"The First Muirs of The Province of Quebec" is the first professional research effort to identify all of the early Muir's who arrived after the French and Indian War which ended in 1763. Their origins and relationships are explored and parents identified for the first time for some of them. Evidence is presented herein that the Two Millers, James and William Muir, were brothers and were possibly related to Adam and Archibald Muir. James and William's Scottish origins were discovered as were their siblings.

The Descendants of James Muir of Beloeil, Vercheres, Quebec, are documented through five generations to include all descendants that could be identified. Many of the spouses of these descendants and their parents were also identified for the first time. Many descendants migrated to Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts to work in the mills that were springing up in the nineteenth century there.

The variation of French names which changed from record to record as well as the French custom of "dit" names were major challenges that had to be overcome in this research.

The descendants of Seth and John Yates documents for the first time the families of these two men using all extant records that could be located during an exhaustive search of early New England records. Seths children and grandchildren moved between Newport and Providence during the American Revolution and most of the descendants through to the early twentieth century were still found in New England except for his grandson Jonathan whose children moved to Michigan and Wisconsin and contained some very prominent individuals of their time. The daughters married into the Carder, Melvill, Burr, Cahoone, Cranston, Hammett, and other prominent Newport and Providence families. Johns line moved first to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and within two more generations had spread to New York State, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. These families were pioneers of their times, fought in the American Revolution, the Civil War, and participated in public affairs. One of Johns daughters married Shem Drown and his children have been documented with never before found records. His grandsons Amariah and Barzillai were pioneers in Genesee and Tioga counties, New York, leaving numerous descendants. Johns granddaughter Elizabeth married Benjamin Read and had a child who married her cousin, identified here for the first time.

"The First Muirs of The Province of Quebec" is the first professional research effort to identify all of the early Muir's who arrived after the French and Indian War which ended in 1763. Their origins and relationships are explored and parents identified for the first time for some of them. Evidence is presented herein that the Two Millers, James and William Muir, were brothers and were possibly related to Adam and Archibald Muir. James and William's Scottish origins were discovered as were their siblings.

The Descendants of James Muir of Beloeil, Vercheres, Quebec, are documented through five generations to include all descendants that could be identified. Many of the spouses of these descendants and their parents were also identified for the first time. Many descendants migrated to Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut and Massachusetts to work in the mills that were springing up in the nineteenth century there.

The variation of French names which changed from record to record as well as the French custom of "dit" names were major challenges that had to be overcome in this research.

The descendants of Seth and John Yates documents for the first time the families of these two men using all extant records that could be located during an exhaustive search of early New England records. Seths children and grandchildren moved between Newport and Providence during the American Revolution and most of the descendants through to the early twentieth century were still found in New England except for his grandson Jonathan whose children moved to Michigan and Wisconsin and contained some very prominent individuals of their time. The daughters married into the Carder, Melvill, Burr, Cahoone, Cranston, Hammett, and other prominent Newport and Providence families. Johns line moved first to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and within two more generations had spread to New York State, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. These families were pioneers of their times, fought in the American Revolution, the Civil War, and participated in public affairs. One of Johns daughters married Shem Drown and his children have been documented with never before found records. His grandsons Amariah and Barzillai were pioneers in Genesee and Tioga counties, New York, leaving numerous descendants. Johns granddaughter Elizabeth married Benjamin Read and had a child who married her cousin, identified here for the first time.