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M Randall McDonald

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An Index of Essex & Kent Militia Records 1812 - 1813, Researched and compiled by Wilfred R. Lauber, Published by the Kent Branch of the OGS, August 1995:
First Regiment Kent Militia from July 1812 to January 1813: Randal McDonald, Vol 32: page 463.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, published in 1904, pages 529-531:
"Alexander McDonald, now a venerable retired farmer of the County of Kent, is one of the band of hardy, enterprising men to whom this part of the great Dominion owes a vast debt. He was among the leaders in the van of sturdy pioneers who wrested from the virgin soil the glory, wealth, comfort, and prosperity of the present day.
"This most highly respected resident of Howard Township was born in that township, on the river Thames, August 6, 1816, a son of Randall and Polly (Hubbell) McDonald, who were among the very first settlers in the County of Kent. Randall McDonald was born in the State of New York and his wife in the State of Connecticut, and he was a son of John and Margaret McDonald, who were born in Scotland and emigrated to the State of New York prior to the war of the Revolution in the States. In 1806 John and his son Randall located in Delaware, Ontario, taking part in the war of 1812 against the Americans. Both John and his wife died and were buried in Delaware, Ont They left a family of six daughters and one son, namely Margaret, who married Philip Monk, settled with him on the river Thames in Harwich Township; Jane married a Mr. Fall, and they located near St. Thomas; one daughter became Mrs. Hand, and they settled near Pontiac, Canada; the other three married and settled in the States.
"Randall McDonald, the only son, served in the war prior to his marriage to Polly Hubbell which took place in 1815. They settled on the river Thames, where he built a two-story hewed-log house, forming it in Colonial style, with dove-tailed corners. He took much pleasure in the work, and when it was finished it was esteemed the finest log house built for private use int he County of Kent. Mr. McDonald purchased his land from the English government, and during his lifetime cleared, with the assistance of his sons, almost 200 acres. His death occurred in 1866 and his wife died in 1831, when their eldest son, Alexander, was fifteen years of age. Nine of their ten children grew to maturity, and as noted Alexander was the eldest, the others being Sallie, born in 1817, the widow of Allen Lipscomb, resides in Oakland County, Michigan, with her family of five chldren, Randall, Miles, Anselm, Allen and Polly. Miles, born in 1819, married Christie Bedford of the County of Kent, and they now reside on a farm in Zone; their children are Mary A., John, Polly and Kate. Abigail, born on the river Thames in 1821, died in young womanhood. Polly, born in the old homestead in 1823, married John Tape, one of the early teachers of the county, and died in 1876; he died at home in Howard, leaving three daughters - Fannie, the deceased wife of Jonathan Graham of Thamesville; Sarah, the deceased wife of August Lincoln of Michigan, and Susan, the wife of Amos Daughterty, of Thamesville. Annie, born in 1825, married Henry Bowers, who settled in the state of Michigan, and she died there the mother of five children - Samuel, Israel (deceased) who was a soldier in the Civil War in the States, Polly, John and Mary. Anselm, born on the old home in 1838, married Mary A. Dodman, and they settled near Thamesville, where he died; his widow is still living there with her children - Rosalind, who became the wife of George Ferguson and has one daughter, Pearl; Randall, who married Jane McKinley, daughter of John McKinley, resides in Thamesville, and has three children, Mary, James and Rosalind; Mary; William; Samuel and Miss Ethel, who live in Detroit; and George S. who lives on the old homestead. Lawson McDonald, born in 1831, resides in Gonzales County, State of Texas; he and his wife Polly, of Michigan, have children - Lydia (deceased), Mila, Warner, Randall, and Sarah, all of whom are married with families. Margaret, born at the old home in 1833, is the wife of Hugh Dodge (sic), and they live at Saranac, State of Michigan, where he is engaged in farming; their family consists of three daughters and these sons, Philip, John, Alselm and Miles.
"Alexander McDonald was born in the log house in the early days of his parents' pioneer life in Howard Township...