The Brothers Weldon

The main focus of this booklet is on two of the grandsons of John Weldon, the first Yorkshire Weldon to settle in Dorchester [New Brunswick, Canada] and the first and most prominent post-Acadian settler of the future shiretown. Andrew Weldon was a county coroner, auctioneer and Register of Deeds and Wills. He also built and operated the Weldon Hotel, now known as the Payzant & Card Building, and spawned another generation of hotel owners in Dorchester, Shediac and Moncton. His brother, John Wesley Weldon, was, successively, a prominent lawyer, a county official in Kent County, a five-time winner of a seat in the provincial legislature, a Speaker of the House, a member of the Executive Council, and a highly respected judge on the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. An appendix offers information on three other prominent Weldons and also on the important Weldon Collection of fine porcelain and pottery on display at King’s College, Halifax, and Haliburton House, Windsor.