., Mrs. Charity LAMOREUX, age 90. Deceased was a member of Loyalist family of WETMORE. A brother and two sisters still survive: the eldest, Mrs. CRAFT of Carleton (St. John) is 97. In 1783 when the home of her childhood was defiled with tears and blood, she retired with the exiled fathers to sojourn amidst the wilds of New Brunswick. Date November 27 1847
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) 18th inst., Richard P. GREGORY, Esq. age 96, Loyalist of 1783. Date June 10 1811
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette
d. Kingston, 21st ult., age 88, Jonathan KETCHUM, Judge of Quorum upwards 20 years, Loyalist; 29th ult., Hannah KETCHUM, his disconsolate widow. Date May 21 1870

Date June 20 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) Monday eve., June 18th, after a lingering illness, Herbert W. NORTHRUP. Funeral at Kingston Thursday 2 p.m. from residence of his father, D.D. NORTHRUP. Service at Trinity Church, Kingston 2:30 p.m.

Date April 10 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe

A Kingston (Kings Co.) correspondent writes: The death of Miss Jean FAIRWEATHER occurred quite suddenly at Rothesay Sunday, April 1st, where she had gone to visit her sister, Mrs. E. CHALONER. The young lady was the youngest d/o C.D FAIRWEATHER, Esq., Kingston. The remains were interred at Trinity burying ground, Kingston, Tuesday afternoon.

Date January 14 1835
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette

d. Kingston, lately, advanced age, Ninion CHALONER, Esq. Register of Deeds and Wills in Kings County. NBC CG Date February 14 1835
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

d. Catherine DRAKE consort of Jeremiah DRAKE whose death was announced in papers of last week was a daughter of Jeremiah MABEE of Kingston, Kings County. She emigrated to this province with her parents in 1783. Date October 26 1874
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph The Old Burying Ground; On its east side near the walk is a flat marble slab with this inscription: 'Beneath this tomb lie interred the bodies of Walter CHALONER, Esquire, formerly High Sheriff of Newport, then the British Colony of Rhode Island, and afterwards one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Kings County in the Province of New Brunswick, who departed this life on 16th of November, 1796; also Ann CHALONER his wife who died the 16th day of April 1808 and of Eliza CHALONER their daughter who died on the 7th day of October 1814. Also John CHALONER, Esq., late Register of Deeds for the City and County of Saint John, by whom the monument was erected, who departed this life on the 11th day of April, 1827.' - There is little to add beyond what the stone records. Mr. CHALONER was a grantee of lands in this city. His lot was on Prince William St. No. 59, the one immediately South of that on which the 'Daily Telegraph' stands.

Date July 14 1885
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

Harry McALARY, 15 year old s/o Alexander McALARY of Kingston (Kings Co.) was drowned Sunday afternoon while bathing in Kingston Lake. He was taken with a cramp and before assistance could be rendered he sank. The body was recoved the same afternoon. (According to Alan Rayburn, 'Geographical Names of New Brunswick pub. 1975, Kingston Lake is now called Bates Lake)

Date February 27 1895
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

Kingston (Kings Co.) Feb. 26 - The funeral of Mrs. Wm STARRATT took place Sunday afternoon from her residence, Gorham's Creek. The deceased was 42 years old and leaves a husband and seven children. The remains were buried in the F.C.B. burying ground, Kingston. The services were conducted by Rev. Champion

Date July 4 1860
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning News

d. At her son's residence, Sewell St. (St. John) age 71, Mary PERKINS widow of C.L. PERKINS, Kingston (Kings Co.) Funeral Thursday 11 o'clock at Kingston.

Date February 17 1893
County Kings
Place Sussex
Newspaper Kings County Record

The death occurred at East Boston, 7th inst., of Robert McALARY, age 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McALARY of Kingston (Kings Co.) Mr. McAlary was ill six days with pneumonia which resulted in his death. He was a barber by trade and had been in Boston about six months. The remains of the deceased were interred at Kingston last Saturday.

Date April 7 1874
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily News

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) of consumption, Sunday eve., 5th April, George H. PEERS only s/o late Richard PEERS, age 38. Funeral Wednesday 1 o'clock from his residence Kingston.

Date October 4 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Kingston (Kings Co.) Oct. 2 - The funeral of the late Miss Jane CRAWFORD of St. John took place here last Thursday morn. Miss Crawford was a native of Kingston, but had lived in the city for the past few years.

Date January 21 1888
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. At residence of S.L. PETERS, Hampstead (Queens Co.) 18th inst., Augusta F.I. PETERS youngest d/o late James PETERS of Kingston (Kings Co.), 40th year. Funeral Sabbath 11 o'clock at parish church, Kingston from residence of E.J. PETERS, Elmhurst

Date December 29 1877
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) Thursday 27th Dec., Stephen MARSHALL, age 61, left wife, nine children. Funeral from his residence Kingston, Sunday 30th, 3 o'clock.

Date February 16 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) Feb. 14th, James F. MORSE, age 78. Services at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Robert GODFREY, Kingston, 10 a.m. and burial at Rural (Fernhill) Cemetery, St. John 3 p.m. Friday 17th.

Date October 4 1878
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) Wednesday 2nd inst., Israel H. FOSTER, 82nd year. Funeral from his residence, Kingston, Saturday 11 o'clock.

Date June 10 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. At his residence, Kingston (Kings Co.) June 8th, Adino PADDOCK, M.D. Funeral Kingston, Sunday 11th, at Trinity Church 11 a.m. Date September 13 1877
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) Tuesday morn. 11th inst., Jane WHITNEY relict of William WHITNEY, 77th year. Funeral Kingston Friday morn. 11 o'clock. Date March 6 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Kingston (Kings Co.) March 5 - The funeral of James DANIELS of Perry's Point took place in Kingston Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was 81 years of age and died from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. Date June 10 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

The many friends of Dr. PADDOCK will learn with regret of his death which occurred at his home at Kingston (Kings Co.) on Thursday. Dr. Paddock was an old and esteemed resident of Kingston. He practiced his profession here about 30 years ago, his office being on Union Street. Date March 26 1884
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) 22nd inst., John J. KUPKEY, age 62, native of London, England and for last 39 years a resident of Kingston, left wife, five children. Date July 26 1873
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) Thursday 24th inst., by drowning, Robert J. ANDREWS, age 21. Funeral Kingston church Sunday 27th inst., 11 o'clock a.m. Date September 18 1888
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) eve. 15th inst., Samuel FOSTER, Esq., 85th year. Funeral at Trinity Church, Kingston, Thursday 20th inst., half past 10 a.m. Date March 21 1876
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) Sunday 19th inst., John T. APPLEBY, age 69. Funeral Wednesday 2 o'clock from his residence at Kingston. Date March 28 1876
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

d. Kingston (Kings Co.) Saturday eve. 26th inst., Mary Ann CRAWFORD relict of Stephen CRAWFORD and youngest d/o late Silas RAYMOND, 83rd year. Funeral Wednesday 11 o'clock at Trinity Church, Kingston.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Date November 16 1889
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Progress

Walter BATES, Esq., Kingston, High Sheriff of Kings Co., was the fourth son of John BATES and Sarah BOSTWICK. He was born March 14, 1760 in the eastern part of the town of Stamford, Connecticut, now known as Darien. After his arrival in Kingston, 1783, he soon became a prominent person in the land of his adoption. A man of strict integrity and good ability, he took a leading position in civic affairs. Walter Bates died at Kingston at the advances age of 82 years. Beneath the shade of the old Trinity Church, Kingston, the old loyalist rests from his labors. A square free-stone column bears the inscription "In Memory of / Walter Bates, Esq. / High Sheriff of this County / Feb. 11th A.D. 1842, / Aged 82 years // In Memory of / Mrs. Abigail BATES / Wife of Walter Bates, Esq. / Who died / July 6, 1829 in the 58th year of her age. - W.O. Raymond (see original for The Strange Narrative of Walter Bates)

Date November 1 1877
County Charlotte
Place Saint Stephen
Newspaper Saint Croix Courier

Rev. WAINWRIGHT, formerly of St. David (Charlotte Co.) now of Kingston (Kings Co.) figured largely in the prizes awarded at the Kingston Agricultural Society having taken the best native cow and the best calf.

Date June 26 1894

County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Kingston (Kings Co.) June 25 - Rev. D.W. PICKETT of Oak Point, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Lucy PICKETT of Newport Hospital, R.I., spent two days last week visiting relatives in Kingston.

Crime Date December 3 1892
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Our highly respectable ancestors, the Loyalists, seemed to have thought that a gallows was quite as necessary an adjunct of civilization as a church. They erected one on the eastward of Fort Howe and from this fact the eminence long enjoyed the unenviable name of Gallows Hill. At the first meeting of the Supreme Court held in St. John in Feb. 1785, five prisoners were tried for capital offences. A woman named Nancy MOSELY was tried for the murder of John MOSELY but found guilty of manslaughter only, and she was punished by being branded on the left thumb with the letter M and discharged. Michael MINGS and Abraham MINGS, two mulattoes, were found guilty of burglary, the latter being recommended for mercy. A man named Peter A. KORMAN was found guilty of highway robbery and Peter THATCHER was convicted of grand larceny. All four were sentenced to be hanged on Friday night following their conviction, but only two, Kerman and Michael Mings were executed; Abraham Mings and Thatcher being pardoned on condition that they left the province. (see original 'The Death Penalty') KINGSTON, KINGS CO, HAD IT"S COURT AND JAIL AND HANGINGS Date August 12 1843
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

An inquest was held at Westfield parish (Kings Co.) 1st Aug. inst., before Isaac Haviland, Esq., Coroner on view of the body of Isaac LASKEY. Verdict: deceased, being a diseased man, getting into a quarrel with his brother, Peter LASKEY, received a kick from him which was the cause of hastening the disease which caused his death. Peter LASKEY is now safely lodged in Kings County Gaol awaiting trial. Date August 10 1839
County Charlotte
Place Saint Andrews
Newspaper St. Andrews Standard

A most atrocious and wanton murder was committed at the house of Terrence FERGUSON on the road to Kingston (Kings Co.) about seven miles from this city on Tuesday last. It appears that four men named LEONARD, McGunnagle, COYLE and HALEY (some of whom are married and had their wives with them) left town on the morn. of that day in wagons for a day's amusement in the country, and having drank rather freely of spirituous liquors, became abusive and quarrelsome and insulted several persons on the road; and __ entered Mr. Ferguson's where their behavior towards Mrs. F., while insisting on being furnished with liquor, has highly criminal. A man named Bernard COYE in the employ of Mr. Fergusom having interfered, was literally beaten to death by the ruffians. Three of them were immediately secured by men from Mr. APPLEBY's shipyard and conveyed to Kingston Jail, but Leonard who is said to be the ringleader effected his escape and is still at large. The deceased was a native of Athlone, Ireland, by trade a Busher. Date September 23 1839
County -
Place -
Newspaper -

A verdict of Guilty has been returned against three of the prisoners for the murder of Bernard COYLE in Kings County last July. The names are LEONARD, McGunnagle, and HALEY. The fourth one, McCoyle was acquitted. Date October 19 1839
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

Confession of James McMONAGLE related by him a few hours before his execution in presence of Rev. W.E. SCOVIL and H.D. O'HALLORAN, Capt., 69th Regt.: 'My wife and I having agreed to join some friends in an excursion of pleasure as far as NAPIER's, Gondola Point, she set out with John SWEENEY, Matthew McGARVEY (my cousin), Charles McMONAGLE and two other women in a wagon. As it would not conveniently carry more, I hired a horse and followed on horseback, but did not overtake them. On my way I called at ROBINSON's to see him on business, and while I was there the prisoners LEONARD and Haley with their wives and COYLE drove up in a wagon and stopped. This was the first I knew of their intending to leave St. John that day. They left Robinson's before me, but I overtook them before they got to FERGUSON's. There they persuaded me to go in and drink with them and afterwards we all went together to Napier's where I found my wife and friends. While we were there a quarrel arose between Charles McMonagle (a namesake but no relation of mine) and Haley about a game of nine pins, in which quarrel I took no part whatever, but lent, at the request of my cousin, 6d or 5s to settle the dispute. Sweeney with two men and three women who came in his wagon were the first to leave Napier's to return home. I shortly followed and endeavoured to overtake them, but Leonard and Haley with their party, though they set out after me, drove so fast that they overtook and passed me; and on going ahead got into a quarrel with some men they met. As I was not present I know nothing of how the quarrel began, but when I came up the men were complaining of being so much abused. As I came up Haley said that he would take satisfaction out of me for the quarrel he had at the ferry with McMonagle (my namesake). I said I had no concern with that quarrel and knew nothing about it. He said he would soon let me know something about it and catching hold of the skirt of my coat, he tore off a piece of it, upon which I turned my horse and rode back, while Haley followed beating me with his fists on my thigh and legs and knocked off my hat which he kicked along the road till he was satisfied. He said my best plan was to keep out of his way and not come near him that night. He wished to fight me. I said I was not content to fight with him that night but I would fight him in St. John next morn. if he liked. I asked him to let me pass him and go home. He said I should not pass. One of the two men who happened to be present cut and gave me a stick advising me that as soon as Leonard and Haley got into their wagon, to cut up my horse and pass them. Intending to do so I kept pretty close to them till I thought I saw a favourable opportunity when I made an attempt, but one holding the reins, the other beating the horse with a whip turned the wagon across the road and brought it against me and my horse. I cried out my leg is broken and begged them to stop. I made no further attempt to pass but rode on behind till we were near Fergusons. Here Haley insisted on my stopping to drink with friends again. It was not my wish but I thought it best to stop. I first took my horse to the shed and put Ferguson's boy on him promising him three pence if he would sit there till I returned. I went into the house and drank half a glass of brandy, not more and went almost immediately to my horse and was employed in cleaning him and looking at the hair which had been rubbed by the wagon running against him, when Haley came running out exclaiming who said anything about a Connaught man? referring I suppose to some previous dispute. Upon this I left my horse and ran into the house and there saw Coyle (the acquitted prisoner) and Haley striking the deceased. From some impulse, heated as I was with liquor I had taken there and at Napier's, I took hold of Haley's skirts and shoulders and made a kick through his legs at the deceased who was then standing up, but I am not sure whether I struck him with my foot or not. Leonard came behind me with his whip, aimed a blow over my shoulder at the head of the deceased. I ran out of the house and had my foot in the stirrup, when Haley and Leonard came out and said I must not go, for they would immediately go along with me. I remained waiting by my horse and the first thing I heard was Haley's wife crying out, 'McMonagle, you villain, you have murdered the man.' I ran out of the shed and said 'Lord bless me, how could I murder the man and me not there.' At this time I saw the deceased lying on the ground with his head towards the door and his feet towards St. John. I went immediately back for the horse determined to be off, but Haley came out again and said he would go with me in two or three minutes. I was for going on at once, but Leonard's wife begged me to stay for she feared Terrence (her husband) and Haley would murder one another before they got home. Hearing a great noise inside I went in, when one of them told me to get a stick. I ran out and happening upon a dung fork, I returned with it in my hand but found the door shut and Haley and Leonard on the outside. Coyle (the acquitted prisoner) was then in the house. Haley and Leonard asked me to get another treat, Mrs. Ferguson replied 'There should be no more got.' Leonard made answer that he would soon find a way to get more, and so saying broke the window with the butt end of his whip. Just then Haley struck the door, I know not with what, and Leonard kicked out the lower panels. I said to Leonard 'You have knocked your foot through the door' and then raising the fork with both my hands I struck the window myself, but I don't know whether the stroke did much or little damage. Haley's wife immediately got the fork from me and I again ran off to get my horse but he was gone. I searched for him on both sides of the road and in a potato patch. I was still looking for him when I heard the women cry out as before. 'McMonagle, you villain. You have struck the man with the fork'. I was soon after arrested. That is all I know of the matter, and I say before God, as I am about to die, that I was never in the house after striking the window with the fork in my hands. After it was taken from me by Haley's wife and thrown over the fence where it was afterwards found. I cannot charge myself with the crime of murder any further than the acts I have mentioned make me guilty, for these acts of violence I am justly punished, but here in my dying confession declare that I never intended, nor do I recollect doing any serious injury to the deceased. I am now to suffer for the part I took. Had I prayed that morn. to the Lord, as I was in the habit of doing once a day and not indulged in drink, I should have been kept free from temptation and never have come to this end. I heartily forgive the world, and in particular those witnesses who at my trial swore other things against me which I doubt not they believe to be true, but of which I believe myself to be innocent. I am not without hope that my God for Jesus sake will pardon me a miserable but penitent sinner and with his forgiveness I am content to die.' Date October 19 1839

County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

Weekly Chronicle, Oct. 18 - Wednesday last Terrence LEONARD and James McMONAGLE were hanged for the murder of Bernard COYLE. The day being remarkably fine, multitudes of persons flocked from town and country to witness the awfully impressive spectacle of an execution. The gallows were erected at the back of the Gaol. The Military were drawn up in line on the right and left of the framework. At two o'clock , the screens being drawn slowly up , disclosed to the view of a very large assemblage, the two prisoners about four feet apart, each habited in a white garment. Leonard stood on the right very thin and pale and apparently much agitated. He had at first held down his head, but in about two minutes he looked up and spoke very slowly and disjointedly. He declared that he never committed any murder or robbery whatever; that he was innocent of this murder for which he had been found guilty and for which he was about to die. He had no business to do so and he would not; he never murdered Coyle and he craved the prayers of those around him. McMONAGLE, a stout and handsome man, appeared perfectly resigned and undismayed by the scene before him, looking full in the face of the people, he told the whole of the transactions of the day as far as he was concerned ... and concluded in the following words. 'I am innocent of the murder of Coyle, as my little son who is here today - I am prepared to die, thank God. And now all around me take this warning - that it was the drinking of rum that brought me to this disgraceful and untimely end - and may the Lord have mercy upon me.' In an instant afterwards the signal was given, the drop fell and the miserable men were in the agonies of death. Leonard struggled but a minute, McMONAGLE several minutes. As soon as they were dead, the bodies were cut down and brought thither by their friends. The High Sheriff then turned to the people and read the reprieve of the prisoner HALEY who had been condemned to be executed with those who had just suffered. The Sheriff also stated that Haley had expressed a wish to see the bodies before the coffins were closed, which had been granted. Haley was then brought out and kneeling down, kissed the cold cheeks of his unfortunate companions with whom but for the clemency of the Lieut. Governor, he would have been lying side by side as cold and as lifeless. Date December 30 1824
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper City Gazette

Executed Friday, Kingston (Kings Co.) James RYAN, age 40, convicted of, hanged for burglary. (see original) Date May 21 1870
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Evidence in the case of late John GUNN Testimonies of William MILES, Charles S. CARTER - I reside in Kingston; John B. ANDREWS - I reside in Kingston; Fred'k. M. SPROUL - I reside in Kingston; Thaddeus SCOTT - I reside in Kingston parish and am a physician and surgeon; Sylvester E. EARLE - I reside in City of Saint John; E.A. PERKINS - I reside in Kingston Date May 14 1856
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning News

A coroner's inquest was held at Kingston (Kings Co.) on the body of Elias D. FLEWELLING, Innkeeper who committed suicide early morning on that day. Mr. F. arose as usual in the morn. and stated to his son that he was to proceed a short distance from home on some business. About three hours afterward, he was found having hanged himself upon a tree only a few steps from his residence (at Clifton), left widow, several children

Date May 21 1870
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Morning Freeman

Formal inquiry is at length being made into the cause of death of John GUNN of Milkish. The deceased and Dr. PADDOCK of Kingston (Kings Co.) had been together and drinking freely. On driving out of Kingston towards Gondola Point, PADDOCK threw an empty bottle out of the waggon. It struck GUNN on the head, inflicting a wound which bled freely. Reaching a friend's house, Dr. PADDOCK dressed the wound, put a stitch in it and put a bandaged around it. Here they had, it appears, another round of drinks and GUNN left in company with a neighbour, PADDOCK returning to Kingston. The deceased walked from the road to his house, a distance of half a mile through the field. He was up in the morn. and attended to the business, but felt unable to stick at his work steadily and remained in this condition for nine days, when he complained of a severe pain in the head and became speechless. Dr. SCOTT of Kingston was then called, bled the patient and treated for inflammation of the brain. He improved, recovered his voice and again attended to his business on the farm for some days; but was again taken ill as before and died on 1st May. The remains were disinterred yesterday and a post mortem examination made by Coroner Earle of St. John. (see original)

County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Evidence in the case of late John GUNN Testimonies of William MILES, Charles S. CARTER - I reside in Kingston; John B. ANDREWS - I reside in Kingston; Fred'k. M. SPROUL - I reside in Kingston; Thaddeus SCOTT - I reside in Kingston parish and am a physician and surgeon; Sylvester E. EARLE - I reside in City of Saint John; E.A. PERKINS - I reside in Kingston;

Date September 22 1869
County Charlotte
Place Saint Andrews
Newspaper St. Andrews Standard

New Brunswick Forger - W.W. WHELPLEY is a native of Kingston (Kings Co.)

Wed Date March 26 1836
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Long Reach, Kings County, 20th January, by Rev. W.E. Scovil, Obediah SEELY / Eleanor Ann MOORE eldest d/o James MOORE all of that place. Date July 11 1835
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Sunday, Trinity Church, Springfield, Kings County, by Rev. W.E. Scovil, Edward L. THORNE, merchant of this city/ Susan SCOVIL 2nd d/o E.G.N. SCOVIL of former place. Date November 15 1851
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Thursday eve., 6th inst., at residence of bride's father, by Rev. W.E. Scovil, J. Henry MARVIN, Springfield parish (Kings County) / Charlotte Amy PETERS eldest d/o James PETERS, Esq. Kingston Parish.

Date February 23 1809
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Times: or True Briton

m. Kingston, Saturday eve., by Rev. Scovil, Philo DIBBLEE / Sarah d/o Silas RAYMOND, all of Kingston

Date December 17 1879
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Christian Visitor

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) 19th inst., by Rev. W.A. Corey, Henry O. EARLE / Alwida L. ERB, both of Kingston

Date January 10 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

m. Jan. 2nd, at the parsonage, Kingston, by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, L.P. HAYTER / Lucy G. McDOUGALL, both of Kingston.

Date November 8 1884
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

m. 4th inst., at residence of bride's father, by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, T. Richard SEELY, Kingston (Kings Co.) / Amanda C.P. NICHOLS d/o Charles E. NICHOLS, Esq., Kingston.

Date September 21 1880
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

m. Trinity Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) Wednesday eve., 15th inst., by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, A.M., Clarence L. FLEWELLING, Kingston / Kate BRUCE youngest d/o late Capt. C.H.L. BRUCE

Date November 8 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun

m. At residence of bride's father, Kingston (Kings Co.) Nov. 1st, by Rev. David Long, James H. EARLE / Carrie M. EARLE, both of Kingston.

Date July 4 1889
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times

m. Manse, Kingston (Kings Co.) July 1st, by Rev. Wm Hamilton, Robert HARDING / Nancy Ann McALMON, both of Kingston

Date January 26 1867
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning Telegraph

m. Wednesday Jan. 23rd, Parish Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) by Rev. W.E. Scovil, J. Brunswick BELYEA, St. John / Emma Louise third d/o James R. LYON, Esq., Kingston.

Date July 11 1878
County Westmorland
Place Sackville
Newspaper Chignecto Post

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) 26th ult., by Rev. Geo. P. Payson, Henry A. POWELL, Esq., Sackville (West. Co.) / Miss Mary A. PAYSON, Kingston.

Date October 21 1859
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Religious Intelligencer

m. By same, Kingston (Kings Co) Thursday 13th inst., Ephraim TREADWELL, Upham / Miss Isabell DEFOREST, Kingston.

Date November 16 1866
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Religious Intelligencer

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) by Rev. W.E. Scovil, Wm RAYMOND, Esq., Kingston / Amelia d/o James PETERS, Esq.

Date February 9 1878
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Herald

m. Kingston, 31st ult., by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, Rector, Joseph GORHAM, Kingston (Kings Co.) / Emma Louisa PADDOCK second d/o John PADDOCK, same place.

Date June 28 1856
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) by Rev. Wm. E. Scovil, 25th inst., Richard T. CRAWFORD, Canada West / Susannah E. CRAWFORD sixth d/o Daniel CRAWFORD, Kingston.

Date February 13 1841
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. 28th January, by Rev. Jas. Cookson, John DREW, Springfield, Kings Co. / Miss Mary M. NORTHRUP Kingston.; Also Jeremiah DREW / Miss Ann NORTHRUP both daughters of John NORTHRUP of Kingston.

Date March 12 1831
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Kingston Church (Kings Co.) 13th, by Rev. E. Scovil, Nelson BRITTAIN, Greenwich / Harriet FOSTER, Kingston.

Date June 6 1863
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Episcopal Church, Long Reach, Kingston (Kings Co.) 27th ult., by Rev. Wm E. Scovil, Elias S. WETMORE, Esq., Norton / Charlotte Amelia third d/o late James BELYEA, Kingston.

Date January 17 1852
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Thursday 8th inst., Trinity Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) by Rev. W.E. Scovil, Daniel D. NORTHRUP / Hannah S. WHITING d/o William WHITING, both of Kingston.

Date September 20 1823
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier

m. Kingston, by Rev. Elias Scovil, Sunday, John NAPIER of this city / Mary fifth d/o Thaddeus SCRIBNER, Kingston CG

Date October 25 1865
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe

m. 19th inst., Kingston Church (Kings Co.) by Rev. William Scovil, Joseph O. CRAFT, Carleton (St. John) / Harriet J. fourth d/o David LYON, Esq., Kingston.

Date July 10 1865
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe

d. Cornerville, Kingston (Kings Co.) 3rd inst., Eliza w/o Samuel PERKINS, Esq. and third d/o late Thomas C. GANONG of Kingston, age 47.

WEDDINGS

Date August 17 1888
County Kings
Place Sussex
Newspaper Kings County Record

m. Kingston (KIngs Co.) 8th inst., by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, rector, Arthur E. DIXON, of the Neck, Rothesay / Alice FAIRWEATHER, Kingston

Date August 14 1891
County Kings
Place Sussex
Newspaper Kings County Record

Trinity Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) Thursday last, by Rev. Wainwright, Charles H. LAMB, native of Kings Co., but now residing in Appleton, Wisconsin was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude L. McALARY, Kingston

Date December 6 1875
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Daily News

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) 2nd inst., by Rev. W.E. Scovil, M.A., George H. CROZIER, Petersville (Queens Co.) / Edith A. MARSHALL third d/o Stephen MARSHALL, Kingston

Date January 6 1888
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) Tuesday 3rd inst., by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, rector, George E. LAMB, Kingston / Annie J. WADDELL eldest d/o Edward WADDELL, same parish.

Date February 5 1895
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Kingston (Kings Co.) Feb. 4 - The marriage of David JONES, Kingston to Miss Carrie PERKINS, Rothesay took place at St. Mary's Church, St. John, 23rd ult. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W.O. Raymond.

Date September 20 1878
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Trinity Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) Thursday 19th inst., by Rev. D.W. Pickett, A.M., Missionary of Greenwich, J. Leavitt WETMORE, St. John / E. Annabell APPLEBY youngest d/o late J.T. APPLEBY, Kingston.

Date August 22 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Kingston (Kings Co.) Aug. 20 - Miss Agnes LYON and Mr. Tilley ROBINSON of Boston were in Kingston last week. It is stated they will be married in St. John on the 23rd, then immediately return to the Hub.

Date November 10 1879
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. 6th inst., Trinity Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) by Rev. Hastings S. Wainwright, J.H. KING, Smith's Creek / Annie CARTER eldest d/o W.A. CARTER, Kingston.

Date February 6 1878
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) 31st ult., by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, Rector, Joseph GORHAM, Kingston / Emma Louisa PADDOCK second d/o John PADDOCK, same place,

Date February 13 1873
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. 12th inst., by Rev. G.M. Armstrong, Rector of St. Mark's, Samuel Kingston of Kingston (Kings Co.) / Agnes Augusta HORNEBROOK youngest d/o Austin HORNEBROOK, same place.

Date February 16 1872
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Trinity Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) 13th by Rector, Rev. W.E. Scovil, J.A. LYON / Mary Louisa SMITH only d/o E.B. SMITH, Esq., Kingston

Date March 17 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. At residence of bride's father, Kingston (Kings Co.) Feb. 14th, by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, W. Beecher FAIRWEATHER, Chicago / Laura H. McCLEERY, Kingston.

Date December 30 1878
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) morn. 26th inst., by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, Rector, Henry WHITE, Central Norton / Miss Lena C. PURVIS, Kingston Parish.

Date January 17 1883
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. St. James Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) 4th inst., by Rev. Hastings Wainwright, Capt. Samuel W. THEALL, Saint John / Ethel BELYEA only d/o Capt. Albert BELYEA, Kingston.

Date June 7 1871
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. At residence of bride's uncle, 8th inst., by Rev. Thos. J. Deinstadt, Willett A. WILLIAMS, Kingston (Kings Co.) / Miss Cassie C. Kingston, Saint John City.

Date November 17 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Kingston (Kings Co.) Nov. 1st, by Rev. David Long, James H. EARLE / Carrie M. EARLE, both of Kingston.

Date December 5 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

Kingston (Kings Co.) Dec. 4 - On Wednesday last a happy event took place in St. John when Springer COSMAN of the firm of Cosman Bros. of Kingston, was united in marriage to Miss Theresa WANAMAKER of St. John.

Date October 26 1864
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Trinity Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) 17th inst., by Rev. W.E. Scovil, Isaac H. CARLE, Canning (Queens Co.) / Miss Hannah A. FLEWELLING, Kingston.

Date August 31 1883
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. At residence of bride's mother, Upper Clifton (Kings Co.) 14th inst., by Rev. A. Wainwright, Rector of Kingston, Richard COFFEY, Kingston / Miss Jane P. JENKINS, above place.

Date February 13 1872
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. 7th inst., Trinity Church, Kingston (Kings Co.) by Rev. W.E. Scovil, A.M., assisted by Rev. David I. Wetmore and Rev. B. Shaw, Charles H. SCOVIL / Johanna DUNN, all of Kingston.

Date August 6 1877
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

m. Thursday eve. 10th inst., at residence of father of the bride, by Rev. H.S. Wainwright, Rector, David W. LONG, Kingston (Kings Co.) / Mary Elizabeth CAFFY eldest d/o James CAFFY, Esq., Kingston.

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Yellowknife scenes - Ice Road

Kingston News and Events

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Fire, Paul Campbell's barn, Jan 2009

December and January 08-09
Heavy equipment at the Westfield ferry’s Hardings Point landing is dwarfed by the huge mountain of snow and ice chunks that has been pulled from the St. John River to keep the area clear for the ferries. The machinery has been working at the site since before Christmas. Heavy equipment at the Westfield ferry’s Hardings Point landing is dwarfed by the huge mountain of snow and ice chunks that has been pulled from the St. John River to keep the area clear for the ferries. The machinery has been working at the site since before Christmas.

For the Love of Roses

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Yza was the inspiration for this lovely hobby. She loves to eat rose petals, so I was looking for recipes with rose petals and came across how to make rose petal beads. You don't eat them but they smell nice when you wear them.

Organizations

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