Mary Carrick

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• Name: Mary McIntosh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-161529
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Branchton
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Mary — David McIntosh. David (son of Angus McIntosh and Margaret Tulloch) was born 1818; died 13 Mar 1852; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Jane McIntosh was born 1847, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Angus McIntosh was born CALC 28 Sep 1849, Branchton, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Mar 1927, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134930
• Occupation: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian

Notes:

Shade acted as Mr. Dickson's agent and attorney, and as soon as it became known in the Niagara district and other settled parts of the Province, that lands could be had on easy terms, a few straggling settlers made their way to the locality, and some returned to take up their abode. Scarcely any persons came in during the fall of 1816, and for several years afterwards, the progress made was not very promising. Report puts down the number of families in the township in 1817 as thirty-eight, com-prising in all one hundred arid sixty-three souls, and the whole of the farm stock as less than the number of animals now to be found on a single place. From a Government source, we find that in 1818 the estimate was only thirty-eight settlers, and sixty-three persons in all.

These statements are doubtless not far astray, but the latter estimate is probably below rather than above the mark, for, besides a few settlers who early took up land in the St. George neighbourhood, a small colony, chiefly from Genesee County, New York State, had located in the bush between Galt and the present village of Branchton, as early as 1817. Among these were Messrs. Donald Fraser, Thomas McBean, William Mackenzie,* John Buchanan, Robert Carrick, Alexander Harvie, Daniel McArthur and Dugald McColl, whose descendants, in several instances, still continue to hold and cultivate the lands then taken up.

*Donald Fraser, Thomas McBean and William Mackenzie walked all the way from Genesee Co., New York State, to Dumfries, during May, 1817. Mackenzie had assisted Mr. Marlett in surveying near Galt during the previous fall, and piloted the way. While on the road near Hamilton, the elder Dickson and his son William passed them on horseback. They knew Mackenzie, and informed the travellers that they could get Articles of Agreement immediately for any lands they might select, as they were then taking up these necessary documents. After arrival, Fraser, McBean and Mackenzie soon selected farms, and received the Articles therefor, which are said to have been the first three ever given by Mr. Dickson for any part of his Dumfries lands.


Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose pg 33

Robert — Jane Harvie. Jane (daughter of Alexander Harvie and Mary Cameron) was born CALC 4 Jul 1784, , Scotland; died 9 Jun 1871; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jane Carrick
• Name: Jean Harvie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135348
• Residence: 1851, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lot 8 Con 7
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48547

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a small colony, chiefly from Genesee County, New York State, had located in the bush between Galt and the present village of Branchton, as early as 1817. Among these were Messrs. Donald Fraser , Thomas McBean , William Mackenzie ,* John Buchanan, Robert Carrick, Alexander Harvie, Daniel McArthur and Dugald McColl, whose descendants, in several instances, still continue to hold and cultivate the lands then taken up.

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose pg 33

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Dumfries. In this cemetery is a granite stone marking the burial of Alexander Harvie, who was born in Scotland in 1754 and died in Dumfries in 1825. Passing by this cemetery along a winding road, one comes to one of the most picturesque farms in the township. This was the birthplace of First Church. The old house in which the first service was held disappeared long ago, but the movement begun there is still going on. In that community were about 12 families who had come over from New York state, attracted by the prospects of a home in a British colony. Among them was Alex. Harvie, regarded as the leading man in the new community. This was in the year 1817. In May, 1822, the Associate church at Pittsburg, Pa., appointed three ministers to itinerate in Upper Canada for a period of three months. These ministers, Rev.'s Thomas Beveridge, Alex Bullions and Dr. Hanna, rode on horseback from Philadelphia to Niagara, where they parted, each taking a separate mission. Mr. Beveridge found his way to the home of Alex Harvie, who welcomed him with great joy.

Waterloo Historical Society, Seventeenth Annual Report, Berlin, Ontario 1929, pg 1940

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FIRST UNITED CHURCH, GALT

Andrew W. Taylor, B.Sc.A.

The records of First United Church give many intimate glimpses into the life of Galt from its first beginnings right down to the present day. In 1816 Dumfries was unbroken forest. One of the first projects undertaken was to have the land surveyed. An assistant to the surveyors was a lad by the name of William Mackenzie. This young man was impressed by the prospects. During that winter he told of the opportunities he had seen to the people at his home in Genesee County, New York State. The following year he and others returned to become the first settlers in the new tract. During the next ten years there was quite a migration of these people. They belonged to the Associate Reformed Church. They settled between Galt and Branchton. One of their number, Mr. Alexander Harvie, had been an elder in the congregation of Caledonia, N.Y. In 1819 the Rev. Alex. DeNoon, the minister of that church, paid him a visit in his Dumfries home. Word went out to all the people around about. A service was held. Rev. Mr. DeNoon is believed to be the first clergyman ever to have preached in Dumfries...


Waterloo Historical Society, Thirty-Fifth Annual Report, Berlin, Ontario 1948

Alexander — Mary Cameron. Mary was born CA 1765; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Harvie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63153