Hello: I have forwarded your message to my cousin Donald and another person who lives in Pitlochry, 15 miles from Aberfeldy. Both have common Malloch ancestry from that area. I don't know if they have information on the McPhersons. If they can assist, I am sure they will answer direct. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alec Macpherson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 4:14 PM Subject: [SCTCDN] McPhersons in Ontario and New York > Hi all: > > I've just subscribed to this list, after my PML criteria threw up at me the > following message from Peggy: > > > Here is my McPherson lineage...... > > > > 1. Donald MacPherson abt 1701 - 1723 Kingussie, INV,SCT > > +Mary Robertson abt 1711 - unk Kingussie, INV,SCT > > children: > > Malcolm chr 1725 Kingussie, INV,SCT > > Elspet chr 22 Jun 1728 > > 2. Duncan chr 6 Feb 1736 Kingussie, INV,SCT > > d, 1807 Wheatland/Caledonia, NY > > Original Elder of the First Presbyterian Church Of Caledonia (est 1805) > > Listed on register of elders as having died on or before 1807 (dated 4 Mar > > 1805 on sheet) > > + Catherine Campbell abt 1748 Badenoch, INV, SCT, d. Caledonia, NY > > married 29 Jan 1761 Kingussie & Insch, INV, SCT > > children: > > Hanna b. INV, SCT > > John chr 22 Jun 1762 Kingussie & Insch, INV, SCT > > Isobell chr 1 Aug 1764 Kingussie & Insch, INV, SCT > > Alexander chr 21 Mar 1766 Kingussie & Insch, INV,SCT > > Findlay b 1782 INV, SCT, d 1847 Mumford, NY > > 3. Donald McPherson b 1770 INV, SCT, > > d. 27 May 1846 buried in Mumford Cem, Genesee Co. ,NY > > + Catherine Anderson b. 1784, d. 12 Sept 1818 Mumford Cem,NY > > + Mary McMartin b. 1780, d. 8 Sept 1851 Mumford Cem, NY > > children: > > Catherine prob SCT > > Eleanor prob SCT > > John prob SCT > > Alexander b. 1801 Churchville, Monroe Co., NY > > Donald b. 1806 Churchville, Monroe Co., NY > > 4. Duncan b. 22 Nov 1799 Churchville, Monroe Co., NY > > d, 8 Feb 1879 & buried Paris Plains, Brant Co., Ont, CAN > > + Jane McNaughton b. 4 Feb 1800 Glenlyon, Perthshire, SCT > > (chr at Fortingall, Perthshire) > > d. 12 Jan 1871 & buried Paris Plains, Brant Co., Ont, CAN > > children: > > Jane Paris, Brant co., ONT CAN > > (5.) Catherine b. 24 Sept 1822 Paris, Brant co., ONT CAN > > d. Nov 1875 & buried Ayr, Waterloo Co., ONT > > + William Scott > > Margaret b. 1824 Paris, Brant co., ONT CAN > > Elizabeth b. 1827 Paris, Brant co., ONT CAN > > Daniel b. 1829 Paris, Brant co., ONT CAN > > Mary b. 1832 Paris, Brant co., ONT CAN > > Malcolm b. 1834 Paris, Brant co., ONT CAN > > Ellen b. 1839 Paris, Brant co., ONT CAN > > > > Generation #2 Duncan came with other McPhersons and Scots from the Badenoch > > area (Newtonmore, Kingussie, etc) to settle the Oatka River valley in > > Monroe Co. NY (now Genesee Co.). Duncan's grave is nonexistant at this > > time. I believe he was probably buried in Caledonia Presbyterian Cem as he > > was a founding elder. All others are buried in Mumford cem down the road. > > Duncan's daughter married Black Alex McPherson's son tying the two founding > > McPherson families together. They may be already a connection between the > > two but I haven't confirmed it yet. Black Alex of Crubinbeg, INV's lineage > > is in the book The Mcpherson's of Genesee Country, Vols 1 & 2 by Donald > > McPherson. > > Duncan's (gen #4) uncle Findley McPherson (gen#3) married Mary McNaughton, > > sister to Duncan's wife Jane McNaughton. > > My McPherson's end with Catherine who marries William Scott. > > Would love to hear if anyone has a connection....... > > > > Peggy > > > This really caught my attention because of the reference to Caledonia, NY, a > place I had not heard of before in connection with McPhersons, except in > relation to a "family legend" I heard from a distant cousin about "our" > McPhersons, about which more later. > > First, a little background on my lineage. > > My g-g-grandfather, Alexander MCPHERSON, came from Perthshire (according to > his gravestone in the abandoned Baptist graveyard in the hamlet of Tennyson, > Drummond Township, Lanark County, Ontario), but I don't know for certain > where in Perthshire. My grandfather maintained the family had come from > Aberfoyle in the west of Perthshire, but other evidence (a copy of a will of > a Peter Malloch and his wife, Susan McPherson, who may have been Alexander's > sister) suggests that the family came from the Tay Valley, maybe AberFELDY, > rather than AberFOYLE, as my grandfather remembered. > > It is not clear either exactly when Alexander arrived in Drummond Township. > There was an Alexander McPherson settled near what is now the town of Perth, > Ontario, in 1817, and some evidence suggests this was my g-g-grandfather. > What can be documented (from diaries kept by my g-grandfather) is that by > 1823, the family was settled on a farm near Carleton Place, Ontario, > specifically, Lot 26, Concession 5, Drummond County. > > My g-g-grandmother's name was Janet, but I have no idea what her maiden name > was, where she came from, or indeed if she and Alexander were married in > Scotland or after they arrived in Canada. From census records, she appears > to have been born, in Scotland, about 1785. There is no record of when she > died, nor of where she is buried, but death must have been in the 1870's, > since she appears in the 1871 census, but not in 1881. > > Alexander and Janet had two sons, John, who inherited the family farm, and > Alexander, my g-grandfather, who left home about 1843, got an education and > became a school teacher, ending up in Etobicoke Township, west of Toronto. > where my grandfather, John Alexander Llewellyn Macpherson, was born in 1859, > and where my father, Frederick Drummond Macpherson, and I, were subsequently > born and raised. > > Now, ("finally", you may say), my interest in Caledonia. A cousin of mine, > descended from my g-granduncle John, has in her possession, an old > lithograph, now almost unrecognizable due to multiple coats of varnish > applied to "protect" it, depicting what she remembers, as a child,was two > men in full Highland regalia, with a representation between them of Cluny > McPherson's coat of arms. Attached to one corner of the picture is a piece > of paper, to which is affixed a scap of cloth, which used to be dark green. > On the paper is the following handwritten text: > > "Piece of an Ancient McPherson banner carried in the wars of 1715 and 1745 > and presented to John MacPherson of Caledonia by the chief of his clan". > > No one in my family knows the significance of this picture and piece of > cloth, nor who John MacPherson was. Is it possible that the Caledonia > referred to is Caledonia, NY? I haven't been able to find a Caledonia in > Scotland, nor in Canada. I checked this story with the Clan Macpherson > genealogist, Alan Macpherson, of Memorial University in Newfoundland, some > years ago, and he was as baffled as I was. > > I would really appreciate any information any subscribers to the list might > be able to provide me with on any of the above. Any connections to other > lineages that you know of? > > Thanks, > Alec Macpherson. > > ______________________________