I found this http://ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/pre-1891-st-john-ang-bap-1796-1815-vol-26b-sjc.shtml

His sister is on the list and it appears he is born in the period with the stolen ledger. But he is definitely born in Saint John’s.

Searching New Brunswick records I found a sad story about how he accidentally shot a resident dead when he was 10 years old in 1818.