Abbreviations used
Date September 10 1894
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.
St. John River, June 30th, 1783 - Return of Inhabitants of River St. John settled on lands commonly known as Gage Town: Lt. Constant CONNOR, an attorney to Arch. McNEIL of Quebec produced an instrument of agreement between said McNeil and one John FENTON of Charlestown, Mass. wherein the said Fenton engaged to give thr said McNeil a good and sufficient deed of bargain and sale of one moiety of his right, title and share of certain lands on the River St. Johns that were granted to Capt. FALCONER and associates in which grant the said Fenton was a subscriber on forfeiture of 50 sterling, in consequence of which Lt. Connor as attorney has permitted Samuel KEMBLE, Richard KEMBLE, Moses CLARK and Simeon PORTER to make improvements by clearing some lands in the Township of Gage, but no buildings are yet erected thereon. We do not look upon this as giving any title to the lands.