subscription list, for the benefit of the minister's family, with the sum of five pounds. He was a member of the temporal committee from 1800 to 1804, being Vice-President a part of the time; and when the new constitution was adopted, he was chosen, on April 17th, 1804, a member under it, and continued in office for two years. He was one of the committee who signed the memorial and protest, resolving to stand by Rev. James Somerville, at the time of the opposition to that gentleman, occasioned by the Forrest party, and he subscribed £4 6s 8d a year to the minister's stipend.

Mr. McArthur was ordained an elder, 31st January, 1804. On February 26th, 1805, he was appointed representative elder of the Kirk Session, in the Presbytery,— which would seem to imply that the Presbytery continued to exist after 1803, although there remains no discoverable record of its transactions. In 1810, he contributed two pounds towards the fund for clearing off the indebtedness of the church, and three pounds for the steeple and bell. His family occupied pew 33. He died on the 7th June, 1811.

John Fisher, who subscribed eight pounds, was a brother to Duncan and Alexander, two of the original trustees of the church. He was a prominent member of the congregation in after years. He was elected to a place on the temporal committee, in 1800, which he occupied till 1804. He was also on the special committee regarding Mr. Young, as he had favoured that gentleman's withdrawal in 1800. He, as a member of the committee of management, signed the memorial to the Government in 1802, asking that the allowance of fifty pounds, formerly given to Mr. Young, might be continued to his successors. He contributed two pounds to the Young retiring fund. He was one of those who signed the document for assur

ing Mr. Somerville of the support of the main body of the congregation, before that gentleman's settlement in 1803, and he subscribed three pounds towards his salary. In 1804-5, he was again a member of the temporal committee. Mr. Fisher never married. He was connected in business with Mr. William Hutchison, the late Mrs. Lunn's first husband. Jointly with Mr. William Martin, the elder, he occupied pew No. 1, in the old church. He died on the 29th of May, 1829, aged 70 years.

John Hunter, who gave eight pounds to the building fund, was a brother of William Hunter, the elder and trustee. The three brothers, William, John and Thomas, between them, contributed seven pounds for liquidating the debt in 1800. They all adhered to Mr. Forrest and Mr. Easton, and became afterwards members of the St. Peter Street Church.

William Russel has been already mentioned as a brother of John, the trustee of the church. He was a member of the firm, John Russel & Co. Dreading the approach of the war with the United States in 1812, he gave up his business in Montreal and removed to Glasgow, Scotland. He occupied pew No. 96. He gave two pounds for the debt in 1800, and two pounds to the Young fund. Although still holding his pew for some years, he worshipped with the St. Peter Street congregation, and in 1808, the pew passed into the hands of Captain Chisholm.

George Stansfield, who subscribed five guineas, was a woollen merchant, of the city. He was a native of Yorkshire, England. His son, Joshua Stansfield, afterwards extended the business to all classes of goods.

Jacob Marston, or Marsden, who gave four pounds for

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the building of the church, was an Englishman and an officer of the Court of King's Bench. He occupied pew No. 11. A daughter of his was baptized by Mr. Young, in 1799. He was high constable of Montreal, in 1820.

Alexander Robertson, who contributed two pounds, and had pew No. 71 assigned him when the church was first built, was a general merchant of the period. He afterwards formed a partnership with his brothers, James and Patrick, as fur traders. Jointly they occupied pew No. 8.

Alexander Simpson, the subscriber of two guineas, was a millwright.

Thomas Sullivan, who subscribed one guinea, was an Irish Protestant, who kept a tavern, and afterwards acted as a real estate agent. At his house, St. Peter's Masonic Lodge held their meetings in 1794. He afterwards owned pew No. 61 in the church.

John Neagles, another subscriber of a guinea, was also an Irish Protestant.

John J. Deihl, the subscriber of two guineas, was a German, who kept a grocery store.

Andrew Winklefoss, who gave a guinea for the building fund, was also a German, and kept a grocery store. He made a contribution also to the Young fund, in 1802.

Jonathan A. Gray and John Gray, each of whom subscribed a guinea, were brothers, Englishmen. They were members of the English church, as was also their brother, E. W. Gray, Sheriff of Montreal, who owned pew No. 27 in the St. Gabriel Street Church, and was a prominent

citizen. John was a North-west trader, and lived at St. Catherine's, now Ontremont. He was President of the Bank of Montreal, in 1820. Jonathan was the foremost

notary of the day in the city. He transacted all the notarial business of the Presbyterian church in his time. He died July 31st, 1812, aged 66 years. He performed the duties. of coroner for the district, in addition to his notarial functions. The Herald said of him: "He was one of the oldest and most respectable English inhabitants of this city." H. Griffin succeeded to his papers and office work.

In 1808, John Gray and his wife, Mary Pullman, had a son baptized by Mr. Somerville He purchased pew No.

89, in the year 1812.

Dr. Blake, the last on the list of subscribers, who gave a guinea to build the church, was an Irish Protestant. He was a retired army surgeon, but practised his profession in the city. He was a prominent member of St. Peter's Masonic Lodge from 1774 onwards to 1782. A daughter of his married the late Justice Aylwin. His widow, who sat in pew 65 during the Anglican occupation of the church, married Major B. A. Panet in 1814. Dr. Blake dictated the inscription to be placed on his tomb,—"The last of the Blakes."

Samuel Adams, who contributed six guineas to the building fund in 1792, was a tavern-keeper in the parish of Pointe aux Trembles.

David Smith, who gave four pounds in 1792, for the erection of the church, and made a farther contribution in 1800, kept an inn at Longue Pointe. He died in 1809.

Joseph Howard, the subscriber of two guineas, was a merchant in the Berthier district. He died December, 1797.

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CHAPTER IX.

Subscribers To The Debt In 1800-WILLIAM LOGAN, JOSEPH PROVAN, JOHN STEPHENSON, PHILIP ROSS, WILLIAM DEMONT, JOHN LOCKHART WISEMAN, JAMES BIRSS, WILLIAM IRELAND, WILLIAM MANSON, THOMAS A TURNER, JOHN BLACK WOOD, JOHN FERGUSON, WILLIAM MARTIN, ROBERT AIRD, JOHN AIRD, R. MCCLEMENT, JAMES SMITH, RICHARD WARFFE CAPTAIN CHISHOLM, THOMAS PORTEOUS, NICOL FLETCHER, JOHN MITTLE BERGER, JOHN MCCORD, DAVID ROSS, PETER MCFARLANE AND JAMES HENDERSON.

William Logan, a native of Stirlingshire, Scotland, was the eldest son of James Logan, baker, an account of whom has been already given. He came to Montreal with his father, whose trade he had learned, about the year 1784, and ten years afterwards he married, his maternal cousin, Janet E. Edmond, who crossed the Atlantic for the purpose of being joined to him. His father and he carried on the baking business jointly, and soon they acquired a competency, and very prudently invested their means in real estate, purchasing, among other properties, the land in the neighbourhood of the city, which is still known as "Logan's Farm."

Although his name does not appear in the list of subscribers to the building fund of the church, while his father's does, the family pew, No. 28, was taken by him, rather than by his father, on the 23rd November, 1792, immediately after the church was finished. From that time onwards, he took a lively interest in the prosperity of the congregation, and did his share of its work. He was chosen a member of the Temporal Committee in 1806, and