John Coburn was born in Scotland in 1785 and died June 15, 1858 in Harvey, York County, New Brunswick. John and his family came over on the ship the Cornelius of Sunderland, leaving Scotland on May 28, 1837 and arrived in Fredericton on July 13, 1837. He married Elizabeth Leslie who was born in 1788 and died on April 11, 1869.