Many Clan Cameron Project participants are using DNA information to get past brick walls in their research, test their research, and see whether hunches or family stories have any evidence to support them. This page lists family trees that Project participants would love to know the DNA markers for. In some cases, participants may even be willing to pay for an individual to join the Project.

• McSorlie Camerons
• Cameron of Fassifern (the Fassifern line from Lochiel and the Canadian Fassiferns)
• Cameron Loyalists who settled in Ontario and Quebec

Descendants of John Cameron “the wise” (1730 Rannoch, Scotland – 1803 Summerstown, Ontario, Canada)

New documentation has recently been found linking Australian immigrants to John Cameron the Wise.  Researchers are very eager to test this information and are looking for a direct male descendant of this person.

There are several descendant trees posted on the web for John Cameron the wise

Descendants of John Cameron (1743 Inveruiskavouline, Scotland – abt 1827 LaChine, Quebec, Canada)

A number of new links between this family and other Canadian Cameron immigrants are suspected based on detailed documentation. DNA matches would help confirm these links.

Descendants of Alexander Cameron (1754 Muir, Kilmallie Parish, Argyll, Scotland – 1834 Dundee, Quebec, Canada) and Catherine Boyd (1762-aft 1842)

This family was one of several to emigrate from Kilmallie to western Quebec and eastern Ontario in the early 1800s. One draft family tree is online here.

Descendants of Alexander Cameron (1759 Drumsallie, Inverness, Scotland- 1838 Chatham, Quebec) and Flora Cameron (1757 Glen Hurich, Inverness – ? Grenville, Quebec)

Descendants of Alexander Cameron of Stronlea (abt 1770 Lochiel, Inverness – 1838 Glengarry, Ontario) and Margaret Glenpean McMillan (1775-1853)

One descendant tree is posted here

Donald, Samuel, Finlay, and Alexander Cameron–first settlers of Big River, Pictou, Nova Scotia

Donald Cameron, b 1721 from Seiceart, Glen Urquhart, emigrated to North America and settled in a community of Highlanders along the Mohawk River in central New York. During the revolutionary war, he joined the 2^nd battalion of the 84^th Royal Highland Emigrants. This battalion was recruited during the war and its organizers sought men who had served in the French and Indian War for the British and older sons of current loyalist soldiers.  After the war he and his brothers Samuel and Finlay settled in Pictou at the end of the war 1784.

Descendants of  Archibald Cameron (~1746 Lochaber, Scotland~1842 Miscouche, PEI, Canada)

Archibald is the progenitor of a large Cameron family on PEI. One participant would like to verify their descendance from him and needs a Cameron cousin of this line to do that. One family tree has been posted here.

How to Help

If you are a direct male descendant and willing to help, join the project!

If you are a direct descendant of any of these families and interested in more information, please contact the Project Administrator.

If you are a participant and want to add a family to the Most Wanted list, please contact the Project Administrator.