These communities have a shared history in that they were settled by people from England, predominantly from the West Country - Dorset, Devon Somerset and Hampshire.
It is located near excellent fishing grounds to its east and on its south there are islets that provide shelter and protection to small boats.
The first and most common family names on Pinchard's Island were: Norris, Blackmore, Hounsell, Davis, Gill, Parsons.
George Coster, a clergyman for the Church of England in Bonavista visited Pinchard's Island in 1827 and recorded 20 families residing there.
Coster, resident minister in Greenspond, visited Pinchard's Island in 1830 and recorded 80 people living there and he catechised 24 children.