Historian William Francis Ganong noted that Sussex, New Jersey was a Loyalist stronghold and that members of a New Jersey regiment settled in the area.[6] The fact that the names of the four original parishes and two 1795 parishes of Kings County are all found in New Jersey is also mentioned.
The Duke of Sussex origin noted elsewhere[7][8] is problematic, as he didn't hold that title until 1801.
Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina.[9]
History
Sussex was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county,[10] stretching from Kennebecasis Bay to the eastern line of the county, which then was north of St. Martins.
In 1787 a large area was added to Sussex when the county's eastern boundary was moved significantly eastward to run due north and south from the portage between the Petitcodiac and Kennebecasis Rivers.[11]
In 1837 the eastern boundary of the county was altered, adding area to the southeastern corner of Sussex and removing it from the northeastern corner.[13]
In 1840 Studholm was erected as its own parish,[14] including Havelock.
In 1874 Cardwell and Waterford became parishes.[15]
on the east by a line beginning at the Kennebecasis River, about one kilometre east of Plumweseep Road and about 900 metres north-northwesterly of Route 114, then running south-southeasterly along the prolongation of the eastern line of a large grant to Elias Snyder on the north side of Trout Creek, the line being about 75 metres east of the end of Taverner Road, to Trout Creek, then downstream about 500 metres to the eastern line of a grant to Cornelius Parlee, then south-southeasterly to the southern line of the parish about one kilometre east of the Londonderry Road;
on the south by a line running westerly from a point in Waterford Parish about 450 metres south of the southern tip of Walton Lake and about 150 metres west of the Creek Road to a point about 825 metres north of Cassidy Lake near its western end, then westerly to a point about 75 metres south of Byrnes Brook and 300 metres east-northeasterly of the Byrne Road;
on the west by a line running north[a] from the southern line of the parish to a point on the Kennebecasis River opposite the mouth of Halfway Brook.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[17][18][20]bold indicates an incorporated municipality
^"37 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect separate Parishes out of part of the Parish of Sussex, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1874. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1874. pp. 119–121. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"38 Vic. c. 114 An Act to establish the division line between the Parish of Hammond and the Parishes of Sussex and Waterford, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1875. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1875. pp. 388–389. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^ abcd"No. 140". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 141, 150, and 151 at same site.
^ abcd"414"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 14 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 415, 432–434, and 447–449 at same site.
