them being George Thomas Smith . A daughter Elsie married Neil MacQuarrie . Another early settler in Ellerslie was George Barlow (later called Burleigh), Sr. who was born in England in 1817. In 1840, he married Elizabeth Downham in Hoxney, England . She was born in 1819. Her grandmother Nelson was a first cousin of Lord Nelson . Elizabeth died in 1877 and George died in 1881.They are both buried in Bideford .They are the ancestors of the Barlow and Burleigh families of Ellerslie-Bideford . ?;:::;:;;::: Mary Jane Smith , wife of who is believed to be one of the first set¬ tlers in the Ellerslie area. —from Leonard BURLEIGH COLLECTION 18 Roots & Branches