LUNENBURG FOUNDING FAMILIES

CREIGHTON
other spellings:
none found

SOME DOCUMENTS WHERE THIS FAMILY NAME HAS BEEN CITED
"Nova Scotia Immigrants" p 322 [NS2]
"Planters & Pioneers" p 92 [PP2]
"The Foreign Protestants" p 410,
412, 415, 459, 488, 491, 539,
543, 549, 558, 565, 570, 575 [FP2]
"History of the County of Lunenburg" p 31, 36, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 75, 89, 107, 108, 114, 116, 127, 167, 245, 258, 271, 282, 296, 299, 379, 409, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 449, 502, 520, 556 [HL2]
Birth Records [DS2]
Marriage Records [DS2]
Death Records [DS2]
SSGS Cemetery Inscriptions [CI2]
Probated Will(s) [PW1]
Halifax Obits 1962-92 [HO2]
on 1864 AF Church & Co Map [CM1]
in Census 1871 [CC2]
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John
age ?, occupation ?, homeland ?
and sailed from ? on the Ship ? in the year ?
He did not appear on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
John, Esq. was a Captain in the Militia [FP2]
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
not searched
Town Lot Registry of 1762
Steinfort's Div B-4
Strasburger's Div A-2
Strasburger's Div A-3
(with Sebastian ZOUBERBUHLER)
Rudolf's Div B-6 [TR1]
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
not found
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
not searched
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
not found
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
2nd Div B-6 [300A1]
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
800 Acres [TG1]

Details on Individuals in the first generation of the family
and their land holdings
will appear here later.

This page was last modified 6 February 1999.

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