Captains & Seafaring

Captains & Seafaring

Editorial research draft. These candidate profiles retain the supplied evidence and review notes. Uncertain identities and claims require resolution before public use. Inclusion does not imply cemetery burial.

Captain Hughie MacDonald

Goose River; family connection into the parish

The author’s corrections explicitly identify Captain Hughie as a son of John MacDonald and Sarah MacIntyre of Goose River and a nephew of Bishop Peter MacIntyre. This corrects an earlier Little Pond parentage.

Evidence: Author’s corrections p.1, entries for book pp.27 and 30.

Review: Use the corrected account when revisiting the original passage. Do not confuse him with Captain Hughie MacIntyre.

Captain Hughie MacIntyre

Grand River and Hollow River family narratives

The recovered comments describe West Indies trading, mahogany from the Bahamas, a final voyage on The Lady of the Lake, yellow fever, and burial at sea.

Evidence: Recovered McQuaid Ch.2 p.31; REF-0430 and REF-2932.

Review: Identity and voyage details require fresh source comparison. The comments contain contradictory spouse chronology; omit that chronology from public copy.

Captain Angus MacDonald

Old Bear River; Alexander Sandy and Marcella MacDonald family

Described as a master mariner and known as Captain Angus. Family context places seafaring within the Old Bear River settlement story.

Evidence: Recovered McQuaid Ch.9 p.123; MCQ-013; REF-2022.

Review: Attributed career. Do not equate him with Captain Angus Tulloch McDonald solely on given name and title.

Ronald MacDonald the master mariner

Brother of Captain Angus in the Old Bear River narrative

The comments describe a master mariner who died in 1845 at a Pacific island recorded as Holensberg Isle.

Evidence: Recovered McQuaid Ch.9 p.123; MCQ-013; REF-2031.

Review: Check the place spelling, ship, and death record. Do not silently substitute a modern island name.

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