The St. Peters Road Baptist Church

This Church celebrated its 100th anniversary with special services on October 18th 1931. The Pastor at the time in Charlottetown and St. Peter’s Road was Dr. Arthur C. Vincent. A brief history of the Church appeared in the Guardian newspaper after this event. This has been preserved by Earl Jenkins of Crossroads.

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The front page of the 100'h Anniversary Program.

At the afternoon service Ludlow Jenkins gave a talk on the history of the Church. In his talk he describes the early history of the Baptist church in PEI and speaks in great detail of the individual pastors who came and went throughout the 1800’s. In particular, he mentions the Rev. Ben Scott who by 1850 was being paid the princely sum of £100 that was equally shared by the Charlottetown and the Marshfield congregations.

Of particular interest to the Marshfield area, he also lists some of the early converts to that church such as William, Grace, and Jane Scott, baptized in 1870. Later on Christy MacGregor; Jessie Stewart; Donald, Priscilla, Mary, Ellen, Eliza and Minnie Stewart; Caroline, Katie, and Emily Godfrey and in 1880, Jane McGregor and Charlotte Scott.

Mr. Jenkins ends his speech with a description of the Baptist Church in Marshfield:

“Just a word about the old church it seems it was a log building small two windows on the sides, high seats, and pulpit part of which we have here today. When vacated the roof blew off in a storm and it was torn down.

One of the pastors a Mr. Davis preached and an old friend Mr. Alex McGregor started the singing from this time assisted by Mrs. Crosby until the organ was bought 30 years ago. This carpet was bought 26 years ago. The present church building was built 65 years ago by Joseph Taylor father of the gentlemen who printed those programs. The lumber was got near Mt. Stewart and at a race for to be the first to get a load on the spot. Archie McGregor was first. The deed most fearfully and wonderfully written was deeded over to eight trustees 4 Marshfield Baptists and 2 from Covehead.”

Church Leaders mentioned by Ludlow Jenkins:

1830 — 1841 George McDonald, Munroe and

Harding Scott.

1841 - Elder Shaw

1841 - 1842 Mr. Hughes

1842 - 1843 Mr. Knox

1843 - 1845 No preaching

1845 - 1846 Mr. Rand

1846 - 1848 Mr. Benjamin Scott

1848 — Mr. Hobbs occasionally

1849 - Mr. Phillips

1849 — 1853 Mr. Hobbs

1853 — 1854 Mr. Wallace Read and Davis

1855 - 1858 N0 record

1858 - 1874 Mr. John Davis

1874 — 1877 Mr. Haynes

1877 - 1880 Mr. Burgess

1880 - 1881 Mr. Ross

1881 - 1883 Mr. D.G. MacDonald

1883 — 1885 Mr. Fillmore

1885 - 1890 Mr. Spur

1890 - Mr. Gordon

1891 - Mr. Spur

“Then we find names such as Belvin, Jackson, White, Fash, Piper, Freeman, Eaton, Vincent, Denton, Levi and some others, names I have not obtained.”

Submitted by Christine Weatherbie