Migration to Harvey Settlement From
Dumfriesshire in the Western Borders (beginning in 1840)

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One of the major early assessions to Harvey settlement following the arrival of the orginal Cornelius settlers of 1837 were five Little brothers (1840). They were not part of any Northumberland chain migration though, having migrated to New Brunswick in 1832 from Dumfriesshire, Scotland in the western Borders region, and initially settled in New Maryland, although it seems that their grandfather had already emigrated to New Brunswick in 1819. They obtained title in 1842 to a 2,000 acre tract to the west of the community that became known as Little Settlement. They in turn influenced their relatives, the Heughan and Lister familes, to migrate from Dumfriesshire to join them. The Little son's parents, John Little and Janet Heughan, sold their property in New Maryland and joined them in 1851. Several other families (e.g., Moffitts, Swans, Rutherfords) of genuine chain migrants from Northumberland and the Borders began to arrive in Harvey Settlement starting in 1842. A few other immigrant families also arrived in the community in the 1840's and 1850's independant of each other and previous waves of migrants.

Family	Year Moved to Harvey Settlement
James Little (married Isabella "Belle" Herbert 1846)	1840 (obtained title 1842)
William Little (married Janet Lister 1844)	1840 (obtained title 1842)
David Little (married Margaret Ann Herbert 1844)	1840 (obtained title 1842)
Matthew Little (married Isabel Hay, 1848)	1840 (obtained title 1842)
Robert Little (moved to Cayuga, Ontario)	1840 (obtained title 1842)
Widow Christina A. (Heughan) Johnston & three children	1841
Nicholas Lister & Margaret Heughan (Haughan)	1843
William Chambers & Ellen "Nellie" Heughan (Haughan)	1844
Widow Agnes (Beattie) Heughan and son John Heughan	ca 1846
John Little & Janet Heughan (Haughan)	1851
Herbert Wilkin & Jane Gas	Jane in 1854; rest of family between 1856 & 1858
Nichol Gas & Jean Copeland	Between 1851 & 1861

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The Little Settlement cairn was erected in 1942 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Little Settlement on the western margin of Harvey Settlement. The Little family and the chain migrants who followed them originated in Dumfrieshire in the western Borders region of the United Kingdom. Source: Tim Patterson (2005 Images)

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