McWilliams Family

David MacWilliams b. at Invemess, Scotland, In. 12 Feb 1784, Theresa Tracy Muttart, daughter of Balthazar Mutard and Marguerite

Holleri. See Muttart history. The MacWilliams family, father, mother, and David, lived for a time at Covehead, later settling in Tryon Point, then called Coffin’s Village.

Tracy, a Roman Catholic, and David, a Presbyterian, agreed before their marriage that Tracy would take the girls and David would take the boys

to their respective churches. Tracy was understandably annoyed when she bore five sons in succession. Eventually, when a daughter did arrive, Tracy left David and went to live with her sister, Sophia MacInnis, where she brought up her daughter in the Catholic religion. David moved from the Tryon Point farm to the Crossroad where he acquired farms for his sons. These farms are now owned by Richard Newsome, Vance Dixon, and Vernon Inman. David died early in life. Two sons remained on the Crossroad, one went to California, and two sons and a daughter moved to western Prince Edward Island.

David MacWilliams and Tracy Muttart had 6 children in the 1798 census:

+James d. Dec 1864.

+Joseph b. 1790.

+David b.c. 1792.

George (1. 1847, bur. Bethe] Cem., West Cape, m. Ada Crocket, b. 1795, d. 5June 1881, bur. Bethe] Cem., West Cape. George moved west and settled on the Shore Road at West Cape. He had a saw and shingle mill on the Hamilton Road. They had 9 children.

John bur. West Cape Methodist Cem., m. Catherine P bur. West Cape Methodist Cem.. They farmed what in 1839 became the DJ. Thomson farm. John and Catherine moved to West Cape, Lot 7. They had 6 children.

Margaret bur. St. Patrick’s Cem., Grand River, m. Peter Cameron, b. 1782, d. 1850, bur. St. Patrick’s Cem., Grand River. They settled at

Grand River, Lot 14.

James (1. Dec 1864, bur. Lot 7 Cem., son of David MacWilliams and Tracy Muttart, m. Margaret Leard, b.c. 1787, d. 24 Aug 1842, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Samuel Leard and Margaret Rogers. See

Leard history. James and Margaret lived on the Crossroad, on what is now the Vernon Inman farm, then they moved to Millburn, Lot 8, whereJames

built a mill.

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