.j- V ;;.::------"---..-.:.::;..,,:,. In Robert Milligan 's time, a token was given to each member at com¬ munion. Each token was stamped " R.P ." for Parish. The tokens were made by Milligan who had the mold. The tokens would be given out to congrega¬ tion members on a Sun¬ day previous to com¬ munion. On Communion Sunday the tokens would be turned back in on the collection plate.12 played in the Lot 16 United Church. John Milligan followed his son to Prince Edward Island in 1825. Robert Milligan was a devout Christian and was credited as a success both as a farmer and a builder.11 He was chosen to build the first wooden frame church that sat on the current site. No written records exist to indicate the year of construction. Milligan dedicated himself to the church. He was an elder for fifty years, being the longest survivor of the original four. Milligan was the elder selected to present the original commu¬ nion set to the Richmond Parish. The congrega¬ tion had the set brought over from Scotland in 1826. Robert Milligan was a busy man. In addition to his work, family, and church commitments, he was involved in the militia. In 1834 he was appointed as a lieutenant of the Regiment and was later promoted to captain.13 Milligan also served as secretary of the Prince County Agricultural Society. In 1830, he was awarded a prize in a plowing match. u Robert and Margaret had ten children, eight of whom survived to adulthood. The youngest child named Mary, (1825-1907) was married to Peter MacLaurin and they lived in Lot 16 . Margaret Milligan died in 1829 at the age of forty-two and the following year 1830, Robert married Elizabeth MacDougall (1807-1895). Together they had eleven children; the youngest, Caleb, was bora in 1851 when Robert would have been sixty- six years of age.15 Robert Milligan , who lived in Lot 16 for a period of time, built two sailing vessels, "The Mary and The Enterprise.16 Robert and Elizabeth moved to Freeland ( Lot 11 ) in 1861. It was here that he died February 3, 1872 in his eighty-eighth year. A portion of his obituary read: He leaves to mourn his second wife, Elizabeth MacDougall , who has been partner of his joys and sorrows and seventeen of his twenty children still survive. Fifty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. 90 United Church and Its People