. The New England magazine . , of Waterbury, Conn. continued to be rector ofKingston until the year 1809,when he was succeeded by his son,the Rev. Elias Scovil, who wasrector of the church until his deathin the year 1841. About Kingstonare gathered some of the moststriking traditions of the early timesof the Loyalists, and no place in the prov-ince is better worthy of a visit by thosewho are looking for traces of the historyof that interesting period. The Ray-mond house, is one of the oldest housesin Kingston, having been erected in 1787,by the late Silas Raymond, who camefrom Norwal
. The New England magazine . , of Waterbury, Conn. continued to be rector ofKingston until the year 1809,when he was succeeded by his son,the Rev. Elias Scovil, who wasrector of the church until his deathin the year 1841. About Kingstonare gathered some of the moststriking traditions of the early timesof the Loyalists, and no place in the prov-ince is better worthy of a visit by thosewho are looking for traces of the historyof that interesting period. The Ray-mond house, is one of the oldest housesin Kingston, having been erected in 1787,by the late Silas Raymond, who camefrom Norwalk, Conn., and whose ances-tors were among the earliest settlers ofNew England, having come to Ports-mouth, N. H., in 1630. Gagetown, which is on the River about fifty miles from St. John, isalso a spot of great interest in connec-tion with the early history of the Loyal-ists. Gagetown was settled prior to theLoyalist immigration, by a number offamilies from Massachusetts, most ofthem from Rowley, who arrived there in. The Putnam Tomb, St. John. 1763. These people, for the most part,sympathized with their brethren in theold colonies in the struggle with theBritish government; but they were over- THE LOYALISTS. 315 awed, and when the Loyalists came in1783 they were, to some extent, crowdedout by the new-comers. Gagetown is abeautiful spot, having all the picturesquefeatures of river and valley scenery whichdelight the eye, but it has rather falleninto decay of late years owing to thebusiness formerly done on the river hav-ing been largely transferred to the rail-ways. Still it is well worthy of the atten-tion of the lover of the picturesque, andnothing can be more charming than itsair of calm and quiet. There are manyrelics of the Loyalists to be found atGagetown, among others an old chair, atable, and a pair of andirons, now in thepossession of Mr. J. R. Currey. Thechair belonged to Molly Brown, who in theyear 1765 married Zebulon Estey, andsoon afterwards came to New Br
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