Donald MacDonald
Captain
Donald MacDonald was a member of
Prince Charlie's army. He sailed to Louisbourg in
1758 during the
Seven Years War and fought for the English under General
James Wolfe. It was Donald MacDonald who fooled the
French guards on the
St. Lawrence River on the night of
September 12,
1759, thus allowing the English to land six 4-ton heavy guns which allowed the
English to beat the French at the
Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
He is supposedly originally from the Isle of Skye in Scotland, and according to family legend was buried there at the age of 106.