William Andrew Rowat

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• _UID: 646AFEAAA81349999E4DFE96FEBCE9184DEB

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 139538238
• _UID: E87B7ECDB8CE47A28BBF76DDD1449EA9168F
• Occupation: 1879, Winchester, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada; controversy

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The Winchester Tragedy - Rev. Mr Rowat and the "Daily News"
The following letter appeared in the GLOBE of Saturday:
"To the Editor of the Globe)
"Sir,
I regret very much that a false impression has been made upon the public mind in some sections in regard to the confession made to me by Clark Brown, the young man who, on the evening of 2nd inst., murdered his father and sister. lIn some of the reports of the terrible tragedy I am represented as having held out to Clark Brown forgiveness from man on condition of his confessing his sin. For example, THE DAILY NEWS (Kingston) has the following in regard to the matter: "Yesterday morning he was visited by the Rev Mr Rowat, Presbyterian minister, who induced him to tell all he knew of the murder, holding out a promise of pardon if he did so. What right Mr Rowat had to hold out a prospect of forgiveness we are at a loss to know, etc.
"Now I emphatically deny having done any such thing, as both constables Ryke and Stalmyre, who were present at the time, will testify. As a minister of the Gospel I had nothing to do with the man's relation to an earthly tribunal. Every word I read and spoke to him, as well as every petition presented to a throne of grace for him, had reference to his relation to a higher tribunal. I cannot understand how an editor with a grain of common sense in him could for one moment think that a minister of the Gospel could be so utterly devoid of every principle of morality as to be guilty of such an action as that attributed to me by the editor of the DAILY NEWS.
Yours truly,
"A. Rowat

West Winchester, Sep 10 1879
"I hope that the DAILY NEWS and all other papers that have helped to give publicity to false statements in regard to the matter, derogatory to my reputation, will immediately correct these by copying the above. A.R.
We cheerfully give Mr Rowat's letter all the prominence he desires. The remarks in the NEWS were based upon the following words contained in the telegraphic despatch announcing Brown's acknowledgment of having committed the crime:
"The Rev. A. Rowat, Presbyterian minister, visited him this morning at six o'clock, and requested him if he had done wrong to confess it openly, holding out the inducement of forgiveness being granted. ?i?Only on that condition?/i?, he made an open confession before the two constables and the Rev. Mr Rowat.
While reading the comments of the NEWS on the case, Mr Rowat could not by any possibility have failed to read the sentence which followed the estract which is contained in his letter to the GLOBE. It was as follows:
"It is possible, however, that the reverend gentleman's promises referred to a court beyond earthly jurisdiction. The probabilities are that had the confession not been exacted in this way, it would have been impossible to bring home the crime to the murdered man's son, as it is not unreasonable to suppose that he would have persisted in declaring his innocence, in which case it would have been a difficult matter to convict him without some positive evidence against him.

When Mr Rowat considers the phraseology of the despatch from which the above extract is taken, he will scarcely wonder that the NEWS comments on the forgiveness question appeared. Our only surprixe is, that he in writing to the GLOBE should deliberately ignore our qualifying remarks in regard to his offer of forgiveness.

The Kingston Daily News
Kingston, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
15 Sep 1879, Mon ? Page 2

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Rev. Andrew Rowat was the son of John Rowat and Margaret Drysdale. He was a minister at Elgin and Athelstan from 1884 to 1909. He married Elizabeth Margaret McKenzie on May 6, 1868 in Athelstan, Quebec. They became the parents of Martha Ann, John Drysdale, Thomas Alexander, Donald McKenzie, Margaret Agnes, Christina Cameron, Mary Ina and William Andrew. He died in 1918 in Lambert, Quebec at the age of 80.

Huntingdon Gleaner Extract;
05-02-1918 Rev. Andrew Rowat, died at St. Lambert PQ, age 79years. Funeral to take place on Saturday at 11 a.m., in the Athelstan Church.

Andrew married Elizabeth Margaret McKenzie on 6 May 1868 in Delaware Twp, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. D. McKenzie and Christina Cameron) was born on 16 Nov 1839 in Zorro Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 May 1918 in St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Athelstan Presbyterian Cemetery, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 139538787
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• Residence: 1868, Embro, Ontario, Canada

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• FamilySearch ID: 2ZSS-PNW
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 97377187
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John married Margaret Drysdale on 31 Jan 1828 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of James Drysdale and Christian "Christy" Fergus) was born on 18 Aug 1810 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; died on 30 Apr 1892 in Hillsdale, Flos Twp, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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D. married Christina Cameron. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GC4D-FSF
• Name: David Rowate
• Name: David Ruit
• _UID: D3C6BA9C62A548AB81C561C35D985682204E

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Christened:
ROWAT
DAVID
JOHN ROWAT/CHRISTIAN LANG
M
16/12/1751
498/
10 421
Kirkintilloch


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David married Mary Stirling about 1792 in Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of William Stirling and Mary Hay) was born on 30 Sep 1765 in Clachan of Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened about 1765 in Clachan of Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 18 May 1859 in Waterside, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZNR-CRV
• Name: Mary Sterling
• _UID: ABC09EE460AF4B92AC63EC54E5A90B8748AA
• alt Death: 18 May 1859, Fenwick Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 206548778
• _UID: 418253CA8DFD417EAE217BE67F320B344980
• Location: 1816, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; concession 10 lot 6 (Scotch Line)

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Christened:
DRYSDAL
JAMES
JOHN DRYSDAL/
M
16/09/1757
352/
10 207
Findo Gask

?i?15 miles from Glendevon
?/i?

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During their stay there, late in the autumn of 1815, a party of explorers from this colony visited the present site of the town of Perth to "spy out the land" for their kindred, before they could commit themselves to a position from which, once taken, it would be difficult to recede. One of these was Mr. Thomas Cuddie, grandfather of Mrs. George Templeton, of Calgary, Alberta, and he it was who cut down the first tree in the proposed settlement. He selected a farm on the Scotch line, and died in Perth not many years ago. The party camped the first night of their arrival in the locality on the right or west bank of the River Tay, very near the south end of the old stone bridge that stood so long on Gore street. They made a bush camp almost in front of the spot where Spalding & Stewart's distillery stands, cutting down an immense elm tree for the purpose. The stump of this tree remained as a sort of landmark for many years. This camp became the temporary headquarters of the prospectors till they decided upon the locality about them as the best procurable in the district, when they returned to their comrades at Brockville, all of whom came on and settled in the townships of Bathurst, North Burgess, North Elmsley, a few in Drummond, and some within the present limits of the town of Perth, though the greater number located in the immediate neighborhood on what is known as "The Scotch Line," forming the boundary between Bathurst and North Burgess townships.

The date of the first land taken up was April 17th, 1816, and among the pioneer settlers were John Halliday, lot A; Alexander McFarlane and Jas. McDonald, Lot 1; William McGilvery and Alexander Cameron, lot 2; John Brash and William Rutherford, lot 3; John Miller and Robert Gardner, lot 4; James Drysdale and John Allan, lot 5; John Ferrier and Robert Barber, lot 8, all in the 10th concession of North Burgess. Sergt. Thomas Brooke settled on the 9th concession.

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Died:
Buried 29 Mar (1852)
[St. Andrew's Burial Register]
"at the residence of his son-in-law, Thomas Moodie, Burgess, on the 27th ult., James Drysdale, on of the first settlers of that neighborhood, in his 94th year."
[The Bathurst Courier; 2 Apr 1852]

James married Christian "Christy" Fergus on 13 Jan 1787 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Christian (daughter of Robert Fergus and Christian Dickie) was born about 1765 in Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; died on 25 Jun 1849 in Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 27 Jun 1849 in Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
DRYSDALE
JAMES
CHRISTIAN FERGUS/FR380 (FR380)
13/01/1787
467/
20 177
Dollar