Whitman accepts 20 barrels of potatoes from Easson, and agrees to sell them on his behalf in the West Indies, paying him on return, less 8 shillings per barrel.

Date: 20 December 1817

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/214

Application by Frederick and Sarah Hardwick, Avis Ritchie and Elizabeth Ritchie for a division of the portion of the Estate of David Easson granted to Elizabeth Easson, widow of David Easson.

Date: 7 September 1842

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/258

Wherein he is to pay £500 to Daniel Dyson, Erasmus James Philipps and John Easson for insurance that was to have been placed on sloop Wren, lost on a voyage from Annapolis Royal to Antigua. Witnessed by Joseph Deschamps and Michael Francklin.

Date: 29 April 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/25

Explanations and details of various charges; mention of a sloop upsetting at Chignectou [Chignecto], various individuals such as Sylvanus Cobb and Captain St. Loe; and insurance on the sloop Wren. Document may have been prepared by Joshua Mauger. [piece missing]

Date: 1751

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/8

Contract for a seven-year period during which Easson is to instruct his eleven-year-old son David in the trade of a house wright. Signed by both parties and witnessed by Matthew Winniett and Philip Bertaux.

Date: 1 April 1760

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/56

Born 23 September 1857 and baptized 3 January 1858, Church of England, Pictou, NS, son of George Moir and Sarah (Mortimer) Johnstone. (Certified true copy)

Date: 3 January 1858

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/82

For £6-19-1 in discharge of a Writ of Error prosecuted in the Supreme Court by John Payzant against Easson. Draft is endorsed.

Date: 5 July 1775

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/95

Drawn on Robert Fletcher, merchant, Halifax for £27 sterling.

Date: 21 May 1777

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/104

Bill of expenses for surveying and "qualifying" the marsh, by order of the commissioner, George Bartoux. Names of owners are: Mrs. Avis Ritchie, John McLaughlin, George Runciman, Alexander Easson, S.D. Tobias, T.P. Ruggles, Peter Bonnett, A.B. Hardwick and Mrs. Whitman.

Date: 19 October 1855

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/272

For £5. David Easson to have the use of a King's musket and accoutrements, to be kept in good condition and at the ready when needed for the provincial militia. Witnessed by Ebeneezer Cutler and Matthew Ritchie.

Date: 9 November 1808

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/190

For $200.00, regarding his appointment as Road Commissioner authorized to spend $100.00 repairing a bridge.

Date: 1 May 1866

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/278

For £150, witnessed by Thomas Barclay and Thomas Ritchie. On reverse are receipts for various amounts paid, last one dated 19 April 1824.

Date: 1 October 1795

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/183

A bond for £300, regarding the sale (by Easson, to Caton and Jacobs) of 500 acres at Chippoudy [Shepody] on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy, where they intend to settle.

Date: 11 September 1765

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/21

A further bond for £200, addressing issues regarding Easson's authority to sell the land at Chippoudy [Shepody].

Date: 11 September 1765

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/22

Inglis Johnstone married Clara Hoyt at Trinity Parish, New-York; both were stated to be residents of New Glasgow, NS; witnesses were Benjamin F. Hoyt and Theodore E. Studley, both of New York City. [Clara was the widow of Jesse Hoyt, who died 30 April 1881.]

Date: 27 April 1885

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/104