'lhc History ot';\i'g_\'le Shore

I. MacLean The house, located at the boundary between DeSable and Argyle Shore,was built on the farm owned by the MacLean family and is one

of the oldest in the shore. The original owners were John MacLean, married to Mary (Sterling), who had emigrated from Scotland in 1819. When John NIacLean died in 1826, he left half of the farm to his wife and the other halfto his son,John Jr. His other son, Donald Sr. was to receive his mother's halfwhen she died.John Jr married Anne (McFadyen). The farm was next owned by four ofCharles and h4ary's children, Annie,John, lVIay, and Alan who continued to live there until their deaths. The farm was then inherited by Roy MacLean, who was the grandson of John and Catherine (Livingston). He and his wife, Joan, lived there until Roy's death. Joan then sold the farm to James Shaw who later passed it on to his son, Kevin who is married to Beth (MacDonald) of Crapaud. They have three children, Darryl, Randy, and Kimberly. In 2002, they moved to the Shaw family home on the next farm and this original MacLean dwelling has been sold.

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