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Jemseg, — Q. Former fortified trading post on the east side of the mouth of 

 the Jemseg, founded apparently in 1659, by Temple, occupied after 

 1672 by Sieur de Soulanges, and in 1690-92 by Villebon as the tem- 

 porary capital of Acadia; in 1696 it was in possession of Sieur de 

 Chaffours; later in 1758 there appears to have been an Acadian village 

 here. It fell within Spryhampton in 1774, and was settled temporarily 

 by tenants of William Spry, but was permanently occupied by Loyalists 

 after 1784. (Hist. Sites, 271, 274, 311; loc. inf.). 



Jerusalem, — Q. See New Jerusalem. 



Johnsonville,— Kt. Est, 1903 under the Free Grants Act. (C. L. R.). 



Johnston, — Q. Parish est. 1839. Settled along the Washademoac in 1784, by 

 Loyalists to Cole's Island, and by their extension later (1800-1810) 

 up the Canaan river and up Long's Creek; the interior settlements are 

 mostly later immigrant, as considered under their respective names. 



Johnville, — Cn. Important native settlement, formed in 1862 under the Labour 

 Act, under the influence of Bishop John Sweeny, of St. John, and set- 

 tled by Roman Catholics from St. John and Charlotte counties and 

 other parts of the province, with a few from Nova Scotia and Ontario. 

 Chapmanville is an extension of it. (Loc. inf.; Biographical Review of 

 New Brunswick, 230). 



Jolicoeur, — W. On the site of the Acadian villages La Coupe and Le Lac; 

 permanently settled about 1770 as part of Cumberland township by New 

 Englanders and Yorkshire men. (Loc. inf.). 



Jones' Forks, — Y. Native N.B. and N.S. Land company settlement, formed 

 apparently by expansion from older neighbouring settleinents. (Loc. 

 inf.). 



Jordan Mountain, — K. Irish immigrant farming settlement. (Newspaper 

 item). 



Kars, — K. Parish est. 1859; settled along the St. John and Belleisle by Loyal- 

 ists in 1784-85, and in the interior by expansion of their descendants. 

 (Loc. inf.; C. L. R.). 



Keirstead Mountain, — K. Loyalist expansion settlement, formed about 1820 

 to 1830 by settlers from the Belleisle. (Loc. inf.). 



Kemble Manor, — K and Q. Township in Greenwich and Hampstead, granted 

 in 1765 to a company who sold their rights to Stephen Kemble. He 

 planned to settle it, but with little success, until the arrival of the 

 Loyalists, to whom the St. John river front was sold, originating the 

 present settlement. Settled in the interior by expansion from the 

 river and by some immigrants later. (History by Howe in New Bruns- 

 wick Magazine, I, 146; Hist. Sites, 333). 



Kent,— Cn. Parish est. 1821. Settled first along the St. John, after 1810, by 

 a few native settlers «from the lower river, and in 1817 and later by 

 disbanded soldiers of New Brunswick and British regiments; settled 

 in the interior mostly by native expansion from St. John and other 

 parts of the province, as noted under the respective settlements. 



