The charge remained vacant until Rev. John M. MacLeod was inducted in 1853. He served until 1859. During his pastorate the congregation of Lot 14 became too large for the old church that had been built there many years previously by the original settlers, and in 1857 tenders were called for construction of a new church. A start was made the following year, but apparently some circumstances delayed the work. Unfortunately, all the records of the Lot 14 congregation were lost in a fire, so no documented information remains.

When Rev. JD. Murray became minister in 1865, the church at Lot 14 was more or less finished outwardly. Rev. Robert Cumming was minister from 1869 until 1874. The Tyne Valley Presbyterian Church was built in 1870. The cemetery property was purchased May 4, 1876.

In 1870 the Summerside church became independent and Lot 16 was rejoined to Lot 14. In 1886, the Charge was again divided and Tyne Valley, Freeland and Victoria West formed Richmond Bay West with Rev. Thomas Corbett as their minister. Lot 14 and Lot 16 formed Richmond Bay East. A new church in Victoria West was built in 1887. The Presbyterians of Freeland felt a need for a larger church building to replace the small one built in 1851. A new building was started in 1895 and dedicated in 1899. Lot 14 and Lot 16 remained together until 1925 when Lot 16 voted in favor of Union. The vote at Lot I4 was strongly to continue Presbyterian. The Minister at that time, Rev. J.C. Martin, was in favor of Union and called for a second vote. The Elders of Lot 14 consid— ered this illegal and after nearly two years, the Supreme Court ruled that the Lot 14 church belonged to the Presbyterian congregation. Lot 16 became a United Church. Lot 14 rejoined the three churches in Richmond Bay West (Freeland,Tyne Valley and Victoria West) to become Richmond Bay Presbyterian Pastoral Charge under the ministry of Rev. Andrew Brown.

A manse for the Richmond Bay Charge, built in Tyne Valley, was com- pleted in 1893. In 1975 a generous donation from Mrs. Bertha Reeves was Used to construct and furnish a new modern manse, adjacent to the Tyne Valley church. The original manse was sold for a private residence.

A LIST OF PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS CAN BE SEEN IN APPENDIX II.

Mr. Lewis Charles Jenkins was an Anglican missionary sent out by the SOCIETY FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS, (the

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