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THE NEW BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE.

and other warlike relics have been found. In Morris' well known map of 1765, this fort is placed just above the mouth of the Nerepis and is called "Beauhebert Fort," doubtless in honor of Pierre Boishebert, the last French commander on the St. John, who made it his stronghold in 1749. Woodman's Point, or Beaubear's Point as it used to be called, was considered in early times as about the best salmon fishery on the St. John river. The Nerepis river was formerly known as "Beaubear's river." Shortly after the arrival of the Loyalists, Glazier's Manor passed into the hands of General Coffin, and was thenceforth known as Alwyngton or Coffin's Manor.^[1]

So far as our information goes it would seem that the efforts of Messrs. Falconer and Glazier were principally confined to the townships of Gage and Conway. The township of Gage was laid out in lots and the lots drawn by the proprietors early in the year 1767, as we learn from a letter of Simonds & White to Hazen & Jarvis written from St. John's River, June 20, 1767, in which the following passage occurs:—

"When Col. Glasier left this place he was in such a hurry, the vessel being bound directly to sea, that we could not make a complete settlement, not having the people's accounts up the River that had worked on the mills, logging, &c. We have inclosed his order for what could be settled. . . . . . . .

"The lots in Gage Town are drawn, Moses and William Hazen Nos. 53, 54, Mr. Simonds No. 12, none of them either the best or worst in the Township. . . If young cattle are cheap at your place we recommend sending some every opportunity; the growth of them is profitable, and the King's Instructions to

↑ In 1784 Elias Hardy was employed to investigate the state of the old grants on the St. John river, with a view to their being escheated for the accommodation of the Loyalists. Mr. Hardy claimed Glazier's Manor was partly escheatable as not having been fully settled. It was, however, shewn that in 1779 Nathaniel Gallop and others had made considerable improvements there, built dwellings, barns, outhouses, etc., but the Indians had burnt their houses and destroyed their crops, taking advantage of the distracted state of the country consequent upon the American Revolution. The settlers were thus driven away and others deterred from coming. Governor Parr, in 1783, assured Col. Glazier his lands would not be escheated in view of the exertions he had made. General Coffin then undertook to settle the Manor as required by the original patent, and thus secure it from forfeiture. He induced a considerable number of persons to settle on his lands, amongst them Henry Nase, who had served with him as an officer in the King's American Regiment. In the course of the first year Gen. Coffin expended over £1,200 sterling on the Manor.

[1] In 1784 Elias Hardy was employed to investigate the state of the old grants on the St. John river, with a view to their being escheated for the accommodation of the Loyalists. Mr. Hardy claimed Glazier's Manor was partly escheatable as not having been fully settled. It was, however, shewn that in 1779 Nathaniel Gallop and others had made considerable improvements there, built dwellings, barns, outhouses, etc., but the Indians had burnt their houses and destroyed their crops, taking advantage of the distracted state of the country consequent upon the American Revolution. The settlers were thus driven away and others deterred from coming. Governor Parr, in 1783, assured Col. Glazier his lands would not be escheated in view of the exertions he had made. General Coffin then undertook to settle the Manor as required by the original patent, and thus secure it from forfeiture. He induced a considerable number of persons to settle on his lands, amongst them Henry Nase, who had served with him as an officer in the King's American Regiment. In the course of the first year Gen. Coffin expended over £1,200 sterling on the Manor.

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