Early Scotch Pioneers in New Brunswick.

Year
1880
Month
5
Day
31
Article Title
Early Scotch Pioneers in New Brunswick.
Page Number
2
Article Type
Language
Article Contents
The following is made up from a book entitled “the Scot in British North America;” Of the New Brunswick pioneers, Archibald McLean was captain in the New York Volunteers, and fought bravely at Eutaw Springs. In 1783, he went to St. John, N., B., and was one of the original grantees there. In 1812, he was again in active service. He resided in York County and was a member of the Assembly and magistrate for that county for many years. He died at Nashwaak, N.B., in 1830, at the age of seventy-six. John Fraser, of Inverneshire, Scotland, settled in Nova Scotia in 1803, and in 1919. {Illegible} N.B., his son is the Hon. John James Fraser, Q. C, M.P.P., as well as Provincial Secretary and Receiver-General of the Province. Mr. LeMoine mentions a number of Gallicize Scots in the Province of Quebec: the family of Urbain Johnston, M.P.P:, for Kent, is an illustrative case in New Brunswick. About a century ago, the family came from Scotland and settled with the Acadians on the Chaleurs Bay, and were, so to speak, naturalized, and became French among them. Alexander Wedderburn, who may not improbably have been related to Lord Loughborough, was an Aberdonian, and for many years immigration officer for New Brunswick, and the author also of several works on the Province. His son is the Hon. William Wedderburn, Q.,C.,M., M.P.P., who has been speaker of the Assembly, and is now Provincial Secretary.