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'''Maugerville''' ({{IPAc-en|icon|ˈ|m|eɪ|dʒ|ər|v|ɪ|l}}) is a community in [[Sunbury County]] in the [[Canadian]] province of [[New Brunswick]]. In 1759, members of the Perley Colony, land-seekers from present-day Maine, settled in the area. A generation later many of them were displaced farther upriver to Carleton County by newly-arrived United Empire Loyalists. |
'''Maugerville''' ({{IPAc-en|icon|ˈ|m|eɪ|dʒ|ər|v|ɪ|l}}) is a community in [[Sunbury County]] in the [[Canadian]] province of [[New Brunswick]]. In 1759, members of the Perley Colony, land-seekers from present-day Maine, settled in the area. A generation later many of them were displaced farther upriver to Carleton County by newly-arrived United Empire Loyalists. |
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== Margerville Rebellion == |
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During the [[American Revolution]], in 1776 [[George Washington]] sent a letter to the Maliseet of the Saint John River aksing for their support in their contest with Britain. The Maliseet immediately began to plunder the loyalists in the community.<ref>James Hannay. The History of New Brunswick. p. 110</ref> In 1779, Maugerville was raided again by Baliseet working with [[John Allan]] in [[Machias, Maine]]. A vessel was captured and two or three residents homes were plundered. In response a blockhouse was built at the mouth of Oromocto River named Fort Hughes (named after the Lt Governor of NS). <ref>Hannay, p. 121-122</ref> |
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Maugerville (/[invalid input: 'icon']ˈmeɪdʒərvɪl/) is a community in Sunbury County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In 1759, members of the Perley Colony, land-seekers from present-day Maine, settled in the area. A generation later many of them were displaced farther upriver to Carleton County by newly-arrived United Empire Loyalists.
Margerville Rebellion
During the American Revolution, in 1776 George Washington sent a letter to the Maliseet of the Saint John River aksing for their support in their contest with Britain. The Maliseet immediately began to plunder the loyalists in the community.[1] In 1779, Maugerville was raided again by Baliseet working with John Allan in Machias, Maine. A vessel was captured and two or three residents homes were plundered. In response a blockhouse was built at the mouth of Oromocto River named Fort Hughes (named after the Lt Governor of NS). [2]
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