James MacLeod
b: 22 MAR 1772
d: 1855
Biography
!MENTION: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE
MACLEODS--THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section II, Edinburgh, The Clan
MacLeod Society, 1968, p. 53.
Was a shipbuilder. He and other members of a Liverpool privateer were
pressed into the crew of a British man o'' war. He escaped and reached
the West Indies, where he was rescued by another Liverpool privateer,
commanded by Captain Joseph Barss, Sen. He then became a lighthouse
keeper and evolved the first revolving light in Nova Scotia. He married
Mary Murray, who was descended from Richard Warren, one of the Pilgrim
Fathers in 1620. They had issue.
!SOURCE: Clan MacLeod Society of Canada, file #CMSC113.
Facts
  • 22 MAR 1772 - Birth - ; Petit Riviere,,Nova Scotia,Canada
  • 1855 - Death -
Ancestors
   
 
 
John MacLeod
10 APR 1747 - 3 FEB 1825
  
  
  
 
James MacLeod
22 MAR 1772 - 1855
  
 
  
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Alice Harrington
22 OCT 1754 - 20 JUN 1829
  
  
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) John MacLeod
Birth10 APR 1747Newton,Comavady,Ireland
Death3 FEB 1825
Marriage1764to Alice Harrington
FatherJohn MacLeod
MotherJane Carr
PARENT (F) Alice Harrington
Birth22 OCT 1754Exeter,,Rhode Island,United States
Death20 JUN 1829
Marriage1764to John MacLeod
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
MWilliam MacLeod
Birth18 MAY 1765Liverpool,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death16 SEP 1840Carlton,,New Brunswick,Canada
Marriageto Lucy Crowe at ,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Marriageto Deborah Nickerson
MEbenezer MacLeod
Birth1767Liverpool,,Nova Scotia,Canada
DeathAUG 1849Little River,,Maine,United States
Marriage24 JAN 1788to Dorcas Gardner
MJames MacLeod
Birth22 MAR 1772Petit Riviere,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death1855
MJohn MacLeod
Birth1776Liverpool,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death27 JUN 1865,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Marriageto Rebecca Barss
FSarah MacLeod
Birth24 MAY 1778Petit Riviere,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death27 JUN 1865Winsor,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Marriage22 SEP 1794to James Bennett at ,,,Canada
FMary MacLeod
Birth1780,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death
MBenjamin MacLeod
Birth1783,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Deathat sea
MHarrington MacLeod
Birth1785,,Nova Scotia,Canada
DeathABT 1850,,Nova Scotia,Canada
MThomas MacLeod
Birth1787,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death
FRebecca MacLeod
Birth1780,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death
FHannah MacLeod
Birth1789,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death11 APR 1797,,Nova Scotia,Canada
FJane MacLeod
Birth1793,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death
MGeorge MacLeod
Birth22 MAR 1793,,Nova Scotia,Canada
Death25 APR 1873