The height of news today is that our friends Jay and Alana are moving to Nova Scotia. This heartfelt headline is the casual – and entirely unpredicted – release arising from my otherwise unaccountable notion to connect with them following their recent sojourn on the east coast. It isn’t often that one encounters those such as they who have proven themselves so exotically and delightfully mobile!
And natually I am burning with envy. There is nothing to me more advantageous than the nautical theme howsoever rendered. Their particular ambition is directed to the area surrounding the highly reputed Village of Chester and Mahone Bay.
Chester is a village on the Chester Peninsula, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. The nearby waters of Mahone Bay and its numerous islands are well known for yachting and have made the Chester Yacht Club into a cruising destination. A provincial ferry from the village provides a schedule of daily trips to Big Tancook Island and Little Tancook Island.
During the American Revolution, Nova Scotia was invaded regularly by American Revolutionary forces and privateers, including the 1782 Raid on Chester. During this time some of the New England immigrants proved to be neither neutral nor loyal in the conflict,[6] including founders Timothy Houghton and John Seccombe against whom criminal charges were brought for sedition. Military officer Jonathan Prescott was also suspected of being an American Patriot sympathizer.
My late father and generations of others in the same bloodline extending as far back as the United Empire Loyalists are from New Brunswick. This credential – and no doubt an unproclaimed historic buccaneer feature – has insinuated my nature. I am for example quite certain to be capable of smelling the salt sea air when approaching the much admired North Atlantic Ocean.
Thomas CHAPMAN
Suffix Major
Born Abt 1756 Hawnby, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England
Died 5 Nov 1837 Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Buried Point de Bute, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Family Abigail CAIN, b. Abt 1754, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 5 Apr 1836, Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age ~ 82 years) Married 4 Nov 1779 Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Father Arthur CAIN, d. Date Unknown, , , New England, United States
Mother Lydia TOWNSEND, d. Date Unknown
Married 13 Dec 1749 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Father William CHAPMAN, c. 12 Oct 1729, Hawnby, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England d. Bef 1805 …. (Age ~ 75 years)
Mother Mary IBBITSON, b. 26 Jun 1732, Helmsley, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England d. Bef 1788, Point de Bute, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada (Age < 55 years)
Married 21 Jan 1755 Hawnby, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England
James CHAPMAN
Born 3 Apr 1785 Fort Lawrence, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Robert Dickie CHAPMAN
Born Abt 1812 Coverdale, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
George CHAPMAN
Born 13 Mar 1841 Coverdale, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
William F. CHAPMAN
Born 28 Sep 1869 Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
George William CHAPMAN
Born 30 Jul 1895 Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Cecil George William CHAPMAN
Born 17 Aug, 1918 Hillsborough, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
Lawrence George William CHAPMAN
Born 11 Dec 1948 Montréal, Quebec, Canada