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having lately built a new one. It was, however, a great annoyance to the Puritan farmer to have these tenants,—foreigners and Roman Catholics—quartered near his own residence. But, as his descendants relate, the Acadians completely conquered the prejudice of this family and of the community, and gained the good will of all acquaintances. They were industrious and frugal. The women worked in the fields, pulling flax and harvesting. They practised the rites of their religion in an inoffensive manner, and commended it by their good conduct. When they went away from Andover, Mr. Abbot's family parted from them with sincere regret. Two of them sent a souvenir to Mr. Abbot, which the family still keep, a beautifully carved and polished powder horn, made by their own hands. It is inscribed:

It is embellished with figures of animals,—a turtle, a deer, a fox, a dolphin, etc., and also with representations of armies fighting, soldiers in uniform with muskets, sabre, bayonet (all the soldiers with hair tied in queues hanging down behind), also artillery men and field pieces.

In the year 1760 some of the Acadians were removed from Andover and "set off to the County of Hampshire."

The names of those in Andover, July 20, 1760, as given in the returns, were the following: