Documents
Lists of Settlers (click on the links below to see copies of documents listing settlers and maps):
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Report of L. A. Wilmot, 2 November 1842, "Return of Crop, Teetotal Settlement, 1842" British Parliamentary Papers, Colonies Canada (1970), 16, p. 152 and page 153.
- Report of L. A. Wilmot, 25 January 1844,"Teetotal Settlement" British Parliamentary Papers,Colonies Canada (1968-71), 18, p. 24 and page 25.
- Report of W.M. G. Colebrooke, Lt. Gov. to House of the Assembly, February 28, 1844 in "Journal of the House of Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick from 1 February to 13 April 1843, introduction, p. lxvii, p. lxviii.
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William F. Ganong, "A Monograph on the Origins of Settlements in the Province of New Brunswick,"(stating that he references the Royal Gazette of Aug. 13th. 1847, Royal Society of Canada, Transactions (Sect. 2, 1904; page 154).
- Sir W. M. G. Colebrook to Earl Grey, "Copy of a Dispatch, No. 75, published in the Royal Gazette [Supplementary] of Aug. 26th, 1847, No. 306, pp. 3453-3457 of which pp. 3453, and pp. 3456, and 3457 deal with Cork Settlement. NOTE: Pages 3456 and 3457 are an enclosure from Thos. Baillie to Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke dated 12th. Aug. 1847.
- Crown Land Office, New Brunswick, "RS 108, Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB), F4255, pp. 1372-1375.
- Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS686, Land Grand Index (.pdf format). For information about ordering land grants see: http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/RS686/?L=EN
Historical Notes Regarding the Settlement
"Teetotal Settlement" was viewed as a successful endeavor by Mr. Perley, Emigration Agent, because the settlers opened up a road and made the land productive. Mr. Pereley described "Teetotal" as being "...an Irish settlement, formed by people from Cork and Kerry [emphasis added]. It was formed in 1842, under the same commissioner [referring to Commissioner Wilmot] by a party of destitute emigrants from the south of Ireland" (Colonization, Edinburgh Review Vol. 9I, 1850, pp. I-62 as cited in Emigration in the Victorian Age: Debates on the issue from 19th. century critical journals. Gregg International Publishers Ltd.: Westmead, 1973, p. 50-51).
Perley's description of the settlers is consistent with the land petition submitted by them in which they described themselves as being "thrown out of work" and agreed to open the road in exchange for land. However, Perley's introduction to Wilmot's 25 Jan 1844 report (see British Parliamentary Papers,Colonies Canada (1968-71), 18, p. 24 and page 25) also stated that the settlers were from Cork and Kerry.
Maps
Then--
- Atlas of York County New Brunswick, Belleville, ON: Mika, 1973. (Consists of reprints of two atlases: Atlas of York County, New Brunswick, first published Fredericton, New Brunswick, H. E. Halfpenny, 1878, and Atlas of Saint John, city and county, New Brunswick, first published St. John, New Brunswick, Roe and Colby, 1875. Mika Publications has gone out of business).
- Atlas of York County New Brunswick, 1878 by H. E. Halfpenny digitized and appearing on Robert C. Fisher's FamilyHeritage.CA website. For Cork Settlement, consult "Manners Sutton" section of digitized maps.
- York was one of the original counties in New Brunswick. Cork Settlement, which was originally in Kingsclear parish when the settlers arrived in 1841, was set off from Prince William and Kingsclear in 1855 and became Manners Sutton parish.
Now--
- Present Day New Brunswick counties showing York county where Cork (formerly known as Cork or Teetotal Settlement) is located (about 35 miles S. W. from Fredericton).
