——■—aa m i t h ' imammmmmmmmmmmmiM«mwtmimmmmtimmmmBa The Creeds 21 The Creeds Louis Cantelo of Cardigan has compiled a history of William Creed and his descendants. In it is the story of Job Creed , an Anglican who was married to Mary Thistle , a Catholic born in Ireland. Mary is buried in the Panmure Cemetery, and Job is buried in the cemetery at Wightmans Point across the bay. Since being of different religions, they could not be buried in the same cemetery. They requested to be facing each other in their different cemeteries. William Creed was born in Limerick, Ireland about 1743. His mother's maiden name was Bennett. It is thought his grandfather came over from England with Prince William of Orange. He was educated to be a minister of The Church of England but was never ordained. Rather he gathered up his (huge) share of a huge fortune and with his uncle, Mr. Bennett , who was nearly his own age, set sail for . They had relatives somewhere in the New States. Stories told are sketchy, but one told about his ancestors, which I think was about his grandfather who was travelling around the country (Ireland) after the days of the Battle of the Boyne. Night came upon him and he took refuge in a house for the night, and he was upstairs in bed when hostile people entered the house and began talking about their enemies. The women of the house said, "Be careful there's one of them upstairs." "We will soon take care of Him", they replied. Creed was not asleep, but armed with the proper instruments of his office, he quickly drew the steel and slit the thatched roof and slid out on the ground and was away. As the story was told, if it hadn't been for his quick thinking there would be no Creed on P.E.I , today. It is not known the exact year Creed and Bennett came to the New England states, or just how long they were there, but not likely too long. They came to Canada in 1767. Bennett stayed in New Brunswick and his great grandson, R.B. Bennett , became Prime Minister of Canada from 1930-1935. Creed must have had some knowledge of navigation as he sailed his own vessels. During his stay in the New England states, he bought a colored slave whose name was Sickles . Creed and Sickles first settled in the Alberton area on P.E.I. This was in 1767 and how long they stayed there I don't know. In the first English census of 1768, there were 68 English-speaking people. Creed and Sickle two of them. Sometime later the Harbour Master at Three Rivers died. The three rivers are now known as Cardigan , Montague and