change in tradition compared to the former custom ofa woman taking 
     
     her husband’s denomination at the time of marriage. As of 2001, 
     
     MacLeods attend St. Thomas’s Church because both sides of the 
     
     family have an Anglican background. Many MacLeods adhered to the 
     
     Presbyterian tradition as indicated by the MacLeod banker photos 
     
     which appear at the back of the Geddie Memorial Church. Yet, some 
     
     family members living in the Spring Brook area intermarried with 
     
     Anglicans and raised their children in the St. Thomas’s Anglican 
     
     Church School. Other early Scottish families show similar patterns. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Materials for the MacLeod section were provided by Mrs. Grace 
     
     (Clayton) MacLeod who has extensively studied the familygenealo gy. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Moase Family '3 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first Moase to arrive on P.E.I. was Henry Moase (1 823-1 878). He 
     
     was baptized at The Parish Church of St. James, Parkham, Devon, 
     
     which is now part of the Parishes of Parkham, Alwington & Buckland 
     
     Brewer, Diocese of Exeter, Church of England. Henry worked in 
     
     Bradworthy and probably attended the local church (St. John the 
     
     Baptist). Moase or Mosse Family records exist at the following 
     
     Devon churches: Frithelstock (St. Mary and St. Gregory), Monkleigh 
     
     (St. George), Buckland Brewer (probably St. Mary and St. Benedict), 
     
     Putford (St. Stephen), and West Woolfardisworthy (All Hallows). 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1842 and in his early twenties, Henry arrived on P.E.l. where he 
     
     acquired land in New Arman. In 1845 he married Sarah Dickieson, 
     
     according to microfiched Parish of Richmond (St. Eleanors) records. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The family first worshipped at St. John‘s Church, St. Eleanors. After 
     
     the first Church of England was opened in Kensington in 1862 the 
     
     Moases had the option of worshipping nearer to home at St. Mark‘s 
     
     Church. First served by clergy from St. Eleanors this church was 
     
     annexed to the Anglican Parish of New London in 1842. Henry and 
     
     his eldest son. John, were listed in the 1876 DCS Annual Report as 
     
     St. Mark’s Church subscribers. although they most likely worshipped 
     
     there sooner than 1876. 
     
    
   
   
    
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