TABLE OF CONTENTS Women's Institute........................ 4 - 6 In The Beginning...................................... 7 - 8 The Burns Family .................................... 8-10 The Taylor Family .................................... 10-12 The Reeves Family .................................... 12-13 The Cairns Family .................................... 13-15 The Schurmans ...................................... 15-17 The Hall ............................................ 18-19 History of Freetown United Church ...................... 20-22 History of Freetown Presbyterian Church .................. 22-25 History of Lower Freetown School........................ 25-30 The Blacksmith Shop .................................. 30-31 Duncan MacPhee ...................................... 31-32 The Clow Family ...................................... 32 The Hill Family ...................................... 32 The Hammill Family .................................. 33 The Mabon Stavert Family .............................. 33-34 The Stavert-Malone Exchange............................ 34 The Bernard -Profitt Amalgamation........................ 34-35 The Drowning Accident ................................ 35-36 The Question of Salmon ................................ 36-37 Seed Grain .......................................... 37-38 Religious Affiliations .................................. 38-40 Family Charts Andrew Burns .................................... 41 Barbara Burns .................................... 42 John Nelson Burns ................................ 43 William Reeves .................................... 44 Thomas Reeves .................................. 45 David Reeves .................................... 46 Charles Reeves .................................... 47 John Reeves ...................................... 48 Maps of Lower Freetown 1863 .......................................... 49 1880 .......................................... 50 1928-29 ........................................ 51 1971 .......................................... 52