Neil McGraw143 was born 1755 in Argyleshire, Scotland, and died May 1834 in Black River, New Brunswick. He married Mary Edwards on 30 June 1796 in Newcastle Parish, North. Co., NB, daughter of Reuben Edwards.
Notes for Neil McGraw: Mcgraw [Surname] Northern Irish: variant of McGrath. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford McGrath Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Craith, a patronymic from a personal name, possibly Mac Raith ‘son of grace’, from rath ‘grace’, ‘prosperity’. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
In one source on the McGraw Family, it is noted that Neil McGraw, b. 1755 was the son of Pvt. Duncan/Donald McGraw/McRaw/McRae who was a private in the 42nd Highland regiment in the American Revolutionary War. This source also states that this Duncan settled on lot 53 on the south bank of the Miramichi (Loggieville) and later moved with his in-laws, the "Hierlihys" to Tabusintac, NB in 1798. This source also indicates that Duncan/Donald McGraw married Mary Ann (Polly) Blake. Notes on Mary Ann Blake says, "Mary was listed as a recipient of a pension for the widows of American Revolutionary War veterans in 1842 and 1846. When she recieved the pension, she lived in Northumberland Co., New Brunswick." (CS) Source: "Private Papers of The McGraw Family"
Name: Neil McGraw Year: 1784 Place: New Brunswick Source Publication Code: 9758 Primary Immigrant: McGraw, Neil Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, place of origin, place of destination, date of birth and death, parentage, occupation, and other historical and family data may also be provided. Source Bibliography: WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society. Volume 1, 1986. 443p. Page: 229 Source: "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s". Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Filby, P. William, edit. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 2003.
More About Neil McGraw: Burial: 1834, St. Stephen's United Church Cemetery, Black River, NB. Discharged: 24 October 1783, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Individual Note #2: wounded at Moore' Bridge and received a pension for life. Land: first took land on the Nashwaak, but later came to Black River, North'ld. Co., NB. Military service: served as a Private in the 42nd. Regiment in the Revolutionary War.144
More About Neil McGraw and Mary Edwards: Marriage: 30 June 1796, Newcastle Parish, North. Co., NB.
Children of Neil McGraw and Mary Edwards are:
+Farquhar McGraw, b. 1792, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, d. 1884, New Brunswick.
Pvt. Neil McGraw (b. 1755, d. May 1834)
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