and the children of the struggling settlers received litde edu¬ cation. It was not until 1852 that a law was passed estab¬ lishing free schools on the Island; grants were given by the Island government to local school sections to pay teachers' salaries. By that date, Lot 16 already had, for a number of years, several schools operating.5 John married Charlotte Cameron , the eldest daughter of the Loyalist Alexander Cameron . On June 17, 1785, Cameron, a refugee of the 42nd regi¬ ment, made an application for a land grant on St. John's Island. On August 4, 1787 Alexander was granted 200 acres, then on June 24, 1795, 500 acres were conveyed from Governor Edmund Fanning to Cameron at Lot 16 . He was to pay two shillings for every 100 acres and to meet the same conditions as the other Loyalists.6 Alexander, in turn gave to John and Charlotte, in the form of a marriage gift, 100 acres of land. This acreage fronted on the Ellis River in the north and butted unto Donald Campbell 's land in the west (Belmont). The MacKinnon's named the property "Ashfield." MacKinnon, no doubt had to farm the land, along with teaching in order to provide for his family. John and Charlotte had a family of six children: John, Grace, Flora, Ewen /Owen, Catherine (Campbell), and Alexander. In his will, John bequeathed his pew in the Lot 16 Church to three of the children, John, Grace, and Flora. Ownership of a church pew was obviously considered an important asset. Charlotte MacKinnon predeceased her hus¬ band by several years. She died in February 1858, aged seventy-four years. It appeared that Charlotte was seven years senior in age to her husband John who died at his home on September 26, 1863 at the age of seventy-two. Archibald Campbell (1777-1869) One of the early setders to play a key role in the formaliza¬ tion of the Presbyterian presence in the Lot 16 area was Archibald Campbell who was born in North Carolina , U.S.A . in 1777. When the American Revolution began, his 87 Leaders of the Church