Enfield

There are numerous old family names in and around Enfield. A portion of the names related with Enfield throughout the years have been: Horne, Donaldson, MacDonnell, Benere, King, O'Neill, Sheridan, and MacDowell. Much of the time, you will find that a ton of these individuals are currently related on the off chance that you backpedal a couple of ages.

Enfield turned into a town similarly late in the History of Nova Scotia, it doesn't show up in any early evaluation of the Province. Early individuals living in the territory were likely recorded under Nine Mile River, Douglas Township or "The Crossing". Dark colored's "Place Names of Nova Scotia" says Enfield was named at a Public Meeting, called at Malcolm's Pottery in 1862. The name was proposed by Thomas Donaldson, after the place where he grew up Enfield, in the Connecticut River Valley. It was already known as "The Crossing".