The following list of early Truro vital statistics records is excerpted from:
Memorial of the one hundred and twenty-second, and of the one hundred and twenty-first, advertised as the one hundred and twenty-third anniversary of the settlement of Truro, by the British: being the first celebration of the town's natal day, September 13th, 1822.
(Truro, N.S.: Doane, 1894), pp. 47-48 and 69
Reproduced as: CIHM microfiche no. 27723

Some additional vital records are excerpted from Carol Campbell and James F. Smith Necessaries and Sufficiencies: Planter Society in Londonderry, Onslow, and Truro Townships, 1761-1780 (Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press, 2011), pp. 50-61, 63, 85-86, 93, and 139.

This document is part of the Nova Scotia Genealogy Resources Page.

First English child born in Truro:
Elizabeth d/o William and Janet Kennedy
b. October 25, 1761
m1: James Dickie
m2: Adam Dunlap
m3: George McConnell (of Pictou)

• daughter to John and Sarah Fulton, b. January 1, 1762
• twin sons to David and Mary Dickey, b. 1763

First Marriage at Truro:
December 6, 1763
James Dunlap = Mary Johnson
(both of the Lower Village of Truro)
Their son Thomas d. September 7, 1862, ae. 84, unm.

Other Marriages

• David Archibald to "Jennet" Miller, December 1, 1778

Deaths at Truro:

• "Widow Miller", d. August 13, 1760; mother of Alexander Miller
• Jane Savage, d. April 3, 1767, ae. 24; wife of John Savage
• John McKeen, d. December 30, 1767
• Martha (Cargill) McKeen, d. December 30, 1767
• Andrew Gammell, d. March 8, 1769; killed in the woods
• Sarah Widden, d. August 18, 1770, ae. 17
• Ephriam Hayward, d. September 16, 1770, ae. 73
• Hugh Archibald, d. January 8, 1771; drowned crossing a river
• Hugh Glen, d. June 2, 1774; "a native of Paisley, Scotland"
• Samuel Archibald, d. July 15, 1774, ae. 56
• Margaret Kavanagh, d. November 14, 1775, ae. 52; widow of Lawrence Kavanagh
• Ioney Murphy, d. November 15, 1775, ae. 92
• Jean Faulkner, d. 1776, ae. 10; d/o James and Elizabeth Faulkner
• Elizabeth Faulkner, d. 1776, ae. 6; d/o James and Elizabeth Faulkner
• Robert Faulkner, d. 1776, ae. 4; s/o James and Elizabeth Faulkner
• Alexander Faulkner, d. 1776, ae. 2; s/o James and Elizabeth Faulkner
• Eleanor Archibald, d. May 1, 1781, ae. 58; widow of Samuel Archibald

Last Modified: November 11, 2016