• Thomas Lumley lived in Rillington, in the Yorkshire District of England. When told that his rent would be raised, he decided to immigrate to Canada. After settling his affairs in England, the family sailed on the ship Adrian [sic] in April, 1777.2877, p 7

• They [Thomas and Ruth Lumley] came [to Nova Scotia] on the ship Adrian [sic], and the ship departed from England in April of 1777, rather than 1774. Her manifest gave Cumberland, Nova Scotia as her destination. Thomas Lumley really did give as the reason for leaving England that his landlord, Mr. Knowsley, raised his rent. Although Thomas Lumley could neither read nor write, he became quite well off on his 500 acre farm in Nova Scotia. He, and probably his wife, Ruth, are buried near Harrison’s Hill, Southampton, Nova Scotia.2173

• ...who [Thomas Lumley] came from Yorkshire on the ship Albion March 14, 1774.2153, p 4

• [excerpt] The years from 1772 to 1775 saw a large emigration from Yorkshire to Nova Scotia. Among those who came from Yorkshire about 1777, was Thomas Lumley and his family. He was one of those originally settled on the Southampton Grant, in which ten thousand acres were equally divided into twenty lots for as many settlers.
Thomas Lumley was described as “straight forward, and a good citizen.” He must have been a man of some means, as he spent much leisure in pursuits for which others had neither time nor inclination.2152, pp 34-5

• It was in 1774 that Thomas Lumley of Rillington, Yorkshire, having had his rent raised, decided to come to Canada. He and his wife, Ruth, along with their daughter, Diane, and son, John, sailed on the Adrian [sic] in April 1774. They landed near Maccan in Nova Scotia where John Lumley grew to manhood, married Ann Harrison and brought forth a family.2881

• It was ever the rule that the eldest son inherited the castle and lived there in style. And so it was that in 1777 Thomas Lumley, a second son, decided to take advantage of the cheap transportation to Canada prevailing at that time and he proceeded to Nova Scotia with his family. He was given a large grant of land in what was then known as the Southampton area but really included what is today Athol, South Athol and Southampton.2884, p 88

• He removed to Nova Scotia “on Account of his Rent being raised by Mr. Knowsley his Landlord.2879, p 3

• Meanwhile, in 1752, Richard Lumley became Fourth Earl of Scarborough, and his two brothers moved to other parts, Thomas removing to Yorkshire. From there he came, as you have noted, to Fort Cumberland. At the time he arrived a grant of ten thousand acres was offered at Southampton, which comprised Athol, South Athol, Southampton, Mapleton, and East Mapleton. The grant was divided into twenty five-hundred acre lots, and the surveying of the land and completing of the necessary papers was not finished until Feb. 15, 1785. But Lumley had moved to the location at once, accompanied by Read, Harrison, Lodge, Fenwick, Hoeg, Ripley and Baker. Luke and William Harrison came to the Southampton district a few years later and settled near the Lumleys, and John Lumley married their sister, Nancy.
[This is the only statement I have found linking Thomas Lumley of Nova Scotia to the English Lumleys – DWM.]2873, p 4

• An internet contact in St. Thomas, Ontario whose grandmother has a copy of C. A. Lumley’s book, The Records of the Lumleys, left her with the feeling that Thomas Lumley came from the same line as the Earls of Scarborough. She visited the current Earl of the House of Scarborough and found no evidence of such a link. The Lumley name apparently was taken by some who lived in the Town of Lumley, Durham, England.2166, p 2

• 1794 Census: District of Rivers Macan, Nappan and Hebert, Nova Scotia.2144