Catherine MacDONALD - Scotland
About 1745, a 4 or 5 year old girl, attended by a nurse, was abducted from a beach somewhere along the coast of Scotland.She was transported to New York and sold. She ended up with Madam Livingstone in New York, who raised her as a daughter.(Her name, Catherine MacDONALD, was marked on her clothing - said to be of the finest linen).She later married my ancestor and moved to Quebec, Canada.Her roots were never found.
I know the chances of ever tracing her origins are remote - but is anyone missing a Catherine MacDonald from their line in Scotland who would have been born about 1740?
Trish Watson