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Rogersville, — N. Parish est. 1881. Important recent native, chiefly Acadian, 

 settlement, commenced in 1874 by workers of the I. C. R.; laid out under 

 the Free Grants Act in 1876, and now a prosperous and expanding 

 settlement. It was virtually founded by Father M. F. Richard. (Loc. 

 inf.; Adams, 17). 



Rollingdam, — C. Settled apparently before 1830 by expansion from the neigh- 

 bouring Passamaquoddy settlements, with some later immigrants. 



Rose Hill, — G. Apparently originally Scotch immigrant, formed after 1828, 

 but now mostly occupied by French. (C. L. R.; Cooney, 196). 



Rothesay, — K. Parish est. 1870. First settled at French Village in 1767 by 

 Acadians, who, after 1787, removed to Madawaska; settled along the 

 Kennebecasis and Hammond River by Loyalists in 1784-86, and in the 

 interior by expansion of their descendants. 



Roxborough, — A. Scotch immigrant farming settlement, est. about 1848 on 

 the Shepody road. (Loc. inf.). 



Roxborough, — W. Early name for some settlements near Moncton, used by 

 Cockburn in 1827. (Cockburn, 42, 47). 



Ruisseau des Malcontents, — Kt. Temporary Acadian refugee settlement in 

 1755-56, opposite Cocagne Island. (Gaudet, Ms.). 



Rusagonis Settlement, — S. Settled by Loyalists in 1784, whose descendants 

 have expanded up both branches of the stream. The mouth of this 

 stream was granted in 1782 to pre-Loyallst settlers on the river (Hist. 

 Sites, 334), but was chiefly settled by Loyalists. 



Sackville, — W. Originally settled by the Acadians (at Prce (les Bourgs, Prée 

 des Richards, Tintemarre, Wescak) who were expelled in 1755. The modern 

 settlement was founded in 1761 by an association of 25 families from 

 Rhode Island, joined later by other New Englanders, who settled on the 

 present site of the town. They were joined in 1772 and later by York- 

 shire immigrants who purchased lands, and later by a few Loyalists 

 and some immigrants from various sources. Favoured by rich salt 

 marshes, central position and good communication, it has grown pros- 

 perously and expanded to other parts of the parish, to Dorchester, 

 up the Petitcodiac Valley, from Baie Verte to Cape Tormentine, and 

 along the north shore. (History by Milner in Chignecto Post and 

 Borderer, Anniversary Number, September, 1895; Huling, in Narragan- 

 sett Historical Register, April, 1SS9; Trueman, Chignecto Isthmus: 

 Hist. Sites, 328; Gaudet, on French settlers, in Le Moniteur Acadien, 

 March 1, 1887; Bill, Fifty Years with the Baptist Ministers and Churches 

 of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, St. John, 1880, 27; Chignecto Post, 

 October 19, 1876). 



St. Andrews,— C. Parish est. 1786. Settled entirely by Loyalists, principally 

 of the Penobscot Association. 



The town of St. Andrews, on the site of the Indian village Conos- 

 quamcook and of a small settlement of the English period, was laid 

 out in 1783 and settled by Penobscot Loyalists, chiefly from Castine. 

 As the trading centre of the Passamaquoddy region and the shire town 

 of Charlotte it grew steadily until, between 1840 and 1850, it was 



