Notes: Children of Hugh and Margaret, as listed in the 1861 Census for Cambridge Parish, Queens County, NB, Canada: Wiliam - 28, Matilda - 21, Hugh - 20, Sylvester - 17, Sarah - 14, Damy - 10 (dau.) Listed among 1871 Deaths on Cambridge Census for that year, aged 57. Died of consumption. From Wiggins NB history: Hugh and Margaret had two sons, Duncan and Hugh, and five daughters, Damie, Matilda, Margaret, Phoebe, and Elizabeth. Thought the elder Hugh died as a fairly young man, his widow, Margaret, known locally as 'Aunt Margaret' served as nurse and mid wife for MANY years.
Notes: As a very loyal Baptist, it is said that the beginnings of the Baptist Church in Mill Cove can be traced to Margaret Ferris. "Aunt Margaret" as she was widely known, lived to be quite an old woman, far outliving her husband, Hugh.
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