James was born at Belfast, County Antrim.
Occupations - Surveyor; Judge.
James and Margaret married
on 11 January 1770.
Son of John FULTON and Ann BOGGS
{both born in Ireland}.
HISTORY OF BASS RIVER -
by S. Ward Hemeon [written in 1990]:
About five years after the settlement of Colchester County by English speaking colonists in 1759-1760, there came to the Province a young Irish Surveyor, James Fulton. For five years, he had lived and worked in the American colonies but, learning of a new unsettled country which presented great opportunities for a young, ambitious land surveyor, he decided to go to Nova Scotia. In 1760 at age twenty, he had left Belfast, Ireland, and now, in 1765 aged twenty-five, he arrived in Nova Scotia and immediately found work as a surveyor and the settling of Bass River, Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
The Judge, as he was later known, had been hired by the Government to survey the new Township of Londonderry
As part compensation for his labours, James Fulton chose land in Londonderry Township, in the district now known as Bass River and from that territory he chose the area near the mouth of the Bass River for his home.
His grant was for 2,154 acres and extended from the Little River, east towards Portaupique about one and one-half miles, and north about three miles from the shore of Cobequid Bay to the base line, at or about the foot of the Cobequid Mountains.
As was the custom with the other first settlers, he made sure that his property was accessible by water, as that was their only means of transportation at that time to this part of Minas Basin and Cobequid Bay.
His first house was built on the East side and near the mouth of Bass River. His second house was across the road from that property, and his third house is the one lived in by Edson Fulton in 1935. The homestead remained in the hands of Judge James Fulton and his descendants for one hundred and eighty years, It had passed down from Judge James Fulton to his son David, known as Squire David, to his son Thomas B., to John D. the son of Thomas B., and to Edson, the great, great grandson of the Judge.
In 1770, James Fulton married Margaret Campbell of Folly Village and they became the parents of fifteen children, thirteen of whom grew up and married. He was at one time representative for the area in the House of Assembly, known at that time as Halifax County and which included Halifax, Pictou and Colchester Counties. Later, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and, since then, Bass River's first settler has been known as Judge James Fulton. He died September 25, 1826, aged eighty-seven years, and his wife died August 12, 1833. They had 107 grandchildren and, as some of his brothers also had fairly large families, you can understand why the Fulton name soon spread over Colchester County. In the 1870's, Fulton was the third most common name in the county,
Soon after James' arrival in 1765, others of the Fulton clan, brothers of James, coming directly from Northern Ireland, took up land near him. Samuel, his younger brother, chose a site on the west bank of the river, and built his home within sight of brother James.
As time passed, the need for a burying ground became evident and Judge James chose a spot for it on the marsh directly below his home. This was an ideal location, a little knoll, an elevated piece of land resembling an island, just sufficiently raised above the level of the marsh that the highest tides of the past two hundred and twenty-five years have never disturbed any of the graves.
The latest date shown on any of the stones is 1884, this being the year that Joseph Fulton died.
The Island Cemetery is now surrounded by a number of sturdy spruces, plus a single birch. As yet they are not creating a problem. With a little oversight by the community, it would seem that this old pioneer graveyard will survive for a good many more years.
Stone #18, that of Rebecca Jane Fulton.
The second oldest stone, #3, that of Judge James Fulton and his wife, Margaret, is in a fair state. The lettering on it has weathered considerably over the one hundred and sixty-four years since his death but it is still able to be read.
Glowing reports, evidently, were sent home to Ireland and of the seven brothers and one sister in the family - five brothers and the sister eventually settled in Nova Scotia. Three brothers, Samuel, John and Thomas, had followed Judge James within a few years, but the fourth brother Francis, came as an old man in 1819 with his wife and family and some grandchildren- a daughter married to Robert Starritt and his son John married to his first cousin, Sarah Crawford. Francis also had one unmarried son and two unmarried daughters on his arrival. The sister, Sarah, Mrs. James Crawford, came at or about the same time with an unmarried son and two unmarried daughters.
Occupations - Surveyor; Judge.
James and Margaret married
on 11 January 1770.
Son of John FULTON and Ann BOGGS
{both born in Ireland}.
HISTORY OF BASS RIVER -
by S. Ward Hemeon [written in 1990]:
About five years after the settlement of Colchester County by English speaking colonists in 1759-1760, there came to the Province a young Irish Surveyor, James Fulton. For five years, he had lived and worked in the American colonies but, learning of a new unsettled country which presented great opportunities for a young, ambitious land surveyor, he decided to go to Nova Scotia. In 1760 at age twenty, he had left Belfast, Ireland, and now, in 1765 aged twenty-five, he arrived in Nova Scotia and immediately found work as a surveyor and the settling of Bass River, Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
The Judge, as he was later known, had been hired by the Government to survey the new Township of Londonderry
As part compensation for his labours, James Fulton chose land in Londonderry Township, in the district now known as Bass River and from that territory he chose the area near the mouth of the Bass River for his home.
His grant was for 2,154 acres and extended from the Little River, east towards Portaupique about one and one-half miles, and north about three miles from the shore of Cobequid Bay to the base line, at or about the foot of the Cobequid Mountains.
As was the custom with the other first settlers, he made sure that his property was accessible by water, as that was their only means of transportation at that time to this part of Minas Basin and Cobequid Bay.
His first house was built on the East side and near the mouth of Bass River. His second house was across the road from that property, and his third house is the one lived in by Edson Fulton in 1935. The homestead remained in the hands of Judge James Fulton and his descendants for one hundred and eighty years, It had passed down from Judge James Fulton to his son David, known as Squire David, to his son Thomas B., to John D. the son of Thomas B., and to Edson, the great, great grandson of the Judge.
In 1770, James Fulton married Margaret Campbell of Folly Village and they became the parents of fifteen children, thirteen of whom grew up and married. He was at one time representative for the area in the House of Assembly, known at that time as Halifax County and which included Halifax, Pictou and Colchester Counties. Later, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and, since then, Bass River's first settler has been known as Judge James Fulton. He died September 25, 1826, aged eighty-seven years, and his wife died August 12, 1833. They had 107 grandchildren and, as some of his brothers also had fairly large families, you can understand why the Fulton name soon spread over Colchester County. In the 1870's, Fulton was the third most common name in the county,
Soon after James' arrival in 1765, others of the Fulton clan, brothers of James, coming directly from Northern Ireland, took up land near him. Samuel, his younger brother, chose a site on the west bank of the river, and built his home within sight of brother James.
As time passed, the need for a burying ground became evident and Judge James chose a spot for it on the marsh directly below his home. This was an ideal location, a little knoll, an elevated piece of land resembling an island, just sufficiently raised above the level of the marsh that the highest tides of the past two hundred and twenty-five years have never disturbed any of the graves.
The latest date shown on any of the stones is 1884, this being the year that Joseph Fulton died.
The Island Cemetery is now surrounded by a number of sturdy spruces, plus a single birch. As yet they are not creating a problem. With a little oversight by the community, it would seem that this old pioneer graveyard will survive for a good many more years.
Stone #18, that of Rebecca Jane Fulton.
The second oldest stone, #3, that of Judge James Fulton and his wife, Margaret, is in a fair state. The lettering on it has weathered considerably over the one hundred and sixty-four years since his death but it is still able to be read.
Glowing reports, evidently, were sent home to Ireland and of the seven brothers and one sister in the family - five brothers and the sister eventually settled in Nova Scotia. Three brothers, Samuel, John and Thomas, had followed Judge James within a few years, but the fourth brother Francis, came as an old man in 1819 with his wife and family and some grandchildren- a daughter married to Robert Starritt and his son John married to his first cousin, Sarah Crawford. Francis also had one unmarried son and two unmarried daughters on his arrival. The sister, Sarah, Mrs. James Crawford, came at or about the same time with an unmarried son and two unmarried daughters.
James was born at Belfast, County Antrim.
Occupations - Surveyor; Judge.
James and Margaret married
on 11 January 1770.
Son of John FULTON and Ann BOGGS
{both born in Ireland}.
HISTORY OF BASS RIVER -
by S. Ward Hemeon [written in 1990]:
About five years after the settlement of Colchester County by English speaking colonists in 1759-1760, there came to the Province a young Irish Surveyor, James Fulton. For five years, he had lived and worked in the American colonies but, learning of a new unsettled country which presented great opportunities for a young, ambitious land surveyor, he decided to go to Nova Scotia. In 1760 at age twenty, he had left Belfast, Ireland, and now, in 1765 aged twenty-five, he arrived in Nova Scotia and immediately found work as a surveyor and the settling of Bass River, Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
The Judge, as he was later known, had been hired by the Government to survey the new Township of Londonderry
As part compensation for his labours, James Fulton chose land in Londonderry Township, in the district now known as Bass River and from that territory he chose the area near the mouth of the Bass River for his home.
His grant was for 2,154 acres and extended from the Little River, east towards Portaupique about one and one-half miles, and north about three miles from the shore of Cobequid Bay to the base line, at or about the foot of the Cobequid Mountains.
As was the custom with the other first settlers, he made sure that his property was accessible by water, as that was their only means of transportation at that time to this part of Minas Basin and Cobequid Bay.
His first house was built on the East side and near the mouth of Bass River. His second house was across the road from that property, and his third house is the one lived in by Edson Fulton in 1935. The homestead remained in the hands of Judge James Fulton and his descendants for one hundred and eighty years, It had passed down from Judge James Fulton to his son David, known as Squire David, to his son Thomas B., to John D. the son of Thomas B., and to Edson, the great, great grandson of the Judge.
In 1770, James Fulton married Margaret Campbell of Folly Village and they became the parents of fifteen children, thirteen of whom grew up and married. He was at one time representative for the area in the House of Assembly, known at that time as Halifax County and which included Halifax, Pictou and Colchester Counties. Later, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and, since then, Bass River's first settler has been known as Judge James Fulton. He died September 25, 1826, aged eighty-seven years, and his wife died August 12, 1833. They had 107 grandchildren and, as some of his brothers also had fairly large families, you can understand why the Fulton name soon spread over Colchester County. In the 1870's, Fulton was the third most common name in the county,
Soon after James' arrival in 1765, others of the Fulton clan, brothers of James, coming directly from Northern Ireland, took up land near him. Samuel, his younger brother, chose a site on the west bank of the river, and built his home within sight of brother James.
As time passed, the need for a burying ground became evident and Judge James chose a spot for it on the marsh directly below his home. This was an ideal location, a little knoll, an elevated piece of land resembling an island, just sufficiently raised above the level of the marsh that the highest tides of the past two hundred and twenty-five years have never disturbed any of the graves.
The latest date shown on any of the stones is 1884, this being the year that Joseph Fulton died.
The Island Cemetery is now surrounded by a number of sturdy spruces, plus a single birch. As yet they are not creating a problem. With a little oversight by the community, it would seem that this old pioneer graveyard will survive for a good many more years.
Stone #18, that of Rebecca Jane Fulton.
The second oldest stone, #3, that of Judge James Fulton and his wife, Margaret, is in a fair state. The lettering on it has weathered considerably over the one hundred and sixty-four years since his death but it is still able to be read.
Glowing reports, evidently, were sent home to Ireland and of the seven brothers and one sister in the family - five brothers and the sister eventually settled in Nova Scotia. Three brothers, Samuel, John and Thomas, had followed Judge James within a few years, but the fourth brother Francis, came as an old man in 1819 with his wife and family and some grandchildren- a daughter married to Robert Starritt and his son John married to his first cousin, Sarah Crawford. Francis also had one unmarried son and two unmarried daughters on his arrival. The sister, Sarah, Mrs. James Crawford, came at or about the same time with an unmarried son and two unmarried daughters.
Occupations - Surveyor; Judge.
James and Margaret married
on 11 January 1770.
Son of John FULTON and Ann BOGGS
{both born in Ireland}.
HISTORY OF BASS RIVER -
by S. Ward Hemeon [written in 1990]:
About five years after the settlement of Colchester County by English speaking colonists in 1759-1760, there came to the Province a young Irish Surveyor, James Fulton. For five years, he had lived and worked in the American colonies but, learning of a new unsettled country which presented great opportunities for a young, ambitious land surveyor, he decided to go to Nova Scotia. In 1760 at age twenty, he had left Belfast, Ireland, and now, in 1765 aged twenty-five, he arrived in Nova Scotia and immediately found work as a surveyor and the settling of Bass River, Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
The Judge, as he was later known, had been hired by the Government to survey the new Township of Londonderry
As part compensation for his labours, James Fulton chose land in Londonderry Township, in the district now known as Bass River and from that territory he chose the area near the mouth of the Bass River for his home.
His grant was for 2,154 acres and extended from the Little River, east towards Portaupique about one and one-half miles, and north about three miles from the shore of Cobequid Bay to the base line, at or about the foot of the Cobequid Mountains.
As was the custom with the other first settlers, he made sure that his property was accessible by water, as that was their only means of transportation at that time to this part of Minas Basin and Cobequid Bay.
His first house was built on the East side and near the mouth of Bass River. His second house was across the road from that property, and his third house is the one lived in by Edson Fulton in 1935. The homestead remained in the hands of Judge James Fulton and his descendants for one hundred and eighty years, It had passed down from Judge James Fulton to his son David, known as Squire David, to his son Thomas B., to John D. the son of Thomas B., and to Edson, the great, great grandson of the Judge.
In 1770, James Fulton married Margaret Campbell of Folly Village and they became the parents of fifteen children, thirteen of whom grew up and married. He was at one time representative for the area in the House of Assembly, known at that time as Halifax County and which included Halifax, Pictou and Colchester Counties. Later, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and, since then, Bass River's first settler has been known as Judge James Fulton. He died September 25, 1826, aged eighty-seven years, and his wife died August 12, 1833. They had 107 grandchildren and, as some of his brothers also had fairly large families, you can understand why the Fulton name soon spread over Colchester County. In the 1870's, Fulton was the third most common name in the county,
Soon after James' arrival in 1765, others of the Fulton clan, brothers of James, coming directly from Northern Ireland, took up land near him. Samuel, his younger brother, chose a site on the west bank of the river, and built his home within sight of brother James.
As time passed, the need for a burying ground became evident and Judge James chose a spot for it on the marsh directly below his home. This was an ideal location, a little knoll, an elevated piece of land resembling an island, just sufficiently raised above the level of the marsh that the highest tides of the past two hundred and twenty-five years have never disturbed any of the graves.
The latest date shown on any of the stones is 1884, this being the year that Joseph Fulton died.
The Island Cemetery is now surrounded by a number of sturdy spruces, plus a single birch. As yet they are not creating a problem. With a little oversight by the community, it would seem that this old pioneer graveyard will survive for a good many more years.
Stone #18, that of Rebecca Jane Fulton.
The second oldest stone, #3, that of Judge James Fulton and his wife, Margaret, is in a fair state. The lettering on it has weathered considerably over the one hundred and sixty-four years since his death but it is still able to be read.
Glowing reports, evidently, were sent home to Ireland and of the seven brothers and one sister in the family - five brothers and the sister eventually settled in Nova Scotia. Three brothers, Samuel, John and Thomas, had followed Judge James within a few years, but the fourth brother Francis, came as an old man in 1819 with his wife and family and some grandchildren- a daughter married to Robert Starritt and his son John married to his first cousin, Sarah Crawford. Francis also had one unmarried son and two unmarried daughters on his arrival. The sister, Sarah, Mrs. James Crawford, came at or about the same time with an unmarried son and two unmarried daughters.
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James Fulton Esq Died September 25, 1826 Aged 87 Years Margaret Fulton Wife of the Above Died August 12, 1833 Aged 79 Years
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