Farm, where evidence of ploughed land was visible in the weeds. When the first Mr. Hamm bought his property, the remains of many old cellars and wells could be recognized. These remains have long since been filled.

Local French place names are remembered only though early records. Period maps of the area identify LaLongue Point, later named Park’s Point, and now known as Duffy’s Point. Fullerton’s Marsh was known to the Acadians as Riviere de la Petite.

ENGLISH SETTLEMENT

The 1758 deportation of the Acadians ended one era of our history and began another - that of English colonization. In 1766, Samuel Holland completed his survey of the Island of St. John for King George III. A large piece of land, including Bunbury, was designated Lot 48. Following the lottery of July 23, 1767, this land, some 20,000 acres, became the personal property of Samuel Touchet Esq. and James Cunningham, Esq.

Ownership of the area changed several times before permanent

settlement was established. Among the early Bunbury landowners never to have lived in the community were James Park, John

Brecken, Thomas DesBrisay, Thomas Wright, John Cambridge, and William Stewart.

The first English settler in Bunbury was John Bovyer, son of the Rev. Stephen Bovyer, a United Empire Loyalist. At the time of the American Revolution, Rev. Bovyer and his family left their home in Providence, Rhode Island and came to Stanhope, having obtained a grant of land in that district in 1777. Like his father, John was also promised a grant of land, and it was allotted to him. However, when he attempted to settle on the property, he was

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