10 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Allanby ; point, lot 18. Better known as Darnley point. In this lot map 1810, shows Allanby A settlement, a name not now in use. The reference is to Captam^m. A lanby, 40th regiment who eot lot 18 in 1767. On map, 1775, he is described as Wm. Allanby, P.M. (provost ma?sS. " Magakne," April, 1904 quotes an affidavit of Allanby dated April 22, 1785 and signed "receiver of quit rents and collector of customs, m which Allanby states he came to the island in the same ship as Governor Patterson m 1770. Allanby was a member of the Governor's council which met February 17, \I16. Allen; cove, lots 30 and 65. Holland, 1765, chart and Department of Interior 1914. May-be after Admiral John Carter Allen, present at capture of 1758, or after Lt. James Allen , 44th regiment, wounded at . Wright, 1852, and Meacham , 1880, have . Canoe cove. Here is Canoe Cove settlement. Alliston ; settlement, lot 63. After John Allis , a British soldier settler who died about 1895. Earlier known as . A post office November 1, 1896, to March 1, 1914. Alma; settlement with post office, lot 3. Post office opened during the year ending August 31, Amherst- cove and point, lot 28. Holland, 1765. After Field Marshal the Bt . Hon. Sir JefferV AmheTst , KB P.O., 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal, Kent. Jeffery Amherst was borntin Kent January 29, 1717. His father's neighbour, the Duke of Dorset, took him as a page arid got him an ensigncy in the guards in 1731. He served as A. D.C. on the staff of General Loonier , commanding in Germany, at Roucoux, Dettingen and Fontenoy and on the Duktff Cumberland 's staff at Laffeldt and Hastenbeck. In 1756 he became colonel of the 15th regiment. He attracted the attention of Pitt, by whom he was given the rank of maior-general and command of the expedition against which sailed from Portemouth in May, 1758. As a reward for the success of this undertaking, he was appointed cWZnder in chief in . During the next, two years he took personal 'com¬ mand onthe and St. Lawrence frontiers, and received the capitulation I Canadaat Montreal on September 8, 1760. He was then appointed governor general of British , and in 1761 received the thanks of Parliament and was made a kn ght of the bath. In 1763 he returned to England . In 1770 he became governor of Guernsey and in 1772 a privy councillor, lieutenant general, and acting commander m chief of the forces His steady support of the war against the ^^^Zl^eTZtS favour with the King. In 1776 he was created Lord Amherst , _ in 1778 he became a general, and hi 1793 commander in chief. This last office he resigned in 1795 to the Duke of York and in 1796 the King made him field marshal. He died at Montreal, his seat in Kent, on August 3, 1797. Anderson; creek, lot 22. Bobert Anderson, born at New London of Scottish parents, settled here about 1816. Annandale - village lot 56. The name was given about 1868 in deference to James Johnston , XnS^smW&and trader who was born in Annandale , Dumfriesshire Scotland , m 1837! and came to Prince Edward Island in 1840 with his parents who settled in Lower Montague . Mr. Johnston began business in Annandale m 1855, when it was known as Wharf. It was not till the year 1876 or 77 that the name Annandale became general in use. The post office name then as now was Lot 56 . Annarowe; settlement, lot 65. A post office of the name was opened about 1889 and closed March 1, 1898. -T , ■ £ ■"■/ ; '% .. ; settlement, lot 30. Wright and Cundall , 1874. Doubtless after Appm, Perth ¬ shire, Scotland . Appletree; creek, lot 35. Chart No. 1711, survey 1843-44. Argyle Shore ; settlement, lot 30. Argyle became settled in the early part of last century by immigrants from Argyllshire (Argyleshire), Scotland . Arisaig; settlement, lot 35. Wright and Cundall , 1874. ..... Arlington - settlement, lot 14. The name dates from 1869 when a school district was formed. If a^ meeting on February 14 it was named Arlington . Earlier known as Black Settlement. The name Arlington has no local significance. Armadale ; settlement with post office, lot 42. Meacham , 1880 Armadale is the name of three places in Scotland —in , in Sutherland and m bkye. Ashton ; settlement, lot 42. Astyanax; rock, Hillsborough bay. Name on chart of Hillsborough ^er and harbour of Charlottetown surveyed by George Wright , surveyor general and George Peacock , 1839. Probably after a ship. Auburn ; school district, lot 36. _ , . Augustin; cove, lot 38. Holland, 1765. After Col. Augustin Prevost . Refer to Prevost cove and point. Also Augustin Cove settlement. Auld; creek, lot 34. Auld's in Meacham , 1880, which shows James and Wm. Auld nearby settlers. Auld's Mills were here m 1844.