Thomas McBean

1789 - 1861  (72 years)

• Name	Thomas McBean
  Born	1789	, Inverness, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1823	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1851	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1851	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-161307P
  Died	2 Sep 1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I161307	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaret,   b. 1795, , Inverness, Scotland ,   d. 13 May 1868, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Francis McBean,   b. 1823, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary McBean,   b. 1823, , Scotland ,   d. 1832  (Age 9 years)   3. Janet "Jean" McBean,   b. 1825, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Feb 1901, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)   4. Angus McBean,   b. 22 Jul 1827, , Scotland ,   d. 28 Jun 1903, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F40258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 1, Pg. 13. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Thomas McBean/ died 2nd Sept 1861/ aged 72 years/ also his wife/ Margaret McBean/ died 13th Aug 1868/ aged 73 years/ Natives of Inverness-shire/ Scotland/ Mary their daughter/ died 1832 aged 9 years/ Angus McBean/ died 28th June 1903/ in his 76th year/ his wife/ Mary Milroy/ died 28th July 1909/ in her 70th year/ Jennie F. McBean/ wife of /James McKenzie/ died 22nd April 1890/ aged 29 yrs 6 mo's/ also an infant son [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 4 Sep 1861. McBean, Thomas died 2 Sep 1861 In East Dumfries. Farmer. Settled in Dumfries nearly 40 yrs ago. Age 72.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1789 - , Inverness, Scotland Residence - 1823 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1851 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 2 Sep 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth