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Descendants Of Jeremiah "Darby" McDonald

HANTS COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA

In 1812, Jeremiah "Darby" McDonald asks a warrant for land on the Eastern side of the Halifax-Windsor Road, in Hants County, N.S. "Darby" has a wife and seven children. "Darby" also appears on the 1838 Census - Windsor Township. Jeremiah "Darby" McDonald was born in Nova Scotia. His death notice reads "Jeremiah McDonald Sr. died July 17, 1855, in his 83rd. year. A native of this province". It is known that Jeremiah "Darby" McDonald had 12 children; 10 sons and 2 daughters. I have not been able to find all 12 children as yet. Not much is known regarding Jeremiah "Darby" McDonald, and even less about his wife, Hannah. They both died in Ste. Croix, Hants Co., N.S., although I have not been able to find a burial site. There is a distinct possibility that Hannah was a Lawrence, possibly a daughter of Henry Lawrence and Judith Watson. This is, as yet, unconfirmed. Here is what is known:

Jeremiah "Darby" McDonald b. about 1772 - Nova Scotia d. July 17, 1855 - Ste. Croix, Hants Co., N.S. Married Hannah (?) b. about 1779 - Rhode Island d. January 23, 1850 - Ste. Croix, Hants Co., N.S.

Descendants of Jeremiah "Darby" and Hannah McDonald are:

2. Thomas McDonald b. about 1799 - Kennetcook, Hants Co., N.S. d. 1876 - Windsor, Hants Co., N.S. Married Mary (?)

3. Thomas McDonald b.1832- Windsor, Hants Co., N.S. d. 1915 - Windsor Forks, Hants Co., N.S. Married Francis (?) (1831 - 1891). No issue.

2. George "Francis" McDonald b. about 1804 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S. d. 1876 - Brooklyn, Hants Co., N.S. Married Isabella H. Brown (about 1811-1885)

3. James McDonald (b. 1834 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S.)

3. Mary A. McDonald (1836-1864 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S.

3. Henry McDonald (b.1837 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S.). Married Ellen (?) (b. 1840)

4. Ella M(a)cDonald (1860-1882). Married Phillip Earl Mosher

4. Edith M(a)cDonald (1862)

4. Pheobe M(a)cDonald (1865)

4. Emma M(a)cDonald (1868)

4. Julia M(a)cDonald (1874)

4. Flora M(a)cDonald (1874). Married Edward Grant Palmer.

4. Louis McDonald (1881)

4. Talpey M(a)cDonald (1882)

3. Martha McDonald (1838 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S.1906). Married John J. Ulhman.

3. Hannah McDonald (1845 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S.)

3. Willard McDonald (Rev.) (1854 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S.)

2. Benjamin McDonald baptised November 17, 1811 - Christ Anglican Church - Windsor, Hants Co., N.S.

2. James "Edward" McDonald b. April 27, 1810 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S. d. February 20, 1894 - Falmouth, Hants Co., N.S. Married Dorothy (?) b. January 11, 1813 d. February 17, 1906 - Steam Mill Village, Kings Co., N.S. Their children were all born in Falmouth, Hants Co., N.S.

James "Edward" McDonald was my Great-Great Grandfather. Not much is known about his wife, Dorothy. James "Edward" McDonald was a farmer and settled on a farm near Castle Frederick in Upper Falmouth, Hants Co., N.S. He bought the Manning Farm and lived in a pioneer cabin where he later built the family homestead (about 1851), which became known as the MacDonald Farm in Falmouth, Hants Co., N.S. This home, with it's large hand hewn beams was still standing until just a few years ago. Sons Norman, Asa and Terry left Falmouth for the U.S.A. The Family Farm was passed down to son, James "Edward McDonald II. Both James "Edward" and Dorothy McDonald are buried at Falmouth Center Cemetery.

3. Charles F. McDonald (1839-1927). Married (1) Adeline Patterson (1848 -1892), d/o Alexander Patterson and Martha Dew. Their children were all born in Falmouth, Hants Co., N.S.

4. Eliza M(a)cDonald (1983)

4. Martha M(a)cDonald (1865 - 1896)

4. Francis M(a)cDonald (1876). Married Frederick Fox

5. Reginald Fox (1863)

5. Frederick Fox II (1885)

5. Audrey Fox (1888)

5. Ethel Fox (1889)

5. Kate Fox (1892)

4. James Edward M(a)cDonald (1868-1961). Married Ella May Acker, d/o Levi Acker and Rebecca Welsh

5. Adelyn R. MacDonald (1900 -1916)

5. William Levi MacDonald (1901 -1973)

5. Herbert MacDonald (1905 -1918)

5. John MacDonald (1908 -1934)

5. Laura Elizabeth MacDonald (1911 -1992)

3. Leander McDonald (1840 -1879)

3. Eunice McDonald (1843 -1904). Married John Alexander Borden

3. Margaret A. McDonald (1846-1914)

3. James "Edward" McDonald II b. October 25, 1848 - Falmouth, Hants Co., N.S. d. December 29, 1930. Married Laura Anne Vesta Fuller, d/o David Fuller and Mary Ann Starratt

4. Russell Edward M(a)cDonald (1893- Falmouth, Hants Co., N.S. - 1983 - Wolfville, Kings Co., N.S.). Married Mary Elizabeth Homes, d/o William Anthony Holmes and Ida Florence Griffen. Their children were all born in Avonport, Kings Co., N.S.

5. Mary Eunice MacDonald (b. & d. 1916)

5. William Edward MacDonald (1917-1939)

5. Clarence Carleton MacDonald (1918 - 1999). Married Hattie May Davison

5. Laura Helene Fuller MacDonald (1919 - 1971). Married Harris Rodney Hutt

5. Elizabeth Holmes MacDonald (1921 - 2005). Married George U. McBay

5. Shirley Alexandra MacDonald. Married Robert Burgess

5. Doris Beatrice MacDonald. Married George Lawrence

5. Ida Griffen MacDonald (1925 - 2005). Married Laurie Hirtle

5. Alice "Jean" MacDonald. Married Frank Bernard Sanford

5. Lois Elinor MacDonald. Married Albert Schofield

5. Helen Joyce MacDonald. Married Paul Willis Huntley

5. Margaret Ann MacDonald. Married William Workman

5. Roxie June MacDonald. Married Russell Redden

3. Norman McDonald (about 1854). Married (1) Frances Helen Hamilton and (2) Lucilla "Lilly" Payzant

3. Steward J. McDonald (1855-1894)

. Asa McDonald (about 1856)

3. Alice L. McDonald (about 1869). Married (1) Henry Garrett and (2) Robert Power

3. Terry McDonald (about 1861)

2. Margaret McDonald (b. 1814 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S. d. 1879 - Ste. Croix, Hants Co., N.S.). Married Nathaniel Dill Smith (1814-1871 - Ste. Croix, Hants Co., N.S.), s/o Nathaniel Smith and Jane Dill

3. David Nathaniel Smith (1840-1891). Married Eliza B. Dill

3. Agusta Smith (1842)

3. Hannah Jane Smith (1845-1919)

3. Frederick Smith (1848)

3. Marabelle Smith (1850)

3. Loran Smith (1853-1921). Married Eugenia "Jean" Harvie, d/o Benjamin Harvie and Margaret Jane Salter

4. Grace M. Smith (1891). Married C.J. Stewart

4. Clifford Lyman Smith (1892-1969). Married Elizabeth Sheid

4. Paul Lawrence Smith (1899-1970). Married Janet Pollock

3. Edith F. Smith (1855-1945)

2. William F. McDonald ( about 1815 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S. d. between 1868 -1879). Married Rebecca Ann Lynch (1833-1905), d/o William Jr. and Eleanor "Ellen" Lynch of Ardoise, Hants Co., N.S.

3. Infant McDonald born & died 1865

3. William Austen McDonald (1867-1871)

3. Ellen "Amanda" McDonald (1867)

3. Charles "Clark" McDonald (1870)

2. Mary McDonald (b 1819- Newport, Hants Co., N.S. d. 1912 - Ste. Croix, Hants Co., N.S.). Married Charles W. Sanford (1814-1881), s/o Encom Sanford and Sarah Mann

3. Jeremiah Sanford (about 1844)

3. Edmund Sanford (1847-1935). Married Elizabeth Dill (1847-1934), d/o Newton and Amelia Dill

4. Bertha May Sanford (1872)

4. Elizabeth Edna Sanford (1873)

4. Alice M. Sanford (1875)

4. Charles D. Sanford (1878)

4. Blanch Amanda Sanford (1887). Married Claude W. Cochrane, s/o John A. Cochrane and Pheobe I. Hunter

3. Emma Sanford (1850-1920)

3. Arthur L. Sanford (1852-1939),. Married Mary E. Borden, d/o Bayard W. Borden and Harriet Amelia Woodworth

4. Elmer B. Sanford (1890). Married Gertrude Thibbits

4. Ella May Sanford (1894-1949). Married Harry Moore Fife, s/o James Buckley Fife and Frances Pamela Wotten

4. Annie Bailey Sanford (1896-1960)

4. Jennie Holmes Sanford (1897)

4. Lawrence Herbert Sanford (1906). Married Marjorie Dimock

3. Herbert W. Sanford (1856)

3. Amanda Sanford (1857-1886). Married George William Dill, s/o Newton and Amelia Dill

4. Ethel Lee Dill (1879)

4. Edna B. Dill (1882)

3. Linnabelle "Linna" Sanford (1861-1932)

2. Jeremiah McDonald Jr. (b. 1822 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S. d. 1902 - San Francisco, California, U.S.A.). Married Mary Jane Kennedy (b. 1827- Windsor, Hants Co., N.S.).

3. Alexander McDonald (1847-1853)

3. Oliva McDonald (1869-1853)

3. Ellen Mary McDonald (about 1853)

3. Morton McDonald (about 1855). Married Ida Allen

4. Eva M(a)cDonald (about 1879)

3. Annie McDonald (about 1857)

3. Hedley McDonald (about 1858)

3. Frederick McDonald (about 1860)

3. Laura McDonald (about 1863)

3. Ida Maude McDonald (1865 - Ste. Croix, Hants Co., N.S. d. 1945 - Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.). Married Winburn Laurie Sanford (1863-1949), s/o Isreal Shaw Sanford and Isabella Laura Burgess

4. Carrie Isabel Sanford (1893)

4. Laura Maude Sanford (1895)

4. Harold Shaw Sanford (1903)

3. Nelly McDonald (about 1868)

3. Jeremiah McDonald III (about 1870)

2. Nathaniel B. McDonald (1824 - Newport, Hants Co., N.S. d. 1912 - Ste. Croix, Hants Co., N.S.). Married Mary "Agnes" Walker (1830-1869), d/o Patrick Walker and Maria Harvey

3. Monson McDonald (1852-1940). Married Florence "Alida" Marsh (1857-1926), d/o Thomas Upham Marsh and Lucinda Lockhart

4. Lewis E. M(a)cDonald (1876)

4. Olive Blanche M(a)cDonald (1877)

4. Monson H. M(a)cDonald (1878)

4. Percy M(a)cDonald (1879-1969). Married Irene B. Dill (1882-1908), d/o John A. and Ellen V. Dill

5. Beryl Lyse MacDonald (1905-1989)

5. Herman Lockhart MacDonald (1907-1999)

4. Frank M(a)cDonald (about 1881). Married *Unknown*

5. Frank MacDonald (1903)

5. Bertha MacDonald (1906)

4. Walter R. M(a)cDonald (1883). Married Mabel C. Demmons, d/o Peleg and Rebecca L. Demmons

5. Victor L. "Bud" MacDonald

5. Dorothy MacDonald

5. Phyllis MacDonald

4. Arthur M(a)cDonald (1886-1903)

4. Inez M. M(a)cDonald (1894). Married William "Alfred" Stephens, s/o William R. Stephens and Norma Ward

5. Walter Bertrum Stephens. Married Margaret "Allison" Campbell, d/o Rev. Norman Garfield and Annie Lynn Campbell

4. Edna Lillian M(a)cDonald (1889-1908)

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