Heirs Of John McGregor Of The Kent Volunteers

Heir and Devisee : H-1149:

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Donald MacGregor, Elizabeth McDougald, wife of Archibald McDougald, John McGregor, George McGregor, Alexander McGregor, George McGregor, Margaret McDonald, wife of John McDonald, David McGregor, Isaac Brock McGregor, and Anna McGregor, spinster, all of the County of Kent, in the Western District.  Claim as devisees in the Will of the late Captain John McGregor, of the Kent Volunteers, deceased.

Biography of John McGregor.

 On December 15th, 1820, an allotment was made by the Government to McGregor for his military services of the north halves of lots 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, and the south halves of lots 12, 13 and 14, and also the southwest quarter of lot 15, in the first concession of the old Township of Sombra (as then constituted), now the Gore of the Township of Chatham, in the County of Kent, containing 900 acres, more or less. The order granting this allotment appears to have been stayed on account of a dispute respecting the south half of lot 11, but was finally approved of on June 30th, 1821.

"McGregor seems to have died in the early part of the year 1823. In March of that year a petition was forwarded by Mary McGregor...widow of Captain John McGregor, of the Kent Volunteers...".

The patent to the aforesaid lands was issued by the Heir and Devisee Commissioners on July 31st, 1831, to Donald McGregor, George McGregor, Alex. McGregor, Gregor McGregor, David McGregor, John McGregor, Isaac Brock McGregor, Elizabeth McDougall, wife of Arch. McDougall, Margaret McDonald, wife of John McDonald, and Annie McGregor, spinster, all of the Township of Dover, in the County of Kent, the devisees named in the last will and testament of the late John McGregor, of the Kent Volunteers, deceased, as tenants in common. 

Besides those just above named, McGregor appears to have had other children, namely William, Mary and James, who served in his father's company of the Kent Volunteers, and of whom an account is hereinafter written. The Village of Wallaceburg South now stands upon a portion of lot 13, and the Sydenham River intersects lots 12 and 13. [Source]