Two Brothers
Ship: Two Brothers Date: 15 June1818 (Arrival)
Departing: Wales (passengers not ship-see correspondence below)
Arriving: Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Ship Master: Jonathan Fowler
Columns represent: No., Name, Sex, Age, Occupation, Comments, Origin, Destination
1 John Richards M 40 Farmer Husband of Margaret Richards, 40 Wales Shelburne 2 Margaret Richards F 40 Wife Wife of John Richards, 40 Wales Shelburne 3 John Richards M 15 Child Child of John Richards, 40 and his wife Margaret Richards, 40 Wales Shelburne 4 William Richards M 10 Child Child of John Richards, 40 and his wife Margaret Richards, 40 Wales Shelburne 5 Henry Richards M 8 Child Child of John Richards, 40 and his wife Margaret Richards, 40 Wales Shelburne 6 Rachel Richards F 6 Child Child of John Richards, 40 and his wife Margaret Richards, 40 Wales Shelburne 7 Benjamin Richards M 3 Child Child of John Richards, 40 and his wife Margaret Richards, 40 Wales Shelburne 8 Morgan Jefferys M 35 Husband of Ellenor Jefferys, 30 Wales Shelburne 9 Ellenor Jefferys F 30 Wife Wife of Morgan Jefferys, 35 Wales Shelburne 10 Morgan Jefferys M 10 Child Child of Morgan Jefferys, 35 and his wife Ellenor Jefferys, 30 Wales Shelburne 11 Mary Jefferys F 8 Child Child of Morgan Jefferys, 35 and his wife Ellenor Jefferys, 30 Wales Shelburne 12 Evan Jefferys M 6 Child Child of Morgan Jefferys, 35 and his wife Ellenor Jefferys, 30 Wales Shelburne 13 Sarah Jefferys F 4 Child Child of Morgan Jefferys, 35 and his wife Ellenor Jefferys, 30 Wales Shelburne 14 Ann Jefferys F 2 Child Child of Morgan Jefferys, 35 and his wife Ellenor Jefferys, 30 Wales Shelburne 15 John Davies M 32 Husband of Anne Davies, 42 Wales Shelburne 16 Anne Davies F 42 Wife Wife of John Davies, 32 Wales Shelburne 17 Phebe Davies F 7 Child Child of John Davies, 32 and his wife Anne Davies, 42 Wales Shelburne 18 William Davies M 50 Husband of Margaret Davies, 45 Wales Shelburne 19 Margaret Davies F 45 Wife Wife of William Davies, 50 Wales Shelburne 20 David Davies M 20 Child Child of William Davies, 50 and his wife Margaret Davies, 45 Wales Shelburne 21 Mary Davies F 18 Child Child of William Davies, 50 and his wife Margaret Davies, 45 Wales Shelburne 22 Ann Davies F 14 Child Child of William Davies, 50 and his wife Margaret Davies, 45 Wales Shelburne 23 John Davies M 9 Child Child of William Davies, 50 and his wife Margaret Davies, 45 Wales Shelburne 24 Margaret Davies F 20 Child Child of William Davies, 50 and his wife Margaret Davies, 45 Wales Shelburne 25 John Owens M 34 Husband of Catharine Owens, 32 Wales Shelburne 26 Catharine Owens F 32 Wife Wife of John Owens, 34 Wales Shelburne 27 Anna Owens F 9 Child Child of John Owens, 34 and his wife Catharine Owens, 32 Wales Shelburne 28 Anna Owens F 8 Child Child of John Owens, 34 and his wife Catharine Owens, 32 Wales Shelburne 29 Sarah Owens F 6 Child Child of John Owens, 34 and his wife Catharine Owens, 32 Wales Shelburne 30 Mary Owens F 2 Child Child of John Owens, 34 and his wife Catharine Owens, 32 Wales Shelburne 31 David Thomas M 30 Carpenter Husband of Nancy Thomas, 29 Wales Shelburne 32 Nancy Thomas F 29 Wife Wife of David Thomas, 30 Wales Shelburne 33 Ann Thomas F 11 Child Child of David Thomas, 30 and his wife Nancy Thomas, 29 Wales Shelburne 34 Margaret Thomas F 9 Child Child of David Thomas, 30 and his wife Nancy Thomas, 29 Wales Shelburne 35 John Thomas M 8 Child Child of David Thomas, 30 and his wife Nancy Thomas, 29 Wales Shelburne 36 William Thomas M 6 Child Child of David Thomas, 30 and his wife Nancy Thomas, 29 Wales Shelburne 37 Rachel Thomas F 2 Child Child of David Thomas, 30 and his wife Nancy Thomas, 29 Wales Shelburne 38 Thomas James M 36 Husband of Rachel James, 32 Wales Shelburne 39 Rachel James F 32 Wife Wife of Thomas James, 36 Wales Shelburne 40 Jonah James M 8 Child Child of Thomas James, 36 and his wife Rachel James, 32 Wales Shelburne 41 Sarah James F 6 Child Child of Thomas James, 36 and his wife Rachel James, 32 Wales Shelburne 42 John Thomas M 30 Labourer Husband of Esther Thomas, 28 Wales Shelburne 43 Esther Thomas F 28 Wife Wife of John Thomas, 30 Wales Shelburne 44 Mary Thomas F 5 Child Child of John Thomas, 30 and his wife Esther Thomas, 28 Wales Shelburne 45 Margaret Thomas F 3 Child Child of John Thomas, 30 and his wife Esther Thomas, 28 Wales Shelburne 46 Evan Evans M 40 Farmer Husband of Maria Evans, 38 Wales Shelburne 47 Maria Evans F 38 Wife Wife of Evan Evans, 40 Wales Shelburne 48 Rachel Evans F 14 Child Child of Evan Evans, 40 and his wife Maria Evans, 38 Wales Shelburne 49 David Evans M 10 Child Child of Evan Evans, 40 and his wife Maria Evans, 38 Wales Shelburne 50 John Evans M 12 Child Child of Evan Evans, 40 and his wife Maria Evans, 38 Wales Shelburne 51 Owen Evans M 4 Child Child of Evan Evans, 40 and his wife Maria Evans, 38 Wales Shelburne 52 William Thomas M 18 Labourer Wales Shelburne
NOTES:
John Richards, Morgan Jefferys and John Davies were "managers". It was normal practice at the time that whenever one of the passengers on board an emigrant ship had "superior social status", that person was given a sort of unofficial overseer role. Their having been noted as managers may mean that these men had been professionals or men of property back home.
The following people were meant to sail, but did not make it on the voyage. It is thought that this was owing to Smallpox at the time in Wales. They may have been affected somehow: either infected or needing to look after others who couldn't make the voyage. They are consequently not included above, nor included in the online database records.
Didn't make the voyage:
David Richards, M, 21, Child, Child of John and Margaret Richards, Unable to sail
Elizabeth Richards, F, 19, Child, Child of John and Margaret Richards, Unable to sail
Martha Richards, F, 17, Child, Child of John and Margaret Richards, Unable to sail
William Davies, M, 22, Carpenter, , Unable to sail
David Powell, M, 21, Tailor, , Unable to sail
William Thomas, M, , , Unable to sail
Sarah Thomas, F, , , Unable to sail
Mary Thomas, F, , , Unable to sail
John Davies, M, Labourer, , Unable to sail
Correspondence: 9/26/99
The schooner Two Brothers was simply used to ferry a party of immigrants
from Halifax to Shelbourne. These were part of a larger party (112) which
had crossed the Atlantic in the brig "Fanny". Thomas Pearson, master.
This vessel's home port was Carmarthen in Wales. The passengers were placed
in quarantine on arrival at Halifax (15 May, 1818) because of a smallpox
outbreak on board. "Two Brothers" might have been a local (Halifax)
coaster, but she did not depart from Wales. John
Correspondence 11/04/01 passengers Richards
Members of our family were thrilled to find ancestors on this ship from
Shelbourne to Halifax: John & Margaret Richards and their eight children
from Wales.
The document below is a very brief history of the family after their
arrival. It is an interesting journal entry that my great-grandmother
Mary Hitchens MacQuarrie b. 1865 in NS, wrote about her grandmother
Martha Richards, who was the 17 year-old daughter listed at the bottom
of your ship transcription as "unable to sail." So, John & Margaret
Richards were my GGGGgrandparents. One of these days I hope to find
the passenger list of the Brig Fanny which brought the family from
Carmarthen to Shelbourne. You will see in the journal that the family
embellished the circumstances of their arrival; my great-grandmother's
journal states that the family had sailed from Wales on a Cunard vessel!
My Father's Mother's name was Martha Richards; she was born in Wales in
1800 - I do not remember the name of the place, but her father had
considerable property, and a large family. They must have been people
of some importance, as I have often heard he tell of the way they lived,
the horses they had, the servants and so on. It appears that her father
backed notes for a friend who was in trouble. This man skipped out and
let Great Grandfather down badly so that he lost his
home. It is known that he must have saved something out of the wreck, as he took
his family in 1818, and embarked on one of the Cunard vessels for Nova Scotia
where he got a grant of land in Shelburne. Grandmother was then 18. They found
after being there for a while, that they could not do very well, as the land was
very rocky, so they scattered - some of them went to Morton some to Yarmouth and
some to Pugwash. The sons took up different things, and after a while, married,
as did also the girls. The Richards in Yarmouth did very well in business. I
never saw any of them, but while Grandmother lived she kept in touch with them.
When the family came to Nova Scotia, they couldn't speak English, but Grandmother
got an English grammar and learned to speak it in that way. She was a very
clever woman an took a great interest in the important events of the day. She
was a great reader and was always interested in politics. She was a personal
friend of Joseph How and of Sir Charles Tupper (before he studied medicine).
My Father's Father was an English sea captain by the name of William Hitchens; he
sailed from Halifax to the West Indies mostly. He met and married my Grandmother
in Nova Scotia. She sailed with him for some years, but after her three sons
came, she stayed on land and lived in Halifax. Grandfather never returned from
his last voyage and was never heard of - neither were any of the men with him,
nor the ship, and it was thought that he must have fallen into the hands of
pirates, so that is all I really know of him.
When they were first married ( as I said before ) grandmother used to go to sea
with her husband on long voyages. One time shortly after they left Halifax, the
cabin boy overheard a plot among the crew to start a mutiny. The plan was to do
away with the captain, keep his wife and the ship and become pirates. He carried
the tale to the captain who told the men that he intended to call at Arichat for
water. They were pleased, of course, so when he got there he reported them and
they were all arrested. When they were tried one of the men turned King's
evidence telling the whole story, thus saving himself, and the rest of them were
sentenced. The ship was detained there for quite a while and grandmother said
the people were all very kind to her.
After a time, grandmother moved to Pugwash with her sons as she had some brothers
there and I think her father and mother were there as well. It was very hard to
get anything for boys to do at that time, so the two eldest boys, William and
James Edward ( my Father ) were apprenticed out. The youngest boy, george was
sent to school and later went to college where his mother hoped he would study
for the ministry, but I am sorry to say, that although he had a good education,
he did not put it to any worthwhile use, being a spoiled boy and a waster. he
left Nova Scotia and did not return for many years. When he came back he married
and settled in Tusket. He lived only a year after this, leaving a wife and a
daughter, neither of whom I ever heard of since grandmother died. My uncle
William died when he was a young man of 22, he died of Typhoid fever. Father, in
the mean time married Abigail Biglow, my mother. Then grandmother married a fine
man by the name of Brakman. He was kind to us and always called my "Miss Prim".
Mother's fathers name was Arnise Biglow, his ancestors were Empire Loyalists and
settled in Nova Scotia, while other branches of the family settled in New
England.
Judy Smith, Sarasota, Florida
Document source: Marion Robertson, King's Bounty: A History of Early Shelburne, Nova Scotia, p 251. "Two Brothers to Shelburne (1818)". Internet WWW Page, at URL * <www.chignecto.net> call #: cwa-ships-56. (Posted by Lark Szick)..*[URL no longer operative, but retained to show source of information].
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