family home, Chandler House, commonly referred to as Rocklynn, was later inhabited by the Teed Family. John Francis Teed - architect, lawyer and Master Builder, a "third-generation Loyalist [who] was one of Dorchester, New Brunswick's most celebrated master builders. Teed's reputation was sealed with the construction of Mount Allison University's Centennial College Hall (1884) and Owens Art Gallery (1895). In 1895, he supervised the expansion of St. Francis Xavier University's Xavier Hall with the addition of a new two-storey west wing. " He is an ancestor of the Teeds of Saint John. Douglas How (1919–2001) - journalist, magazine editor, and author. Sir Pierre-Amand Landry (1846–1916) - Acadian lawyer, judge and political figure. Sir Albert James Smith (1822–1883) - politician and opponent of Canadian confederation. Forbes Kennedy (1935-) - Hockey player who last played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. See also List of communities in New Brunswick Greater Moncton, New Brunswick Greater Shediac, New Brunswick Trivia Dorchester appears fictionalized in Douglas How's humorous book Blow Up the Trumpet in the New Moon (1993). The song Dorchester by Matt Minglewood is about the Dorchester Penitentiary. Dorchester is home to the world's largest sandpiper. The Bell Inn Restaurant is one of New Brunswick's oldest surviving stone buildings, built sometime between 1811 and 1821. It is also in the book of Where To Eat In Canada. The Dorchester Jail was the location of the last double hanging in New Brunswick, September 1936 References Further reading One Village, One War, 1914-1945: A Thinking About the Literature of Stone, by Douglas Howe, Hantsport: Lancelot Press (1995). The story of Dorchester residents who served Canada in World Wars I and II. Dorchester Island and Related Areas, by Reginald B. Bowser, 1986. External links Village of Dorchester official website Communities in Westmorland County, New Brunswick Former villages in New Brunswick Communities in Greater Moncton