They were the parents of John McGregor, High Sheriff and Historian of the Island. Or he may have been a younger son of John and Margaret (Gregor) McGregor of Black River, Lot 33. This Joseph McGregor is said to have had a brother Daniel, who lived at Summerville, in Lot 48. Joseph McGregor married, 24 Sept. 1837, Isabella Brown, daughter of John and Isabella KLuVBOQ) Brown of Covehead and granddaughter of Lawrence and Jean (Jamison) Brown

and of William Lawson. Isabella's sister Jane (1798 - 1881) married James McGregor, son of John and Margaret (Gregor) McGregor. Joseph and Isabella (Brown) McGregor lived first in Covehead, where

their son Ewen was born in 1846, but they later moved to Lot 48,

'where they both died and are buried.

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND ISABELLA (BROWN) MCGREGOR

1 Margaret, probably, d. at Oyster Bed Bridge, near Rustico, in 1896; unmarried. Her will, dated 30 Jan. 1895 and proved 1 May 1896 (14:44) left $2000 to her sister Susan, wife of Thomas Chandler, and the residue to her cousin Jane' Isabella McLeod

"who now resides with me".

ii David, b. in 1843; d. at Covehead, 27 Dec. 1885, aged 42 years 9. s. at West Covehead); m. Deronda Higgins, daughter of William and Catherine (Leitch) Higgins of Covehead. His grave- stone reads, "David McGregor died Dec. 27, 1885, aged 42. Wife Deronda". After his death, his widow moved first to Waltham,

Massachusetts, and later to California.

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