Abbreviations used
Date July 10 1888
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
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.
Hiram G. BETTS who has been in New York in the interest of the New Brunswick heirs of John BETTS has returned. During his absence he devoted a great deal of his time inquiring into the Betts family history. He has traced back as far as Thomas BETTS, grandfather of Hannah BURWELL's husband. He was among the first to own a town lot in Norwalk, Conn. Mr. Betts says that he has found that the Betts family were among the leading families of New York and Connecticut, The property, he says, is still under the leases issued by John BURWELL and the rentals are being paid into the lords and ministers of the forests and streams, a commission under the British government. He cannot say what the future has in store, but he thinks there can be no doubt about their descent from John Betts.