No documented proof yet,but found evidence in 'Patterson's History of Victoria County' 1978,College of Cape Breton Press.
'In the summer of 1812,John Gwinn and family moved from the Gut of Canso to Aspy Bay...some months later came Gwinn's son in law,George Carter...'
Also states John's father came to the states from the town of Ayr in Scotland.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=UaZe6PpXOqkC&pg=PA61&...