Livesay, William

From: An Island Refuge- Loyalists and Disbanded Troops on The Island of Saint John, The Abegweit Branch of UELAC, 1983

  • WILLIAM LIVESAY was on the list of refugees who received a grant of 500 acres on Lot 16. He was already married when he arrived on the Island in 1785. There is no knowledge that William Livesay came to Lot 16. It is noted that a deed of conveyance for 100 acres between Livesay and Timothy Treasure of Lot 65, Elliot River was to exchange 100 acres of land on Lot 32 or York River, which was in possession of William Livesay. This agreement took place on February 1, 1788. Livesay was to give Timothy Treasure in consequence of exchange, the sum of one pound, fifteen shillings Halifax currency, and 500 feet of boards or the boards of the house on the land in Elliot River, and to give a milk cow and a calf in May 1788.