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Hampton, — K. Parish est. 1795; settled along the Kennebecasis and Ham- 

 mond River by Loyalists in 1784-85, and by expansion of their descend- 

 ants on the uplands. 



Hampton Station, formerly Ossekeag, est. 1858 and made the shire 

 town in 1871. (St. John Sun, August 6, 1904). 



Hampton Ferry, — K. Thriving mill village, formed among Loyalist settle- 

 ments at the crossing of the Kennebecasis by the old Westmorland and 

 Fredericton roads. Gesner (N.B., 149) speaks of it as formed not long 

 before 1847. 



Hamtown, — Y. An early (before 1820) settlement, apparently Irish immigrant, 

 later occupied by expansion from the Welsh settlement Cardigan. (Loc. 

 inf.; C. R.). 



Hanwell, — T. Irish immigrant farming settlement, formed before 1825 (on 

 poor land) on the Fredericton-St. Andrews road, by some 20 families, 

 probably brought out under the auspices of Hon. Thomas Baillie. (Loc. 

 inf.; C. R.). 



Harcourt, — Kt. Parish est. 1826. Settled originally along Salmon river by 

 an expansion of mixed native and immigrant settlers from the river 

 below, and later, after 1876, along the I. C. Railroad, especially at Adams- 

 ville and Harcourt station by native settlers from various sources. 

 (Loc. inf.). 



I. C. Railway station, earlier called Wcldford. a flourishing village, 

 near the intersection of the R.R. and the Richibucto-Grand Lake road, 

 settled chiefly by English-speaking settlers from Weldford parish, with 

 some Acadians. 



Hardingville, — J. Native expansion settlement, formed about 1830, with some 

 later immigrants, principally Irish. (Loc. inf.). 



Hardwicke,— N. Parish est. 1851. Includes the early Acadian Baie des Ouincs. 

 Its modern settlement begins with the Acadian settlement of Lower 

 Bay du Vin, perhaps dating from 1761. Settled about 1786 by some 

 Loyalists along Vin Harbour and about 1790 by disbanded Highlanders 

 near Black River; in the interior settled by expansion from these settle- 

 ments. 



Hardwood Island,— C. Used as a hospital island in 1848, for the victims of 

 a fever ship in that year which brought out some 200 immigrants from 

 Earl Fitzwilliam's Wicklow (Irish) estates to work on the St. Andrews 

 and Quebec Railway. (Newspaper item). 



Hartin Settlement, — Y. Formed about 1865 by Rev. Thomas Hartin, and set- 

 tled presumably by native Episcopalians from different parts of the 

 Province. (Loc. inf.). 



Hartland, — Cn. Flourishing railway station at junction of C. P. Railway 

 with the Becaguimec \ alley. First settled in 1790 on the site of an 

 Indian village by William Orser, a Loyalist from the lower St. John, 

 joined later by others. (History in Hartland Advertiser. July 2, 1897). 



