Fox Harbour
Trinity Bay Region
Fox Harbour – A small fishing settlement on east side of Placentia Bay, district of Placentia and St. Mary’s. Distant from Placentia by road 9 miles. Mail fortnightly. Population 60. [Note: Someone has handwritten in the margin “Trinity Bay” and “name changes”.]
DEEN [DEAN] | William | Fisherman |
EVERY [AVERY] | James, jun. | Fisherman |
EVERY [AVERY] | James, sen. | Planter |
EVERY [AVERY] | Thomas | Fisherman |
LAMBERT | John | Fisherman |
MARTIN | Joseph | Fisherman |
MILLER | Thomas | Fisherman |
POND | James | Fisherman |
SMITH | Thomas | Fisherman |
WELLS | William | Fisherman |
WHITE | William | Fisherman |
Heart’s Ease
Trinity Bay Region
A fishing settlement at the bottom of Trinity Bay, on the south side, district of Trinity, at the entrance to Random Sound. Distant from Heart’s Content by boat 15 miles. Mail weekly. Population 100.
BAKER | Charles | Fisherman |
BAKER | Henry | Fisherman |
BOLSAM [BALSON] | Robert | Fisherman |
DODGE | John | Fisherman |
DODGE | Joseph | Fisherman |
DODGE | Robert, jun. | Fisherman |
DODGE | Robert, sen. | Fisherman |
FARREL | Martin | Fisherman |
LANGER | James | Fisherman |
SEWARD | Joseph | Fisherman |
SEWARD | Mark | Fisherman |
SEWARD | Peter | Fisherman |
SEWARD | Richard | Planter |
SEWARD | Solomon | Planter |
SMITH | Benjamin | Fisherman |
SPERL [SPURRELL] | David | Fisherman |
SPERL [SPURRELL] | Moses | Fisherman |
SPERL [SPURRELL] | Uriah | Fisherman |
Random Sound
Trinity Bay Region
A peculiar and beautiful passage on the north side of Trinity Bay, in the district of Trinity, which seperates Random Island from the mainland. It forms three sides of a square and about thirty miles round with a width varying from a quarter of a mile to two miles. The land around is very fertile, but almost unoccupied. The inhabitants are engaged in lumbering, farming and salmon fishing, in conjunction with the cod fishery. Distant at its southern entrance from New Harbor by boat 13 miles, and at the northern entrance from New Bonaventure by boat 8 miles. Mail weekly. Population 540.
BAKER | John | Fisherman |
BALSON | George | Fisherman |
BENSON | Hezekain | Fisherman |
BENSON | David | Planter |
BENSON | Isaac | Fisherman |
BLANDON | Alfred | Fisherman |
BLANDON | Stephen | Fisherman |
BLANDON | William | Fisherman |
BROWN | John | Fisherman |
BRYANT | Charles | Fisherman |
CLINCH | Charles | Fisherman |
COOPER | Absolom | Fisherman |
COOPER | John | Fisherman |
CROCKER | George | Fisherman |
DRODGE | George | Fisherman |
DRODGE | Solomon | Fisherman |
DROVER | James, junior | Fisherman |
DROVER | James, senior | Fisherman |
EDY | Henry | Fisherman |
EVERY | Elias | Fisherman |
FRUST | James | Planter |
HISCOCK | Matthew | Fisherman |
HUNT | John | Fisherman |
JACOBS | James | Fisherman |
JACOBS | John | Fisherman |
KING | Edward | Fisherman |
KING | Philip | Fisherman |
KING | Simeon | Fisherman |
LONE | Benjamin | Fisherman |
MARTIN | Eli | Fisherman |
MARTIN | Henry | Fisherman |
MARTIN | John | Planter |
MARTIN | John | Fisherman |
MARTIN | Mathias | Planter |
NORRISS | William | Fisherman |
NOSEY | John | Fisherman |
PALMER | David | Fisherman |
PARSONS | Henry | Fisherman |
PARSONS | Samuel | Fisherman, South West Arm |
PARSONS | Thomas | Fisherman |
PEDDLE | Caleb | Fisherman |
PEDDLE | John | Fisherman |
REED | George | Fisherman |
REED | James | Fisherman |
REED | Richard | Fisherman |
ROULY | Richard | Fisherman |
RYAN | John | Fisherman |
SASFORD | Charles | Fisherman |
SHAW | George | Planter |
SHAW | John | Planter |
SHORT | Samuel | Fisherman |
SMITH | Moses | Fisherman |
SMITH | Thomas | Fisherman |
STOYLS | Alfred | Fisherman |
STOYLS | John | Fisherman |
STOYLS | James | Fisherman |
STRINGER | Henry | Fisherman |
STRINGER | James | Fisherman |
SUMMERS | James | Fisherman |
TILLY | Joseph | Fisherman |
TILLY | Joseph | Fisherman |
TISTLE | Samuel | Fisherman |
VARDY | George | Fisherman |
VEY | James | Fisherman |
Note: Names are given as they were recorded. Any corrections are noted in the square brackets.
Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, September 2014
These transcriptions may contain human errors. As always, confirm these as you would any other source material