M-8080 Cameron/Kimball

  Sombra Twp. Deeds

M-8080

March 1884

William Kimball of Sombra, Lambton, Ontario, Canada

And

James W. Cameron of the same, farmer

...mortgage made by Alexander Cameron bears date of 

9 December 1860

C-1135

Cross-posted at In Deeds

Sir Ewen Cameron

Source

Sir Ewen Cameron, 17th Chief, who was born in 1629.

Custom Of Fosterage

Source

There was another powerful tie between chiefs, chieftains, and the commonalty — the custom of fosterage. It was an ordinary habit if a chief had a large family of sons to send them to be reared in the family of one of these cadets, or tacksmen, and the same habit was commonly practised in the family of the tacksmen, sending one of its sons to be reared in the family of a respectable clansman. The family so honoured by chief or tacksman was ever after bound in mutual affection and brotherhood. Foster-brotherhood was a bond that in many cases proved stronger than the natural. Many a foster-brother sacrificed his life to save his superior. The gallant old chief of the Cameron Clan, Sir Ewen, at the battle of Killiecrankie, owed his life to his foster-brother's quick eye in observing a deadly blow aimed at his chief in the tumult and confusion of the attack. He stepped in front of him and received several mortal wounds. [Source]

Arthur Cameron Keeney and Richard Newman Powers, Close And Distant Cousins

The first image is my lineage to Jonathan Tracy through my father's paternal side.  The second illustrates Arthur Cameron Keeney's relationship to Jonathan Tracy, also through his paternal side.  Arthur Cameron Keeney and my father are much more closely related through their Cameron mothers, Johanna and Beatrice.  Arthur's mother, Johanna (Cameron) Keeney was Beatrice's aunt.  Beatrice's father, Donald Cameron, and Arthur's mother, Johanna, were siblings.

Jonathan Tracy/Mary Griswold

Mary Tracy/Benjamin Parish

Jonathan Tracy/Mary Griswold

Christopher Tracy/Lydia Parish (Lydia and Benjamin are siblings)

Cameron Of Erracht

Source

"The first member of this family was Ewen Cameron, son of Ewen, thirteenth Chief of Lochiel, by his second wife Marjory MacIntosh. The family were known locally as Sliochd Eoghainn'ic Eoghainn, or 'the children of Ewen, the son of Ewen."'

Adam Scott Cameron's Will

New York Probate Records...New York Wills 1877-1878...:


251-446 [Image 258]
19 October 1877
Last Will and Testament
Adam Scott Cameron, late of the County of New York (John Matthews, Executor)
Engineer, of 320 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, New York, but now temporarily residing in Grey Abbott, in the County of Down, Ireland...

Wife: Julia Elizabeth, whom I have known since infancy...
Son: Walter Scott Cameron
Two brothers: James Cameron and Hugh Scott Cameron
Three sisters: Mary Ann, the wife of James Milliken, Jane, the wife of the Reverend William Hall, Elizabeth, the wife of John A. Hall
In His Employment: Ferdinand O. Hagen, Joseph A. Kinney, Alexander MacDuff, Thomas A. Dyson, Robert Harris and Patrick Callahan (the latter being known in the works as "Pete" Callahan)

Also mentioned: Benjamin R. Palmer, Esquire, and Samuel Riker
" "  Jas.S. Dorman, U.S. Counsel, Belfast, Ireland, R. Jeffrey, Grey Abbey, Co. Down, Ireland, Minister of the Presbyterian Church, Caroline M. Sewell, widow, No. 320 Lex. Ave., New York, temporarily at Grey Abbey, Ireland

Allan Cameron/Ann MacMillan

Allan Cameron of Finch and Ann McMillan of Lancaster were married March 1808.  They were in the Canadian areas of Finch, Cumberland, Lochiel, Ontario, and Templeton and Buckingham, Quebec... .

1852 Canadian Cenus, Quebec, Templeton
37 Cameron, Allan  Farmer Scotland Presbyterian 68 M
38 McMillan, Nancy Scotland Presbyterian 65 F
39 Cameron, Jennet Lower Canada Presbyterian 22 F
40 Cameron, Flora Lower Canada Presbyterian 18 F
41 Cameron, John Lumber Merchant Lower Canada Presbyterian 20 M

"The John Cameron living with Allan Cameron/Ann McMillan in Templeton in 1852 might be John Cameron, his grand nephew, s/o of the late Ewan and Jane Cameron who died 1832 rather than his son John." [E-Mail]

Per an e-mail:  Two of Duncan and Sarah (Cameron) MacMillan's daughters (Mary and Ann/Nancy) married brothers Allan Cameron and Donald Cameron.  Note:  I am related to both of these MacMillan daughters and their Cameron husbands through my grandmother, Beatrice (Cameron) Powers.

Duncan Cameron And Flora MacCrimmon?

1891 Canadian Census
South Hull, West Division, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada

Source
Duncan, Hugh and Angus's occupation was "saw mill hand"

John Cameron, Died 10 September 1803

C-102 [Imag 835]

Image 836

Affidavit (See Image 836):

The late John Cameron of Charlottenburgh who claimed the west 3/4 of Lot No. 14 in the 1st and 2nd Concessions of Charlottenburgh, departed this life on the tenth day of September 1803.  Signed, John Cameron  (the patent for the land bore the date of 13 September 1803)

Cross-posted at In Deeds

Defiance, Ohio, Deed 16-183

Defiance County, Ohio

Deed# 16-183

8 September 1866

John and Lydia Cameron of Defiance County, Ohio

To

Milton Cameron of Defiance....

Census 1850

Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, United States

John Cameron M 43 Virginia

Lydia Cameron F 40 Pennsylvania

Nancy J Cameron F 19 Ohio

John S Cameron M 14 Ohio

Lucretia Cameron F 12 Ohio

Simon M Cameron M 10 Ohio

William W Cameron M 7 Ohio

Robert B Cameron M 5 Ohio

Michael Hornbarger M 46 Germany

Cross-posted at In Deeds

Charles Cameron, Deed# 17-346

Ontario County, New York

Deed# 17-346  [Image 495]
22 August 1812

Ebenezer F. and Abigail Norton, Canandaigua, Ontario, New York
To

Charles Cameron, of same

Cross-posted at In Deeds

Cameron Anniversary In New York

See Wikitree entry for Madison Cameron.

Altamont enterprise., July 09, 1915, Page 1, Image 1

About Altamont enterprise. (Altamont, N.Y.) 1892-1958

John Cameron Mentioned In Piquette Probate

Michigan Probate Records...Wayne Probate packets 1876...:

Wayne County, Michigan

Probate File# 8187

Piquette, Charles Louis

Image 45

Image 51

"...an American subject temporarily living in France...".

John Cameron listed creditor...

Isabel (Maclean) Cameron's Grandfather, Roderick Macleod

Sir Roderick Mor Macleod married Isabel, daughter of Donald Macdonald, VIII. of Glengarry, with issue, five sons and six daughters —7. Mary, who married Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart and Morvern, first Baronet, created on the 13th of February, 1632, with issue — two sons, Sir Hector and Sir Allan, and two daughters — Isabel, who married Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, and Mary, who married Lachlan Mackinnon of Strath. [Source: History of the Macleods...]

Cameron Reunion

Altamont enterprise., August 05, 1904, Page 5, Image 5 (newspaper in New York):

"...descendants of the Hon. James Cameron was held at the Rockwell Home today.  The family traces its name directly to the Locheil clain of Cameron...".

James Cameron's profile at Wikitree.

Maud (Wolfe) Wright Married Alexander Cameron

Maude Wolfe, b. New York,  m. 1st Butler Wright and m. 2nd Alexander Cameron

Source (Page 34 or Page 55 of PDF file)

Name Maude A. Wolfe

age 21

birth_place New York City

Husband J. Butler Wright

Son J. Butler Wright

Other information in the record of J. Butler Wright

from New York, New York City Births

Name J. Butler Wright

Event Type Birth

Event Date 31 Mar 1903

Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

Father's Name J. Butler Wright

Father's Birthplace Irvington, New York

Father's Age 25

Mother's Name Maude A. Wolfe

Mother's Birthplace New York City

Mother's Age 21

Mother's Intervention

An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America, by J. P. MacLean:

The method of warfare carried on by Sir John Johnson and his adherents did not sway the lofty mind of Washington, as may be illustrated in the following narration furnished the author by Rev. Dr. R. Cameron, grandson of Alexander Cameron, who was a direct descendant of Donald Dubh of Lochiel. This Alexander Cameron came to America in 1773, and on the outbreak of the Revolution enlisted as a private under Sir John Johnson. Three times he was taken prisoner and condemned to be executed as a spy. How he escaped the first time is unknown. The second time, the wife of the presiding officer at the court-martial, informed him in Gaelic that he would be condemned, and assisted him in dressing him in her own clothes, and thus escaped to the woods. The third time, his mother, Mary Cameron of Glennevis, rode all the way from Albany to Valley Forge on horseback and personally plead her cause before Washington. Having listened to her patiently, the mighty chief replied: "Mrs. Cameron, I will pardon your son for your sake, but you must promise me that you will take him to Canada at once, or he will be shot." The whole family left for Canada. [Source]

Laura Cameron

Mrs. Dorcas Frappier was Laura Cameron's aunt, according to the Immigration record below.  Dorcas was the daughter of Archibald and Nancy (McMillan) Cameron; which sibling was Laura Cameron's parent?

Name Laura Cameron

Event Type Immigration

Event Date 18 Sep 1921

Event Place Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States

Residence Place Albany, USA

Gender Female

Age 49

Marital Status Single

Nationality Great Britain, British

Birth Year 1872

Departure Port Glasgow

Ship Name Cameronia

Additional Name Mrs Helen Mcmillan

Departure Contact Name Relationship Friend

Arrival Contact Name Mrs Dorcas Frappier

Arrival Contact Name Relationship Aunt

Mother Was Grace Cameron

Glengarry News (1-19-1923) Excerpt from the Obituary of Mr. John A. McDougald:

The late Mr. John A. McDougald was born on September 29th, 1838, on lot number 5 in the 4th concession Kenyon, near Alexandria, a farm which had been taken up by his grandfather who came out as a pioneer settler from Eig, Scotland, in 1790.  His father was Angus McDougald, a Major in the 4th Battalion, Glengarry Militia, who saw service throughout the rebellion of 1837.  His mother was Grace Cameron of Charlottenburgh Township, whose family belonged to the United Emfire (sic) Loyalists.

From Descendants of Donald "McPhaul" Chisholm:

ANNE CHISHOLM (daughter of Ranald Chisholm and Catherine McPhee) was born on 01 May 1843 in Kenyon Twp., Glengarry, Ontario. She died on 08 Dec 1917 in Alexandria, Ontario. She married JOHN ANGUS MCDOUGALD on 10 Jan 1868 in St. Finnan's, Alexandria, Ontario, son of Major McDougald and Grace Cameron. He was born on 29 Sep 1838 in Kenyon Twp., Glengarry, Ontario. He died on 09 Jan 1923 in Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario.

Was Robert Ambrister Charles Cameron's Nephew?

Newsgroup (another message *here)

A relatively minor footnote in the history of 19th century Anglo-American relations involves the campaign led by Andrew Jackson into Florida in 1818. In the course of what is sometimes called the First Seminole War, two British subjects, Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert Christie Ambrister, were captured, subjected to a court martial at Jackson's direction, and executed in April 1818.

While Ambrister's ancestry is rarely mentioned, it has been stated that he had gone to the Bahamas seeking the assistance of his uncle, the Governor of New Providence (Bahamas), in furthering his military career. The governor at this time was Charles Cameron, a younger son of the banker Donald Cameron of Essex and his wife Mary Guy. If in fact the mother of Robert Ambrister was a full sister of Charles Cameron, the following would then be an accurate account of his descent from James IV, King of Scots.

1. James IV, King of Scots = Agnes Stewart [not married]
2. [illeg.] Lady Janet Stewart = Malcolm, 3rd Lord Fleming
3. Margaret Fleming = John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl
4. Jean Stewart = Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy (d. 1631)
5. Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy = Isabel MacKintosh
6. Margaret Campbell = John Cameron (dvp bef 1647)
7. Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel = NN MacLean
8. John Cameron of Lochiel (d. 1747/8) = Isabel Campbell
9. Archibald Cameron (exe. 1753) = Jean Cameron
10. Donald Cameron, younger son = Mary Guy
**11. NN Cameron = James Ambrister, Esq.
12. Robert Christie Ambrister

*I have seen no other reference to a sister, or half-sister, of Charles Cameron. Also, I have seen to date no information concerning Robert Ambrister's sibling(s).

Scholar Commons website (USF) addressed an Ambrister store in the Tampa area:

In several of the various books written about Florida since 1817, there are mentions of a store that was established by Robert Ambrister at Tampa Bay.

**Note from Cameron Collections blog author:  Have not found this marriage; at this point I have no proof that Ambrister was related to Charles Cameron