Donald Cameron^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]}

4 - 1817  (~ 181 years)

• Name	Donald Cameron
  Born	ca 1742-4
  Gender	Male
  Died	1817
  Notes	Of old 78th Regt (1757-1763), gazetted Lieut. 30 Sep 1758, retired on half pay 1763. Capt. in 1764, died as Lieut on half pay 1817 He was at the fall of Quebec in September 1759, in Capt. Hugh Cameron's company, having arrived in Virginia from Greenock in June 1759. However he is listed as sailing with the regiment for Louisbourg (Cape Breton Island) in 1758. He was wounded at Ste-Foy, Quebec on 28 Apr 1760. He leased Coanich (Caonich, on the northern shore of Loch Arkaig) in 1764, but was not there that year. He was unmarried in 1764/5, when letters show he had been paying unwelcome court to the eldest daughter of one Jos. Burrell of Alnwyck (who married Ann Forster 29 Aug 1741. Mary Burrel bapt. 21 Sep 1742, Chatton, nr Alnwyck). However Lloyd's Evening Post of 23 Dec 1765 reports his marriage in Edinburgh to Miss Burrel, dau. of - Burrel of Hetton House, Northumberland. No other record of this marriage has been found. He still felt ill used by the Burrel family in 1868 (letter from Donald the Banker) No descendants of Donald Cameron appear to be recorded in "official" family histories, but there are several families with apparently authentic claims stemming from early family tradition as detailed below. The third and fourth were probably legitimate. A letter, written from Westfield, nr Newcastle, in July 1780 to his brother Ewen mentions (but does not name) his wife, probably Catherine.
  Person ID	I36228	Cameron Genealogies
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	John Cameron, of Fassifern,   b. ca 1699,   d. 1785  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Mother	Jean Campbell,   d. ca Apr 1783
  Married	23 Aug 1734	Kenmore, Perthshire   [15]
  Notes	marriage contracts 23 Sep 1734, 30 Jan 1736
  Family ID	F11187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown
  Children	+ 1. John Cameron, of Kilmodan,   b. ca 1760, Argyll ,   d. Kilmodan, South Argyll
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2010
  Family ID	F11266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Unknown
  Children	1. Cameron
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2010
  Family ID	F11308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Catherine Cameron,   d. ca 1781
  Notes	Marriage records begin in Kilmallie in 1783.
  Children	1. Archibald Cameron,   b. 20 Nov 1774, Kilmallie + 2. Lt. Colonel Charles Cameron, 3rd Regt (Buffs),   b. 4 May 1777, Drimnasalie, Kilmallie ,   d. 15 May 1827, Chinsurah, near Calcutta, India (MI)  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2007
  Family ID	F11310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Mary Connel  [1, 16]
  Notes	Ref. Diary of Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Edwards, Westmount, Quebec May 16th, 1899, transcribed by Harris Todd (Clan Cameron genealogy)
  Children	+ 1. John Cameron,   c. 29 Sep 1782, Kilmallie ,   d. 29 Dec 1852, Cumberland, Russell, Ontario  (Age ~ 70 years) + 2. Allan Cameron,   c. 30 May 1784, Kilmallie ,   d. 4 Feb 1871, Blaich, Ardgour  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2007
  Family ID	F30510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 5	Unknown  [1, 16]
  Children	1. Alexander Cameron,   b. ca 1795,   d. 18 Apr 1875, Sault Ste Marie, Canada  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2010
  Family ID	F30513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S665] FASSIE, Dr Robert S. Cameron. [S666] The Camerons, by John Stewart, p. 215-20. [S667] Bygone Lochaber, by Somerled MacMillan, p. 138-43. [S668] History of the Camerons, by Alexander Mackenzie. [S669] Peter Mansell. [S670] Dr Peter Reynolds. [S671] Miss Jean Bennett. [S672] Trish Willis. [S673] Ruth Falkener. [S674] Army records. [S675] Peter Pininski. [S676] Fassifern papers and further research by Robert S Cameron. [S677] Linda Bennion. [S678] Glimpses of the Past. [S1954] The Red Book of Perthshire, Gordon MacGregor. [S1897] Chris Doak.