Roxbury Families

 - The spellings DURLAND & DURLING are commonly interchanged in the
historical record.
 - Daniel Durland/Durling doesn't appear in "Planters and Pioneers"
because he was a "United Empire Loyalist" who came to Wilmot from New
York in 1783. [P.& P.'s preceeded the arrival of Loyalists. He proudly
declared himself as a Loyalist in both N.Y. & N.S.]
 - Daniel's children were born ca. 1760 - 1780 (+/-) [He had 7 sons
including Zebulon, Daniel(Jr.) & Thomas.]
 - Daniel's sons Thomas and Charles founded "Durland's Settlement"
(later "Roxbury") supposedly in the 1820's, approx. 4mi. due south into
the South Mountain from Paradise, near Lawrencetown, Anna. Co., N.S.
[The Durland's were preceeded by Acadians ca.1755. I visited the spot in
the woods that is Roxbury last August. Where once there were open
fields, there is now a dense spruce forest. Rock wall fencing, building
foundations & wells are all that remain. There are two small cemeteries.