Charles Vincent & Sophia Murray

Murray Point Cemetery, Merigomish, NS
Courtesy of Jody M MacKeil

Charles was 2nd son of George Vincent & Mary Higgins born Mar 1800 at Onslow, NS. He was a timber man & farmer and remained in Barney's River until his death in Nov 1830, leaving a young widow & three children. 

His wife, Sophia Murray from Scotland, never remarried and died in 1870 at West New Annan. She was buried at New Annan Bell Gift Cemetery.  

The 3 children were Sophia, Olive & George and this was the small family that was brought to New Annan in the dead of winter by Charles' older brother James.

The Whiddens

Samuel Whidden

Courtesy of Arlene Smith-Lowe

Sophia Vincent married Samuel Whidden and had 15 children! Samuel, was a farmer and the son of Eddy Whidden & Sarah Fisher.

Both Samuel & Sophia are buried at the Folly Village Cemetery in Glenholme, NS.

Sophia's Obit in the Presbyterian Witness

Died - at the home of her son, David Whidden, Folly, Londonderry, aged 83 years, 5 months. She was the daughter of Charles & Sophia Murray Vincent, of Barney's River, Pictou, Co., & sister of Mrs. Olive Marshall & Mr. George Vincent, who reside in New Annan. She was married to Samuel Whidden, of Greenfield, Col. Co., and had 15 children. Those who survive her are: Mrs. John Ackles & Mrs. Hamilton Jobb, Londonderry; Mrs. John Wilson & Maggie Jane, Dorchester, Mass.; Charles Whidden, Brookfield, James Vincent, Boston; David, Folly; & George R., Oakland, California. She has 58 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

[that Rebecca 'Grandma' Whidden from a previous post - her husband was David and they moved west after his mother's death]

The Marshalls

Olive Vincent married Robert Marshall.  Born in Nova Scotia, he was the son of James & Mary Marshall who were from Scotland.

New Annan Bell Gift Cemetery - Courtesy of Murray Sands

New Annan Bell Gift Cemetery - Courtesy of Murray Sands

Olive & Robert had 6 children - 3 died before they were 5 years of age.   





The surviving 3: Sophia married Thomas Williams, a fella from Wales; Mary married Daniel Graham; and Charles married a Margaret Graham.

The Vincents

George Vincent 1828-1910

The nephew who bought the land that once belonged to his uncle James was George Vincent and he married Sarah Morrison and had 9 children.  

The two are buried at the New Annan Bell Gift Cemetery having died within months of each other.

Truro Daily News, 7 Jan 1911

On Oct. 11, George Vincent, Sr. died at West New Annan. On Dec. 19 his widow, Mrs. Sarah Vincent past away after a short illness. In the immediate family there are left one daughter, Mrs. Thompson, in Five Islands; and four sons, Charles in Onslow; Robert in New Annan and James and Murray in the United States.

It is George's line that brings us the author of '46 Acres, 5 Hoggs and a Family' - his great-grandson Gerald Robert Vincent.