History of Presbyfa‘ianism

CHAPTER XVII.

TRYON AND BONSHAW.

This place was settled about the year 1770, and is therefore one of the oldest English settlements on the island. It is beautifully situated, lying along the Straits of Northumberland, about half way between Charlottetown and Summerside. The soil is good, the farms are well cultivated, the buildings present a very neat and comfortable appearance, and though the country is comparatively level it is not easy to find a more beautiful or flourishing settlement than Tryon and Centreville, which joins it on the north.

The Rev. Dr. McGregor was the first Presbyte— rian minister who visited this locality. He preached in Tryon in 1794, one hundred and nine years ago, and also on several occasions after that up to the year 1810, when Rev. John Keir was settled at Princetown. The settlement of T ryon as well as that of Bedeque, and indeed the whole of Prince county, were embraced in Dr. Keir’s charge.

As already stated, the first Presbytery on Prince Edward Island was constituted on 11th October, 1821, and was composed of Revs. John Keir, Rob- ert Douglas and William McGregor, and Mr. Ed- ward Ramsey, ruling elder. The first addition made to the Presbytery after its formation was Rev. \Nil- liam Hyde. Mr. Hyde had formerly been connected with the English Independents, but upon appli-

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