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THE NEW BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE.

James Woodman, signed a receipt for the sum of £139.3.9½ for boards and shingles provided by Mr. Woodman for the use of the Loyalists.^[1]

William McKeen, although living at Conway, several years prior to the Revolutionary war, was one of the original grantees of Maugerville, and later a Deacon of the Congregational Church there. His descendants in the province are numerous and respected.

Jonathan and Daniel Leavitt were almost the only individuals among the Conway settlers who remained at the mouth of the river. The former by permsssion of Major Studholme built a house on the west side of the harbor. The Leavitts were apparently the only residents in Carleton when the Loyalists arrived at St. John. Their claims as pre-loyalist settlers are shown by the fact that when Carleton was regularly laid out by a surveyor, the two brothers were allowed to retain twenty lots, of which number Jonathan had seventeen and his brother Daniel three.

James Simonds on his removal to Maugerville left Lemuel Cleveland as a tenant in possession of his house at Portland Point and leased all his lands and buildings for two years to Major Studholme at £60 pounds per annum. The next three years, 1780 to 1783 he could do no better than lease them to Hazen and White for the insignificant sum of £30 per annum. During his absence his old partners not unmindful of the improvement of their lands. In order to fulfil the condi-

↑ James Woodman was one of two brothers who went from England to Newburyport, from which place James came to this province. His handwriting shows him to have been a man of superior education. His wife was Martha Nevers, and the two children of this marriage were named James and Martha Ann. The former was subsequently a resident of Horton, N. S., where he died. Martha Ann, born in 1780, was married in 1800 to William Delaney, and resided in Onslow and Londonderry, N. S., dying at the age of 93. One of the daughters of this marriage became the wife of William K. Reynolds, since deceased, of St. John and Lepreau, N. B., and she is still living in this city. James Woodman was therefore the great-grandfather, on the maternal side, of the editor of The New Brunswick Magazine. James Woodman's wife, Martha, died shortly after 1780, and he was married a second time. After his death his widow was married to Isaac Clarke.—Editor.

[1] James Woodman was one of two brothers who went from England to Newburyport, from which place James came to this province. His handwriting shows him to have been a man of superior education. His wife was Martha Nevers, and the two children of this marriage were named James and Martha Ann. The former was subsequently a resident of Horton, N. S., where he died. Martha Ann, born in 1780, was married in 1800 to William Delaney, and resided in Onslow and Londonderry, N. S., dying at the age of 93. One of the daughters of this marriage became the wife of William K. Reynolds, since deceased, of St. John and Lepreau, N. B., and she is still living in this city. James Woodman was therefore the great-grandfather, on the maternal side, of the editor of The New Brunswick Magazine. James Woodman's wife, Martha, died shortly after 1780, and he was married a second time. After his death his widow was married to Isaac Clarke.—Editor.

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