My Genealogy Home Page:Information about Duncan McAfee
Duncan McAfee (b. Abt. 1740, d. date unknown)
Notes for Duncan McAfee:
Duncan McAfee in 1758 accompanied the expedition under Brig. Gen. James
Wolfe ,who was chosen by Pitt to lead the expedition against the Chief
stronghold of the French in North America, Quebec. On 6/26/1759, he
landed his forces opposite Quebec, which occupied the Heights of Abraham
and was so fortified as tobe almost impregnable. Wolfe scaled the
precipitous cliffs during the night, and at daybreak of Sept. 13 forced
the French into conflict on the Plains of Abraham. The French were
defeated, but Wolfe himself lost his life in the hour of Victory.
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Subject: This is from the Cape-Fear (N.C.) Scots group: FYI
Date:Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:00:22 -0500
From: charbell@b...
To: CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-L@r...
Subject: RE: [CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS] Names in my book
McFee in index on pages 12, 309, 327, 458 of Miscellaneous Ancient Records
of Moore County, N.C. by Rassie E. Wicker
page 12 Archibald MFee witness to a deed Nov 25, 1771
page 309 lists John McFee in first census of Moore County 1790
1 free white males greater than 16 years or upward including heads of
household
5 free white males less than 16 years
3 free white females including heads of household
page 458
McFee, Duncan listed in Cumberland County Tax List - 1755
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The legends of Colonsay and the McAfees have come down through the
family for many generations. My original ancestor was Duncan McAfee,
He was a private in Gen. Wolfe's army that came to Canada and
capturedQuebec and then all of Canada from the French, according to
family lore. His oldest son Dudley joined the
British army and rose to the rank of Lieutenant. Four of the
Lieutenant's sons, Daniel, Angus, Samuel, and Dudley fought in the war of
1812 in Capt. Hatt's Co. in Gen. Brock's forces. They were born in New
York but settled in Ontario, Canada. Both Daniel and Samuel are my
GGGGrandparents. I'd love to trace their Grandfather Duncan McAfee's
origins across thepond.
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A Brief History of Clan Macfie
We are told by Dr. George F. Black in The Surnames of Scotland that the
name Macfie is 'one of the oldest and most interesting personal names we
possess'. Dr. Gillies adds in Place-names of Argyllshire that 'Its plan
and concept go far away beyond those of even our old names'. The name
Macfie derives from its older version MacDuffie which is itself derived
from the Gaelic "MacDubhSithe" meaning 'Son of the Dark Fairy or Elf'.
This stems from the tradition that the Macfies had been in touch with the
fairy folk that lived under the hills and in many countries the remnants
of the original bearers of the name have been conferred with mystic
powers.
Tradition asserts that the Macfies/MacDuffies are descended from a Selkie
or seal woman who cast off her fur to become a beautiful woman and
marrying the first Macfie who hid her fur so that she could not return to
the sea. Even in a country so steeped in mystery and mysticism as
Scotland, you would be very hard pressed indeed to find a clan whose
roots are so dark and mysterious.
The ancestral home of the Macfies is theisland of Colonsay, a small
island about 2 miles by 10 miles among the Inner Hebrides.
The Macfies were the hereditary keepers of the records of the Isles.
There is a tradition that one of the chiefs of Colonsay fought and
overcame Sire Gilede Argentine at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314,
probably in support of the Lord of the Isles. The McDonald annalist
records that a MacDuffie of Colonsay was in the forces of Donald Balloch
when he raised a rebellion on behalf of the Lord of the Isles in 1431.
The name of the MacDuffie chief in 1531 was Murroch and in 1609 Donald
Macfie of Colonsay was one of the twelve chiefsand gentlemen who met the
Bishop of the Isles at Iona where, with their consent, the celebrated
'Stautes of Icolmkill' were e
More About Duncan McAfee:
Date born 2: 1757, Scotland.
Children of Duncan McAfee are:
- +Dudley (Leiut) McAfee, b., New York, d. date unknown.