Onslow Company
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History[edit]
1804: Onslow Company[edit]
The Onslow Company | |
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| Also Known As: | The Onslow Syndicate |
| Company Formation date and location | 1802 by Dr. Simeon Lynds, a young physician from Onslow, N.S |
| Initial Company Shares per Price | Unknown – 25 to 30 financial backers from Onslow and Truro N.S |
| Oak Island Leased by | John Smith |
| Years Active | 1802 to 1805 |
| Deaths as a result | 0 |
| Names of Company Members: | •John Smith of Chester, N.S. •Anthony Vaughan of Chester, N.S. |
Team Members[edit]
John Smith[edit]
John Smith | |
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| Member of Groups | Treasure Hunters, Land Owners |
| Personal Details | Born Boston Massachusetts 20 Aug 1775, Died 29 Sept 1857 on Oak Island |
| Stories / Controversy | Believed to be one of the three original "boys" to discovery the money pit, Smith would have been 19 or 20. *Moved to Oak Island with his mother (Margaret Smith) and step father (Neal McMullen) in 1788*Land records show him to be the legal owner of lot 18*Land records also show that Neal McMullen (sr) sold lots 9-14 to his grandson Neal McMullen Smith (jr). Records do not show how McMullen originally obtained these lots, so it is believed to be part of a land grant. |
Captain Anthony Vaughan[edit]
Captain Anthony Vaughan | |
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| Member of Groups | Treasure Hunters |
| Personal Details | Born 1929, Captain Anthony Vaughan is believe to be the gransdon of Anthony Vaughan who was one of the initial three boys to discover the Money Pit". |
| Stories / Controversy | D'Arcy O'Connor tells in The Secret Treasure of Oak Island that Gilbert Hedden tracked down Vaughan in New York City in 1939 an interviewed him giving the following account: The Vaughans came to Nova Scotia by way of New England from Virginia. They were later followed by the McGinnises and Smiths. After having settled in the vicinity, some time in the 1790s two of the Smiths or McGinnises, or one of each family who were sailors visited the (Smith or McGinnis) family after an extended voyage ending in England. While in England they befriended on old sailor who said he was one of Kidd's crew, and in gratitude for their help and friendliness he told them that Kidd did have a huge cache of valuable booty. He did not know exactly where it was except that it was somewhere in New Anglia and that it was on an island covered with oaks. This information excited the local (Smith or Mcginnis) family knowing of Oak Island and led them to carefully explore the island. |
Daniel McInnis[edit]
Daniel McInnis | |
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| Also Known As: | Daniel McGinnis, Donald MacInnes |
| Member of Groups | Treasure Hunters, Land Owners |
| Personal Details | Born in 1758/59 on the Isle of Skye, 1773 he emigrated to North Carolina with his parents when he was around 14 years of age |
| Stories / Controversy | Since Daniel McInnis is such an important player to the legend, there is an entire page devoted to what we know about him. See Daniel McGinnis.
Virtually every account of Oak Island includes Daniel McInnis as a "boy", there are clear gaps in the geneological records. There was a Daniel McGinnis (Sr?) that would have been 37 at the time, but there is also some evidence that there may have been a Daniel (Jr) born in 1759 which would make him 16 or 17 at the time of discovery. Most accounts also talk of "the boys" rowing a small boat from the mainland, which is also probably not factual since we know from other records that McInnis was living on Oak Island since roughly 1788. |
| Interesting Info | |
Dr. Simeon Lynds[edit]
Dr. Simeon Lynds | |
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| Also Known As: | Some accounts confuse Simeon with his brother David Barren Lynds |
| Member of Groups | Treasure Hunters, Land Owners |
| Personal Details | Born 10 Sep 1781 to Thomas and Rebecca Lynds. Died 15 Aug 1857 never married. His mom was the duaghter of Captain William Blair & Jane Barns- not sure if Blair was a privateer. |
| Stories / Controversy | The Lynds Family eventually links to the McNutt Family. Simeon's neice Sarah (Born 2/4/1802 marries Samuel McNutt who is the first cousin of James W. McNutt of the Oak Island Association in 1861 |
Colonel Robert Archibald[edit]
Colonel Robert Archibald | |
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| Member of Groups | Treasure Hunters |
| Personal Details | Born 22 Jan 1745 in Maghra, County Londonderry, Ireland WikiTree |
| Family Tree | The Archibald, Tupper and Creelman families are very intertwined. Robert Archibald->Elizabeth Logan (Married to Samuel Tupper)->Hannah Tupper (Married to William Creelman)->Robert Creelman (Married to Susannah Archibald) WikiTree |
Captain David Archibald[edit]
Captain David Archibald | |
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| Also Known As: | David Archibald 8th, Brother of Colonel Robert Archibald |
| Member of Groups | Treasure Hunters |
| Personal Details | Born 2 Apr 1775 in Truro Township, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Died 11 Dec 1843 in Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia WikiTree |
| Stories / Controversy | See Family tree of Robert Archibald, Robert Creelman was the Great grandson of Robert Archibald |
Sheriff Thomas Harris[edit]
Sheriff Thomas Harris | |
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| Member of Groups | Treasure Hunters |
| Personal Details | Born 24 Mar 1761 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Died 1 Apr 1836 (aged 75), Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery Pictou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia |
| Spouse | Jean Savage Harris (unknown–1804) |
| Stories / Controversy | Of all the members of Onslow company Sheriff Harris appears to be the only one not related to the other members in some weird fashion. |
Mr. Mosher[edit]
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