total 176 were in Lot 16 , including 2k heads of families, 3 of which are among the first settlers of Belmont. They were namely: Malcome Ramsay , Alex Cameron and Donald Campbell . John Ramsay , together with his six sons (two dff who were Malcome and Archibald) came out from Scotland on the Annabel la in 1770. The Annabel la was • iven ashore on the sandhills at the entrance of the harbour in October in a snowstorm, and the emigrants lost all their provisions and much of their clothing. In 1809, Malcome (1757-1841) received a 100 yr. lease to 115 acres of land, at the end of . He was married to Mary Murphy (1759—1839)- He was agent for Governor Patterson and was a member of the House of Assembly. He was nicknamed Moccasin Ramsay because he wore moccasins when he went to Charlottetown to attend the sessions. In 1815, Archibald's oldest son John (1790- $39) leased what was then, and is still known as ■le farm, from Thomas Archibald . John of married the former Martha Owen (1790- IJB63) and their eldest son Arthur (1819-1877) leased the former Malcome Ramsay property in 1850. In about 1879 this same piece of land was re-leased to Edward Auld where a saw mill was operated on . John of followed in his grand uncle's W°tsteps by being a representative for in Colonial Parliament from 183^-1838 and was High Sheriff of the County at the time of his death. John and Martha had four sons and seven daughters including; Arthur (above), Margaret (1816-1865), Ellen (1820-1883), Martha Adams (1826- ]872), and sons Hugh (1827-1905) and John (1829- 1907) who maintained the farm until 1895- I Because of lack of information, little can be ■ld of the other two first settlers Alex Cameron ■ d Donald Campbell . In 1807 Alex Cameron received a 999 year lease or 300 acres, which was later re-leased to Allan Fraser and T. Dawson . 11