- Famille
- Branch begins in 1798
This collection was compiled by descendants of John Mann, the son of John Mann and Margaret McGregor, who was born in June 1798, probably at Croftentyan, Perthshire, Scotland. The younger John Mann first emigrated to New Brunswick in 1816, arriving at Saint John aboard the "Favorite" on 22 November 1816. Due to lack of funds, he spent his second winter on the Magaguadavic River loading lumber boats. In 1819 he joined William F. Odell's surveying party that was attempting to determine the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick. In the summer of 1822, Mann left Magaguadavic to see if better prospects awaited him in Canada. Unhappy with what he found, he returned to New Brunswick in September of the same year.
In 1823, Mann returned to Scotland where he married Margaret McVean. They would have no fewer than seven children: Margaret, Catherine, John, Elizabeth, Harriet, Grace, and Hannah. John Mann emigrated to New Brunswick a second time in 1828 with his wife and family. They settled in the parish of St. George, Charlotte County, where John Mann farmed and built boats. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of St. George. Although his educational opportunities had been limited, he produced two books "Travels in North America," published in 1824, and "The Emigrants' Instructor". John Mann died on 19 February 1891, at age 92. His wife Margaret predeceased him on 20 March 1877, at age 76.