1697 - Abbe Baudoin reports that there are four houses at Hant's Harbour.

1770’s – Hant’s Harbour comes under the influence of the Methodist lay-preacher and teacher at Old Perlican, John Hoskins.

1801 - Five families are listed as living in Hant's Harbour.

1813 - T.E. and Mary Pelley die. The gravestone recording this still stands.

1816 – Hant's Harbour has become a regular preaching mission in the Lower Island Cove - Old Perlican Methodist circuit.

Early 1820’s – The first known church is built in the community.

1830’s – The population consists of 400 people.

1836 – Richard Pelley aged 72 years, dies. The gravestone recording this still stands. It is recorded that the population is 376, 327 are "Protestant Dissenters" (Wesleyan Methodists).

1840’s – Hant’s Harbour becomes the headquarters of a circuit which also includes Seal Cove (now New Chelsea), Russell’s Cove (now New Melbourne) and Lance Cove (now Brownsdale).

1853 – Eight vessels totalling 767 tons carry 294 men to the seal hunt.

1868 – 1870 – A second and much larger church is built, serving the circuit until 1907 when it is
destroyed to build a new one.

1871 – Lovell’s Newfoundland Dictionary lists 81 of the 104 householders in Hant’s Harbour as fisherman.Two others are listed as farmers.