[According to Rev. A.E. Burke, among the first settlers at Seven Mile Bay were James Doyle, Martin Doyle, and Thomas Doyle. He states further that ather Morris used to 'hold station” at the home of Martin Doyle. FatherJames . Morris was basedat Charlottetown from 1836 until May 21, 1838. (MacMillan

3)]

Was one of the above James Doyles, ourJamcs? Based on the available 'dence we cannot say one way or the other. We do know that in 1841, cording to the British Census, there were fourJames Doyles living on P.E.I. Of the life of ourJames Doyle between 1816 and 1834 a number of things be deduced from later census records and from death records. On ptcmber 29, 1826, Pierce Iaccy died in Charlottetown. He was the father of lacey, the girlJames would marry. He had therefore come to Canada m Wexford prior to that, probably bringing his family with him. The name ce (Piery) was used many times in the Doyle family and therefore it is portant to note that it was from this man that the name, in all likelihood,

es.

The members of this Iacey (lacy) family were:

PARENTS Pierce (Piery) Iacey (1771-1826) Catherine Margaret Gaffney (? 4845)

CHILDREN

Margaret nnrried James Doyle (1811-1897)

Anastasia married lawrence Murphy, Lot 65, Cumberland ( ? - 1882)

William unmarried (1816-1843)

lawrencc‘ unmarried (1820-1839)

Pierce (Piery) married Margret Mooney [Daughter of

Patrick, Lot 37] (1823-1889)

t is important to realize that names of early emigrants on RE]. vary in

eir spelling. Lawrence is sometimes spelled 'Laurence ", and l have found

esame Doyle spelled both 'Doyal'and 'Doil". The reason for this was that

e early Irish and Scottish working class immigrants were uneducated cause of the situation in their homelands. The English who dominated em would not allow them to have schools of their own. In order to be ucated they had to renounce their religion and swear allegiance to the glish King. As a result, when an immigrant couple went to the priest to ac a baby baptized, the priest might ask '15 that spelled Doi-l?’ Not wing how to spell, and to avoid embarrassment, they probably always plied “Yes", whether he said Doll, Doyal, or Doyle. Spelling had yet to be ularized", and little importance was attached to it

Members of the above Iaccy family were born in Ireland. The Adamstown ish register, in County Wexford, contains the birth records of William, wrence, and a Mary. The reader will notice how all of these given names of

i7