Kenneth
McLeod
Born about in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Nancy Ann (Morrison) McLeod
— married
19 Feb 1793 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
George MacLeod and Murdock McLeod
Died
at about age 72
in French River, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Profile last modified
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Biography
Kenneth was born about 1769. He passed away in 1841.
In his will, Kenneth named the following children: Angus, Kenneth, William, Donald, John, George, Murdock, James, Marion McPherson and Anne Pidgeon. [1]
Kenneth was buried in the Yankee Hill Pioneer Cemetery, next to his wife Ann Morrison, who died June 29 1841, age 61. They had emigrated from the Parish of Durn..ss in Scotland. [2]
When his daughter Ann died in 1888, her obituary said she was born in Durness, Sutherlandshire, Scotland and emigrated to Prince Edward Island in 1806. [3]
According to The Macleods of Prince Edward Island, Kenneth and his family emigrated on the ship Elizabeth and Ann from Newcastle. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Early Prince Edward Island Probate Records, 1786-1850, by Linda Jean Nicholson, pg 188
- ↑ Burial at Yankee Hill Pioneer Cemetery, French River, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Stone #5, Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society, Cemetery Transcript 21-8
- ↑ Summerside Journal May 17, 1888
- ↑ The Macleods of Prince Edward Island, by Harold S MacLeod and Tilly MacLeod, Clan MacLeod of Prince Edward Island, Montague, 1986, pg 7 -
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kenneth by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kenneth:
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Jane Dyment
MacLeod Sr.-1 and McLeod-6453 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same place of birth, same place and date of death. Please use the name McLeod or MacLeod - the Sr. does not belong in his name at birth. He didn't become a Sr. until his own son Kenneth was born.
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