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My Great Gr Gr Grandfather
Aeneas Shaw, a son of Aeneas, 9th Chief of Clan Ay, was born at
Tordarroch, near Inverness, Scotland. A Loyalist, he served in the Queen's
Rangers during the American Revolution. His father fought for the Stuart
at Culloden. In 1787 he received a land grant and settled in what is now
New Brunswick. Commissioned in the reorganized Queen's Rangers, he went to
Quebec in 1792 and from there led the Rangers' first division to Upper
Canada. The following year he settled at York (now Toronto) and later
built a house in this vicinity. He was appointed to the Executive and
Legislative Councils in 1794. In 1807 he became Adjutant-General of
Militia, was promoted Major-General in 1811, and served in the War of
1812. He died at York, February 6, 1814.
Richard Shaw |
