Section K

Alexander McCausland and family

Old Burying Ground

Alexander McCausland was a schoolteacher in 1846, then went into the leather and shoe findings business with Thomas Simmonds. McCausland was in the loyal ministry of the Methodist Church in connection with the Fredericton circuit for thirty years. He married twice and both wives are buried here with him.

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Three men named John Lothrop Marsh

Old Burying Ground

The first John Lothrop Marsh here was a Loyalist, born in Fairfield, Connecticut, the son of Simeon Marsh and Eunice Lothrop. He came to New Brunswick in 1793. His grandson, the very dapper John Lothrop Marsh III, was appointed the first Police Magistrate of Fredericton and Lieutenant Colonel of the 71st York Battalion of Infantry.

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George Claxton Hunt, sea captain

Old Burying Ground

George C. Hunt (1799-1878) was an English sea captain living in Saint John. When his wife Philena (Robinson) died in 1852, he and his daughter Mary moved to Fredericton where he worked as a clerk.

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Hodge and Haines

Old Burying Ground

William Hodge was a carpenter, and both he and his wife Sarah were of Irish descent. In 1871, their unmarried son John and daughter Esther shared their home with their sister Jane, Mrs. William Haines, and her six children while her husband was in China.

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Letitia Hamilton, soldier’s daughter

Old Burying Ground

The 11th Regiment was stationed in Fredericton in 1838 and 1839, after first arriving in Montreal.

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The family of William Shepherd Estey

Old Burying Ground

William S. Estey was born at Queensbury in 1797. A blacksmith when young, he was later described as a general dealer in partnership with his brother Theophilus, census enumerator, and lumber surveyor. He was a prominent member of the New Brunswick Baptist Education Society.

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Asa Coy and son, druggists: “Leeches, Leeches, Leeches”

Old Burying Ground

Asa Coy, born in Gagetown in 1799, came to Fredericton from Maugerville . He was a prosperous auctioneer, founded the Bank of Fredericton in 1838, served for many years as paymaster of the New Brunswick Yeoman Cavalry, and in 1847 set up his son, Asa Holly Coy, in business as a druggist. The family was Calvinist Baptist, like all early Maugerville settlers.

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Archdeacon George Coster and family

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A handsome stone marks the deaths of George Coster, Rector of Fredericton and Archdeacon of New Brunswick, and his wife Eleanor. A crypt at Christ Church Cathedral. The Archdeacon’s sister, Maria Coster ( 1787-1862), is buried here.

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John Anderson and Family

Old Burying Ground

John Anderson, liquor dealer and grocer of Fredericton, NB,, owned property on George Street extending from Regent Street halfway down the block to St. John Street. He was born in Ireland, in 1820, and his wife Mary was born in Wales. Their two-year-old grandchild, Mary Owen, was the first to be buried in this lot

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Two children of the Allan family

Old Burying Ground

Two small monuments are in a large square lot once enclosed by a handsome fence. The plan of the graveyard has this lot marked as belonging to M. Allan.

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