This is a transcription of a letter or deposition posted on ancestry.ca by Wenda50. It is written with anywords striked through in the original striked through on the transcription. There are still several words I could not clearly make out. This was likely a draft of the original deposition. Feel free to contact me if you compare the original to the transcription and have figured out some of the unclear words.  - Note from treemaker.Aberdeenshire in Scotland    Elizabeth Wilson Fowler of...

The MacDonald Farm Historic Park is situated on the north side of the Miramichi River just eight miles east of Chatham. It is named after Alexander MacDonald, the first MacDonald to arrive on the Miramichi in 1784.Alexander was fairly active in public life. From 1790 to the late 1820's, he served for varying terms as town clerk, foreman, surveyor or overseer of roads, overseer of the poor, assessor, school trustee, and harbour master. He was also an important member of the Northumberland...

The MacDonald Farmhouse was likely built between 1815 and 1820. A survey of a number of documents tells us of Alexander MacDonald, the builder of this house.Alexander MacDonald (1762-1834) was a native of Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, Scotland. Very little is known about his early years, but when the Revolutionary War broke out, MacDonald, then fifteen or sixteen, enlisted in the newly raised 76th Regiment of Foot organized by Lord MacDonald of Sleat, known as MacDonald's Highlanders. The...

McDONALD, ALEXANDER, landowner, office holder, and militia officer; b. c. 1762 in Scotland; m. c. 1790 Grace McLean, and they had 13 children; d. 11 Dec. 1834 in Bartibog, N.B.Little is known of Alexander McDonald’s life before he settled on the Miramichi River, N. B ., in 1784, and almost nothing at all of his birth and family. It is thought he was born in Argyllshire, probably at Ardnamurchan. Local tradition in New Brunswick says he was a tenant (tacksman) of the MacDonalds of Sleat, but...