BURNS.--John Burns was from Ireland.He came to New Brunswick in the early part of the last century, and settled at Mount Whatley.He married a Miss Harrison, and had a family of six children.He carried on a large and profitable mercantile business for a number of years.
There are none of the name here at present.
PAGE.--William Page lived at Mount Whatley for some years in the early part of the last century, and carried on quite an extensive business in wood-work and dry goods.
SMITH.--Dr.Rufus Smith lived near Fort Cumberland and had a large medical practice on the Isthmus.He belonged to one of the Loyalist families, and represented the County of Westmoreland in the Assembly at Fredericton for a period of fifteen years, from 1816.His remains lie in the cemetery at Point de Bute.
CHANDLER.--Col.Joshua Chandler, of New Haven, graduated at Yale College in 1747.He was a member of the Connecticut Legislature.Being loyal, he left when Gen.Tryon, was obliged to evacuate that place.His property was valued at L30,000 sterling, and was confiscated.He settled with his family at Annapolis, N.S.He and two daughters and a son were ship-wrecked going from Digby to St.John, in March, 1787.The son was drowned in his efforts to swim to the land, while the father and the two daughters perished from cold and exposure after they had reached the shore.The British Government allowed the surviving children, Sarah, Mary, Thomas, Samuel and Charles, each L1,000sterling.Sarah married Wm.Botsford, father of the late Judge Wm.
Botsford, and grandfather of Senator Botsford; Mary married Col.Joshua Upham, afterwards Chief Justice of New Brunswick.Thomas Chandler, M.P.P., a lawyer of eminence, died at Pictou.His wife, Elizabeth Grant, was an aunt of Sam.Slick, whose name was Thomas Chandler Haliburton.Samuel Chandler was also in the Legislature of Nova Scotia for many years, representing Colchester County.He married Susan Watson.His eldest son was the late Judge James W.Chandler, of Westmoreland, Charles H.Chandler was Sheriff of Cumberland for thirty-eight years.Among his children were Sheriff Joshua Chandler, of Amherst, and the late Lieutenant-Governor E.B.Chandler, of Dorchester.The three sons of Col.Joshua Chandler in the early part of the last century, lived in the township of Cumberland for a time and conducted a general trading business.Their brother-in-law, William Botsford, was also a resident of the township at the same time.