History of King's County Nova Scotia. Heart of the Acadian Land - Hardcover

Arthur W. H. Eaton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1894378024 ISBN 13: 9781894378024

Publisher: Global Heritage Press (imprint of GlobalGenealogy.com Inc.), 1999

Synopsis

The original and complete title of the book was: THE HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY NOVA SCOTIA HEART OF THE ACADIAN LAND GIVING A SKETCH OF THE FRENCH AND THEIR EXPULSION; AND A HISTORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND PLANTERS WHO CAME IN THEIR STEAD WITH MANY GENEALOGIES 1604 - 1910. A descendant himself of early New England families, the author Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, tells of Acadian inhabitants in the late 17th century, their expulsion in 1755, and subsequent settlement by New England Planter families. Chapters detailing the beginnings and growth of each municipality and lists original grantees. Further chapters cover education, militia, transportation, government and churches. More than four hundred pages are devoted to biographical sketches and genealogies. Contents include: PREFACE, KING'S COUNTY, THE MICMAC INDIANS, THE ACADIAN FRENCH, THE ACADIANS TO THE EXPULSION, THE COMING OF NEW ENGLAND PLANTERS TO CORNWALLIS AND HORTON, THE TOWNSHIP OF A AYLESFORD, THE TOWNSHIP OF PARRSBOROUGH, KENTVILLE, THE SHIRE TOWN WOLFVILLE, CANNING, BERWICK, AND OTHER PLACES, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ROADS AND TRAVELLING, DYKE BUILDING, CHIEF INDUSTRIES OF THE COUNTY HOUSES, FURNITURE, DRESS MARRIAGES, DOMESTIC LIFE, SLAVES, ETC. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, THE CONGREGATIONALIST CHURCH, AND THE ALLINE REVIVAL; EARLY PRESBYTERIANISM, THE RISE OF THE BAPTISTS, EARLY METHODISM, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE PROGRESS OF EDUCATION, ACADIA UNIVERSITY, LITERATURE, AUTHORS, NEWSPAPERS POLITICS, REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATURE; THE COUNTY'S MILITIA, CURRENT EVENTS [circa 1910], POPULATION AT DIFFERENT PERIODS, BIOGRAPHIES [81 pages], FAMILY SKETCHES [342 pages], INDEX.

Edition details

• Publisher: Global Heritage Press (imprint of GlobalGenealogy.com Inc.)
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1894378024
• ISBN 13: 9781894378024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 898