Nova Scotia Archives
Isaac Deschamps
Contemporary copy of a return of families settled in the Townships of Horton, Cornwallis, Falmouth and Newport in Kings County together with the numbers of persons said families consist of and of their stock of cattle and grain and roots raised the presen
15 October 1763. — 2 pages : 30 x 19 cm.
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Falmouth and Newport in Kings County together with the numbers
of persons said families consist of and of their Stock of Cattle
and Grain and Roots raised the present year 1763.
No. of families | total of persons | Grain & Roots Raised . Bushell. | Horses | oxen | Cows | young Cattle | Sheep | Swine | ||||
| wheats | Rye pease | Barley oats & Indian corn | Potatoes & other Roots | |||||||||
| Horton | 122 | 689 | 991 | 171½ | 1070 | 4613 | 99 | 159 | 302 | 402 | 369 | 162 |
| Cornwallis | 125 | 656 | 1759 | 368 | 2900 | 12569 | 123 | 195 | 395 | 469 | 485 | 395 |
| Falmouth | 73 | 356 | 1080 | 273 | 694 | 5261 | 126 | 223 | 354 | 394 | 649 | 321 |
| Newport | 47 | 245 | 415 | 320 | 622 | 8140 | 42 | 121 | 260 | 270 | 410 | 196 |
| 367 | 1936 | 4245 | 1132½ | 5286 | 30583 | 390 | 698 | 1311 | 1535 | 1913 | 1074 | |
Reference: Isaac Deschamps Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 258 item 23 – page 125