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Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 51 Number 310

Date July 20 1880
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph

info The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.

Last Friday, in the Old Burial Ground (Saint John) on many tyongues was the question who was David WATERBURY, Sr. The sculptor was there recording on the stone: 'David Waterbury, Sen. / Born in Stamford, Conn., 1758, / November 28th, 1833' - David Waterbury came with the other Loyalists in the second vessel that arrived at Parr Town from New York in May 1783. He followed the cooperage, with inspection, screwing and packing of fish for the West India market. He owned at his death the property in Dock Street, with a frontage of eighty feet, extending across Nelson to low water mark; the Dock St. part now belongs to the estate of Otis SMALL. At the north end of Dock St. lot Mr. Waterbury resided, at the south end was No. 3 Engine House, between the two, a pair of stairs connected with Nelson St. Mr. Waterbury was captain of No. 3 Engine Company. Its members in 1812 were David Waterbury, captain; Abel HARDENBROOK, Andrew S. RITCHIE, George PAGAN, George WATERBURY, Hugh JOHNSON, jr.; L.H. DEVEBER, Thomas GILBERT, George BONSALL, Alexander EDMONDS, John C. WATERBURY, George SWINNEY, John WARD, jr.; Millet CARPENTER, jr., Charles WARD, William Tyng PETERS, Alexander JOHNSTON, Joseph T. SCRIBNER, Henry McADAMS, James GRANT, John GORMAN, Henry CHUBB, James MACOMB, John R. PARTELOW, Stephen SINNOT. Of all only one is now living. Mr. Waterbury, at this time, was captaining the St. John Artillery Company, of which two of his sons, John C. and George WATERBURY were lieutenants. Among those resting (in the Old Burial Ground) are Hon. James PUTNAM, the first of the N.B. Bench; Sheriff OLIVER, William THOMPSON, ex-M.P.P., donor the first bell in Trinity Church; William WANTON, for over thirty years Collector of Port of St. John; Robert PARKER, for 37 years, Comptroller of Customs; William CAMPBELL, 20 years Postmaster and Mayor; Hon. John ROBINSON, 12 years Treasurer and Mayor, the first and only one who died in the discharge of mayoralty; Thomas HANFORD, Thatcher SEARS, Hon. Christopher BILLOP, Andrew CROOKSHANK, Hugh JOHNSTON, Sr.; H'y GARDNER, Sr.; John THOMSON, ex-Chamberlain; Thomas SANCTON, ex-Chamberlain; George BONSALL, John CHALONER, Registrar of Deeds and Wills; Edward SANDS, ex-M.P.P.; David MERRITT, John VENNING, William HARDING, John SANDALL, with the three first rectors of Trinity Church: Rev. George BISSETT, Rev. Mather BALES, D.D.; and Rev. George PIDGEON. Among the graves of the venerated matrons are the wives of the first Chief Justices of N.B., Hon. George Duncan LUDLOW and Hon. Jonathan BLISS. Also the grave of the mother of General Fenwick WILLIAMS, the hero of Kars.

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