James Drysdale

1757 - 1852  (95 years)

• Name	James Drysdale
  Birth	1757	Findo Gask, Perthshire, Scotland
  Christening	16 Sep 1757	Findo Gask, Perthshire, Scotland
  	DRYSDAL JAMES JOHN DRYSDAL/ M 16/09/1757 352/ 10 207 Findo Gask 15 miles from Glendevon
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	206548778
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206548778
  Location	1816	Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	concession 10 lot 6 (Scotch Line)
  	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. http://globalgenealogy.com/LCGS/1905oldboys/905630B1.HTM
  _UID	418253CA8DFD417EAE217BE67F320B344980
  Death	27 Mar 1852	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	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]
  Burial	29 Mar 1852	Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I11050	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Living
  Family ID	F17321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID	F14734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Christian "Christy" Fergus,   b. Abt 1765, Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. 25 Jun 1849, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1787	Dollar Parish, Clackmannan, Scotland   [1]
  	DRYSDALE JAMES CHRISTIAN FERGUS/FR380 (FR380) 13/01/1787 467/ 20 177 Dollar
  Children	+ 1. Alexander Drysdale,   b. Abt 1787, Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Christine Drysdale,   b. 19 Sep 1789, Carnock Parish, Fife, Scotland d. 26 Nov 1872, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)   3. Robert Drysdale,   b. 15 Jul 1792, Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Jean "Jane" Drysdale,   b. 31 May 1795, Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland d. 14 Mar 1882, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years) + 5. Helen Drysdale,   b. 19 Jun 1797, Tulliallan Parish, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 3 Sep 1865, Beachburg, Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years) + 6. Elizabeth "Betty" Drysdale,   b. 17 Nov 1799, Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. 25 Apr 1888, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 88 years) + 7. James Drysdale, Jr.,   b. 9 Jul 1801, Dalgety, Fife, Scotland d. 1 Mar 1852, Flos Twp, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 50 years) + 8. Isabella Drysdale,   b. 1804, Perth Parish, Perthshire, Scotland d. 9 Jul 1860, Beachburg, Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 56 years) + 9. Margaret Drysdale,   b. 18 Aug 1810, Dollar Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. 30 Apr 1892, Hillsdale, Flos Twp, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F6608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 13 Jan 1787 - Dollar Parish, Clackmannan, Scotland Location - concession 10 lot 6 (Scotch Line) - 1816 - Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 27 Mar 1852 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - 29 Mar 1852 - Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] (Scotland), ScotlandsPeople, Banns & Marriages, OPR and other Churches, (National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon. ScotlandsPeople . /www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.), "Dollar Parish, Perthshire," James Drysdale & Christian Fergus; accessed 8 Jul 2022 (Reliability: 3).