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Weekly ration reports, Preston, from 5 January to 1 August 1816
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Report of People of Colour who drew Rations in Preston
from the 29th March to the 4th April 1816 both days Included (Viz.)


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Namer Men Women children Names Men Women Children

Jacob Allen 1 2 Brought forward 45 38 61
Nelus Alexnander 1 1 Nim Carter 1 1 2
Phillip Alexander 1 1 [ Jofeph] Cooper 1
Ben Bowers 1 1 1 Sihry [Clatin ] - 1 1
Friday Bush 1 2 2 John Cotts 1
George Brown 1 1 4 Lewis Caste 1
Henry Bisker 1 Thomas Dine 1 1 2
[Jsaiah] Butter 1 1 1 [Jat Dowrin] 1 1 2
James Bush 1 1 3 [Meshak Delawar] 1 1
Luke Bowery 1 1 1 Daniel [Driger] 1 1 1
[Mofes] Ball 1 1 2 Charles [Dunmere] 1 2 2
Abram Brown 1 1 1 William Deas 1 1
Esan Bowels 1 1 Peter Duncan 1 1 2
Robert Bush 1 1 2 Peter Duncan 2nd 1 1
Suther Blair 1 1 2 John Elson 1 1
Spencer Boyd 1 1 4 Peter Emerson 1 1
Richard Bailey 1 1 1 Samuel Evens 1 2
William Brown 1 Benjemin Fuller 1 1 3
What Brown 1 1 1 Robert Flood 1 1
William Bundy 1 2 1 William Fisher 1
[Ges Balem] 1 Isaac Fletcher [sey] 1 3
Henry Becket 2 2 5 Isaac Fletcher Jun 1
James Burton 1 John Flord 1
Charles Cephas 1 1 5 Adam Green 1 1 4
Royal Carter 1 1 1 Terry Gardner 1 1 5
Bassil Croud 1 1 3 Richard Grant 1 1 5
John Collins 1 1 1 Daniel Grofs 1 2 3
James Cooke 1 1 1 Solomon Grundy 1 1 3
Lewis Conner 1 1 2 George Gibson 1 1
Jacob Claton 1 1 1 John Gardner 1 1 3
Nat Crawley 1 1 3 Henry Grofs 1 2 5
Peter Claton 1 1 1 Richard Grofs 1
Avery Cooper 3 1 William Greens 1 1 1
Peter Craney 1 [Jofeph] Glasgo] 1 1 1
[Septemers] Clarke 1 1 4 Robert [Glasgo] 1
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2 John Grigory 1
Thomas Carter 2 1 1 Aaron Grant 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 1 Alexander Grant 1 3 2
Colonel Cooper 1 [Wm] Gilmore 1 1 1
[Japeph] Cox 1 1 3 Peter [Goffergon] 1
Henry Clark 1 1 Robert Haynes 1 3
Carried over
Carried over 45 38 91 Carried over 84 71 112





Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 92

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