172 A Bridge To The Past 
     
    
   
   
    
     Green Hedges Farm with its large white house and barns, sztuated on 
     
     the brow of the valley, attracts the eye of the traveller. This farm is the 
     
     home of Edgar and Betty Millar. The well—kept lawns and fertile fields are a 
     
     fine example of the pride the Wilmot Valley people take in their proper- 
     
     ties. This farm was once part of a block of land owned by Wm. Scin- 
     
     chabock or Sanchabock (both spellings used in Refugee Allotment Map, 
     
     1784). He was one of a group of Loyalists whom Wm. Schurman brought to 
     
     Lot 19 in 1784. The first known resident ofthis farm was William Curtis. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CURTIS 
     
    
   
   
    
     William Curtis (1807-1886) married Elizabeth Brimacombe in 
     
     February, 1831, at St. Swithers Church, Launcelles, Cornwall, England. 
     
     They came to Canada shortly after their marriage and settled in P.E.1. The 
     
     first place they are known to have settled is the farm of Edgar Millar (1979). 
     
     Their house was slightly south of the present house. William and Elizabeth 
     
     are buried in Freetown. They had two children, Emeline (1831-1906) who 
     
     married John Picketts, and lived at the Darrell Picketts farm (1979), and 
     
     William Jr. (1835), who lived on the homestead. 
     
    
   
   
    
     William Curtis Jr. married Mary Lefurgey (1835-1900). William was 
     
     killed from injuries received when kicked by a horse. Their children were 
     
     Ada Jane, John Brimacombe and Solomon Baker (Oct. 1858-May 1859). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ada Jane (Oct. 11, 1855-Mar. 29, 1935) married Jabez Pridham (July 
     
     17, 1853—Jan. 3, 1910) on August 25, 1875. They lived on the farm where 
     
     Lyman Huestis lives (1979) for several years. 
     
    
   
   
    
     John Brimacombe (March 12, 1857-.1une 14, 1920) married Georgina 
     
     MacKay (Feb. 8, 1855-Feb. 5. 1943) of Albany. John continued his father’s 
     
     farming operation. He built the present house and had the former house 
     
     moved away. John B. as he was known, from his vantage point on the hill, 
     
     kept a close eye on the activities of his neighbors up and down the valley. He 
     
     gained a reputation for having his work completed before his neighbors. He 
     
     and his sons were the first to work their land in the spring, first to get their 
     
     hay in the barn, and first to complete their fall work including banking their 
     
     house. The last job to be done was to take down the gates and put them in a 
     
     sheltered spot, away from harm during the winter. This had to be done by 
     
     Hallowe’en. 1n the spring when their crop was in, he would take his wife 
     
     and drive by horse and wagon to Albany for an overnight visit with his 
     
     wife’s family. The farmers there would be striving to get their grain and po- 
     
     tatoes planted, in order to have time to enjoy their visitors. Due to a dif— 
     
     ference in soil, they could not get started as early as John B. and he usually 
     
     found them still very busy in the fields. When asked by the Albany farmers 
     
     how he was getting along with the crop. on one occasion, he was in a parti-