Properties and People and D, for right-of way for one-half of Lower , Document No. 1840. Irving Boswall from his father, Lyle Boswall October 11, 1967 C and E by deed Liber 160, Folio 1. August 3, 1971 to Roland and Florence Founder from Lyle Boswall property D Liber 170, Folio 532. Irving Boswall from Lyle Boswall May 31, 1995 A plus B by deed Liber 792, Folio 16. Submitted by Roy Boswall MELROSE FARM ( S 5) The McCormacks, Hugh and John of the Hebrides arriving in Marshfield in 1792, were among the earliest British settlers in the district. They leased 100 acres of Montgomery land west of Black Man's Farm which lay immediately west of the Mill or Marshfield Creek (see chapter The Fergusons of Craggan Farm and New Inn Fergusons). Hugh McCormack also leased a portion of Tulloch Farm (see Tulloch Farm - Property ( S 4)) between 1792 and 1808. The McCormack contribution to the community of Marshfield is quite well described elsewhere (see chapter The McCormack Family of , Lot 34). The McCormacks, through John's son Dougald and grandson James, acquired ownership of the 100 acres from the Montgomerys in 1865. In 1870 this property was transferred to Alexander Robertson (see chapter The Robertson Family of Marshfield ). The Robertsons were a family who had settled on the east side of the Mill Creek . Alexander's son Charles inherited it in 1910. In 1919 the Robertsons, who had no children, left PEI for the warmer climate of Chilliwack BC. Selling this property now known as Melrose Farm to Wallace J. and son Almon Wood . The Woods originally from Essex , England had arrived at St. John's Island in 1774, acquiring a lease on 300 acres of land in later known as Alexandra. Ship building and later, as more land was cleared, farming were their occupations. Wallace and Almon were the fourth and fifth generation from the original William Wood , and were located on a portion of the original holdings in Alexandra when they decided to move to Marshfield . It is interesting to note that Wallace's wife Elizabeth (Bessie) Boswell would be the sixth in her family to move "across the river" as it was termed. Together with the other five, Albert, Almon, George, Harriet ( Mrs. Samuel Stewart ) and Henry they were all children of Albert Boswall and Mary Ann Maria Lane of Mount Mellick (see chapter Dr. Alexander Henry Boswall Family History). Henry had purchased Tulloch Farm in 1897, so Bessie and family would be settling to the east of her brother. Of interest is the oft related story from Almon of the actual move to Marshfield . All belongings were moved from Alexandra by horse and sleigh across the frozen Hillsborough River during the winter of 1920. One hundred and twenty sleigh loads, including everything from poultry, livestock, pots, pans, furniture to bedding, were moved with the help of the neighbours and friends they were leaving, as well as their new neighbours in Marshfield . This may appear to have been a mammoth undertaking, but it was a much simpler and shorter distance than the summer route via roads would have been. Joining Wallace, Bessie and only son Almon in Marshfield were daughters Rena and Helen. Older daughters Violet and Florence had already married Jack Kennedy and Henry Jenkins respectively and settled in and . Herbert. Rena ( Mrs. Edwin Johnstone ) became a noted musician, graduating from the Boston Conservatory of Music. Helen ( Mrs. Peter MacPhee ) who attended Marshfield School for a period of time became a registered nurse and went overseas as a nursing sister in the second World War. Wallace J. "Wal" having spent seventeen pleasant years in Marshfield , died in 1937 passing the farm onto his widow Bessie and son Almon. Almon married Ida Sutherland in 1932 and together they raised eight children: Donald, Wallace, Jane, Elizabeth, Elsie, Blair, David and Isabel. Almon and family continued with the successful farm operation specializing in Ayrshire cattle and mixed crops. In 1952 the Craggan Farm became available. Tupper Ferguson "our good neighbour" of many years was ready for retirement. With the purchase of the additional land and buildings, more help was