of arable land at that time, and growing crops of wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes, and carrying a stock of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. John's half of the above 100 acres on the old Farm, together with an additional 60 acres, which was leased to Cornelius Higgins from the Montgomerys in 1843, and transferred to Malcolm MacAulay (John's son) in 1868, remained in the MacAulay name until expropriated from John Charles MacAulay for the in 1937. The 50 acres on the south of the Stanhope , leased to John MacAulay from the Montgomerys, remained in the MacAulay name until Louis MacAulay (a great-grandson of John MacAulay ) sold it to Harry MacLauchlan in 1952. In 1883, Donald MacAulay 's half of the above jointly owned 100 acres on Farm, was willed to his second wife, Susan Campbell , whom he had married on August 6, 1877, and thence to his grandson, Daniel Martin . An additional 50 acres of leased land, adjoining this to the east, was willed to his daughter Katherine ( Mrs. John Martin ). On April 3, 1883, his 50 acres of leased land on the south of the Stanhope was transferred to John Martin from Donald MacAulay , just prior to his death on July 2, 1883, aged about 75 years, (see Martin family history). Knowledge of the early generations of MacAulays in Stanhope is scanty, but the walls of that old log house have heard many tales down through the years. Sister Cecelia MacAulay recalls the one about travelling bands of Indians who made a summer camping ground "on the hill on our farm between our log house and the . My great-great?? grandfather felt that it was best to keep on the good side of them, so made a courtesy call each year when the Indians would arrive. On the first such occasion, the Indian chief passed MacAulay his clay pipe, which he was smoking. Before putting it in his mouth, MacAulay made the mistake of wiping the stem clean with his thumb and forefinger, and when he had drawn on it, he passed it back to the chief, who promptly, and irately, broke the piece off the stem which MacAulay had had in his mouth." MacAulay got the message, and after this lesson in Indian customs, the two cultures lived in peaceful co-existence for several summers. Being advantageously located with lands fronting on the , generations of MacAulays made their living from both land and sea. The area round , partly located on their property, was a priceless asset to their livelihood, many of them being skilled trappers. For this devout Scottish Catholic family, church worship was difficult to attain in those early days before the establishment of churches in their vicinity. Some of their records (births, marriages and deaths etc.) have been located in St. Andrew's Parish and some in 377