The Rev F. S. Neve arrived in Clarendon in the early part of July, 1843. He had been assisting the Rev Richard Whitwell, the aged Rector of St Armand West, and had been living in Philipsburg, one of the most beautiful spots in the Eastern Townships. He brought with him to Clarendon a wife and a young family to whom the wildness of the country was a wholly new experience.
Mr Neve is described in some recently written "Reminiscences of Early Pontiac" as a "highly educated gentlemand of the olden time, a sincere Christian whose goodness was felt." He was of Norman descent, the name being orginally written "Le Neve".
