The microfilm is located in the microfilm cabinets in the Reading Room
In 1809, Reverend John Keir was called to Princetown and in 1810 was ordained and inducted into the Princetown parish becoming the first ordained Presbyterian minister on PEI. The Richmond Bay and Bedeque parishes disjoined from Princetown in 1819. Reverend Andrew Nichol, minister at that time, became the first settled minister in the Richmond parish.
By 1853, the Richmond charge extended thirty-three miles from Lot 11 to Traveler's Rest and was one of the two principal Presbyterian stations on PEI at that time. In 1859, the congregation was divided into two charges, Richmond Bay East and Richmond Bay West. In 1873 the two were re-joined to form one congregation, of which Henry Crawford became pastor in 1874. In 1881, the parish was divided into two again.
After the 1925 union of Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches to form the United Church of Canada, Richmond Bay East became a separate Presbyterian congregation. The Richmond Bay West congregation joined the Tyne Valley Presbyterian church. In 1959, Richmond Bay East became associated with Princetown and formed the Princetown-Lot 16 pastoral charge. Lot 16 disjoined again in 1964, and remained independent until 1968 when it was amalgamated with the North Bedeque Pastoral charge of the United Church of Canada.
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Title based on the contents of the fonds
The Session minutes from 1854-1871 were originally Acc2393 while the transcripts and history were part of Acc3778.
The fonds consists of records relating to the Presbyterian parish of Richmond Bay. Included are registers of baptisms (1820-1847) and marriages (1821-1834) as well as Minutes of session (1821-1847, 1854-1871). The minutes record the appointment of elders, congregational and communion rolls, as well as the examination of persons applying for membership and censure of individual parishioners and congregations. There are also transcripts of the baptisms and of the minutes from 1821 to 1847, an alphabetical list of the baptisms with mother's maiden names annotated, and "A history of Lot 16 United Church" by Thomas G. Whent.
Material in this fonds was acquired at various dates between 1972 and 1995. Original records including the baptisms and marriages and the early session minutes were loaned for microfilming while the later minutes were donated for photocopying. Transcriptions and annotations of the baptisms as well as the history of the Church at Lot 16 were donated
Originals were returned to the donor
See also: Acc3198 (microfilm): Records of the Richmond Bay East Parish from 1885-1968, part of the records of the North Bedeque Pastoral Charge of the United Church of Canada fonds
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