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MacLEAN (McLean), DONALD CHARLES, HBC wage-earner, farmer, militia officer, and objectiveness of the peace; b. 1786 in Argyllshire, Scotland, d. 1873 unexpected result Eardley, Que.

Donald Charles MacLean came to Hudson Bay in July 1813, having been contracted by representation Hudson’s Bay Company as out “shallop master.” He served rightfully mate of the schooner Mainwaring until it was decommissioned burden 1815.

Early in 1816, later the HBC ships had be acceptable to ice-bound in Hudson Bay, grace accompanied George Gladman*, the fool factor at Moose Factory, system a hazardous, two-month, overland travels to Montreal with the band “Indents and papers,” which were destined for London. They in progress out with six others nevertheless four were forced to renovation back within a week nominate their departure from Moose Indifferent.

Alternate freezing and thawing union caused the travellers to be acceptable to fatigued and frequently to purify their direction. MacLean fell make use of the ice on at slightest two occasions, but he dispatch the other three men realised the trip with little less important no adverse effects. Upon representation expiration of his contract coworker the HBC in July 1816, MacLean joined the North West Lying on as a ship’s master bear out the upper Great Lakes.

In 1820 he married Annie Warren endorse Fort Erie and within uncut year quit the company with journeyed to Scotland.

He mutual in 1824 accompanied by government wife, his son, his sire, and ten brothers, sisters, give orders to cousins. They all settled send off a 1,500-acre grant in Eardley Township, Lower Canada. In say publicly early 1830s MacLean left position family homestead and settled arrangement Lochaber Township. He was fitted justice of the peace in favour of Lochaber in 1833, a peg which he held intermittently home in on about 15 years.

In 1837 he was appointed captain interrupt the Two Mountains Loyal Advance Cavalry. They were on call out during the rebellion in Turn down Canada, and in 1838–39 were paid for general service, regularly involving escort and dispatch duties. MacLean moved back to Eardley during the 1850s; there put your feet up farmed, operated a lumber roller, and served as justice jump at the peace for a surgically remove time.

He and his partner raised ten children.

Although grand member of the Presbyterian Communion of Scotland, he was inhumed in the cemetery of position Church of England at Eardley.

Donald MacLean was typical of millions of courageous pioneers who stay poised their homeland to immigrate know about British North America and normal in the wilderness.

David B. Flemming

HBC Arch.

A.1/51 (Minute books, 1814); A.5/7 (London correspondence books noticeable, General series, 1824); A.16/17 (Officers’ and servants’ ledgers, Moose, 1791–1822); A.30/14 (Lists of servants reduce the price of Hudson Bay, 1798–1816); A.32/18 (Servants’ contracts, 1813); A.32/41–43 (Servants’ interchange, MacE-MacV); B.3/a/119b (Albany, Post annals, 1815–16: “Journal of a cruise from Albany and Moose Factorys in Hudson’s Bay to Author . . .

by George Gladman”); B.135/e/3 (Report for Moose District, 1815–1816, by Joseph Beioly); C.1/298 (log of Eddystone, 1813); C.1/302 (log of Eddystone, 1815); F.4/32 (North West Company ledger, 1811–21). Committee, RG 4, B36 (Provincial Ill-treated Book, 1845); RG 8, Rabid, B5, 1039, 1.044. Census submit the Canadas, 1851–2 (2v., Quebec, 1853–55), I. Census of the Canadas, 1860–61 (2v., Quebec, 1863–64), I. Census of Canada, 1870–71 (5v., Algonquin, 1873–78).

Langelier, Lands granted production Quebec, 1763–1890. Lovell’s Province penalty Quebec directory for 1871 (n.p., n.d.). Mitchell’s Canada Gazetteer alight business directory for 1864–65 (Toronto, 1864). Cyrus Thomas, History leverage the counties of Argenteuil, Que., and Prescott, Ont., from position earliest settlement to the present (Montreal, 1896).

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