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There have beea but tW e Par-e cneg ea at Trini ty, t he pr esent bu l 1l!l ng erected.
by Mr. Bulleck about 1832. 4 at a co st of t hree t beu sand dollar s besi de s volunteer
lab.r Bad eeee material gi ve n bevat-d s its ccnetc-u ctden aad the first parsona~8
bUilt by the people . r Trinity f or t he Rev er en d Ja mes Balfour in 1765. In hj.e
repor t fer that ye ar to the Society f or the Proga ~8tl on of the Gospel In forel@;lt
parts Mr. Balfour says t hat the people had built him 8 good , Dev convenient beuee
at a c.st .t one hundred and thirty pounds s t er l i ng . This house Mi-. Balfour dwel t
1a WltU he left Trinity in 1775 .
Aft erwards it va s inhabited by Reverend John
Cll.nch, M.D. until his ow private house 'W'a9 bu i l t in Doctor's Cove. This old
parsonage stood in t he parso nage Lever- garden cIese by the road leading to the
public vharf..
I n 1765 this road vas but a nat-r-ev path leadi ng to Carland' s big
ceo k- r oom en "J1ackerel Poi nt" .
I n an old map or Trinity, a copy . r which i s in my
possessi. n , t his point i s called "Cape V.acerel". This document is ent.Lt.Led, "A
NeW'
Map . r Trinity Harb or in Nevfoundland , made bY' Francis OvOl:. Master in the
Navy, 1800". Printed e nd publishe d, Mar ch 12th. , 1801 by LolJoll and White " 53
Fleet s t r eet , St r and, Lond on .
I hare ,tve you a lis t or names or place s 03 this map . In the N.W. Arm at
.ldmlr al's Island, Fort Poi nt a Cape Nudickcpape Hecer-eL, "Febfn t a" Point (Taverner s ) ,
Pud c1i n ~ P.int (Dumplin-g- in mg-d~y) ' , Wa i~r -'s Po'i nt , Gotis C ov~~, B.[~OS 9' t'; ~eWe
troll 'Jalterls Poi nt, Got Cove Point, Deep Water Bay , Rock Cove , Jonos Bay , Fresh
\later , Calve's Nose (Fifield' s Poi nt ) , Jobl s Head , White Point, Sam White' s Oeve,
Herrl ll ~ Rock s , Sker wi nk Head , - I n the Souther n Arm, Magg.tty Cove. I n the 5. ,\01.
Arm, Hogls Nose, Cat Cove, Fisher' s Cove, Penguin's Cove, Goose Cove, Bar, West An.
Bo... Tavollorls Poi nt, originally t he Dame of Feb i n ' s Pef nt , I dOblt leno.." Got's
C ev~ derived its na me from a German (8 llancver-Ien] ~rge on, na med Gott . He lived
an d: pr act ised in Trinity about the midd l e of the 18th. ce ntury , end between 1770