Charges include the hire of the sloop Neptune, and wages paid to William Mackay, Benjamin Delano, Amasa Delano, John Hughes, John Alexander and Patrick McVey.

Date: 1753

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/19

Transactions covering 1774 to 1777, including draft of £29-19 on Alexander Thompson.

Date: 7 July 1777

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/108

Twenty-one year lease of property in Annapolis, for £8 rent annually. Witnessed by James Wilmot and Peter Alexander Allaire.

Date: 1 May 1784

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/156

Alexander Easson commenced building his home in Lequille in 1799 and completed it in 1806.

Date: 1799-1806

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/188

Acknowledging receipt of £8 in poor rates, the amount which Easson was required to collect for the year 1809.

Date: 24 June 1809

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/191

From 14 April to 20 October 1810; payment in full acknowledged 14 May 1811 by William Muir.

Date: 14 May 1811

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/192

18 November 1809 to January 1811.

Date: 1 January 1811

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/193

Acknowledging receipt of £1-15 from Alexander Easson, on account of the Estate of David Easson.

Date: 17 June 1812

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/194

For mill work, materials, rum, etc., January to October 1812.

Date: 10 October 1812

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/196

Memorandum by Thomas Ritchie, concerning the estates of John Easson and David Easson, proposing steps to take in settling them; the accounts for both are so complicated that they are difficult to understand.

Date: n.d. but probably 1813

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/205

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Work done on John Easson's lands by his three sons, including David, now deceased, from 1799 to 1813. Briefly lists annual improvements such as building fences, a mill dam, a grist mill and saw mill, plus improvements to pastures, barns, sleigh house, etc. all totalling £577-13-6.

Date: 1813

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/206

Bailey has named Surveyor Harris to act for Easson, and the others have nominated Millidge to try to settle the dispute.

Date: 13 June 1814

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/209

Acknowledging the purchase of one-third of a wood lot from the estate of the late Frederick Devoue [Deveau], sold at Public Auction by Thomas Ritchie, executor for Devoue.

Date: 1 May 1815

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/211

Sneden has been appointed by the Supreme Court to collect the costs of dividing the estates of John and David Easson; requesting payment immediately.

Date: 16 August 1815

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/212

For the year 1816; £1-13-1 remaining.

Date: 10 December 1816

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/213