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- From "The Irishman in Canada" by Nicholas Flood Davin, 1877
In 1756, three brothers, Samuel, Matthew, and Francis Creelman, emigrated from Ireland to Nova Scotia. Samuel settled in Upper Steviack, County of Colchester; the other two elsewhere; and all grew prosperous. One of the sons of Samuel was called after himself. He had six sons, the second of whom, William Creelman, was the father of the Hon. Samuel Creelman, and the fourth, the grandfather of one of the law firm of Macarthy, Hoskin, Plumb, & Creelman, Toronto. William Creelman was a delegate in 1832, from Upper Steviack, asking the county sessions from the County of Colchester, not to grant a license to any person to sell spirituous liquors. When the petitions were read, there was a majority of the justices in favour of not granting licenses. But the presiding judge was dissatisfied with the opinion expressed by the justices.
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