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- NB Land Land Grants: Thomas L. Nicholson
a) Wakefield, York Co., NB 21 Jul 1809 Grant 497, &
b) Saint Martins, Saint Johns Co., NB, 31 Jul 1822, 300 Acres, Granted 1468.
Legal Work:
. 1821 Jul 25, Saint John City Gazette
. Estate of Neil & Elizabeth Kennedy of this city; Admin. C G Brownsword, T L Nicholson, 30th May 821.
. Estate of lizabeth Dingwall of this city; Admin. C.G. Brownsword, T.L. Nicholson, 30 May, 1821.
. Petition of James Nicholson praying pecuniary aid. 2 Feb. 1833, p.14. [Missing from NB Provincial Archives.]
. 1832 Feb 11 - To His Excellency Archibald Campbell, Lieut. Gov. of Prov. of New Brunswick, [Summary:]
In March last Thomas L Nicholson, attended the St. John General Session & was appointed Overseer of the Poor for the City of Saint John, Praying remuneration for rendered by him in assisting & emigrants in during the month of May 1831. Brigs. Bitlow & Charity arrived form Ports in Ireland the passengers where destitute & starving, consumed their whole of thin provisions on the passage. After the arrival of these 2 vessels, numerous vessels continued to arrive that year in such a destitute state, that they claimed immediate attention to contain the sick...numerous sick & destitute emigrants in the Parish in crowded & wretched abodes - he prays assistance for them in their suffering.
Signed, Thomas L Nicholson, Saint John, (18 others), 26th Jan. 1832.
Ref: NB Legislative Assembly Session Records, S41, p78.
. 1833 Oct 8 - Thomas L Nicholson, Capt. Aug 30; 2nd Major 30 March, 1841.
. 1833 - another St. John company was formed under Captain Thomas L. Nicholson, with John Pollock, Charters Simonds & Wm. Ross as lieutenants. This was the Portland company. Nicholson was an auctioneer & commission merchant on the North wharf; Pollock was in Robt. Pollock was company's, an old time firm of great repute; Simonds was in that employ & Ross was a steamboat engineer.
. 1838 Jun 25 - of the same year Captain Nicholson's company at St. John was also included: Captain Thomas L. Nicholson.
. Capt. Nicholson of the company which was long afterwards known by his name, was, to use the words of Mr. Robt. Reed, 'a sterling man.' His daughter is Lady Ritchie, widow of the late Sir Wm. J Ritchie, who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Lieut. John c Allen who afterwards became adjutant of the regiment, is now Sir John C Allen, the honored Chief Justice of New Brunswick. He was born October 1, 1817, of Loyalist descent, his grandfather having been Isaac Allen of Trenton, NJ who was a judge of the Supreme Court of NB from its erection until his death in 1806. Sir John's life has been an active one. He was admitted to the bar of his native province in 1838, & rose rapidly, filling the offices of solicitor & attorney general & eventually obtaining a seat on the bench in 1865. Ten years later, on the promotion of Sir Wm. J Ritchie to the Chief Justiceship of Canada, he became Chief Justice of NB, & in 1889 was knighted. At the time of the Papineau rebellion he was a bombardier & did garrison duty with his company.
. Mr. Geo. F Thompson of Saint John, who had joined Barlows Company about 1834 or 1835, recalls the time when he was on duty on this occasion. The detachment from this company did 3 days garrison duty & was held ready for orders for a week afterwards. The 3 companies, Barlow's, Nicholson's & Ranney's were very strong, numbering at this time about four hundred men, all uniformed at their own expense. Mr. ROBERT REED, can other old artilleryman, also remembers that the 3 St. John companies agreed to do a fortnight's duty alternately. His, the Nicholson Company, were marching down St. James street, on their way to the barracks, when a messenger bought the word that ' the war was over.' 'They continued doing duty until the next day when they were discharged.
In 1840 a second major was appointed to the artillery in this year in the person of Thomas L Nicholson who has been mentioned before in connection with the formation of his company.
. On the laying of the corner stone of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum at St. John, in 1847, a salute was fired by a company of artillery under Major Nicholson. In 1848 the death of Major
Thomas L Nicholson occurred in this year. Mr. G. Sidney Smith of St. John, remembers the funeral of Major Nicholson, at which he says the artillery was present under Captains Foster, Melick, Wright & Stewart.
Ref: Historical records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Canadian Artillery, 1896, St. John.
. 1833, Feb. 5 - Petition of Thomas L. Nicholson & others praying for an Act of Incorporation for working certain coal mines within the Province.
To. Lieut. Gov. Arch. Campbell,
That on or about the month of July, 1831, an association was formed at Fredericton for providing working coal in Grand Lake in Queens Co., NB. That application has been made to his Majesty's government to grant leaves for coal mines. Five pages. T L Nicholson, 1 Feb. 1833, Saint John & numerous other signatures.
Note1: All land patents stated wood & minerals were retained by the King, so they would have to get permission for the coal mines. - PJA.
. 1837 Sept 7, NB Commissioner of Crown Lands, Loan to the Saint Joh Bridge Company, bearing interest at the rate of 6% per annum, secured by Lond & collateral purity of R M Jarvis, G D Robinson, T L Nicholson, £3,000.
. On the 60th anniversary of the landing of the Loyalists, 18th May, 1843, Major Ward was presented with the following address from the officers of the artillery; Sir, Saint John, May 18th, 1843.
"Assembled for the purpose of celebrating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the landing of the Loyalists in this Province, & the Fiftieth of the formation of the first loyal company of Artillery, now embodied in the NB Regiment of Artillery, We, the Officers of that corps in St. John, gladly avail ourselves of the occasion to express the sentiments of high respect entertained towards you by our Regiment, & in which we feel assured every member of this community participates.
"Deservedly beloved & esteemed as you have ever been by all around you throughout the course of a life already extended beyond the ordinary span allotted to mortals, we claim you with pride as one of the first officers of the corps to which we have now the honour to belong & we hail you at the same time as one of the few survivors of that gallant land, who - surrendering all save the undying honour of their sacrifice - followed the standard of their Sovereign to these shores, & whose landing we this day commemorate.
"That health & prosperity may yet long be yours, & that the evening of your days may be as free from a cloud as your past life has been unspotted, is the sincere desire of the corps in whose behalf we have the honour to subscribe ourselves, With great respect, Sir, Your obedient servants, T. L. Nicholson, Major NBRA, & others officers.
Major Ward died the 5 Aug. 1846, aged 92 years.
Ref: Ref: NB Legislative Assembly Session Records, p19 & also in: Foot-prints, or, Incidents in early history of New Brunswick, by J W Lawrence, 1883, Saint Johns, N.B.
The Head Quarters Newspaper, Fredericton, NB., Ship News
. 1845 Jul 23, Cleared. Port St. Johns, (C.B.) Salt & timber - T. L. Nicholson & Co.
. 1846 May 8. Cleared: Port St. Johns Schooner Dee, Smith, Halifax, limestone - T L Nicholson & Co.
. 1846 May 13: Cleared: Schooner Algerine, Banks, Halifax, limestone - T L Nicholson & Co.
Verify which Thomas L Nicholson these are:
. 1847 Mar 6, SAINT PATRICK'S SOCIETY
- At the Quarterly Meeting of this Society, held at their Room in the St. John Hotel, on Monday evening the 1st instant, on motion of T.L. Nicholson, Esq., seconded by Wm. Hutchinson, Esquire, was RESOLVED, that the Members of this Society celebrate the Anniversary of their Tutelar Saint by subscribing such sums as they may think proper, for the relief of their destitute fellow-countrymen, who may arrive in this City the ensuing season, this being in their opinion the most appropriate mode of doing as in the present afflicted state of the Parent Country, the Members of this Society having already remitted home as much as they could for the relief of the distress prevailing there. That the following Gentlemen be appointed to carry the above Resolution into effect, vix Messrs T. L. Nicholson, G. T. Wiley, James Agnew, William Parks & Thomas Parks.
Note2: Perhaps astonishingly for the time period, after the Catholic Ball comes the opponent's Masonic Ball! - PJA 2016.
. 1847 Mar 13, MASONIC CHARITY BALL
The Brethern of the Albion Lodge, No. 570 on the Registry of the Grand Lodge of England, intend giving
a Ball under their Banners in aid of the fund for the relief of the distressed Irish & Scotch at the St. John Hotel, on Thursday the 8th April next. Members of other Lodges in the vicinity, transient & visiting brethern, are respectfully invited to join. Tickets, 12s 6d each, maybe obtained by the Brethern for themselves & such of their guests as are not Masons, upon application to the Stewards. As it is desirable that all invitations should be issued by the 31st March, instant, at the latest, the Stewards particularly request that the names of the ladies & others to be invited may be given to them by their subscribing Brethern on or before that day.
. A CHARITY BALL! To raise funds for the relief of the distressed Poor in Ireland, will take place on Monday evening, the 15th instant, in the Temperance Hall, Sydney Street, Committee of Management, inc. Gallagher, Thomas L. Nicholson. Tickets 10s each, may be had of any of the Committee Management.
N.B. In order to enable the Committee to provide ample accommodation & complete their arrangements, it is requested that persons who propose attending may provide themselves with tickets as soon as possible.
. 1847 Mar 10 - Saint Patrick's Society. Quarterly Meeting at their room St. John's Hotel, Monday 1st Instant March. Motion of T L Nicholson, Esq. Resolved that the members of this Society, for the relief of their destitute follow countrymen who may arrive in this City.
Obituary:
. 1847 Sep 18, on Sunday evening last, the 12th inst., after a short illness, Thomas L. Nicholson, Esq., aged 56 years. Mr. Nicholson conducted an extensive Commercial Establishment, in this City, for upwards of 20 years, & was universally respected as an upright & benevolent man. We sincerely sympathize with his afflicted widow & family in this sudden bereavement. Funeral Wednesday 4 o'clock from his residence, Princess Street.
Ref: New Brunswick Courier, Saint John.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -
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1790 - 1846 (56 years)