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Scandanavian origin. The name Colson appears in the census of Port Royal in 1686, but it does not occur in any subsequent census.

The statement made in a book, which we have already referred to, in regard to Granger and Peters being the names of Englishmen who settled in Acadia, is corroborated by the census of 1671. Jean Pitre or Peters, edge tool maker, is among the heads of families named. He was then 35 years old and was married to Marie Bayols. He had then three children all young. Laurent Grangé or Granger was 34 years old and was married to Marie Landry. They had two young children. Peters and Granger were probably married in 1667, about the time when it become evident that Acadia was to be restored to France. They were doubtless in the employment of Sir Thomas Temple, who was, with LaTour and Crowne, a grantee of a large portion of Acadia, and who was engaged in developing its resources for ten years or more, up to the time of the treaty of Breda. Most readers of this article will probably agree with me in thinking that the ancestors of the Granger and Pitre families in Acadia were English, and that the Martins and Melansons are probably of Scotch origin. In another paper I shall proceed to deal with these names of Acadians which are certainly French.

When the different troops were in St. John, sham fights, in which they and the militia took part, furnished great entertainment for the people. One of these memorable occasions was on Nov. 12, 1839, when the scene of conflict was in the vicinity of Fort Howe and Portland Bridge. The contestants were the 59th regiment of foot, under command of Major Brookes, and the militia of the city and county under Lieut.-Colonel Thomas W. Peters.