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Looking For Your New Brunswick Ancestors?
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Find out by attending "NAVIGATING THE INTERNET" Sessions
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Searching for Descendants of the first members
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of
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Common Council of Canada's first City - Saint John, NB
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A letter has been received from Eric Teed, a former mayor of the city, asking whether anyone from the Saint John Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society could help find the descendants of the first members of Common Council of Canada’s first city, who were appointed on May 18, 1785. The list of names are as follows:
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Gabreil G.Ludlow Esquire
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Mayor
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Ward Chipman
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Recorder
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George Leonard
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Alderman
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William Pagan
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Alderman
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Stephen Hoyt
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Alderman
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John Holland Esq.
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Alderman
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John Colvill
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Gentleman assistants
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Munsen Jarvis
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Gentleman assistants
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Richard Seaman
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Gentleman assistants
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Fitch Rogers
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Gentleman assistants
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John Ness
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Gentleman assistants
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Adino Paddock
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Gentleman assistants
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Booths Crannell Esq.
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Clerk
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George Leonard Esq.
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Chamberlain
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William Sanford Oliver Esq.
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Sheriff
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John Hazen Esq.
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Coroner
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Ebenezer Hollis Esq.
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High Constable
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Lodnick Sypher
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Constable
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James Brimingham
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Constable
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Phillip Henriques
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Constable
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James McNeel
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Constable
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If you have family history or are a descendant of one of these council members and you would like to share this information, please send to Joan Pearce, President at:
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pearcer@nbnet.nb.ca
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or mail to:
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352 Pelton Road
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Saint John, NB
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E2K 5H7
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