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dians had formed a scattered village there many years since and that 

 they had repeatedly received the notice and protection of government. 

 Unfortunately they were without a grant of the land on which they had 

 settled, but opportunity had lately been taken to confirm them in 

 quiet possession. The minute in Council relating to the matter 

 reads as follows: 



"Warrant to issue to the surveyor Gen'l for laying out all the unsurveyed 

 part of the Land granted to Sir A. Hamond, now escheated, the same to be 

 laid out in Lots of 200 acres each fronting on both sides the new road on Ham- 

 mond River and the Kennebecacius. That part of the Tract in the possession 

 of the French Inhabitants to be laid out so as to include their Improvements 

 and to allot thereto two hundred acres each if the situation will admit." 



A grant was accordingly made to thirty-seven grantees and the 

 Acadians, François Violet, Joseph Theriault, 1 Olivier Thibodeau, 

 Charles Blanchard, Jean Blanchard, Jean Baptist Denoyer, -and Jean 

 Robicheau were included. 



A French settlement at the mouth of the Keswick on the River 

 St. John, above St. Anne, had been made with little order. The 

 Acadians, perhaps, had been so frequently driven from their locations 

 in the past that they were not very particular in laying out their 

 farm lots. Their small settlement fell within the tract assigned to 

 the Royal Guides and Pioneers. It was in the vicinity of the place 

 known as Crock's Point. 2 The people being desirous of procuring 

 a title to the lands they had occupied and improved entered into the 

 following agreement: 



St. John's River, 18th Oct'r, 1784. 



Agreement made and concluded on jointly between Peter Tibeto, Joseph 

 Cyr, Fearmon Cyr, Olivier Tibeto, John Tibeto, Olivier Tibeto jr., Alex. Cormier, 

 Baptist Cormier, Jacob Cormier, Peter Cormier, Amand Cormier, Peter Cormier, 

 jr., Francis Cormier and Joseph Cormier, 3 that on consideration that they 

 receive the grant of the tract of land that they at present occupy, every one of 

 the above mentioned shall possess the same lot he is at present in possession of, 

 and it is further agreed that a certain piece of vacant land lying amongst the 

 whole shall be divided to such of them having the smallest lots to make them 

 equal with the rest." . 



1 Joseph Theriault addressed a Memorial to Governor Carleton on Aug. 2, 

 1785, in which he states that having by him materials for a Grist-mill and being 

 solicited by all the settlers on the Little Kenebacasius (or Hammond River) to 

 operate the same he proposes to do so if- he can obtain "the favor of setting it on a 

 vacant Stream near Darling's Island; it will be of the greatest benefit to every 

 settler they having no other conveniency than a hand mill." The memorial is 

 endorsed by eleven of his neighbours, all English speaking people. 



2 An Acadian named Cyr lived here. The Cyr family received the sobriquet of 

 Crock; hence the name "Crock's Point." 



3 The spelling of names is as in the original document. 



