ANGUS MACSWEEN, who was born about 1770 in Harris, part of the Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland, was NOT the son of Margaret MARTIN and Alexander MACQUEEN from the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Margaret and Alexander MACQUEEN had a son ANGUS MACQUEEN who was born on Isle of a Skye about 1785.
ANGUS MACQUEEN‘S father, Alexander MACQUEEN died before 1802. In 1802, Alexander's widow Margaret MARTIN and their four children, including their son ANGUS MACQUEEN (born about 1785 on Skye) migrated to North Carolina, United States. ANGUS MACQUEEN, his mother Margaret née MARTIN MACQUEEN and his three siblings, Donald, Flora and Alexander, all died in America.
Meanwhile, ANGUS MACSWEEN (born about 1770 in Harris, part of the Isle of Lewis and Harris) married Margaret CAMPBELL, also of Harris. In 1820 they were living with their children, John, Henrietta, Roderick, Donald and Christian, in Seaforth Heads in Parish of Lochs. In about 1826 they were removed to croft No. 16 in Tong in Parish of Stornoway in the Lewis part of the Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland. ANGUS MACSWEEN must have died about 1840. The last record found for ANGUS MACSWEEN was the Rent Roll of 1837, which showed him living on the family croft at Tong. The 1844 Rent Roll showed the croft had been passed to Angus' son Donald MACSWEEN. No death/burial record was found; although this was common before compulsory Scottish civil registration was introduced in 1855. The death record of ANGUS MACSWEEN’s widow Margaret née CAMPBELL showed her living in Tong at the time of her death in 1858. It is likely ANGUS MACSWEEN also died in Tong where he had lived with his family since 1826.
See WikiTree Angus MacSween (MacSween-60) for more information.
