of 20 acres on the point, which James wills to his wife Margaret (Lacey)".. .for the term of her natural life. After her death to revert and become the property of my son James." His wife Margaret also gets two cows and two sheep and the north end of the dwelling house should she want it. The daughters received as follows: Catherine, (born 1834), 20 pounds; Elizabeth (born 1840), Mary (born 1845), and Bridget Ann (born 1855), 2 pounds each. Sons William (born 1847) and John (born 1856) will have clothing and schooling until they can do for themselves. ....It is my order that my family do live peacefully and agreeably together and I leave the injunction on my children, and particularly my son James, to be kind to his mother and to keep her comfortable the remainder of her life. To my son William, when he shall come of age, I bequeath the sum of twenty pounds. I order that none of these bequests be recoverable until after the space of five years from this date. To this my last will and testament I have set my ...and seal this twenty-sixth day of November one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three. Signed James X Doyle mark Witnesses; Patrick Duffy and Matthew Murphy (Sec Wills voL6 p.314 Law Courts or Archives) It seems that James looked after the children who were still living on the farm The other siblings were on their own at that time: Margaret had married John Driscoll and was living on a farm in Mount Herbert , Lot 48, only a couple of miles from Doyles Point; Picry, a carpenter was living in Summersidc and llso married; Peter, a tavern operator, lived in Charlottctown on ; Lawrence Patrick learning the blacksmith trade, possibly at a West River carriage shop near the home of his future bride; Moses, since he is not mentioned, had probably left home, although he was only eleven. (He will show up as a painter in Charlottctown in 1870.) James must be given top marks for taking care of business properly. He perhaps realized that dividing the land among his children was not a reasonable thing to do. As he knew from experience in Ireland, tiny farms are not viable. At this point, I will depart from an examination of the family as a whole and ■>ok at the life of each of the twelve children in as much detail as information fcermits. 29