- From: https://cchahistory.ca/journal/CCHA1949/Jensen.pdf
- John Macdonell was born in Scotland on November 30, 1768. He came to America with his father and after the American Revolution settled with the rest of the family near Cornwall. In 1788 he received a commission as ensign in the militia battalion of Cornwall and Osnabruck, but soon left the army and entered the service of the North-West Company as a commis or clerk. The practice of the company was for young men of ability to work up from clerk to chief trader to winter partner. John was certainly a clerk in the Upper Red River Department in 1793 and his name is to be found in 1797 in the Company documents as a winter partner with two shares. Promotion for him was rapid and he held positions of responsibility in the Company until his retirement.
- United Empire Loyalist ancestor listed in Loyalist Directory : https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=4922
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