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Descendents of William Heughan (Haughan) (ca 1757 - 1 Dec 1825)
and Agnes Beattie (ca 1762 - 19 Dec 1849)

Second Immigrant Generation
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7. Ellen "Nellie" Heughan. Daughter of William Heughan & Agnes Beattie. Born Approx 1805 in Dumfries, Scotland. Died 4 Dec 1898 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

 

    The 1861 Census gives her name as "Helen".   Her name is not on the gravestone in Harvey Settlement Cemetery.

    She married Matthew Chambers. Born Approx 1800 in Workington, England. Died 22 Feb 1871 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery. Occupation Farmer. Religion Presbyterian.

 

 

    From Daily Telegraph, 3 Mar 1871:    Died Harvey, 22nd Feb., Matthew Chambers, age 71.

 

 

    According to the 1851 Census, Nellie and Matthew emigrated to NB in 1844.

 

    Matthew Chambers received the following Land Grants:   Lot H West of Harvey Settlement, York Co., 50 acres 1854/11/20 (Vol. 44, No, 6550); and Lot M West of Harvey Settlement, York Co., 50 acres 1854/12/08, (Vol. 44, No. 6587).   In the 1861 Census he owned or occupied 25 acres improved and 65 acres unimproved land; had one horse, one milch cow, two other neat cattle, four sheep, one swine, and slaughtered 130 lb. pork.   Produced 60 lb. butter, 17 lb. wool, 4 tons hay, 60 bu. oats, 25 bu. buckwheat, 3 bu. timothy, 25 bu. turnips and 60 bu. potatoes.

 

    They had the following children:

  32   i.   Elizabeth Chambers

 

 

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