Hi Jack Samuel Bacon was the first Anglican missionary and Rector to settle on the Miramichiand ....... as per a biography in " Dictionary of Miramichi Biography " by Willis Hamilton. Bio mentions that the first few years, there was no church, and services were conducted in the courthouse at Newcastle, and in a school house on the Chatham side of the river. He arrived either late 1821 or during the first two weeks of January 1822. The bio is about a page long. Hope that helps, Ann ( Matchett) Moriarty Barrie, ON Researching, McLeans, McGraths, Barrys, Walsh, Jones, Foley, Keatings.