Campobello Island

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Campobello Island

Religion

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The journals of William Owen note that he held Anglican religious service in a shed for all the members of his new settlement on June 10 1770 just days after their arrival.{{cite book | last1=Harnedy | first1=Jim | last2=Harnedy | first2=Jane Diggins | title=Campobello Island | date=March 2003 | publisher=Arcadia | isbn=978-0-7385-1147-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6S4D6baZurcC&q=religious&pg=PA7 }} William's son David Owen built a church in which he himself preached and performed marriages. Upon taking over, David's brother William Fitzwilliam introduced a lesser form of [[Droit du seigneur]], insisting that he personally had the right to every wife's first kiss on the island following marriage.
The journals of William Owen note that he held Anglican religious service in a shed for all the members of his new settlement on June 10 1770 just days after their arrival.{{cite book | last1=Harnedy | first1=Jim | last2=Harnedy | first2=Jane Diggins | title=Campobello Island | date=March 2003 | publisher=Arcadia | isbn=978-0-7385-1147-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6S4D6baZurcC&q=religious&pg=PA7 }} William's son David Owen built a church in which he himself preached and performed marriages. Upon taking over, David's brother William Fitzwilliam introduced a lesser form of [[Droit du seigneur]], insisting that he personally had the right to every wife's first kiss on the island following marriage.


Captain Robinson Owen built a Baptist church at North Road that was destroyed and rebuilt following the [[Saxby Gale]], and Wilson's Beach remained staunchly Baptist, while Owen built a new Anglican church and cetered at Welchpool.{{cite web | title=Campobello, an Historical Sketch - Wikisource, the free online library | url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Campobello,_An_Historical_Sketch#:~:text=The%20Church.,all%20those%20around%20Welch%20Pool }}
Captain Robinson Owen built a Baptist church at North Road that was destroyed and rebuilt following the [[Saxby Gale]] and Wilson's Beach remained staunchly Baptist, while Owen built a new Anglican church centered at Welchpool.{{cite web | title=Campobello, an Historical Sketch - Wikisource, the free online library | url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Campobello,_An_Historical_Sketch#:~:text=The%20Church.,all%20those%20around%20Welch%20Pool }}


In 1842 the Anglican bishop consecrated the church and cemetery; the block of stone from which the [[baptismal font]] was carved was taken from the "Church of the Knights Templar at Malta" and transported by Owen's son-in-law.
In 1842 the Anglican bishop consecrated the church and cemetery; the block of stone from which the [[baptismal font]] was carved was taken from the "Church of the Knights Templar at Malta" and transported by Owen's son-in-law.
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