Madame Bearmore
John M. McDonald interview — 1847-10-21
John Macdonald does not provide the first name of Madam Bearmore, who was a cousin of the prominent Loyalist officer Mansfield Bearmore. She may be Elizabeth Barmore (b.1790). Madam Bearmore notes that her mother, who was still alive at the same but was suffering from memory loss, always implied that Bearmore was a good officer and a man who impressed his opponents.
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October 21st Mad. Bearmore. " My father was a cousin of Major Bearmore. My mother is now very far gone in dotage, and has almost lost her memory. She always represented Major Bearmore as a very bold officer and good man. The upper party in the Revolution stood in great awe of him. The family of Caleb Williams living at Annsville were related to Major Bearmore, and must have many particulars of him" &c
[marg: Curry.] Oct. 21. Thomas Currie, junr. : "I have always heard Major Mansfield Barmore well spoken of as a good and gallant officer, and as a person that was much dreaded by the whigs in the Revolutionary war.