Dartmouth Old Town Plot

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1. Timothy Folger Timothy Folger was born in 1732 to Abishai Folger and Sarah Mayhew. In 1753, he married Abial Coleman, daughter of Barnabas Coleman and Rachael Hussey. The couple had seven children: Syllvanus, Abial, Sally, Lucretia, Margaret “Peggy”, Timothey, and Benjamin Franklin,...
2. 1807 From The Story of Dartmouth, by John P. Martin: On Wednesday, March 11, 1807, Christian Bartlin and Alexander McDonald were drowned by the oversetting of their boat as they were returning home from Halifax. (This man may have been a...
3. 1790s From The Story of Dartmouth, by John P. Martin: The removal of the Nantucket Whaling Company to Dartmouth in 1785, gave the town its first major industry; and also brought about a marked change in the shape of the 1750...
4. A QUAKER ODYSSEY: The Migration of Quaker Whalers from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and Milford Haven “Prior attempts to settle Dartmouth had not thrived. In August, 1750, the ship Alderney had arrived from England with over 300 settlers and house-lots were assigned to them in a planned new town. Unfortunately, the town had been laid out...
5. Samuel Starbuck “In his notes, Starbuck (1762-1829) wrote: “Not only the floors and the platforms are entirely covered with bodies, but the bodies actually touch each other, how wretched must have been their situations…” His descendant said it was likely that, as a...
6. Dartmouth Common Swimming Pool What is now a flower garden at the corner of Alderney Drive (and what used to be) Park Avenue. On the part of Park Avenue seen extending across Alderney Drive is a clue as to the number of buildings that...
7. The Only Authentic Map of the City of Halifax and Town of Dartmouth A noteworthy map since it shows Dartmouth Bus routes, seven of them (#1 Eastern Passage, #2 Imperoyal, #3 Tuft’s Cove, #4 Austenville, #4A Brightwood, #5 Cole Harbour, #6 Port Wallace); operated by Bell Bus Lines at the time. Among the...
8. Dartmouth Services Club, After Fire Site of the Original Quaker Meeting House, Corner of King and Queen Street (from Left to right looking west towards King, north towards Ochterloney and east towards Queen)...
9. Dartmouth’s Town Plot From The Story of Dartmouth, by John P. Martin: “The town plot as laid out in 1750 comprised of 11 oblong-shaped blocks, mostly 400 feet long by 200 feet wide. Each building lot was 50 feet by 100 feet. Reference...
10. An act to enable the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in chief for the time being, to appoint Trustees, for the Common of the Town of Dartmouth…1797 c2 See 20th Geo. 3d. cap. 6: An ACT to enable the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to appoint Trustees, for the Common of the Town of Dartmouth, on the death, or removal, of the Trustees...