SAMUEL CUNARD
i rHE CUNARD family is of German
origin. In 1683, Thones Kunders emi-
e:~ grated from Crefeld to Philadelphia, where
he was granted land by William Penn him-
Sself. His great-grandson, Abraham Cunard,
came to H?lalifax some time before 1785. He
was a carpenter by trade, and obtained
employmnent in the Dock Yard. His wife's
maiden name was MWargaret Murphy. She
came with a band of Loyalists from South
Carolina, to whom a large tract of land, in
Nova Scotia, was granted in 1784. This
i:township was called Riawdon, in honour of
Lord? Rawdon, the victor over Gates at
Cainden, and afterwards Governor-General
of India. T~he settlers of Rawdon seem to
have been soldiers who fought under the
Scelebrated general. In a small house which,
until recently, stood behind 257 Brunswick
Street, the Cunards' second child was ?born,
November 21st, 1787, and named Samuel,
for his paternal grandfather. The property
running down the steep hill to the harbour