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fuilierof the great Nova Scotian nlatesman, and one of the printers of the 

 Jioston Neics Letter — Miner lluntini^ton, wlio was eonneeted with the 

 Cromwells — Foster llutehinson, a 2S'ova Scotia judge and brotlier of the 

 famous historian and loyal governor of Massachusetts — Sampson Salter 

 Blowers, a chief justice — Canard, the father of the ])ioneer in successful 

 steam navigation of the Atlantic — Timothy Ivugglcs, who had been 

 president of the stamp act congress, of 1765 — Halliburton, one of whom 

 became a chief justice — Marshall, one of whom was a speaker of the 

 assembly and another a well known judge — Johnston, the famous leader 

 of the Conservative party — Jones, one of whose descendants is a well 

 known resident of Halifax, and was a member of Mr. Mackenzie's Liberal 

 ministry of 1873-1878— Vail, one of whose descendants was a minister in 

 the same government. Fielding, Savary, Gesner. Seaman, Moody, Brenton, 



REVEREND DR. MATHER BYLES. 



From an old j^ortrait. 



Barclay, Ryerson, Nutting, Stuart, Hatfield, Church, Russell, Ray, 

 Robie, Robertson, lîlackadar, Blanchard, Van Buskirk, Coffin, Wickwire, 

 and many other familiar names will be found in the annals of the 

 province towards the closing years of last century. Their descendants 

 are still influential in their respective vocations and professions at the 

 present day. A Fielding is the able finance minister of the present dom- 

 inion government ; a Russell is a learned professor in Dalhousie college, 

 and one of the representatives of Halifax in the Canadian House of Com- 

 mons ; a Church is a member of the ])rovincial government ; a Ray is a 

 member of the legislative council ; a Savary is a judge in the historic 

 county of Annapolis where he relieves his judicial duties by a close study 

 of local history ; a Blackadar is still connected with the well known 

 Halifax journal The Acadian Recorder, which was founded by Anthony 



