Planters and Pioneers, Nova Scotia, 1749-1775 - Revised Edition 2007

By Dr. Esther Clark Wright

Planters & Pioneers represents years of research by the renowned Dr. Esther Clark Wright to compile a comprehensive list of pre Loyalist New England and European settlers to Nova Scotia and what is now referred to as New Brunswick.

The end result is a book that includes more than 23,000 names (under more than 4000 family leaders) gathered from township records, registry of deeds, probate records, county and local histories, census records, family histories, genealogies, and so forth. It is a wealth of information that would take a modern-day professional researcher years to duplicate even with today's advances in research technology.

New bibliography: This reprint is virtually identical in content to Dr. Wright's 1982 Revised Edition except with one added feature: a complete bibliography of Dr. Wright, courtesy of Acadiensis of the University of New Brunswick. 

Examples of the format:

• SCOTT, ROBERT, ESQ.  -- SACKVILLE, SALISBURY
  Lieut. 94th Regt. of Foot, d. 17 May 1823, ae 95. m. Mary, d. 12 Feb. 1832, ae 90. Ch: William, Ann, Mary, Margaret, Robert, Elizabeth.
• SCOTT, ROSANNA -- HALIFAX
  2 females above 16, 2 males under 16, 1752.
• SCURR, THOMAS -- SACKVILLE, 1774.
  ae 34, Albion, 1774. went to Virginia, 1788? m. Elizabeth Ch: Thomas, William, Charles, Elizabeth, Alice, John, Ann

Planters and Pioneers is a unique work with virtually no others existing like it. It has application to family history research not only in Atlantic Canada and New England, but across all of North America and beyond because so many people descended from those early Nova Scotia / New Brunswick settlers. It is a great reference tool for researchers who have an interest in the region, or if they only have interest in a few families from the region. It is also a great starting place for many new researchers who have roots in Atlantic Canada.

Background:  The largest community in the Annapolis Valley is also one of the most historic. At the end of the 18th century, Kentville became Shire Town of Kings County and, being at the junction of seven roads, grew into an important commercial centre, serving agricultural villages throughout the Annapolis Valley. The community began to thrive when the Windsor to Annapolis railway (later known as DAR) established its headquarters in 1868 and began shipping Annapolis Valley apples overseas. As the shire town of Kings County, the modern town of Kentville grew into a bustling railroad centre. The town has also been host to the traditional industries such as coal, timber, dairies, food processors and fruit retailers. Manufacturing industries began to bloom after the surge of the industrial revolution of the late 19th century. Kentville also became known for the production of the first automobile in Nova Scotia.

Details:

309 Pages
6 X 9" inches
Softcover - paperback
Published by Beaver Bank, 2007
ISBN: 9780889990876