Information on the Loyalists
Loyalist Directory: Miles Macdonell
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| Surname : | Macdonell |
| Given name : | Miles |
| Rank : | Ensign |
| Where Resettled : | To Scotland, then by 1791 in Osnabruck Township, Eastern District |
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| Regiment : | KRRNY |
| Enlistment Date : | 1782 |
| Date & Place of Birth : | c1767 Inverness-shire, Scotland |
| Settled before war : | Mohawk Valley |
| Date & Place of Death : | 28 June 1828 at his brother’s farm at Pointe-Fortune, Lower Canada |
| Place of Burial : | Rigaud, Lower Canada |
| Wife Name : | First: Isabella McDonell of Morar in Scotland d 1794; Second: m 1798 his second cousin Catherine (Kitty) McDonell - d. 1799 - of Collachie, sister of Angus and Alexander McDonell (Collachie); Third m after 1802 distant cousin, Nancy (Anne) Macdonell |
| Children : | With Isabella McDonell: two sons and two daughters; With Nancy Macdonell several children including Donald Æneas |
| Biography : | Miles was very involved with the HBC and the Red River Settement. A short biograhy submitted by Charles Thompson. A longer biography can be seen at Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |
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| Family History : | Miles Macdonell was the son of "Spanish" John Macdonell. |
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