WalterBoswell_Panel_proof2 Boswell was active in promoting and developing the area. He was a member of the colonial Legislative Council, Warden of the Council and the District of Newcastle and the �rst People's Warden for St. Peter's Church. He and his wife Catherine established a proli�c family that for generations was prominent in the a�airs of the town and the province. Their children's marriages illustrate the small pool of eligible spouses and the complex relationships that were formed in these early years. Beech Grove Farm John married Mary Ann Sowden, daughter of half-pay o�cer William Sowden. Walter married Fannie Spilsbury, daughter of half-pay o�cer Francis Spilsbury. William married Eliza Graveley. George married Minerva (Mary) Ann Perry, daughter of Ebenezer Perry. Catherine married half-pay o�cer Capt Archibald Macdonald. Eliza married her �rst cousin, Edward Boswell. Margaret married William Graveley, brother of Eliza. Ann married Roland Macdonald, nephew of Archibald Macdonald. Roland's sister Magdalen married George Perry, brother of above mentioned Mary Ann Perry Boswell.