“Preacher John” Cameron, John Cameron “the wise,” and project group Vikings 3
The Clan DNA project now has the DNA pattern on file for “Preacher John” Cameron (kit # 193931) who emigrated from Lochaber to Cote du Midi, Argenteuil County, Quebec, Canada in 1802 (1). Preacher John left many descendants along the Ottawa River. One of them was Walter Cameron of Fallbrook, Quebec, also known as the blacksmith of Fallbrook (2).
Walter mentioned in his memoirs that he was a second cousin of John “Cariboo” Cameron, great-grandson of John Cameron “the wise.” Cariboo was famous for striking gold in British Columbia and returning to Glengarry County a wealthier man. John Cameron “the wise” was a prominent man in the group of loyalists who settled Glengarry County in 1785 and father of John Cameron “the rich,” a politician and shipping company executive (3). John “the wise” was born 1730 in Rannoch, Perthshire Scotland, emigrated in 1773 and settled for a short time on Kortright Patent lands at the head of the Delaware River, and then joined the British army in the Revolutionary War.
“Preacher John’s” DNA pattern falls squarely into the Vikings3 group.
The puzzle is whether John “the wise” is related to “Preacher John” by marriage, or through a common ancestor?
(1) Thomas, C., 1896. A History of the Counties of Argenteuil, Que. and Prescott, Ont. from the Earliest Settlement to the Present. John Lovell & Son, Ottawa, Ontario, p. 144.
(2) Armstrong, Audrey, 1979. The Blacksmith of Fallbrook: the story of Walter Cameron, Blacksmith, Woodcarver, Raconteur. Musson Book, Don Mills, Ontario.
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