The Mains are Scotch.The family tree goes back to the beginning of the fifteenth century, one branch including the present Lord Rosebery and Sir William Alexander, who are one time owned Nova Scotia and gave the Province its name.David Main with two of his sons, John and James, emigrated from Dumfries.Scotland, to Richibucto, New Brunswick, in the spring of 1821, and settled at Galloway, on the farm now owned by Robert Main, a grandson of David, and son of James.James married Jane Murray, of Shemogue.James Main, of Botsford, is also a son of theirs.
John married Jean Johnstone, and lived in Kingston, now called Rexton.
Mary Jean Main, wife of Howard Trueman, is his daughter.The late David Main, of St.Stephen, was a son of John Main.
SHARP.
Four brothers named Sharp came to the Isthmus from Cornwallis, N.S., about the year 1812.Matthew settled in Nappan, William in Maccan, Allan in Amherst, and John in Sackville.Samuel Sharp, who married Fanny Trueman, was a son of William Sharp.
WELDON.
Two of William Trueman's sons married into the Weldon family.I am not able to give any more information about the Weldons than is found in the "History of the Blacks," which is as follows: "A Mr.Weldon left London for Halifax in 1760.The vessel in which he sailed was wrecked on the coast of Portugal.Returning to London, in 1761, he found that his wife and family had sailed for Halifax, where he joined them in the fall of the same year." Mr.Weldon settled first in Hillsboro and later removed to Dorchester, where the name has remained ever since.
Dr.Weldon, Dean of the Halifax Law School, belongs to this family.
SCOTT.
Adam Scott was from Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.He emigrated to New Brunswick with his wife and family in 1834, landing first at Quebec.He settled in Shemogue, Westmoreland County.His wife's name was Janet Amos.He had eight children.Two of the sons and the eldest daughter, Janet, married into William Trueman's family.The daughter, Mrs.Joseph Trueman, is still living, bright and cheerful, in the 84th year of her age.Mr.Scott was one of the most prosperous farmers in the district in which he settled, and lived to be ninety-nine years of age.