TO GOD BE THE GLORY 
     
    
   
   
    
     was in the Covehead, St. Peter’s, and Bay Fortune areas 
     
     but he was responsible for ministering to the entire 
     
     Island at that time. 
     
    

    
     The Princetown Presbyterian Charge obtained the 
     
     services of Rev. John Keir in 1810. He was the first 
     
     Presbyterian minister to be ordained on P. E. 1. His 
     
     charge was Princetown, but at the beginning of his 
     
     ministry his congregations extended throughout Prince 
     
     County and much of Queens County. He remained at 
     
     Princetown until his death in 1858 while attending a 
     
     meeting of Synod in Truro. 
     
    

    
     In 1819 Richmond Bay Presbyterian Charge was 
     
     created and disjoined from Princetown Charge. The new 
     
     charge extended across more than fifty kilometres and 
     
     included Lot 11, Victoria West, Tyne Valley, Lot 14, Lot 
     
     16, Traveller's Rest, St. Eleanor’s, Green’s Shore, and 
     
     Bedeque. Rev. Andrew Nichol, a preacher from The 
     
     Associate Synod of Scotland, became the first minister 
     
     in Richmond Bay Charge. Rev. Dr. James D. MacGregor 
     
     assisted at his induction in 1819. Rev. Mr. Nichol died 
     
     within a year, but in such a short time had become 
     
     greatly attached to his congregations. Before long 
     
     Bedeque Charge was formed and the congregation 
     
     there disjoined from Richmond Bay Charge in 1825. 
     
    

    
     Rev. William MacGregor became the second 
     
     minister in Richmond Bay Charge. He ministered from 
     
     1821 to 1847. On Oct. 11, 1821 the Presbytery of 
     
     P.E.I. was created and the first meeting was held in 
     
     Richmond Bay Charge at the home of Archibald 
     
     Campbell in Lot 16. After Rev. Mr. MacGregor’s 
     
     retirement in 1847 the charge was vacant until 1853. 
     
    

    
     Rev. John M. MacLeod, the author of History of