John Ogilvie (1751 - 1856)

Born 1751 in Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of Ellis (Edgerton) Ogilvie — married about 1790 in Meaghers Grant, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

Died 20 Nov 1856 at about age 105 in Meaghers Grant, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

John Ogilvie was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Undetermined
Date: Undated

John was born in 1751. He was the son of James Ogilvie and Margaret Wilson. He and his brother Peter were aboard "The Argo".^[1] He received a 100 acre land grant at the Gut of Canso, near Manchester Township, Sydney County (now Guysborough County) in Nova Scotia.^[2] The land was not suitable for farming, so John relocated to the Musquodoboit River area, and in 1789 sold his 150 acres of land at the Gut of Canso to John Graim [Graham?] for eight pounds.^[3] He married Ellis Edgerton and had thirteen children. In 1827, a John Ogilvey is named at Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia.^[4] He passed away in 1856 at Meagher's Grant, Halifax County.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ John Ogilvie, in Muster Roll of Loyalists from St. Augustine on board the Argo Transport, bound to Chedebucto, Halifax, 13th July 1784: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/loyalists/loyalists-ward-chipman/pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=5253&
2. ↑ John Ogilvie, from St Augustine, 100 acres, 1785, in Marion Gilroy, Loyalists and Land settlement in Nova Scotia, Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No.4, p.132
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVK-YW92-6?i=210
4. ↑ John Ogilvie, farmer,in 1827 Census at Musquodoboit: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/1827/returns/?ID=65
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 March 2021), memorial page for John Ogilvie (1751–20 Nov 1856), Find A Grave: Memorial #52135878, citing Meagher's Grant Cemetery, Meaghers Grant, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Calcat (contributor 47061806) .

• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canns/musq2.html (History of Musquodoboit Pioneers by Jennie Reid, (1980). Includes bio and descendants for both John and his brother Peter. John’s account starts on page 578 (pages are numbered from the bottom))

• https://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/argo1784.shtml

See also:

• https://www.geni.com/people/John-Ogilvie/6000000018766321910