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formed to the British Government. He died at Halifax, and was buried under 

 the little old Dutch Church, in Brunswick Street, -where his escutcheon and 

 monument with armorial bearings are still to be seen. The street between 

 Brunswick Street and the water, which was laid out between the German 

 lots, was named Lockman Street in oomplimietit to the Major, who was for 

 many years a leading man in Dutchtown. It is nuL known whether he left 

 any descendants in the province. 



The names of Jonathan Prescott, Malachi Salter, Richard Gibbons, Lewis 

 Plers^nd Otto William Schwartz appear among the principal inhabitants of 

 the town in 1750. Mr. Salter was from New England, had been extensively 

 engagj?d in the fishery, and had visited Chelbucto Harbour in 1744, five years 

 before the settlement, while on a fishing voyage along the coast. Chebucto 

 was the frequent resort of Cape Cod and Alafblehead fishermen previous to 

 the settlement. He was a member of Assembly and Justice of the 

 Peace for the town in 1759. The old house at the corner of Salter and Hollis 

 Streets, afterwards the residence of the Hon. W. Lawson, and later of Mr. 

 Esson, was built by Mr. Salter and was his place of residence for many years. 

 During the American revolt, Mr. Salter, with several other gentlemen of the 

 town, became suspected of treasonable correspondence. He was twice under 

 prosecution, but on a full investigation nothing appeared to have been said 

 or written by him of sufficient moment to warrant the charges. Mr. Salter 

 was the ancestor of the family of that name now remaining in Halifax. He 

 died at Halifax, in January, 1781, aged 65. 



Mr. Gibbons was acting Attorney General for several years, and a leading 

 practitioner at tho bar of Hal fax. His son, Richard Gibbons, died at Sydney, 

 Cape Breton, at an advanced age, where his descendants are numerous. The 

 old gamble-roofed house at the corner of Buckingham and Grafton Streets, 

 known as Isles's corner, lately pulled down, was the residence of ^Ir. Gibbons. 



John Duport was the English attorney. He came out with the settlers in 

 June, 1749, and in July following was appointed a Justice of the Peace. In 

 1752 he was made Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. He performed 

 the duties of Secretary of Council for many years. He was sent as a Judge 

 to St. John's Island in 1770, and was afterw-ards Chief Justice of the Island. 

 Mr. Duport left a daughter married to Mr. P. Skey. of Falmouth, and a son 

 who was in the army and was father of Mr. Robert Duport, later an offlcer 

 in the Purveyor's Department of the British. Army. Judge Duport was much 

 esteemed, and appears to have been an active public servant during tiie lirst 

 twenty years of the settlement. 



Joshua Mauger was an English trader, who had been connected with the 

 governmenit contracts at Louisbourg, and appears to have resided in Halifax 

 for the purpose of commerce only. In 1751 he held the office of Agent Victu- 

 aller for the navy at Halifax. In 1754 he had shops established at Pisiquid, 

 (Windsor), Minas. (Horton), and other places, where he sold goods and spirits 

 to the French and Indians. He had still houses in Halifax where he made 

 rum which he supplied to the troops and the navy. Mr. Mauger had some 

 dilhculties with Governor Cornwallls regarding illicit dealing. He went back 

 to England about 1761, and wias appointed Agent of the Province in Londoji, 

 which he resigned in the following year, having secured a seat in the British 

 Parliament. He owned much property in and about Halifax. The beach 

 at the entrance of the harbour, extending westerly from Cornwallls, now 

 MoNab's Island, was orlgrinally grranted to Mr. Mauger, and still bears his 

 name. 



Michael Franklin was a merchant from England who settled in Halifax 

 about 1752 or 1753. He was elected a member of Assembly in 1759, and 

 appointed to His Majesty's Council in 1762. In 1766 he received the appoint- 

 ment of Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, which he held until 1776, when 

 he again took his seat at the Council Board. Governor Franklin was a most 



