I was visiting relatives in the town at the time and went to see the blockhouse when the huge pine timbers were bare. About 50 years ago the old shingles were being replaced on the sides of this building.
When Elijah Estabrooks marched to Cornwallis in June 1760, he would have seen one building which is still standing, namely the blockhouse of Fort Edward in present-day Windsor. The defeat of the French forces led to the release of some women and children who had been captured by Indians in Nova Scotia and taken to Quebec, and made it safe for farmers and fishermen to settle over most of the Province. This proclamation was printed by John Draper at Boston in the same year.
SIEUR DE LANGY FREE
On the 11th of January 1759, a proclamation was made by Charles Lawrence, Governor of Nova Scotia, offering grants of land and free liberty of conscience to Protestants dissenting from the Church of England. Had that war not terminated as it did, the movement of great numbers of efficient settlers, including Elijah Estabrooks, from New England to what was then Nova Scotia would not have taken place in the years immediately following 1759. The conflict in which he participated shaped the future of the whole area for many years to come. The Journal of Elijah Estabrooks covers about three years of a particularly important period in the history of North America. The group travels frequently to French and Indian War re-enactment encampments in the US and Canada, including Fort Ticonderoga and Fortress Louisbourg. Terry Hawkins, another descendant of Elijah, is the model, and he is part of a group of re-enactors who have recreated Israel Harrack's Company of Colonel Jedediah Prebles' Regiment of Massachusetts Provincials in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. This is the story of Elijah Estabrooks, one of the Massachusetts Provincial soldiers who took part in that battle.Įlijah and his fellow Massachusetts Provincial soldiers may have looked like this in uniform. One of the major battles in the North American campaign of this war was fought at Fort Carillon, also known as Ticonderoga. With the signing of this treaty, Canada was ceded to Britain.
It began on the 17th of April 1754, and concluded with the Treaty of Paris on the 10th of February 1763. The French and Indian War is also known as the Seven Years War. This is a compilation of his stories with additional details oand illustrations of the people and events he wrote about in his Journal, as a tribute from one of his many descendants. One of my ancestors, he was also one of the earliest settlers on the Saint John River, and now lies buried near Jemseg, New Brunswick. He kept a journal between 17 covering his military service.
Elijah Estabrook's served as a Massachusetts provincial soldier in the French and Indian War (1754-1763).
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