iggw appearance of some rude structure which existed in England in Druid times. In the corner one lived the proprietor,Mr. Pepperal. The old man was sexton of St. Paulgs Church.
On the first marble stone erected in.the colony to commemorate the dead, is an inscription to wary, wife of Capt. Robert Gray, Loyalist and retired officer. Mrs. Gray was daughter of Lieut. Burns who was on staff of Samuel Hol~ land‘s Survey party. Capt. Gray, born in Scotland, moved to Virginia in 1771. He became involved in the Revolution? ary War, served as Company Commander under Col. Edmund Fanning. After the regiment was disbanded, he served in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, superintending the settlement of Loyalists there. On invitation from Governor Fanning, his former Colonel, he came to Prince Edward Island where he’ was appointed Treasurer of the Island, member of the Execu- tive Council, and later Assistant Judge. He bought Spring
Park property and lived there. His son, Col. J. Hammond
Grey (Father of Confederation) was born there. Capt. Grey
died February 12, 1828. , A monument to Fanny, wife of Robert Hodgson, Attorney» fl
General, reminds us of two old families who were residents of :
Charlottetown in the lBOOgs. Mrs. Hodgson was the daughter of Town Major McDonald. She died in 1832, aged 28 years. Although he himself is buried elsewhere, Sir Robert Hodgson erected this stone to her memory.
Our record of lawyers will close with Peter'MscGowen, Eeq., who died in 1810. In a secluded corner, rarely noticed, is a memorial stone to Robert Barker, Esq. He was a son of Capt. Barker, a grandson of Meier Holland, formerly Attorney General, and a great grandson of Capt. Samuel Hol= land who made the first survey of the Island in l?65, and gave Charlottetown a "habitation and a name". Mr. Barker was a noted sportsmen in his day a James Louis, the venerm able Micmao being his guide and assistant. Mr. Barker died 1861, aged 52 years.
The name of Elizabeth, wife of John Webster, takes us back to earliest days of British occupancy. John Webster, Sr., was at the capture of Louisburg in 1758, and was among the troops dispatched by General Amherst under Lieut. Col. Rollo to take possession of the Island. Fort Amherst, near the harbor's mouth, was constructed immediately on arrival of these troops. There we. Webster, Sr., and his wife rem sided until after the treaty in 1763. During the Revolu- tionary War, Mr. webster had charge of the Commissariat Department in Charlottetown. He was elected to the House of Assembly in 1784 and 1785. The total number of votes