Donald came with his family from Scotland and purchased Lot 32, Con. 6 from the Canada Company in 1831.  They stayed in Toronto for a short time, tehn came to Erin Twp., where they cleared the land, and built a frame house.  Thier son, Donald, had been left in Toronto with friends as he had been stricken with cholera, and was not expected to live.  About seven years later, they returned to Toronto, and found their son had not died.  He came to the farm with them, and in 1847, the farm was registered in his name.