First Families of Cumberland
Would you leave your native land for a new adventure? 200 years ago, some dared. From England, Scotland and Ireland, they crossed the ocean to find themselves here, taking with them some members of their families.
Around 1820-30
The first families to settle in Cumberland are:
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Edward Harbottle
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Robert Gillespie
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John Stephenson
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William and Anthony Miller
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Thomas Wintle 1831 arriving from Gloucester, England
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Edward Scully
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Jonathan Laweryson
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Patrick Redmond
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James White
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Matthew Noonan
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Peter, Georges, Thomas McIntyre
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William Mulhall
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Robert and John Brack
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patrick sands
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Robert Maines
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Robert Laweryson
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Philip Rockford
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Hugh Kelly
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William Miller Jr.
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Edward Harbottle Taylor 1867
Around 1885
Over 150 Anglo-Saxon families lived in Cumberland Mills around 1885.
1850
Implantation
1900
Apogee
1950
Decline and exile to Maine US, the Eastern Townships and Ontario.