Private Donald McLeod served with 71st Regiment of Foot during the American Revolution.
Donald was born before 1862, probably in Scotland. He served with the 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders) during the Revolutionary War.[1] He arrived at Guysborough in 1784 with the Loyalists and disbanded soldiers of the "Associated Departments of the Army and Navy" and received a land grant of 100 acres[2][3].
They had the following children, baptized at Guysborough: Barbara (bp. Dec 1791)[5], Mary (bp. 6 Sep 1794)[6]
From 1792-1795 he is listed at Guysborough, Sydney (now Guysborough) County, Nova Scotia.[7][8][9][10]
After 1795 there is no record of Donald at Guysborough, but a Donald MacLeod is found at Mabou in 1818 age 60 years of age 5'4", unfit for military service, born in Scotland, married with 5 children at home.[11]. This data agrees with published histories of Mabou, Cape Breton, and is likely the correct person. These records claim that Donald and Susan had eight children in all.
He passed away after 1818, probably in the Mabou/Hillsboro area..
Sources
↑ Pvt. Donald McLeod, in Return of Sundry Persons now at Chedebucto late of the 71st Regiment not included in the former warrant of survey; Public Archives of Nova Scotia
↑ Donald McLeod, 100 acres, Guysborough Township, 1785, 5 acres and Town Lot, Guysborough, 1790, in Marion Gilroy, "Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia", Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Publication No.4, 1937, p.134
↑ A.C. Jost, Guysborough Sketches and Essays, revised edition, p. 334
Land Deed records, Public Archives of Nova Scotia; Book-Mabou Pioneers
Ed Brumby, 71st Fraser Highland Regiment in The American War of Independence, ISBN-13 : 978-1907540592, ASIN : B08XNRWH6B (Amazon UK or Kindle)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Donald 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.
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