The Horn(e)s of Lanark County

The immigration record of August, 1820 reports that James Horn arrived on the ship Brock in a group of '1 man, 1 woman, **8 children ( 3 males over 12, 2 males under 12, 1 female over 12, 2 females under 12)'

Family history holds that they came with three children in a group of 3 children and 2 adults. On October 21, 1820, they settled on Lot 10 Rear/East of Concession I of Lanark Township. In 1834, they were apparently living on Lot 15 West of Concession II of Lanark Township and that it was 'mostly a little lake.'

The information we have on the Horns is as follows:

James Horn
b. abt. 1787, Lanarkshire, Scotland
d. April 6, 1837, age 50
Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario
**Buried at Hopetown Cemetery, Hopetown
Married - May 5, 1807, *Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland
= Marion Megget
(Maggat is spelling on Lanark gravestone. The transcribed
parish record for Marion's birth / baptism uses the Megget spelling)
Born - February 14, Baptised -February 22, 1789
*Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
dau. of Alexander Megget /Elizabeth Downie
d. December 16, 1844, age 55
Lanark Township, Lanark County, Ontario
**Buried Hopetown Cemetery, Hopetown

**Cemetery Location -Lot 3 Con 18 Lanark Twp., #5526 Hwy 511 - east side of road at Hopetown

1. Elizabeth Horn
b. April 3,1808, Barony (Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Scotland
c. May 1, 1808, Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland (PR)
d. March 20, 1877, Hibbert Twp, Perth, Ontario
M. May 8, 1826
= Thomas Muir , Jr.
(in 1852 Census- Hibbert Twp -Children-James (b. NY), Wm, Alex, Andrew, Marron, Eliz, Robert, Mary, John) All other children b. Canada
Source: ancestry.com tree)

2. Alexander Horn
b. August 1, 1813, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
c. Augsut 15, 1813, Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland (PR)
d. January 11, 1866, Lanark County, Ontario
M - November 22, 1834, Lanark Twp
=Spencer Robertson

3. James Horn
b. October 20, 1815, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
d. April 11, 1879, 63 years
M - March 13, 1837, Dalhousie Twp.
=Janet Machan

4. Robert Downie Horn
b. Septmeber 23, 1822, Lanark Twp.
c. February 9, 1823, Dalhousie Twp (Perth Registers)
d. abt 1893 (no death registration has been found - this information was taken
from Martha James' obituary and the date is only approximate)
M. 1843 Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County
= Martha Machan

(Various trees on-line have a Donald Horn b. 1822, but there is no proof for this child).

5. Margaret Horn
b. September 20, 1824, Lanark Twp.
d. March 19, 1901 Darling Twp, Lanark Co
M - abt. 1850, Dalhousie Twp.
=Thomas McInnes

6. Thomas Horn
b. June 18, 1826, Lanark Twp.
d. Sept 27, 1876, Bloomfield, PEI
M - December 24, 1844, Lanark Twp
= Jane Gavin, dau of Robert Gavin / Sarah Miller

7. Marion Horn
b. 1829, Lanark Twp, Died in Infancy.

*Barony was a parish in Lanarkshire, Scotland close to Glasgow which is now part of the city of Glasgow. There was a Barony Church which is now Barony Hall, part of Strathclyde University.