Among other passengers on the first voyage of the Elizabeth were the Adams and Coles families who retained their Anglican loyalties until the organization of the congregation half a century later, and a number of whose descendants belong to that Church today. The Stagman family, names of members of which occur in the earliest St. Eleanors parish register, were also original New Londoners.

It is not improbable that Theophilus Desbrisay visited New London during his long ministry. In any case he had a connection with the settlement in that his future wife, a daughter of Chief Justice Peter Stewart, was one of the survivors of the Elizabeth when it was wrecked off Lot 11, November 5, 1775. But no record of such a visit has been found, and it is more likely that Anglicans from the region who desired the ministrations of the Church would themselves travel to Covehead or Charlottetown.

Many Princetown settlers were Scottish Presbyterians who in 1791, 1794, and other occasions were served by the Reverend James McGregor of Pictou, minister of the General Associate Synod of Scotland. In 1800 the Reverend Mr. Urquhart established himself at Princetown and set up a Church of Scotland organization, but he remained for only two years before moving to Miramichi. About 1808 John Keir, another representative of the General Associate Synod (Anti-Burghers) , settled in Princetown and was shortly after ordained to take charge of the congregations formerly under Mr. Urquhart’s direction. In 1816 he succeeded in getting a log church built at New London harbour on Yankee Hill, hence to the Presby- terians must go the honour of being the first to hold regular re— ligious services in a community Which had been in existence four decades. The site of this little church is discernible today, and some headstones still stand in the deserted cemetery adjacent to it, as well as in another cemetery in a nearby field which long belonged to the Sims family. History does not disclose the reason for these two cemeteries, separated only by a few hundred yards. It may be that the Sims field cemetery was the original New London burying ground, contemporary with the founding of the settlement, but this is mere conjecture.

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