From the books and papers of Judge DIXON we have obtained an assessment roll of the parish of Sackville. It is dated at Cumberland this 8th day of December in the 18th year of His Majesty's Reign A.D. 1777. Jas. LAW appears to have been the chairman, Charles DIXON, clerk and Jno. RICHARDSON, collector: Names, (acres of land): Wm ALOISON (750); Japhet ALOISON, (300); Jeremiah ALOISON, (2090); David ALOISON, (400); Job ARCHER, (500); Thos. BOWSER, (1250); Samuel BALLOU, (500); Joseph BROWN, (500); John BARNES, (2750); Ebenezer BARNUM, (571); Potter BUMER, (1350); BOWSER for Dot. JENEK, (750); Edward BARREN, (2000); Jacob BURRETHAM for Estabrooks & MASON;, (3344); Jacob BLACKBURN, (500); Joseph BAKER, (470); BAKER for WHITEMAN, (750); Michael CUSHING, (750); Richard CUMBERLAND, (1500); Jonathan COLE, (100); Nicholas COOK, (1500); John DAY, (492); Moses DELESDERNIER, (1500); Charles DIXON, Esq., (2510); William ESTABROOKS, (500); Jonathan EDDY, (500); Benjamin EMMERSON, (2000); Daniel EDDY, (500); John EDDY, (250); William EDDY, (500); Lewis EDDY, (246); Deborah EDDY, (246); Robert FOSTER, (500); William FAWSIT, (750); Ezekiel FULLER, (500); Jacob FULLER, (500); FOSTER for S. SAUNDERS, (250); Henry GLEN, (1250); John GRACE, (750); Seth HENRY, (1000); Isaiah HORTON, (500); John HUSTON, (500); Josiah HICKS, (237); Samuel HICKS, (730); Samuel Jr. HICKS, (250); Nathaniel JACOBS, (750); Sim. JENCKS for J. JENCKS, (500); Simion JENCKS, (500); James JENCKS, (500); Stephen JENCKS, (750); Edward JENCKS, (500); Samuel IRONS, (242); Amasa KILEM, (1250); Seth KELSO, (1000); Wm LAWRENCE, (1000); Nathaniel LEWIS, (1250); Thomas LEWIS, (750); Samuel LEWIS, (700); Timothy LEWIS, (500); Brenega LEWIS, (250); Eleazor MARTIN, (250); Senacrib MARTIN for Sothmore KNIGHT, (1900); Wm MAXWELL, (1250); Wm MORE, (400); John MORE, (500); Benjamin MUSM, (900); Hannah NUTTON, (500); William NEWTON, (2000); Abraham OLNEY, (484); Emor OLNEY, (250); Jno. OLNEY for Jno. JENCKS, (750); John OLNEY, (750); Joseph OLNEY, (750); James OLNEY, (750); Charles OLNEY, (500); Coggshall OLNEY, (500); William OLNEY, (500); Abiel PECK, (750); Phineas PATTEN, (750); Mark PATTON, (1000); Eliphalet READ, (974); Samuel ROGERS, (4746); George ROGERS, (250); __ ROUND, (500); John RICHARDSON, (400); David STONE, (525); James SPRAGUE, (250); Frederick SPRAGUE, (500); Elijah SPRAGUE, (250); Samuel SEAMAN, (235); Gilbert SEAMAN, (500); William SPRAGUE, (250); Gideon SMITH, (1758); Mary SEAMAN, (250); Robert SCOT, (2000); Gideon Jr. SMITH, (500); Josiah TINGLEY, (1508); Wm TOWER, (750); Benjamin TOWER, (1450); Israel THORNTON, (750); Jno. THOMSON and Joseph THOMSON, (1240); Benjamin THURBER, (750); Josiah WINSLOW, (500); John WOOD, (250); Samuel WATTS, (500); Peley WILLIAMS, (750); Benjamin WILLIAMS, (500); Benoni WILLIAMS, (750); Robson WILLIAMS, (500); Neamiah WARD, (500) Total Assessment 14.2.0. Most of these names occur as grantees of Sackville made by Montague Wilmot, Governor, Captain General and the Commander-in-chief in and over the Province of Nova Scotia at Halifax, on 15th Oct. 1765 and registered at St. John on 25th Sept. 1785, on the formation of the Province of New Brunswick. Many of the grantees were soldiers and others whose personal service or services of those related to them to the Crown merited a reward in the shape of land grants. Some of the grantees never appeared or claimed their grants; others after coming here got quite disgusted and returned to the United States, as the Eddys, the only memorial of whose existence here is the Old Eddy Road from Amherst to Fort Lawrence. Others sold out and removed ... The principal traders in 1786 were 'Palmer & Napp' though familiar names such as Hugh McMONIGALL, Mark PATTON, Wm FREEMAN, Jacob TRITES, Wm TAYLOR, Noah WARD, Jonathan BURNHAM, John KEALOR, Jacob STEEVES, Richard SEAMAN, Wm ALLEN, Samuel GAY, Robert RIPLEY, Wm WELLS and Jonathan TRENHOLM occur as importers. ... The first settlers in Sackville were, according to tradition, John BARNES who came from Rhode Island in 1767 and located himself at Wood Point and built himself a habitation where Obediah SNOWDEN now lives; Jonathan WARD from Machias, Maine who planted himself in the wilderness where Reuben CHASE, Esq. and __ LAMB who settled at Joseph TOWER place, Joggins.