John (MacGregor) McGregor (1745 - 1832)

Born 1745 in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Gregor) MacGregor — married 25 Mar 1790 in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1832 at about age 87 in Prince Edward Island

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Biography

John McGregor was born in Perthshire in 1749. Family tradition says he was the son of James Mor McGregor and Grandson of Robert Roy McGregor (Rob Roy). He was a passenger on the Fallmouth in 1770. He married first, Annabelle, who died without children. Then he married Margaret McGregor 25 Mar 1790 by Rev DesBrisay. They then moved to Black river, near Black point. He died there 16 Feb 1832, aged 87 years. ^[1]

Private John McGregor served in the 42nd Regiment, known as the "Black Watch." John died February 16, 1832, in his mid eighties and is buried in the Brackley Beach Cemetery, in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. ^[2] Margaret died in 1844 and is buried with him. There is a photograph of the headstone which they share on their Find A Grave memorials. Their son, John McGregor, Jr. born 1802, died November 19, 1879 and is also buried in the Brackley Beach Cemetery. ^[3]

Researchers Notes

Alternative parentage: John McGregor was born in 1745, in Perthshire, the fourth son of Major James Drummond (or McGregor) and his wife, Annabella McNichol. John was a farmer, weaver, and a surveyor, and was appointed Deputy Surveyor-General (in PEI) in 1809. It is thought that he came on the Falmouth............He married Margaret Gregor on Mar 25 1790 at St Paul's in Charlottetown.

Margaret McGregor, married Benjamin MacEwan, a son of Duncan MacEwan and Jennett McLaren. More about her husband's family may be found here: Stanhope Women's Institute History Committee (1984), Stanhope, Sands of time, page 395[4] Margaret is supposedly buried in the Geddie Memoiral Cemetery: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2180367/geddie-memorial-cemetery

John was born about 1749. John McGregor ... He passed away in 1832. ^[4]

John McGregor was born in Perthshire in 1745 or 6, the fourth so of Major James Drummond(or McGregor) and his wife, Annabella McNichol. JOhn was a farmer, weaver, and a surveyor, and was appointed Deputy Surveyor-General (in PEI) in 1809. It is thought that he came on the Falmouth............He married Margaret Gregor on Mar 25 1790 at St Paul's in Charlottetown. ^[5]

John McGregor was born in Perthshire about 1745. Family tradition says he was the son of James Mor McGregor and Grandson of Robert Roy McGregor (Rob Roy). He was a passenger on the Fallmouth in 1770. He married first, Annabelle, who died without children. Then he married Margaret McGregor 25 Mar 1790 by Rev DesBrisay. They then moved to Black river, near Black point. He died there 16 Feb 1832, aged 87 years. ^[6]

John was listed as a weaver by trade. John McGregor, b. either ca. 1745-46 or in 1749, son of James Drummond or McGregor and his wife Annabella McNicol. He was a weaver, farmer and surveyor. He was appointed a Deputy Surveyor on 28 June 1809 ^[7]

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Sources

1. ↑ Kielly, G. Harry (1970) History of Montgomery settlers and others at Stanhope, Covehead, Brackley Point, 1770-1970, page 109, digitized here: https://islandlives.ca/islandora/object/ilives%3A195304#page/109/mode/1up
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/184727452/john-mcgregor : accessed 14 August 2021), memorial page for PVT John McGregor (1745–16 Feb 1832), .Find A Grave: Memorial #184727452, citing Brackley Beach Cemetery, Brackley Beach, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada ; Maintained by Brian McConnell (contributor 48857516)
3. ↑ son John Find A Grave: Memorial #163974910
4. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Geoff Burns, Sunday, June 8, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
5. ↑ Stanhope Women's Institute History Committee (1984), Stanhope, Sands of time, page 395[1]
6. ↑ Kielly, G. Harry (1970) History of Montgomery settlers and others at Stanhope, Covehead, Brackley Point, 1770-1970, page 109[2]
7. ↑ MacEwen, Andrew "The "Fallmouth" Passengers." The Island Magazine, Number 10, Fall/Winter 1981[3]

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