(died 19 June 1858, aged 83), U E Loyalist. He is said in his son’s obituary (1908) to have been born at Johnstown in the Mohawk Valley, to have been “for many years an Indian interpreter,” and to have been a U E Loyalist settler on the Raisin River. Strictly speaking, given his age at the time, he was a Loyalist by right of his family rather than by his own decisions, but we need not insist on that point. He was married to Sophia Dingwall (d. 11 Dec. 1861, aged 81). He was the father of John Dingwall McBain and grandfather of Andrew McBain. He is buried at St. Andrew’s cemetery, Williamstown. In 1806 a Richard McBean [sp. thus], perhaps this man, was given official permission to operate a ferry between St. Regis and his home in the 1st Concession of Cornwall Township.

Obituary of John Dingwall McBain, Cornwall Freeholder 30 Oct. 1908 * UE List 217? * Fraser, Gravestones, I, 146 * Pringle 59