The late J. MORSE and His Times - Five years after Winslow's transports had dropped with the tide out of the Basin of Minas with their cargoes of expelled Acadians, six vessels (1st June 1760) sailed up with a party of immigrants from Connecticut some 200 people strong to people Horton. It was at this same time royalists settle at Liverpool, Annapolis, Falmouth &c. On 22nd Nov. 1763 the granrt of the Township of Cumberland was issued by Montague WILMOT, then Lieut. Governor. The following is a list of grantees (see original for lot numbers) Joseph MORSE, Elijah AYER, Josiah THROOP, John HUSTON, Joshua WINSLOW, Jesse BENT, Gamaliel SMETHURST, Sennacrib MARTYN, James LAW, Abiel RICHARDSON, Sara JONES, Wm BEST jr., Obediah AYER, William NESBETT, William HOW, Windsor EAGER, Arch. HINSHELWOOD, Gideon GARDNER, Saml. DANKS, Thos. DIXON, Zebulon ROE, John KING, Hezh. KING, John BENT, Jon. COLE, Ebenr. GARDNER, Jona. EDDY, Wm HUSTON, Alex. HUSTON, Simeon CHESTER, Thos. PROCTOR, Brook WATSON, Wm ALLAN, Wm ALLAN jr., Jonathan GAY, Martin PECK, John WALKER, Daniel GOODIN, Henry McDONNELL, Ebenezer STORER, Amos FULLER, Benoni DANKS, Samuel GAY, John ALLAN, Assell DANKS, Isaac DANKS, Charles OUTON, David BARNUM, Ebenezer BARNUM, Danl. EARL, Robt. WATSON, Anthony BURK, Wm WELSH, John FILMORE, Wm SOUTHARD, Saml. RAYMOND, Nehemiah WARD, John COLLINS, Joseph AYER, Thos. CLEWS, Wm MILBURN, Abiel RICHARDSON, George ALLAN, Wink. ALLAN, Jabez CHAPPELL, Leffey CHAPPELL. ... Most of the grantees were military men, all had seen service and fought against the French and Indians on the borders of Canada and for the protection of British possessions in this part of the world.