Hi Vicki, Thanks for posting the info about your Caulders and their stay in North Carolina. This is wonderful, I have been searching for years with the misconception that the Donald and Duncan Calder came to North Carolina as adults. A great-grandfather, John McFadyen, came to North Carolina from Islay in 1818. Others in the party of about 35 that have been identified thus far included his elderly father and four of his siblings with their families. Also in that number were an uncle, Alexander McMillan, with his family and Colin Campbell and family. Colin was related by his marriage to Isabella Carmichael, sister of Ann Carmichael McMillan and Mary Carmichael McFadyen, wife of Archibald McFadyen. Despite the deaths of the two patriarchs and perhaps as many as three children, the number had increased to about 53 by 1828 when the decision was made by the majority to leave North Carolina for Ontario. Nine of that number remained in Richmond County, NC until the next decade when Mary McFadyen McFadyen and her family of eight left for Alabama. I have yet to find your Thomas Calder in North Carolina in 1820 so he may have arrived between then and the birth of Donald in 1825. I did find an Alexander Colder in Richmond County, so a more thourough search may prove fruitful. Colin McFadyen, nephew of my great-grandfather, was born in Richmond County in 1821 and died in Ontario in 1911. In 1910 he talked about the journey to Eldon Township in an interview and mentioned the Calders as fellow travelers from North Carolina but did not state if there were other connections. Others of that party that settled in Eldon and Thorah Townships beside the Campbells, the McMillans and the McFadyens were John and Marion McFadyen Ray and James and Margaret McFadyen McLachlan. If you know anything else about the Calders while in North Carolina or their journey to Ontario I would be pleased if you would share it. Thanks, Edward King Seagrove, NC

Evening All, Here is the posting I have been working from for Thomas' family in Canada 1851. 1851 census 250 page 033 line 12 @ca.on.ontario_county.mara_&_rama_townships film C11743 lds0349230 12 CALDER Thomas m 59 Scotland Presb farmer married 13 CALDER (?) Catherine f 54 Scotland Presb married (McNabb) 14 CALDER Donald m 27 United States FreeChurchPresb empld. by Pt 15 CALDER Duncan m 25 United States FreeChurchPresb empld. by Pt 16 CALDER Andrew m 22 Canada FreeChurchPresb empld. by Pt 17 CALDER Mary f 29 Canada FreeChurchPresb 18 CALDER Catherine f 17 Canada FreeChurchPresb 19 CALDER Margaret f 11 Canada FreeChurchPresb One of the interesting things about this is 'Mary'. Older than Donald yet born in Canada? This may be the black baby that the Calder's brought up with them from the States?? There are stories pertaining to a black child by the name of Mary being part of the Calder 'family' . Andrew born in Canada approx.1829 certainly suggests that this family of Calder's came up with a group from North Carolina in 1827 led by Archibald McMillan. The book, 'Secrets of the Lakes' by Monica Frim refers to the Calders being "the first family to arrive from North Carolina, settling on the Beaver River where Donald Calder built the sawmill and gristmill that inspired the name of Milton before the village officially adopted the name of Beaverton." Hope this helps. Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ncscot1818@wmconnect.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Calder/McNabb, Calder/McNeil, Calder/White, White/Adams, Adam... > Hi Vicki, > > Thanks for posting the info about your Caulders and their stay in North > Carolina. This is wonderful, I have been searching for years with the > misconception > that the Donald and Duncan Calder came to North Carolina as adults. > > A great-grandfather, John McFadyen, came to North Carolina from Islay in > 1818. Others in the party of about 35 that have been identified thus far > included > his elderly father and four of his siblings with their families. Also in > that > number were an uncle, Alexander McMillan, with his family and Colin > Campbell > and family. Colin was related by his marriage to Isabella Carmichael, > sister of > Ann Carmichael McMillan and Mary Carmichael McFadyen, wife of Archibald > McFadyen. > > Despite the deaths of the two patriarchs and perhaps as many as three > children, the number had increased to about 53 by 1828 when the decision > was made by > the majority to leave North Carolina for Ontario. Nine of that number > remained > in Richmond County, NC until the next decade when Mary McFadyen McFadyen > and > her family of eight left for Alabama. > > I have yet to find your Thomas Calder in North Carolina in 1820 so he may > have arrived between then and the birth of Donald in 1825. I did find an > Alexander Colder in Richmond County, so a more thourough search may prove > fruitful. > > Colin McFadyen, nephew of my great-grandfather, was born in Richmond > County > in 1821 and died in Ontario in 1911. In 1910 he talked about the journey > to > Eldon Township in an interview and mentioned the Calders as fellow > travelers from > North Carolina but did not state if there were other connections. > > Others of that party that settled in Eldon and Thorah Townships beside the > Campbells, the McMillans and the McFadyens were John and Marion McFadyen > Ray and > James and Margaret McFadyen McLachlan. > > If you know anything else about the Calders while in North Carolina or > their > journey to Ontario I would be pleased if you would share it. > > Thanks, > > Edward King > > Seagrove, NC > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to 1875 > visit: > HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ > > >