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About William M McNitt
Founding Nova Scotia
William McNutt changed spelling of name from McNitt to McNutt. Willam was a farmer and carpenter. He took part, with brother James, in relief expedition at besieged Louisburg in 1755. He made exploratory visit to Onslow, Nova Scotia with his cousin Alexander in 1759. He settled with family at Onslow in 1761, and received land grants in Onslow in 1763, with brother James and again in 1769. William was the principal architect of the first Presbyterian Church in Onslow in 1770. The church was raised about 1780, but not finished inside until some years later. He is the grandfather of McNutts in the Onslow, Lower Village and North River and Colchester Co.
William McNutt, 3rd son of Barnard and Jane Clark McNitt. It is said that he and his cousin Col. Alexander McNutt made an exploratory visit to the Minos Basin and Wm. obtained a considerable grant near Truro in Onslow Co. where he lived and died.
In the summer of 1760 William and his wife Elizabeth, his oldest son Abner and daughter Sarah came to Onslow. The first winter the woman folks were returned to Mass. as housing needs were found inadequate, but they returned to Nova Scotia the following spring with other families.
Scottish emigrants came to Nova Scotia from all parts of Scotland, from the northern shores of the Highlands to the English border, from the Inner and Outer Islands, from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness, and from all points in between.
Scots came to Halifax after its founding in June 1749; they came as Ulster Scots among the Planters from New England to accept land vacated by the Acadiens; they came as Highland soldiers to Windsor, now fighting for the British in the American Revolution; they came as Highlanders after the Battle of Culloden and the Highland Clearances when they, like the Acadiens, were driven from their lands; they came as Loyalists, after the American Revolution; they came as Lowlanders also seeking a better life for themselves; they came for many other personal reasons.
They settled in all parts of Nova Scotia, from the northern most tip of eastern Cape Breton Island to the westerly most tip at Yarmouth, and the western border at New Brunswick.
These are the Scots who built a future of themselves and their children in New Scotland (Nova Scotia) that Sir William Alexander founded, and built the Nova Scotia we know today. Many of their descendants are found in all parts of the Globe; many are still in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is Highland at heart, with greater concentrations of Highland descendants living in Shelburne, Pictou, Colchester, Victoria and Inverness Counties, and substantial concentrations in Cumberland, Guysborough, Hants, Yarmouth and Antigonish Counties.
Scots tracing their ancestry back to all parts of Scotland constitute a major proportion of the population of each of Nova Scotia's eighteen counties.
William Alexander, son of Sir William Alexander, brought Scottish settlers to Port Royal in Annapolis County in 1629. When the colony was returned to French rule in 1632, they were forced to abandon the "Charles Fort" they built there, and return to Scotland.
The first permanent Highland Scottish settlers arrived in Pictou in 1773, on the ship Hector. Pictou is rightly acclaimed as the Birthplace of New Scotland, and the heart of Pictou County remains Highland Scottish to present time.
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William M McNitt's Timeline
| 1733 |
July 25, 1733
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Palmer, Hampden, MA, United States
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| 1756 |
August 29, 1756
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Palmer, MA, United States
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| 1757 |
June 20, 1757
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Palmer, Hampden, MA, United States
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| 1759 |
October 21, 1759
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Palmer, Massachusetts, USA
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| 1766 |
September 22, 1766
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Onslow, Colchester County, NS, Canada
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| 1768 |
August 11, 1768
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Onslow, Colchester County, NS, Canada
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| 1769 |
1769
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Onslow, Colchester County, NS, Canada
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| 1770 |
November 5, 1770
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Onslow, Colchester County, NS, Canada
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| 1771 |
August 11, 1771
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North River, Colchester County, NS, Canada
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