Base Gagetown Community History Association

New Jerusalem
Queens County, New Brunswick
3 school districts; Inchby; Central Jerusalem; Polyhurst

  • Cemeteries:
  • Churches:
    • Baptist Church   
    • West Jerusalem First Baptist Church 
       
      West Jerusalem First Baptist Church (Hill / DND photo missing) This photo is courtesy of Verna Kirk, she inherited it from her Aunt Leilia (Lilly) Machum, who possibly took the picture.It was used it in the book "New Jerusalem We Remember". (Supplied by Verna Mott)
      • Lake Baptist Church  - Members of the Lake Baptist Church No.1, Sunday School, New Jerusalem - taken by Sam Doherty, 1953 with a messsage by Gertrude Adamson.
    • United Church of Canada (formerly Methodist)
  • Maps/Lands:
    • Central Jerusalem: (no separate listing in Community Place Names in New Brunswick, Canada, compiled by Robert F. Fellows)
    • New Jerusalem: Former settlement, 8 mi. NW of Welsford: Petersville Parish, Queens County Ref: Community Place Names in New Brunswick, Canada, complied by Robert F. Fellows
    • New Jerusalem: See Jerusalem (Hampstead Par., Queens Co.) Ref: Community Place Names in New Brunswick, Canada, compiled by Robert F. Fellows
    • Jerusalem: Settlement, 11 mi. NE of Welsford: Hampstead Parish, Queens County: formerly called Sharps Settlement, Mahoods Corner for Samuel Mahood, surveyor and teacher, Shorts Corner for Albert Short, and Barnetts Corner for Robert Barnett: PO Polleyhurst 1883-1928 which in 1898 was a farming settlement with a population of 50: Richard Polley, 1848-1948 was first postmaster: also called West Jerusalem: PO New Jerusalem 1850-1935 which in 1898 was a farming community with 2 stores, 2 churches and a population of 125: now within CFB Gagetown. Ref: Community Place Names in New Brunswick, Canada, compiled by Robert F. Fellows
    • Inchby: Settlement, 12 mi. NE of Welsford: Hampstead Parish, Queens County: Nathaniel Inch came from Ireland in 1825: PO 1883-1928 with Nathaniel Inch as first postmaster: in 1898 Inchby was a farming settlement with 1 store and a population of 50: now within CFB Gagetown. Ref: Community Place Names in New Brunswick, Canada, complied by Robert F. Fellows
    • Polleyhurst: See Jerusalem (Hampstead Par., Queens Co.) Ref: Community Place Names in New Brunswick, Canada, complied by Robert F. Fellows
    • Vincent: Settlement, 10 mi. NE of Welsford: Petersville Parish, Queens County: PO 1888-1919 with John A. Vincent as first postmaster: in 1898 Vincent was a community with a population of 50. Ref: Community Place Names in New Brunswick, Canada, complied by Robert F. Fellows
    • New Jerusalem - Map of New Jerusalem and Surrounding Areas - hand drawn from memory. Showing relative positions of homes and churches, etc. within that area.
    • West Jerusalem - Map of Land Grant, of 1828, in Hampstead Parish. This land is in what was New Jerusalem (West Jerusalem). The Petition for one portion in 1826 is here.
    • New Jerusalem #1 - Map of New Jerusalem (from Pollyhurst to Peak of the Grant) drawn by Eric Inch 
    • New Jerusalem #2 - Map of New Jerusalem (from Peak of the Grant to Northeastern Limits) drawn by Eric Inch 
    • New Jerusalem #3 - Map of New Jerusalem (Short-Simpson Road)
  • Schools:
    • Central Jerusalem School (may be listed as Vincent below ?)
    • Inchby School (DND Lot # H-41-3) 1 acre 
    • Polyhurst School (West Jerusalem School) (DND Lot # J-103-3) 1 acre
    • Vincent School (DND Lot # J-34-2) 1 acre
  • New Jerusalem Families:

 

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