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Submitted by Christine Gorman
From the Prince Edward Island Magazine, Feb. 1903; Vol. 4, # 12., pp.432-434
On the 16th of November, 1833, Isaac Smith, Robert Longworth, John Bovyer, Christopher Cross, Henry Smith, John Trenaman, William Tanton, Thomas Dawson and Charles Welsh as trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Society in Charlottetown, purchased a piece of land 80 feet by 168 feet on the corner of Prince and Richmond streets for the purpose of building a new Wesleyan Chapel. For about eighteen years immediately preceding this period, the Wesleyan Society held services on the North side of Richmond Street between Queen and Pownal Street.
This was the beginning of Prince Street Methodist Church. The trustees became a body corporate by an Act of the General Assembly passed on 10th of April 1835.
The new Wesleyan chapel was opened for divine service on Sunday the 9th of July, 1835. The Rev. J. P. Hetherington, the resident minister, preached in the morning.
NAMES OF PEW HOLDERS AND NUMBER OF THE PEWS
LOWER PART OF THE CHAPEL
No.
1 Stove and Free seats
23 Nathan Davies
2 Napoleon LePage
24 Martin Dogherty, R. Faught
3 Clear Lellow [Lallow] & W. Hodgson
25 John Bremner
4 Mrs. Cameron
26 Charles Welsh
5 John Davies
27 Christopher Cross
6 Wm. Farquharson
28 Robert Longworth
7 Thomas Dawson
29 Theophilus Chappell
8 John Williams
30 Robert Weeks
9 Miss Fulton
31 Theophilus Chappell, jr
10 Wm. Douse
32 Preachers Pew
11 Wm. Smardon
33 John Morris
12 Alexander Davidson
34 John Rider
13 Strangers Pew
35 John Pool
14 Thomas Pethick
36 John Brecken
15 Charles Binns
37 Robert Hodgson
16 Thos. Robinson
38 Peter MacGowan
17 John Summers
39 James Peake
18 Stephen Bovyer
40 Ralph Brecken
19 John Trenaman
41 Wm. Tanton
20 Jabez Barnard
42 James Kelly
21 John Bovyer, James Moore
43 Richard Read
22 Geo Beer, jr, Wm. Holmes
44 Stove and free sittings
GALLERIES
North Side
South Side
Front pew of the end gallery
Single sittings, Two to John Corbin
reserved for the Choir
Two to James Connell.
Single sittings; two to William
Jabez Rowe
Davison, two to Wm. Cook,
Seats reserved for the Choir
two to Laughlin McKay, and
John McDonald
one to John Davison
John Alexander
Thos. DesBrisay
C. C. Davison
Joseph Hill
Robt. Bovyer
Wm. Butcher
Wm. Higgins
Isaac Smith
Wm. Crosby & T. Pladwell
Henry Smith
Samuel Westacott
Watson Duchemin
Robt. Boyle
James Collins
George Snellgrove
Hugh Logan
Wm. Warren
Wm. Mason
Thomas Witten [Witter]
Thomas Terlizzick
Eliza Mitchell
George Chudleigh
Nathan Wright
Wm. Howard