Pedigree: Me > Norma Haynes (mother) > Lillian Laffin (mother) > Asa Laffin (father) > Thomas Laffin (father) > Olive Anthony (mother) > John Anthony Jr. (father) > John Anthony (father - my 5th great grandfather)
John Anthony was born about 1727 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts (his parents are unknown). In 1754 he married Ruth Allen, born in Dartmouth in 1731 (daughter of Increase and Lydia Allen of Dartmouth). Sometime after their marriage they moved to Rhode Island to farm.
As part of the British military campaign against New France in the French and Indian War, the British expelled the French living in Acadia (the present day provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) from 1755-1764. The British first deported the Acadians to the Thirteen Colonies, and after 1758 transported additional Acadians to Britain and France. After the French Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia there was a lot of vacant, cleared and cultivated farmland. The Provincial Government advertised in the New England states (which were getting more crowded with farmers) that there was now land available to farm in Nova Scotia for anyone willing to move from New England and start over.
John and Ruth joined many others who responded to this opportunity (called "The New England Planters") and they settled on the Kennetcook River in Hants County just east of the township of Newport, Nova Scotia. The land grant which they received was dated August 1, 1767. They had a total of eight children, including John Anthony, Jr. born August 6, 1775.
The couple is buried in a small cemetery on a cow farm called the Anthony - Mosher cemetery in what is today Stanley, Nova Scotia. The original grave marker, being made of red sandstone, can still be read: "Sacred to the memory of John Anthony who departed this life the 31st of March 1808, age 81 years". Ruth is buried beside him.
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| "Sacred to the memory of John Anthony who departed this life the 31st of March 1808, age 81 years" |
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