York Sunbury Historical Society September Program

The Program Committee is pleased to announce the following presentation for the York-Sunbury Historical Society.  Presentations take place at 7:30pm in the basement of Government House (51 Woodstock Road). A reception follows each presentation and are free and open to the public.

Speaker: Mary Louise McCarthy
Topic:   1815-2015…a brief history of Black Refugees arrival to NB
Date:  September 17, 2015

Government House on Woodstock Road

Mary Louise McCarthy is the Executive President of the New Brunswick Black History Society.  She is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Social Justice at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.  She currently lives and works in Fredericton, New Brunswick and her doctoral research focuses on uncovering the stories, bonds and relationships between the early African settlers and the Maliseet First Nation communities in New Brunswick.

FAA Artists in Residence 2010 Summer Series

Every week the Museum Treasures exhibit is transformed as new artists set up their studio at the York Sunbury Museum!

“The Fredericton Arts Alliance Artist in Residence summer series presents local professional artists and fine craftspeople for one- to two-week residencies.  Artists will create a studio space providing the public with a wonderful opportunity to talk with the artists, learn about their inspiration and creation and witness professional art in the making.  The residencies will be located at York Sunbury Museum, 571 Queen Street.” ~FAA

July 3-9:

Carol Collicutt (Mixed Media) and WhiteFeather (Mixed Media)

Carol Collicutt is a visual artist living in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Carol Collicutt has been a practicing mixed media artist in Fredericton for over twenty years, and has participated in solo and group exhibitions throughout the Maritimes. Collicutt’s work incorporates photography, collage, drawing, painting, and installation. For her residency, Collicutt will be working on an ongoing series, covering a number of Barbie dolls with various materials, including gut, beads, bandages, plaster, cheesecloth, rope etc.

WhiteFeather is a Fredericton-based artist, arts educator, advocate, writer, curator and administrator.

WhiteFeather is a Fredericton-based found/mixed media artist, writer, arts administrator, curator and instructor.  She is known for her sculptural work, using human hair and natural remains or human refuse.  WhiteFeather will be working on a new project using aprons as symbols of purity and sexuality. These aprons will be constructed using found/mixed media, and a variety of textile construction techniques.

The York Sunbury Museum has extended its hours for the summer season.  We will be open every day from 10am to 5pm and Tuesday and Thursday evening until 8pm for so long as we have summer students!  Hopefully that will be until the end of August since two of our students will be moving westward to continue their studies (sniff, we’ll be sad to see them go)!  The York Sunbury Museum exhibits the history of Fredericton and central New Brunswick and is thrilled to be sharing our space with the Fredericton Arts Alliance and New Brunswick Crafts Council this summer!  We always have something going on so if you are in Fredericton this summer you should definitely check the museum out!!

Fredericton Arts Alliance Artists in Residence Summer Series 2010 Schedule

Benjamin Atherton Records

MC300-MS12 York-Sunbury Historical Society Collection Description (page 127)

If you are interested in any of these files then please contact the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.

“Benjamin Atherton was born December 9, 1736, at Lancaster, Massachusetts.  As a young man, he enlisted in the British Army, sailed from Boston in 1755 on the sloop “Victoria”, and served for a year in Nova Scotia under Colonel Winslow.  According to Lilian Maxwell’s History of Central New Brunswick, Lieutenant Benjamin Atherton took part in the expulsion of the Acadians.

In 1769, Atherton arrived in Saint John and became a fur trader with the firm of Simonds, Hazen, and White of Portland Point.  Atherton was placed as manager of a truck-house at St. Anne’s Point, in competition with John Anderson, who was established at the mouth of the Nashwaak River.  He refused to join the rebel movement in Maugerville during the American Revolution.  After the War, he served as Clerk of the Peace, Registrar, and later coroner for Sunbury County.  In 1788, Governor Carleton purchased land from Atherton as part of the property for Government House–land that Atherton had owned for almost twenty years.  Atherton died July 17, 1816, at Prince William, York County.

This small series encompasses the period 1771 to 1785 and provides information on Atherton’s business dealings and official duties.  It measures .5 centimeters.”

1  Invoice of goods on hand at St. Ann’s Sunbury County, Nova Scotia; October 31,1771.

2  Bill for consignment of goods shipped to Benjamin Atherton & Co. aboard “Polly” from Boston and Newbury; November 2, 1772.

3  Bond of guardianship of Samuel Peabody, John Smith and Alexander Tapley with James Simonds, Judge of the Sunbury County Probate Court, for Francis and Oliver Peabody, sons of the late Francis Peabody; June 23, 1773.

4  Invoice for fur pelts sent to Mr. Simonds; May 19, 1773.

5  Invoice of goods sent to Benjamin Atherton via Jabez Nevers from Simonds & White; October 21, 1774.

6  Affidavit of inquisition held at Maugerville before Coroner Benjamin Atherton into the death of Robert Lewis formerly of the Queen’s Rangers.  The twelve-man jury was composed of George Ormond, John Atcheson, William Desmund, Jeremiah Tracey, William Read, Benjamin Rix, Samuel Rix, William Broawn, Abraham Buscork (?), Jacob Barker Jr., Henry Link, and Benjamin Broawn; October 5, 1784.

7  Affidavit of inquisition held before Benjamin Atherton, Coroner for Sunbury County, into the death of Thomas Sever.  The twelve-man jury was composed of Jared Betts, Abraham Vanderbeck, John Gibson, James Taylor, William Bill, John Bailey, George Webb, Luthren Morris, Isaac Smith, Abraham Rottan, Ruloff Jacobus, and Thomas McEnnelly; March 26, 1785. 

Lilian Maxwell Historical Research Papers

MC300-MS3 York-Sunbury Historical Society Collection
Description (page 104)

If you are interested in any of these files then please contact the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.

“This manuscript series includes the papers and research notes of Lilian Maxwell as historian.  They are not included in the MS2 because they do not seem to have been presented to the Society, although a great many of her subject papers were (see MS2).

Also included is correspondence to Maxwell concerning various aspects of New Brunswick history; notes on her book  The History of Central New Brunswick; and information on the Propagation of the Gospel and the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire. This series measures 5 centimeters.  For more information on Lilian Maxwell, see the introduction to MS3.”

1 Typescript of a partial bibliography of the works of Lilian Maxwell; n.d.

2 Maxwell, Lilian.  “The First Canadian-Born Novelist [Julia Catherine Beckwith-Hart]“; n.d.

3 Maxwell, Lilian.  “The Oldest English Grammar School in Canada“, [Fredericton High School]; n.d.

4 Correspondence and papers relating to Lilian Maxwell’s The History of Central New Brunswick; 1930-945.

5 Letter from H.A. Cody to Lilian Maxwell concerning his reaction to her book The History of Central New Brunswick; Fredericton, June 27, 1939.

6 Maxwell, Lilian.  Typescript of The River Saint John and Its Poets; n.d.

7 Maxwell, Lilian.  “The Royal Tour of 1860“; n.d.

8 Maxwell, Lilian.  Typescript of items from the 1876 scrapbook of Miss Bessie White on Fredericton buildings; n.d.

9 Calendar of correspondence of the Diocese of Nova Scotia (includes New Brunswick), 1787-1848, from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, with an introduction by Lilian Maxwell; n.d.

10 Maxwell, Lilian.  “Some Old Buildings of New Brunswick” (in Fredericton and vicinity); n.d.

11 Material collected on the I.O.D.E. in New Brunswick by Lilian Maxwell as the Study Covenor for the Governor Carleton Chapter, I.O.D.E., Fredericton; n.d.

12 Miscellaneous correspondence to Lilian Maxwell including information on various old houses throughout New Brunswick; 1930-1941.

13 Letter to Lilian Maxwell regarding Sir John Caldwell, includes a sketch of Caldwell’s property near Grand Falls; September 20, 1941.

14 Maxwell, Lilian. Research notes on the Beverly Robinson family, 1938.

15 Letter from E. Tappan Adney to Lilian Maxwell discussing Indians of New Brunswick, their tribal names and organization; Upper Woodstock, September 24, 1948.

16 Letter from E. Tappan Adney to Lilian Maxwell discussing his research on the Malecites in the light of the deficiencies of W.F. Ganong’s research.  Adney also discusses the final placement of his own research papers; Upper Woodstock, August 15, 1950.

17 Transcription of a manuscript journal known as the “Palmer Book of Records“, [made by Lilian Maxwell] in three parts, with an explanatory note.  The manuscript contains a considerable amount of genealogical material on the Estabrooks and Palmer families embracing the period 1750-1899.  Also included is the journal of Elijah Estabrooks, military officer during the French-Indian wars.  It covers the years 1758-1759 in New York State, and 1760 in Halifax.  The first section of this book is a partial history of the Baptist church at Waterborough, Queens County, 1800-1832.  It also includes a sketch of the life of Rev. Elijah Estabrooks; lists of those baptized; accounts of revivals; and correspondence with other churches.  (See also microfilm F2).

18 Letter from Adelina E.A. Bauld to Lilian Maxwell concerning Maxwell’s book; includes information on Mrs. Bishop Medley; [Boston], n.d.

Lilian Maxwell Genealogical Correspondence

MC300-MS3 York-Sunbury Historical Society Collection
Description (page 97)

If you are interested in any of these files then please contact the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.

“Lilian Mary Beckwith Maxwell (1877-1956) was born in Fredericton, the daughter of Charles Beckwith and Mary Helen Glasier.  She graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1898 with a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in English.  She attended Wellington Teachers’ Training School in Massachusetts and the Provincial Normal School in Fredericton, and taught in Ludlow and Saint John.  She married James Brown Maxwell, an engineer.  After living in the United States for a short time, they, with their three children, settled in Fredericton.

Lilian Maxwell was a charter member of the York-Sunbury Historical Society, and wrote for the Society as well as for newspapers and magazines.  She had several books published including The History of Central New Brunswick and The River St. John and Its Poets.  She was a member of the Senate of the University of New Brunswick and received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from that Institution.  She was also a charter member of the Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and of the Governor Carleton Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire.

Her other interests included art and antiques.  Maxwell was a very active member of the Historical Society and in some cases in this series, it is difficult to differentiate between her personal correspondence and research and that done on behalf of the Society.  She produced a great many family genealogies and responded to numerous inquiries in the form of letters to Maxwell, which date from 1932 to 1965.  They are arranged by the surname of the main family being researched.  The names in brackets are also mentioned in the correspondence and the date following the name refers to the date of the inquiry.  In many cases, the amount of genealogical information actually provided is minimal.  This series measures 50 centimeters.”

1   General information on genealogical procedure: 1938-1953
2   Abrahams (Abrams); 1938
3   Adams; 1937-52
4   Agnew; n.d.
5   Ahearn; 1947
6   Ansley; 1939
7   Allan (Allen); 1934-1943
8   Allison (Ellison); 1946
9   Anderson; 1944
10   Appleby; 1940
11   Armstrong; 1965
12   Arnold; n.d
13   Atchison; 1943
14   Atkinson; 1951
14a  Austin; 1949-1964
15   Ayer; 1950-1952
16     Babbit; n.d.
17     Bagley; 1944
18     Bailey; 1954
19     Barker; n.d.
20     Bassett; 1939
21     Baxter; 1937
22     Beach; 1942
23     Bearisto; 1950
24     Beckett; 1938
25     Beckwith; 1936-1940
26     Bedell; 1955
27     Derris (Dennis); 1958-1959
28     Bishop; 1944
29     Blakeney; n.d.
30     Bogert; (Bogart); 1965
31     Bonney; 1938-1953
32     Bowden; 1948
33     Bowen; 1944
34     Boyd; 1951
35     Radford; 1945-1948
36     Bradley; 1937
37     Brand; 1944
38     Brannen; 1931
39     Briggs; 1946
40     Brittain;1937
41     Brown; 1936
42     Brownell; 1937
43     Buchanan; 1937
44     Burnett; 1944
45     Burt; n.d.
46     Burton; 1949
47     Caldwell (Rowell); 1937
48     Calhoun; 1939
49     Calkin; 1965
50     Cameron (Lint; Cook); 1947
51     Camp; 1948
52     Campbell; 1935
53     Carl; n.d.
54     Carleton; 1936
55     Carlin (Carling); 1939
56     Carlisle; 1950
57     Carmen (Haight); 1950
58     Carmichael; 1938
59     Carney; 1950
60     Chase (Moore; Keezer); 1943-1944
61     Chestnut; 1951
62     Chipman; 1931
63     Clark; 1939
64     Clements; 1930
65     Cliff; 1935
66     Close; n.d.
67     Coates; 1946
68     Coddington; 1946
69     Cody; 1965
70     Cole; 1940
71     Coleman; 1934
72     Compton; 1947
73     Condon; 1950
74     Cook (Lint); 1934
75     Coon; 1933
76     Cougle (Allan; Lockwood); n.d.
77     Coulthard; 1964
78     Cox; n.d.
79     Crandall; 1941
80     Crane; 1939
81     Crighton; 1939
82     Croft (Simonds); 1945
83     Crouse; 1941
84     Cunningham; 1936
85     Cyr (Sears; Crock); 1946
86     Dailey; 1940
87     D’Amours; n.d.
88     Davidson; 1934-1946
89     Davis; 1949
90     Day; 1939-1942
91     DeVeber; n.d.
92     Doak; 1943
93     Dow; 1945
94     Drummond; 1940
95     Dunham (Close); n.d.
96     Earle (Fraser; Rapalje; Emerson); 1946
97     Ebberson; 1950
98     Edmonds; 1938
99     Edmondton; n.d.
100   Elliot (Murchie); 1937-1952
101   Ellis; 1951-1952
102   Emery; 1937
103   Estabrooks; 1955
104   Estey (Morehouse; Hartt; Cunningham); 1957
105   Finnimore; n.d.
106   Fitzgerald;l 1938-1939
107   Foreman (Moore); 1946
108   Forrester; 1947
109   Foshay (Jones; Dayton) 1940
110   Foster (Wortman); 1942-1949
111   Fowler (Bostwick; Odell; Cables); 1934
112   Fox (104th; Moran); 1946
113   Fraser (Frazer; Leonard; Rapelie; Grigor; Baby; Earle; Hoare; New Brunswick Fencibles; Calder) 1949
114   French (Bennet); 1931
115   Fuller; 1943
116   Gage (Goucher); 1949
117   Gallant (Haches; Hacheys); 1965
118   Gamble (Howe); n.d.
119   Garden (Balloch; Thompson; Hewlett; Green); 1936
120   Garrison; 1946
121   Gaskin; 1937
122   Gault; 1941
123   Gaynor; n.d.
124   Gethchell (Jay; Jessey; Barnard; Fowler; Brown); 1948
125   Gilbert; n.d.
126   Gill; 1931
127   Glasier; n.d.
128   Glendenning (Perkins); 1953
129   Golden; 1947
130   Good; 1965
131   Gorham; 1933
132   Graham (Mitchey; Mitchell; Jackson); n.d.
133   Grant; 1953
134   Graves; 1949
135   Gray (Scott); 1954
136   Greenough; 1946
137   Gregory; 1938
138   Gunter; n.d.
139   Guyon (Guion; D’Amours; Freneuse); n.d.
140   Hailes (Sproule); 1943
141   Hall (Hart); 1933
142   Handy; 1939
143   Hanson; (Baldwin); 1953
144   Harding (Price; Fownes); 1954
145   Harley; 1956
146   Harper (Hastings); 1939
147   Harris; n.d.
148   Hartt; n.d.
149   Harvey; n.d.
150   Hatfield; 1938
151   Hatheway; n.d.
152   Hatton (Crerar); n.d.
153   Hawkins; n.d.
154   Hayes (Baxter); 1937
155   Hazen (Harley); n.d.
156   Henry; 1940
157   Hewlett (Whiting); 1942
158   Hierlihy; n.d.
159   Hill; n.d.
160   Hillman; n.d.
161   Hopkins (Bennison); 1948
162   Hopps (Bradford); 1954
163   Hovey; 1937
164   Howard; 1952
165   Howlet; n.d.
166   Hubbard; n.d.
167   Hunter; n.d.
168   Huston (Inches); 1938
169   Jackson; 1949
170   Jacob; 1953
171   James; 1940
172   Jarvis; n.d.
173   Jenkin; 1941
174   Jenks; 1948
175   Jewett (Beckwith; Juet); 1933-1948
176   Johnston (MacBeath); 1939
177   Jones; 1952
178   Keenan; 1965
179   Kennedy; 1934
180   Kenny (Kinny; Barlow; Kenney); 1934
181   Kent; n.d.
182   Ketchum; 1950; 1950-1953
183   Kimball; 1952
184   Lamoreaux; 1946
185   Lan (Long); 1946-1947
186   LaTour; n.d.
187   Lattie; 1949
188   Lawrance; 1938
189   Lawson; 1940
190   Leonard (Earl; Fraser); 1948
191   Lint; 1946
192   Lipsett (Coomb); n.d.
193   Little; 1942
194   Lord; 1953
195   Lounsbury; 1945
196   Ludlow; n.d.
197   MacBean; 1934
198   MacMillan; 1948
199   MacNaughton (Kerr; Gunn; Johnson-Johnston; Burnett; MacBeath); 1939
200   McCumber; n.d.
201   McGlinchey (Bailey); n.d.
202   McLeod (McLean; Price; Pond; MacKenzie); n.d.
203   McNeil (McNeal); n.d.
204   Manuel; 1952
205   Manzar; 1941
206   Marsh (March; La Marche); 1941
207   Mauger; 1933
208   Maxwell; 1948
209   Mersereau; 1933
210   Miles; n.d.
211   Millage; 1943
212   Mills (Olmstead); 1937
213   Minard; 1968
214   Minchin; 1946
215   Mitchell (Anderson); 1938
216   Mott; 1954
217   Mowry; 1939
218   Murray; 1931
219   Myler; 1933
220   Nadeau; 1941
221   Needham (Jouet; Yerxa; Fraser; Nadeau); 1947
222   Nevers (Innis; Gidney); 1953
223   Odell; 1942-1944
224   O’Meara (Meade); 1944
225   Oren (Coloured); n.d.
226   Owen (Medely; Kent; Wade; Arnold; Young); 1947
227   Paddock (Robinson); n.d.
228   Paine; 1952
229   Palmer; n.d.
230   Parent; 1937
231   Patterson; 1938
232   Peck (Pack); 1942
233   Perkins; 1938-1953
234   Perley; n.d.
235   Peters (Inches; Glasiers); 1938
236   Phair; 1952
237   Phillips; 1952
238   Pickard (Brill); 1941
239   Polley; 1933
240   Pond; 1950-51
241   Post (Bogart); 1938
242   Power; 1939
243   Price; 1947
244   Purdy (Currie); 1933-1949
245   Rand; 1943
246   Randall; 1935-1949
247   Rapalje (Vanderbury; Vanderburg); 1932
248   Raymond; 1945
249   Reid; 1931
250   Reynolds; 1950
251   Rideout; 1950
252   Roberts; 1938
253   Rockwell; 1948
254   Rosborough; n.d.
255   Ruby (Roby; Howe); 1952
256   Russel (Marsh); 1953
257   Ryerson; 1937
258   Saunders (Allen; Tabor); 1941
259   Say; 1950
260   Schrivner; 1933
261   Secord (Mabee); 1946
262   Seely (Ziele; Uziele); 1948
263   Segee (Noble); 1940
264   Sentall; 1932-1934
265   Sharp; 1945
266   Shaw; 1940-1947
267   Sherman; 1947
268   Sherwood; 1969
269   Shvieler; n.d.
270   Simonds; n.d.
271   Smith; 1935
272   Snider; 1945
273   Sqrague (Bonney); 1941
274   Sproule; 1931
275   Steeves; 1954
276   Stephenson (Coon); 1933
277   Stilson; 1945
278   Stow; 1939
279   Strange; 1933
280   Street; n.d.
281   Sutton; n.d.
282   Sypher; 1938
283   Terrill (Earle); 1928
284   Thomas (Bowden; Blaicher; Bleaker; Blackard; Blucher); 1939-940
285   Thorton; 1952
286   Tibbits; 1952
287   Tingley; 1965
288   Todd; 1936-1938
289   Tomson; n.d.
290   Towers (McLaughlin); 1953
291   Townsend (Waugh; Carney); 1948
292   Trafton; 1947
293   Trecartin; 1948
294   Tribe; 1946
295   Turner; 1939-1943
296   Vail; 1938-1940
297   Valentine; n.d.
298   Vandenburg (VanAllen); 1933
299   Vanderbeck (Underhill); 1935
300   Van der Burgh; n.d.
301   Vardy (Verder); 1933
302   Vogler; 1937
303   Wallace; n.d.
304   Walsh; n.d.
305   Ward (Salisbury; Ayer; Finney; Dixon); 1939;1950
306   Wardell (Riseley); 1950
307   Webb; n.d.
308   Webster; 1939-1945
309   Welch; 1939
310   Weldon; 1952
311   Whelpley; 1941
312   Whitmore (Babbidge; Lyons); 1948
313   Lyon; 1959
314   Wilkinson; 1941
315   Williams (Reid; Morris; Van Buskirk); 1946
316   Willoughby (Herbert); 1939
317   Wilmot; 1932
318   Wilson; n.d.
319   Winslow (Winterbottom; Moodie); 1942
320   Woodforde (Winslow); 1940
321   Wolley (Slocum); 1940
322  Wortman; 1940
323  Yerxa; 1934-1942
324  Yeomans (Ferguson; Vanduson); 1946
325  Young; 1935
326  Hamlyn; 1956
327  Grasse (Bubar; Howland; Degrasse; Phillips); 1956-1961
328  Ketcheson; 1956
329 Goldrup (Gooldrup); 1956