Crapaud Cem., son of Thomas Best and Maria Hutchison; 2nd. m.John Hodgson. Richard Best was a carpenter and lived in Crapaud. They had 6 children. Richard was killed when the rafters of the Kelly’s Cross Church, which he was building, collapsed.

Fannie m. Mark Inman. See Inman history.

Margaret b. 9 Nov 1839, d. 25 March 1915, bur. Charlottetown

Peoples Cem., m. 8 Apr 1854 John Rogerson, d. 1875, son of Peter Rogerson andJean Chron. They lived and farmed in Crapaud and had

7 children. John also had a carpenter shop. Martha 1st. m. Daniel Fowler; 2nd. m. Thomas Thorne, New York.

They settled in Brantford, Ont.

George b.c. 1812, England, (:1. Bedeque, 28 Feb 1896, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem., son of Samuel and Mary Newsome, m. 9 Apr 1839 Susannah Hood, b. 1823, d. 9 Nov 1897, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem..

George purchased the David Lowther fann in Crapaud, but later sold it to his brother, Henry. George and Susannah moved to Bedeque.

George Newsome and Susannah Hood had 8 children: Priscilla b. 15 Dec 1839.

Martha b. 5 Dec 1841.

James Robinson b. 14 July 1846.

William Barker b. 5 Apr 1844, another date given 26 Oct 1849.

John Albert b. 4 Sept 1852.

George Sharford b. 10 Nov 1856.

+Samuel Wesley b. 6 May 1859.

Ella May b. 5July 1864, d. 1942, m. Donald McLearn b. 1857, d. 1924.

Samuel Wesley b. Crapaud, 6 May 1859, d. Montreal, 29 Sept 1945, bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem., son of George Newsome and Susan- nah Hood, m. 6 Nov. 1888 CharlotteJane Dawson, b. Victoria, 15 March 1867, d. 7 Aug 1972, bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem., daughter of Benjamin Dawson and Mary Stukley Howatt. See Dawson history.

Samuel and Charlotte lived in Montreal.

Samuel Newsome and Charlotte Dawson had 5 children:

Clayton Barker b. Bedeque, 16 June 1890, d. 16 Apr 1975, bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem., m. Myrtle Cottingham. They adopted 1 child:]ohn, son of George Heber.

+George Heber b. 25 March 1892.

Raymond Dawson b. 17 Sept 1894, Q.C.. Unmarried, lived in Victoria, BC.

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