Little more is known about these two families who appeared to be well established in 1752. Two cellars located close to today and apparently not connected with the various farm divisions may have been the location of their homes. These Acadian settlers were still on the land when the British settlers arrived in 1770. Reference is made to visits to a French family in the area for a wedding party. The Acadians at Etang des Berges were probably like most other French Acadians in 1770, who faced an uncertain future after the Peace of Paris of 1763. Deportations had taken place before and there was no assurance that expulsion would not happen again. French Acadian settlers began to group together in certain areas of the Island and the two families from Etang des Berges probably moved to one of these areas. In Great Britain, as a result of the Peace of Paris of 1763, the spoils were being divided among the victors. The Island of St. John was divided into lots as a result of a survey which Captain Holland , Surveyor-General of all the British possessions in had submitted to the British government in 1765. The lots were dispersed by a draw on July 23, 1767. "Thus was foisted onto the Island that pro¬ prietary, or landlord system, which was the cause of continual turmoil and agitation until it was finally abolished in 1877."* The two most important conditions of these grants were the payment of quit-rents and the settling of people on the land. I: 1» Warburton, Past and Present of