United Church Picnic, circa 1920
The Chestico Museum & Archives is an invaluable resource for anyone researching their Port Hood roots. Our holdings include such items as:
- Census Records
- Land Grant Maps and Information
- Cemetery Records
- Photographs
- House Histories
- Family Histories
- Veteran Profiles
- School Registers
The following lists contain names of early settlers in the Port Hood area.
Early Loyalist Settlers in Port Hood
| Name |
Date to Port Hood |
Place of Origin |
| Clark, John |
1788? |
Unknown |
| Hart, Joseph Lee |
1874 |
Hartford, Connecticut |
| Hawley, Captain Matthew |
1789 |
Waterbury, Connecticut |
| Roper, John |
1788 |
Norfolk, Virginia |
| Smith, Captain David |
1786 |
Truro, Massachessetts |
| Watts, Captain Hugh |
1784 |
Scotland, South Carolina and Poole, England |
Early Irish Settlers in Port Hood
| Name |
Date to Port Hood |
Place of Origin |
| Bairdsley, John |
1814 |
Ireland |
| Barren, William |
1818 |
Ireland |
| Breen, Peter |
1799 |
Ireland |
| Bull, James |
1816 |
County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Doran, Andrew |
1815 |
Ireland |
| Doran, Laurence |
1818 |
Ireland |
| Downey, Patrick |
1816 |
County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Fitzpatrick, John |
1817 |
Ireland |
| Green, John |
1814 |
Ireland |
| Hammond, John (Loyalist) |
1795 |
County Monaghan, Ireland |
| Hayes, Edward |
1788 |
Co. Wexford, Ireland |
| Minchin, William |
1816 |
Ireland |
| Moran, Walter |
1815 |
County Wexford, Ireland |
| Murphy, Dennis |
1797 |
County Wexford, Ireland |
| Murphy, James |
1804 |
County Wexford, Ireland |
| Murphy, Thomas |
1795 |
Ireland |
| O’Connor, Daniel |
1812 |
Ireland |
| Shanahan, Michael |
1813 |
Ireland |
| Shea, James |
1817 |
Ireland |
| Walsh, Simon |
1815 |
Ireland |
| Whitty, Walter |
1816 |
Ireland |
| Wright, William |
1811 |
County Cavan, Ireland |
Early Scottish Settlers in Port Hood, 1775 – 1820
| Name | Place of Origin |
| Beaton | Lochaber |
| Cameron | Lochaber |
| Campbell | Lochaber |
| Chisholm | Strathglass |
| Gillies | Morar |
| MacDonald (Clanranald) | Morar, Moidart, Eigg, Canna, Muck, South Uist, Eilean Shona |
| MacDonell | Lochaber, Glengarry |
| MacEachen/MacEachern | Moidart, South Uist |
| MacInnis | Eigg |
| MacIsaac | Moidart, Eigg |
| MacKinnon | Eigg |
| MacLean | Eigg |
| MacLellan | Morar |
| MacLeod | Eigg |
| MacMaster | Moidart |
| MacMillan | Lochaber |
| MacNeil | Barra |
| MacQuarrie | Eigg |
| MacVarish | Moidart |
| Morrison | South Uist |
| O’Handley | South Uist |
| Sutherland | Caithness |
