James Dunlap was one of the first settlers, and a Grantee of Truro Township. His front land was in the Lower Village, his house stood near the place that his grandson, Isaac Dunlap's house, now stands. He was married to Mary, daughter of Lieut. John Johnson, of the Lower Village, December 6th, 1763. It is said that this was the first marriage in Truro after its settlement by the English. Sarah, their eldest daughter, was born in Truro January 6th, 1765. She was married to William, son of James and Ann Fulton of the Lower Village, they had seven sons and seven daughters. James, the eldest son of James and Mary Dunlap, was born in Truro January 26th, 1767. He was married to Jane, one of the twin daughters of William and Janet Kennedy, about the year 1794. He removed and settled on the east side of the South Branch of Stewiacke. Some of his grandsons now reside there. They had two sons and one daughter. He died there in the month of October, 1809, aged 42 years. William, their eldest son, was married to Rachel, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth E. Logan, December 12th, 1816. James, their eldest son, was born July 21st, 1818. John Duncan, the second son, was born August 24, 1820. He was married to Sarah, daughter of George and Elizabeth McNaught, in 1847; they have two sons and eight daughters. Thomas, their third son, was born December 7th, 1822. He was married to Sarah, daughter of William McNutt and Mary Johnson, his wife, March 31st, 1845; they had five sons and four daughters. Hugh, their fourth son, was born January 4th, 1825. He was married to Nancy, daughter of William K. Gammel March 2nd, 1856; they had three sons and two daughters. Mrs. Dunlap died January 3rd, 1866 and he was married again to Clara, daughter of James Hamilton of Middle Stewiacke, February 28th, 1867; they have one daughter. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of William and Rachel Dunlap, was born October 16th, 1827. She was married to Hans Hamilton, and has two sons and four daughters. She died June 30th, 1865. William, their fifth son, was born May 15th, 1830. Charles, their sixth son, was born December 7th, 1832. Mary, their daughter, was born in 1835. She was married to Robert Geddes in 1859. They have two sons and four daughters. William Dunlap died August, 1867, and his wife died November, 1838.
James, the son of James Dunlap and Jane Kennedy, was born in Stewiacke, December 4th, 1797. He inherited a part of his father's farm, and resided upon it until the time of his death, which took place very suddenly, November 16th, 1859. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy Putnam and Janet Hunter, his wife, February, 1820. James, their son, was born April 14th, 1821, and Mrs. Dunlap died the same day. James Dunlap, Jun., was married to Mary, daughter of John Cox and Margaret Creelman, his wife, February 4th, 1846; they have two daughters. James Dunlap, Senr., was married again to Christiann Aitkins, March, 1828. William, their eldest son was born June 11th, 1824. He was married to Eleanor Murray January 18th, 1847, and they have two sons and three daughters. Jane and Elizabeth, twin daughters of James and Christiann Dunlap, were born March 9th, 1826. Jane was married to William Gourley in the month of November, 1847; they had three sons and five daughters. Elizabeth was married to John, the eldest son of John and Margaret Cox, and they had one son. Mr. Cox died suddenly, and she was married again to James, son of Robert and Mary Tupper; they had three sons, and Mr. Tupper died a few years ago. Margaret, the third daughter of James and Christiann Dunlap, was born in the year 1828, and died unmarried. Mary, their fourth daughter, was born October 11th, 1829. She was married to Charles Cox, and had one son and one daughter. Mrs. Cox died July 22nd, 1869. Samuel Tupper Dunlap, their second son, was born November, 19th, 1831. He was married to Hannah Creelman, in the month of November, 1854. They have four daughters. Robert, their third son was born January 9th, 1834. He was married to Margaret Creelman, March 21st, 1861. They have two sons and four daughters. Rachel, their fifth daughter, was born February 15th, 1836. She was married to Robert Jeffers, and has five sons and two daughters. Susan, their sixth daughter, was born June 28th, 1838. She was married to Jotham B. Cox, and has one son and three daughters. Eleanor, their seventh daughter, was born October 15th, 1841. She was married to George Russel Cox, and has two sons and two daughters. John, their fourth son, was born June 12th, 1843. He was married to Esther Creelman, daughter of Samuel Ashmore Creelman and Eleanor Cox, his wife, February 28th, 1871. She died 1872. Margaret Ann, their eighth daughter, was born October 12th, 1849. Mrs. Christiann Dunlap died July, 1872.
Mary, the only daughter of James Dunlap and Jane Kennedy, was born March 21st, 1799. She was married to Robert Tupper in 1820. Their family appears among the Tuppers. Mary, the second daughter of James and Mary Dunlap, was born in Truro, October 25th, 1768. She was married to Samuel, son of James and Ann Fulton, of the Lower Village of Truro. They removed to Upper Stewiacke. She had one son. She died December, 1790, aged 22 years
John, the second son of James and Mary Dunlap, was born in Truro, April 22nd, in 1770. He was married to Martha, daughter of William and Dorothy Putnam, of Stewiacke, March 11th, 1802. They resided on the farm on which Messrs. Notting now reside, in the Lower Village of Truro, until about the year 1808, when they removed to the farm on the West side of the South Meadow, in Stewiacke. He died there, February 15th, 1848, aged 78 years. The writer saw and conversed with his widow, then in good health, on July 8th 1871. Mary, their eldest daughter, was born in Truro, January 14th, 1803. She was married to Benjamin Tupper, Esq., February 19th, 1822, and had three sons. Dorothy, their second daughter, was born in Truro, November 19th, 1804. She was married to Daniel Smith Yuill, of Clifton, February 11, 1830. They had one son and four daughters. She died at Clifton, November 17th 1857. Sarah, their third daughter was born January 24th, 1807. She was married to William, the fifth son of William and Mary Cox, of Stewiacke, February 15th, 1827. They had four sons and four daughters. She died May 10th, 1855, in the 49th year of her age. James, the eldest son of John and Martha Dunlap, was born September 20th, 1809. He was married to Lydia, daughter of John Gourley and Elizabeth Tupper, his wife, January 18, 1832. They had two children and both died when they were young. Susannah, the fourth daughter of John and Martha Dunlap, was born June 15th, 1812. She was married to William Gammel, Esq., March 30th 1844. They had one son and one daughter. Mr. Gammel died August 21st, 1848, and she was married again to Barry Hamilton, January 15th, 1850. They had two daughters. She died December 29th, 1860. William, their second son, was born February 27th, 1815. He was married to Martha, daughter of Robert Fisher and Mary Cox, his wife February 9th, 1841. He inherits a large part of his father's farm, and lives in the house that his father build about the year 1825. Martha, the fifth daughter of John and Martha Dunlap, was born May 18th, 1819. She was married to William McCulloch, and had one son. She died May 28th, 1847. Lydia, their sixth daughter, was born August 30th, 1821. She was married to Putnam O'Brien, and had two sons and four daughters. They removed to the United States. She died August, 1859, aged 38 years.
Adam Johnson, the third son of James and Mary Dunlap, was born June 20th, 1771. He was married to Eleanor, daughter of John Archibald, second, and Margaret Fisher. He settled first between Stewiacke and Musquodoboit, the same place on which Alexander Stewart lived and died. After this he removed to the farm on which his son James' widow now resides, which is situated West of the Halifax road, near Johnson's Crossing. He died there May 25th, 1808, aged 37 years. Mary, their eldest daughter, was born about the year 1796. Her father and mother both died when she was young, and she was taken by her uncle Archibald to Musquodoboit. She married there to William Dean. They had four sons and four daughters. She died April, 1867, aged 71 years. Mr. Dean died about the year 1861. John, the eldest son of Adam J. and Eleanor Dunlap, was born March, 1798, and after the death of his father and mother, he and his brother James and sister Ruth were taken to their grandfather Dunlap's and taken care of. He was married to Jane, eldest daughter of Captain William Cock, widow of the late William Ross, December, 1st 1825. They had two sons and four daughters. The sons, Thomas and Henry, are not doing business in Amherst. The daughters' names are Eleanor, Anner, Elizabeth, and Jane. Anner and Elizabeth are both dead. About the year 1830 he purchased the house which was built by Eliakim Tupper, Esq., and he resided in it the remainder of his life. In the year 1831 he built a store, which is now occupied and as printing office, and carried on business as a merchant until the time of his death. In April 1842, he went to St. John, N.B., on business and he there took ill and died, May 1st, 1842, aged 44 years. His body was brought home and interred in the Truro Cemetery.
James, the second son of Adam and Eleanor Dunlap, was born November 19th, 1800. He was married to Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Jane Gourley, March 16th 1826. He inherited his father's farm where he died March 5th, 1856, aged 55 years. Eleanor, their daughter was born January 7th, 1827. She was married to John, son of Benjamin Tupper, Esq., and Mary Dunlap, December 31st, 1850. They have six sons and two daughters. They now reside on the South side of Musquodoboit River on the farm that was originally John Archibald's. Hugh, the only son of James and Hannah Dunlap, was born November 8th, 1828. He died a bachelor, January 27th, 1869, aged 40 years. Ruth, the second and youngest daughter of Adam J. and Eleanor Dunlap, was born in the year 1802. She was married to Timothy, son of Timothy Putnam and Janet Hunter, his wife, February 14th, 1828. They had six sons and six daughters. She died August 7th, 1851, aged 49 years. Mr. Dunlap's first wife, Eleanor, died about the year 1803, and he was married again to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Janet Kennedy, widow of the late James Dickey, of Stewiacke, Sept. 28th 1805.
Hugh, the fourth son of James and Mary Dunlap, was born in Truro, April 28th, 1773. He was married to Susannah, daughter of Thomas and Jane Gourley, of the Lower Village, Jan'y. 24th, 1805. They removed to Stewiacke in 1807 and settled at Otter Brook, where their son Hugh now resides. He died September 6th, 1852, aged 79 years. His wife died November 22nd, 1857, aged 74 years. Catherine, their eldest daughter, was born May 8th, 1806. She was married to Robert H. Smith, March 4th, 1828. They had five sons and three daughters. Mary, their second daughter, was born November 26th, 1807. She was married to William Chisholm, Esq., of Wallace River. They had six sons and four daughters. Jane, their third daughter, was born August 29th, 1809. She was married to Robert G. Rutherford, Esq., in the month of March, 1838. They have three sons and four daughters. Sarah, their fourth daughter, was born April 13th, 1813. She was married to Ebenezer Smith, March 12th, 1845. They have one son and four daughters. Margaret, their fifth daughter, was born January 24th, 1817. She was married to Bradford Black of Cumberland, November 9th, 1843. They have two sons and five daughters. Hugh, their eldest son, was born January 14th, 1819. He inherits his father's farm, holds a commission of the Peace and is an elder of the Presbyterian Church. He was married to Eliza M., daughter of Captain David Archibald and Elizabeth Kent his wife, November 7th, 1847. They had one son and two daughters. She died April 26th, 1854, aged 32 years. He was married again to Margaret, daughter of John D. Christie and Margaret Johnson, April 14th, 1856. They had four sons and two daughters. Mrs. Dunlap died May 11th, 1869. He was married again to Eliza Baxter, June 27th 1871. Susannah, their sixth daughter, was born May 13th, 1822. She was married to Eddy Tupper, November 9th, 1847. They have two sons and four daughters. James Thomas, the second and youngest son of Hugh and Susan Dunlap, was born April 17th, 1824. He was married to Agnes, daughter of Andrew Creelman and Susan Johnson, June 20th, 1848. They have five sons and five daughters.
Rachel, the third daughter of James and Mary Dunlap, was born January 25th, 1776. She was married to Samuel Tupper, Esq., of Upper Stewiacke in the year 1793. They had seven sons and five daughters. She died June 9th, 1852, aged 67 years. Samuel Tupper, Esq., died August 29th, 1831, aged 67 years.
Thomas, the fifth son of James and Mary Dunlap was born February 28th, 1778. He resided near the same place that Thomas Dunlap now resides, in the Lower Village of Truro. He died a bachelor, September 7th, 1862, aged 84 years.
Samuel, the sixth and youngest son of James and Mary Dunlap, was born in the year 1782. He was married to Mary, daughter of Isaac Miller and Elizabeth Dickey, February 11th, 1813. He inherited a part of his father's farm and lived in the same house with his father for some time, and then built the house in which his son Isaac now lives, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died March 2nd, 1850, aged 68 years, and his wife died January 12th, 1861, aged 77 years. Adam, their eldest son, was born March 24th 1814. He was married to Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Blair, March, ___, 1837. They had two sons and one daughter. Mrs. Dunlap died December 21st, 1855, aged 39, and he was married again to Amelia, daughter of James D. and Esther Blair, February, 1857. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Samuel and Mary Dunlap, was born on November 5th, 1815. She was married to Daniel C., fourth son of William and Esther Smith, December 17th, 1834. They have seven sons and four daughters. She died December 18th, 1871. James, the second son of Samuel and Mary Dunlap, was born October 30th, 1817. He died September 11th, 1819. Sarah, their second daughter, was born April 27th, 1819. She was married to Jacob, son of William Frieze and Janet D. Miller, August, ___, 1840. Isaac, their third son, was born in Truro, August 10th, 1820. He was married to Susannah, eldest daughter of Robert H. and Catherine Smith, February 10th, 1854. They have two sons and four daughters. He is one of the elders of the Presbyterian church. Nancy, the third daughter of Samuel and Mary Dunlap, was born June 29th, 1822. She was married to John M., eldest son of David H. Crowe and Mary Smith, May, ___, 1851. They had one son and three daughters. Mary, the fourth daughter of Samuel and Mary Dunlap, was born in Truro, May 15th, 1824. She was married to James, the only son of Alexander Kent, Esq., and Jean Christie, June ___, 1858. They have one son and two daughters. James Dunlap., died December 5th, 1832, aged 92 years, and his wife died, May 22nd, 1823, aged 85 years. It may here be observed that their fifth son, Thomas Dunlap went to the United States, and travelled as far as Ohio. He returned home about the year 1814, and built a large truck waggon, the first that was built in Truro. It was first driven in Halifax, with a team of five horses by Barnabas McQueen, who lived then in the Lower Village of Truro.
There was a Thomas Dunlap among the first settlers of Truro. He was a Grantee of the Township, we know nothing of his descendants, it is said that he got discouraged in the settlement of a new country, and returned to the United States. Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Dunlap was born in Truro, March 11th, 1763.
