Fonds MG 1 volumes 90E and 1920 - Barry, Hicks family

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Barry, Hicks family

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    MG 1 volumes 90E and 1920

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    • 1786-1876, predominant 1852-1876 (Creation)
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      Barry-Hicks (family)

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    3 cm of textual records

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    Robert Barry (ca. 1759-1843), an active Methodist, arrived in Nova Scotia from Scotland in 1783. He became a merchant and partner with his brother, Alexander, in the firm A & R Barry. He married Mary Jessop of Delaware (ca. 1770-1832) in 1789 and moved to Liverpool ca. 1810. The Barreys had nine children who survived to adulthood: William Hoosse, Thomas Smart, Samuel John Wesley, John Alexander, Mary Elizabeth, Charlotte Elizabeth Hosse, Ellen, Margaret Cole, and Robert Martin. Margaret Cole Barry (1802-1860), married John Hicks (1790-1843) at Liverpool, N.S. on 16 December 1826. They had eight children: Charlotte (1827-1851), Mary Ellen (1829-1916), John Thomas (1831-1918), Walter (1832-1871), Francenia (b. 1835), Dorival (1837-1901), Albenia (b. 1839), and Robert Alex (1841-1843).

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    Fonds consists of correspondence among Barry and Hicks family members, describing family news and health, business matters, and events in Liverpool, N.S. The fonds contains primarily letters written to Francenia (Hicks) Hamilton from her sister-in-law, Mathilda Hicks, her mother, Margaret Hicks, and husband David Porter Hamilton. Other family members represented in the fonds include John Hicks, Walter M. Hicks, Mary Ellen (Hicks) Doughty, John Thomas Hicks, Robert Barry, Samuel J.W. Barry, William H. Barry, Thomas S. Barry, Charlotte (Barry) Mack, and W.E.C. Barry.

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    Donated by Harold G. Elrod in 1982 and 1986.

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        Typed transcripts prepared by T.B. Smith and microfilm copies of some of the letters are available.

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        Previously known as Barry/Hicks correspondence.

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