e50” polled in 1785 for the whole Island was 150, and these were all polled in Charlottetown, there being no division of dis= tricts at this time. Mr. Webster died at Sto Peter's Bay, 1815° John.Webster, Jr;9 husband of Elizabeth9 was born October 24, 17609 presumably at Fort Amherst, and his des» cendants claim he was the first British subject born on the
Island. ' In the middle years of the 1800's, a Mrs; Campbell
' kept a candy store on.King Square; the record of her death reads "Elizabeth Douglas, died Jan. 1855, aged 62 years." Mrs& Campbell, later Mrsc Douglas? was a daughter of Michael Seeley, one of the.first six settlers in Lots 51 and 65a Here also is recorded the name of Francis Long- worth, J.P. He came from Ireland in the 18th Century and for over fifty years lived in.Charlottetown. His residence and tannery stood on the east end of the towru He died in
18439 aged '77 yearso . ' There has been placed in the Old graveyard a stone
to the memOry of RGVo Jas. Bulpitt and his wife? both long and favorably known in the life of the early community. The Reverend gentleman was the first Wesleyan Minister stationed 5g~eg arriving 1807a
The old cemetery was closed by law Jano 138740 The last interment took place the day before9 of Richard Nan- kivell who died December 29, 1873, aged 81o
Truly this ground is fruitful of "memories of the past". 'As we peruse the engraved records, we are led to the conclusion that much of the unwritten history of our Island province lies buried in this old graveyard.
GREAT GRAND» MOTHER OF MRS, CLEVE CRASWELL