The Erin Township website used to have a blurb entitled "History of Erin Township"

The Nodwell family were Presbyterians from Londonderry, Ireland, but the original name was spelled "Nedwill". Having lost a valuable stock of horses by Anthrax, they decided to come to Canada. They landed in Quebec City in the fall of 1838, and are said to have travelled all the way to Erin Township by wagon and teams of oxen. Wm. Nodwell and his second wife, Letitia Dunn and their family settled on lot 24, con. 8. Within a year the log house was destroyed by fire, and everything was lost. A new log house was built near the site of the present buildings. It was replaced by the large brick house in 1868. The frame barn was built in 1857, to which additions have been made. Wm. Nodwell died in 1845, leaving the property divided between two sons. Robert bought 100 acres in East Garafraxa Township, and traded it to Thomas for his half of the homestead. Robert's son, R.D. Nodwell, took over the farm in 1895, when he married Lillias Young, and the brick house was built at the road gate for his parents. R.D. and his son, Mungo, went into the growing of seed potatoes. About 1926, Mungo took over the farm, married Lillian Ferguson, and kept a dairy herd. Mungo died in 1963, and his daughter, Mary and her husband, Dick Buckles, are operating the farm known as "Homestead Farm".

