Prepared by E.L. Eaton in
January 1961
Personal Papers, shared, but not published
Personal Papers, shared, but not published
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grantees which negotiated the first effective
Cornwallis Township grant, dated July 21, 1761, consisted of Canptin
Eliakin Tupper, Captain Stephen West and Jonathan Newcomb. It
seems likely that Tupper's death came before the allocation was
complete as all the later references are to "The heirs of Eliakin
Tupper". Where the family lived is not known, and it is also
unknown just when they ceased to own land in the township.
However, the farm lot consisted of a share and a half, Lot Number Six
in the Twelfth Division and was sold by Charles Tupper to Peres
Anderson in 1772, Book 1, page 153. In Book 2, page 359, 1788, we
find that John Anderson deeded this Tupper farm lot, received by will
from his father Peres Anderson, to Jonathan Shearman, because of an
unpaid mortgage. Again in 1797, Book 3, page 215, a deed executed
twelve years before, in 1785, transferred from Charles Tupper to Amos
Sheffield 150 acres, described as half a grant to Captain Eliakin
Tupper and received from his father by will. This deed is
extremely brief, contains no boundaries or locations, the land having
been laid out by a "lot layer" and evidently entered in some other
record book. This Charles Tupper was grandfather to Sir Charles Tupper, one time premier of Nova Scotia, and father of Confederation. The names of Elias Tupper, a second Eliakin Tupper and William Tupper were also listed among the grantees and their names appear on the assessment roll for Cornwallis Township in 1765.
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