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McAlpine, John (1804-1894) and his wife Mary McLaren lived in Kilmadoc, Perth County, Scotland then came to Canada sometime between 1835 and 1839. They settlers in Villa Nova, Townsend Township where John operated a sawmill and worked as a collector. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk, Lambton and Bruce Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Allen, Erwin and Pierce, Hellyer

McBride, James (c. 1792-1869) came from Belfast, Ireland in 1829 and settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County about 1835. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Patterson, Schram, Long, Hewson, Cooper. John Aaron McBride (1819-1867), unrelated, came from Tyrone County Ireland by 1845 and lived in Hamilton, Wentworth County then settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County after 1851. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Lincoln Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Munro, Healey, Irwin

McBride, Peter (c. 1750-1799) was a native of Ireland and an early resident of the provincial capital town of Niagara (present Niagara-on-the-Lake). He was a career soldier who served eighteen years in the British Army’s 34th Regiment of Foot. A soldier in the regimental uniform is depicted at right. Peter McBride took a discharge from the Regiment to remain in Canada. He settled on Lot 71 in the Town of Niagara (present Niagara-on-the-Lake) in Lincoln County, Upper Canada located at the southeast corner of Queen and Gate Streets.

All who had a wife and children in the province by 1789 were entitled to a grant of 50 acres of land for each family member. McBride had a wife and three children by that time and received his family lands of 200 acres plus 100 acres of land for his military service during the American Revolution. He located the 500 acres of land in Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Concession 4 and Lot 1 Concession 3 Grantham Township. Lot 1 in Concessions 3 and 4 were located along the west side of Townline Road between Scott and Carlton Streets between the present City of St. Catharines and the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, in Western Canada, and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned include: Emery, Keefer, Gough, Ball, Storr, Thompson, Scott, Smith, , Chambers, Powell, Waddingham, Morris, Knapp, Wells, St. Clair, Oberparleiter; Harvie, Waddingham, Robinson, Shaw, Cooper, Hutchinson and many more.

McCall, Donald (1735-1819) came from Argyleshire, Scotland with the 42nd Highland Regiment during the Seven Years War and served until the peace in 1763. He married Elsie Simpson and settled in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey. He supported the British cause during the American Revolution. In 1796,  Donald led a settlement party from Basking Ridge to Walsingham Township, Norfolk County then settled in Charlotteville Township. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in British Columbia, Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Nevett, Miller, Le Gear, Dodd, Brock, Burgar, Goodland, Young, Stone, Barr, Brown, Atwell, Fraser, Forbes, Tiearney, Moore, Stoneman, Cronkhite, Steele, Croft, Moore, Cole. The biography of Donald McCall is included in Biographies of the Long Point Settlers.

McClellan, John (c. 1818- ) came from Ireland to Ontario by about 1845 and settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County near the village of Rockton. Includes children in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: McIntosh

McClellan, William (1740- ) was a native of Ireland and immigrated to New York in 1768. In 1773, he purchased from Robert and Margaret Campbell the rights to a lease on Lot 37 in Cherry Valley, Tryon County, New York for £30. “On the road to the West [of Cherry Valley], leading to Springfield lived the Rev. Samuel Dunlop at the foot of Livingston’s Glen on the lands of Mrs. A. B. Cox…. Following the Springfield Road: the McClellans occupied the present Chauncey Steenburgh farm…” In his later claim for losses, William McClellan “he was in possession of a Farm and Buildings thereon Live Stock Househd Furniture Farming Utensils &c the whole value at that time £120 Cury”.

During the American Revolution, William McClellan was loyal to the British cause. In 1779, he went to Fort Niagara, a British post at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario near the present town of Youngstown, Niagara County, New York where he joined Butler’s Rangers. His wife, Jane was taken prisoner by the Americans and exchanged. In a list of Loyalists exchanged at Isle Aux Noix, Quebec on 17 Mar 1780, were listed Jane McLellen aged 30 and three children John 5, David 4 and Margaret 2.

On 24 Nov 1780, William McClellan was listed in the Lachine Refugee Camp, Quebec with his wife and 1 male over 6, and 1 male under 6 years and 1 female under 6 years. 4 In his later claim for losses, William McClellan stated he was in Machiche in 1783. This was the location of a revolutionary war refugee camp. In a document dated on 11 Jul 1784, William McClellan asked “his Trusty friend James McDermott to sell half a lot of land in Cherry Valley, New York on his behalf. The document was signed in Niagara, witnesses John Burch, Martha Burch and Henry Ramsay.

Following the American Revolution on 19 Jul 1784, William McClellan settled on an irregularly shaped piece of land between the Garrison Line, the land of the Honourable Peter Russell and the Niagara River.  The east part of this lot was located on the east side of the Niagara River and the west part was south of the Town of Niagara. John Street and the Niagara Parkway are in the north and east parts of the lot.

On 4 Nov 1803 the Government of Upper Canada gave a grant to William McLellan of Stamford Township, yeoman for Lots 64 and 69 Stamford Township as per 11th Claim Niagara Commission Aug 1803. Lot 69 is located on the north side of Thorold Stone Road between Kalar and Garner Roads in the west part of the City of Niagara Falls. This became his subsequent residence.

The genealogy includes seven generations in Ontario, Western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Howard, Thomson, Lessing, McMicking, Lemon, Limebeer, Dods, McQuarrie, McClure, Clark, Hartsell, Kennedy, Fuller, Wilkinson, Davis, Duckwith, Mathieson, Potter, Harris, Cameron, Porter and many more.

McClish, Andrew (c. 1765-c. 1835) came to America during the American Revolution as a private in the 42nd (Highland) Regiment of the British Army then following the war settled in New Brunswick where he married Amy Montross. They followed her parents to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1807. Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Davis, Stackhouse, Haines, Chute, Dickinson, LaGear

McCloud, Robert (c. 1750-1814) came to America during the American Revolution with the 42nd (Highland) Regiment and settled afterwards in New Brunswick. He came to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1799. Two page biography of Robert McCloud and a possible son George McCloud

McCombs, Timothy (c. 1766) and his wife Sally lived in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont then moved to Brockville, Elizabethtown Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Upper Canada about 1795. They settled prior to 1812 to Grantham Township, Lincoln County, Upper Canada. Oldest son John McCombs (1792-1865) married Magdalene Lutz, a daughter of Thorold Township pioneers Jacob and Sophia (Brown) Lutz. The couple farmed in Grantham Township on the site of present Woodgale Park on Twelve Mile Creek in south St. Catharines. Another son Samuel McCombs (c. 1795-1851) and his wife Mary Harris settled in Thorold Township, Welland County and his family lived in Wainfleet Township, Welland County. A third son Michael McCombs (1802-1887) married Ann Johnson, a daughter of Gainsborough pioneers Mathan and Mary Ann (Dennis) Johnson, and lived in the area of Fonthill, Pelham and Thorold Townships, Welland County. A younger son Hiram McCombs (c. 1813-1876) married Jemima Brink and lived in West Oxford Township, Oxford County. Includes five generations of descendants in Lincoln, Welland and Haldimand Counties, Ontario and in Michigan, New York, Missouri, Texas and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Dimick, Hagar, Wheeler, Young, Daboll, Todd, Moore, Dean, Light, Reid, Pearce, Niles, Sheehan, Gee, Farr, Andrew, Milling, Price, Kane, Egerter, Tice, Dilts, Clendennin, Billings, Longbrake, Carl, Connolly, Hewitt, Tuckey, Hemenway, Barrett, Carter, Bowman, Smalley, Crowley, Brighty, Pew, Emerick, Boyle, Murphy, Seisinger, Miller, Ricker, Youmans, Bernard, Thompson, Ball, Upfold, Burtch, Draper, Moyer, Neff, Robinson, Hodgkins, Shafley, Goodall, Hobden, Woodruff, Moffatt, , Clark, Caswell, Deagle, Lucas, Doan, Wilson, Collard, Bravin, Mitchener, Kottmeier, Carl, Melick, Noble, Robins, Holmes, Carter, Mittlefehldt, Cambridge, Weaver, Lawrence, Matthews, Foss, Hall, Dewar, Hoff, Shidler, Munday, Knight, Edgington, Crumrine, Sigars, Gut, Porch

McCool William (c. 1766-1836) and his brother Joseph McCool (c. 1776-) came with their parents from Ireland to North Carolina during colonial times and then went with their widowed mother Margaret McCool to Upper Canada in 1794. They married respectively Margaret and Sarah Walker and settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County near the town of Waterford. Includes parental biography, and three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Haldimand Counties and in Indiana and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Clineman, Moore,Holden, Little, Dodge, Clark, Gowan

McCoy, James (c. 1775-1850) and his wife Jane brought their family from County Down, Ireland in 1821 and settled in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County near the village of Port Dover. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Williams, Field, McNeilledge, Lees, McCall, Riddell, Barnes, Brown, Dixon, Aitken

McCracken, Robert (c. 1770-) settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County by 1808. His possible son William McCracken (c. 1791-1815) came from Scotland and was a merchant in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. He was a Captain in the Norfolk County Regiment during the War of 1812. One page biography

McDonell, John (c. 1746-) lived in New York State during colonial times. During the American Revolution he went to Fort Niagara and served as a Corporal in Butler's Rangers. John and his wife Christiane lived first in Niagara Township, Lincoln County then settled in Wainfleet Township, Welland County. His sons Peter, John and William McDonell married respectively Sarah, Mehetable and Elizabeth Holmes daughters of Asa Holmes of Wainfleet Township. A son of Peter and Sarah McDonell, Hiram McDonell/McDonald (1797-1848) with his mother, Sarah (Holmes) McDonell, and her second husband, Richard William Dease, moved to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County in 1806. Includes five generations of descendants in Norfolk and Brant Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Billette, Brown, Kimble, McMartin

McDonell, John (c. 1746-  ). During the American Revolution, John McDonell was loyal to the crown and joined Butler’s Rangers at the British post of Fort Niagara situated at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario initially as a private in Captain William Caldwell’s Company then was promoted to Corporal in Capt. Bernard Frey’s Company. John McDonell settled on Lots 48 and 49, Concession 7, Wainfleet Township, Welland County on Chippawa Creek (Welland River) west of the present village of Wellandport. Corpl. John McDonell was named there on an early undated surveyor’s map.

John McDonell’s grandson Peter McDonell was born in the American Colonies c. 1773 and died by 1803. He married Sarah Holmes and settled in Wainfleet Township, Welland County. He was young at the time of the American Revolution (1776-1783). A number of youths served in Butler’s Rangers as drummer boys. Peter McDonell’s two children filed for grants of land as the children of a United Empire Loyalist confirming that he must have served in the corps. Their son Hiram McDonell married Maria Oakes and settled in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Their family changed the surname to “McDonald”.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario, Ohio, Michigan and New Jersey. Descendant surnames mentioned: 1. Billette, Brown, Kimble, McMartin, Brandon, Hutchins, Newman, Chisnell, White, Hartley, Callis, Pettit, Botterell, Callis, Woodiwiss, Pattison, Slaght, Aker, Smith

McFarland, John (c. 1752-1815) was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. As a young man, John McFarland came to Canada and during the American Revolution in 1776 entered the military service as a foreman in the ship yard at Fort St. John on the Richelieu River south of Montreal, Lower Canada (Quebec). He joined the army under General John Bourgoyne and was wounded and taken prisoner in 1777. After an exchange of prisoners, John McFarland returned to Quebec and served under Captain Fraser until the spring of 1778 when he was ordered to Carleton Island on Lake Ontario to assist in building the Ontario, a twenty gun ship. He remained in the service until the conclusion of the war in 1783. With a party under his direction, he went to Niagara and chose and cut the timber for the Limnade. He continued afterwards in the batteau service and rose to Master Boat Builder at Fort Niagara.

John McFarland married Margaret Willson, a daughter of Irish John Willson, U. E. He was allowed a grant of 500 acres of land. He located part of this and settled on 300 acres of land in Lots 21, 22 and 23 in Niagara Township, Lincoln County. This ran south from the East and West Line of Niagara Township between the Niagara River and Concession 1 Road to about the midpoint of Service Road 71 on the Niagara Parkway. McFarland House built by John McFarland and his son James in 1800 still stands as a popular tourist attraction maintained by the Niagara Parks Commission. McFarland Park Picnic Pavilion is on the north side of the house. The historic Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake is located to the north.

The genealogy includes biographies and five generations in Lincoln and Welland Counties, in western Canada, and in Illinois in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Willson, Davis, Rock, Keefer, Nash, Taggart, Neelin, Sayers, Chittenden, Evans, Patterson, Powlett, Hugill, MacAdam, Rupp

McInally/McNelly, John (1782-1866) was born on Grand Isle, Quebec on 28 Aug 1782 to John McInally and his wife Sarah Dobin. He may have come to Norfolk County, Ontario with the Gilbert family and married by license issued 25 May 1802, Mary Ann Gilbert (1785-1869), a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Rowland) Gilbert). John signed his name “McNelly” for most of his life, but his children began spelling it “McInally.”

The couple Lot 1, Concession 1, Woodhouse Township north of Port Ryerse then in 1821 relocated to Lot 6, Concession 11 Windham Township south of the village of Lynnville.

Includes parental biography and four generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Jenne, Osborn, Swayze, Huffman, Johnston, Raymond, Vandecar, Congdon, Annett, Carlow, Harvie, Newbegin, Kennedy, Martin, Tuttle, Cramer, Jobe, Bauslaugh, Cullen, Haylock, Weston, McLees, Townsend, Watson

Includes: McNalley, Bernard (1794-1870) and his wife Adelaide Damas lived in Murray Township, Northumberland County in 1848 then in Brighton Township. After Bernard's death, Adelaide lived with her son Henry McNalley in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Northumberland, Norfolk and Peterborough Counties. Descendant surnames included: Defields, Mallory, Turk, Shaw, Adams

McInnes, Andrew (1809-1891) and his wife Sarah Clark immigrated from Kilmonivaig, Inverness Co., Scotland about 1838 and settled in the village of Vittoria, Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County, and in Michigan, California and Kansas. Descendant surnames included: Rapeje, Barrett, Norton, Grusman, Dawson

McIntosh, Finlay (c. 1780-1818/19) ventured from Scotland to New Jersey and married Jerusha Robb. They lived in Nova Scotia then came to Upper Canada between 1814 and 1818/19. Their children lived in Charlotteville, Townsend and Windham Townships, Norfolk County. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Manitoba. Descendant surnames included: Kettle, Metcalfe, Grimshaw, Moore

McKenney, Robert (1769-1857) and his wife Mariah De Graaff came from Schenectady, New York to Malahide Township, Elgin County about 1820. His brother Matthew McKenney (1771-1847) and his wife Elizabeth Clute came from Charlton, Saratoga County, New York sometime after 1810 and settled in Malahide Township. He went with all of his family to Lee County, Illinois about 1838. Includes the parental family and four generations of descendants in Norfolk, Elgin and Welland Counties, and in Michigan and Illinois and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Clayton, Norris, Rodgers, Barnhart, Kennedy, Davy, Neff, Connor, Scott, Sweet, Nickerson, Sias, Myers, Manning, Wood, March, Messmore, Mix, Schrader, Wyckes, Wynn, Stephens, Wilbur

McKenney, Thomas Doyle (1790-) was a son of Amos McKenney, U. E. of Fredericksburgh and Niagara. Doyle and his wife Rebecca Moore settled in Malahide Township, Elgin County by 1817. Includes parental family and three generations of descendants in Elgin County. Descendant surnames included: Teeple, Walker. Amos Bunnell McKenney (c. 1811-1873), of unknown relationship, and his wife Elizabeth lived in Malahide Township. Includes three generations of descendants in Elgin County and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Adams, Wylie. Samuel McKenney (1809-1880), of unknown relationship, and his wife Jerusha Holmes settled in Bayham Township, Elgin County. Includes children and grandchildren in Elgin County. Descendant surnames included: Lindsay, McKenzie

McKim, Philip (c. 1783-1860) and his wife Margaret came from Ireland with their sons about 1840 and lived in Brantford, Brant County until about 1840 then settled about 1848 in the southeastern part of Middleton Township, Norfolk County near the village of Lynedoch. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties. Descendant surnames included: Hind, Wilson

McMann, George (c. 1817-1881). In the earliest family records the surname was spelled “McMan” then by the 1870’s, George used “McMann.” In the 1901 Census the family used the spelling “McMahon” but “McMann” continued in use as late as the 1920’s. According to his family Bible, George McMan was born in Armagh, Ireland. This is a small city known as “the city of saints and scholars” is located in Northern Ireland west of Belfast along the boundary of the Republic of Ireland. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh (Catholic) and the Primates of All Ireland (Church of Ireland. It is the home to two cathedrals and the Armagh Observatory. George McMan came to Canada before 1837 and married Catharine Chapman (1819-1902), a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Buchner) Chapman of Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. The couple settled on a farm south of the village of Rockford, Townsend Township, Norfolk County. George and Catharine Chapman had ten children and fourteen grandchildren. Just seven of the grandchildren are known to have married and only four of these had children. Descendants lived in Norfolk and Brant Counties. Descendant surnames included: Barber, Campbell, Yeager; Haviland, Poss, Galer

McMahon, Hugh (c. 1802-), (included with the above) relationship to George McMan, if any, unknown. He came from Cootehill, Cavan County, Ireland in 1819 and married Anne McGovern. They lived for a time in Grimsby, Lincoln County where Hugh was a schoolteacher and land surveyor. They settled in Dundas, Wentworth County by 1830. Descendants also spelled their surname “MacMahon” and lived in Dundas, Toronto, London and Ottawa, Ontario. Descendant surname included: Williams

McMaster, James (c. 1775-1811) and his wife Mary settled in Oakland Township, Brant County. Their sons William and Patrick were raised by their mother and her second husband, Emmuel Steinhoff in Woodhouse Township, then settled in Charlotteville Township. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Wilson, Cattle, Tait. Reynolds McMaster (1817-1896), of unknown relationship, married Amanda Perry and lived in Aylmer, Elgin County and later in Harrisville, Alcona County, Michigan. Includes children and grandchildren in Elgin and Norfolk Counties.