Hector MacKay (1753 - aft. 1818)

Born 1753 in Isle of Rum, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Descendants

Died after 1818 after age 65 in Chimney Corner, Inv. Co., Nova Scotia

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Hector MacKay migrated from Scotland to Canada.

Biography

Hector likely left Rum in 1810. It is probable that he and his brother Donald emigrated with the MacLeans, from Kilmory, Rum, who spent a short time on Prince Edward Island before eventually settling at Broad Cove in 1811. Hector is listed beside William MacLean of Kilmory in the 1818 census. As can be seen from the following petition, Hector settled at Chimney Corner.

Grantee: McKay, Hector Year: 1811 Petition to Nepean: Petitioner has recently arrived from Scotland. He asks a lot between Broad Cove and Margaree, known as Chimney Corner. Warrant issued.

Grantee: McKay, Hector Year: 1820

Petition to Stewart: Petitioner and Donald McKay asked council for lots 47 & 48 at Broad Cove. Donald has since died, and petitioner asks a grant of the two lots. Report of Crawley to Crowdy: Lots 47 & 48 at the eastern extremity of Broad Cove, near Chimney Corner, 416 acres. Plan.

Sources

Census of Small Isles 1764-1765, recorded by Neil McNeill (photocopy of original from Edinburgh University Library, Department of Special Collections)

1818 list of inhabitants of Broad Cove, Inverness County.

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