Amos Hall : précurseur de l’immigration américaine dans les Cantons-de-l’Est au XIXe siècle
| Type of resource | |
|---|---|
| Author/collaborator |
|
| Title |
Amos Hall : précurseur de l’immigration américaine dans les Cantons-de-l’Est au XIXe siècle
|
| Abstract |
Captain Amos Hall was the first settler in Megantic County. In 1804 he settled in the Township of Ireland. He was born in 1758 in Salem, Massachusetts. He married Martha Straw in 1782. Amos Hall first came to Ireland Township in the summer of 1804 with a companion. They traveled to Ireland on a hunting expedition to Trout Lake, where they built a small camp. On this visit, he is said to have driven a stake into the ground on the site of what later became Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Maple Grove, and another stake at the bottom of the hill, declaring "between these two stakes I intend to live and die." In 1807, after returning many times with his son, walking fifty miles through virgin forests, he settled permanently with his wife and 13 children.
|
| Publication |
Cap-aux-Diamants
|
| Volume |
No. 148
|
| Date |
Hiver 2022
|
| Pages |
16-21
|
| Language |
fr
|
| Citation |
Gosselin, Pierre-Gabriel. “Amos Hall : précurseur de l’immigration américaine dans les Cantons-de-l’Est au XIXe siècle.” Cap-aux-Diamants, Hiver 2022.
|
| Find in a library | |
| Permalink |
