Abbreviations used
Date March 25 1886
County Charlotte
Place Saint Andrews
Newspaper Bay Pilot
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.
In April 1776, William CHENEY took up his residence on Grand Manan with his family. A settlement was attempted by others about the same time, but they incurred the enmity of the Indians and were obliged to seek homes elsewhere. Barbery CHENEY was the first white child born on the Island and Moses CHENEY the second. In 1829 Moses Cheney took up his residence on Nantucket Island and since then his son S.F. CHENEY, the naturalist, now 71 years old, has made Nantucket Island his home. (see original)