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Marriages:  The Acadian Recorder reports these in a limited manner, but they originate throughout the Province.  Often the dates found in this section and the Deaths section contain two references of inst. (or instant) and ult. (or ultimo).  These refer to the month in which the date occured. Inst. or instant means the date is in the current month. Ult. or ultimo means the date given is in the previous month.

Deaths:  Again these originate throughout the Province, and sometimes are International.

Ship News:  The news typically lists ship arrivals and departures, usually by giving ship name, master, and home port or last port sailed from.  Sometimes there are also passengers lists, information of wrecks etc which are reported under this section as well. If you see the symbol  "&.c" in the texts,  this was the old form of "etc".

Estate Notices:  These were advertisements placed when someone died announcing that claims against and owed to the estate had to be settled within a certain time period.  This section is a compliment to the Deaths section as an additional source. This section will be done once every few months. Since they often ran the same ad for 2 years, the list usually stays the same for a long period of time.  Sources here are not only the name of the deceased, but also those who administered the estate, usually other family members.  The complete text is not done.  This is just a list containing estate owner, administrator(s) and the date the original notice was placed (if available).

Advertisers:  Again this section is a list of names, with type of business and location if available.  Real estate sales will also
appear in this section, whether private or public/sherrif auction.  This section and the next are not being included yet, but will be eventually added in.

Snips and Clips:  Interesting odds and ends.

Married

• At Pugwash County of Cumberland by the Rev. Thos. Pain,  Mr. George Bergman of this town to Miss Mary C. Bigney, eldest daughter of Mark Bigney Esq. of the former place.

DEATHS

• At an early hour yesterday morning after a short and painful illness,  Mrs. Rowlands, wife of Dr. Rowlands, Surgeon of the Naval Hospital - Her funeral will take place after Church on Sunday next.
• At Windsor on Thursday morning last after a short illness, in the 78th year of his age, William Haliburton Esq., one of the oldest settlers of that place;  he was the Judge of Probate, and a Magistrate of the County of Hants,  the duties of which offices he very faithfully and satisfactorily discharged.

SHIP NEWS - Port of Halifax

Sunday Feb. 23 arr.
brig Marianne-Slancy,  Cragg  23 days from St. Kitts - cargo rum, suger &c. to Mr. [___]  Doyle.

Monday Feb. 24 arr.
new brig Mary-Ann, Ernest,  from Lunenburg.
brig Resolution, Smith  51 days from Jamaica - cargo rum to Messrs Hartshorne and Boggs & Co.

Wednesday Feb. 26
Sailed this morning for the West Indies: brigs Dasher, Collins  and  Eagle, Dean and sch. Jane & Mary, Stairs.

The sch. Four Sons, Kelly from hence arrived at Boston Jan. 23.
The schrs Alert, Clements and Thistle, Ritchie of Yarmouth N.S.  were at Antiqua Jan. 16.
The sch. Rachel of this port arrived at St. Kitts Jan. 21 from Monserratt and soon after proceeded to Jamaica.
The sch. Blanche, Curtis  from hence has arrived at St. Kitts.
The brig Pallas, Rumford  of this port sailed from Jamaica Dec. 27 for New York.
The ship Berkley  from hence has arrived at Jamaica.
The brig Freetown, Archibald of this port arrived at New York Jan. 26 from New Providence.
 

ESTATE NOTICES
E = estate of;  A = administrators; D = original date published.

E = William Lockhart of Newport.
A = Martha Lockhart;  Daniel Lockhart;  John Chambers
D = January 25, 1817

E = Edward Bond of Halifax.
A = W.K. Reynolds; John Rogers
D = September 14, 1816

E = James Densmore - County of Hants
A = Samuel Densmore;  William Densmore
D = January 17, 1817  Newport.

E = Thomas Adams of Halifax.
A = Margaret Adams;  Francis Stevens;  William Verge
D = April 3, 1817

E = Samuel T. Prescott of Dartmouth.
A = Charles R. Prescott;  John Owen;  Thomas Hosterman.
D = January 1, 1817

E = Alexander Wills, gardener, of Halifax.
A = James Smith;  William Annard.
D = February 16, 1817.

E = Charles Wright , baker,  of  Halifax.
A = Henry Wright;  Nicholas Wright;  Enoch Wiswell.
D = January 13, 1816.

E = Alexander Smith of Halifax.
A = Mary Smith.
D = May 18, 1816.

E = Revd. Thomas Shreve of Lunenburg.
A = Abigail Shreve;  Caleb Shreve.
D = September 26, ______

E = William Wilson,  mason,  of Windsor Road.
A = Francis Wilson;  Joseph Wilson.
D = March [?], ______

E = Henry Burbridge of Cornwallis.
A = Ann Burbridge;  John B. Best;  E. Burbridge.
D = December 16  [????]

E = E[????]  Fuller sen.  of Horton.
A = William Fuller;  Thomas Fuller;  E[???] Fuller;  Oliver Fuller.
D = January 1, 1816.

E = Thomas Gouin.
A = John O'Brien.
D = June 15,  1816  Halifax.

E = Stephen Lee, Captain's Clerk - HMS Borer and Loup Cervier.
A = Israel Harding.
D = May 1, 1816  Halifax.

E = George Bently of Cornwallis.
A = Jane Bently;  Ashel Bently.
D = April 14, 1816

E = Patrick Heffernan, Trader,  of  Nova Scotia.
A = James Heffernan;  George Grassie.
D = January 18, 1817  Halifax.

E = John George Conlaw Boutlier sen.  of St. Magaret's Bay.
A = Barbara Boutlier;  J.G.C. Boutlier.
D = June 20, 1816

E = Jake Pulsifer  of  Chester.
A = Mary Pulsifer;  Joseph Pulsifer.
D = December 5, 1816.

E = Ferdinand Loy,  Yeoman,  of Lawrence Town.
A = Margaret Loy;  Christian Loy.
D = March 9, 1816

E = Frances Hutchinson  of Windsor.
A = Fawnia Hutchinson;  Benja. Dewolf.
D = January 1, 1816.

E = Samuel Moore,  Yeoman,  of Truro.
A = James Archibald;  John Steele.
D = May 24, 1816.

• [From Halifax section] On Wednesday morning Mary Foley, wife of E. Foley, labourer was examined before the Police Magistrates and fully committed on a charge of having passed several counterfeit dollars, knowing them to be such - On searching the suspected apartments, several base dollars were found together with a mould for casting them; but we are sorry to learn that the supposed principle in this vile business Thomas Arragon has made his escape.

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