the then General Nepean, on Boucher Island in the Basin Inhabitants. He "received a warrant for land on the Island of Bushey, River Inhabitants, in August, 1807" and after two attempts, first as a native of Cape Breton in this 1817 petition "Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner, age 49, a native of Cape Breton" and then secondly, as a Scotsman in this 1819 petition "Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner, age 49, emigrated from Scotland twelve years before" he was finally granted the island which was renamed McNamara Island. There the McNamara's first multiplied and flourished, until the island was abandoned by that family in the later part of the 19th century (according to one of David's great-great grandsons "Billy McNamara" in this Cape Breton's Magazine article from 1988). David's sons and daughters married Proctor, Hayes, Cloake, Cogswell & Lamey children among others and many of them then moved over to Evanston and Lower River Inhabitants, though a number of them moved to the United States looking for employment. McNamara's Island remains uninhabited to this day. References Lower River Inhabitants on Destination Nova Scotia The Basin & River Inhabitants Historical Society AJB Johnston. Storied Shores: St. Peter's, Isle Madame and Chapel Island in the 17th & 18th Centuries. (Sydney, NS: Cape Breton University Press) 2004. Stephanie Campbell. Peer into the Past: History and Oral Traditions of Richmond County. (Arichat, NS: Richmond County Literacy Network)2004. Angus A. MacKenzie. The Irish in Cape Breton. (Wreck Cove, NS: Breton Books) Arthur J. Stone. Journey through a Cape Breton County: Pioneers Roads in Richmond County.(Sydney, NS: University College of Cape Breton Press) Mary Pat Cude. The Bargain: A Novel (Charlottetown, PEI: Ragweed Press) 1998. Cape Breton's Magazine-Issue 49-Page 55 Billy James MacNamara of Evanston by Ronald Caplan 1988/08/01 Communities in Richmond County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia Cape Breton Island