Receipt for passage paid by David John Thomson, 1839.

in Pointe du Diable near Halifax, Nova Scotia,3

Captain Samuel Holland was commissioned Surveyor—General in 1764 by the British King George HI to complete a general survey of British North America including Isle St. Jean. Captain Holland com- pleted his survey of the Island in 1766 and for his good work and devotion to the crown was given his choice of one of the 67 lots on the Island. Holland chose Lot 28 on December 21, 1768, and named his new home Tryon after his close friend Captain Tryon. Holland’s family, along with the families of some of his surveying party, were the first of the immigrants to settle in this area.4 The first British settlers brought by Holland found 450 acres of cleared land and 20 deserted homes along the river. This must have been a welcome sight after a long and difficult voyage aboard sailing vessels that were small and crowded.