The earliest settler, Loyalist, James McNab and family, arrived about 1820. Alexander his brother raised sheep on the hills to the east of the village.
James McNab was a Lieutenant in the York Volunteers, and fought the Americans in the War of 1812. James built a grist and saw mill on the Credit River. Oak for barrel staves, and great timbers of white pine masts for the British navy were floated down the Credit River.
Earliest Settlers
