Cpl. James McTaggart

1754 - 1843  (88 years)

• Name	James McTaggart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Title	Cpl.
  Born	6 Aug 1754	Penninghame Parish, Wigton, Wigtownshire, Galloway, Scotland   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1774	New York, New York   [2]
  Arrival	1783  [4]
  Residence	Canada   [4]
  Residence	Tryon, New York, United States   [3]
  Residence	1787	New York   [5]
  Died	26 Jul 1843	Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6]
  Buried	Bethesda, Prince Edward County Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I26463	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter McTaggart,   b. 1732, Wigton, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN, Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Paterson,   b. 18 Aug 1733, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1754  (Age > 22 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	8 Jun 1824	Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F8951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Anne Cooley,   b. 19 Dec 1759, Albany, Albany, New York, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1844, Picton, Prince Edward County Municipality, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Samuel McTaggart,   b. 13 Nov 1779, Near Albany, Albany, New York, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1871, Hastings, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)  [natural]   2. Peter McTaggart,   b. Abt 1782, Near Albany, Albany, New York, USA ,   d. UNKNOWN, Ontario, Canada  [natural]   3. William McTaggart,   b. 4 Nov 1797, Sophiasburg, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 1881, Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F8947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1774, at age 20, for want of employment, James McTaggart left Wigton, Galloway, Scotland for New York. He arrived just prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and settled in the Mohawk Valley, New York. He served as a Corporal in the King's New York army. After the Revolution he moved to Thurlow, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, (just east of Belleville) where he received a Loyalist grant of land. Mrs. Edna (Sam) Adams of Campbellford, Ontario, who as a little girl lived with her aged grandmother Martha (Patty) Parliament has this story from her grandmother: "My mother Nancy said their home had been taken over by the rebels after her husband James had enlisted but she, Nancy, and a negro slave and the two children were allowed the use of the basement kitchen during her husband's absence. James McTaggart found his wife Nancy and the two boys (Samuel and Peter) out gathering wood when he came for them in 1784." In 1774, at age 20, for want of employment, James McTaggart left Wigton, Galloway, Scotland for New York. He arrived just prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution and settled in the Mohawk Valley in Tryon County, New York. He served as a Corporal in the Second Battalion King's New York army. After the Revolution he moved to Thurlow, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, (just east of Belleville). He returned to New York to retrieve his wife and two sons and their slave, but was captured by the Americans and imprisoned for two years. He returned to Canada permanently in 1783.

  
  

• Sources

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