Peter McEwan came to America, leaving Scotland and going to Canada.

The evidence

• “PETER MCEWAN, deceased; born at Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland; came to America in 1834. In the spring of 1837, he, with eleven others, left Milwaukee to explore the country in search of homes; reached Prairie du Lac, about the first of June, and made claim to and settled on the land on part of which the village of Milton now stands.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 821

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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