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Capt. Alexander MacRae and other Loyalist MacRaes

Capt. Alexander MacRae and other Loyalist MacRaes

Posted: 11 May 2006 6:25AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 11 May 2006 6:26AM GMT
I am looking for more information concerning Capt. Alexander MacRae or McRae, who was a loyalist officer in the North Carolina Highland Legion, until fleeing to Canada in 1783. He died in New Brunswick before 1826 and left a widow named Flora. He had one daughter named Barbara when he came to Canada. I wonder if there were other children and also if other McRae relatives came with him. There were several early McRaes who came to New Brunswick at about the same time and some may have also been Tories from Anson Co., NC. Alexander's land in North Carolina was very close to that owned by my own McRae ancestors and I think there is very possibly a family connection.

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Re: Capt. Alexander MacRae and other Loyalist MacRaes

Caren Secord (View posts)
Posted: 12 May 2006 1:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
At http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/L... there is a list of settlers from the North Carolina Highlanders dated 1784. On it are Alexander McRe, Flory McRe, and Barbary McRe, as well as several others with that surname.

Re: Capt. Alexander MacRae and other Loyalist MacRaes

Caren Secord (View posts)
Posted: 12 May 2006 2:15PM GMT
Classification: Query
At http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/L... there is a transcription of a list called "Names of the Third Class that drew Lands at Digdeguash River 12th July 1784". This indicates that Alexander McRe's household consisted of six persons, and also lists Isaac McRe there as a man on his own. As the list at http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/L... contains seven McRes including Isaac, this would seem to account for all of them. The other McRes on the list, Rose, Patience, and Jude, appear to have belonged to Alexander's household, so they were likely either more children or else closely related.

Re: Capt. Alexander MacRae and other Loyalist MacRaes

Larry W. Cates (View posts)
Posted: 12 May 2006 7:29PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks so much for pointing this out to me. I had seen part of this web information, but not the number of people listed in the households. It looks like the woman Rose McRae and the children, Patience and Jude McRae were also part of the household in this family. However, I thought they might have been part of Isaac McRae's family, because their names are definitely not Highland Scots in origin. At this early period, I find it hard to believe that Alexander McRae would have named children Patience or Jude. I suspect, however, that these are servants or slaves of Alexander McRae and that the woman Rose could have been the mother of the two children. I know that some Loyalists took their slaves with them, but I don't know how long they could have held onto them within the British Empire.

Re: Capt. Alexander MacRae and other Loyalist MacRaes

Caren Secord (View posts)
Posted: 13 May 2006 7:37PM GMT
Classification: Query
Yes, that makes sense. The Angus McDonald family from the same group is known to have brought slaves with them. http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/G...

Re: Capt. Alexander MacRae and other Loyalist MacRaes

Posted: 21 Nov 2014 11:50AM GMT
Classification: Query
From the manifest of the Joseph in 1784 "Isaac age 28" in the company of Capt. Alex McRae; "Sarah age 20" in the company of Capt. Alex McRae; Black Pioneers: "Rose Wright age 25; Patience age 7 and Judith 9 months" formerly owned by Francis Wright of Norfolk, VA. Although bound for Annapolis Royal, these individuals disembarked Passamaquoddy.
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