Cyrus Black says, in his "History of the Blacks," that Mrs.Embree once distinguished herself on a trip from Eastport to the Isthmus.The captain was incapable of managing the boat through drink, and there was no man to take his place.Mrs.Embree took the helm and brought the schooner safe to Aulac."Thomas and Israel, Mr.Embree's sons, remained on the homestead at Amherst.Elisha, a third son, settled at Amherst Head, now called Warren.A daughter married Luther Lusby.A grand-daughter of Israel married William L.Trueman.
RIPLEY.
Six brothers came to America from Yorkshire.Henry, John and William Ripley came in 1774; Joseph, Robert, and Thomas, later.Henry settled in Nappan, and his wife was Mary Fawcett, daughter of John Fawcett, of Lower Sackville, N.B.Henry and Mary Ripley had a family of sixteen children.Henry Ripley occupied a rented farm the first years in this country, but later purchased a farm from the DeBarres estate, 600 acres of marsh and upland, for L 600, and became a very prosperous farmer.
The name is pretty well scattered, but there are Ripleys still in Nappan who, like their ancestors, are men of integrity.
PUGSLEY.
The Pugsleys were Loyalists.David Pugsley came from White Plains, New York, to Nova Scotia, when a young man, and settled in Amherst.The one hundred acres of land given him by the Government was at Wallace.He was twice married.His first wife, by whom he had one son, was a Miss Horton.His second wife was a Miss Ripley, and had twelve children, seven daughters and five sons.
Mrs.Pugsley had a brother John, who was a half-pay officer in the British army.This brother lived a short time at Fort Lawrence, and had one son, named Daniel.John Pugsley and his wife left this son with friends in Petitcodiac, and returned either to the States or to Great Britain.They were not heard from afterward.The Pugsleys of King's County and St.John are descendants of this Daniel.Those in Cumberland are descended from David.The Pugsleys are good citizens, and generally have the means and the disposition to help a neighbor in need.