Wilmot, Nova Scotia

Wilmot, Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia
Wilmot, Nova Scotia
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Wilmot in Nova Scotia

Wilmot is an unincorporated community located in Annapolis County in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.[1]

The community takes its name from Wilmot Township, one of the early subdivisions of Annapolis County. The township was named after Montague Wilmot, a colonial governor of Nova Scotia.[2][3] The township, which included what is now Aylesford,[4] was granted in 1764 to New England settlers. In 1768 it had a population of 40; by 1827 it had grown to 2,294.[5]

The first major land owner, a magistrate named Philip Richardson, was granted seven lots totaling 2,000 acres (809 ha) in 1777. Brigadier General Timothy Ruggles was granted 10,000 acres (4047 ha) in 1784.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Wilmot". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Place-names of the Province of Nova Scotia". Halifax, N.S. Royal Print. & Litho. 1922.
  3. ^ Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia. Halifax, NS: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 1967. p. 736. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ^ Calnek, William Arthur (1897). History of the County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia : with Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament, and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and Their Families. William Briggs. p. 289. wilmot.
  5. ^ Bouchette, Joseph (1832). The British Dominions in North America; or a Topographical and statistical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton. London: Longman & Company. p. 38. Retrieved 15 February 2018. Wilmot Township annapolis nova scotia.
  6. ^ Calnek, William Arthur (1897). History of the County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia : with Memoirs of Its Representatives in the Provincial Parliament, and Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Early English Settlers and Their Families. William Briggs. p. 289. wilmot.
  7. ^ Volo, James M. (2010-04-09). A History of War Resistance in America. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-37625-2.