Amelia Byers

Amelia c.1775 of VA, USA (now WV, USA) (had ties to the Mi'kMaq Indians) had herself and four of her children baptized all at the same time in 1795 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Charlottetown. In this baptismal record, it is documented that Amelia was a native of Virginia. Amelia: Birth: 1775 in Virginia, USA. Death: 1847 in Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Was a slave of Colonel Joseph Robinson. On the 24 October 1828, Amelia Byers filed a land petition: “Of township 34, St. Peters Road, native of Virginia, a widow with two children and over 40 years of age wants pl 522 in Charlottetown...” It was ruled in court, within a few weeks of her application, and ordered that “A license of occupation do issue.”