[ganong] origins of SETTLEMENTS IN NEW BRUNSWICK 83 



to whom I am indebted for much information about the company, is 

 Mr. Harry Beckwith, of Fredericton.^ 



b. The settlement of the disbanded regiments. Early in this period 

 important setflements were formed by the men of disbanded regiments, 

 some from New Brunswick and some from Great Britain. In 1803 a 

 regiment had been raised in the Province called the New Brunswick 

 Fcncibles, which in 1811 was gazetted as the lOfth regiment of the 

 British line, and which took an active part in the war of 1812. In 

 1813 it was ordered to Canada, and a new regiment of New Brunswick 

 Fencibles was raised for home defence.^ At the close of the war 

 both of these regiments, together with the 8th and the 98th British 

 regiments were disbanded, and were offered lands in New Brunswick. 

 In 1817 the New Brunswick Government made a reservation of the 

 lands along the St. John from Presque Isle to Grand Falls (then 

 unoccupied except in a few small single grants), and gave notice 

 (May 2, 1817) that all officers and men of this regiment who desired 

 lands sliould give their names to the secretary's office. A con- 

 siderable number both of the 104th and of the Fencibles took 

 advantage of this offer and settled, apparently in 1817 and 

 1818, on the St. John in the present parishes of Wicklow, 

 Kent, Andovcr and Perth, and with and above them men of 



^ A most valuable document upon the history of the operations of this com- 

 pany is " Reports Nos. 1 and 2 on the state and condition of the Province of 

 New Brunswick, with some observations on the company's tract . . . . " by 

 E. N. Kendall, 1835. London. 31 pages. The company appears to have issued a 

 great amount of literature relative to their tract, for the early expenses included 

 £135 for engraving maps and printing, as well as £54 "for town and provincial 

 advertisements." A part of the above amount was probably paid for the publica- 

 tion of a series of 12 large lithographic plates (of which I possess a set) showing 

 scenes about Stanley, Fredericton and on the company's road, entitled " Sketches 

 in New Brunswick. Taken principally with the intention of shewing the nature 

 and description of the land in the tract purchased by the New Brunswick & 

 Nova Scotia Land Company in the year 1833 ; and of illustrating the operations 

 of the Association during the years 1834 and 1835." London. Published March 

 1st, 1836, by Ackerman «& Co., Strand. To the preliminary operations in connec- 

 tion with the formation of the company we owe also the beautifully engraved Map 

 of New Brunswick of 1832 (the best of the Pi-ovince up to that time) by Thomas 

 Baillie and E. N. Kendall, the first to show the Land Company's tract. No 

 doubt there was a great deal oJ other printed matter issued in connection with 

 the operations of the company but nothing is known of it (nor indeed of the 

 publications above mentioned) , n the company's oflBce at Fredericton. There have 

 been four Commissioners, Liçut. Kendall, Col. Ilayne, Mr. John A. Beckwith 

 and Mr. Harry Beckwith. Sec also Notitia of New Brunswick, 105. 



^ The best history of these regiments is by Raymond in his Carleton County 

 Series 79, 80, 83, 84, 85. 



