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Hi^oUn on tJjt iFatnilfi of He Wiolf
Grand Pr^ in 1761, a year later than the original settlers, and doubtless by
their invitation.
"Nathan DeWolf, who had been graduated Master of Arts at Yale
College in 1 743, practiced law and conveyancing. Nearly all the deeds
registered in King's County at that period were prepared in his office, as
were also the earliest Wills on record.
" Each of the three De Wolfs, Simeon, Nathan and Jehiel, received
on the 29*"^ May 1764 a first-class allotment of five hundred acres, consist-
ing of wood-land, farm-lots and dyked land, all of which are clearly desig-
nated in the survey of the township. On the
30*"^ September of the same
year they received licenses to alienate four hundred and fifty acres each, a
privilege not accorded at that time to ordinary settlers.
" Availing themselves of the privilege accorded earUer to them than
to any others, they disposed of nine-tenths of their several allotmentsretaining,
however, the most valuable portion, situated near the Cornwalhs
River and the Grand Pre!, where the picturesque and thriving village of
Wolfville, named in their honour, now stands as a proof of their foresight
and industry. The census-returns of 1770 show that their farms were then
well stocked, and their produce of all kinds abundant.
"Each of these three De Wolfs brought his wife and family to his
new home.
" Of their descendants some removed from Horton to other parts of
the Province. Benjamin, the eldest son of Simeon, allying himself in
marriage with the Otis family (one of the best families in New England),
settled in Windsor, formerly known as Fort Edward. He acquired large
possessions, and became the founder of the Windsor branch of the family.
His brother James removed to Liverpool, Queens Co., where descendants
of his remain to this day.
"Of the other families some members removed to Yarmouth and
to Cumberland, where they had extensive
engaged in ship-building ; some
landed properties ;
New-Brunswick ;
while others settled in Saint Stephen and in Shepody,
and others, again, became residents of Maine and New
York. More recently the several families had representatives in every
quarter of the globe.
"Of those who remained in Nova Scotia several were elected at
various times as Members of the Provincial Parliament. Others we find
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