Richard [Nicholls] Harison / Harrison - Onondaga and Oswego ...

Bishop Inglis was a guest at "Colonel Robinson's excellent farm" and Governor Thomas Carleton and his Lady often stopped
over for tea, while planning the first official Ball ever held in Fredericton.
It was a gala affair. "The Governor was so animated and Mrs. Carleton so anxious to please that they showered every attention
on their guests", is recorded in an old diary. Our great-great-grandmothers stepped the minuet in the low-timbered rooms of
Government House to the music of flutes and violins. At supper they were served "rare and delicious foods" after which they
"danced again until three o'clock in the morning." A scandalous hour for pioneer folk!
Of the beautiful gowns worn that night, Mrs. Carleton's was "of elegant tea-coloured satin, with a white satin petticoat
embroidered in pastel shades. Her hair was dressed in light curls tied with a silk bandeau embroidered with "Vive le Roi", which
had a pearl brooch on one side and ostrich and peacock feathers on the other.... [She] carried a large bouquet of Jasmine and
Carnations."
Another gown had "a train and body of cerise satin with vandyke points richly embroidered in silver, and an elegant gold muslin
petticoat and sash of same, and a cape of white crepe with epaulettes of gold and silver bullion." For jewellery the lady wore
"brilliant pendulum earrings", and over her light curls "a crepe bandeau trimmed with blonde lace and ornamented fancy
plumes."
The house Beverly Robinson built at Nashwaaksis, a two-storey peaked-roof building, stands deserted now. Some of the
willow trees he planted still cast cool shadows over the once-tilled fields of his "excellent farm". Of Beverly Robinson, Member
of the Legislative Council, Trustee of the College of New Brunswick, and organizer of the King's New Brunswick Regiment, only
memories remain. While his tall ghost walks the deserted gardens on windy moonlit nights, all across Canada there are
Robinsons bearing the family names of Beverly, Morris, de Lancey, Cortlandt and Barclay, for Beverly and Susanna's
descendants are legion.
Another son of the first Beverly, Morris, born in the Highlands of New York in 1759; died at Gibraltar in 1815, served as a captain in
the Queen's Rangers during the war of the Revolution, and after the restoration of peace was continued in commission. At the time
of his death he was a lieutenant-colonel and assistant barrack-master-general in the British army.
Another son, John Robinson, born in New York state in 1761; died in St. John, New Brunswick, in 1828, was a lieutenant in the
Loyal American regiment during the Revolution, and when the corps was disbanded he settled in New Brunswick and received halfpay,
tie became a successful merchant, was deputy paymaster-general of the king's forces in the colony, a member of the council,
treasurer of New Brunswick, mayor of St. John, and president of the first bank that was chartered in that city and in the colony. John
married Elizabeth Ludlow, d. 1828; Children: 7 (Robinson), 5 sons and 2 daughters. Elizabeth was the sister of Frances Ludlow
who married Richard Harison.
Another son, Sir Frederick Phillipse, soldier, born in the Highlands of New York in Sep 1763; died in Brighton, England, 1 Jan 1852,
was attached to his father's regiment, and in Feb 1777, was commissioned an ensign. He was wounded and taken prisoner at the
battle of Stony Point, but was exchanged, and left this country. He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1794, served in the West
Indies under Sir Charles Gore, and was present at the siege of Fort Bourbon in the island of Martinique. In 1795 he returned to
England, and in 1812 he served as brigadier-general in the peninsula. After the termination of the peninsular war he went to Canada
as commander-in-chief of the troops in the upper province. He commanded the British force in the attack on Plattsburg under
General Prevost, and protested against the order of his superior officer when he was directed to retire. From 1 Jul 1815, till 1816, he
administered the government of Upper Canada during the absence of Francis Gore. He soon afterward removed to the West Indies,
where he took Command of the forces, He became a lieutenant-general in 1825, and in 1841 was promoted to the full rank of
general. On 2 Jan 1815, he was made a knight commander of the Bath, and in 1835 he became a knight grand cross of that order.
Another son, Sir William Henry, born in the Highlands of New York in 1766 died in Bath, England, in 1836, accompanied his father
to England, was appointed to a place in the commissariat department of the British army, and was its head at the time of his death.
He was knighted for his long services. His wife, Catherine, daughter of Cortlandt Skinner, attorney-general of New Jersey, died at
Wisthorpe House, Marlow, England, in 1843.
“History of St. John's lodge, F. & A.M. of Saint John, New Brunswick,” by William Franklin Bunting, page 295.
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NEW BRUNSWICK LODGE, No. 541, FREDERICTON.
The second lodge constituted in New Brunswick, and, up to the year 1829, the only one in the province on the roll of the regular or
mother grand lodge of England. The warrant was granted April 2nd, 1789, H. R. H. the Duke of Cumberland being Grand Master, Sir
Peter Parker, Deputy Grand Master, and William White, Grand Secretary ; to the Hon. Daniel Bliss, Master; George Sproule, Esq.,
S. W.; Beverly Robinson, Jr., Esq., J. W., and John Murray, Jr., Esq., Secretary. The lodge was regularly constituted at
Fredericton during the year 1789 by the provincial grand lodge of Quebec, and the particulars reported to the grand secretary at
London by John Jones, Esq., provincial grand secretary of Quebec. A re-numbering of the lodges on the grand lodge roll was made
18th April, 1792, when the number of this lodge was changed from No. 541 to No. 450. Its name continued on the roll of the grand
lodge up to the date of the union in 1813, when it disappeared.
All the office-bearers named in the warrant of this lodge took a prominent part on the royal side in the American revolutionary war,
and occupied important public positions in the early government of the province. Hon. Daniel Bliss was a member of the provincial
council, and chief justice of the court of common pleas; George Sproule, Esq., was surveyor general of the province and a member
of the council; Beverly Robinson, Jr., Esq., was a lieutenant colonel in the loyal American regiment commanded by his father, Col.
Beverly Robinson, Sr., and John Murray, Jr., Esq., was a captain in the King's American dragoons during the war, and, after he
came to New Brunswick, held a commission in the 54th regiment of foot.
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