representative for West Middlesex, among those in attendance. Mr. Burwell is the great-grand-· son of Colonel Mahlon Burwell, contemporary of Colonel Thomas Talbot, founder of the Talbot Settlement, and the pioneer road- maker for whom Port Burwell was named. His father was the second Mahlon Burwell in

that she donated for the church and burial ground was deeded to the Bishop of Quebec. The first burial was that of Matthew Stuart in 1825. Colonel Thomas Talbot died on February 6, 1853, at eighty-three and was laid to rest among the settlers of the district. The good folk of the Methodist denomination

that she donated for the church and burial ground was deeded to the Bishop of Quebec. The first burial was that of Matthew Stuart in 1825. Colonel Thomas Talbot died on February 6, 1853, at eighty-three and was laid to rest among the settlers of the district. The good folk of the Methodist denomination

1877 with a feeling of bitterness about all the help that Colonel Bostwick received in the surveying and the opening of roads. "In 1804, the colonel (Thomas Talbot, czar of the Talbot settlement) had the grant of $1,000 from the government to make a road from Waterford to Port Talbot. He engaged John Bostwick

1877 with a feeling of bitterness about all the help that Colonel Bostwick received in the surveying and the opening of roads. "In 1804, the colonel (Thomas Talbot, czar of the Talbot settlement) had the grant of $1,000 from the government to make a road from Waterford to Port Talbot. He engaged John Bostwick

rugged for the construction or roads. As a result, settlement ln 8ayham and the surrounding district was slow in getting started. One man, Colonel Thomas Talbot, was responsible for brtnsins people to the area. He t:egan r is famous Talbot Settlement in 1803. He saw the potential of the Lake Erie shore