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June 5, 2021

Finding Ancestors in Heir & Devisee Papers 1797-1854

H 1140 Edward Strickland Image 235

Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795 are useful genealogy records that many genealogists overlook.

Image 215 Index to Names Image 215, 216 Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795. Index of Names

Certificates
These can be viewed by going to film H 1140 and selecting the image numbers shown below for each claimant

Image 217 Elias Anderson 1795
Image 218 Patrick Bern born Ireland 1795
Image 219 Eli Cahoe age 18 born Pennsylvania 1795
Image 220, 221 George Campbell 1794
Image 222 Joshua Chamberlain age 63 born USA 1795
Image 223 Joshua Chamberlain age 18 born New Hampshire 1795
Image 224 Zekiel Chamberlain age 21 born Boston 1795
Image 225 Benjamin Davis Long island New York age 46, 1795
Image 226 Abraham Devans of New York age 33 1795
Image 227 Isaac Devans of New York age 24 1795
Image 228 Levi Devans of New York age 20 1795
Image 229 Joseph Dean age 44 of Pennsylvania 1795
Image 230 Sam Herron 1794
Image 231 John McHenry Born Antrim age 39 1795
Image 232 Patrick McKee age 26 born Ireland 1795
Image 233 Jacob Phillips born New York age 25 1795
Image 234 Samuel Street 1794
Image 235 Edward Strickland born Cumberland England age 34 1795
Image 236 petition of George Braytons
Image 237 two miscellaneous names James Hennessey and Andrew Herron 1808
Image 238, 239 James Hennessey 1808
Image 240 Andrew Heron 1808
Image 241 Samuel Leatch1795
Image 242, 243 Thomas Otway Page
Image 244 Samuel Stevenson 1816

December 9, 2018

Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795

H 1140 Edward Strickland Image 235

I have been going through Heir & Devisee Commission Papers (Heir & Devisee Commission papers 1797-1854 digitized records to create a working corrected Finding Aid. You may view the corrected content lists at Heir & Devisee Commission

While scrolling through microfilm H 1140 in order to correct Canadiana.org's flawed content description, I came across a set of Land Certificates and other documents from individuals living in what was called the Home District. This consisted of land along Lake Ontario and the Niagara region of Ontario.

Image 217 Elias Anderson 1795
Image 218 Patrick Bern born Ireland 1795
Image 219 Eli Cahoe age 18 born Pennsylvania 1795
Image 220, 221 George Campbell 1794
Image 222 Joshua Chamberlain age 63 born USA 1795
Image 223 Joshua Chamberlain age 18 born New Hampshire 1795
Image 224 Zekiel Chamberlain age 21 born Boston 1795
Image 225 Benjamin Davis Long island New York age 46, 1795
Image 226 Abraham Devans of New York age 33 1795
Image 227 Isaac Devans of New York age 24 1795
Image 228 Levi Devans of New York age 20 1795
Image 229 Joseph Dean age 44 of Pennsylvania 1795
Image 230 Sam Herron 1794
Image 231 John McHenry Born Antrim age 39 1795
Image 232 Patrick McKee age 26 born Ireland 1795
Image 233 Jacob Phillips born New York age 25 1795
Image 234 Samuel Street 1794
Image 235 Edward Strickland born Cumberland England age 34 1795
Image 236 petition of George Braytons
Image 237 two miscellaneous names James Hennessey and Andrew Herron 1808
Image 238, 239 James Hennessey 1808
Image 240 Andrew Heron 1808
Image 241 Samuel Leatch1795
Image 242, 243 Thomas Otway Page
Image 244 Samuel Stevenson 1816

December 5, 2018

Home District Land Claims 1803 & 1804

H 1140 Image 253

Canadiana.Org has digitized 21 films of the Heir & Devisee Commission Papers (Heir & Devisee Commission papers 1797-1854, found in their Heritage Collection), and that's a good thing for genealogists. These records have valuable and informative genealogical documents.

But as mentioned in a previous blog post Heir & Devisee Commission 1797-1854 on Canadiana.org - Listing Errors and a Workaround, the index and description of what is in each film, as provided on Canadiana.org, is incorrect.

I have been going through those digitized records to create a working corrected Finding Aid. You may view the corrected content lists on Olive Tree Genealogy website at Heir & Devisee Commission

While scrolling through microfilm H 1140 in order to correct Canadiana.org's flawed content description, I came across a set of Land Certificates and other documents from individuals living in what was called the Home District. This consisted of land along Lake Ontario and the Niagara region of Ontario.

Continuing on from Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795 and An index to Niagara area Loyalists and their Land Certificates here is the start of my list of names of claimants for land in the Home District from 1803-1804. Each name has an image number beside it so that you can easily click through to that image to view the claims and any supporting documents.

H 1140 Image 321

Images 250–253 index to claimant names. These images have lists of names of claimants. Note that often it is the attorney's name on the index and not the petitioner or claimant. The claimants' names can be viewed in my list below. Please also note that I cannot guarantee my interpretation of the names in these documents. The writing is often difficult to read or the image is blurry.

The following images are the actual certificates, claims and other documents

Image 254, 255 claim of Robert Isaac dey Gray, 1802
Image 256 Hannah McBride widow of John
Image 257, 258 claim number five
Image 259 William Jones
Image 260 William Bowkett
Image 261 William Bokette and Sarah H----- want to marry, 1799.
Image 262 Joseph Hunt 1802
Image 263 Joseph Hunt
Image 264, 265 William Allen 1802
Image 266 John Everson
Image 267 Abner Mills
Image 268 Thomas Berry and John McBride
Image 269 Thomas Barry and Richard Lawrence
Image 270–273 Richard Lawrence
Image 274–275 Richard Beasley for the heirs of Thomas Berry
Image 276-278 Abner Mills (Miles?) 1803
Image 279 – 284 David Saban of Whitchurch and Abner Mills or Miles I
Image 235 Joachim Luran of Markham 1804
Image 286 Daniel Herrick of Markham and Harry McClary
Image 287 William Cooper 1803
Image 288 Isaac Davis 1801
Image 289–291 Thomas Hamilton 1803
Image 292–294 William Allen and Isaac Horton
Image 295 --- Tiffany of Ancastor 1803
Image 296 George Purvis
Image 297 Aime Michel Fortier 1803
Image 298 George Purvis
Image 299–300 John Reiley
Image 301 William Weikes 1803
Image 302 William Emery
Image 303 Christian Horning of Markham 1803
Image 304–305 William Weeks
Image 306–307 Isaac Hollingshead 1802
Image 308–309 Deed of Benjamin Hale and Elizabeth Murray to Isaac Todd 1804
Image 310–313 the late Duncan Murray, Lieutenant in 34th Regiment, Lincoln County
Image 314 Isaac Todd of Montréal and Elizabeth Murray
Image 315–319 Jean Baptiste Rousseau of Ancastor, Estate and inheritance, 1803
Image 320 Duncan Cameron 1803
Image 321–322 Elizabeth Murray daughter of the late Duncan Murray & sister of deceased John Murray, Isabella Murray widow of Duncan Murray, Isaac Todd, Joseph Edwards
Image 323 Elizabeth Murray
Image 324 Richard Ferguson of Vaughan Township
Image 325 William Weeks, Daniel Laughlin
Image 326 James Crane, 1803
Image 327–332 Daniel Laughlin
Image 333 Patrick Boon or Bern of Markham, Wheelwright, 1804
Image 334–336 William Weeks
Image 337–338 Jean Baptiste Bouchette to William Church
Image 339 William Chewitt 1804
Image 340 Peter McGregor 1803
Image 341 James McGregor of Markham

May 19, 2015

Have You Checked Assessment Records for that Elusive Ancestor?

Genealogy records for early Ontario (Canada West, Upper Canada) are challenging to find. They are sporadic and held in different repositories. Some often over-looked pre 1850 records include Assessment Records.

Assessment Record Page

These work well as a census substitute and they usually provide an exact location of land (Lot and Concession Number) within a Township.

Some give numbers and type of livestock and crops. Assessment records were used to assess individual's property and holdings in order to calculate and collect tax revenue.

Not all townships' Assessment Records have survived. Not all townships did assessments for the same years. So if you are looking for these records you will need to find out if your County and Township of interest has any that survived.

I am very pleased to announce that thanks to the generousity of transcriber Fred Blair, Olive Tree Genealogy has published 10 Assessment Records for early Ontario. Following is the list of Assessment Records now available for download on Olive Tree Genealogy Ontario Assessment Records section

    Assessment Ancaster Township, Wentworth County, Home District 1816
    Assessment_Ancaster Township, Wentworth County, Home District 1818
    Assessment Beverley Township, Wentworth County, Home District 1816
    Assessment Beverley Township, Wentworth County, Home District 1818
    Assessment Grand River Tract, Haldimand Township, Wentworth County, Gore District, 1816
    Assessment Nelson Township, Halton County, Gore District 1816
    Assessment Nelson Township, Halton County, Gore District 1818
    Assessment Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Gore District 1816
    Assessment Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Gore District 1823
    Assessment Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Gore District 1825

January 4, 2015

Lists of Teachers & Pupils in Ontario 1838-1839

Olive Tree Genealogy is excited to announce a new set of records on the Ontario Education section of the website.

Example of Lists of Teachers 1838-1839

Olive Tree Genealogy now has lists of teachers and pupils in 1838 and 1839 in Upper Canada (Ontario) which were published in Appendix to Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, Volume 1, Part 2 By Ontario. Parliament. House of Assembly

* List of pupils & Teachers in Gore District July 1839 - includes their country of origin and number of years living in Canada
* List of pupils & Teachers in Niagara District 1839
* List of teachers in the Johnstown District March 1838-March 1839 - includes where they were born and number of years living in Canada
* List of Teachers in Bathurst District Schools 1839
* List of Teachers in Newcastle District Schools 1839 - includes their country of origin and number of years living in Canada
* List of Teachers in Home District Schools 1839 - includes their residence, their country of origin and number of years living in Canada

I will be adding more lists as I find and them so if you are looking for an ancestor in early Ontario (Canada West or Upper Canada) you will want to keep an eye on the
Ontario Education section of Olive Tree Genealogy website.

June 27, 2014

Faulty Content List for Home District Land Claims 1803 & 1804 - Corrections Part 3

HD 1140 Image 403 WAIT

While scrolling through microfilm H 1140 in order to correct Canadiana.org's flawed content description, I came across a set of Land Certificates and other documents from individuals living in what was called the Home District. This consisted of land along Lake Ontario and the Niagara region of Ontario.

Continuing on from Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795 and An index to Niagara area Loyalists and their Land Certificates here is the second set of my list of names of claimants for land in the Home District from 1803-1804. Each name has an image number beside it so that you can easily click through to that image to view the claims and any supporting documents. The start of these names can be viewed at Home District Land Claims 1803 & 1804 - Corrections to Canadiana.org Faulty Content List

The following images from film H 1140 are the actual certificates, claims and other documents

HD 1140 Image 431

Image 399 Thomas Humbertstone, York Township
Image 400 Samuel wait
image 401 Jonathan Wait
Image 402 Elisha Annot?
Image 403 Jeremiah Wait, Hannah Wait in Bennington County Vermont Re Samuel Wait of New York is deceased. Re Jonathan Wait of New York is our son and brother of Samuel who was not married
Image 405– 406 Reunben Wait, Bastard Twp, Leeds Co. & Thomas Humberstone, Samuel Wait
Image 407-408 Thomas Humberstone, Jacob Fisher the elder, of Vaughan, Eve Fisher, Elisabeth Fisher, Catherine Fisher daughter of John Fisher, deceased
Image 409 Jacob Fisher the elder, administrator of John Fisher deceased, son and daughters of John Fisher deceased - Jacob, Eve, Catherine, Elisabeth
Image 410-411 Elijah Husen York Twp
Image 412 William Hollinshead, money paid. Abraham Johnson Power of Attorney. Signed Elijah Husen. Home District Land Claims 1803 & 1804
Image 413-414 ditto. 1803
Image 415-416 Peter Robinson son of Christopher Robinson, deceased
Image 417 Solomon Ball, Pickering
Image 418-419 Peter Robinson son of Christopher Robinson deceased
Image 420 Angus Martendale of York
Image 421-424 Indenture Basil Rorrison? of Elizabethtown and Samuel Heron
Image 425 George Cutter of York, shoemaker
Image 426 Duncan Cameron of York, merchant
Image 427 John Schmeltzer of Markham in York County
Image 428 John Nicholas Steffens of Markham
Image 429-430 John Daniel Frederick Bush of Kingston in Frontenac County
Image 431-432 birth certificate in German for sons of Joachim Willem Busch and Christina Elisabeth Rusahen? . Sons are named as Johann Christian Wilhelm (1767), Johann Daniel Frederick (1773)
Image 433 John Daniel Frederick Bush of Kingston in Frontenac County
Image 434 Hugh McPhie of York, tailor
Image 435 John Everson, earlier claim dated 1797
Image 436 John Cameron of York
Image 437 James Roger of Whitchurch
Image 438-439 John Hendrick of York

May 21, 2014

Home District Land Claims 1803 & 1804 - Corrections to Canadiana.org Faulty Content List

H 1140 Image 253

H 1140 Image 321

Image 254, 255 claim of Robert Isaac dey Gray, 1802
Image 256 Hannah McBride widow of John
Image 257, 258 claim number five
Image 259 William Jones
Image 260 William Bowkett
Image 261 William Bokette and Sarah H----- want to marry, 1799.
Image 262 Joseph Hunt 1802
Image 263 Joseph Hunt
Image 264, 265 William Allen 1802
Image 266 John Everson
Image 267 Abner Mills
Image 268 Thomas Berry and John McBride
Image 269 Thomas Barry and Richard Lawrence
Image 270–273 Richard Lawrence
Image 274–275 Richard Beasley for the heirs of Thomas Berry
Image 276-278 Abner Mills (Miles?) 1803
Image 279 – 284 David Saban of Whitchurch and Abner Mills or Miles I
Image 235 Joachim Luran of Markham 1804
Image 286 Daniel Herrick of Markham and Harry McClary
Image 287 William Cooper 1803
Image 288 Isaac Davis 1801
Image 289–291 Thomas Hamilton 1803
Image 292–294 William Allen and Isaac Horton
Image 295 --- Tiffany of Ancastor 1803
Image 296 George Purvis
Image 297 Aime Michel Fortier 1803
Image 298 George Purvis
Image 299–300 John Reiley
Image 301 William Weikes 1803
Image 302 William Emery
Image 303 Christian Horning of Markham 1803
Image 304–305 William Weeks
Image 306–307 Isaac Hollingshead 1802
Image 308–309 Deed of Benjamin Hale and Elizabeth Murray to Isaac Todd 1804
Image 310–313 the late Duncan Murray, Lieutenant in 34th Regiment, Lincoln County
Image 314 Isaac Todd of Montréal and Elizabeth Murray
Image 315–319 Jean Baptiste Rousseau of Ancastor, Estate and inheritance, 1803
Image 320 Duncan Cameron 1803
Image 321–322 Elizabeth Murray daughter of the late Duncan Murray & sister of deceased John Murray, Isabella Murray widow of Duncan Murray, Isaac Todd, Joseph Edwards
Image 323 Elizabeth Murray
Image 324 Richard Ferguson of Vaughan Township
Image 325 William Weeks, Daniel Laughlin
Image 326 James Crane, 1803
Image 327–332 Daniel Laughlin
Image 333 Patrick Boon or Bern of Markham, Wheelwright, 1804
Image 334–336 William Weeks
Image 337–338 Jean Baptiste Bouchette to William Church
Image 339 William Chewitt 1804
Image 340 Peter McGregor 1803
Image 341 James McGregor of Markham

To be continued. There are many more names in this section and I will publish them as soon as possible.

May 17, 2014

Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795

H 1140 Edward Strickland Image 235

Image 215 Index to Names

Image 215, 216 Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795. Index of Names

Certificates
These can be viewed by going to film H 1140 and selecting the image numbers shown below for each claimant

Image 217 Elias Anderson 1795
Image 218 Patrick Bern born Ireland 1795
Image 219 Eli Cahoe age 18 born Pennsylvania 1795
Image 220, 221 George Campbell 1794
Image 222 Joshua Chamberlain age 63 born USA 1795
Image 223 Joshua Chamberlain age 18 born New Hampshire 1795
Image 224 Zekiel Chamberlain age 21 born Boston 1795
Image 225 Benjamin Davis Long island New York age 46, 1795
Image 226 Abraham Devans of New York age 33 1795
Image 227 Isaac Devans of New York age 24 1795
Image 228 Levi Devans of New York age 20 1795
Image 229 Joseph Dean age 44 of Pennsylvania 1795
Image 230 Sam Herron 1794
Image 231 John McHenry Born Antrim age 39 1795
Image 232 Patrick McKee age 26 born Ireland 1795
Image 233 Jacob Phillips born New York age 25 1795
Image 234 Samuel Street 1794
Image 235 Edward Strickland born Cumberland England age 34 1795
Image 236 petition of George Braytons
Image 237 two miscellaneous names James Hennessey and Andrew Herron 1808
Image 238, 239 James Hennessey 1808
Image 240 Andrew Heron 1808
Image 241 Samuel Leatch1795
Image 242, 243 Thomas Otway Page
Image 244 Samuel Stevenson 1816

June 5, 2021

Finding Ancestors in Heir & Devisee Papers 1797-1854

December 9, 2018

Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795

December 5, 2018

Home District Land Claims 1803 & 1804

May 19, 2015

Have You Checked Assessment Records for that Elusive Ancestor?

January 4, 2015

Lists of Teachers & Pupils in Ontario 1838-1839

June 27, 2014

Faulty Content List for Home District Land Claims 1803 & 1804 - Corrections Part 3

May 21, 2014

Home District Land Claims 1803 & 1804 - Corrections to Canadiana.org Faulty Content List

May 17, 2014

Home District Land Certificates 1787 to 1795

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