Mill. She resided in this home for several years; later selling it to Bruce Rogerson and mov1ng w1th her son to Hampton to a property now owned

by her grandson, John Rogerson. Joseph T'rowsdale and Mrs. Wilmot MacDonald are also grandchildren.

Jean Rogerson married Dr. Robert Potts, who was educated in Edinburgh, Scotland. They had no family.

Betty Rogerson married Henry Bulpitt. They had one daughter, Louise, who, after the death of her parents, was adopted by Thomas Alley in Charlottetown. She married Mr. Schaeffer. They also had one son, William Bulpitt, who settled in Bishop, California.

Edward Rogerson married Ada Smith and settled on the farm formerly owned by his brother, Matthew, who had moved to Victoria. They had one daughter, Grace. She married Robert Moore.

Thomas Rogerson married Ellen Howatt and settled on the original Newsom farm, which he bought after Henry Newsom’s death. They had one son, Albert, who died in young manhood; and one daughter, Maud, who married Walter M. Lea of Victoria. Mr. Lea later became Premier of Prince Edward Island.

9 “THE SHERREN S”

One of the earliest settlers in Crapaud was Samuel Sherren, who was born in Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England, on July 13, 1791. He was the son of James and Mary Sherren, born March 15, 1770, and May 11, 1768 respectively. Samuel was the eldest of a family of nine:-—-— five sons and four daughters. When a young man he sailed from England with his brother James to make a home in America. They landed at Newfoundland v where James remained.

The rocky shore there did not appeal to Samuel and he continued to Prince Edward Island, coming to Crapaud. In 1823‘ he married Ann Trowsdale who was born in Yorkshire, England in 1803. This couple established a homestead on the property where Charles and Edward Fall now reside. From this union came seven children:——— Mary, James, John, Hannah, Sarah Ann, Amelia, and George. Samuel was a staunch adherent of the Church of England, and took a prominent part in establishing the Church in Crapaud. He died in 1864; his wife in 1872. They are buried in St. John’s Cemetery.

Mary, their eldest daughter, married James Fall. After the death of her brother, George, they moved to the Sherren homestead.

James married Sarah Cairns and settled on the farm now owned by Stewart Sherren. They had a family of eleven :— Thomas, George, James, William, Samuel, Albert, Alfred, David, Celia, Annie, and Sarah. When this family was quite young their mother died at the age of fifty- one. James later married Mary MacF‘adyen. He died in 1906 at the aie of eighty. Interment was in St. John’s Cemetery.

John married Agnes Galloway, who emigrated from Dufrieshire, Scotland in 1853. They settled on the farm now owned by Frederick C. Sherren. From this marriage two sons were born :— William Douglas and George Clark. John died in 1910 at the age of eighty-two; his wife in 1893 at the age of sixty-nine. They are buried in St. John’s Cemetery.

Amelia became the wife of Joseph MacDonald, Sr.

George, Sarah Ann, and Hannah died quite young.

Two of James’ sons, Samuel and David, settled in Crapaud.

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