In the memory of William Hetherington, a native of Alston, in England ?? a soldier in the 4th Regt. and 28 years a Tidewaiter in this Port. He was born 10 April, 1793 he died 3 Sept 1846. This slab was erected by the officers of H. M. Customs at St. Andrews in testimony of his private worth and of the esteem? in which he was held . . . Loyalist Cemetery, St. Andrews Standard
Sept 19, 1846
Obituary
Mr. William Hetherington, whose death we noticed last week, we understand, was of Alston, in the County of Cumberland, England. He enlisted, when very young, into the Militia of that County, and volunteered from it into the regular army in 1913. He served with Her Majesty’s 74th regiment in Spain, and was present at the celebrated battles of the Pyrenees, Orthez and Tolouse, in France, in 1814, with that distinguished corps, besides being engaged in many skirmishes with the light companies of his brigade; for which services he received a silver medal. At the conclusion of the war in 1815, he returned with his regiment to England, and came with it to this Province, in 1818. Shortly afterwards he purchased his discharge and settled with his family in this town, where, through the recommendation of his Colonel, the Hon. Sir Robert Le Poer Trench, he was appointed to the situation of Tide-Waiter; an office which he held until taken ill by the sickness which occasioned his death. He was a man of a very amiable disposition, and great uprightness of conduct, and was esteemed and respected by all who knew him for the many good qualities which he possessed. His funeral was numerously attended ; the officers of H. M. Customs of the port, were present, the principal inhabitants and his friends.