FOOTNOTES:[1]Exact information in regard to the brothers Hazeur, who have a place in this story merely because they held the seigniory of Malbaie, may be found in articles by Mgr. H. Têtu, in theBulletin des Recherches Historiques(Lévis, Quebec) for August, 1907, and the following numbers. They were the Canon Joseph Thierry Hazeur, born in 1680, and Pierre Hazeur de L'Orme, born in 1682, both apparently at Quebec. The younger brother took the name de L'Orme from his mother's family. He was for many years the representative in France of the Chapter of the Cathedral at Quebec, which held, from the Pope and the King, four or five abbeys in France. His copious letters published by Mgr. Têtu illustrate with some vividness details of the ecclesiastical life of the time. For several years after the British conquest of Canada the Quebec Chapter continued to receive the revenues of the Abbey of Meaubec. The elder Hazeur, less able than his brother, was Curé at Point aux Trembles. An invalid, he spent his later years chiefly in Quebec.[2]Malcolm Fraser, an officer in the 78th Highlanders and afterwards first seigneur of Mount Murray, one of the two seigniories into which Malbaie was divided, was sent out on these ravaging expeditions. Years after, some of Fraser's neighbours of French origin rallied him on his capacity for devastation as shown at this time. See Fraser'sJournal, Appendix A, p.253, and theMémoiresof Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, 1866, Ch. II.[3]The name Simon Fraser appears with credit more than once in Canadian history. It was a Simon Fraser who crossed the Rocky Mountains and first followed for its whole course the Fraser River named after him.[4]Waverley, Chapter II.[5]See Appendix A., p.249. "Journal of Malcolm Fraser, First Seigneur of Mount Murray, Malbaie."[6]See copy of the grant in Appendix B., p.271.[7]The Lake is no doubt Lake Nairne, the present Grand Lac.[8]Diary of an English Officer. Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 1871-72, p. 61.[9]See Appendix C., p.273, for the text of his letter to his sister describing the operations of the winter at Quebec. It is an able review of the campaign.[10]Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 7th Series, 1905, p. 75; "Blockade of Quebec," etc.[11]The men's names were Peter Ferris, Squir Ferris, Claudius Brittle (Sr.), Claudius Brittle (Jr.), Nathan Smith, Marshal Smith, Justice Sturdevant, John Ward.[12]The book in which Nairne kept the accounts, with the names of the recipients of the king's bounty, is still at Murray Bay.[13]It may be convenient to state at once the dates of the births and deaths of each of these children:Magdalen (Madie) (Mrs. McNicol)born1767died1839.Christine Nairne"1774"1817.John Nairne"1777"1799.Mary (Polly) Nairne"1782"1821.Thomas Nairne"1787"1813.[14]See Appendix D., p.277., for a formal memorandum drawn up by Nairne for his son's guidance.[15]See Appendix E., p.279. "The 'Porpoise' (Beluga or White Whale) Fishery on the St. Lawrence."[16]"Les Anciens Canadiens," Chapter IV.[17]Sir Alexander Mackenzie who accomplished in 1793 what was then the astonishing feat of crossing the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and whose book, "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Lawrence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans," first published in 1801, attracted general attention, including even that of Napoleon Bonaparte.[18]John Warren, the ancestor of the numerous family at Murray Bay of that name.[19]Warren, Nairne's neighbour, had been visiting Quebec apparently for business reasons.[20]See Appendix F., p.286, for this Prayer of Colonel Nairne.[21]The inscription to be placed on Nairne's tomb was long a subject of debate in the family. Two drafts remain at Murray Bay, both copious in length, and neither like the inscription now to be found at Mount Hermon Cemetery. (See p.221.) In the taste of the time inscriptions were expected to give a full account of the career of the dead man. One of these inscriptions speaks of Nairne's "enjoying as a reward of his services a gift of Land on the River St. Lawrence. He had alike the merit and the happiness of converting a wild and uninhabited desert into a flourishing colony of above 1000 inhabitants, who regarded him as their Tender Friend and Patriarch. He died honoured with the esteem of all who knew him." The other inscription mentions what, otherwise, we should not have known, that Nairne received a wound on the Plains of Abraham. It goes on in verse:"Though 'gainst the Foe a dauntless Front he reared,Ne'er from his lips was aught assuming heard;Modest, though brave; though firm, in manners mild,Strong in resolve, though guileless as a child;To honor true, in probity correct;To falsehood [stern] and urgent to detect;To party strange, to calumny a foe;The good Samaritan to sons of woe;At a late hour he heard the fatal call,Obeyed and died, wept and deplored by all."[22]See Appendix G., p.287. "The Curés of Malbaie".[23]Bowen's career was remarkable. He continued on the bench until 1866, having held the office of a Judge in Canada for well nigh sixty years.[24]He had recently died, and it did not diminish the Nairnes' interest in him that he left £5,000 to their relative Ker.[25]He must have been a Roman Catholic for he was buried in the churchyard at Murray Bay.[26]We have seen (antep.49) how at Malbaie Colonel Nairne expected that a Protestant missionary would soon make the community Protestant.[27]Professor Barrett Wendell, France of To-day, New York, 1907.[28]Roy, Histoire de la Seigneurie de Lauzon, IV: 169, 170.[29]The Abbé H.R. Casgrain:Une Paroisse Canadienne au XVII. Siècle.Œuvres, Vol. I, pp. 483sqq.[30]Roy, La Seigneurie de Lauzon, IV: 247.[31]M. Léon Gérin in "L'Habitant de Saint-Justin", p. 202.[32]Roy, La Seigneurie de Lauzon IV: 245.[33]De Gaspé,Mémoires, p. 533, 4.[34]Mr. Nairne claimed as compensation for hislods et ventes£4,560, 9s. 6d., (Halifax currency) and for the banal rights £3,400. He probably received considerably less. More than 400 dwellers in the seigniory still pay the annualcens et rentes.[35]Malcolm Fraser's seigniory, Mount Murray, remained somewhat longer in the family of its original owner. On Fraser's death in 1815 his eldest son William, who had become a medical practitioner and a Roman Catholic, succeeded. He died without issue in 1830 and his brother, John Malcolm Fraser, then fell heir to the seigniory. When he died in 1860 the property passed by will to his two daughters, both married to British officers. The elder, Mrs. Reeve, succeeded to the manor house. The younger, Mrs. Higham, soon sold her share to the Cimon family who became prominent in the district and one of whose members sat in Parliament at Ottawa on the Conservative side. Mrs. Reeve died in 1879 leaving the use of the property to her husband, Colonel Reeve, for his life. When he died in 1888, his son Mr. John Fraser Reeve, Malcolm Fraser's great-grandson, became seigneur. In 1902 he sold the property to the present seigneur, Mr. George T. Bonner, of New York, a Canadian by birth. Though there are numerous living descendants of Malcolm Fraser, Murray Bay knows them no more.[36]Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant Colonel John Nairne, First Seigneur of Murray Bay. This Gallant Officer during 38 years distinguished himself as an able and brave Soldier. For simplicity of manners as a man, for Intrepidity and humanity as a Soldier, and for the virtues of a Gentleman, his memory will long be respected and cherished. Born in Scotland, March 1, 1731. Died at Quebec, July 14, 1802.Lieutenant Colonel Nairne first entered the Dutch Service where he belonged to that distinguished Corps, the Scotch Brigade. He afterwards entered the British Service where under Wolfe he was present at the taking of Louisbourg and Quebec. He also served under Murray and Carleton and distinguished himself in a most gallant manner when Quebec was attacked by the Americans in the years 1775 and 1776.And of his eldest son, Lieutenant John Nairne of the 19th Regiment of Foot, who fell a victim to the climate of India when returning with the victorious troops from the capture of Seringapatam in the 21st year of his age; also of his youngest son, Captain Thomas Nairne, of the 49th Regiment of Foot who bravely fell at the head of his Company in the Battle at Chrysler's Farm in Upper Canada November 11, 1813, aged 26 years.Also of John Leslie Nairne, great grandson of Colonel Nairne, born July 23, 1842, died March 18, 1845; and of John Nairne, Esq., Grandson of Colonel Nairne, born at Murray Bay, March 22nd, 1808, died at Quebec June 8, 1861; and of his Widow, Maria Katherine Leslie, died at Quebec, August 25, 1884, deeply regretted by her friends and by the poor of whom she was the constant benefactress.This monument is erected in affectionate remembrance of much kindness by one who was privileged to enjoy their friendship during the best part of his life.
[1]Exact information in regard to the brothers Hazeur, who have a place in this story merely because they held the seigniory of Malbaie, may be found in articles by Mgr. H. Têtu, in theBulletin des Recherches Historiques(Lévis, Quebec) for August, 1907, and the following numbers. They were the Canon Joseph Thierry Hazeur, born in 1680, and Pierre Hazeur de L'Orme, born in 1682, both apparently at Quebec. The younger brother took the name de L'Orme from his mother's family. He was for many years the representative in France of the Chapter of the Cathedral at Quebec, which held, from the Pope and the King, four or five abbeys in France. His copious letters published by Mgr. Têtu illustrate with some vividness details of the ecclesiastical life of the time. For several years after the British conquest of Canada the Quebec Chapter continued to receive the revenues of the Abbey of Meaubec. The elder Hazeur, less able than his brother, was Curé at Point aux Trembles. An invalid, he spent his later years chiefly in Quebec.
[1]Exact information in regard to the brothers Hazeur, who have a place in this story merely because they held the seigniory of Malbaie, may be found in articles by Mgr. H. Têtu, in theBulletin des Recherches Historiques(Lévis, Quebec) for August, 1907, and the following numbers. They were the Canon Joseph Thierry Hazeur, born in 1680, and Pierre Hazeur de L'Orme, born in 1682, both apparently at Quebec. The younger brother took the name de L'Orme from his mother's family. He was for many years the representative in France of the Chapter of the Cathedral at Quebec, which held, from the Pope and the King, four or five abbeys in France. His copious letters published by Mgr. Têtu illustrate with some vividness details of the ecclesiastical life of the time. For several years after the British conquest of Canada the Quebec Chapter continued to receive the revenues of the Abbey of Meaubec. The elder Hazeur, less able than his brother, was Curé at Point aux Trembles. An invalid, he spent his later years chiefly in Quebec.
[2]Malcolm Fraser, an officer in the 78th Highlanders and afterwards first seigneur of Mount Murray, one of the two seigniories into which Malbaie was divided, was sent out on these ravaging expeditions. Years after, some of Fraser's neighbours of French origin rallied him on his capacity for devastation as shown at this time. See Fraser'sJournal, Appendix A, p.253, and theMémoiresof Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, 1866, Ch. II.
[2]Malcolm Fraser, an officer in the 78th Highlanders and afterwards first seigneur of Mount Murray, one of the two seigniories into which Malbaie was divided, was sent out on these ravaging expeditions. Years after, some of Fraser's neighbours of French origin rallied him on his capacity for devastation as shown at this time. See Fraser'sJournal, Appendix A, p.253, and theMémoiresof Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, 1866, Ch. II.
[3]The name Simon Fraser appears with credit more than once in Canadian history. It was a Simon Fraser who crossed the Rocky Mountains and first followed for its whole course the Fraser River named after him.
[3]The name Simon Fraser appears with credit more than once in Canadian history. It was a Simon Fraser who crossed the Rocky Mountains and first followed for its whole course the Fraser River named after him.
[4]Waverley, Chapter II.
[4]Waverley, Chapter II.
[5]See Appendix A., p.249. "Journal of Malcolm Fraser, First Seigneur of Mount Murray, Malbaie."
[5]See Appendix A., p.249. "Journal of Malcolm Fraser, First Seigneur of Mount Murray, Malbaie."
[6]See copy of the grant in Appendix B., p.271.
[6]See copy of the grant in Appendix B., p.271.
[7]The Lake is no doubt Lake Nairne, the present Grand Lac.
[7]The Lake is no doubt Lake Nairne, the present Grand Lac.
[8]Diary of an English Officer. Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 1871-72, p. 61.
[8]Diary of an English Officer. Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 1871-72, p. 61.
[9]See Appendix C., p.273, for the text of his letter to his sister describing the operations of the winter at Quebec. It is an able review of the campaign.
[9]See Appendix C., p.273, for the text of his letter to his sister describing the operations of the winter at Quebec. It is an able review of the campaign.
[10]Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 7th Series, 1905, p. 75; "Blockade of Quebec," etc.
[10]Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 7th Series, 1905, p. 75; "Blockade of Quebec," etc.
[11]The men's names were Peter Ferris, Squir Ferris, Claudius Brittle (Sr.), Claudius Brittle (Jr.), Nathan Smith, Marshal Smith, Justice Sturdevant, John Ward.
[11]The men's names were Peter Ferris, Squir Ferris, Claudius Brittle (Sr.), Claudius Brittle (Jr.), Nathan Smith, Marshal Smith, Justice Sturdevant, John Ward.
[12]The book in which Nairne kept the accounts, with the names of the recipients of the king's bounty, is still at Murray Bay.
[12]The book in which Nairne kept the accounts, with the names of the recipients of the king's bounty, is still at Murray Bay.
[13]It may be convenient to state at once the dates of the births and deaths of each of these children:Magdalen (Madie) (Mrs. McNicol)born1767died1839.Christine Nairne"1774"1817.John Nairne"1777"1799.Mary (Polly) Nairne"1782"1821.Thomas Nairne"1787"1813.
[13]It may be convenient to state at once the dates of the births and deaths of each of these children:
Magdalen (Madie) (Mrs. McNicol)born1767died1839.Christine Nairne"1774"1817.John Nairne"1777"1799.Mary (Polly) Nairne"1782"1821.Thomas Nairne"1787"1813.
[14]See Appendix D., p.277., for a formal memorandum drawn up by Nairne for his son's guidance.
[14]See Appendix D., p.277., for a formal memorandum drawn up by Nairne for his son's guidance.
[15]See Appendix E., p.279. "The 'Porpoise' (Beluga or White Whale) Fishery on the St. Lawrence."
[15]See Appendix E., p.279. "The 'Porpoise' (Beluga or White Whale) Fishery on the St. Lawrence."
[16]"Les Anciens Canadiens," Chapter IV.
[16]"Les Anciens Canadiens," Chapter IV.
[17]Sir Alexander Mackenzie who accomplished in 1793 what was then the astonishing feat of crossing the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and whose book, "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Lawrence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans," first published in 1801, attracted general attention, including even that of Napoleon Bonaparte.
[17]Sir Alexander Mackenzie who accomplished in 1793 what was then the astonishing feat of crossing the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and whose book, "Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Lawrence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans," first published in 1801, attracted general attention, including even that of Napoleon Bonaparte.
[18]John Warren, the ancestor of the numerous family at Murray Bay of that name.
[18]John Warren, the ancestor of the numerous family at Murray Bay of that name.
[19]Warren, Nairne's neighbour, had been visiting Quebec apparently for business reasons.
[19]Warren, Nairne's neighbour, had been visiting Quebec apparently for business reasons.
[20]See Appendix F., p.286, for this Prayer of Colonel Nairne.
[20]See Appendix F., p.286, for this Prayer of Colonel Nairne.
[21]The inscription to be placed on Nairne's tomb was long a subject of debate in the family. Two drafts remain at Murray Bay, both copious in length, and neither like the inscription now to be found at Mount Hermon Cemetery. (See p.221.) In the taste of the time inscriptions were expected to give a full account of the career of the dead man. One of these inscriptions speaks of Nairne's "enjoying as a reward of his services a gift of Land on the River St. Lawrence. He had alike the merit and the happiness of converting a wild and uninhabited desert into a flourishing colony of above 1000 inhabitants, who regarded him as their Tender Friend and Patriarch. He died honoured with the esteem of all who knew him." The other inscription mentions what, otherwise, we should not have known, that Nairne received a wound on the Plains of Abraham. It goes on in verse:"Though 'gainst the Foe a dauntless Front he reared,Ne'er from his lips was aught assuming heard;Modest, though brave; though firm, in manners mild,Strong in resolve, though guileless as a child;To honor true, in probity correct;To falsehood [stern] and urgent to detect;To party strange, to calumny a foe;The good Samaritan to sons of woe;At a late hour he heard the fatal call,Obeyed and died, wept and deplored by all."
[21]The inscription to be placed on Nairne's tomb was long a subject of debate in the family. Two drafts remain at Murray Bay, both copious in length, and neither like the inscription now to be found at Mount Hermon Cemetery. (See p.221.) In the taste of the time inscriptions were expected to give a full account of the career of the dead man. One of these inscriptions speaks of Nairne's "enjoying as a reward of his services a gift of Land on the River St. Lawrence. He had alike the merit and the happiness of converting a wild and uninhabited desert into a flourishing colony of above 1000 inhabitants, who regarded him as their Tender Friend and Patriarch. He died honoured with the esteem of all who knew him." The other inscription mentions what, otherwise, we should not have known, that Nairne received a wound on the Plains of Abraham. It goes on in verse:
"Though 'gainst the Foe a dauntless Front he reared,Ne'er from his lips was aught assuming heard;Modest, though brave; though firm, in manners mild,Strong in resolve, though guileless as a child;To honor true, in probity correct;To falsehood [stern] and urgent to detect;To party strange, to calumny a foe;The good Samaritan to sons of woe;At a late hour he heard the fatal call,Obeyed and died, wept and deplored by all."
"Though 'gainst the Foe a dauntless Front he reared,Ne'er from his lips was aught assuming heard;Modest, though brave; though firm, in manners mild,Strong in resolve, though guileless as a child;To honor true, in probity correct;To falsehood [stern] and urgent to detect;To party strange, to calumny a foe;The good Samaritan to sons of woe;At a late hour he heard the fatal call,Obeyed and died, wept and deplored by all."
[22]See Appendix G., p.287. "The Curés of Malbaie".
[22]See Appendix G., p.287. "The Curés of Malbaie".
[23]Bowen's career was remarkable. He continued on the bench until 1866, having held the office of a Judge in Canada for well nigh sixty years.
[23]Bowen's career was remarkable. He continued on the bench until 1866, having held the office of a Judge in Canada for well nigh sixty years.
[24]He had recently died, and it did not diminish the Nairnes' interest in him that he left £5,000 to their relative Ker.
[24]He had recently died, and it did not diminish the Nairnes' interest in him that he left £5,000 to their relative Ker.
[25]He must have been a Roman Catholic for he was buried in the churchyard at Murray Bay.
[25]He must have been a Roman Catholic for he was buried in the churchyard at Murray Bay.
[26]We have seen (antep.49) how at Malbaie Colonel Nairne expected that a Protestant missionary would soon make the community Protestant.
[26]We have seen (antep.49) how at Malbaie Colonel Nairne expected that a Protestant missionary would soon make the community Protestant.
[27]Professor Barrett Wendell, France of To-day, New York, 1907.
[27]Professor Barrett Wendell, France of To-day, New York, 1907.
[28]Roy, Histoire de la Seigneurie de Lauzon, IV: 169, 170.
[28]Roy, Histoire de la Seigneurie de Lauzon, IV: 169, 170.
[29]The Abbé H.R. Casgrain:Une Paroisse Canadienne au XVII. Siècle.Œuvres, Vol. I, pp. 483sqq.
[29]The Abbé H.R. Casgrain:Une Paroisse Canadienne au XVII. Siècle.Œuvres, Vol. I, pp. 483sqq.
[30]Roy, La Seigneurie de Lauzon, IV: 247.
[30]Roy, La Seigneurie de Lauzon, IV: 247.
[31]M. Léon Gérin in "L'Habitant de Saint-Justin", p. 202.
[31]M. Léon Gérin in "L'Habitant de Saint-Justin", p. 202.
[32]Roy, La Seigneurie de Lauzon IV: 245.
[32]Roy, La Seigneurie de Lauzon IV: 245.
[33]De Gaspé,Mémoires, p. 533, 4.
[33]De Gaspé,Mémoires, p. 533, 4.
[34]Mr. Nairne claimed as compensation for hislods et ventes£4,560, 9s. 6d., (Halifax currency) and for the banal rights £3,400. He probably received considerably less. More than 400 dwellers in the seigniory still pay the annualcens et rentes.
[34]Mr. Nairne claimed as compensation for hislods et ventes£4,560, 9s. 6d., (Halifax currency) and for the banal rights £3,400. He probably received considerably less. More than 400 dwellers in the seigniory still pay the annualcens et rentes.
[35]Malcolm Fraser's seigniory, Mount Murray, remained somewhat longer in the family of its original owner. On Fraser's death in 1815 his eldest son William, who had become a medical practitioner and a Roman Catholic, succeeded. He died without issue in 1830 and his brother, John Malcolm Fraser, then fell heir to the seigniory. When he died in 1860 the property passed by will to his two daughters, both married to British officers. The elder, Mrs. Reeve, succeeded to the manor house. The younger, Mrs. Higham, soon sold her share to the Cimon family who became prominent in the district and one of whose members sat in Parliament at Ottawa on the Conservative side. Mrs. Reeve died in 1879 leaving the use of the property to her husband, Colonel Reeve, for his life. When he died in 1888, his son Mr. John Fraser Reeve, Malcolm Fraser's great-grandson, became seigneur. In 1902 he sold the property to the present seigneur, Mr. George T. Bonner, of New York, a Canadian by birth. Though there are numerous living descendants of Malcolm Fraser, Murray Bay knows them no more.
[35]Malcolm Fraser's seigniory, Mount Murray, remained somewhat longer in the family of its original owner. On Fraser's death in 1815 his eldest son William, who had become a medical practitioner and a Roman Catholic, succeeded. He died without issue in 1830 and his brother, John Malcolm Fraser, then fell heir to the seigniory. When he died in 1860 the property passed by will to his two daughters, both married to British officers. The elder, Mrs. Reeve, succeeded to the manor house. The younger, Mrs. Higham, soon sold her share to the Cimon family who became prominent in the district and one of whose members sat in Parliament at Ottawa on the Conservative side. Mrs. Reeve died in 1879 leaving the use of the property to her husband, Colonel Reeve, for his life. When he died in 1888, his son Mr. John Fraser Reeve, Malcolm Fraser's great-grandson, became seigneur. In 1902 he sold the property to the present seigneur, Mr. George T. Bonner, of New York, a Canadian by birth. Though there are numerous living descendants of Malcolm Fraser, Murray Bay knows them no more.
[36]Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant Colonel John Nairne, First Seigneur of Murray Bay. This Gallant Officer during 38 years distinguished himself as an able and brave Soldier. For simplicity of manners as a man, for Intrepidity and humanity as a Soldier, and for the virtues of a Gentleman, his memory will long be respected and cherished. Born in Scotland, March 1, 1731. Died at Quebec, July 14, 1802.Lieutenant Colonel Nairne first entered the Dutch Service where he belonged to that distinguished Corps, the Scotch Brigade. He afterwards entered the British Service where under Wolfe he was present at the taking of Louisbourg and Quebec. He also served under Murray and Carleton and distinguished himself in a most gallant manner when Quebec was attacked by the Americans in the years 1775 and 1776.And of his eldest son, Lieutenant John Nairne of the 19th Regiment of Foot, who fell a victim to the climate of India when returning with the victorious troops from the capture of Seringapatam in the 21st year of his age; also of his youngest son, Captain Thomas Nairne, of the 49th Regiment of Foot who bravely fell at the head of his Company in the Battle at Chrysler's Farm in Upper Canada November 11, 1813, aged 26 years.Also of John Leslie Nairne, great grandson of Colonel Nairne, born July 23, 1842, died March 18, 1845; and of John Nairne, Esq., Grandson of Colonel Nairne, born at Murray Bay, March 22nd, 1808, died at Quebec June 8, 1861; and of his Widow, Maria Katherine Leslie, died at Quebec, August 25, 1884, deeply regretted by her friends and by the poor of whom she was the constant benefactress.This monument is erected in affectionate remembrance of much kindness by one who was privileged to enjoy their friendship during the best part of his life.
[36]Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant Colonel John Nairne, First Seigneur of Murray Bay. This Gallant Officer during 38 years distinguished himself as an able and brave Soldier. For simplicity of manners as a man, for Intrepidity and humanity as a Soldier, and for the virtues of a Gentleman, his memory will long be respected and cherished. Born in Scotland, March 1, 1731. Died at Quebec, July 14, 1802.
Lieutenant Colonel Nairne first entered the Dutch Service where he belonged to that distinguished Corps, the Scotch Brigade. He afterwards entered the British Service where under Wolfe he was present at the taking of Louisbourg and Quebec. He also served under Murray and Carleton and distinguished himself in a most gallant manner when Quebec was attacked by the Americans in the years 1775 and 1776.
And of his eldest son, Lieutenant John Nairne of the 19th Regiment of Foot, who fell a victim to the climate of India when returning with the victorious troops from the capture of Seringapatam in the 21st year of his age; also of his youngest son, Captain Thomas Nairne, of the 49th Regiment of Foot who bravely fell at the head of his Company in the Battle at Chrysler's Farm in Upper Canada November 11, 1813, aged 26 years.
Also of John Leslie Nairne, great grandson of Colonel Nairne, born July 23, 1842, died March 18, 1845; and of John Nairne, Esq., Grandson of Colonel Nairne, born at Murray Bay, March 22nd, 1808, died at Quebec June 8, 1861; and of his Widow, Maria Katherine Leslie, died at Quebec, August 25, 1884, deeply regretted by her friends and by the poor of whom she was the constant benefactress.
This monument is erected in affectionate remembrance of much kindness by one who was privileged to enjoy their friendship during the best part of his life.