MCGOWAN, Robert
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Name MCGOWAN, Robert Gender Male Death Nov 1809 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Burial Old Burying Grounds, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Person ID I2970 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 24 Jun 2021
Father MCGOWAN, Unknown Family ID F5344 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family UNKNOWN, Mary Children 1. MCGOWAN, Mary, b. 1760, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 24 May 1816, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 56 years)2. MCGOWAN, Hannah (Mary), b. Abt 1761, Ireland d. 24 May 1806, Amherst Point, Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Age 45 years)3. MCGOWAN, Sarah, b. Abt 1764 d. 20 Mar 1827, Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 63 years)4. MCGOWAN, Martha 5. MCGOWAN, Joan 6. MCGOWAN, John Family ID F578 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Oct 2025
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Notes - In his will of 1809, Robert McGowan names 'his trusty friend John Stuart Esquire and son in law Robert Berry' as his executors. Of note is that Stephen Read, in his will, describes his property as bordering that of John Stuart Esquire.
The Robert McGowan family is included in the 1770 Amherst census as follows 1 man, 1 woman, 2 boys, 4 girls, all Protestant, 1 American, 7 Irish. This pattern is similar to that of most of the "Hopewell" immigrants who settled in the Amherst area.
Robert McGowan was also included in the 1791 census for Amherst, N.S. as follows: 1 man, 1 underage male, 3 of age females.
Robert was elected to the Town Officer position "Assessor" in 1792 and "Surveyor" in 1793.
He was known as Robert The Elder, a reference to the family's strong ties to the Presbyterian Church situated at Amherst Point in the early 1790's (the first in Cumberland Co.).
- In his will of 1809, Robert McGowan names 'his trusty friend John Stuart Esquire and son in law Robert Berry' as his executors. Of note is that Stephen Read, in his will, describes his property as bordering that of John Stuart Esquire.