John McNICOL b. circa 1830 son of Ronald McNICOL and Mary McGILP was married in 1860 at Mt Burr, South Australia to Ann McLEOD, ca 1841-1935, daughter of Roderick McLEOD and Mary CAMPBELL. This couple had a large family in South Australia and at Tahara between Coleraine and Merino in south-west Victoria.

Duncan Archibald McNICOL 1877-1955, one of their sons, lived at "Blackwood", Carapook and later owned the property of "Phoines" at Carapook until his death in 1955.

John McNICOL & Ann McLEOD had the following known family:

1. Mary McNICOL b. 1860, d. 1862, South Australia
2. John Ronald McNICOL b. 1862, South Australia, d. 1935, m. Emily KOHN
3. Duncan Roderick McNICOL b. 1863, d. 1863, Vic, Aus
4. Donald McNICOL b. 1865, Chetwynd, Vic, m1. Margaret Christina McGILP, m2. Frances Mary LYON
5. James Alexander McNICOL b. 1866, Tahara, Vic, d. 1891
6. Flora McNICOL b. 1868, Dundas, Vic, d. 1946
7. Ann McNICOL b. 1870, Tahara, Vic, d. 1960, m. John McLEOD
8. Neil McNICOL b. 1872, Coleraine, Vic, d. 1951 [single]
9. Mary McNICOL b. 1873, Dundas, Vic, d. 1959
10. Margaret Catherine McNICOL b. 1875, Dundas, Vic, d. 1912, m. Archibald McGUGAN
11. Duncan Archibald McNICOL b. 1877, Coleraine, Vic, d. 1955, m. Elizabeth Jessie McARTHUR [owner of "Phoines", Carapook]
    • John McNICOL
    • Archibald "Archie" Duncan McNICOL 1924-1985
    • Margaret McNICOL
    • Joan McNICOL
12. Archibald Duncan McNICOL b. c1880, d. 1923
13. Christina Miriam McNICOL b. c1881, d. 1957, m. Peter David FERRIER
14. Emily Isabella McNICOL b. 1885, Coleraine, Vic, d. 1965, m. James Duncan FERRIER
15. Jessie McNICOL b. 1886, d. 1886, Coleraine, Vic,