MCNAB-ZUILLE Connection
Archibald MCNAB, known as "The Last Laird", son of Robert and Anne (MAULE) MCNAB, was born 1778, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland and died 1860 Lannion, Brittany. He married Margaret Robertson of Edinburgh. The marriage was registered 22 November 1806 in Killen, Perthshire and 1 December 1806 in Edinburgh, Midlothian. Margaret died 20 June 1868 and is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy.
Archibald MCNAB became the 17th Chief of the Clan Macnab on the death of his uncle in 1816. He found that the estate was only 25 acres and he received only one thousand pounds income from the two farms on the estate. A few years later, after marriage and lavish life style, he found himself in dire straights and on verge of being taken to court for his debts. He fled Scotland leaving his wife and children in Perthshire. He went to London and then on to Canada. He petitioned the government of Canada for land and on November 5th 1823 was deeded land in what was then Mecklenburg County, Quebec. His first step was to build himself a house he called Kinnell Lodge after the clan home in Perthshire.
His advisors suggested that he bring some of his clansmen over to Canada (mainly to obtain the 100 acres per person given by the Canadian Government at the time). April 1825, eighty-four or five persons sailed for Canada arriving 25 May 1825 in Montreal. MCNAB obtained 81,000 acres and called the township MCNAB. Later the settlers found that McNab had charged them for their land which had been given free to him and they could have obtained the same land for themselves free from the government. He was accused of fraud and moved to White Lake, by then in Renfrew County, Ontario.
He had plans to build a grist mill on Waba Creek in the White Lake area. He leased his first grist mill to William YUILLE. John PARIS had already build a mill on the creek. There was a major problem with depriving PARIS water from the creek and he took Archibald MCNAB and William YUILL to court. Archibald was accused of boarding up the creek so Paris was unable to run his mill. Paris obtained a court order and a jury trial took place. The jury found for Paris and he sued for damages. MCNAB was fined 35 pounds and William YUILL fined 79 pounds. However according to the records William YUILL never paid his fine. He was still mentioned as a neighbor to the laird's house in 1846. Archibald claimed Margaret Robertson had died in 1831 so he could clear his real estate transactions without dower rights. (P. 83 McNab Township). William YUILL was said to have moved to the USA and died in the Civil War. (No proof as yet).
At White Lake, Archibald lived with Catherine Fraser, sister of Donald Fisher, for twenty years. Catherine was born in 1789, Scotland. They built a cottage on the Waba Creek near White Lake . In 1845, Archibald MCNAB left the township and went to Hamilton, Ontario to live near his distant cousin Sir Allan MCNAB. In 1853, he left Canada and went to a small estate in the Orkney Islands which had been given to him by Margaret ROBERTSON. Later, he met Elizabeth MARSHALL in London and married her, 26 August 1855, at St. Mary-le-Bone Parish Church, London. He was 78 and Elizabeth was 18. They moved to Paris for a few years. He died in 1860 in Brittany, France.
Archibald and Margaret (ROBERTSON) MCNAB had the following children:
Sarah Anne born 3 November 1807 Edinburgh died 1894 Edinburgh
Alexander MCNAB b.ca. 1807 Edinburgh died 1828 in Edinburgh
William b.ca. 1813 died 23 Nov. 1833 in Pisa, Italy
Margaret b.ca. 1816 died 31 January 1834 in Florence, Italy
Four died in infancy
Archibald MCNAB and Catherine FISHER had the following children:
Allan McNab b.ca 1826 married Rebecca Buffam
Catherine (Kitty) b.ca 1827 married William YUILL
Child d. infancy
Archibald and Elizabeth (MARSHALL) MACNAB had: Archibald McNab Ann Edwards b. 1858, m. Edward Jones 13th Laird
Anne Edwards MCNAB daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (MARSHALL) MCNAB was born 1858 in Paris and baptized 16 June, 1858 at the English Church, Paris. She married in 1884 to Edward John and had five children.
ZUILL
William ZUILL, son of John and Jean (BUCHANAN) ZUELL b. 18 June 1787 Campsie Fells, Killearn, Stirlingshire and died 1866 Ramsey County, Ontario. He married Jean MITCHELL, 15 January 1813, Buchanan Parish, Stirlingshire. (Both are on the 1851 census Renfrew, Ontario Census). Jean was born 1785, Scotland.
They had the following children:
(1) John b.ca 1815 d. 1882; m. Grace MCNAB
(2) Jane m. Alexander MCINTYRE
(3) William b.ca. 1817 mar. Catherine MCNAB
(4) Thomas b.ca. 1842 d. 1860
(5) James b.ca. 1826 mar Margaret RANKIN
(6) Walter m. (1) Alice LETT (2) Eliza HOLDEN
(7) Jessie m. James MCKINLEY
(8) Archibald b.ca. 1831 m. Sarah HEADRICK
(9) Alexander Buchanan b. 1834
Killearn Parish, Stirlingshire
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(1) John YUILL son of William and Jean (MITCHELL) ZUILL, was born around 1813-5 in Scotland and died 1882, Ontario. He married Grace MCNAB. She was born 1819 Killen, Stirlingshire and died 1896 Middleville. She is buried in the Albert St. Cemetery, Arnprior, McNab Township, Renfrew County.
They had the following children (all born Ontario):
William d.1905; m. Emma RICHARDS
Alexander m. Elizabeth CONNOR, 2 July 1868 Lanark County.
Thomas b. Ca. 1843 died 1925; m. Margaret MCRAE
Catherine b.ca. 1845 d.1919; m. James YOUNG
James m. Mary REGAR
Jennie b.ca. 1851 m.(1) Mervin WHITE (2) Alexander MCINTYRE
John b.ca. 1853
Walter b.ca. 1855
George b.ca 1858
(2) Jane YUILL, daughter of William and Jean (MITCHELL) ZUILL, married Alexander MCINTYRE
They had the following children (all born Ontario):
William m. Ellen REID
Alexander Clyde m. (1) Elizabeth ROGERS (2) Sarah SMITH
David m. Margaret Gray SOMERVILLE
John m. Margaret RANKIN
Isabella m. Archibald BALLENTINE
Jennie m. George AFFLECK
Ann m. (?) BOYLE
Isabella and family moved to Pilot Mound, Manitoba. Jennie and family moved to Clearwater, Manitoba. Ann died early and he husband went to Australia and left their children to be raised by their grandparents.(p.80 Lanark Society Settlers).
(3) William YUILL son of William and Jean (MITCHELL) ZUILL, was born 1817, Ontario, and died 4 Feb. 1904. He married Catherine MCNAB daughter of Archibald and Catherine (FRASER) MCNAB - "the Last Laird."
They had the following children:
(i) Archibald b.ca. 1849 m. Christina MCLAUCHLIN
(ii)William b.ca 1833 m. Margaret MCNEE
Allan b. Ca. 1854 did not marry
Catherine m. Onslow WYNNE
Mary Ann died 25 Apr. 1904, Victoria B.C. m. George MCMILLAN
Many of this family were supposed to have gone to Australia
(On the 1871 census, Allen and Archibald are living with Catherine Fraser at White Lake)
(i) Archibald YUILL, son of William and Catherine (MCNAB) YUILL, was born 1849 White Lake, Renfrew and died 11 November 1919 Renfrew. He married Christina MCLAUCHLIN who was born 1847 in Ontario. In 1857, Archibald YUILL was listed as a tailor in White Lake and served as a Deputy Reeve 1909-10 and 1917-18.
They had the following children (all born Ontario):
Catherine b. Feb. 1871, .d 1916; m. Izell Duff
James m. Grace MCALLISTER
Tom who never married
Duncan who never married
Eliz m. Shirley WILLIAMS(on) 15 January 1909, Burnstown, Renfrew, Ontario.
(ii) William YUILL, "Judge", son of William and Catherine (MCNAB) YUILL, was born 1833, Ontario. He married Margaret MCNEE of Burnstown, Ontario. He is on the 1971 census at 081 G 2-10. William YUILL presented a bill for services rendered for treatment of scarlet fever at white Lake in 1896. He was appointed as Medical Health Officer in 1907 although is it not known if he had any medical training. They had one son Allen YULE who lived in the USA but returned and died in Burnstown. (p80 Lanark Society Settlers)
(4) Thomas YUILL, son of William and Jean (MITCHELL) ZUILL, was born 1842, Ontario, and died 1858 aged 16 from smallpox. He was said to have been six feet six inches tall (p.80 Lanark society Settlers)
(5) James YUILL, son of William and Jean (MITCHELL) ZUILL, was born 1826, Ontario. He married Margaret RANKING.
They had the following children:
William m. Mary Ann (Mahala) SPINKS 1884
John
Isabella m. John WILSON
Maggie m. Thomas WILSON
A John B. YUILL was the postmaster from 1886-1908 when he left the district.
(6) Walter YUILL, son of William and Jean (MITCHELL) ZUILL, was born 1830, Ontario. and married (1) Alice LETT and (2) Eliza Amelia HOLDEN of Smith Falls, Ontario.
Walter is on the 1871 as a widower, in Renfrew on 081 Con 54. Eliza died 20 January 1909, Renfrew. They lived in Calabogie, Ontario.
Walter and Alice (LETT) YUILL had the following children (all born Ontario):
Walter b.ca. 1856
Agnes b.ca. 1860
James b.1862
John b.ca. 1864
Samuel b.ca. 1866
William b.ca. 1869
Jessie b.ca. 1870
Walter and Eliza Ameba (HOLDEN) had a daughter who married S.J. Dempsey.
(7) Jessie YUILL, daughter of William and Jean (MITCHELL) ZUILL, married James MCKINLEY.
They had the following children (all born Ontario):
William m. Jessie BURNS
Jean m. William ANDERSON
(8) Archibald YUILL, son of William and Jean (MITHCELL) ZUILL, was born 1831, Ontario. He married Sarah HEADRICK, daughter of James and Sarah (SOMERVILLE) HENDRICK, was born 1833, Ontario. Archibald was a tailor at White Lake.
They had the following children (all born Ontario):
William b.ca. 1852 m. Mahalia SPINKS
James b.ca. 1855 m. Mary MCMANUS
John (Jack) b.1857 m. Laurel BAILEY
Sarah b.ca. 1860 m. John BAILEY
Jane b.ca. 1862 m. Samuel BUFFRAM
Sources: McNab - the Township. Peter Hessell, pub. 1988 Map of Eastern Ontario
MACNAB the Last Laird. Ronald wild pub. 1938
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