Malcolm, Finlay Jr.

From FINLAY MALCOLM by Dean G. Taylor, UE. This first appeared in Cataraqui Loyalist Town Crier 27(4): 6-7 (September 2008). https://www.uelac.org/Kingston-Branch/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Finlay_Malcolm_by_Dean_Taylor.pdf
- In 1798, Finlay Malcolm Sr. and family (15 children) set sail for Upper Canada from New Brunswick. For the first 3-4 years he farmed in the township of Oakland, Ontario [Brant County]. In 1802, he took a patent on his eventual home in the bush where Scotland village stands today. This is the Garden Wall home now owned by Jen and Ed Vander Velden.
- His eldest son, John and brother Finlay II, had farms and gristmill at Oakland.
- Finlay Jr was a Congregationalist, farmer, tavern keeper, 1st regimant Oxford Militia 1812-1814, Minitser if Legislative Assembly 1828-1830, Reformer.
Son of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=4955
Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121748554/finlay-malcolm