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Nora - I have done so more checking on the relationship between Hector MacLean and Alexander Wishart.
It looks to me based on the following documents that the Alexander Wishart you are looking for is Lt. Wishart born around 1792 and died at age 31 in 1823.
It is possinle that Hector MacLean and Lt Wishart served together briefly between 1805 and 1809.
Paul Pace
“WISHART, ALEXANDER; Ensign [42nd regt.] 14th Nov., 1805; Lieut. 26th May 1808; to 15th Foot in exchange with John Skene 29th June 1809.” [Source: Officers of the Black Watch 1725-1952, by Maj. Gen. Neil McMicking, Thomas Hunter & SonsLtd., Perth, p. 91]
“Kenneth McLean, son of Alexander and Jessy McLean Wishart, Lieutenant 42nd Regiment, born 13th October 1820; baptized 17th January, 1821. [Source: Papers and Records, Ontario Historical Society, Vol. V, 1946, Google Books p. 96]
Heritage Happenings The Waterdown - East Flamborough Heritage Society March 2005 Web Page: www.wefhs.hamilton.ca
HERITAGE PAPER #180...In 1820 Lieutenant Alexander Wishart of the famous 42nd Highland Regiment, his young bride and family left Scotland and came to West Flamborough, where they stayed with Major Titus Geer Simons. After Napoleon's defeat in 1815 and the end of hostilities between Canada and the United States, there were hundreds of thousands of disbanded and unemployed soldiers in Great Britain. With its economy in serious trouble, the British government encouraged young army officers with families, such as the Wisharts, to emigrate to the colonies on half-pay. Alexander Wishart immediately resumed his military career in Upper Canada and was promoted to Colonel of the 4th Gore Regiment. It is recorded that he and Mrs. Wishart "attended the St. Andrew's Ball, where the Colonel danced with Mrs. Crooks, and his wife Janet danced with Captain Bradt until seven in the morning." In 1823, aged only 31 years [born 1792] , Alexander Wishart died and was buried in the Municipal Cemetery at Bullock's Corners. His widow, with a family of very young children, stayed in Flamborough and three years later purchased the northern half of Lot 7, Concession 1 from Titus Geer Simons. The large and stately 'Bayview House', combining Georgian and Italianate styles, was built in 1862 by Kenneth Maclean Wishart, a son of Alexander and Janet Wishart, who had married Louisa Van Every on 16 November 1848 in St. James Church, Dundas.
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