Rev. John Keir and his wife, Mary Bumet. Rev. Keir served Princetown for fifty one years.

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Rev. Andrew Nichol, a preacher from the associate Synod of Scotland, was inducted as the first settled minister for Richmond Bay. Again, Rev. James MacGregor D.D. of Nova Scotia, travelled to the area to assist in Nichol’s ordination and induction.

Rev. Nichol’s ministry was shortlived. By 1820, he died and was laid to rest in the Lot 14 Presbyterian cemetery. “So unexpected was that event that his congregation had assembled to hear the gospel from his lips at the moment his spirit entered the portals above.”50

Rev. Nichol’s ministry was assumed by Rev. William MacGregor in 1821. Once again the Rev. james MacGregor D.D., who was no known relation to William, travelled from Pictou to conduct the younger MacGregor’s ordination. It was an important visit in more ways than one. Once the ordination and induction of Rev. William MacGregor was completed, business was moved to within the walls of the home of Archibald Campbell Esq. of Belmont Lot 16. Up to that time, the Island was under the jurisdiction of the Nova Scotia Presbytery. The time had come for Prince Edward Island to form its own Presbyterian Church Presbytery to govern the growing number of churches on the Island. Not only did Rev. Wllliam MacGregor experience his own

ordination and induction but became a member of the group

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