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- Richard and Martha had a total of nine children. Martha: Two sisters of Martha Morgan married. One husband was Roland Bateman and the other was Robert Eddy. The New Brunswick Courier, St. John, dated June 29, 1839, stated that Martha Morgan died of paralysis at her residence near Bathurst, Gloucester County, on Saturday evening. (June 29, 1839, fell on a Saturday; therefore it is assumed that Martha died the previous Saturday, June 22, 1839.) Martha and Richard Dawson emigrated to New Bandon, NB, in 1826.
Notes from Greg Bishop give widely different dates but are obviously referring to the same person
Birth 1779
Death 13 Dec 1867 Gloucester County, NB
Burial Stonehaven Cemetery
Occupation Farmer
Moved to New Bandon, NB, near Bathurst, NB, in 1826. Richard and Martha had a total of nine children. Richard's gravestone dates his death as December 13 1869, at the age of 90.
Gordon Allison gives death as 22 June 1839 in Bathurst.
1829 Richard Dawson, Moneen. Father held land at Moneen for 25 yrs, had a large family and emigrated to America to provide for part of them. At the time of emigration, the farm was in arrears, he left it to Richard and John Dawson – the latter cleared up his part of tall demands. Richard has paid £31.9.6 since his father left and John has paid £51. Richard is now in arrears, having lost his crop last year and had a horse stolen. Has always been an improving tenant. Is asking for time to pay and not to be dispossessed. (http://www.bandon-genealogy.com/bandon_devonshire_estate_tenants_letters.htm)
Snippets from estate correspondence (http://www.bandon-genealogy.com/bandon_devonshire_estate_correspondence_snippets.htm)
28th Apr 1826 -Had toured the area and found that 'the poverty and ?? is truly appalling'.
4th May 1826 - 557 families – 2462 individuals in want and unemployed
402 families – 1862 individuals may be relieved by affording them work of any kind which they are willing to accept
The remainder 155 families – 600 individuals are totally destitute and incapacitated by sickness, bodily infirmity and age.
£470 has been collected for relief.
Work to be offered to those of the 1st class? At 6d or 8d per day and provide meal to be distributed twice a week to those incapable of work at the rate of 1 quart at each delivery for each adult and 1 pint for each child.
He expects to be able to manage for some time but will require the fund to continue.
15th Apr 1826 - Met with Mr Newman, he 'gave me a very melancholy description of the destitute state in which many of these poor people are, weavers as well as others, the principal causes to the constant sickness which prevailed amongst that class, the entire of the late winter.'
He (Popham) agrees that all requiring it should be relieved as Paupers and not as belonging to any class of tradesmen Weavers or others but as Paupers alone “it is a very nice and dangerous thing to interfere with the manufacturers and their workmen, in fact that noe of us are aware of the dangerous tendency, the supporting by subscription persons in combination and those very present bringing distress to their own doors by their own misconduct” “the more private the thing is done, the more beneficial”
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1786 - 1867 (81 years)