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Excerpts from the Royal Gazette and Miscellany of the Island of St. John

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, July 25, 1791

  Marriages: Mr. James Lawson, to Miss Elizabeth Miller, both of Cove Head.

  At Tracadie�Mr. William Gillies to Miss Mary Macdonald.

  Deaths: Lately died, at his house, in London, Sir Archibald Campbell, Knight of the Bath, Major Gen. In the army, and Colonel of the 74^th regiment of foot.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Friday August 12, 1791

  Births: Mrs. Garforth, of a daughter.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Friday, October 7, 1791

  Births: A daughter to the Rev. Theophilus Debrisay.

  Mrs. Hillman, of a son.

  Mrs. Darby, of Bedeque, of a daughter.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Friday, October 21, 1791

  Birth: Mrs. McCallum, of a son.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Saturday, November 5, 1791

  Births: Mrs. Robins, of Bedeque, of a son. Mrs. John Webster, [jan.?] of this town [Charlotte Town], of a son.

  Died lately at London, of an apoplectic fit, Captain DUGALD STEWART, of this island, regretted by a numerous acquaintance.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Saturday, December 3, 1791

  Yesterday morning an official dispatch, from the Honourable Richard Bulkeley, at Halifax, brought from Poictou by Mr. Pagan, was received here by his Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, acquainting him with the melancholy news of the death of his Excellency JOHN PARR, Esq. Lieutenant Governor, Commander in Chief, and Vice Admiral of his Majesty�s province of Nova Scotia, who died on Thursday the 24^th ultimo at Halifax, after an illness of 14 days. By his death, the government of that province devolves, by his Majesty�s Royal Instruction, on his Excellency Lt. Governor FANNING, Commander in Chief of this Island, he being senior Lieutenant Governor.

  Lately died, at his house in Hart street, Bloomsbury square, London, in the 82^nd year of his age, the Hon. W. BULL, a native of South Carolina, and many years Lt. Gov. and Commander in Chief of that province, which he left, with the British troops, in 1782, and has ever since resided in Great Britain.�At Brest, the celebrated French Admiral, M. de la Mothe Piquet.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Saturday December 13, 1791

  Birth: Mrs. Rea, of a son.

  Deaths: Mr. Dugald McCallum, of Cove Head.�Mrs. Catherine McCallum, of the same place.�Miss Betsey Penman, of Tryon.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany,  Saturday January 28, 1792

  Marriages: Mr. Ronald McDonald, to the very agreeable Miss Nelly McDonald, both of Grand Tracadie.

  Mr. James Dingwell, of Saint Peter�s, to Miss Peggy Saunderson, of the same place.

  Mr. Angus McFee, of this place, taylor, to Miss Kitty McEachran.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, March 9, 1792

  Was lately married, Mr. William Hunter, of Richmond Bay, upwards of 70, to Miss Katherine McEachran, of 20.

  Birth: Mrs. Cinsabaugh, of Three River, of twins, daughters.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Saturday, March 24, 1792

  Since our last, the remains of Alexander Corbett, the person who was lost in December last, on his way to the West river settlement, were conveyed through this town on the road to Scotch Fort, where they go in order for interment. The body of this unfortunate man was found in the woods surrounding the Settlement, about a quarter of a mile from the house of Mr. Crosby. The flesh had been nearly all devoured by the foxes, before he was discovered. The real occasion of this melancholy death cannot well be accounted for.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Saturday, April 21 1792

  Marriages: Mr. Ronald McDonald, Retland, to Miss Isabell McDonald, of Red-head.

  Mr. Angus McDonald, Maple-hill, to the agreeable Miss Kitty McDonald, of Allisary.

  Birth: Mrs. McDonald, Allisary, of a son.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, July 14, 1792

  Was lately married at Tryon, Mr. Phillips Morris Callbeck to Miss Anne Warren, daughter of William Warren, Esq. Of that place.

  Birth: A Daughter to the Honourable Major Charles Lyons.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, Monday, July 23, 1792

  Birth: A son to Thomas Wright, Esq., his Majesty�s Surveyor General.

• Royal Gazette and Miscellany, October 17, 1792

  Births: Mrs. Richardson, of a daughter.

  Mrs. Foy, of Tryon, of a daughter.

  Mrs. Wright, of Tryon, of a son.

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