Kenneth Stuart Paulsen Ahnentafel / Anetavle / Ancestor Table (Continued)
Kenneth Stuart Paulsen Ahnentafel / Anetavle / Ancestor Table (Continued)
Ninth Generation
415. Catherine Elizabeth Eichenberg, daughter of 830. Johann Weigand Eichenberg & 831. Catherine Magdalena Unbekannt (Unknown). Born abt 1740 in Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire. Catherine Elizabeth died in Nova Scotia, British America.
416. Johann Jacob Hüls, son of 832. Johann Conrad Hüls & 833. Anna Amalie Neuhoff. Born on 28 Jun 1693 in Wenings, Gft. Isenburg-Birstein, Holy Roman Empire.58 Johann Jacob died in Ortenberg, Gft. Stolberg-Gedern, Holy Roman Empire, on 14 May 1756; he was 62.49 Occupation: Master tailor.
On 8 Feb 1714 Johann Jacob married Anna Margaretha Philippin in Ortenberg, Gft. Stolberg-Gedern, Holy Roman Empire.49
417. Anna Margaretha Philippin, daughter of 834. Johann Daniel Philipp & 835. Elisabetha Margaretha Barget. Born abt Oct 1695 in Ortenberg, Gft. Stolberg-Gedern, Holy Roman Empire. Anna Margaretha died in Ortenberg, Gft. Stolberg-Gedern, Holy Roman Empire, on 12 Nov 1754; she was 59.49
418. Johann Heinrich Lantz. (Same as number 412.)
419. Anna Maria Milchen. (Same as number 413.)
420. Heinrich Knickel. Born in Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire.
422. Christopher Schaffner. Born abt 1719 in Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire. Christopher died in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America.
Abt 1737/1738 Christopher married Esther Elisabetha (Schaffner) in Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire.
423. Esther Elisabetha (Schaffner). Born abt 1720 in Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire.
424. Johannes Jung, son of 848. Johann Andreas (Enners) Jung & 849. Anna Eulalia Engel. Born on 26 Aug 1716 in Lützellinden, Gft. Nassau-Weilburg, Holy Roman Empire. Johannes died in First Peninsula, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America, on 27 May 1777; he was 60.

Johanns Jung, Joh. Enners [Andreas] Jung und Anna Eulalia ehel: Söhnlein is gebohren, mittwochens den 26. T. Aug. abends um 11. uhr. Getaufft Dom: XII. p Trin. die gevattern sind gewesen Joh. Adam Franz, Johannes Engel, und Anna Maria Closin von Heuchelheim. (Johannes Jung, Joh. Enners Jung and Anna Eulalia's legitimate son was born Wednesday the 26th day of August in the evening around 11 o'clock. Baptized on the on the 12th Sunday after Trinity [1716]. His godparents were Johann Adam Franz, Johannes Engel and Anna Maria Closin of Heuchelheim.)

Lützellinden was spelled Litzelinden in the 18th century.
On 13 Apr 1741 Johannes married Marianna LeBlanck in Lützellinden, Gft. Nassau-Weilburg, Holy Roman Empire.
425. Marianna LeBlanck. Born in Lützellinden, Gft. Nassau-Weilburg, Holy Roman Empire. Marianna died in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America in Dec 1763. Buried on 13 Dec 1763.

The marriage record in the Lützellinden parish registers state "den 7. Mayy [1741] sind couliret worden Johannes Jung andreas Jung Sohn mit einem frembten mensch Maria Anna, deren Vatter gewesen ein franzöischer Leutnant de [gesstrichen] Le Blanck gennant" (the 7th May [1741] was married Johannes Jung, Andreas Jung's son, with a foreign person Maria Anna, who was the daughter of a French lieutenant named Le Blanck).
426. Johann Casper Zink, son of 852. Hans Georg Zink & 853. Anna Rodenbach. Born on 22 Oct 1709 in Kleinheubach, Gft. Erbach, Holy Roman Empire. Johann Casper died in Rose Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 25 Apr 1795; he was 85.
On 26 Oct 1733 Johann Casper married Anna Maria Barbara Kappes in Kleinheubach, Gft. Löwenstein-Wertheim, Holy Roman Empire.
427. Anna Maria Barbara Kappes, daughter of 854. Kaspar Kappes & 855. Maria Elisabetha Klein. Born on 30 Sep 1711 in Kleinheubach, Gft. Erbach, Holy Roman Empire. Anna Maria Barbara died in Rose Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 28 Jan 1799; she was 87.
428. Frédéric-Melchior Emoneau, son of 856. Jean Esmonnot dit Serrey & 857. Jeanne Fidele. Born on 18 Feb 1727 in Bethoncourt, Principauté de Montbéliard, Holy Roman Empire.59 Frédéric-Melchior died in First Peninsula, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 19 Mar 1791; he was 64.

The following has been taken from the article by Kenneth S. Paulsen: ‘The Emoneau Family of the Principality of Montbéliard and Lunenburg Township, N.S.’, NEXUS 12 (1995): 146-152.

Until 1791, when Frederic Emoneau, his wife Elizabeth, and one of their granddaughters were murdered by Frederic’s godson, George Frederick Bouteillier, and his brother, John, there had been no murdeers at Lunenburg since the Mi’kmaq raids on the 1750s. In the early morning hours of Saturday, 19 March 1791, Nicholas Eisenhauer and Joseph Contoy (Contois) of Second Peninsula saw the Emoneau house burning across the bay on First Peninsula. The winter of 1790-91 had been cold, and Contoy and Eisenhauer were able to cross the inlet on solid ice. When they reached the Emoneau house, they found Frederic’s charred, clothed remains, but nothing of his wife and granddaughter. A short distance from the house, they discovered Frederic’s hat and a pool of frozen blood in the snow. Moccasin tracks were found as well.

At this point the evidence suggested murder, but no one knew for sure. Circumstantial evidence from other witnesses that implicated George Frederick and John Bouteillier, who were indicted for making:

"...an assault...with certain large sticks of no value, which they severally in their hands then and there held, [upon] him the said Frederick Eminaud in and upon the head, breast, back, belly, sides and other parts of the body …. [They] then and there feloniously, willfully and of their malice afore-thought, divers times did strike and beat … him ... with the sticks aforesaid, several mortal strokes, wounds and bruises in and upon the head, breast, back, belly, sides, and other parts of the body … of which mortal strokes, wounds and bruises he then and there instantly died."

During the trial, William Cheney, the husband of Susannah (Bouteillier) Cheney, indicated that he had not seen George Frederick and John Boutelier either at the schooner belonging to their brother, David, or on his way back to his mother-in-law’s house about 6 p.m. on Friday, 18 March. The defendants had told William Cheney they would meet David Bouteillier at Indian Point, about a two-hour journey from their mother’s house on the Northwest Range across Mahone Bay. Susannah Cheney testified that her brothers had left between 2 and 3 p.m. to meet David Bouteillier and his schooner. She also said that George Frederick and John never their mother’s house after arriving there Wednesday, and that they spent the previous night at Emoneau’s house, sharing supper with them. She further mentioned that they had a tomahawk and moccasins, uncommon in Lunenburg. Susannah’s account was corroborated by a fourth brother John Peter Bouteillier who lived at home with their mother, Catherine. Yet another brother, Joseph Bouteillier, who was visiting his mother’s home when David arrived, gave a similar account; he said that George Frederick and John had visited the Emoneaus on Tuesday and spent the night there. Lastly, David Boutelier testified that his brothers arrived aboard his schooner two hours before sunrise on Saturday, 19 March, and stayed only long enough to sleep. According to David, his brothers had originally planned to travel Halifax with him but left on their own, saying they needed to return to Tatamagouche. David testified they had an axe with them.

Surviving testimony suggests that the Bouteillier brothers took considerably more time than the two hours necessary to cross the ice from Martin’s Brook or Mader’s Cove to Oakland or Indian Point on 18 March. The late winter ice in Mahone Bay was broken in places, and the evening of 18/19 March had been foggy. However, all indications are that the Bouteilliers used their flat to cross Mahone Bay.

The remaining trial witnesses were either neighbours of the Emoneaus or residents of Lunenburg township. George Michael Smith/Schmidt, a neighbour, testified that on Wednesday, Frederick Emoneau had mentioned the Bouteilliers’ unexpected visit Tuesday evening. Smith also recalled Emoneau telling him that he was to receive £50 on Thursday. James Stewart, the attorney who published the trial transcript, implied that Frederick Emoneau may also have mentioned the £50 to his godson.

George Böhner [Boehner] testified that he saw tracks leading, originating where the Bouteilliers’ flat had been moored, leading to and from the murder site. These moccasin tracks had run through the woods -- not along the common roads or paths -- and that the footprints varied in size suggesting two persons walking single file. The Bouteillier brothers had two pairs of moccasins when they left their mother’s house, but were not wearing them, according to their siblings’ testimony. Andreas Jung, who accompanied Böhner tracing the tracks, confirmed Böhner’s testimony. Peter Langille and George Thethoff placed the Bouteillier brothers at Martin’s Brook mill about 6 p.m. Friday. Peter Langille stated that he resided at Northwest and recognized the two men as the Bouteilliers from Tatamagouche. Like Thethoff, he noted that the Bouteilliers had a tomahawk and snowshoes. That Friday evening between 5 and 7 p.m, John Baukman (Bachman) observed them trying to cross the ice between his house on Second Peninsula and Philip Rothenhauser’s on First Peninsula, and that they were forced to turn back towards Calbach’s (Kaulbach) Mill. Baukman’s neighbour, John Lay, saw two men trying to cross the ice; they drew away before he could ascertain their identities.

Upon examination the Bouteilliers claimed that they had visited only their mother’s house; both said that they had landed their flat at Martin’s Brook on Wednesday morning (16 March), having spent the night on the water. They differed in the time they claimed to have left their mother’s house at the Northwest Range; George Frederick said they had left at noon on Friday 18 March, returned to Martin’s Brook and arrived at David’s schooner about 8 p.m., while John stated that they had left their mother’s house around 5 p.m., then went to Martin’s Brook and arrived at the schooner about 8 or 9 p.m. John had further stated that he had not seen Frederic Emoneau in four years; George Frederick had not seen him in three.

After the testimonies of the witnesses and the defendants, chief justice Thomas Andrew Strange of the Court of Oyer and Terminer summarized the case for the jury. He stated that the Bouteilliers were indicted for the intentional murder of Frederic Emoneau. The judge surmised that both had beaten him to death and that John gave the final blow with the tomahawk.

Because the evidence presented was circumstantial and no one had seen the Bouteilliers at the crime scene, the judge charged the jury, after carefully examining the witnesses’ statements, to consider:

1. Did death result from murder, or from an accidental house fire?
2., If there was a murder, who committed it?


After one and a half hours’ deliberations, the jury found the defendants guilty Frederic Emoneau’s murder. The judge surmised, based upon the evidence presented, that the Emoneaus were murdered late at night and the house deliberately burned with the bodies to destroy evidence of the murders. On 5 May 1791, Judge Strange, stating that the motive in the crime was financial, sentenced the brothers to hang on the site of Frederick Emoneau’s house; the sentence was carried out 9 May.

On the day before their execution, the Bouteilliers confessed to Rev. Richard Money that they had indeed come to Lunenburg to murder Frederic Emoneau. John had thought of the scheme, and both had planned the crime months in advance. After dinner on Friday, 18 May, they asked their hosts if they might stay the night. At 9 p.m., when Frederic Emoneau went out to the barn to collect hay for his guests’ bedding, they followed him outside and beat him to death with sticks (thinking mistakenly that no blood would be spilt), then went back into the house and similarly killed Elizabeth and Catherine, who had tried to escape through a window. The brothers smashed a wooden chest hoping to find money, but were disappointed to find only £10. In their confession, they claimed not to have spoken with Emoneau about money. Before leaving they brought Frederic’s body inside, and set the house afire to destroy evidence of the murders.

Some important physical evidence which arrived at Lunenburg after the trial proved that the Bouteilliers indeed committed the crime. When arrested by the Halifax sheriff at Shubenacadie, the Bouteilliers had in their packs a shirt, a broken piece of red chalk and other items from the Emoneau house. Although it arrived late, theisevidence confirmed the defendants’ guilt, especially after the brothers’ confession to Rev. Money, as Frederic Emoneau, Jr. had the matching piece of red chalk in his possession.

The Bouteillier brothers were each indicted on only one count of murder -- that of Frederic Emoneau. It is implicit throughout the proceedings that the defendants were also on trial for the murders of Elizabeth and Catherine Emoneau, although not so formally charged. However, neither the judge during the trial, nor Stewart in the published transcript, addressed the question of the deaths of the Emoneau women. The brothers’ indictment on only one count of murder does not necessarily imply that the lives of women in the eighteenth century were less valued than men; since no physical remains of Elizabeth and Catherine were found (and given the limited forensic techniques of 1791), it would have been difficult to charge the Bouteilliers with their murders. In addition, although the blood on the snow (later shown to be Frederic’s) indicated fould play, no other evidence linked the Bouteilliers to the murder of Elizabeth and Catherine Emoneau.. Given the nature of eighteenth-century justice, however, the Bouteilliers’ conviction on one count of murder still meant their execution for three.
On 3 Feb 1756 Frédéric-Melchior married Juliana Elisabetha Frankin in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, British America.15
429. Juliana Elisabetha Frankin. Born abt 1728 in Fsm. Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Holy Roman Empire. Juliana Elisabetha died in First Peninsula, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 19 Mar 1791; she was 63.

Juliana Elisabetha Frankin had been married to Georg Jacob Feindel who died in December 1755. She had two or three surviving young children when she married Frédéric Emoneau of 3 February 1756. The Anglican death records of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia did not record the deaths of all infants and young children. Of the four recorded children of Georg Jacob Feindel and Juliana Elisabetha Frankin, Anna Apollonia Feindel appears to have died before June 1755 as she is not recorded in the victualling list of June 1755. Their last child was Georg Conrad Feindel who was baptized on 17 Jul 1755 having likely been born in June or early July 1755. There is no further record of this child indicating that he likely died as an infant. The birth of Georg Conrad Feindel in June or Julty 1755 makes it unlikely that she was the mother of Jean George Emoneau who was baptized 29 March 1756 which almost two months after the marriage of the widower Frédéric Emoneau and the widow Juliana Elisabetha Frankin Feindel. If Jean George Emoneau was the child of Juliana Elisabetha Frankin Feindel, it would have been unusual for the child to be baptized as an Emoneau rather than a Feindel due to issues of inheritance. Had Jean George Emoneau been the child of Julian Elisabetha Frankin Feindel, he would have been a legitimate heir to Georg Jacob Feindel, not Frédéric Emoneau.
430. Johann Adam Wamboldt, son of 860. Johannes Wambold & 861. Anna Margaretha Becker. Born on 20 Jul 1719 in Zwingenberg, Lgft. Hessen-Darmstadt, Holy Roman Empire.60 Johann Adam died in Lunenburg Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America.
On 5 Mar 1751 Johann Adam married Barbara Haas in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.51
431. Barbara Haas. Born abt 1722 in Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. Barbara died in Lunenburg Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, in Oct 1804; she was 82. Buried on 19 Oct 1804.14
436. Thomas Collicut. Born in 1705 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Prov. of Massachusetts Bay, British America. Thomas died in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America, bef 1779; he was 74.

The birth of Thomas Collicut in Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay is speculative at best.

Thomas Collicut and family are listed on the 1750 victualling list for Halifax, Nova Scotia: Thomas, Margaret, Honora, and George. They are among soldiers who were evacuated from Fortress Louisbourg, Île Royale when it was handed back to France in 1749 following the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) of 18 October 1748.

Thomas Collicut(t), otherwise Calcote/Killicot, with a household of 2 males and 1 female over 16, lived at Halifax in 1752. Thomas Collicutt signed the petition, 25 Jan. 1757, asking for election of a House of Assembly in Nova Scotia. Thomas Colicut, fisherman, of Halifax made a deed, 8 Oct. 1761 (Hfx. Co. Deeds, Vol. V, p.169). Thomas Collicutt and his wife lived at Chester, N.S. in 1764. (Terry Punch, Dec. 1994)

Note: An Ann Collicutt married James Hill in Boston, Massachusetts Bay on 12 Oct 1738.
Thomas married Margaret Unknown.
437. Margaret Unknown. Margaret died in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America on 20 Mar 1779.
438. Unknown Haag. Born in Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire. Unknown died in Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire.
Unknown married Anna Maria [Haag].
439. Anna Maria [Haag]. Born abt 1714 in Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire. Anna Maria died in Second Peninsula, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America, in Aug 1773; she was 59. Buried on 24 Aug 1773 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British America.27
440. Johann Jacob Hüls. (Same as number 416.)
441. Anna Margaretha Philippin. (Same as number 417.)
442. Johann Heinrich Lantz. (Same as number 412.)
443. Anna Maria Milchen. (Same as number 413.)
444. Jean George Bouteiller, son of 676. Jean George Bouteiller & 677. Sarah Grange (née Lévêque). Born in Jun 1729 in Étobon, Principauté de Montbéliard, Holy Roman Empire. Jean George died in Northwest Range, Lunenburg Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 12 Mar 1784; he was 54.15 Buried on 14 Mar 1784.15
On 31 Aug 1752 Jean George married Anne Catherine Maillard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British America.51
445. Anne Catherine Maillard, daughter of 890. Jean Frédéric Maillard & 891. Judith Suguey. Born in Dec 1733 in Chenebier, Principauté de Montbéliard, Holy Roman Empire. Anne Catherine died in Northwest Range, Lunenburg Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, aft 1791; she was 57.
446. Johann Conrad Knickel. (Same as number 210.)
447. Eva Elisabetha Schaffner. (Same as number 211.)
448. Johann Friedrich Heyson, son of 896. Johannes Heuson & 897. Anna Elisabetha Unbekannt (Unknown). Born abt Dec 1708 in Wenings, Gft. Isenburg-Birstein, Holy Roman Empire. Johann Friedrich died in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, British North America, on 11 Jun 1792; he was 83.14 Occupation: Stocking Weaver.

Johann Friedrich Heison was the son of Johannes Heison / Heuson who was from Wenings, Grafschaft (Countship of) Isenberg-Birstein. Review of the Wenings parish records indicates that Johann Friedrich Heison was not born or baptized in that parish. The parish records of the Evangelische Pfarramt Hering (the Lutheran parish office at Hering) state that Johannes Heison / Heuson was a Tuchmacher (cloth-maker) and was a Bürger (citizen) of Wenings. Johannes Heison / Heuson and his wife has several children at Wenings between 1698 anf 1705. His eldest son Wolf Ernst Heuson was the school master at Niederklingen, Kur-Pfalz which is a neighbouring town to Hering, Kur-Pfalz. Johann Friedrich Heison, who resided at Hering, is listed in the parish records as a Strumpweber (stocking weaver).

Das Hauptgesprächsthema diese Jahres aber dürfte der Abgang des Friedrich Heison nach Neuschottland gewesen sein. Heison war seit mindestens 1738 Bürger des Städtschens Hering gewesen, einer der weniger Vermögenden, der nur 29 kr monatlich an Schatzungsgeld veranlagt werden. In Jahre 1751 machen Religionsflüchtlinge aus Salzburg in Darmstadt Station und suchen um eine Beihilfe für die Weiterreise nach Nordamerika nach. Wie Friedrich Heison zu ihnen stößt und was ihn veranlaßt, mit ihnen fortzugehen, ist nicht bekannt. (This year, however, the Friedrich Heison's departure to Nova Scotia might have been the main theme. Since at least 1738, Heison had been a citizen of the town of Hering, one of the less wealthy, who is assessed only 29 kr per month. In 1751 religious refugees from Salzburg arrived in Darmstadt seeking aid for the further journey to North America. It is not known how or why Friedrich Heison meets them, and what prompts him to join them.)

Johann Friedrich Heison, his wife and four of his seven children left Hering in 1751 and came to Halifax, Nova Scotia as part of the British sponsored programme to settle the province with Protestants. They came across the Atlantic on the ship Murdoch. On the passenger list of the Murdoch, he is listed as a farmer from the Palatinate. The Murdoch fell down the Rhine from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the point of embarkation, to the port town of Hellevoetsluis on 22 June 1751 [New Style or N.S.], left Hellevoetluis on 25 June 1751 [N.S.], and arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia in September 1751. It appears that the passengers disembarked at Halifax on 19/30 September 1751 [Old Style or O.S./N.S.] (Bell, Winthrop. The ‘Foreign Protestants’ and the Settlement of Nova Scotia, p. 199). Like the majority of the foreign Protestant settlers, Friedrich Heison was indebted to the Crown for his passage to Nova Scotia. His debt was for three freights, two adults and two children [not including infants which were free], at fl. 212.12.8 plus a cash loan of fl. 12.0.0. (Bell’s Register, N.S.A.R.M.., MG 1, vols. 109-111). One freight was fl. 75.12.0 or £6.17.6 at the contemporary rate of exchange (Bell, ‘Foreign Protestants’, p. 261.). The passengers from the Murdoch were settled at the blockhouse on the Halifax isthmus where they were employed building a stockade across the isthmus to pay their debt. They remained at the isthmus until they were removed to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in the spring of 1753 (Bell, ‘Foreign Protestants’, p. 356). Friedrich Heison appears on list of residents of Halifax in July 1752. He is listed as labourer at the blockhouse and the isthmus. The Heison family consisted of two males above age 16, one female above age 16, and two females under age 16. He and the family appear on the victualling list for August to October 1752 as Frederick, Anna Catherina 1st, John Philip, Anna Catherina 2nd, and Anna Elizabeth Heison. Frederick, Anna Catherina and John Philip Heison appear on the Compassionate Victualling List of February to April 1753. The list included provisions for the children although they were not listed (Bell’s Register).

The Heysons were among the settlers who were sent out from Halifax to found the township of Lunenburg in June 1753. Frederick Heison appears on the Return of Arms of Lunenburg in December 1753. He is listed as residing in Strasburger’s Division which were the blocks between Prince and Hopson Streets. In the July 1754 return of divisions, he is listed as residing at Strasburger’s Division, lot C-11 (Bell’s Register). Lot C-11 was on Cumberland Street and was 40 feet wide along the street and 60 feet in depth (Bell, ‘Foreign Protestants’, p. 431). Presumably Friedrich Heison received a garden lot when they were given to the settlers in August or September 1753; however, there is no mention of it in the existing records. The garden lots were located just east of the town lots and the east commons.

Johann Friedrich Heyson received his first 30-acre lot in the land lottery of 1753-54. His 30-acre lot was located at Mahone Bay range C, lot 10. The Heison family were among the first settlers of Mahone Bay. Livestock was distributed to the settlers in the fall of 1754. Friedch Heison was paired with Conrad Knöchell (Knickel) and received one cow and one sheep. In June 1755 Friedrich, Anna Catherina, John Philip, Anna Feronica, and Anna Elizabeth Heison appear on the victualling list, numbers 535-39. Fredk, Catha, Feronica, Phillip, and Eliza Heyson appear on the victualling list for February to May 1756, numbers 592-96. Friedrich Heison may have participated in the cattle expedition to Grand Pré at Minas Basin. Frederick, Catherina, Feronica, Philip, and Elizabeth Heison appear on the victualling list for January to May 1757. As every other settler, the Heysons received seven pounds of bread and flour, one pound of beef and one pound of pork per person each week from 24 January to 20 March 1757. From 21 March to 15 May 1757 the rations were reduced to seven pounds of flour per person each week (NSARM, RG 1, vol. 222, Victualling Lists, nos. 589-93). The Heysons remained the victualling list for an extended period of time because of Indian harassment during the Seven Years’ War prevented them and other settlers from farming their 30 acre farm lots. After 1757 the Heysons and other settlers were able to return to their lands because the Indian harassment ceased.

The registry of 30-acre lots in 1760 shows that Fredk Hyson owned a lot at Mahone Bay, C-10. In 1763 several tracts of 300-acre lots were surveyed and distributed by lottery. Friedrich Heison participated in the second land lottery on 7 November 1763. He received a 300-acre lot in the Third Division, lot G-2. The settlers did not have ‘de jure’ or legal ownership of their land until the township grant was finally given on 30 June 1784. The township grant confirmed the ownership of the land that was given through the various lotteries. At the time the town, garden and 30-acre lots were granted in 1753-54, the settlers were not yet British subjects. They had not been in Nova Scotia for seven years which was the residence period before naturalization could be conferred. Only British subjects could legally own land. The Heisons were probably naturalized after October 1758. Friedrich Heison does not appear on the township grant. He may have owned land which went unrecorded on the grant or had sold or given his land to his son or sons-in-law.

Friedrich Heison appears on the 1770 Nova Scotia census (Lunenburg, p. 5). The household consisted of two people: one man and one woman. He owned one ox/bull, one cow, one young neat cattle and one swine. His farm produced 10 bushels of rye, one bushel of pease [sic], 10 bushels of barley and five bushels of oats.
On 17 Feb 1733 Johann Friedrich married Anna Catharina Junckerin in Hering [bei Otzberg], Kur-Pfalz, Holy Roman Empire.52
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