Land Petitions of the Long Point Settlers "I-J"

Jansen, John

Upper Canada Land Petition of John Janson [sic] dated at Niagara on 10 Jun 1796 [Requesting a location in the Long Point Settlement but did not settle there]

“Respectfully shews—That your Petitioner is desirous to settle on the Lands of the Crown in this Province & is in a Condition to cultivate and improve the same, that he is ready to take usual oaths & to subscribe the declaration. Prays your Excellency would be pleased to grant him in the settlement of Long Point, such a Quantity of Land as to your Excellency shall seem meet and on the terms and Conditions expressed in your Excellencys Proclamation of the 7^th February 1792—and your Petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pray—” [Unsigned] Read in the Executive Council on 14 Jul Ordered recommended that 200 acres be granted to him in addition. [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I” “J” Bundle 2, Petition Number 1a]

Certificate of P. V. Alstine attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of John Janson

“I do Certify that the above Petitioner John Johnson [sic] was an officer of the Militia in the County of Albany and Joined the Royal Standard in Newyork in the year 1777 and then Remained tillthe year 83 from thence he took Shiping and Came to the province of Quebec has Lost property—[Signed] P. V. Alstine” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I” “J” Bundle 2, Petition Number 1]

Upper Canada Land Petition of John Jansen dated at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) on 31 May 1796

“Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioner is one of the unfortunate Loyalists who for his attachment to His Majesty & the British Government in the american revolution was obliged to Abandon the Country of his nativity & fly for Protection to the British Standard at Newyork, from whence at the conclusion of the War he emigrated to the Province of Quebec and soon afterward he became a settler of Upper Canada. That your Petitioner is now residing in the the neighbourhood of Fort Erie where he has located a small farm of two Hundred Acres—That your Petitioner has with all the means in his power supported the unity of the empire, therefore hope that himself & family may be considered as deserving a small portion of his Majestys bounty of Land. [The following is all struck through] Your Petitioner therefore Prays that it may Plese your Excellency in Council to Grant unto him one thousand Acres of land situated in the 8^th concession of the North east corner of Charlotte Villa and on the south side of a branch of Pattersons Creek, and Your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray [Signed] John Jansen” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I” “J” Bundle 2, Petition Number 1c]

Jenkins, Solomon

Named in “Report of Persons recommended by Paul Averill, with the Lots subscribed for by them” in Townsend Township, Norfolk County prepared by Acting Surveyor General David W. Smith dated on 5 Apr 1797 [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “A” Bundle 3, Petition Number 62]

Grantee: Jenkins, Solomon authorized by Paul Averill on 9 Jan; Oath of Allegiance sworn on 20 Oct 1796 by J. Small, Esq; Lot asked for: Lot 7 Concession 9

List of names in Townsend Township attached to the Townsend Report

“Ahab Sales – No 5 – 1 Conⁿ; Tho^s Sales – N^o 6 – 1 Conⁿ; Sol^o Jenkins – N^o 7 – 9 Conⁿ; B. Rogers – N^o 6 – 10 Conⁿ; C. Swartout – N^o 8 – 11 Conⁿ; B. Barron – N^o 7 – 12 Conⁿ” All bracketed and noted “200 acres Each” “M^r Clouse wants 8 – 9 Con [N] Haggerman” Added note: “I do hereby certify on oath that the Settlem^t duty is performed by Sol Jenkins, Ben Rogers C. Swartout & that the Certificates of the same are given to the late Sur Gen^l M^r Smith [Signed] Mordecai Sayles. Sworn before me this 17 Jun 1807 [Signed] J. Small” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “A” Bundle 3, Petition Number 62o]

Johnson, Benjamin

Upper Canada Land Petition of Benjamin Johnson dated at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) on 17 Feb 1797

Respectfully Shews — That your Petitioner came into the Province ten years since last Fall. Petitioner has taken the oaths, but has never received any Land – Prays your Honor will be pleased to grant him such Quantity as y^r Honor may think proper, being in a capacity to cultivate and improve the same, and your Petitioner in duty bound will ever Pray [Signed] Benjⁿ Johnson” Received in the Executive Council Office on 17 Feb 1797 and read in Council on 25 Feb 1797. Ordered recommended for 200 acres. [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I/J” Bundle 2, Petition Number 25b]

Letter from Benjamin Johnson to John Small, Clerk of the Executive Council dated at Caistor Township, Lincoln County on 15 Apr 1797

“M^r Small D^r Sir, I have sent to ask the fav^r of you to let the Bearer M^r William Merritt have the warrant for my land also to ask the fav^r of you to lengthen the time in it longer, as far as the Begining of June as the Land I live on cant be Settled untill 1^st of that month and as I cant find land anywhere to suite me as well I don’t like to leave it and loose my labour your kindness in so doing will be ever acknowledged by D^r Sir your Very Hble Serv^t [Signed] Benjⁿ Johnson” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I/J” Bundle 2, Petition Number 25]

Johnson, George

Upper Canada Land Petition of George Johnson dated at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) on 14 Jan 1797

“Humbly shews That your Petitioner has been sometime in the Province, and has several Relations settled therein – and having never received any land, prays your Honor would be pleased to grant him 200 Acres, and your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray” George Johnson made his mark. Added notation of Thomas Ridout, Notary Public: “I do certify that George Johnson personally applied to me for the above petition. [Signed] T Ridout N. P.” Received at the Executive Council Office on 26 Feb and Read in Council on 4 Apr 1797. Ordered 200 acres if not granted before having a moth[er] resident in the province. [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 9, Petition Number 24a]

Certificate of William Dickson J. P. attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of George Johnson

“I do hereby Certify that on this 19^th Day of Jany 1797 [George] Johnson appeared before me William Dickson Esquire [one] of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the Home District, and took the Oath of Allegiance and Signed the Declaration [Signed] William Dickson J. P.” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 9, Petition Number 24a]

Certificate concerning Henry “Johnston” of Niagara dated on 30 Nov 1802

“This is to Certify that Henry Johnston of Niagara is [annexed] enrolled U. E. Loyalist and his Six Sons named as follows Viz. Jeremiah—33 Years of Age; Nathan 31 D^o D^o John 29 D^o D^o George 26 D^o D^o Henry 22 D^o D^o Joseph 7 D^o D^o And Two Daughters [Signed] Ralfe Clench Clerk of the Peace District of Niagara” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I/J” Bundle Misc., 1795-1837, Petition Number 28]

Johnson, James

Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson dated in Windham Township, Norfolk County on 22 May 1820

“The humble Petition of James Johnson of Townsend Yeoman respectfully sheweth, – That your Petitioner was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1783, but about three years after his birth he was brought into this Province by his mother Phoebe Johnson together with eight other Children, the two other surviving sons, to wit, Benjamin and Henry have long since obtained Grants of Land from The Crown, amounting to Two hundred acres each. — That your Petitioner has continued to reside in this Province ever since the year aforesaid and has a wife and seven Children none of whom are yet able to earn their own livelihood — That your Petitioner has hitherto supported himself an Family by following the employment of a Carpenter which is the reason why he has not yet made application for a Grant of Land; but declining health induces him now to make that request, and he humbly hopes that his having delayed this matter till the present period of time, will not debar him from obtaining Land on the same terms as his other Brothers of the same Family. That your Petitioner took the oath of allegiance a number of years ago, and served as a Private militia man in the late war in the Second Regiment of norfolk militia as further appears by the certificate of Captain William Robinson of that Regiment herewith presented — That, if your assent is signified to the Prayer of this Petition, your Petitioner will undertake a Journey to York, and will, if required present certificates from very respectable Persons avouching the truth of the facts and circumstances above set forth. Your Petitioner therefore humbly requests that you will be pleased to give him a Grant of Land on the same Terms and Conditions as his Brothers — aforesaid obtained theirs; which favor conferred on your Petitioner will very much assist him in declining health and Life — and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever Pray &c [Signed] James Johnson” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 12, Petition Number 77]

Executive Council Notes on the Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson

Received at the Executive Council Office on 25 May 1820. Ordered referred to the Surveyor General to Report. Report of the Surveyor General: “a James Johnson has been granted 200 acres of Land by an order in Council of the 31 August 1797 which has been located in the Township of York – but whether the Petitioner is the same person or not, I cannot say. [Signed] T. Ridout S Gene 30 May 1820” “Read 31 May 1820. The Petitioner is not the James Johnston whose Certificate passed the Council for 200 Acres 30 August 1797. Ordered 100 Acres on payment of the present fees.” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 12, Petition Number 77]

Certificate of Captain William Robinson dated on 25 May 1820 attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson

“I Certify that James Johnston [sic] of Townsend did do his Duty at all times all through the late War with the United States of America [Signed] William Robinson Cap^t” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 12, Petition Number 77b]

Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson of the township of Windham Yeoman dated at Burford Township, Oxford County on 3 Jul 1843

“Humbly Sheweth That Your Petitioner Served as private in the Norfolk Militia under Capt William Robinson during the late war and that he is entitled to a Grant of 100 Acres of the waste Lands of the Crown, for Such Service under the adjutant Generals Certificate filed in the Surveyor Generals office N^o [blank] Your Petitioner now humbly prays that Land Scrip may issue to him for the land Grant – and he will ever pray – [Signed] James Johnson” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I/J” Bundle 2, Petition Number 17d]

Certificate of John Monro J. P. dated in Burford Township, Oxford County on 3 Jul 1843 attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson

“James Johnson the above Petitioner maketh Oath and Saith that he is the person he describes himself to be in the above petition and that the Statements contained therein are just and true. Sworn before me at Burford this 3^d day of July 1843 [Signed] James Johnson [Signed] John Monro J.P” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I/J” Bundle 2, Petition Number 17d]

Note of the Executive Council dated in Council on 8 Sep 1843 appended to the Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson

“Read the Petition of James Johnson, for Scrip in lieu of land as a private in the Norfolk Militia, under Captain William Robinson during the late War. The prayer of the Petition Not Granted – Petitioner not being returned as having Served in the Flank Companies of the Norfolk Militia. [Signed] W^m H Lee” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I/J” Bundle 2, Petition Number 17]

Further Notes of the Executive Council appended to the Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson

“The Committee do not recommend the prayer of the Petition – Petitioner not having been returned as having Served in the Flank Companies of the Norfolk Militia.”

Report from the Surveyor General dated at the Surveyor General’s Office on 31 Jul 1843 attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson

“The Certificate of the Adjutant General of Militia Certifying to the Services of the Petitioner as a Private in the Norfolk Militia during the late war has not been filed in this Office consequently no appropriation of land in his favor has taken place”

Report of the Adjutant General attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of James Johnson

“Petitioner has not been returned to the Dep^t as having served in the Flank Comp^s of the Norfolk Mil^a nor has any of the said Comp^s been commanded by a Captain Robinson [Signed] Wm Steers Sr [unatt^d] for the Adj^t Gen^l”

Johnson, Larrance

Upper Canada Land Petition of Lawrence Johnston [signed Larrance Johnson] dated at York (Toronto) on 4 Dec 1799

“Humbly Sheweth That your Petitioner Served His Majesty during the late War, in the Loyal American Regiment, since which time he has been settled in New Brunswick but being oblidged to quit that Province from the extreme severity of the Climate he is now arrived here with his Family and prays Your Excellency to grant him a Lot of Land whereon to support himself and them, and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray. [Signed] Larrance Johnson” Received at the Executive Council Office on 4 Dec 1799 and read in Council on 10 Dec 1799. Ordered recommended for two hundred acres – New Regulations. [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I” “J” Bundle 5, Petition Number 21]

Receipt issued at the Receiver General’s Office at York (Toronto) on 26 Jan 1816 attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of Lawrence Johnston

“Lawrence Johnson has paid the Patent & Surveying fee of Six pounds four Shillings & Nine pence Sterling for 200 acres under Regulation of 1802 £6.4.9 Stg [Signed] John McGill Rec^r Gen^l [To] John Small Esq^r” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I” “J” Bundle 5, Petition Number 21a]

Johnson, Margaret (Montross)

Upper Canada Land Petition of Margret [sic] Johnson of Charlotteville Township dated on 9 Jan 1802

“humbly Sheweth—that your Petitioner is the Daughter of Peter Montross of the township of Charlotteville a Ue. Loyalist As by the Returns of the Majestrats of the Home District and Is Now Marryed to Lorance Johnson of Charlotteville – that your Petitioner haveing Never Received Any Lands or Order for Lands from the Crown humbly Prays your Excellency for A Grant of 200 Acres And your Petitioner As in duty Bound Shall Ever Pray—Signed bfore me this 9^th day of January 1802—[Signed] William Spurgin J. P.” Margret Johnson made her mark” Received at the Executive Council Office on 16 Feb 1802. Notation: The name of Peter Montross is on the UE List for the Home District. Read in the Executive Council on 16 Feb 1802. Ordered recommended for 200 acres as a daughter of UE. [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I” “J” Bundle 5, Petition Number 8]

Certificate of William Spurgin, J. P. dated on 9 Jan 1802 appended to the Upper Canada Land Petition of Margret [sic] Johnson

“London Destrict Norfolk County} Personally appeared before me William Spurgin one of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the Destrict of London Margret Johnson Wife of Lorance Johnson of the township of Charlotteville And made oath – that She has never Received Any grant of Land or Order for Land from the Crown Sworn before me this 9^th day of January 1802 [Signed] William Spurgin” Margret Johnson made her mark. [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I” “J” Bundle 5, Petition Number 8]

Certificate of William Spurgin, J. P. dated on 9 Jan 1802 appended to the Upper Canada Land Petition of Margret [sic] Johnson

“I William Spurgin one of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the Destrict of London do hereby Certify that the Petitioner Margret Johnson is the person She describes her Self to be And has Never to my knowledge or belief Ever Received any Lands or Order for Lands of the Crown Given under my hand this 9^th day of January 1802—[Signed] W^m Spurgin J. P.” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “I” “J” Bundle 5, Petition Number 8]

Johnson, Nathan

Undated Upper Canada Land Petition of Nathan Johnson of Gainsborough in the District of Niagara yeoman received at the Executive Council Office on 27 Apr 1806

“Humbly Sheweth – That your Excellencys Petitioner holds His Majestys patent for the north half of Lot N^o 5 in the 6^th Concession of the Township of Gainsborough Containing according to the Deed one hundred acres more or less – That by two Contending surveys the one made by M^r Augustus Jones and the other by M^r Lewis Grant (both authorized Surveyors as your Petitioner has been informed) your Petitioner has sustained a loss of about forty acres of which about twenty five have been Cleared by the labour and expense of your Excellencys Petitioner; That your Petitioner in settling upon the said Lot observed the boundaries described in the Kings Deed to him for the same, according to the survey of the said Lewis Grant – that confiding in the authority of the said patent your Excellencys Petitioner not only cleared and cultivated a great part of the said Lot but did at great expence both of time and money defend his title to the same in an action of Ejectment brought against him by one Robert Comfort for a part of the said premises containing about forty acres the said Robert Comfort making his claim under the survey of Augustus Jones. That in this Ejectment your Excellencys Petitioner failed the Court having determined at the trial of the Cause that the Survey or Boundary marked by Jones should be the Governing line on that occasion as being attended with less civil consequences to the rest of the settlers in that Concession in consequence of which your Excellencys Petitioner feeling it a great hardship that he alone should be the sufferer by means of the said contending surveys, humbly prays your Excellency may be pleased to grant him some equivalent in Land for his losses, in which he not only respectfully suggests the loss of the said forty acres of which about twenty five have been cleared but also an expence of about fifty pounds Province Currency attending the aforesaid defence of his title and independent of his great loss of time all which is humbly submitted — and your Excellencys Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray — [Signed] Nathan Johnson by his attorney [ ] Baldwin” Received at the Executive Council Office on 27 Apr 1806. Ordered in Council 200 acres as a compensation, the petitioner having suffered from the error of the Surveyor Generals Department [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 10, Petition Number 33]

Notation attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of Nathan Johnson

“In the Books of this office I find the following

Johnson Henry } did not join the Royal Standard before the Treaty

Transfer from Nath . Fields} of Separation – This information from his Son

In the U. E. Book as follows — Henry Johnston Midland District – M^r Small in his Report of 7^th Oct^r 1808 says that there is no Henry Johnston in the Return of Mid^d Dist. Henry Johnston of the Niagara District was not a U. E. (signed) John McGill [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 10, Petition Number 33b]

Upper Canada Land Petition of Nathan Johnson of Gainsborough Yeoman dated at York (Toronto) on 6 Mar 1819

“Humbly Sheweth. That your Petitioner was born on the Susquehannah River in the now United States of America, is 46 Years of age, has resided in this Province from the age of 16 years, and has a wife and 10 children. That he was many Years ago granted by the Land Board 200 acres of Land which he located, in part, on the north half of Lot N^o 5 in the 6^th Concession of the Township of Glandford [sic Gainsborough], and for which he received a Patent from the Crown. That by error in the Survey your Petitioner has been deprived of 40 acres of the Lot, 25 of which were at the time improved, and also of his Dwelling House, which he has been compelled to remove from, one Robert Comfort having obtained a Verdict in a Second trial, (the first was in favor of your Petitioner) for the same, that your Petitioner held the oldest Patent. That your Petitioner in those suits at hand has sustained a great loss of time, and actually expended nearly a hundred Pounds Currency. That in consideration of Your Petitioners having suffered from the error of the Surveyor General’s Department as above mentioned, His Excellency Lieu^t Governor Gore was pleased to order him a Grant in the year 1816, of 200 acres of Land as a compensation. That this land being yet unlocated, and Your Petitioner having reason to believe there will be some vacant lands in the Township of Binbrook (formerly the Gore of Glanford) where a certain M^r Reynolds who is said to have his name entered in that Township for more Lands than he has a claim to, makes his selection of the quantity due to him, and being desirous to located 200 acres in that place, Your Petitioner humbly prays, if it should be found that there will be 200 acres vacant after M^r Reynolds claim is satisfied, that, when he has made his selection, Your Excellency would be pleased to permit him to located his said Order thereon. And your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray [Signed] Nathan Johnson” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 12, Petition Number 4]

Notations of the Executive Council and Surveyor General’s Department on the Upper Canada Land Petition of Nathan Johnson

Rec^d from himself 6^th March 1819 – Referred to the Surveyor General to Report – By Order [Signed] John Beikie” “L^t Caleb Reynolds name is inserted on the Plan of the Township of Glanford In 1005 acres more than what will complete his military Lands, should your Excellency be pleased to grant the prayer of the Petitioner after M^r Reynolds shall have made selection of the 172 acres which completes his grant, I humbly presume there can arise no detriment to anyone. [Signed] Tho^s Ridout survey^r Gen^l” “I respectfully beg leave to refer to my Letter to the Clerk of the Council of this Date on the Subject of M^r Reynolds’ Location. Survey. Gen^l Office York 9 March 1819 [Signed] T Ridout survey^r Genl” “Read 10 March 1819. Not Recommended” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 12, Petition Number 4d]

Report of Thomas Ridout dated at the Surveyor General’s Office at York (Toronto), on 8 Mar 1819 attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of Nathan Johnson

“Sir, I am to state to you for the Information of His Excellency the L^t Governor in Council, that the Report from this Office of the 27 August 1808 on the Petition of L^t Caleb Reynolds stating that 972 acres was yet due to him to complete his military Lands – is found to be erroneous, and that the order in Council of the 27 January 1807, granting him 172 acres to complete that Quantity is correct; wherefore the order in Council has not been acted upon – M^r Reynolds has been made acquainted that only 172 acres are due to him, and requested to make his selection thereof out of the 1177 acres in the Township of Glanford on which his name & Initials have been inserted by the late Surveyor General M^r Smith, no part of which has been described – I have the Honor to be Sir Your most obedient humble Servant [Signed] Tho^s Ridout Survey^r General. To John Small Esq^r Clerk of the Ex^ve Council” [Upper Canada Land Petitions LAC “J” Bundle 12, Petition Number 4]

Johnston, William

Upper Canada Land Petition of William Johnston dated at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) on 24 Jul 1795 [Requesting a location in the Long Point Settlement but did not settle there]

“Humbly Sheweth That your memorialist during the late war in American served as Lieutenant in His Majesty’s late Indian Department—that as yet your memorialist has taken up no land in this Province as a reduced Subaltern. Your memorialist therefore prays that your Excellency will be pleased to Grant your memorialist the usual Quantity alloted to a Reduced Subaltern and that your memorialist may have liberty to locate the same at or near Long Point in Lake Erie—and your memorialist as in duty Bound will ever pray [Signed’ Wm Johnston” Received at the Executive Council Office on 27 Jul 1795 and read in Council on 12 Aug 1796. Ordered granted for location to the Surveyor General. [Upper Canada Land Petitions NAC “J” Bundle 1, Petition Number 3]