ATKINSON

Born 17 July 1791, Fort Lawrence,Cumberland County,Nova Scotia, Canada
Died 15 June 1853
Buried Methodist Point,Rexton,Kent County,New Brunswick,Canada⁵
s/o Thomas Atkinson (1763-1851) and Ann Nancy McClellan (1769-1818)

Alias Susannah ATKINSON (29 July 1824)
Born 1801, Devon, England
Died 2 December 1874, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried Methodist Point,Rexton,Kent County,New Brunswick,Canada⁶
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=144026306

Born 23 January 1806, Fort Lawrence, Cumberland County,Nova Scotia, Canada
Died 25 April 1867, New Brunswick,Canada⁷
Buried St.John’s Presbyterian Cemetery,Buctouche,Kent Co,New Brunsw⁸
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ATKINSON, Meracious died Apr 25, 1867 age 61 years
KINREAD, Ann died July 8, 1883 age 77 years
wife of Meracious ATKINSON
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/CemStJohnsPresBuct.html
birth year could be 1816

Alias Ann ATKINSON (4 October 1824)
Born 7 May 1806, Whitehaven, England
Died 8 July 1883, near Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried St.John’s Presbyterian Cemetery,Buctouche,Kent Co,New Brunsw⁹
http://www.dwelch.chebucto.biz/Genealogy/Kinread-Kinraide.html
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143249232
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ATKINSON, Meracious died Apr 25, 1867 age 61 years
KINREAD, Ann died July 8, 1883 age 77 years
wife of Meracious ATKINSON
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/CemStJohnsPresBuct.html

Alias Rowena Noble Charlotta PETERS
Born 15 July 1815, Peters Mills, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada¹¹
Died 2 November 1903, Nicholas River, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada¹²
Buried Richibucto Protestant, Kent County, New Brunswick , Canada¹³
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PETERS, Rowena N.C. born July 15 1815 died Nov 2 1903
wife of Henry PETERS
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/CemRichProt.html

Born ABT 3 August 1803, Folkestone, Kent, England
Christened 26 December 1803, Folkestone, Kent, England¹⁴
Died 9 April 1879, Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada
Buried Richibucto Cemetery in Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswic¹⁵
Occupation: Lay Preacher
occupation Farmer/Miller/ Justice of Peace
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PETERS, Henry died April 9 1879 aged 75
native of Folkston, England
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/CemRichProt.html
""Emigration to Canada"" To petition for and obtain a Land Grant you mostly had to clear the land, as far as I know, but I haven’t found the actual requirements for the 1830’s – maybe you could just develop land that didn’t need much clearing. The Warmans arrived in 1831 and their land was virgin forest. Henry Warman’s Land Grant went though in 1853 and George Warman’s in 1847. On the other hand Henry Peters Jr. obtained his Land Grant in 1836. Why so much quicker? Could he have been there first or perhaps have come with the Warman brothers?

Henry Jr. established the area still known as Peters Mills, NB and had farmland, as well as three different mills on site. Latterly he became a Justice of the Peace. The first English settlers apparently arrived in the area in the very late 1820’ so it’s feasible Henry Jr. could have been one of them. There were already a few French settlers. Henry Jr. did not go upriver to Molus River and but settled just outside of Rexton

Email from Tim Cavaghan to Kevin Stewart dated August 13, 2017