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About John MacDonald
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@R553519877@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=159320985&pi...
Biographical Summary
"V. John, a Captain in Butler's Rangers. He and his brothers rendered conspicuous services on the loyalist side. He was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly for Glengarry in 1792, and was afterwards Speaker of the first House of Assembly of Upper Canada. He was Lieut.-Colonel Commanding 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment raised in 1796, and disbanded in 1802 at the Peace of Amiens. He married Helen, daughter of Henry Yates, Governor of New York, and had by her an only son. who succeeded him."
SOURCE: The clan Donald; by the Rev. A. Macdonald, minister of Killearnan, and the Rev. A. Macdonald, minister of Kiltarlity; Vol. III; 1896; page 353
From the "History Of Inverness County":
"John was married to a lady from South West Margaree, and had one son and two daughters. The son, James, lives at Inverness, and is always foremost in all religious movements there."
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John MacDonald's Timeline
| 1785 |
1785
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Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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| 1833 |
June 15, 1833
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North Ainslie, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| 1835 |
March 12, 1835
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| 1839 |
May 24, 1839
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| 1840 |
July 23, 1840
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North Ainslie, Inverness County, NS, Canada
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| 1841 |
August 4, 1841
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| 1844 |
January 4, 1844
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| 1845 |
October 7, 1845
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North Ainslie, Inverness County, NS, Canada
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| 1850 |
July 25, 1850
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| 1852 |
December 1, 1852
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