John McKay

Generation: 1

1. John McKay was born in ca 1823 in New Brunswick (son of George McKay and Nancy Cameron).

Generation: 2

2.	George McKay died on 3 Aug 1867 in St Patrick. George married Nancy Cameron. Nancy (daughter of Hugh Cameron and Catherine McCallum) was born in ca 1784; died on 19 Dec 1865 in St Patrick, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy Cameron was born in ca 1784 (daughter of Hugh Cameron and Catherine McCallum); died on 19 Dec 1865 in St Patrick, New Brunswick.

Children:

1. John McKay was born in ca 1823 in New Brunswick.
Charles A. McKay was born in ca 1825 in New Brunswick; died in 1895.
George McKay was born in ca 1828 in New Brunswick.
Jane McKay was born in ca 1829 in New Brunswick.

Generation: 3

Hugh Cameron (son of Sir Ewen Cameron, of Fassifern and Louisa Campbell).

Notes:

Ref. Glimpses of the past, 1894 - said to be second son. No mention of him in Scottish trees. Unproven, but likely son of Ewen. Disowned by his family after his marriage. He joined 74th Regt as private, served in America and stayed on in Canada with his family. Granted land at Digdeguash, New Brunswick, Canada in 1790

Hugh married Catherine McCallum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine McCallum

Children:

3. Nancy Cameron was born in ca 1784; died on 19 Dec 1865 in St Patrick, New Brunswick.
Barbara Cameron
Catherine Cameron
Lachlan Cameron
John Duncan Cameron
Margaret Cameron was born on 19 Jul 1798; died on 13 Jan 1888.

Generation: 4

12.

Sir Ewen Cameron, of Fassifern was born on 20 Mar 1740 (son of John Cameron, of Fassifern and Jean Campbell); died on 12 Oct 1828.

Notes:

Initially of Inverscaddle, Guardian or curator first for his cousin Charles 21st of Lochiel (1764) and later for the young Donald Cameron, 22nd of Lochiel. He bought Callart estate in 1787, and from at least 1816 lived at Arthurstone, nr Meigle, Perthshire. - see Stewart, p. 216,7

Ewen married Louisa Campbell on 2 Nov 1767. Louisa (daughter of Duncan Campbell and Mary Macpherson) was born in ca 1747; died on 14 Oct 1777 in Fassifern. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Louisa Campbell was born in ca 1747 (daughter of Duncan Campbell and Mary Macpherson); died on 14 Oct 1777 in Fassifern.

Notes:

Previously recorded as alive 1818 and died Aug 1836 at Fort William (?source)

Died:
Ref. Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser (London, England), Thursday, October 23, 1777 - 'Mrs Cameron, younger, of Fasfern, and only daughter of Duncan Campbell, Esq, of Glenure'

Children:

Alexander Cameron died young, before 1828.
6. Hugh Cameron
Mary Cameron was born in 1770; died on 5 Jun 1804 in Fort William.
Col. John Cameron was born on 16 Aug 1771 in Inverscaddle; died on 16 Jun 1815 in Quatre Bras .
Jean Cameron died on 18 May 1806.
Catherine Cameron was born in ca 1774 in Kilmallie; died on 20 Jan 1855.
Sir Duncan Cameron, 2nd Bart., W.S. was christened on 25 Mar 1775 in Kilmallie ; died on 10 Jan 1863.
Isabel Cameron was christened on 16 Jun 1776 in Kilmallie; died in in young.
Capt. Peter Cameron was born on 10 Sep 1777; was christened on 24 Sep 1777 in Kilmallie; died on 4 Oct 1843 in Blackheath, Kent.