JAMES MCTAGGART web page.
Mrs. Edna (Sam) Adams of Campbellford, Ontario, who as a little girl lived with her aged grandmother Martha (Patty) Parliament has this story from her grandmother: "My mother Nancy said their home had been taken over by the rebels after her husband James had enlisted but she,Nancy, and a negro slave and the two children were allowed the use of the basement kitchen during her husband's absence. James McTaggart found his wife Nancy and the two boys (Samuel and Peter) out gathering wood when he came for them in 1784."
This is found under the name of Martha (Patty) Parliament on rootsweb.com. Martha's mother is Mary McTaggart and Mary's mother is Nancy Ann Cooley..wife of James McTaggart. Samuel and Peter are their oldest sons.