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Between 1772 and 1776 many settlers came to Chignecto from Yorkshire, England, owing to the efforts of Lieutenant Governor Michael Francklin. During the American Revolutionary War their loyal support of the authorities helped to quell the Eddy Rebellion of 1776. Their descendants have been prominent in the development of the country. Entre 1772 et 1776, de nombreux immigrants du Yorkshire (Angleterre) sont arrivés à Chignecto grâce aux efforts du lieutenant-gouverneur Michael Franklin. Au cours de la guerre d'indépendence américaine leur fidelité à l'autorité contribua à étouffer la rebellion menée par Jonathan Eddy en 1776. Depuis lors leurs descendants ont joué un rôle important dans le développement du pays. |
| Marker placed by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, in 1927. |
| There are numerous resources relating to the Yorkshire Immigration. On the Web, see Al Smith, Signposts Along Tantramar's Past - Yorkshire Settlement (Sackville Tribune-Post, 9 September 1998); Bill Hamilton, Causes of the Yorkshire Migration, "Tantramar Flashback" #5; Here Stays Good Yorkshire: The Yorkshire Imprint on the Tantramar, Parts I and II,"Tantramar Flashback" # 29,30 (see under Browse all Tantramar Flashback columns). See also, Milner, W.C., History of Sackville New Brunswick (Sackville, N.B.: The Tribune Press, 1934), pp. 27-31 (also available online at History of Sackville New Brunswick); Snowdon, James D., Footprints in the Marsh Mud: Politics and Land Settlement in the Township of Sackville 1760-1800 (M.A. thesis, University of New Brunswick, 1974; reprinted, Tantramar Heritage Trust, 2000), pp.50-61. Among the resources produced in connection with the Yorkshire 2000 celebration, see Schmeisser, Barbara M., Yorkshire Immigrants in Search of a Better Life (Fort Beaus?jour National Historic Park: Parks Canada, 2000); De Gannes, Ren?e, Yorkshire Immigration (1772-1775), Bibliography: Selected Sources on Early European Settlement in the Chignecto Region. (Sackville, N.B.: Tantramar Heritage Trust, 2000); Coates, Genie, Don Chapman, and Margaret Moorehead, Our Heritage - Yorkshire 2000: A Teacher Resource Package For Heritage Study (Sackville, N.B.: Tantramar Heritage Trust). |
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