Listed as to page and line in Miller Text

The following list of errors was found on the inside cover of the copy of Miller's 1873 book "Historical and Genealogical Record of Colchester County" owned by my great grandfather, H. Percy Blanchard. Some may have been corrected through republishing.

If there are any others than what are listed below, I would like to enter them, so E-mail Rannie Blanchard


The following list was found in Manuscript among the author's papers with "W.D. Dimock, Ed. Truro News, Aug 24, 1925" handwritten along side of it.

References are as to:
pg #, line #, the error and what it should read.

    3  --  "Millar"  read  Miller
    5  --  line 5,  "1775" read  1755
    6  --  line 2,  "1775" read  1755
   12 --  line 19,  "Mrs" read  Mr.
   13 --  line 4,  "Samuel" read  John
   31 --  line 13,  "1824" read  1825
   32 -- Five lines of MS omitted, but their subject is not stated.
   39 --  line 10,  "1769" read  1762
   51 --  line 6,  "Jonathan" read  Jotham
   56 --  line 34,  "January" read  June
   67 --  line 15,  "West" read  East
   68 --  line 33,  "David" read  Daniel
   76 --  line 23,   "people working" read  men
   77 --  line 35,   "58" read  28
   79 --  line 22,  "Mrs" read  Mr.
   85 --  line 27,  "Ebenezer M" read  Ebenezer H
   88 --  line 21,  "Jane" read  James
  100 --  line 24,  "James" read  John
  102 --  line 25,  "March" read  May
  124 --  line 3, "Matthew T." read  Mayhew
  132 --  line 30,  "Dickey" read  Johnson
  147 --  line 28,  "David" read  Daniel
  156 --  line 18,  "McCann" read  McCurdy
  157 --  line 14,  "May" read  March
  181 --  line 35,  "1789" read  1798
  185 --  line 10,  "72" read  87
  193 --  line 9,  "Carter" read  Cater
  194 --  line 1,  "Burns" read  Burris
  211 --  line 14, "1848" read  1748
  232 --  line 8,  "Thomas T" read  Thomas J
  232 --  line 9,  "Two" read  Twelve
  233 --  line 13,  "James" read  Jane
  248 --  line 26,  "1814" read  1864
  253 --  line 22,  "1798" read  1799
  256 --  line 3,  "Mrs" read  Mr.
  270 --  line 7,  "1788" read  1798
  278 --  "John Johnson" read  William Johnson
  299 --  line 14,  "1807" read  1756
   The following is omitted: "They removed to Truro in 1762. He died about
the year 1807."
  317 --  line 1,  after  "1773" add  "John McKeen, the eldest son, was 
born Dec 12, 1773."
  380 --  line 6,  "The Fort" read  North River

Another error is on page 105, line 26, "Matthew" should read Martha.
Aug. 19, 2002 - page 48, line 23, "Millon" should read Millen. From MaryAnne .
Nov 14, 2002 - page 349, line 8, "Reed" should be Reid. From Victoria E. Reid who is researching to find her "Reid" Colchester roots. From the data she has read, James "Reid" was married to Jane Whidden and their story is in the Musquodobit Pioneers by Jennie Reid. Also the Census records has Reid as the spelling.