ey are living in Augustine Cove. To Myrtle and Michael Peters dorn four children: Vernon, Lois, Willis and Buddy. (See Peters

WEBSTER’S

. The first Webster to settle on Prince Edward Island was a native 1 (land. At an early age he enlisted in the Navy, and became a Com- g; y on a man-of—war. He took part in the capture of Louisburg in . 7‘: From Louisburg he was dispatched with others by General Amherst 1,: a Prince Edward Island, then called Isle St. Jean. The expedition .0 e at a place called Canoe Cove, and proceeded to Fort La Joie, now 3%» ttetown. Taking possession, they erected a fort at the entrance to 1- I1 doom and called it “Fort Amherst.” Here the Commissar, with his . ‘ \ 'ho had accompanied him, resided. When the War of Independence it out in USA. in 1773, he was put in charge of all provisions and . if. "ated with Governor Patterson in the distribution of same.

» In 1784 he was elected to the Island House of Assembly, and was ted in 1786. In the election of 1786 there were only 130 votes 6" on the Island. Webster was a supporter of the Callbeck Govern—

.3‘ '. The said Webster, whose Christian name was John, had four sons: r., Thomas and twins William and Robert.

John Jr., the eldest was born at Fort Amherst October 21, 1760, : iims to be the first child of English parents to be born on the There being no schools on the Island, John Jr. while very young, 8 Ven in charge of a sea-captain who Webster was acquainted with, ‘3 Use home was in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. It was planned J hn Jr. would stay at his home and attend school. In the meantime :u d captain’s wife had left him and the home was deserted when he ('7. The captain must, of necessity, continue his voyage, so he left ‘”' ’ With one Terrance O’Riley, a merchant. At this time the War

C rDendence broke out, consequently all communications with Canada, I es. iecially the Island, were cut off.

thn Webster, Sr. had no knowledge of the captain’s marital situa— I“ W the whereabouts of his son, or captain. The boy grew up in the 93% home, attended school and helped in the store. Eventually he W QRiIGY’s daughter, Elizabeth, were married on October 24th, 1781. K? time John Jr. had reached the age of twenty—one, he had little knowledge of what part of Canada he came from. However, he , 'e'tained his name. All the while his father was in constant search R Cine knowledge of his lost son. Eventually John Sr. fell in with a It? fmm U.S.A. possibly a sailor who had been in or about Prov1dence g; emeI‘rlbered seeing a young man called John Webster, probably at the

hen John heard this he was not long in locating his 10st son.

. JOhn Jr. with his wife, Elizabeth, returned to the Island in the I, 1784, and settled in Charlottetown. They had a family of fourteen, f Whom was Oliver, who was born May 17, 1976 and came to settle in Stlne Cove in 1813, having obtained a lease of one hundred and three ; 7"" frOm Ann Callbeck in Township 28. He married Margaret Howatt, , g ter 0f lst Peter Howatt and settled on the property now owned by 7.5 . Clark on the “RiVer Road”. To them were born five children ‘-‘. y; Benjamin, Catherine (Mrs. Henry Wadman), Elizabeth (Mrs. dwarren), John O’Riley who was drowned at age 29, and George

' led at four months.

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