(1793 or 1794-3 Dec. 1885), surveyor. (name commonly has word surveyor added to identify him) Said to have been born in Scotland, or on the boat to Canada, but the statement that he died aged 91 suggests a date slightly after the Atlantic voyage. Parents: Alexander MacLeod, pioneer, of the 1793-1794 emigration to GC, and his first wife, whose name is unknown. (see the life of Alexander for the possible connection with Bishop Macdonell) Alexander the subject of the present entry lived on Lot 38, in the 8th Concession of Lochiel Township (on the farm later known as Bonnie Brier; see the entry for Mr and Mrs William D. MacLeod), obtaining his patent for the lot (150 acres, rather than the familiar 200) on 11 March 1843. A land surveyor by occupation, he was described in the 1830s as an unlicensed surveyor, but “well acquainted in the woods.” No evidence has been found that he ever did become a licensed surveyor, i. e., one who was formally and officially qualified. The statement , however, that that he was indeed a qualified surveyor has appeared in print, and has perhaps been handed down since his time. He was married on 27 March 1820 to Catherine Fraser. (nine children) He had a half-brother, John Roy MacLeod (1818-1903), who also worked as a surveyor, but as a practical surveyor who had not secured his official qualifications; part of John’s life was spent in the United States. Some of Alexander’s surveying implements, which came into John Roy’s possession, are in the Glengarry Pioneer Museum at Dunvegan.

Death, MacMillan diary, recorded twice, by two of the continuators of the diary * MacLeods, ii, 26, 46, 56-58 (with portrait), 128 (life of John Roy MacLeod, with portrait) * Lochinvar to Skye 165 * Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, The Macleods–The Genealogy of a Clan: Section Three: Macleod Cadet Families (1971?) 160 * Archives of Ontario-TP (2:9 Caledonia): letter (QF) from H. [McCann?] [of Vankleek Hill?] 1831 or 1837; also one letter from MacLeod himself * information kindly supplied by the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors, Dec. 2005