Section L

The Hovey and Hooper families

Old Burying Ground

Aaron Hovey, came to the lower St. John River in 1769. In 1770 he claimed a 200-acre lot in consequence of a lease to Edmund Price, the father of his wife Dorothy. The Hoveys and Hoopers were related through marriage, and many unmarked graves of the Hooper family also lie here.

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Adams, Beckwith, Grigor, and Hart

Old Burying Ground

John Adams, born in Paisley, Scotland, ran away from home as a young man and was employed at Limavady, Northern Ireland, by a Mr. Jackson as gardener and groom. Margaret, the daughter, fell in love with him and they eloped in 1822. Their eldest child, Jackson, was born 18 April 1824, at sea.

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Descendants of John Gregory

Old Burying Ground

John Gregory, the head of this family, came from Edinburgh to New Brunswick in 1820. He married Mary A. Grosvenor, fifth daughter of the late Samuel Grosvenor, in September 1833, and the couple had twelve children.

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Richard Estey

Old Burying Ground

Richard Estey, lumber dealer of the Post Road, Fredericton, owned a mill near Mill Creek and married Ann Pickard. The first Estey family, Isaac and Mary, settled in Maugerville in 1764.

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William Edgar and family

Old Burying Ground

William Edgar was a millwright who came to New Brunswick from Scotland. In Fredericton, the Edgar family lived on Regent Street next to the Waverley Hotel.

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Andrew Duncan, tinsmith

Old Burying Ground

Andrew Duncan, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, had a tinsmith shop in Regent Street, Fredericton. He died in 1872 from “an overdose of hydrate of chloral,” leaving his second wife, Elizabeth, and nine children.

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The Elijah Clark family

Old Burying Ground

Isaac Clark, the father of Elijah and uncle of Abraham Henry Clarke was buried here at Fredericton, 1851, in the 89th year of his age. He came from Maine in 1777. Elijah Clark sold shoes and was also a hatter.

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Doak and Tufts

Old Burying Ground

Isabella, buried here with her child, was the first wife of William Tufts and sister to Andrew Doak. William Tufts was a shoemaker on Queen Street., Fredericton. In 1867, William Tufts married, secondly, Mary, a daughter of Robert Wallace and his wife Mary Strachan.

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The Chestnuts of Chestnut Canoe Co. Ltd.

Old Burying Ground

Harry Grenville Chestnut (born 1873) was President of the Chestnut Canoe Co. Ltd., which he founded about 1905 with his brother William Turnbull (“Will”) Chestnut (born 1867). Will and Harry were sons of Henry Chestnut and his wife, Helen Brown Turnbull.

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Alexander Burchill and family

Old Burying Ground

Alexander Burchill was the superintendent of Fredericton’s water-works. His son was Charles Burchill, a druggist and his brother, James Burchill, was a mason and a builder. The Burchills were Irish.

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