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THE TOWNSHIP OF MESTNINSDLR (cooied from McColl, H. Some Sketches d“ the Earlv High and Pioneers of the County of Middlesex, Gaelic Society of Toronto. 190A) Next to Deleware this is the oldest settled townshin in the countv. Lieutenant Governor Simcoe and his oartv in the course of their journev throth Western Dntario in 1793, canned one night at Westminster oonds. The survey was commenced in 1809â€"10 bv Deoutv pDovincial Surveyor Simon T.Z. Watson, continued by Col. Mahlon Burwell in1812, and finished hv C>1. Bostwick in 1Q20. Albert S. Odell, John Odell and James lester. But as far as can be learned, there were not for manv vears any Hiehland settlers. Miss Flora McColl, one of the orominent t achers of Last Middlesex, contributes some valuable sketches of the early Highland ‘ oioneers of this townshio. There were conoarativelv few of them and the dividing line was the sixth concession. South of that and bordering Yarmouth, the majoritv were Highlanders from Argyleshire and Invernesshire. The names, olaces of origin in Scotland, and date of settlement of the fol- lowing are given: John Munro, Melford, Argvleshire, 1831, with sons Malcolm, Archibald, John, the last now living aged 80, with sons, Cr. George, Hohn architect, Kenneth and Edward; Colin and Duncan Ferguson, Melford, 1832: Wm. Buchanan, Lochgilhead, 1832, son Malcolm now on all homestead; Duncan McDouaall, Kintvre, 1832, grandson on the old farm; Donald and Duncan Crawford, Lochgilhead, 1832; Ales McCallum, Craienish, 1836; Donald and N John McGregor, Perthshire, 1836, left in 1%90, son James came to Caradoc; Peter Smith, Lochgilhead, 1936, died in 1885 at 86; Hector an} Arch Cameron, Lonhgilhead, 1936; Samuel, Malcwlm and Donald McColl, Kilmorrie, Ardnamurchan, came to Lower Canada in1827, and to Westminster in 1837, Malcolm's son Duncan, is on old farm at Glanworth, and John S. McColl, and adooted son of Samuel's is on his old farm; Wm. Hair and sons, Arch and James, Kintyre, 1838; David and Duncan McGill, 1838; John McColl, father of Duncan McColl (Chatechist) Ardnamurchan, lSAl, with four sons and three daughters; Archibald McLachlan, Argvleshire, 1845; Duncan McPherson, E Carradaie, Kintvre, Argvleshire, with his sons Arch, Hugh, John and Dugald, 1848, Alex McCallum died five years ago. In his femilv were seven sons, all remarkablv clever, four of whome were Doctors of Medicine and one a civil engineer. Onlv two survive, Dr. Hugh McCallum, of London, who has a very large oractice, and is a professor in the Western University, and Professor A.B. McCalâ€" lum, of Toronto University, who N is a reconized authority in physiological researches, not only in Canada and the United States, but also in Great Britain.