There was a John DeBow b. ca. 1813 who m. Anne McDonald (b. ca. 1823). He had a sister, Elizabeth DeBow b. 7APR1823, one of triplets. They were children of William and Elizabeth (McDonald) DeBow. It seems to me that Elizabeth, Jr. would have ample opportunity to marry a McDonald.
The following is a bit of a hasty and very incomplete addition to another file but may be useful.
John DeBow was the s/o:
2. WILLIAM DeBOU b. ca. 1787, d. ca. 18JAN1871 age 84 years, bur. St. Peter's Anglican Church Cem., Upham Parish, Kings Co., NB, m. ELIZABETH MacDONALD (b. ca. JUL1784, d. Upham Parish, Kings Co., NB 27(or 29)APR1873 age 88 years and 9 months, bur. St. Peter's Anglican Church Cem., Upham Parish, Kings Co., NB).
This suggests a rather lengthy connection between the two families. William was the s/o the Loyalist:
JAMES DeBOW (s/o Lawrence and Deborah (Robbins) DeBow) b. NJ ca. 1754, d. Hampton Parish, Kings Co., NB NOV1833 (will made 18JUL1833, probated 29NOV1833) age 79 years, m. HULDA EAMONS (or EMMONS) (b. ca. 1753-4, d. Prince William St., Saint John, Saint John Co., NB (or, less likely, French Village, Hampton Parish, Kings Co., NB) 11MAR1847 age 94 years), possibly a d/o or widow of John Emmons who arrived with the Smith Company in 1783.
Served with the 1st Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers. (Some say he served with the Queen's Rangers).
Thomas.
28. ELIZABETH (ELIZA) JANE DeBOW (triplet) b. 7APR1823, m. HENRY McDONALD (b. ca. 1824, d. Hammond Parish, Kings Co., NB 29JUN1897 age 73 years).
"New Brunswick Reporter and Fredericton Advertiser", Fredericton, 13APR1892:
A few days a correspondent of the Halifax 'Herald' wrote that Abraham DIDDOR, Isaac DIDDOR and Jacob DIDDOR were children of one birth and claims them to be the oldest set of triplets in the world. Upham (Kings Co). N.B. can beat them all to pieces, for Richard DEBOO, William DEBOO and Elizabeth DEBOO, born in 1823, we claim are the oldest set of triplets in the world today. Mr. and Mrs. DeBoo left ten children; all are still living. Eight of them are within two miles, the oldest is in his 80th year and the youngest is in his 62nd. They are all strong and healthy looking people.
There were not that Many DeBow's/DeBou's and they were one family, so if an Eliza Jane DeBow b. ca. 1823 married in Kings Co., NB Henry McDonald, then I would think the Elizabeth above was probably she.
Henry 'Mcdonald' (47) lived in Upham Parish, Kings Co., NB in 1871. Eliza (45) and he had children: James (24), Elmira (20), 'Agusta' (18), Richard (15), Thomas (12), Alonzo (6) and William (10). They lived next to the family of John (59) and Ann (49) DeBow. This John is the same whom I would surmise was Eliza's elder brother, and Anne, it seems, may have been Henry's sister. Since, in Upham Parish, Kings Co., NB in 1851, there was only one McDonald family:
McDonald Richard M Head 56 Native Farmer/Prop Birth
McDonald Sarah F Wife 48 Native Birth
McDonald Henry M Head 27 Native Farmer/Prop Birth
McDonald Elizabeth F Wife 28 Native Birth
McDonald James M Son 3 Native Birth
McDonald Elmira F Daughter 1 Native Birth
Clearly Henry (ca. 1824) is Henry (ca. 1824) in 1871 and Elizabeth (ca. 1823) is Eliza (ca. 1826) in 1871. It follows that Richard and Sarah McDonald are likely Henry's parents. Ann DeBow (ca. 1822) could well be Richard and Sarah's daughter, although this is less certain. Richard McDonald, Jr. and Sarah Willegar were both of Springfield Parish, Kings Co., NB when they married 29NOV1821. It would appear that her brother, John Willegar, m. 13OCT1815 his sister, Jane McDonald, in Springfield Parish. Henry Willegar was a witness. According to the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, "First Families", website at:
http://nbgs.automatedgenealogy.com/firstfamilies/FAMILY-McA-...MCDONALD: Richard McDonald b. c1757, d. after Feb 1841, s/o Thomas McDonald and Mary Williams: m. c1783 Deborah Belyea b. 1756, d. 7 Mar 1837 d/o Henry Belyea and Englete Storm: came to NB in 1783 as Loyalists: settled in Springfield Parish, Kings County:
Children:
1) Elizabeth McDonald born Jul 1784, died 27 Apr 1873, m. c1809 William DeBow b. 1786, d. 18 Jan 1871:
2) Margaret McDonald b. c1787, m. 24 Nov 1814 John Burgess born c1786:
3) Mary/Polly McDonald born c1789, married 13 May 1821 William Robert Duncan b. c1790:
4) Ann McDonald b. c1790, d. after 1851, married c1810 Gilbert O’Dell born 1780, d. 27 May 1854:
5) Jane McDonald born c1791, d. 26 Jul 1863, m. 13 Oct 1815 John Willigar b. - , d. 1851:
6) Richard McDonald b. c1795, d. 29 Dec 1863, m. Sarah Willigar b. c1796, died 1 Jan 1881:
7) William McDonald b. c1796, married 1 Jul 1819 Sarah White born c1801:
8) John McDonald b. c1799, died unmarried 4 Mar 1825:
9) Deborah McDonald m. 20 May 1824 Jacob Reicker b. - , d. before 1851.
Source: MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, page 183.
At a guess, this would probably make Elizabeth DeBow (Eliza Jane DeBow?) and Henry McDonald 1st cousins therefore certainly they knew each other.
Children:
281. JAMES McDONALD b. ca. 1847-8.
Possibly James MacDoanld b. 1846, d. 1912, buried Union Cemetery, Kings Co., NB, m. Annie _____ (b. 1859, d. 1945, buried Union Cemetery, Kings Co., NB).
282. ELMIRA McDONALD b. ca. 1850-1, m.? JOHN NELSON.
283. AUGUSTA E. McDONALD b. ca. 1851-3, d. Kings Co., NB 29JAN1927 age 75 years, m. ELISHA O'DELL.
284. RICHARD McDONALD b. ca. 1855-6, d. 1919, buried St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Upham Parish, Kings Co., NB, m. LILLIAN _____ (b. 1856, d. 1921, buried St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery, Upham Parish, Kings Co., NB).
285. THOMAS McDONALD b. ca. 1859-64?, m. Kings Co., NB 29MAY1900 GERTRUDE GRAY (b. ca. 1881), d/o Benjamin Cecil and Sarah Jane (DeBow) Gray.
When married, Thomas was of Upham Parish, Kings Co., NB and Gertrude was of Elgin Parish, Albert Co., NB. Gertrude's mother, Sarah Jane (DeBow) Gray was very likely Sarah DeBow [213], Thomas' 1st cousin. Thomas and Gertrude, then, were likely 1st cousins once removed.
When marry, Thomas gave his age as 36 years. He names his parents as Hy. and Eliza Jane (DeBow) McDonald, so there is no question but that he is the same Henry. Perhaps he felt that a 36-year old groom marrying a 19-year old bride seemed more 'presentable' that would a 41-year old groom.
286. WILLIAM McDONALD b. ca. 1861.
287. ALONZO ARNOLD VAIL (W.?) McDONALD b. Kings Co., NB 8OCT1865 (ca. 1865-6), d. 6AUG1845 age 79 years, 11 months and 29 days, m. 1st Saint John Co., NB AGNES GODSOE; m. 2nd Kings Co., NB 4MAY1896 IDA MAY GRAY (GREY) (b. Goshen, Elgin Parish, Albert Co., NB 12MAY1874), d/o Benjamin Cecil and Sarah Jane [213?] (DeBow) Gray.
Curiously, Alonzo's son, John R. MacDonald, gave Alonzo's parents as Michael and Liza MacDonald. There was, for example, no Michael McDonald/MacDonald in Kings Co. in 1871. There was an Alonzo McDonald b. ca. 1864 in Fredericton in 1871, s/o Chase and Elizabeth McDonald. He d. Carleton Co., NB 31JUL1942.