The Brown Family History by Charles McGregor states that four of the Falmouth settlers (Robert Auld, blacksmith; Lawrence Brown, weaver; John McGregor, farmer; and J ohn, J amieson, tailor) settled on a block of land in Western Covehead, extending from the Bay Shore westward to the boundary road adjoining Lot 33., and this is borne out by a map of 1790 which shows Cornelius Higgins and John Miller also holding land in the same area. Although this land is outside the limits of Stanhope School District as defined in the Introduction to Part I, we must include these early settlers, and consider them as thoroughly as possible, because they were the backbone of the settle- ment, intermarried with just about everyone, had large families, and spread out in all directions. In any case, in those first days, Stanhope, Cove Head, Stanhope Cove, and later Eastern and Western Covehead, were considered as a single entity. Later on, as the original settlers moved away from the first clearings, we will confine ourselves strictly to families living in the Stanhope School District.

As stated in the main Introduction, for reasons of space and cost, we have to observe chronological as well as geographical limits. When members of a family leave Stanhope, we cannot follow them farther than to note when they left, where they went, and the names and ages of their children. Similarly at the other end of the time scale we are concerned only with when settlers arrived, how and whence they came, their birthplace and the names of their parents. We apologise to any persons who feel that their genealogies have been cut off short, and suggest that they might consult the Stanhope History Committee’s research files, where extra material is stored.

ABBREVIATIONS

born cem.

baptised

buried children circa

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