Properties and People Today they are both self-employed. Mark does contract work for The Guardian newspaper and does early morning deliveries in the community. Leslie operates a successful home business "The Icing on the Cake," providing speciality cakes and chocolates. A number of her customers are from the Marshfield area. Submitted by Mark and Leslie Maclsaac MCLAUGHLIN TO MALLETDALE FARMS & OTHERS (N7) The subject properties lie on the north side of and the St. Peters Road , between land currently owned by Wallace & Doris Wood, Eddie & Connie Boswall, and Farm. These properties were part of the Lot 34 holdings of Sir James Montgomery and were leased to tenants under various terms and conditions. Immediately prior to May 17, 1866, all the land comprising the properties under discussion existed in a large holding of 6,100 acres in the name of Charles & Amelia Palmer. Charles was a prominent Charlottetown barrister and land owner who may also have been acting as an agent dispensing lots to the tenants and freeholders. Donald McLaughlin and his wife Janet (daughter of John Ferguson , Elder) immigrated from Scotland 14 to settle in Marshfield in the early 1800's. On May 12, 1821 they commenced a lease on the 112-acre plot on the north side of St. Peter 's Road and bounding on both sides of Marshfield Creek .16' 24 Portions of the 112-acres were subsequently leased to Duncan Ferguson (35 acres in 1853) and 2.1 acres to Alexander McLaughlin in I860.15-17-25 Donald McLaughlin worked the farm near McLaughlin's bridge (the name for the bridge on the St. Peters Road , over Marshfield Creek ) and together with his wife Janet they raised five sons. The 1863 map suggests that their house was located in the field to the west of the Marshfield Creek .24 Donald continued the farming operation until he became totally blind in later life.14 Two of the sons, Robert and Alexander continued to live on the Marshfield property. When the proprietors relinquished their estates to the tenants, all of the subject 112 acres were transferred via Charles Palmer in three conveyances: 75 acres to Robert MacLaughlin in 18801, 35 acres (adjacent to Farm) to Allan Stewart in 18722 and 2.1 acres (presently Miller property) to Alexander MacLaughlin in 1880.3 In 1880, Robert McLaughlin took over the 75- acre farm from his father Donald.1 Robert's house was located adjacent to Marshfield Creek and north of the existing duplex owned by James Miller (previously Marshfield School).1523 Robert McLaughlin farmed the 75 acres until his early death at age 48 on 13 June 1887.22 He left behind his wife of 13 years, Jane (Sentner) and seven small children.19 Much to the misfortune of the children and family, Jane, who was much younger than her husband, also died at an early age 49 on April 20, 1894.22 When Robert died, his will stated that the 75-acre farm be sold by public auction, excepting one-half acre which was reserved for his wife Jane. This was only on the condition that she remain unmarried! Senator, the Hon . Donald Ferguson ( Tulloch Farm), was the successful auction bidder in 1887, purchasing the land for $1,620.20 In 1905, Senator Ferguson sold the property to Alexander Home, a merchant. The same year, Home also purchased the easterly 35 acres, known as Farm14 from the Estate of Allan Stewart.21 It was consolidated with the westerly adjacent 75 acres. Farm was first leased by James Ferguson and Donald Ferguson in 283215,16,17 untjj jt was conveye(j by Charles Palmer to Allan Stewart in 1872.2 When Alexander Home died in 1924, his will instructed that the Marshfield property and several of his properties in Charlottetown be sold. However, attempts to sell the Marshfield farm were unsuccessful and after two years, Home's two spinster daughters, Lottie and Florence Irene Home, purchased the 110-acre property.28 Two years later on November 5,1928, the Home sisters sold the property to Benjamin Mallett of Little York 13 who had acquired the adjacent 60 acres to the north from Abraham Gill and was operating a mixed farming operation in Little York . -981-