Pugwash correspondent of Halifax 'Herald' - On 10th day of March, 1781, in Dundee, Scotland, Barbara MOODY w/o George MOODY, officer on board one of H.M. cruisers, gave birth to a son who in due course was christened in the old kirk and bearing since then the name of William MOODY, who has become the subject of the following sketch. Mr. Moody, who is now in his 108th year, retains all his faculties with the exception of having to wear glasses once in a while. His memory is good and he related to the writer incidents of his early life in Dundee and Leith and told humerous stories in connection with his apprentice-ship in Leith at ship carpentering which lasted from his 16th to his 23rd year. On the completion of his apprenticeship, he worked at his trade in Leith until his 25th year, when he enlisted on board the revenue and excise cutter "Royal George" as carpenter's mate, of which ship his father was second officer. Two years were spent in this service and on 15th May 1809 took passage on the good brig "John of Leith" for Pugwash to load ton lumber. After an uneventful passage of 34 days, Pugwash harbor was entered and our ambitious immigrant quickly set foot on Nova Scotia soil. Pugwash was at that time one unbroken forest saving one or two small clearings on which Barclay BRUNDAGE and Stephen SEAMAN had erected dwellings of primitive character. On the day he landed, Mr. Moody enlisted in Capt. Forshers? company of volunteer militia and on his removal to Wallace less that a year later, he was transferred to Capt. Datton's company and served as militiaman until the difficulties of 1812 were settled, acting as company corporal, warning out the men. Among the other veterans of 1812, whose children and grandchildren are all that remain and who were granted pensions were Donald ROSS, John McIVORY, John McKENZIE, John MUNRO, John McIVORY, Fox Harbor and John McPHERSON, Pugwash River. The latter company used to drill at Wallace in a large field near Squire Oxley's residence. On 17th day of March 1811, William Moody married Isabella NICHOLSON d/o Kenneth NICHOLSON, who came from Scotland some years previously taking up residence at what is now known as North Wallace. By this marriage there were eleven children born to them. George, the oldest, is dead. Donald MOODY is in the Western States. William died suddenly at Amherst in 1886 leaving a large family at Fox Harbor. Barbara married James BOYCE and is living in Minnesota. John MOODY lives at Doherty Creek, Kenneth MOODY lives at Sonora, Col; Roderick MOODY at North Wallace; Alexander MOODY at Los Angeles, California Catherine MOODY married George MILLBERRY and resides at Advocate Harbor. Murdock MOODY is also a resident of Sonora, Col. and Mary MOODY, the youngest, married Smith JAMIESON and lived on the homestead taking care of her venerable father. George, the oldest, if alive, would be in his 77th year. Mary, the youngest, is in her 43rd year. Mrs. Moody died twenty years since after a married life of 57 years. Shortly after moving to Wallace, Mr. M. secured a government grant near Dewar's mills, about three miles East of Wallace which he shortly afterwards sold, living at Fox Harbor until he moved up the Gulf Shore about four miles from Pugwash in 1847. Ship building and caulking kept him in steady employment except what time he spent clearing his farm at Fox Harbor where he now resides. His work took him from home considerably and time was spent 'all long shore' from Cape Tormentine to Pictou. He worked on the first vessel built in Pugwash (by Geo. Oxley) and in Wallace (by James Davidson). Mr. Moody's father-in-law, Kenneth Nicholson, came from Stornoway, Hebrides, Scotland and brought with him his family and brother, the head of the Donald NICHOLSON family and three young men, two by name of McLeod and one by name of McLean, founder of large families now living on the Gulf Shore. About the same time that Kenneth Nicholson settled at Fox Harbor, there also settled from Scotland, Donald McFARLAN, grandfather of Senator McFARLAN who had two sons, Donald and John McFARLAND. Donald raised two sons, Alexander McFARLAN, senator and John McFARLAN, light house keeper, Amherst Island. John left a large family. Another is editor and proprietor of the San Francisco 'Wasp'. Other sons, Dan McFARLAN and Peter McFARLAN occupy the homestead at Wallace and a farm at North Wallace. The heads of the MUNRO and COLBURNE families were also immigrants with the Nicholsons. Two families of grandchildren, Thomas COLBURNE and Alexander COLBURNE live at Pugwash. Kenneth NICHOLSON leaves two sons, William NICHOLSON and Roderick NICHOLSON, who in turn had Roderick, one daughter, Margaret NICHOLSON now living at Fox Harbor and William. Several sons and daughters among whom are Widow SCOTT, Pugwash River, Mr. BAILEY, Fox harbor, Pilot Murdock NICHOLSON, George NICHOLSON, Fox Harbor, Mrs. Capt. Geo. McLELLAN, Londonderry; Mrs. John McINTOSH, Wallace River and others. (see original)