====== McKenzie, John ====== (died 7 Aug. 1795, aged 50), U E Loyalist. (Capt. John McKenzie) Born at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. His brother, Kenneth Mackenzie, was the father of Sir Alexander Mackenzie. John McKenzie settled in New York colony, and was joined there by his aforementioned brother and nephew just before the American Revolution began. John and Kenneth took the loyal side in the Revolution, and both served in the King's Royal Regiment of New York, where John rose to the rank of captain. John settled as a Loyalist in Glengarry County. While fishing with two McLean brothers from a canoe near the mouth of the Salmon River, on the side of Lake St. Francis across from GC, he had a sudden seizure, fell out of the canoe, and was dead by the time his body was got out of the water. He was unmarried. Burial was in the Salem Church Cemetery, Summerstown. He was a member of the first Masonic lodge at Cornwall. Members of the Masonic order placed a monument on his grave. With time, the monument needed restoration, which was done at the expense of the Masonic order, with the reconstructed monument being unveiled on 18 May 1933. F. D. McLennan, who had been involved in getting the restoration underway, spoke at the unveiling, outlining what little was known about McKenzie. McLennan was inclined to guess that McKenzie lived in Glengarry with his niece Jane, sister of the explorer. On 20 Aug. 1794, Jane had been married to Alexander Rose, both partners in the marriage being residents of Charlottenburgh. ---- Report on unveiling of reconstructed monument, with text of F. D. McLennan’s address, //Standard Freeholder// 19 May 1933 * //Dictionary of Canadian Biography//, V, 537 (mentioned) * Pringle 51?, 388, 404 (McNiff map, 1786) * Harkness 402 * //UE List// 227 * Cruikshank //King's Royal Regiment of New York// 239 * //Cornwall Standard //26 July 1917, gravestone inscription, //Cornwall Freeholder// 30 Nov. 1922, on Summerstown burial ground * gravestone inscription [<6>]