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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 : ' ^ THE NET PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OP THIS EDITION GO TO-T ^ RESTORATION FUND. ^_ —Ti ^ —x^?:^^ Q^c^ SKETCH _C^/:/. I v3--V V -OF THE- OlAjfParish Burying Ground -OF- ^/ > WINDSOR, NOVA SCOTIA, J 'x WITH AN APPEAL - \ -FOR- ITS PROTECTION, ORNAMENTATION, AND PRESERVATION, ' V I BY HENRY YOULE HIND, M. A. nATMMAt. uarAiif WINDSOR, N. S. Prixtkr by Jas. J. Anslow, at thb "Hants Journal" Ofkior. 1889. 1 m -•. ^ aNADA NATIONAL LIBRARY BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE :x^~---^ L A THE OLD PARISH BURYING GROUND AT WINDSOR. CONTENTS. Pmjt. INTRODUCTION. Authorities quoted—footnote I Isaac Deschamps 1,7 The Acadian Fkench (1714 to 175.5) 4 " " Their Burying Ground 2 First Settlement of Piaiquid by the French—Population 4, .'» French Mission (1724) 2 Parish of L'Assomption de Pizequit 28 Acadian Villages in the Pisiquid District 29, 4.3 French Prisoners at Fort Edward in 1761, '62, '6.3 and 1764 m Deportation of the Acadians from Pisiquid 4H Apportionment of Acadian Homes 48 Draughting for Acadian Homes .- 4!> Acadians employed as Laborers in 1762 tVi Petition to retain the Acadians in Kings County in 1765 to build the Dykes, &c. , &c 54 Number transported to Halifax in July, 1762 4.5 BnBYiNu Ground, The old— Gift of the Land 4, 10 Belongs now to the Corporation of Windsor. 96 The Burials in the Old Parish Burying Ground 12 Number of Church of England Burials 1.3 Antiquity of the Old Burying Ground 6, 16 Methoilist Burials 26 Presbyterian Burials 39 Baptist Burials 59 Buria:^ under the old Parish Church ,,,.,,,.,.,. IG Condition of the Old Burying Ground 11, 66 Consecration of 63 Secrets of the Old Burying Grourid 96 Estimate of the Cost of PRorfecTiNo, Cleaning and Laying Out 97 The State of the Country from 1784 to 1800 22 Religious Denominations—in Windsor and Hants 13 " in Nova Scotia 86 " in the Dominion 86 The Breaking of the Dykes 14 The Appropriation of the Country about Windsor ^ 22 Maplewood Cemetery 6S A u. Pagt. Kimt's CoLUcnE — 74, 77, 78, 82 Clergymen Trained in ! 87 Work of 83 MiMSTKBS of the Churcli of En<{land in Windsor since 1762 16 " of the Methodist Church since 1816 27 " of the Presbyterian Church since 1772 40 " of the Baptist Church since 1819 60 The Angucan Church 11 The Methodist Church 20 The Pbesbytebiam Church 33 The Baptist Church 06 Baftisus and Burials— Anglican 13 Methodist 20 Presbyterian 38 Baptist 59 Burials, general summary of 64 Township Meetinos— Resolutions concerning the Old Burying Ground from the year 1779 36, 37 The Grand Jury of Hants 66 Temperance in Windsor 100 years years ago 66 Presentments lor being drunk 67 •' for not going to Church 66 " for general Immorality 67 " against Trade with the United States 69 Churches— First Church built, (1771) 9, 11, 73 (Anglican) in the Parish of Windsor 73 Methodist < 20 Presbyterian 33 Baptist 66 The Old Parish Church (1788) 10 The Building of theChuroh 11 The Consecration 63 Sad condition of at the present day 65 Mural Tablets in 74 TheoldBell 63 The University Church 77 The New Christ Church 93 Benefactors 93 The Childrens' Window 94 Haluburton, Chief Justice. 94 Halliburton Family Record 94 Henslet Memorul Chapel. 80 The Indians— The Indian Burying Ground 2 Cape Split at the North extremity of Cheverie Bay 4 Indian Ossuary , 16 Indian Hunt in 1766 ..• •• 28 Tribes of Amquaret and Nocoot 32 Micmaos or Souriquois—numbers in Acadie. 32 Indians and Aoadians.^ 31 Fort Edward. 3, 7, 42 111. Pagn. CoMMAXDANTS at Fort Rlward from 1750 to 1782 43 A<TADiAN PRI80NER8 at Fort Eilward in 1761-64 30 The 8<ildi8R8 in Falmouth 40 Fort Vikux Lo«ii8 in 1760 43 FoKT Lawrenck in Falmouth 49 PiuiriociT (4) Pisiquid (4) Piziquid (5) 5 Families—certain Records of Old Windsor 95 Franoklin, Hon. Michael. 4, 10, 19 •SlTHANNAH FrANOKLIN 15 Francklin Family Record 94 DkWolke Family Record 94 McHeffey Family Record 94 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 7, 78, 79 Early records of 97 Liberality of the Society to King's College 79 ScMnKTY for Promoting Christian Knowledge 79, 80 Liberality of the S. P. (i. and S. P. C. K. to Missions in Nova Scotia. ... 78, 80 8ETTI.ERS, First Protestant 7 " " After expulsion of the Acadians 46 '* " Nationality of in Nova Scotia 84 MiasioNARiBS—Church of England 7, 8, 10 Burial of Refugees 96 Windsor Township established 9 Population of Township 13 •• of Town 13 Mortality in, in 1826 14 in, in 1784 18 Muster of Troops in 1784 19 Commandants stationed at from the year 1750 to 1762 43 First Temperance Society in 66 First Reading Society in 68 Windsor, Parish of, established 1804 72 Anglican Churches and Chapels in 73 Conclusion 94 .
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