Nova Scotia Archives
The Eassons and the Hoyts
Two Hundred Years of Family and Community Life in Nova Scotia
Bailey House, 150 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal, ca.1770
The house at 150 St. George Street was built around 1770, probably by John Easson, master artificer at the fort. On 5 August 1783, he sold the dwelling, storehouse, and 110 perches of land for £500 to Joseph Totten of New York, a Loyalist refugee with a wife, six children and four slaves in his household.
Date: ca.1930
Reference: Annapolis Heritage Society