McCaulay, Robert

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: Margaret Angus, “MACAULAY (McAulay, McCauley), ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/macaulay_robert_4E.html#citations
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Merchant; b. 1744 near Omagh (Northern Ireland), son of William Macaulay and Susan Gilliland; m. 13 Feb. 1791 Ann Kirby at Crown Point, N.Y., and they had three sons, including  John and William; d. 1 Sept. 1800 at Kingston, Upper Canada.
    • At the beginning of the revolution his farm and business were confiscated or destroyed by the rebels. In 1776 he was taken prisoner during Benedict Arnold’s retreat from Canada and held for some time at Crown Point. Later released, he was arrested again in 1778 for giving information to the British about the garrison at Ticonderoga. He was jailed at Albany for six months. After being freed on bail he escaped to Canada.
    • By April 1780 Macaulay was established as a merchant at Carleton Island (near Kingston, Ont.). According to a claim in 1797 he was also a captain of the Associated Loyalists on the island and as such he was granted 1,200 acres of land.
  • United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=5135
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162555969/robert-macaulay