1851 . who lost and deeded by him on March 8, 1842. In the cemetery at St . Mark's Is a vivid reminder of the great "Yankee Gale" of October 6 There are graves of American seamen their lives when a terrible storm caught a fishing fleet at anchor within three miles of shore. The result was that very few escaped and in all there were 2 6 men buried but only 12 were identified. The June 8, 1855 issue of Hazard's Gazette states that at the annual church meeting at Milton, Mr. Hudson and Mr. Wise were chosen wardens, 60 pounds was expended on the church building and a list of subscribers was started for the building of a parsonage. A later edition of this newspaper reported that the Milton Tea Party was to be held on Thursday July 10, 1856, at Newstead grounds, the residence of J.W. Johnston , 5 miles from Charlotte town (top of Holl's Hill). The admission was 5 shillings with proceeds in aid of the new parsonage. "r u - * - - l- - -' " ~ ' The Tea had to be oi l ii e new p a ls u ii a g e . ine i e a iiaa to oe postponed because of rain, to Friday at which time Lt. Gov. and Mrs. Daly and 450 guests ?????-t-~???A??? A I. s ??, ??? .. ?????, A ??? ... n ??-??? ??? - ??? t ??? ??? a e ??? ??? ???- i. ??? attended. 45 pounds were Mi 1ton- Rustlco parsonage. raised for the Services were also held once a month In Hampshire but were discontinued during the time Rev. W.J. Phillips was rector in the late 1930??s. The second rector of St. John's and St . Mark's was Rev. Maurice Swabey who served from 1856-1858. During this period there were recorded twenty-six baptisms, fifteen burials and seven marriages. In 1859 the Rev. John Shaw Smith became rector. The rectory was built at North Milton on a plot of land given by George and Henry Hooper. This was about the spot where Robert Hooper recently built his house. The kitchen part of the old house still stands In the clump of trees nearby.