The Argyle Patent

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The Argyle Patent - The Argyle Patent

Between 1738 and 1740, groups of Scottish Presbyterian families from Argyleshire in Scotland, totaling 472 persons, were brought to the New World by invitation of the Provincial Governor of New York Colony, who offered a thousand acres of land to every adult, and five hundred acres to every child who paid passage. Although the contract was not kept, in 1764 a large number of these colonists succeeded in securing a grant of 47,450 acres, known as the Argyle Patent, in the township of Argyle and in parts of the towns of Fort Edward, Greenwich, and Salem in Washington County, New York, upon which the Scottish colonists and their descendants took up residence.

The goal of this project is to establish a place to connect families that were Argyle Patent Holders.

• Alexander McNaughton

Name (Acres) Arranged by Name, Lot Number, Acres:

• ANDERSON, Mary Jr., 10, 300
• ANDERSON, Mary Sr., 126, 300
• BEATON, Mary, 62, 300
• CALDWELL, Elizabeth, 123, 250
• CAMPBELL, Mary, 35, 250
• CAMPBELL, Archibald, __, 300
• CAMPBELL, Alexander, 28, 350
• CAMPBELL, Catharine, 1, 250
• CAMPBELL, Marion, 78, 250
• CAMPBELL, Robert Jr., 40, 450
• CAMPBELL, John, 133, 300
• CAMPBELL, Duncan Sr., 36, 450
• CAMPBELL, Elizabeth, 14, 300
• CAMPBELL, Duncan Jr., 116, 300
• CAMPBELL, Malcolm, 46, 300
• CAMPBELL, James, 100, 300
• CAMPBELL, Arch. Jr., 24, 250
• CAMPBELL, Duncan (3), 88, 300
• CAMPBELL, Mary, 5, 350
• CAMPBELL, George, 93, 300
• CAMPBELL, Ann, 55, 300
• CARGILL, James, 73, 300
• CARGILL, Elizabeth, 2, 250
• CARGILL, John, 74, 300
• CARGILL, Jane, 49, 250
• CARMICHEAL, Neil, __, 300
• CHRISTIE, Alexander, 76, 350
• CLARK, Daniel, 29, 350
• CLARK, William, 124, 350
• DOUGALL, McDuffie, 92, 350
• FERGUSON, Janet, 117, 250
• FRASER, William, 34, 350
• FRASER, Elizabeth, 27, 200
• GILCHRIST, John, 79, 300
• GILCHRIST, Duncan, 138, 500
• GILCHRIST, Alexander, 83, 300
• GILCHRIST, Margaret, 68, 250
• GILCHRIST, Margaret, 63, 250
• GILLASPIE, Neil, 4, 450
• GILLIS, James, 108, 500
• GRAHAM, Angus, 114, 300
• GRAHAM, William, 98, 300
• GRAHAM, Mary, 120, 300
• HAMMELL, Mary, 137, 250
• HUNTER, William, 25, 300
• JOHNSTON, Daniel, 23, 350
• LINDSAY, Daniel, 13, 250
• LINDSAY, Duncan, 131, 350
• LIVINGSTON, Isabella, 66, 250
• MCALISTER, Charles, 97, 300
• MCALISTER, Margaret, 39, 250
• MCALLISTER, Barbara, 125, 300
• MCALPINE, Dougall, 12, 300
• MCALPINE, Robert, 121, 300
• MCARTHUR, Ann Sr., 7, 250
• MCARTHUR, Patrick, 111, 350
• MCARTHUR, Charles, 51, 350
• MCARTHUR, Catharine, 67, 200
• MCARTHUR, Ann, 96, 300
• MCARTHUR, John, 54, 300
• MCARTHUR, John, 134, 300
• MCARTHUR, John, 102, 400
• MCARTHUR, John, 86, 350
• MCARTHUR, Alexander, 57, 250
• MCARTHUR, Duncan, 44, 450
• MCCALLMAN, John, __, 300
• MCCALLOR, Dougall, 22, 550
• MCCALLOR, Edward, 82, 500
• MCCARTY (MCARTHUR), Hugh, __, 300
• MCCOLLUM, Arch. Sr., __, 350
• MCCOLLUM, Arch. Jr., __, 350
• MCCORE, Archibald, 85, 300
• MCCORE, John, 33, 300
• MCCOY, Edward, 115, 300
• MCDONALD, Alexander, 58, 250
• MCDONALD, Allan, 3, 300
• MCDONALD, Neil, 107, 500
• MCDONALD, James, 61, 350
• MCDOUGALL, Alexander, 129, 350
• MCDOUGALL, Hugh, 99, 300
• MCDOUGALL, Ranald, 16, 400
• MCDOUGALL, John, 95, 400
• MCDOUGALL, Angus, 30, 300
• MCDOUGALL, Archibald, 109, 450
• MCDOUGALL, Angus, 80, 300
• MCDOUGALL, Duncan, 75, 500
• MCDUFFIE, John, 21, 250
• MCDUFFIE, Malcolmn, 104, 550
• MCDUFFIE, Ann, 15, 350
• MCDUFFIE, Duncan, 19, 350
• MCEACHRON, Neil, 64, 450
• MCEUEN, Archibald, 106, 300
• MCEUEN, John, 59, 500
• MCEUEN, Marion, 110, 200
• MCEUEN, Hannah, 69, 400
• MCFADDEN, Duncan, 52, 300
• MCFADEN, Neil, 37, 300
• MCFAIL, John, 48, 300
• MCGOURS, John Sr., 50, __
• MCGOWNE, Archibald, 17, 300
• MCGOWNE, Mary, 8, 300
• MCGOWNE, John Jr., 112, 250
• MCGUIRE, Dundan, 81, 500
• MCGUIRE, John, 42, 400
• MCILFENDER, Archibald, 11, 300
• MCILFENDER, Catharine, 136, 250
• MCILVRAY, Hugh, 118, 200
• MCINTIRE, Donald, 31, 350
• MCINTYRE, John, 135, 350
• MCINTYRE, John, 139, 300
• MCKINVAN, Duncan, 6, 350
• MCKINZIE, George, 101, 400
• MCKINZIE, Florence, 47, 200
• MCLEAN, Catharine, 9, 300
• MCLEOD, Mary, 140, 250
• MCMILLAN, 127, 450
• MCMITCHELL, John or MCEACRON, John, 60, 300
• MCNAUGHTON, Alex., 32, 600
• MCNEIL, Margaret, 103, 250
• MCNEIL, Roger, 89, 300
• MCNEIL, Elizabeth, 43, 300
• MCNIVEN, Archibald, 71, 350
• MCNIVEN, Rachel, 72, 300
• MCVARICH, Florence, 105, 300
• MONTGOMERY, Alex., 77, 600
• MONTGOMERY, Hugh, 65, 300
• NUTT, James, 91, 300
• READ, Duncan, 20, 600
• REED, Roger, 53, 300
• REID, John, 70, 450
• ROY, Elizabeth, 90, 200
• SHAW, Neil, 87, 600
• SHAW, John Jr., 130, 300
• SHAW, Catharine, 41, 250
• SHAW, Duncan, 128, 300
• SHAW, John Sr., 113, 300
• SHAW, Daniel, 132, 350
• TAYLOR, Duncan, 122, 600
• THOMPSON, Eleanor, 18, 300
• THOMPSON, Dougall, 119, 400
• TORRY, John, 45, 300
• TORRY, Mary, 38, 250
• TORRY, David, 141, 300
• WIDROW, Jane, 94, 300

Four grantees named in the Argyle patent, do not appear in the printed lists of the grantees of that patent, namely Neil CARMICHEAL, Archibald MCCOLLMAN, Hugh MCCARTY or MCARTHUR, and Archibald CAMPBELL Sr.

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Resources

• A History of the Argyle Patent https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/36901-a-history-of-the-argyle-patent?offset=47

• https://newyorkgenealogy.org/washington/the-argyle-patent-and-accompanying-documents.htm

• The Somonauk Book - https://archive.org/details/historyofsomonau00patt pgs.297-345

• If searching property records in Washington County, and you cannot locate references in the Argyle Patent, you may wish to research The Turner Patent.

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