8 settled at the end of what is now known as Beaton 's Point, Due to the exposure he moved inward to what is now Percy 34 Roderick MacDonald purchased 216 acres from John 35 36 .Deacons. Stewart in 1798. Charles Maclean from the North of Scotland purchased four hundred and one acres from John Stewart in July of 1805. In 1806, Donald Beaton purchased 216 acres from Roderick Mac 37 Donald. •" In July 1805, James MacDonald purchased 500 acres 38 from John Stewart . In March 1819, LauchlSn MacDonald signed 39 a lease and release with John Stewart for 605 acres on lot 47. The deed of 1799 of Donald for 1,000 acres was written on birch- bark parchment with a quill pen. It is still in the possession of his descendants. I have heard that a ship of Scottish im¬ migrants, closely related to those that landed at Scotchfort , 40 landed at East Point but I could not prove that account. ST?? C &as u5 (For East Point ) Males Females <D VO r-i o H o 03 £ vD u W 0 \ D -n 0) CO 1 0) O W CO 1 ULD 0)^ KO >UD o>^) \ D > H -P r-\ o H-P 1 r-i -> rp btals 2 1 1 4 1 8 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 Allen McXisick Laughlin MacDonald John Ford and Peebles Angus MacDonald The accompanying map shows the original farms at East Point . In many cases these farms are in the hands of the ori¬ ginal settler s' descendants. Of the original settlers Allen Maclsaac moved to the