Abbreviations used
Date February 3 1893
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
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.
Hester McKINNON died in Yarmouth, N.S., Sunday, aged 106 years. She was born in slavery. Her father, William BERRY was brought as a slave to Shelburne by William LENT, one of the Loyalist settlers of that town. William became discontented and induced Mr. Lent to buy him a wife, which he did. Her name was Dinah and he paid 100 for her. Dinal married William Berry and Hester McKinnon was their daughter. She was born at Tusket in a small log cabin attached to the house in which Judge Lent lived. Although the Berry's were slaves, they were always kindly treated. Hester was a true type of her race. She was kind-hearted and lived as she died a true, honest christian woman.