ALEXANDER BAIN #1
SOURCE Bond & Austin Families on Ancestry.com
FATHER Robert Bain born in Scotland.
MOTHER Marjory Bain (McNute) born in Scotland.
MARRIED Sarah Margaret Wham about 1803 in Scotland. Ssrah was born about 1782 in Scotland
and died after 1821 in Canada.
Alexander was born in 1776 in Scotland; died in Canada.
CHILDREN
William Bain
Alexander Bain
John Bain #1
Margaret Bain
Archibald Bain
Mary Cullen Bain
David Bain
Elizabeth Bain
Marion Bain
Alexander was born Nov. 9th., 1776 in Middle Parish, Greenock, Renfrew Cnty. Scotland;
Baptism Nov. 12, 1776 Middle Parish, Greenock, Renfrew Cnty. Scotland:
Baptism Register FHC Film # 1041059:
Alexander, lawfull son to Robert Baine, Taylor & Margory Bain McNute
born Nov. 9th., (1776),
1842 Census for Lanark County:
Alexander Bain Birthplace: Scot & Ire Settled: Bathurst Con 10 Lot 22 Yr 1821;
born there: 5; born here: 4; household: 9; religion O.AP
Alexander Bain Sr. Settled: Bathurst Con 11, Lot 21 Yr. 1820; born there: 3
born here: 5; household: 8; religion Meth.
Alexander Bain came to Canada from Scotland on the ship Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1821
and located on West lot 1, con 11, Dalhousie Twp. (Paisley Townhead Emigration Society)
(Ref: The Lanark Sociey Settlers by Carol Bennett & The Lanark Society Settlers: Ships Lists
of the Glasgow Emigration Society 1821 by Gerald J. Neville)
Alxander and his family left on the "Earl of Buckinghamshire" from Greenock, Scotland, on
Firth of Clyde, in northwest of Renfrewshire on April 29, 1821 and arrived in Quebec City on
June 16 after a trip totalling 42 days. The ship's captain was Thomas Johnson. Alexander
was 39 and his wife 40 when they left Scotland for their newlife in Canada. Their male
children were 13 & 1/2, 12, 10, 7, 3 and 1/2 and their female children 6 and 7.
"The Paisley Townhead Emigration Society" sponsored the Alexander Bain family and the
government paid a "Settlement Advance" to Alexander on August 1, 1821. They gave each
settler 100 acres of land and 10 pounds cash.
Family lore credits Alexander with having the first cow and horse in Lanark County.
PAISLEY TOWNHEAD SOCIETY
Scottish Immigration 1815-1834, call number was R325.71 ON 8 SE.
The settlers searched out the property they wanted and then returned to have their claim
registered. The date they actually registered their claim is in the DATE OF LOCATION. The
Settler number was an apparently arbitrary number assigned to each household head.
Bain, Alexander, Number -- 487; Society --- Paisley Townhead; Country --- SCT;
Ship --- Earl of Buckingham; Arrival Date --- 06/21; Date of Location --- 07/21/1821;
Township -- Dalhousie; Concession and Lot 11 1 West; Total Family --- 12; # Men -- 1;
# Women -- 1; Boys > 12 --2; Girls > 12 -- 1; Boys --- 5; Girls -- 2
