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Rear of Port Hawkesbury.
One of the pioneer settlers there was John
Ballieul, from S.S.Guernsey, married to Elizabeth Bruard, a sister to the
late Mrs. Alex. Bain, Port Hawkesbury, the late Mrs. Frank Blanchard, and
the late Mrs. Frances MacKenzie, Surveyor, father of James W. MacKenzie,
surveyor. This John Ballieul had four sons: Peter (a sea Captain) was
drowned at sea; William lives three miles from Port Hawkesbury on the road
to Cleveland and St. Peter's; and John and Nicholas at Melville on the
same road. John has a scattered family.
Another pioneer at Melville was John MacVicar.
His father, Dan MacVicar died in Greenock, Scotland. The widow married
John MacDonald and came with him to the Strait of Canso. John MacVicar was
then about eight years old. He lived for a time at N. W. Arm, Hastings and
moved to Melville about 1855. His wife was Mary MacQuarrie, daughter of
John MacQuarrie; and their children were, Rachel, Margaret, Dan, Kate,
John, Sarah Ann, Christy Ann, Mary Bell. Of these Dan, Kate and Sarah Ann
have passed away, and John lives on the old homestead. John MacVicar,
Junior, married Ann MacIntyre, of MacIntyre Lake, who died March 25th
1916. Their children are Annie Janie (married in Toronto), Mabel
Christina, John Dan, Katie Sarah, Ella Emerson, Charles Alex., Duncan Ed.
Stirling. Dan
MacVicar, Son of John MacVicar, Senior, Melville, and his wife died some
years ago leaving an only daughter, Margaret Maud, who was married and
died leaving_ an only daughter Hilda Bertha Maud MacKinnon.
Christy Ann MacVicar married Peter MacLean of
Pleasant Bay in Everett Mass. and has two sons living, John Bartlett and
John Dan. Another
pioneer at Melville was Duncan MacIntyre married to Annie MacLean, who
came both from Scotland and settled at MacIntyre Lake. Their children are
John, Donald, Duncan, Lauchlin, Isabel. John lived at Grandance; Donald at
Kempt Road; Lauchlin at Kempt Road; Duncan married Annie MacDonald of
Kempt Road and had a family - Isabel, Annie, Duncan, Malcolm, Alexander
(married in B. C.), Charles H. and Catherine.
West of Melville a short distance is Barberton
belonging to the Hastings district. Here John MacQuarrie and his wife
Sarah MacDonald with their sons, Allan and Dan, founded a home in the
woods in pioneer days. This John was Ian MacIain 'Ic lain Bhain. His sons
Allan and Dan survived him. Allan left two sons John A. and Dan. Dan is on
the old homestead, and John A. lives alongside.
Their father and grandfather came to Cape
Breton from the island of Rum, Scotland. Their uncle Dan lived on the lot
of land adjoining Allan's where his son John lives today with a surviving
sister. Allan and Dan
had three sisters, Mrs. Neil MacDonald, Barberton, and Mrs. Hector
MacDonald, Barberton, and Mrs. Archie MacLean. This Neil MacDonald was the
father of John MacDonald, Barberton, and of the late Mrs. Hector MacLean,
Little Lake, Kings Road, and of the late Mrs. Magnus MacLean.
Mrs. Hector MacDonald left one daughter,
Katie, who married James Perrin, Barberton.
Allan MacQuarrie had two sons, as above, and
six daughters, Mary, Katie (Mrs. Stephen Reynolds, Port Hastings); Flora
(Mrs. MacColl, Cleveland, C.B.); Sarah; Catherine (Mrs. Parsons, U.S. died
1920); Bella (Mrs. Brown, died in U.S.); Hector MacDonald, Barberton was a
brother to Neil. These MacDonalds were from Rum, Scotland.
John A. MacQuarrie is married to Margaret
MacVicar, Melville. Their son Dan J. is engineer on C.N.R. Sask., and
Edward J. Conductor, C.N.R., Drummondville, Que. Their daughter Mamie is
married to William Perrin and has six children at Meville. George and his
sister Margaret are at home.
John MacDonald, Barberton, is married to Mary
MacDonald, daughter of the late John Mac Donald, North Ainslie, Cape
Breton. Their children were: Neil, Flora, Bella, Margaret, Mary Ann, John
A. One daughter, Betty, died in childhood. Flora and Bella were for some
years in the United States and died later at home. Mary Ann is in the
United States, and Margaret is Mrs. Norman Ferguson, Kempt Road, Richmond
County, N. S., and has a family. Neil died some years ago. John A. is at
home with his parents.
Archibald MacDonald, who died recently at the
home of his son William J. at Port Hastings, was a son of John MacDonald,
North Ainslie. His wife was Catherine MacLean, daughter of Allan's son of
Hector, South Cape Mabou, and their children, John H. tailor, Orangedale;
Allan L. tailor, West Bay; Allan J., tailor, Port Hawkesbury; Hector M.,
Dentist, Greenfield, Mass; Wm. J., tailor, Port Hastings; and Mary A. and
Flora S. William J., married Isabel MacDonald, Hugh's daughter, Port
Hastings. Children: Augusta S., Walter A., (deceased), Alexander H.
(deceased), John William, Elvira F., Harold F. Ronald H. and Catherine
Isabel.
MAC QUARRIES.
Sergeant John MacQuarrie came from Scotland in
the Highland Lad, a full rigged ship in 1826, and made his home at N. W.
Arm at the rear of Port Hastings. John Neil MacDonald's father and mother
and grandfather, and John A. MacQuarrie's grandfather and grandmother came
out on the same ship. Lauchlin MacLean came out in the Harmony in the same
year.
Sergeant John MacQuarrie was married in
Scotland to Rachel. Campbell, Children: Donald, Malcolm, Mary Allan,
Christina, Donald and John.
Of these, the first Donald became a cooper and
was known as Donald, the cooper. His wife was Margaret MacKinnon of
Malagawatch. Children: John Duncan, Mary, Rachel, Allan.
Of these, John married Isabel MacLean daughter
of Hector MacLean, Troy. Children: Hector Dan (on the old homestead);
Daniel John, and Mary Ann (Mrs. Burgess), Duncan, son of Donald, the
cooper, married Isabel, daughter of John MacDonald, North Ainslie..
Children: Christina (Mrs. J. H. MacKinnon, Crandall Road), John William
(killed in Seattle), Dan, Murdo, William (drowned), John. Allan (died
young).
Mary, daughter of Donald, the cooper, married
Donald MacKay, St. George's Channel, West Bay.
Children living: John and Henry, in Boston;
Alex. at St. George's channel; Dan at Points, West Bay; Mrs. Dan Calder,
Marshes, West Bay. Another daughter was Mrs. Kenneth MacDonald, Crandall
Road, who died recently.
Rachel, daughter of Donald, the Cooper, was
married to John MacLean in the United States. Allan died in the United
States leaving three sons.
Malcolm MacQuarrie, Sergeant's son, married
Margaret MacLean Sugar Camp, daughter of John MacLean, (John Og) Children:
Rachel, Mary, Allan, Maggie, Annie, Sarah. Of these, Rachel, Mary and
Sarah died unmarried. Annie (Mrs. Logan, New Glasgow) and Maggie, who also
married, had families.
Allan married Flora Blue of River Denys.
Children: Thomas M., Catherine M., Dougald D., Margaret, John Hugh,
William Gordon Forbes, Kenneth J., Allan Dan, Sadie Margaret.
Of these John Hugh is married in the United
States, and so is Catherine M. Kenneth J. is married in Halifax. Gordon
gave his life for his country in France in the Great War, Nov. 8th, 1918.
Allan MacQuarrie, Sergeant's son, married Mary
MacKinnon, Queensville, daughter of Lauchlin MacKinnon, Children: Rachel,
Dan, Angus, John, Charles, Kate and Lauchlin. Rachel and John died
unmarried.
Dan married Margaret MacLean, daughter of
John, Sugar Camp; and has six children in Glace Bay.
Angus had a family in New Canada, and Charles
in Glace Bay.
Kate married John MacQuarrie, Lake Horton.
Children: Ebenezer Hector James and Mary Jessie.
Lauchlin is on the old homestead unmarried.
Donald MacQuarrie, the second Donald of John
Sergeant's family, married Margaret MacMillan, daughter of Alexander,
Kempt, Road. Children: Rachel, Mary Ann, John C., Allan J., Alex., Jane,
Katie Ann, and Christina.
Of these Rachel, Mary Ann and Alex died
unmarried.
John C. married Marjory Cameron, daughter of
Alex. C. Lexington. Children: Alexander C.C., Donald John and Annie
Margaret.
Allan J., Donald's son, is on the old
homestead. Jane married Neil MacQuarrie, Rector's son, South Rhodena.
Children: John Murdo, Margaret M., Catherine S., Lizzie C., Don Allan and
Fergus.
Katie Ann (Mrs. Hector MacQuarrie) died.
Christina M. married Angus MacGregor, North Ainslie.
John MacQuarrie, Sergeant's son, married Mary
MacLean, Mount Young. Children: John G. on the old homestead, Annie Bell
(deceased) and John A.
John A. MacQuarrie married Flora, daughter of
John MacGregor, North Ainslie. Children: John Dan, Angus Dan, Annie Bell,
Sarah Effie, Lauchlin Hugh.
Among the early pioneers was Neil MacQuarrie
son of Hector MacQuarrie, Isle of Rum, Scotland. Neil had four sons and
one daughter whose descendants are still well known. Those were Donald,
Elector, James John and Mary. Mary married John MacKinnon, Crandall Road
of whom mention is made on another page.
Donald married Catherine MacQuarrie, Isle of
Rum. Children Neil, Flora (Mrs. John MacColl, Kingsville, C. B.), Mary
(Mrs. Murdoch MacKenzie, Marble Mt.); Jessie (Mrs. Capt. Murdoch MacLennan,
B.C.), Sarah (Mrs. Clough MacKeen ), and Maggie (Mrs. Allan MacLennan
B.C.).
Neil married Isabel MacColl, Kingsville, C. B.
Children: Margaret (Mrs. Daniel MacLennan, Barrister, Port Hood, C.B.);
Katie (Mrs. Harry Millard California). Children: Elwin and Laura Bell);
Laura Bell (in Seattle); Mary Jane (Mrs. Christie); Jessie (Mrs. Joshua
Black); John married Jennie Brown. Children: Isabel, Catherine and Neil,
(California); Tena (Mrs. Theodore Wickstead, Somerville Mass.); James H.,
on the old homestead, married Margaret Ann, daughter of Kenneth MacDonald,
Crandall Road. Children: Lincoln Theodore Jefferson, Walter Raymond,
Isabel Margaret and Neil Kenneth; Elizabeth (Neil's daughter), single,
California; Emma, Neil's daughter, single, Boston.
Hector MacQuarrie, son of pioneer Neil,
married Ann MacKinnon sister to Donald MacKinnon, Sugar Camp. Children:
Sarah (deceased); John married Kate, daughter of Allan MacQuarrie,
Sergeants; on mentioned on another page; Dan lives in Gloucester, Mass.
Capt. James MacQuarrie, son of pioneer Neil,
married Annie, daughter of pioneer James Duff, Melville, C. B. Children:
James William, Sarah Jane, Alex. (lost at sea), Josephine (deceased), Eva
and Maud. Of these, James Wm. married Mary, daughter of Hugh MacDonald,
Port Hastings and has one son, Alex. Hill. Sarah Jane married a Mr.
Dexter, New York, and has one son, Arthur.
Eva married David Church, N. Y. Children:
Elsworth and Maud.
Maud, daughter of. Capt. James, is single in
N. Y.
Mrs. Capt. James' mother was Sarah Johnston,
United Empire Loyalist, Port Hawkesbury.
Pioneer Neil MacQuarrie bought 1100 acres of
land, north of Hastings, from Major MacKinnon. His father, Hector
MacQuarrie, pioneer, died in the older part of the house now owned and
occupied by his great grandson James William MacQuarrie.
Neil MacQuarrie was married to Sarah MacInnis,
Cape Mabou. Children: Donald, Hector, James, John, Allan, Lauchlin,
Roderick, Mary and Flora, some of whom are mentioned on other pages.
Of these, not mentioned already, Mary married
Laurence Welsh and had a large family. Descendants are now in other
countries.
Flora married Allan MacQuarrie, Cape Mabou and
had children. Allan married a Miss MacDonald from P.E.I. Descendants in
U.S. Lauchlin married Sarah MacAskill and had one daughter, Mrs. John
MacDonald, Askilton.
John MacQuarrie, son of pioneer Neil, married
Annie MacAskill, River Inhabitants, and made his home about a mile North
of Port Hastings. Children: Jessie, James, Roderick, Sarah, Isabel,
Christina, Annie and Mary Ann.
Of these, Jessie married Edward Haraden,
Manchester, Mass. Children: Annabel, Alice James, and Edward W.
James was drowned at sea.
Roderick, deceased.
Sarah married the late Capt. Solomon Jacobs, a
most successful leader in the fishing industry, with headquarters in
Gloucester, Mass. Children: Ethel B., Albert E., Arthur J., Alice M. The
mother and children survive. Isabel married George Sargent. Children:
George W. (deceased), James H., Russel W.
Christina married Hugh MacLennan, son of John, son of pioneer Hugh who
came from Scotland to River Denys in 1921. Their home was in Port Hastings
where Mr. MacLennan carried on business for many years. Their only
daughter, Anna G. married William A. MacLean, Engineer, Port Hastings, and
son of the late John MacLean, Troy, C.B. They have one son, J. Hugh.
Annie married Dan MacColl, Kingsville, in the
United States. Children: Earl and Ina - all living in Iowa.
Mary A. was for many years in the United
States, and passed away in 1904.
Pioneer Allan MacQuarrie came from Scotland to
the Strait in 1821 and his brother Hector in 1826.
Allan had two sons John, a tailor and Lauchlin.
Lauchlin was the father of Hector MacQuarrie, lately Minister at Leitches
Creek.
John married Catherine MacLean d. of John,
Senior, Sugar Camp and had four sons, Hector, Allan and Lauchlin, John,
Dan, and five daughters. Of these, Hector married Flora MacInnis, South
Cape Mabou, and had a large family at Queensville, C.B. of whom Maggie is
Mrs. Cameron, West Bay; Julia, Mrs. Neil MacIntosh, Big Brook; Katie, Mrs.
Charles MacInnis, Glace Bay. The rest are dead.
Allan MacQuarrie, John's son, married Julia
MacInnis, South Cape Mabou. His son, John E. married Annie MacLean,
Inverness.
Children: Julia Margaret, Allan John, Flora
Sarah, all at South Rhodena.
Lauchlin, son of John MacQuarrie, married
Hannah Fox, Port Hastings, children are named in the Fox list.
Dan, son of John, married Mary MacLean of
Whycocomagh and has a family in the United States.
Mary Margaret, daughter of Allan and
great-granddaughter of pioneer Allan MacQuarrie, married Kenneth MacIntosh,
MacIntosh Mountain, C.B. The family moved to Inverness many years ago.
As already stated John MacQuarrie, Tailor,
South Rhodena, had five daughters, Catherine, Julia, Mary Ann, Flora and
Sarah.
Catherine married Malcolm MacPhail, Lake
Ainslie.
Julia married James MacNeill, Orangedale. Two
sons and one daughter survive: Rev. A. J. MacNeill, B.A., Wood Islands,
P.E.I.; John MacNeill, Orangedale, C.B.; and Mrs. Robert Davis, Port
Hawkesbury, C.B. Flora and Sarah married at Sheet Harbor. Mary Ann
deceased.
Neil MacQuarrie married Sarah MacKinnon,
daughter of Donald MacKinnon, Queensville, C.B. Children: Mary (deceased),
Margaret, Donald. John (deceased). His father was John MacQuarrie, and his
grandfather Lauchlin.
Lauchlin MacQuarrie, brother to the above
Neil, married Catherine MacAskill of Lexington.
Children: John D. C. (deceased); Roderick,
Lauchlin, Allan, (all deceased), Maggie (Mrs. Crosby), Mary Ann (Mrs. Jas.
MacKenzie), Flora and Clara, single, and Sarah (deceased).
John D. C. married Effie MacPherson, of River
Denys. Children. Catherine Sarah, Jessie Margaret, Sophia Eleanor, Allan
Lauchlin, Donald Fraser. The family reside at Lexington.
John MacKinnon, Crandall Road, immigrated
from, Rum, Scotland, about 1826. His wife was Mary MacQuarrie, daughter of
Hector MacQuarrie, Rum, Scotland. He secured a lot of land at the top of
the hill where King's Road meets the Crandall Road. There they reared a
large family of sons and daughters, as follows: Margaret, Donald, Hector,
Lauchlin, Sarah, Catherine, James, Ann.
Of these, Margaret married Donald MacQuarrie,
Loch Ban, C.B. and left a family. Donald was an elder of the Presbyterian
Church, Port Hastings and died unmarried. Hector died single. Lauchlin
married Anne McLean, North Ainslie, C.B., and left a family-John H. and
Charles on the old estate; Alex. near Scotsville, and a daughter Bella.
Sarah married Hector MacQuarrie. Their home
was on an ad,joining farm on King's Road for many years after which the
survivors made their homes in Buffalo, N.Y., viz: John, James, Hector,
Dan,' Annie, Christie, Minnie. Catherine died single.
James married Isabel Cameron of St. George's
Channel, West Bay, C. B. and left a large family: Hector, J., on the old
place. Mary Ann, Kate Sarah, Margaret Ann, John Stewart, William Forbes,
Dan James and Emma, (Mrs. John Reynolds, Port Hawkesbury).
KENNEDYS.
Christopher Kennedy, Crandall Road, son of
John Kennedy, River Denys, married Sarah, daughter of Donald MacPherson,
Grandance, C. B. Children: Dan, John, Robert, Colin, Neil, Jessie, Robert,
Christopher.
Of these, Dan married Kate, daughter of Hugh
MacLean, Whycocomagh. Children: Sadie, Jessie Bell, Laura Bell, Mary Jane,
Graham C., Fredina H., Dan Hugh, Katie Mary.
John, son of Christopher, married Minnie Alice
Shaw of Margaree. Children: Thomas C., Sadie E., Fred J., John A., Eva
Margaret, Robert A., Pearl E. J.-all in Port Hawkesbury.
Robert, son of Christopher married Maneight
Muriel Thompson, whose parents came to Canada from Belfast, Ireland.
Children: Reginald, John Henry, Christopher, Lyna Muriel, Harold.
Donald MacPherson's father, Farquhar, came
from Scotland.
Colin, son of Christopher Kennedy, married
Effie MacInnis of Englishtown, C.B., and has a family in the United
States.
Jessie Bell daughter of Dan Kennedy, was
recently married to Charles Gilman Campbell, South Side River Denys.
Another pioneer at North West Arm, Hastings,
was John MacDonald from the Highlands of Scotland. His wife was Margaret
Cameron, also from the Highlands. Like their neighbors they cleared a good
farm out of the primeval forest, and left it to their children.
Their son, John, who married Jessie Johnston,
Port Hastings, raised a large family on one part of it. His children were
Susan, Dan, Alex. Edward, Edward, Alex. Duncan, John, Archie. There were
two Edwards and two Alexanders. The first Edward died young. The first
Alexander was drowned at Iceland on a fishing trip. Of these children
Susan, the eldest, married John Johnson and left one daughter, Annie
Bertha. Dan married Mary MacDonald, Queensville. Children: Alex. Hugh, Dan
Malcolm, Jessie, Florence, James, Hughina. Home in Port Hastings. Edward
married Mary Bell Graham. Children: John, Jessie, Duncan, Susan, Mary,
John.
Malcolm married Catherine Graham. Children
Alex. (deceased), John Joseph, Annie May, Duncan, Alex. (deceased). Home
in Port Hastings.
Alex: son of John married Elizabeth Hall, who
survives him in Sydney with three children, Alex. Sadie and Jessie.
Duncan and John, sons of John, died single.
Archie, single.
Alexander MacDonald, son of pioneer John,
married Kate MacDonald and occupied a part of the old homestead. Children:
Margaret (Mrs. Strachan, Gloucester, Mass), Donald, Mary, Angus, Annie
Elizabeth, Alex. John and James. Of these Donald married Jessie Cameron
and lived at N. W. Arm. Children: Alex. (deceased), Duncan, Dan, Cassie
(Mrs. Jack MacIntyre, Queensville). This Cassie has a large family. See
MacIntyre list.
Mary, daughter of Alex. was married in the
United States.
Angus married Sarah MacDonald, daughter of
John MacDonald, Creignish Rear. Children: Mary, Sarah, John, Alex. Alex.
married Mary MacNeil of Grand Narrows: Children James, Florence, Sadie.
John died single. James unmarried.
Annie married Dan MacDonald, Princeville.
Children: Cassie May, Dan and Flora. Elizabeth married Spry, near
Annapolis and has three children.
Pioneer John MacDonald and his descendants
were Roman Catholic in religion.
Duncan, son of Donald MacDonald and Jessie
Cameron, married Mary, daughter of James MacDonald, General Line, and has
a son, Dan.
Another pioneer at North West Arm was Duncan
Cameron from Greenock, Scotland, a friend of John MacVicar, a pioneer from
the same place. Duncan's sons Alex. and John are on the old homestead
adjoining the MacDonalds.
Alexander married Mary MacVarish, Glendale.
Children: Jane, Annie, Alexander and Mary Ann.
John married Mary MacDonald, Princeville,
daughter of Donald MacDonald. Children: Dan H., Maggie Jane, Mary Ann.
DUFFS-MELVILLE.
James Duff, an early pioneer from Scotland,
married Sarah Johnston, Port Hawkesbury and made his home at the rear,
near MacIntyre Lake. Children: John, William, James, David, Melville,
Peter, Alexander, Annie, Lydia (Mrs. Daniel Hennessey, Port Hawkesbury),
Margaret (Mrs. John Ballieul, Melville, C.B.), Jane (Mrs. Capt Card), port
Hawkesbury. Annie married Capt. James MacQuarrie, Port Hastings.
CHISHOLMS.
Alexander Chisholm, Ban, and John Chisholm,
Ban, two brothers, immigrated to Antigonish County, N. S., from Strathglas,
Scotland in 1801. Alexander settled at Long Point, Inverness County. John
Chisholm, Red, son of Alexander, was educated in Halifax by Sir William
Young, M.P.P. He afterwards taught school in different parts of Antigonish
and Inverness Counties. At Long Point he started business on a small scale
and later transferred it to Port Hastings where he soon became a
prosperous merchant. In 1878 the Liberal party offered to take him as a
candidate for parliamentary honors. This he declined, but stood loyally by
the selected leaders. His business continued to thrive. As a Justice of
the Peace his service was often in demand. He passed away amid general
regret about 35 years ago, leaving a sorrowing widow and four children.
His wife was Christina MacMillan, Alex's daughter, Port Hastings. Their
children are named in the MacMillan list. Of these, Annie married William
Petrie, Victoria Mines, and lives with her husband and family on the old
homestead. -Children: William (deceased), John Bernard, George Leo, Hugh
Francis, Matilda Marie, Robert Joseph, James Wm., and Douglas.
Neil Chisholm, son of pioneer Alexander
Chisholm, Long Point, settled at Port Hastings. He was twice married,
first to Jessie MacMillan already mentioned; and the second time to Sarah
O'Brien of General Line. Children: Alex. N. A. Medical Doctor, Port
Hawkesbury, and Catherine Jane (Mrs. David MacNeil, Glace Bay). Mrs.
MacNeil's children are Margaret, Marie, David, Francis, Rose Carmel and
Roderick.
The wife of pioneer Alex. Chisholm was
Catherine MacQuarrie.
John B. Chisholm, Merchant, Port Hastings, son
of Christopher Chisholm, Glendale, and grandson of pioneer John Chisholm,
Oyster Ponds, Guysboro Co., N. S., from Scotland, perhaps from Strathglas,
married Mrs. Sarah Chisholm (nee Sarah O'Brien, daughter of Donald O'Brien
General Line-. Children: Daniel N. and Leo J.
The wife of Christopher Chisholm was Mary
Boyd, daughter of pioneer Angus Boyd, Glendale, C. B. from Uist Scotland.
HEUGHANS.
Thomas Heughan was a young man when he came to
Port Hastings from Tatamagouche, N. S. and was a blacksmith and
carriagebuilder. Some time afterwards he married Mary Ann Harvey. Miss
Harvey's mother was born in London and was twice married, first to a Mr.
Smith with whom she came to Miramichi and later to Cape Breton. Mr. Smith
died at Sunnyside, Strait of Canso, leaving one son, James, who was in
demand as an expert bookkeeper. After the death of Mr. Smith, his widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith married a Mr. Harvey, and their daughter, Mary Ann,
became the wife of Thomas Heughan, and these made their home about a mile
from Port Hastings on the Hawkesbury road. Children: William Scott, Annie,
Thomas,. Charlotte, Samuel, Mary Ann, James, Fenwick, Margaret Deborah,
Nettie Louise, Barbara Elena.
Of these, Annie married a Mr. Reeves of Port
Hawkesbury and has a family in Calgary; Harry, Jean and Wilbur.
Of these, Henry married a Miss Christie from
Truro, and Jean married Walter West.-all living in Calgary.
Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Heughan, married
Capt. J. W.. Reynolds, Port Hastings. The children are mentioned in the
Reynolds list.
Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Heughan, married
Capt. Wm. Grant of Port Hawkesbury, who was drowned in the Fraser River,
B.C., leaving six of a family: Fenwick, Thomas, Hilda, Cora, Angus and
Percy. Their home is now in Vancouver where the two eldest and the
daughter are in business, and the two youngest machinists.
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Heughan, was
recently married to William Jackson. They live in Brookline, Mass.
William Scott, son of Thomas Heughan, married
Mary Ann, daughter of John Dowling and Bessie Maclntyre, his wife. Mrs.
Heughan died many years ago leaving an infant daughter, Bessie, who now
lives with her father at the old Heughan home.
Thomas, Samuel and Fenwick, sons of Thomas
Heughan, Sr., are dead. Eight of the family survive.
Hector Cameron, Troy,C. B., is a grandson of
pioneer Hector Cameron who came to Creignish, C. B. from Invernessshire,
Scotland 1817. He moved to Troy later. Pioneer Hector married Catherine
MacDonald of his own neighborhood in Scotland. Children: Margaret, John,
Hector, Allan, Duncan (died young), and Donald.
Of these, Margaret married Hector MacDonald,
Guysboro County, and left one son, Hector.
John married Jessie daughter of Angus Beaton,
lately of Mabou. Children: Catherine, Hector, Mary Ann, Charlotte, Angus,
Allan, John, Dan, Ann, Murdock and Margaret.
Hector, son of John, married Sarah, daughter
of Donald Cameron Mabou Ridge. She passed away four years ago leaving no
family.
Dan Angus Beaton, a nephew of Hector Cameron,
with wife and two children, are now living with him at Troy.
Charlotte, daughter of John Cameron, married
Alex. MacDonald. Creignish, son of Donald.
Mary Ann married Donald MacIsaac, Mackdale.
See MacIsaac list.
Angus, Allan, John and Dan went to Boston in
1880 and made their homes there.
Ann married Donald, son of Alex. Beaton, N. E.
Mabou. Murdoch and Margaret died young.
BEATONS, LONG POND.
Angus Beaton married Charlotte MacPherson in
Invernessshire, Scot., and came to C. B. on the same vessel with Hector
Cameron in 1817 and settled at the Strait near Long Pond (Foxes Pond).
Children: Mary, Catherine, Sarah, Ann, John,
Murdoch, Donald and Angus.
Of these, Mary married Donald MacIsaac, Long
Pond. Children James, Murdock, John, Don. A., Angus, Norman, Phenie, Alena.
Of these, James left two sons in Gloucester, Mass.
Murdock had no family.
John married Mary, daughter of Hector
MacDonald, Low Point. Children': Dan J., John Hector, Hughie, Mary, and
another deceased.
Donald A., son of Donald MacIsaac, married
Catherine Beaton, N. E. Mabou. Angus died young, and Norman is unmarried.
'Phemie was the first wife of Hugh MacMillan,
Port Hastings.
Alena is married in Gloucester, Mass. and has
two sons.
Catherine, daughter of Angus Beaton, married
James MacDonald, Light House Keeper, Point Tupper. Children: Allan, Angus,
Teresa, Mary. - All died young.
After the death of her husband (James
MacDonald) Catherine married Duncan Gillis of Judique (deceased) and has
two daughters, Mary and Kate, at Point Tupper.
Sarah, daughter of Angus Beaton, married
Alexander MacDonald, Mabou. Children: Donald, Angus, Murdock, Catherine,
and Margaret.
Murdoch Beaton had a son and daughter in New
Orleans.
MacISAAC'S.
Angus MacIsaac, pioneer, married Catherine,
daughter of Hugh MacMaster, Queensville, C. B. His father was Norman
MacIsaac from Scotland. Angus's children: Margaret, Norman James, Hughie,
John, Angus, Catherine and Mary.
Of these, Margaret married Andrew, son of
Ronald MacEachern, Creignish. Her children died without families.
Norman married a Miss MacIntyre and left one
son, Alexander, now in Ontario; another son, John, died some years ago: a
third son, Angus, is a blacksmith in Ontario.
James son of Angus MacIsaac, is single and
lives in Troy. Hughie married Catherine, daughter of Donald MacEachern.
Creignish. Children: Angus, Alex. Dan, Hughie
and Kate.
John and Angus are out west. Catherine and
Mary are single in the United States.
MacDONALD'S, LONG POND.
Duncan MacDonald married Jane, daughter of
Angus Cameron,. Judique and made his home at Long Pond. Children: Mary,
Catherine, Jessie, Jane, Isabel, Flora, John, Duncan and Dan.
Of these, Jessie married Alexander MacInnis,
Judique. John married a daughter of John MacRae, Margaree, and lives at
Long Pond. Children: Joseph, Duncan F., Leo, Kathleen.
A. H. MacDonald, son of Hugh MacDonald, Long
Pond, and grandson of Alexander MacDonald, who immigrated to Whycocomagh
from Uist, Scotland, is married to Margaret Jessie, daughter of Angus
Nicholson from Long Garden, Skye, Scotland. Alex. H's mother was Sarah
Welsh, Port Hastings, and his grandmother Annie MacDonald from Uist,
Scotland. Mrs. A. H's mother was Catherine, daughter o€ Alexander MacSween,
Head Lake Ainslie, C.B., the wife of Angus Nicholson.
A. H. MacDonald's children: Florence and
Gladys. Gladys married Roy B. Phinney, Middleton, Annapolis Co. N.S.
Children: Audrey Margaret, Vernon MacDonald,
and Florence Catherine.
Mrs. A. H. MacDonald's grandmother on the
father's side was Christina Gillis, and grandfather, Donald Nicholson,
Garadh Fada, Alba.
John MacLean, a pioneer from Scotland took up
a lot of land at Troy in the early days. The same lot was owned and
occupied later by Allan Campbell, son of pioneer John. John MacLean had
four daughters: Flora, Mary, Margaret and Sarah.
Flora was the wife of John Campbell pioneer
Troy. Mary married Charles MacKinnon, Ridge, now Queensville. Their
children were Flora, Margaret, Katie, Ann, Sarah, Jessie, Mary, John and
Allan.
Of these Mary married Allan MacQuarrie, Port
Hastings, Miller Elder Colporteur, and had four sons and four
daughters.-John, Abraham, Wm, Neil, Sarah, Margaret, Mary and Kate.
The surviving sons are in the United States.
Sarah, the late Mrs. John Martin, Point Tupper, left three sons and a
daughter: Stewart, Rufus, Benson and Mrs. Probart. Rufus is superintendent
of the I.C.R Mrs. Probart lives in Stellarton and has one son. Stewart is
married and lives at Point Tupper, Benson in U.S.
Sarah, daughter of Charles MacKinnon, married
Allan MacKinnon, of a near farm at Queensville. Their children were: John
MacKinnon (Capt.) Mrs. Whitehouse and Mrs. Martin.
Finlay MacLean (deceased), Port Hastings, son
of pioneer Murdock MacLean, Big Brook, River Deny's from Skye, Scotland,
married Kate MacEachern daughter of Angus MacEachern and Ann MacMaster,
his wife. Angus MacEachern was a son of Donald MacEachern and Ann
MacMaster his wife.
Finaly MacLean's children are Murdoch Angus,
Annie Bell, Flora Ann, Angus Joseph, and Malcolm John. Finlay was a year
old coming from Scotland.
Of his children, Annie Bell married John
MacIver, Little Narrows, deceased. Children: Ernest and Catherine residing
in Redlands, California; Murdock Angus married recently Annie Christina
MacLean, daughter of John MacLean, Pleasant Bay, C. B.
William A. MacLean, Engineer, Port Hastings,
son of late John MacLean, Troy, married Anna MacLennan, daughter of the
late Hugh MacLennan, merchant, Port Hastings, formerly of River Denys, and
has one son, J. Hugh.
George L. MacLean, merchant, Port Hastings son
of John MacLean, Turner, mentioned in Laidlaw list, was twice married;
first to Sarah Isabel daughter of Roderick MacKinnon, Strathlorne, C. B.
Children: Roderick Hector, Sophia May, and Sarah Willena. His. second wife
was Mary Catherine, daughter of Malcolm MacMillan, Big Harbor, C. B.
Children: Catherine Isabel, George James, Annie Christina, Sarah
Marguerite, John Malcolm (deceased), Marion Smith Dolena Olga, Jean
Elizabeth.
George L's sister, Maggie, married Frank
MacGregor, Gloucester, Mass., and had one son, John James. Mary Ann,
another sister, married James Duff, Melville. Children: Sophia, Edith,
Florence, Janie, May, John James, Lydia. Catherine, another sister,
married Capt. Philip MacDonald, Gloucester, Mass. Children: John Daniel,
Dermont Philip, Allan.
John James brother to G. L. was drowned at
sea.
Allan, another brother, married Lena Strople,
Gloucester, Mass. Children: Ralph Allan, Blanche, George Helena. John
George, another brother, was married at Balmoral, C.B. No family.
MacLEANS, SUGAR CAMP.
John MacLean married Margaret MacQuarrie,
daughter of Hector, North Ainslie: Children: John, Margaret, Flora,
Catherine, Isa-bel, Sarah. Of these, John married Margaret MacArther from
Broad Cove and resided at Sugar Camp. Children: Hector, John, Donald,
Hugh, Allan, Margaret, Mary (single at Port Hood). Of these, Hec-tor
married Elizabeth Whitman. No family.
John married Annie Blue of River Denys.
Children: Hector D., Dougald D., Hugh J., Malcolm Allan;, Margaret: Donald
and wife dead. Children: Willie and Gracie in Lawrence,. Mass. Hugh
married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Cameron, LakeHorton. No family;
lives on the old homestead.
Allan married Christina, daughter of Donald
MacKinnon, Sugar Camp, and left one daughter, Annie, who lives now with
her uncle, Hugh, Margaret married Donald, son of Allan MacQuarrie,
Sergeant's son, and has a large family in Glace Bay.
MacLEANS GENERAL LINE.
Lauchlin MacLean, General Line, was married to
Catherine MacQuarrie of Cape Mabou. Children: Malcolm, John, Murdock
(drowned), Kate, Mary and Flora (deceased).
Of these, Malcolm was married to Margaret
MacKinnon, West Lake Ainslie. No family. Malcolm and John died. Two
sisters, Kate and Mary, are living with the widow and her nephew on the
old homestead.
MacLENNANS.
Thomas D. MacLennan, son of Alexander
MacLennan River Denys, married Kate Welsh of Port Hastings. Children:
Albert, John, Frank, Stewart, Mabel, Jessie and Sadie. Their home is over
a mile from Port Hastings and near Foxes' Ponds. Alexander MacLennan's
father, Donald, immigrated to River Denys from Loch Carron, Scotland. His
wife, Christina MacLennan; was also from the same part of Scotland.
Alexander's wife was Lizzie MacLennan of Loch Alsh.
Of T. D. MacLennan's children, Albert married
Fanny Payne and has a large family at Port Hastings: Myrtle (Mrs.
MacFarlane), Thomas Walter, Leonard B., Violet, Melvin, Hilda C., Arthur
Payne, Viola.
Mabel MacLennan T. D.'s daughter, is Mrs. B.
F. Banks, Boston. Children: Oswald (Dentist), Mertis M. (Mrs. Dickson),
Hazel Edwin.
John, T. D.'s son, in Denver, Colo. has one
son.
Frank, in Newton, Mass., has four children:
Stewart married Martha Skinner of Port Hastings and has a daughter,
Muriel, in Sydney.
Jessie, Mrs. Carney, has four sons and one
daughter, all in the United States. Sadie was recently married to Wm. G.
R. Humphrey, Halifax.
LAURENCES.
Among the prominent citizens of Port Hastings
over a quarter of a century ago were George Craig Laurence and A. H.
Sutherland. Both were associated with the late J.G. MacKeen in some of his
business enterprises.
The Laurences were well connected in Scotland.
They owned an estate there that was later owned and highly prized by Sir
Walter Scott.
In this county they were prominent for a long
time. George C.'s father was high sheriff. His brother, Walter, was a
successful merchant in Cheticamp. His brother, Fred, was a lawyer and
later a judge. His sisters too were ladies of prominence. One of them was
Mrs. Isaac MacLeod, Strathlorne. For some years before his death George C.
was Inspector of Weights anti Measures for Cape Breton. His wife 174
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was Miss S. A. Hadley, sister to Mrs. Tremaine, Port Hood, and to Mrs.
Hiram Donkin, Government Civil Engineer, Halifax.
Children: Emma, Aubrey, Harold and Ethel.
Emma married a Mr. Hemeon who passed away some years ago. She now occupies
a prominent position in the United States and has one daughter.
Harold, a civil engineer, is married and lives with his family in Halifax.
Aubrey lives with his family in Toronto.
Mrs. Marcussen lives at Port Hastings with her mother.
SUTHERLAND.
A. H. Sutherland came to Port Hastings from Pictou, N. S. and was
prominent among the business men of the place for many years. He was
brought up at Harbour Au Boucher and married Miss Wilson of the Strait and
had one daughter, Ethel, who later became the wife of Rev. Duncan M.
MacRae, B.A., Baddeck, C.B. Mr. and Mrs. MacRae were missionaries of the
Presbyterian Church in Canada in the Foreign Field, in Corea, for many
years. Mr. MacRae is there now. Mrs. MacRae with her children is with her
mother in Baddeck, C.B.
NICHOLSON.
Another citizen of Hastings for many years was John Nicholson of Skye,
Scotland who immigrated in his youth to Whycocomagh and later to Port
Hastings where he lived with his son to a very old age.
Nicholas one of his sons went to Kansas, was
admitted to the Bar and was for a time one of the Judges of the highest
court in that State.
Another was Lauchlin MacKinnon, son of John
from the Isle of Rum, Scot. Lauchlin married Mary MacKinnon, Hector's
daughter, Sugar Camp. He lived first where Hugh MacLean lives now. When
his wife died he sold out to John MacLean, Hugh's grandfather, and bought
15 acres from Mrs. Belhace at Plaster Cove, and married Maggie MacLean,
from Broad Cove, and made his home on those 15 acres. Children: Christy,
Mary, Isabel, Flora and John.
Of these Flora only was married, and she lived
in Providence, R.I.
Another well known citizen of thirty years ago
was Donald Morrison, New Town. His mother passed away at a good old age.
His father pre-deceased her. Donald and his wife are dead for many years
-all honest, upright and highly esteemed. Duncan R., blacksmith, Donald's
son, married Nina, daughter of John Cameron, M. D., Port Hood and Port
Hastings. Their daughter, Bessie E. died Sept. 1, 1902 and the mother
December 1st of the same year. Duncan R. died in 1907. Another son of
Donald Morrison, John K., blacksmith, survives. His wife, Katie Bell,
daughter of James H. MacKinnon, Lexington, C. B., died in 1919.
John Morrison, Duncan's son, also survives,
and makes his home with his uncle, John K. Morrison. At present he is
continuing his college course in Mount Allison University.
MACKINNON'S.
Hector MacKinnon, blacksmith, Port Hastings,
son of Norman MacKinnon, West Bay, and grandson of Hector MacKinnon who
died in Harris, Scotland, his native isle, married a daughter of Peter
Cameron West Bay. Children: Peter Norman, Mary, John Hector, Euphemia
Margaret, Annie Bell, Minnie Grey, Hugh, James and Alice.
Mrs. Norman MacKinnon was Mary, daughter of
John MacRae and was born in Scotland.
Peter Cameron was a son of John Cameron, who
came to West Bay from Scotland. Mrs. Peter Cameron was Euphemia Calder,
daughter of James Calder and Barbara MacKenzie, his wife, St. George's
Channel.
Mrs. John Cameron was Minnie Grey of a well
connected family in Scotland and was said to have eloped with John to
Canada. Two of her brothers, Dan and Robert came out later, found her
comfortably situated on 800 acres of land, and they too remained in the
country. Robert was well known in Sydney. Dan's great- grandchildren are
in Sydney now.
Mrs. Norman MacKinnon's mother was Annie
MacRae. Two of her brothers went to Australia and two to New Zealand from
Kintail, Scotland. Another two came to Glengarry, Canada. They were
Brocairean at home.
John N. MacKinnon, deceased, brother to
Hector, the blacksmith, married Annie Christina, daughter of Alex. C.
Cameron, General Line. Children: M. Katherine, Annie Marjory, Margaret
Jane. Katherine and Margaret are school teachers. Annie is with her mother
at the Central House, Port Hastings.
Capt. John MacKinnon, Queensville, C. B., son
of Allan MacKinnon and grandson of Lauchlin MacKinnon, pioneer from Isle
of Rum, Scotland, married Jessie, daughter of Alexander MacKinnon,
Stewartdale, Whycocomagh.
Children: Catherine Sarah (Mrs. John Stewart
MacKinnon, Port Hastings), Walter James, Mary Margaret and Allan Charles
Seward.
Allan MacKinnon had two brothers and three
sisters John, Dan, Ann, Flora and Mary. John raised a family at
Kingsville, C.B.; Ann married a MacKinnon in Pictou; Flora married
Lauchlin MacKinnon, Crandall Road; Mary was Mrs. Allan MacQuarrie,
Sergeant's son.
Dan MacKinnon, Allan's brother, married Mary
MacKinnon, daughter of Alexander (Ban) New Queensville. Children: Katie,
Flora Sarah, Jessie, Lauchie Dan, Katie Jessie.
Allan MacKinnon's wife was Sarah MacKinnon,
daughter of Charles (Ban).
John MacKinnon, Big John, Sugar Camp, was a
brother to Pioneer Lauchlin; Charles and Hector. John's son, Donald
(deceased), left a widow, who lives on the old homestead. John's
daughters, Sarah (Mor Bhan), and Ann (Mrs. Hector MacQuarrie, Lake
Horton), are dead for some years. Kate, Christy (Arichat) and John were
single. Their mother was a sister to Rev. Abraham MacIntosh, St. Ann's.
Alexander MacKinnon, Blue Mts., son of Dan
MacKinnon, Isle of Rum, Scotland, married Margaret MacDonald, St. Peters.
Children: Donald, Mary, Sarah, Norman, Katie, Angus, Jessie, John Angus,
Allan and Lauchlin.
Of these Allan and Lauchlin are on the old
homestead. Allan was married to Mrs. Annie MacLean, nee Annie Blue, of
River Denys and has one son, John D.
Lauchlin married Lizzie, daughter of Allan
Cameron, West Bay Road. Children: Howard Osborne, Don. Norman, Florence
Catherine.
Alexander MacKinnon's brother, John, was the
father of Hector and Dan, who raised families at the Blue Mountains, C.B.
and later moved to the Strait of Canso.
Donald MacKinnon, Sugar Camp, Big John's son,
married Annie MacLean, daughter of Donald MacLean son of Donald MacLean
from Rum, Scotland. Children: a son deceased; a daughter Christina married
Allan MacLean, Sugar Camp, deceased.
Another daughter, married Edgar MacLean,
Teacher, West Bay.
Hector MacKinnon, pioneer, brother to John
Charles, and Lauchlin, married Ann MacLean, Giurasdal, Rum, Scotland, and
made his home at Sugar Camp. Children; Lauchlin, Roderick, Allan, Mary.
Of these, Lauchlin married Mary MacDonald,
daughter of Allan MacDonald, Uist, Scotland, grandfather of Dr. John
MacDonald, St. Peter's. Children: Hector, Mary Ann, Allan, Archie, James
L., Susan, Lexie, and Mary Bell.
Of these James L. married Catherine, daughter
of Donald MacLeod, Big Brook, River Denys and made his home in Port
Hastings. Children: John, Annie, Katie Bell.
Of these, Annie married Christopher Eggers and
had a family of seven daughters of whom five are living with their parents
at Imperoyal, N. S.
Katie Bell married John Lamond, at New
Aberdeen, Glace Bay, and has a family of nine daughters.
Roderick, son of pioneer Hector MacKinnon,
moved with his family from Sugar Camp to Bath, Maine, many years ago.
His brother Allan died at Sugar Camp and the
family moved to the United States.
Mary daughter of pioneer Hector MacKinnon
married Donald MacLean, Mackdale and had four daughters one of whom went
to New Zealand.
LEXINGTON.
Alexander MacFadyen was married to Margaret
MacQuarrie, sister of Absalom MacQuarrie of the Strait. He settled on a
lot of land at Lexington in pioneer days. His children were: Lauchlin,
Hector, John, Dan, Neil, Alexander, Allan, Flora, Catherine and Annie.
Of these, Dan, Neil and Alexander went down in
a vessel in the August Gale of 1873.
Lauchlin married Christina MacAskill of
Lexington and raised a large family, viz; Sarah (Mrs. Kimball); Kate (Mrs.
John MacLean, deceased, left one boy, Howard); Cassie, (Mrs. William
Burns, U.S. and had a son and daughter); Margaret and Malcolm deceased;
Annie in United States, and Allan at Lexington.
Alex. MacFadyen, Lexington and Donald
MacFadyen, Militia Point, were brothers, Donald was married to Mary Ann
Calder and had a large family, viz; Lauchlin (Baddeck Bay), John, William,
Alexander, Hugh, Barbara, Ann and Catherine, grandmother of Rev. John
MacIntosh D.D., Whitney Pier.
Hector MacKinnon, another pioneer, made a home
for himself at General Line, now Lexington. His wife was Sarah MacGregor
of Whycocomagh. Children: Capt. Dan (drowned Aug. 1873), Mary (Mrs. Archie
MacDonald), Sarah (Mrs. MacKinnon, Provincetown), Flora (Mrs. Alphen,
Gloucester, (Mass) and James (died 1922).
The first settlers at Queensville were Neil
McInnis, who was married to Catherine McEachern and who immigrated with
two children from Inverness-Scotland in 1816, one son and three daughters
being born to them at Queensville his son Angus was married to Christy
McInnis of Judique and had a family of ten, of whom only three are living,
Allan living on the old homestead and married to Isabella McMaster of Long
Point, having a family of three boys and three girls.
John another son of Neil was married to Jessie
McDonell of Judique Banks and had a family of nine boys and two girls;
Farquhar and Donald of Port Hawkesbury being their sons, the rest of the
family living in the United States.
Catherine, daughter of Neil was married to
John McEachern and lived at Queensville had a family, five sons and three
daughters, their son Neil living on the old homestead and married to
Margaret McEachern, and has a family of two sons and two daughters-a
daughter being married to John J. McDonald. Donald A., a brakesman, I. C.
R., and Mary Jessie at home, also John Hughes.
Kenneth the only living member of Neil
MacInnis's family was married to Margaret McEachern; had a family of four
sons and three daughters.
Margaret, daughter of Neil McInnis, was
married to Angus McInnis of Kingsville; had a family of three sons and
three daughters.
Jane was married to Donald O'Brien, Creignish
Rear and had, a family of four sons and three daughters.
There were four MacMasters, brothers, who
immigrated from Lochaber, Scotland in 1816.
Donald was married in Scotland to Mary
McDonell; had a family of six sons and two daughters whose names were
Angus, Donald,. Samuel, Archibald, Hugh, Alexander, Catherine and Annie.
Hugh was married to Catherine Cameron in
Scotland and had a' family of six sons and three daughters whose names
were Donald, Dougall John, Duncan, Alexander, Angus, Catherine Mary and
Annie.
John was married to Catherine McDonald in
Scotland, had a family of five sons and three daughters whose names were
Donald, Hugh, John, Alexander Angus, Catherine, Margaret and Annie.
Angus was married to Mary McEachern of
Creignish had a family of six sons and four daughters whose names were
Angus, Donald, John, James, Alexander Duncan, Catherine, Mary, Isabella
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