Sarah Mackinnon (Perry?)

Sarah MacKinnon formerly [surname unknown]
Born about 1730 [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of John MacKinnon — married 1763 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Died 7 Jan 1774 at about age 44 in Tusket, Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Biography
Circa 1763, widower John MacKinnon of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia took Sarah Perry of Argyle as his second wife.

Their children, included:

1. Robert born in 1764 who married Mary Trefy and died in Jamaica on 11th November 1803
2. William born in 1766 who died at Chegoggin in Yarmouth 22nd October 1849

The histories note that John and his wife Sarah raised an orphan, Alexander Bain, whose parents died on the ship from Scotland.

On January 7, 1774, John and his wife were drowned in the Tusket Island Sluice while he and his wife were on their way to visit his brother Ranald at Argyle. He was buried in the Chebogue Cemetery. At the time, there were few roads in Yarmouth and all travel was by road. According to Campbell, this accident helped to spur on the construction of a safer transportation system. The news of John MacKinnon's death was noted in his diary by Simeon Perkins in Liverpool, Nova Scotia on Friday March 11, 1774.

Research notes
Sarah's origins are not shown in these sources.

• She is referred to as "Sarah Perry of Argyle". Since John's brother Ranald named Argyle maybe months before her marriage, this suggests she was a neighbor of Ranald.
• She was at least 18 when her son Robert was born in 1764, so her year of birth can be estimated as between 1720 (John's age), and 1746.
• Alexander Bain's wife was also named Sarah Perry, a daughter of Moses Perry, who settled in Yarmouth in 1761 with an extended family group.
• She was not Moses' sister, Sarah, who married Nathan Briggs
• She was not his niece: his brothers Joseph and Samuel both had daughters named Sarah who were too young. The only possible candidate here is the older brother Prince, whose likely did not marry or have children.
• Another Parry family settled in Yarmouth town, however John Parry's origins are obscure, and it may not be possible to determine if he had a sister.

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Biography (wikitree)
John MacKinnon was born circa 1720 (based on the date of his marriage). He was the eldest son of Iain (John) MacKinnon of Mishnish, Mull, Scotland, and Anne MacDonald, the daughter of Donald 14th Chief of the Macdonalds of Clanaranald by his second wife Margaret daughter of John MacKenzie of Kildun.

John MacKinnon was likely born in Erray House, Mishnish, Isle of Mull. Boswell and Johnson stayed at Erray House (still extant) in 1773, Johnson described it as ‘a strange confused house built by Mackinnon the proprietor about sixty years ago’.

On 22 August 1739, John MacKinnon married Jean Paterson in Scotland and had children, including:

1. John, Jr, born May 13, 1740, who married Margaret Afflex (widow of Major Afflex) in 1782. John Jr joined the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment and served as Captain throughout the American Revolutionary War and died a Major. (Note the Major John MacKinnon noted in the Yarmouth genealogies refers to Lt. John MacKinnon's nephew, rather than his son.

2. Margaret Elphinstone, born Greenock, Renfrewshire, 1 Sept 1745; d. Glasgow, 30 Nov 1789.

3. Martin, born 25 Jan 1749, who married Sarah Stevens of Cheggogin, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Martin joined the Black Watch and was a Sergeant when he died at Manchester about 1815, leaving a son Cyrus Martin.

4. Jean, born Greenock, Renfrewshire, 5 Aug 1750, who married 1769 Alexander Jack.

5. Norman, born circa 1756, who visited Yarmouth in 1784 but returned to England where he married and had children

6. James, who probably died young.

7. Vaughan, a daughter. And possibly other daughters.

Jean (Patterson) MacKinnon died on 28 April 1759, in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.

John Mackinnon remarried Sarah Perry of Argyle, and had children, including:

1. Robert born in 1764 who married Mary Trefy and died in Jamaica on 11th November 1803.

2. William born in 1766 who died at Chegoggin in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 22nd October 1849.

John joined the Black Watch and then transferred to the Montgomery Highlanders on 16th September 1758, and was rewarded for his service with a large grant of land in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in 1767, when the lands of the township were granted, he received five shares (4,690 acres); and his four sons, John Jr, Martin, Norman and James, received one share each, in the aggregate 3,588 acres. John settled at Rockville, on Chebogue Point.

The histories note that John and his wife Sarah raised an orphan, Alexander Bain, who may (or may not) have been the son of a fellow soldier of the MacKinnon brothers.

In 1767 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and the township records show he participated in the decision-making, including 'assisting in the grant of township'. Specifically, when the township grant was delayed, John travelled to Halifax and brought the grant back with him.

On January 7, 1774, John and his wife were drowned in the Tusket Island Sluice while he and his wife were on their way to visit his brother Ranald at Argyle. He was buried in the Chebogue Cemetery. At the time, there were few roads in Yarmouth and all travel was by road. According to Campbell, this accident helped to spur on the construction of a safer transportation system. The news of John MacKinnon's death was noted in his diary by Simeon Perkins in Liverpool, Nova Scotia on Friday March 11, 1774.

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