264 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
ADDITIONAL NAMES IN 1771. 
Campbell James CR t sn S Persons 
Coulter, William... Rs. ee ee 
Lizong Le) es fr, Se Ore 
MeClane Samuel. see. ee. Dita ae 
MecClellan= John te 4e, À 
McClellan; Robert see sate 3 Do ae 
Memo Robert aureinn irs 1. On 
Miller-sDavidie ah et anes octet. 10 
ADDITIONAL NAMES IN 1774 
Barnhill Wobne FERRER ee 9 Persons 
Hulton; Samuel. en hee eee 
Rulton;; Thomas. c-s... eee eee 
Glenn FER RE RE eee 
Martin Walliani: ee Re 
MeKam, Vie 20e RNA 
DB eB SI RON 
Miller David's... Sir Suc oad ae LOS hes 
Morrison; (Thomias:..2 70e 2 ONE 
Peppard Lawrence 222000 ANR 
SOUL nev. David wae REA AP 
Before we close this paper we must add a few words concerning 
the organizer of the colonies of Ulster Scots who settled Truro from 
New Hampshire, and Londonderry from Ireland itself. A greater adven- 
turer than McNutt cannot be found in the annals of American history, 
at least in the 18th century. After this militia captain had brought 
out the two companies from Ireland to Halifax in 1761 and 1762 re- 
spectively he turned his attention to people of his own nationality 
and others in Pennsylvania. The result of his efforts there was far 
more disappointing than in Ireland, for of the Pennsylvanians whom he 
managed to interest in Nova Scotia lands not more than half a dozen, 
it would seem, permanently settled in the Province. Before his 
negotiations with the Nova Scotia Government ended, however, his 
name appeared with others in grants reaching the enormous sum of 
considerably over two million acres of land, most of which was escheated 
in the end. Vast colonizing projects arose in his mind, and he had 
the aggressive force necessary to carry them out, but it was his mis- 
