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A. Settlements. 



A.— St. Annes Point. Tlie return of 1783 sliows three families here. The 

 exact faites of their settlement and of those of the French Acadians are not 

 known to me, though possibly some of the early plans in the York deeds 

 would throw lif^ht upon the subject. 



B.— Nashwaak. In 1 7s:; t here were eight families here in tlie township of Newtown. 

 Here near the old French fort, John Anderson had a grant and established 

 a trading post in 17()4. (See map No. 17). 



A sawmill, on the site of the present mills at Marysville, was commenced 

 by the Canada Company in 1706. 



C— Burton, (then including the present Lincoln). In 17S.3 some forty-two 

 families were scattered along the river, of whom several were at the month 

 of tlie Oromocto. 



D.— Maugerville. The liistory of this .«settlement by :Mr. Ilannay, in the collec- 

 tions of the New Brunswick Historical Society, I., Li'^, gives full information 

 upon it. It was composed of New Englanders and wa-s by far the latest 

 and most important settlement of the period in New Brunswick. 



E.— Spryhampton, Heatonville, etc. (for location see map No. 45). These 

 were not included in the return of 17S.S, and hence we know less about the 

 settlements here than elsewhere. The map by ]\Iorris of 1774, shows several 

 houses along the west bank of the river between Swan Creek and Harts 

 Lake, but none on the opposite side except two at Jemseg. There were 

 several later settlers about Jemseg, however, on leases from "William Spry. 



F- — Qagetown. The return of 1783 shows some thirty-seven families settled here, 

 some of them on Musquash Island, of whom several, no doubt, lived on the 

 site of the modern village of Gagetown. In 1771 C. N. G. Jadis had a store 

 on the site of Gagetown, burnt that year by the Indians. 



G.— Kemble Manor. The history of this grant and its settlers is fully given by 

 Mr. Howe in the New Brunswick Magazine, I., 146. Several settlers upon 

 it were scattered along the river. 



H.— Amesbury, now Kingston. In 1783 there were but four families ui>on this 

 tract. 



I. — Indiantown. The Indian house for trading with the Indians was built here 

 in 1779, and there was another settler on the opposite side of the river, of 

 which full accounts are given by Mr. Raymond. 



J. — Ctonway. (Carleton) See the following : 



K.— Portland. The history of the settlements at the mouth of the St. John has 

 Ixeii so exhaustively and authoritatively treated by Mr. Raymond (in the 

 New Brunswick Magazine, vols. I., II; and III.) that no further referonce to 

 the subject is necessary here. 



B. Forts. 



In this ]HTiod there were but three occupied fort-s on the St John. 



A.— Fort Frederick. Tiiis stood at Carleton on the "Old Fort" site, whose 



earlier history has alreatly been considered. It was at times in this period 



occupied by a small garrison, but being found insufficient for the defence of 



the river and harbour against the New England privateers, was abandoned 



