tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post6580061581139014684..comments2024-03-27T08:47:53.648-07:00Comments on Nutfield Genealogy: Tombstone Tuesday ~ Jean HOLLAND, died 1768 in Londonderry (now Derry), New HampshireHeather Wilkinson Rojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-82460157451906334232019-03-18T22:40:39.897-07:002019-03-18T22:40:39.897-07:00Richard [Holland, Stephen's son] and his famil...Richard [Holland, Stephen's son] and his family arrived at Conway, Nova Scotia (now St. John, New Brunswick) on July 15, 1783, on the vessel "Bridgewater" as Loyalist evacuees. When the Loyalists arrived they renamed Conway "Carleton" after Sir Guy Carleton, the Commander-in-Chief of British Forces at New York, who had so effectively organized Loyalists' safe passage as political refugees at the end of the American Revolution to British territory. [Source apparently errs in concluding that Richard was a son of Samuel Holland.]<br />Source: https://mediasvc.ancestry.ca/v2/image/namespaces/60623/media/a471741b-37a7-40a1-bf10-f7c3aaba1f4f.jpg?client=Boards<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04752487006441794928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-57957729832948466892016-07-26T09:12:37.565-07:002016-07-26T09:12:37.565-07:00What a story... and what a sad beautiful little he...What a story... and what a sad beautiful little headstone here. Where did the rest of the Holland family move to? Those were such challenging times. Celia Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096301290962083820noreply@blogger.com