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Thomas Wyer Jr. (1789 – December 23, 1848) was a political figure in New Brunswick.[1] He represented Charlotte in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1827 to 1840.
Life
[edit]He was the son of Thomas Wyer Sr., a United Empire Loyalist who came to St. Andrews, New Brunswick from Falmouth (later Portland, Maine), and Joanna Pote daughter of Jeremiah Pote.[1] The elder Wyer was the owner of the schooner Miriam and son of the sea captain David Wyer.[2]
In 1837, he was involved in the incorporation of the Campobello Mill and Manufacturing Company.[3] In 1839 he was appointed commissioner of ensuring mail delivery to the Fundy Isles.[4]
As of 1839-1842, Wyer was one of three commissioners of the lighthouses on Machias Seal Island, Campobello and at Saint Andrews.[5][6]
Wyer served as a justice in the Court of Common Pleas, as a lieutenant in the militia, as commissioner of wrecks and as a member of the board of education.[7] In 1840, Wyer was named to the Legislative Council of New Brunswick.[8]
His daughter Susan married George Dixon Street, who also represented Charlotte in the assembly.[9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Chest of drawers". Artefacts Canada. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ↑ Holmes, Theodore C. "Loyalists to Canada: The 1783 Settlement of Quakers and Others at Passamaquoddy"
- ↑ https://bnald.lib.unb.ca/legislation/act-incorporate-campo-bello-mill-and-manufacturing-company-passed-1st-march-1837
- ↑ https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00526_18390504/1
- ↑ "The New Brunswick Almanack" (PDF). us.archive.org.
- ↑ https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00526_18390504/3
- ↑ Sabine, Lorenzo (2009). Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution. Vol. 3. Applewood Books. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-4290-1953-8.
- ↑ Journals of the House of Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick. New Brunswick. House of Assembly. 1840. p. 8.
- ↑ "The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men Quebec and the Maritime provinces". 1881. p. 644.