McLEOD.
Alexander McLeod was born on board ship in Dublin harbor, the 11th December, 1773.His father belonged to the 42nd highlanders, a regiment then on its way to augment the British force in America.This regiment was on active service during the American Revolutionary war, and at its close was disbanded and grants of land in the Maritime Provinces distributed among its members.The greater number of these grants were on the Nashwaak River, in New Brunswick.Alexander McQueen, an officer in the same regiment, grandfather of Alexander McQueen, of Shediac, and great-grandfather of Sheriff McQueen, of Westmoreland, settled in Pictou County, N.S.
Mr.McLeod settled on the Nashwaak, and lived there the remainder of his life.Alexander, his son, went to Sheffield in 1796, and began a mercantile business.He married Elizabeth Barker, of that place.In 1806 he removed to the city of St.John, where for some years he conducted business on a scale large for the times, and was very successful.He was a Methodist local preacher, and in 1829 started a literary and religious journal, which enjoyed, like most of its successors in that city, but a brief existence.Mr.McLeod's family numbered six--Roderick, the youngest, died in infancy; Annie, the eldest, was a teacher and never married; Sarah married James Robertson;Margaret married Rev.Albert Desbrisay, who was for some years chaplain of the old Sackville Academy; Wesley was twice married, first in 1836, to Amy Trueman, who died, leaving one daughter; and again, in 1840, to Seraphina Trueman.
Wesley McLeod was a persistent reader, a good conversationalist, and a most interesting man to meet.He was a bank accountant, and the last forty years of his life were spent in the United States.His home was in Newark, N.J., where his widow and three daughters still live.