Sebastian Zouberbuhler ( – January 31, 1773) was one of the founding fathers of
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Lunenburg is a port town on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Founded in 1753, the town was one of the first British attempts to settle Protestants in Nova Scotia.
The economy was traditionally based on the offshore fishery and today Lu ...
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Biography
Believed to have been born in
Switzerland, he worked as an agent for
Samuel Waldo, who speculated in land, in
South Carolina
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and
(including what is now the state of Maine) during the 1730s. He served in the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment in the
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island) during the War of the Austrian Succ ...
. Zouberbuhler traded at Louisbourg during the British occupation, moving to
Halifax around 1750. In 1753, with
John Creighton, he was sent by Governor
Peregrine Thomas Hopson to
Lunenburg. He represented Lunenburg Township in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Each General Assembly of the ...
from 1759 to 1763. On Oct. 19, 1763, he was named to the
Nova Scotia Council.
Zouberbuhler was involved in the local timber trade and also speculated in land. He also served as the local magistrate. He died, probably of
gout
Gout ( ) is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot and swollen joint, caused by deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals. Pain typically comes on rapidly, reaching maximal intens ...
, in Lunenburg in 1773 and was buried in the
crypt
A crypt (from Latin '' crypta'' " vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, sarcophagi, or religious relics.
Originally, crypts were typically found below the main apse of a ...
of
St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg)
St. John's Anglican Church was the first church established in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada (1753). It is the second Church of England built in Nova Scotia, and is the second oldest continuous Protestant church in present-day Canada. Early on ...
.
See also
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Dettlieb Christopher Jessen
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Patrick Sutherland
Major Patrick Sutherland served as commander at Fort Edward and then became one of the founding fathers of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He remained in command at Lunenburg until his death 15 years after establishing the town (c. 1768). He helped the ...
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Jean-Baptiste Moreau (clergyman)
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John Creighton (judge)
References
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1773 deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
Year of birth uncertain
People of King George's War