Descendants of Adam Sutherland
Generation No. 1
1. Adam1 Sutherland was born Abt. 1740. He married Christain Burney. She was born Abt. 1740.
Children of Adam Sutherland and Christain Burney are:
+ 2 i. Adam2 Sutherland, born 1766; died 5 May 1848.
3 ii. James Sutherland, born 1767.
4 iii. Christian Sutherland, born 1770.
Generation No. 2
2. Adam2 Sutherland (Adam1) was born 1766, and died 5 May 1848. He married Margaret Malcolmson 1 January 1776 in Date Incorrect, daughter of Malcolm Malcolmson and Janet Robson. She was born 1769 in c 25-10-1768 Longhope, Walls, and died 17 January 1855 in Fea, South Walls.
Notes for Adam Sutherland:
Farmer
More About Margaret Malcolmson:
Cause of Death: Mortification by Fire Burning
Children of Adam Sutherland and Margaret Malcolmson are:
5 i. Janet3 Sutherland, born 1797 in Walls and Flotta c 18-11-1796; died 3 March 1867 in Fea, South Walls.
Notes for Janet Sutherland:
at 1861 census at Walls and Flotta with brother John
single at death
More About Janet Sutherland:
Cause of Death: Palsey
6 ii. James Sutherland, born 1799; died 1849.
7 iii. John Sutherland, born 1799 in Walls and Flotta; died 11 March 1871 in Fea, South Walls.
Notes for John Sutherland:
at 1861 census at Walls and Flotta with sister Janet a Cobbler
a single farmer at death
+ 8 iv. James Sutherland, born 2 April 1803 in Walls and Flotta c 26-6-1803; died 12 March 1857 in Desjardins Canal Bridge, Ontario.
+ 9 v. Robert Sutherland, born 1805 in Walls and Flotta c 28-4-1805; died 25 August 1849 in Heckness, S Walls, Orkney buried Osmondwell.
+ 10 vi. Thomas Sutherland, born 1809 in Walls and Flotta c 5-7-1812; died 7 March 1873 in Fea, South Walls.
Generation No. 3
8. James3 Sutherland (Adam2, Adam1) was born 2 April 1803 in Walls and Flotta c 26-6-1803, and died 12 March 1857 in Desjardins Canal Bridge, Ontario. He married Margaret Robinson December 1833. She was born 1805 in Lincolnshire, England, and died 13 January 1879 in Wentworth, Hamilton, Ontario.
Notes for James Sutherland:
POSSIBLY THIS PERSON - UNPROVED
www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/Documents/SutherlandMagnet/default.aspAbout James Sutherland's first twenty-nine years there are a variety of stories but few substantiated facts. He was born in 1805 on the island of Hoy in the Orkneys, one of at least six children in a seafaring family. The uncle after whom he was named was a distinguished captain in the Royal Navy. At the age of seventeen the younger James set to sea. In the next ten or eleven years he is reputed to have sailed to Holland, Portugal, the Brazils, and the Baltic and travelled in the service of the Hudson Bay Company with Sir John Franklin. He served as chief officer or mate of the Royal William before she became the first vessel ever to cross the Atlantic entirely under steam. His move into the Great Lakes region dates from the conclusion of this service, although the only contemporary evidence of his presence dates from his marriage to Margaret Robinson in December 1833
Hon. John Hamilton
That season Sutherland had been the mate of John Hamilton's, Great Britain, the finest steam vessel of its day on Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence. The following year the newlywed was promoted to the command of another of his employer's vessels, the Queenston. Evidently he made a strong impression on the Queenston'sToronto-Hamilton route, for in 1836 he took command of Hamilton's newest steamer, the Traveller. It was on her decks that Sutherland established his reputation as a commander.
The normal navigation season had closed and the Traveller was laid up in Toronto, when Mackenzie's rebels began their advance on the city in December 1837. Although the fighting was all over by the time the Traveller could be made seaworthy again, she spent the rest of the winter in the government's employ. A year later Sutherland would be in the centre of the controversy that led to the Hon. John Elmsley's expulsion from the Executive Council, and before the troubles were over Sutherland was threatened by a pistol-waving William Lyon Mackenzie as a group of armed Patriots swarmed over the Traveller.
Within two weeks of the Rochester incident, John Hamilton sold the Traveller to the government for a handy profit. Almost immediately he laid plans with the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company for a new vessel, the Niagara. As Sutherland supervised her construction over the next eighteen months, his accounts provide a fascinating insight into the outfitting of a steamboat.
The following season, however, proved to be Sutherland's last in Hamilton's employ. The latter was retrenching and had sold the Niagara to Donald Bethune and John Elmsley.Bethune, the rising star in the Lake Ontario steamboat trade, was rapidly expanding his fleet and had plenty of openings for an officer as experienced as James Sutherland. But since Elmsley, Bethune's partner in the Niagara, still nursed a grudge over his abrupt departure from the Executive Council, Sutherland spent the next season in the slow and decrepit St. George. The captain quietly began to seek other employment, applying that same year to be Collector of Customs in Hamilton.
Unsuccessful, he spent the next three seasons working for Bethune, returning to the decks of the Niagara (since renamed the Sovereign) after Elmsley withdrew from the business.
In overall command, of course, was Captain Sutherland, who as managing director was responsible to a small executive committee of the shareholders for the profitability of the vessel. In the single surviving fragment of the Magnet's accounts, the gross receipts in an off-peak month amounted to almost 10 per cent of the capital cost of the vessel. The only other scrap of evidence in this regard is a letter from one of the few English stockholders, who referred to an estimate of a 25 per cent dividend for the 1851 season. He also warned Sutherland to "make hay whilst the sun shines for the locomotives will soon upset the Steam Boats".
It was only two years later that Sutherland relinquished the command of the Magnet to work for the Great Western Railway. In a gesture unique for the period, the officers of the Magnet banded together and gave their captain a tea service. The accompanying testimonial paid tribute to Sutherland's "uniformly kind and gentlemanly conduct towards [them] while under [his] command". The captain responded in kind by hiring one of the best lake captains of the day, Henry Twohy, to replace himself.
at the 1851 census of Canada at St Andrew, Hamilton, Ontario was Captain Sutherland a Master mariner born Orkney captain of "The Magnet" an Iron Steamboat that sailed on the Great Lakes. Their house was described as Brick Built of 2 storeys in 1/5 of an acre with 1 cow!
On the evening of the 12 March, 1857, the citizens of Hamilton and, in fact, the whole western district, were shocked by the news of the train wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge. The passenger train was a local from Toronto, drawn by the locomotive "Oxford" and consisting of a baggage car and two coaches. It was due in Hamilton at 5:45 p.m., but as the train approached the swing bridge, the engine derailed and went through the deck, taking the train with it. Dropping 40 ft., the engine, tender and first coach crashed through two feet of ice and were submerged. The baggage car landed off to one side, at the foot of the slope while the second coach remained up-ended on the embankment. There were only four survivors in the first coach, and the list of dead, which totaLled 59, affected almost every walk of life in the area.
The most notable Hamiltonian lost in this disaster was Captain James Sutberland, best known for his years as master of the sidewheel steamer MAGNET. The captain was born in 1805 on the Island of Hoy, in the parish of Walls, Orkney Islands and went to sea at the age of 17 in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1831, he came to Canada and two years later, was sailing the steamboat QUEENSTON. In 1836, he was in command of the TRAVELLER and subsequently he had the ST. GEORGE,COBOURG,ECLIPSE and the SOVEREIGN before taking over the MAGNET In 1847. James Sutherland was the last of three brothers, the others having been lost at sea. He left a widow, three sons and one daughter.
Notes for Margaret Robinson:
At the 1851 census of Canada at St Andrew, Hamilton, Ontario
At the 1871 census at St Andrrew's, Hamilton, Ontario, Head of Household, aged 64 born England
Children of James Sutherland and Margaret Robinson are:
11 i. John W4 Sutherland, born 1834.
Notes for John W Sutherland:
at the 1851 census of Canada at St Andrew, Hamilton, Ontario
12 ii. James S Sutherland, born 1836.
Notes for James S Sutherland:
at the 1851 census of Canada at St Andrew, Hamilton, Ontario
13 iii. D G Sutherland, born 1838.
Notes for D G Sutherland:
at the 1851 census of Canada at St Andrew, Hamilton, Ontario
14 iv. E A Sutherland, born 1840.
Notes for E A Sutherland:
at the 1851 census of Canada at St Andrew, Hamilton, Ontario
9. Robert3 Sutherland (Adam2, Adam1)1 was born 1805 in Walls and Flotta c 28-4-18051, and died 25 August 1849 in Heckness, S Walls, Orkney buried Osmondwell1. He married Christina Anderson1,2 1 February 1827 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney3, daughter of Alex Anderson and Elspeth Cromarty. She was born 1803 in Longhope, S. Walls, Orkney c 6-3-18033, and died Unknown3.
Notes for Robert Sutherland:
[Garson Family History.FTW]
This is speculative from info from Margaret Watters and censuses for Heckness and Fea
(? Hoy)
More About Robert Sutherland:
Cause of Death: Smallpox
Children of Robert Sutherland and Christina Anderson are:
15 i. Anne4 Sutherland3, born Abt. 1828 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 19-1-18283; died Aft. 1841 in Unknown3.
Notes for Anne Sutherland:
1841 census at Fea, S Walls.
16 ii. Thomas Sutherland3, born 11 July 1829 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney.c 11-7-18293; died 6 December 1905 in Melness Farm, Tongue, Sutherland3. He married Barbara Gunn 7 December 1856 in Halkirk.
17 iii. William Fraser Sutherland3, born 16 October 1831 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 3-11-183213; died 15 May 1890 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney3.
+ 18 iv. Jessie Sutherland, born 11 September 1833 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 12-10-1833; died 6 February 1906 in 23 Bank Street, Thurso.
19 v. John Cromarty Sutherland3, born 1 February 1835 in Walls & Flotta, Orkneyc 6-7-18353; died Unknown3.
20 vi. Margaret Sutherland3, born 24 November 1836 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 27-12-18363; died 1849 in Heckness3.
More About Margaret Sutherland:
Cause of Death: Smallpox
21 vii. Jane Hill Sutherland3, born 21 August 1839 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 21-9-18393; died Unknown3.
22 viii. Christina Sutherland3, born 28 March 1844 in Heckness Walls & Flotta, Orkney. c 16-4-18443; died Unknown3.
10. Thomas3 Sutherland (Adam2, Adam1) was born 1809 in Walls and Flotta c 5-7-1812, and died 7 March 1873 in Fea, South Walls. He married Isabella Nicholson 10 December 1839 in Walls and Flotta, daughter of William Nicolson and Margaret Nicolson. She was born 1807 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney, and died 7 November 1886 in Hilters, Walls.
Notes for Thomas Sutherland:
at 1861 census at Walls and Flotta a Fisherman
informant at brother Johns death 1871
at 1871 census at "Hitlers?", Walls a Fisherman
Notes for Isabella Nicholson:
at 1861 census at Walls and Flotta
at 1871 census at "Hitlers?", Walls
at 1881 census at "Fea" Walls and Flotta
Children of Thomas Sutherland and Isabella Nicholson are:
23 i. Betsey Nicolson4 Sutherland, born 1841 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 1-5-1841.
Notes for Betsey Nicolson Sutherland:
at 1861 census at Walls and Flotta a Domestic Servant
24 ii. William Nicholson Sutherland, born 1843 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 15-10-1843.
Notes for William Nicholson Sutherland:
at 1861 census at Walls and Flotta
at 1871 census at "Hitlers?", Walls a Fisherman
informant at fathers death in 1873
at 1881 census at "Fea" Walls and Flotta
informant at Mothers death in 1886
at 1891 census at "Heaters", Walls and Flotta
25 iii. Margaret Sutherland, born 1846 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 9-7-1846.
Notes for Margaret Sutherland:
at 1861 census at Walls and Flotta
at 1871 census at "Hitlers?", Walls a dressmaker
at 1881 census at "Fea" Walls and Flotta
at 1891 census at "Heaters", Walls and Flotta
26 iv. Isabella Sutherland, born 1849 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 13-5-1849.
Notes for Isabella Sutherland:
at 1861 census at Walls and Flotta
at 1871 census at "Hitlers?", Walls a Knitter
at 1881 census at "Fea" Walls and Flotta
at 1891 census at "Heaters", Walls and Flotta
Generation No. 4
18. Jessie4 Sutherland (Robert3, Adam2, Adam1)3 was born 11 September 1833 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney c 12-10-18333, and died 6 February 1906 in 23 Bank Street, Thurso3. She married Donald Mackay 18 October 1860 in Thurso. He was born 1825 in Farr, Sutherland, and died 7 March 1890 in Riverside, Thurso.
Notes for Jessie Sutherland:
1871 Census
Glengolly, Caithness, Thurso
Donald Mackay, Head of Household, 45, labourer, Sutherland, Farr
Janet Mackay, Wife, 37, Longhope, Orkney
William Mackay, Son, Unmarried, Labourer 22, Caithness, Thurso
Robertina Mackay, daughter, unmarried, 4, Thurso Caithness
Donald Mackay, son, unmarried, 2, born Thurso Caithness
1881 Census
Dwelling: Bank St
Census Place: Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203402 GRO Ref Volume 041 EnumDist 5 Page 13
Donald MACKAY M 54 M Farr, Sutherland, Scotland Rel: Head
Jesse MACKAY M 42F Longhope, Orkney, Scotland Rel: Wife
Robertina MACKAY 14 F Thurso, Caithness, Scotland Rel: Daur
Donald MACKAY 12 M Thurso, Caithness, Scotland Rel: Son
Annie MACKAY 9 F Thurso, Caithness, Scotland Rel: Daur
Johan MACKAY 9 F Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
Child of Jessie Sutherland and Donald Mackay is:
+ 27 i. Donald5 Mackay, born 13 December 1868 in Cowgate, Thurso; died 13 February 1931 in 18 Durness St, Thurso.
Generation No. 5
27. Donald5 Mackay (Jessie4 Sutherland, Robert3, Adam2, Adam1) was born 13 December 1868 in Cowgate, Thurso, and died 13 February 1931 in 18 Durness St, Thurso. He married Ann Groat 3 February 1893 in Wick, daughter of Donald Groat and Jane Tomison. She was born 11 February 1862 in Bankrow, Wick, and died 3 February 1920 in Thurso.
Notes for Ann Groat:
Death Witness - Donald Mackay - Husband
Ph
1881 - Census
Servant to a Donald and Maggie Wares, Hill Street Wick
Donald WARES M 34 M Wick, Caithness, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Vintner
Maggie WARES M 33 F Wick, Caithness, Scotland Rel: Wife Occ: Vintner Wife
Annie GROAT U 20 F Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Child of Donald Mackay and Ann Groat is:
28 i. James Murray Groat6 Mackay, born 27 October 1898 in Bank Street, Thurso; died 15 January 1971 in Thurso. He married Jessie Mowat 1922.
Notes for James Murray Groat Mackay:
1922 June 9th James Murray Groat Mackay - Jessie Mowat
The Temperance Hotel Thurso
Forms of the United Free Church of Scotland
James Murray Groat Mackay
24
Hotel Boots
Station Hotel
Thurso
Father - Donald Mackay - Labourer
Mother - Annie Groat (Dec)
Jessie Mowat
21 Domestic Servant
Holburnhead Thurso
Father - William Mowat - Farm Servant (He was a shepherd)
Mother - Donaldina Swanson (mother is a Mackay on Jessie Mowats Birth
Certificate)
Wtt - John MacDonald - Elizabeth Swanson
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