Fenwick's Manor no longer exists as a whole, nor is there
any trace of a family graveyard to show where the first Fen-
wicks were buried. But the interesting home of the Briscoe
family, Briscoe's or St. Cuthbert's Wharf, and the old Roman
Catholic church of St. John are ancient local institutions
that have preserved the traditions of early settlement. And
then on the north side of the road leading from Oakville to
Forest wharf is a part of Fenwick's Manor, which was presumably
the estate of Henry Lowe, as his wife is buried there.
Her gravestone, a heavy flat slab, bears a record worth preserving,
but unless something is done to protect it from the
ravages of time and neglect, it, too, before long, will be a
thing of the past. The date, 1714, places it amongst the
oldest memorials of the eighteenth century. The inscription
runs :
Here Lyeth interred the Body of Susannah Maria Lowe, Late wife of
Henry Lowe of the Family of the Bennetts, who departed this life the
28th Day of July 1714 in the 48th year of her age. "
