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1798-1816, predominant 1798-1801 (Creation)
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- King, William Colsell
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15 pages of textual records.
1 print: col.; 12x7cm.
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Reverend (Rev.) William Colsell King came to Nova Scotia as an Anglican missionary sponsored by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel of London, United Kingdom. He was missionary at Douglass and Rawdon townships in 1797 until 1808 when he accepted the position of Principal at King's College School in Windsor (now called King's Edgehill School). Rev. King married Harriott Sophia DeWolf (1781-1807), the daughter of Honourable Benjamin and Rachel (Otis) DeWolf. In 1824 Rev. King married a second time, to Ann (Nixon) DeWolf and became step-father to 11-year old Thomas N. DeWolf.
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Purchased by the Board of Trustees of Public Archives of Nova Scotia from a dealer in Toronto in 2015. The dealer had purchased it from the Tremaine family of Montreal and Toronto, originally from Nova Scotia.
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Fonds contains a hand-written list of 21 marriages performed in Rawdon and in Douglass, NS., an 11 page sermon on the sinful nature of humans and a printed image of Napolean Bonaparte on board the ship "The Bellerophon". The marriage list of 1798 to 1801 gives date of marriage, names of bride and groom, and location.
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Records had been inserted in school notebook belonging to Thomas N. DeWolf.