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Ford's Mills is a settlement in
Weldford Parish, New Brunswick Weldford is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the villages of Five Rivers and Nouvelle-Arcadie, which are both members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, and the R ...
, at the intersection of Route 470 and Route 510 on the
Richibucto River The Richibucto River is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Northumberland Strait north of Richibucto. It is 80 kilometres long.John Prall Ford, born August 1, 1789, at
Hammond River The Hammond River is a tributary of the Kennebecasis River in New Brunswick, Canada. It runs approximately in southern Kings County along the border of Saint John County. It rises in the Caledonia Highlands near the rural community of Hammondva ...
. Ford died suddenly on August 2, 1869, at Hammond River, New Brunswick at age 80 years, and is interred at St. Paul's Church of England,
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. He married Phoebe Townsend, who died March 24, 1887, age 95. Ford's father, Captain John Ford, (b. 1746 - d. 1823) was a
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officer with the
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during the
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. He ma married Alcha Prall (d. 1746 - d. 1836) of New Jersey Dutch ancestry. J. P. Ford, formerly of Halifax, built The Fords Mill on the
Richibucto River The Richibucto River is a river in eastern New Brunswick, Canada which empties into the Northumberland Strait north of Richibucto. It is 80 kilometres long.Daniel F. Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Transcripts at Provincial Archives New Brunswick - "August 4, 1869 County: Saint John Place: Saint John Newspaper: Morning News John P. FORD, Esq., nearly 80 years old, resident of Kings Co. suddenly dropped dead just outside his house at
Hammond River The Hammond River is a tributary of the Kennebecasis River in New Brunswick, Canada. It runs approximately in southern Kings County along the border of Saint John County. It rises in the Caledonia Highlands near the rural community of Hammondva ...
, Monday morn., directly after taking his breakfast." There was a Post Office in Coal Branch from 1868–1883 and in 1871 Coal Branch had a population of 200. The community was renamed Fords Mills in 1883 and had a Post Office from 1883-1966. In 1904 Ford's Mills was a lumbering settlement with 2 stores, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill and a population of 150. Ford's Mills in 2010 was home of ''The Greenwood Lodge'' which hosts community suppers and musical entertainment including Maritime musicians, such as Matt Minglewood. The local ambulance and fire protection services are located in this community. Fords Mill is located 3.83 km E of Cails Mills and was first called Coal Branch.


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