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 Archie's son, Donald 'King' McGillivray (1799-1877), was pioneering on Lot 17.6th
 Lochiel when he wed Mary MacMillan (1804-1884) in March 1822. She was a sister of
+'Big' Angus MacMillan and with her 10 children she, too, began a dynasty. The	present
+log house is believed to have been built about 1830, but has long since been sheathed
+over, inside and out. This vintage homestead is still with the 'King' MacGillivray family
+and what tales it could tell!
+Direct descendant Anne MacGillivray still occupies it with her mother, née Ruth
+MacGillivray, who celebrated her 90th birthday October 2002 at the old Manse
+opposite Kirkhill United Church. With many MacGillivray and other kin present, as well
+as the presentation of a fine plaque from the Township mayor, it Was a very special
+occasion. We only regretted that Mrs. Myrtle (McGillivray) Stanger of Drumheller,
+Alberta, the chief chronicler of 'King' descendants, Was not with us. Myrtle turned 90 in
+April 2003. \\
+John Duncan MacLeod (1901-1968), a direct descendant of 'Big' Alex, from Dunvegan, is,
+Kenyon Township, graduated from Kemptville College. He held senior appointments
+with Ontario's Department of Agriculture until 1948 when he returned to buy a Kenyon
+farm and opened a seed-cleaning plant. \\
+John D., as he was known, was the prime mover in forming the Clan MacLeod Society of
+Glengarry (later of Canada), and initiated preparation of //The MacLeods of Glengarry, 1st
+Edition (1971)//. Revised Edition (1993) has a wealth of family history edited by
+Madeleine McCrimmon, also a MacLeod emigration's descendant. John's inspiration
+and advice were sorely missed after he was killed by a tractor in 1968. \\
+About 1840 'Big' Alex's grandson Roderick (Rory) (1812-1879) and his brother Norman
+MacLeod (1810-1889) moved to share Lot 25.9th Kenyon. Norman, who had married
+Captain Alexander's daughter Mary MacLeod (1812-1875), became a captain of the 4<sup>th</sup>
+Glengarry Militia during the 1837 Rebellion. Their son Alex served during the Fenian
+Raids with the 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion. \\
+Roderick (Rory)'s son, Duncan Rory MacLeod (1854-1908), wed Jessie Ann McCuaig
+(1871-1952). They had five children, of whom John D. was the most prominent in
+Glengarry's history. \\
+It would be heartwarming to think that, with the new millennium, perhaps the time has
+come to erect a new plaque to supplement that on the "MacLeod Settlement" cairn. It
+would recognize the roles played by Sergeant Archibald 'King' McGillivray, `Big' Alex,
+`Big' Norman and cousin Kenneth MacLeod, in
+ensuring the success of the emigration and the parts
+played by their descendants in building a prosperous
+Glengarry. Failing that initiative, perhaps these brief
+comments will serve to revive interest in Upper
+Canada's Loyalist story by making descendants
+more aware of their fascinating and heroic heritage.
+{{:mcleod_plaque.jpeg?600 |}}MacLeod Settlement: In 1793 some forty families,
+including members of several clans, emigrated from
+Glenelg, Scotland, under the leadership of Alexander
+MacLeod and landed at St. John's Island (now PEI) The
+following year they came to Glengarry County and
+petitioned for land. In August, 1794 the majority were
+authorized to occupy 200 Acres each in the vicinity of
+Kirkhill, which was for many years known as Glenelg.
+Alexander MacLeod who was located on this property in
+, was instrumental in founding on of the earliest
+Presbyterian parishes in Upper Canada here in Lochiel
+Township. During the War of 1812 he served as a
+Captain in the 2<sup>nd</sup> Regiment of Glengarry Militia and
+died March 4, 1850. //Archeological and Historic Sites
+Board of Ontario.// Erected by Clan MacLeod Society of Glengarry 1965.
+-----
+==== Endnotes ====
+<sup>i</sup> Clan MacLeod Society of Glengarry, //The MacLeods of Glengarry 1793-1993//, (Revised edition),
+-34. It irks this writer and descendant of Archie 'King' McGillivray that no clan representative was included in this 1965 ceremony — not even the Cairn committee's treasurer, Wm.J. MacGillivray, or closest neighbour, Donald A. (Archie King) McGillivray. The Seaway Valley Tourist Council Centre has lists and maps of historic sites at Box 884, Cornwall, ON, K6H 577. \\
+<sup>ii</sup> Ibid, 24-25, 29-30, and 158. \\
+<sup>iii</sup> Ibid., 24-25, 29-30, and 158: LDS IGI for INV.SCT lists Normand McLeod wed to Mary McRae on 17 June 1752, at inverness, INV., where their son Alexander was torn in 1756 at the "town of Inverness", in the County of Inverness: as per his 71st discharge certificate.\\
+<sup>iv</sup> The Macleods of Glengarry 1793-1971, (1st Ed.), 44-53; and History of the British Army, Chap 16 The Old 71st Regiment Fraser Highlanders, 1775-83,1138-152. \\
+<sup>v</sup> Torloisk village, Kilninian & Kilmore parish, gained fame when Allan MacLean (1725-1798), a son of Torloisk's 5<sup>th</sup> laird, became Bgen commanding the Royal Highland Emigrants (later the 84<sup>th</sup> Regiment) in the Revolutionary War. See //Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol IV,// 503-504. In 1986 my wife and I visited Torloisk's attractive Kilninian Kirk, then unaware of my ancestor's Kilmore Kirk a few miles off In Dervaig — also noted for its Bellachroy Hotel and Mull Little Theatre. \\
+<sup>vi</sup> Kilninian & Kilmore, Mull, OPR 544/1 (LDS Film #1041080), 42 & 44; and J.G Bartholomew The Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles; Kilbeag was possibly an earlier name for today's Dervaig and its fine Church of Scotland first built in 1754. The U.C. 1851/52 Census of Lochiel Township lists Ann as born in Scotland c1786, so all Ann(e)s MCGilvray (+ other variants) in Argyll - and Inverness-shires were searched in the Mormon IGI and no other Ann was born to an Archibald in that decade. \\
+<sup>vii</sup> Captain Alexander MacLeod's quotes are from his Upper Canada Land Petition (d/31 Dec 1837 oh NAC Reel #2139, Bundle #21, Document 46); PEI Archives. St. John's is. List of Shipping, Inwards Accession #2557 Item I, per Mrs. Mary (MacMillan) Beaton; and Grant MacGilrivray, "The Daring Glenelg Settlers of 1794," in //The Clansman//, Apr/May 1993, 16.  \\
+<sup>viii</sup> "Return of Sundry persons who have received land by order of the Board for the Eastern District...." found on PAO RG1 C-1-4 Vol. 9, p.1; Marianne McLean, //The People of Glengarry Highlanders In Transition, 1745-1820//). 123, and Endnote 111 which cites this PAO record; author McLean personally provided this petitioners' list
+little resemblance to
+MacLeods 2<sup>nd</sup> Ed. pp. 35-36.  \\
+<sup>ix</sup> John Cameron served with 1KRRNY and then as a British spy during the 1776-1783 war years. Evicted post-war, his
+ family trekked north to settle on Lot 6.4th of Cornwall Township. but not without their prized rose shoots — claimed to date
+ back to Damascus in Crusader times. The rose flowers, stalks, leaves and hips were vital to pioneers as medicines, tea,
+etc. He lived into his 100<sup>th</sup> and wife Mary into her 92<sup>nd</sup> year! Their Cameron Cemetery is now in Cornwall City just east of McConnell Avenue and on South Branch Road. Regrettably a Gravel pit is encroaching on this sacred Loyalist soil. \\
+<sup>x</sup> Clan MacLeod Soc., op. cit., (2<sup>nd</sup> Ed.), 27; and War of 1812 Militia Paylists (War Office 13, Glengarry 2<sup>nd</sup>, Vol. 3681), NAC Reel #B-3161, pp. 412 & 414. \\
+<sup>xi</sup> Miles McLeod's obituary in Alexandria News dated 11 Dec 1896; published in 1995, my family history, //Our Kindred
+Spirits//, tells much more about Ann (McGillivray) and Duncan MacMillan's descendants. (This history won the top award of the Ottawa OGS Gene-O-Rama in 1996. Its editor James Robb, BA,BJ,MA, is an Ottawa author, who was long a copy editor and contributor at The Ottawa Citizen..)