ANDREW SETTER (4318)

Andrew Setter was born in Westray, Orkney about 1777. He came to Rupert’s Land with the HBC in 1798 and served at York Factory, the Saskatchewan District and the Upper Red River District. His ‘country wife’ was Margaret Spence, daughter of James Spence and Nostisho (Nestichio) Batt. Andrew and Margaret were formally married on 28 June 1821 at Beaver Creek, by HBC chaplain John West. They had four children baptised the same day. In 1823, Andrew left the employ of the HBC and moved with his family to the Selkirk Settlement, taking up land at Park’s Creek (St. Paul). Six more children were born at the settlement. The family later moved west to Poplar Point on the Assiniboine, where Andrew farmed until his death in 1870.