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Following the conquest of Louisburg by the British and the expulsion of the French
colonists from Acadia, strenuous attempts were made to recolonize the region, the
immigrants being mostly Scotch, hence the very name, Nova Scotia. Prior to 1750 there came
one whose family spread into Maine prior to 1761. He was then a man grown. A vague family
memory thinks his name might be Robert and he m a Miss Cook, but this may refer to his
grandson. Climatic differences were important between the Nova Scotian coast and that of
eastern Maine and the timber of the latter was much superior; hence a steady stream of
migration. Few of this family remained permanently in Nova Scotia. From the time when
facts replace vague family tradition, East Machias was the family headquarters. Members
went as pioneers to Caribou, Columbia and Cherryfield. Still others went to Mass, where
employment was more easily secured. There are several displaced Dows mentioned in the pages
regarding this family. Most of them in Cherryfield Me. Only one branch of the family has
been traced and that due to the recovery of a family bible. To the original immigrant we
have two sons: The family of James Dow gb is given from a family rec which names his
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