Seigneurie de Noyan
Nouvelle France - Kanada
Un terre de deux
lieues de
front, le long de la rivière Chamblee, sur trois de
profondeur,à prendre depuis la petite rivière du Sud,
icelle compris, en
montant vers le Lac Champlain,avec l'Ile aux Testes et les autre
îles, islets et bâtures qui se trouvent vis-à-vis du
front du
dit terrain, laquelle étendue sera bornée du
côté du Nord à un quart de lieue au nord de la
petite Rivière du Sud.
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On April 2 1733 Governor
Beauharnois and Intendent
Hocuart conceded to Pierre Jacques de Payan, sieur de Noyan, commander
of Fort Frontenac, a grant of land which was to known as the Seigniory
of Noyan. It measured two leagues in front of the Richelieu River by
three leagues in depth, joining to ungranted lands running east and
west, together with the Isle aux Têtes (Island of Heads,
where it is claimed Abnakis surprised, killed and beheaded Mohawks,
putting the severed heads on poles, Now known as Ash Island) This grant
was made subject to the usual conditions , but as nothing was done
to comply with them, the seigniory automatically reverted to the Crown
under the ordinance of 1741. On July 8, 1743, Seiur Noyan made a
renewal application and a new concession was made to him which was
ratified by the King’s warrant of March 25 1745. Evidently Noyan made
no attempt at settlement in the seigniory even after the renewal.
It was probably circumstances which prevented this and which in 1747
was responsible for the abandonment of any effort to settle this
seigniory as well as the other near Lake Champlain.
The lands of the seigniory of Noyan passed into the hands
of Lieut Col Gabriel Christie March 27 1764, and were added to his
other holdings in the Canada , including the lands of the Seigniories
of Beaujeu ( Lacolle), L’Islet-du Portage, Repentigny,Chambly, Bleury,
Sabrevois, and Lery.
Gabriel Christie had recoginized the valuable natural resources in the
region, the development and opportunity the area afforded to add to his
already large yearly income and wealth, by opening up the area for
settlement.
By 1790, he had accomplished in part, where other had failed, to parcel
out his lands in individual lots and could count the families of
Fryot,
Linton, Cameron, Struthers, Barron, Stillman, Scott, Ward, Leech,
Stone,
Dunham, Clapper and Dudley amongst his locataires.
The first record we find is of the family of Réné Boileau
and his wife Marie Anne Robert, in 1744 we find that they have been
register of being of or from the Rivière du Sud, Seigneurie de
Noyan. A person named Boileau appears as the first resident of St
Paul de l'Ile aux Noix. He possessed a farm near the wharf and
would appear to have offered the services of an inn or hotel for those
passing down the river Chamblee. The government at the time
decided that it would be wiser and or safer to use a deeper channel on
the eastern side of the Island and Réné Boileau, a good
business man
decided to follow thier example. It would appear that Boileau
established
himself a the mouth of the Rivière du Sud where it joined the
mighty
Chamblee. The precise location in most liklely on the north-east point
separating the two rivers, on land that eventually came into
possession
of monsieur Sifroi Fortin., who himself ran a hotel at this location in
the 1800's.
Others around the time of Réné Boileau, had
established themselves in the more southern part of the Seigneurie, one
on l'Ile Langevin,(Hospital Island)(where later on Mrs Le Gardeur
de Croisille resided) and the the other on l'Ile aux têtes
( Ash Island) opposite the bridge at Lacolle .
Apparently in the vicinity on the main land there would have been
a small village named St Denis, where there was a missionnary ( on a
concession Sieur Foucault donated to the Church).
François Laporte dit Labonté , a tenant apparently of
the Seigenurie of Foucault resided north of Ile aux
Têtes, on l'Ile au Sang, where he also ran an
inn or hotel in conjuction with his farm.
Town of Noyan
Street map of Noyan ( circa 2003)
Area
map of Noyan
Village of Henryville
An index map to the concessions of the
Seigneurie de Noyan
circa 1857
IT MUST BE NOTED
THAT THE NUMBERS SHOWN ON THIS MAP ARE NOT THE NUMBERS
ALLOCATED TO THE CONCESSIONS THEMSELVES , BUT THE NUMBERS SHOWN ARE
SIMPLY TO
ALLOW ONE TO LOCATE THE NAME GIVEN THE PARTICULAR CONCESSION.
FOR EXAMPLE THE NUMBER 10 SHOWN ON THE ABOVE MAP
REPRESENTS CONCESSION NUMBER 8 .. SO ONE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL REVIEWING THIS
INFORMATION.
Stephen
Westover
, Surveyor - - Seth Warner of Henryville , Surveyor--
Alex. Stephenson, Surveyor
-- Joseph Whiteman , Surveyor -- William Watson ,
Surveyor
Notaries Public, used by
William McGinnis, agent for Col Chiriste, in recording the transactions
of the day, YET this is NOT a complete
list -
Fouché, Leguay, Lukin, Grisé,
Petrimoulx, Edme Henry, Dandurand, Barbeau, Lanctot,
and Gamelin,
1. First Concession - New Survey
Lot Number
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Registered to
1854
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Frontage/Acres
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Depth/Acres
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Area/Acres
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1
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Cléophas Daigneau
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19
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2. First Concession
-
Watson Survey ( Christie Manor)
As river cuts in to
land at this point there are no first and second
lots, lots are numbered from top to bottom, bottom being the dividing
line between the Seigneuries of Noyan and of Foucault.
Lot Number
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Registered to
1854
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Frontage/Acers
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Depth/Acres
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Area/Acres
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3- part lot
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A H Vaughan
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45
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3 - part lot
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William Wilson
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|
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1
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4
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Amos H Vaughan
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4
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14.5
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58
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5
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Reuben H Vaughan
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4
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17.5
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70
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6
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Christopher Hudson
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4
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17.8
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71+
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7 - part lot
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Christopher Hudson
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2
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17.8
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35+
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7 - part lot
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Alexander B Struthers
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2
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20
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40
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8- part lot
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Alexander B Struthers
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1
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23.5
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23+
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8 - part lot
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Robert Struthers
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3
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23.5
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70+
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9
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Widow of Jasper Lodge
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4
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21.2
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85
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10
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Robert Struthers
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3.9
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24.7
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97+
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11
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Philip C Derick
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3.9
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24.7
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97+
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12 part lot
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Jonathan Gilman
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4
|
11
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44
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12 part lot
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Philo Derick
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4
|
14
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56
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13 Part lot
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Abraham Friot
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4
|
12.8
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52
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13 Part lot
|
Philo Derick
|
4
|
12.8
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52
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14 part lot
|
Benjamin Vaughan
|
|
|
67
|
14 part lot
|
Conrad Derick
|
|
|
60
|
15
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Conrad Derick
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5.5
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27.5
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151
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3. Second Concession
- Watson Survey
Lot Number
|
Registered to
1854
|
Frontage/Acres
|
Depth/Acres
|
Area/Acres
|
1
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Joseph Shand
|
|
|
98+
|
2 part lot
|
Joseph Shand
|
2
|
25.7
|
51+
|
2 part lot
|
John Holmes
|
2
|
27.5
|
55
|
3 part lot
|
William Wilson
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
3 part lot
|
John & David Simpson
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
4 part lot
|
Joseph Ledoux
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
4 part lot
|
Charles Derick
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
5
|
Amos H Vaughan
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4
|
28
|
112
|
6 part lot
|
John Derick
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
6 part lot
|
Jean Trépanier
|
2
|
27.6
|
55+
|
7 part lot
|
Antoine Goyette
|
2
|
27.6
|
55+
|
7 part lot
|
Jean Trépanier
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
8
|
Philip C Derick
|
4
|
28
|
112 |
9 part lot
|
Charles Derick
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
9 part lot
|
John Truscott
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2
|
28
|
56
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10 part lot
|
John Truscott
|
2
|
27.6
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55+
|
10 part lot
|
Gersham Vaughan
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2
|
28
|
56
|
11 part lot
|
Gersham Vaughan
|
|
|
41
|
11 part lot
|
Robert Struthers
|
|
|
41
|
11 part lot
|
Henry Derick
|
1
|
13.2
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13+
|
11 part lot
|
Widow of Joseph Lodge
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1
|
14.8
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14+
|
12 part lot
|
William J Derick
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3
|
28
|
84
|
12 part lot
|
Philip C Derick
|
1
|
29
|
29
|
13
|
John P Derick
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3.6
|
28
|
87+
|
14
|
Christopher Derick
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3.6
|
28
|
87+
|
15
|
Frederick Derick
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5.2
|
28
|
145+
|
4 Third Concession
- Watson Survey
Lot Number
|
Registered to 1854
|
Frontage/Acres
|
Depth/Acres
|
Area/Acres
|
1 part lot
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Edward Scott
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2
|
28
|
56
|
1 part lot
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P Boudineau dit Langevin
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2
|
28
|
56
|
2 part lot
|
Frederick Patterson
|
4
|
18.7
|
74+
|
2 part lot
|
Daniel Noakes
|
4
|
9.3
|
37+
|
3
|
Daniel Nokes
|
4
|
28
|
112
|
4 part lot
|
Charles N Derick
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
4 part lot
|
Newman Derick
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
5
|
John Young Sr
|
4
|
28
|
112
|
6 part lot
|
Andrew Holden
|
2
|
20
|
40+33
|
6 part lot
|
J H Clarke
|
2
|
8
|
16 +18
|
6 part lot
|
Ira Fadden
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|
|
5
|
7 part lot
|
Philip Young |
2
|
28
|
56
|
7 part lot
|
George Young
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2
|
28
|
56
|
8
|
John Keet
|
4
|
28
|
112
|
9 part lot
|
Daniel Young
|
2
|
10
|
20
|
9 part lot
|
Zacharie Cloutier
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2
|
10
|
20
|
9 part lot
|
Jacob Wait
|
2
|
18
|
36
|
9 part lot
|
John Manahan
|
2
|
18
|
36
|
10
|
Albert Chapman
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4
|
28
|
112
|
11 part lot
|
Louis Leclère
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
11 part lot
|
George Row
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
12 part lot
|
George Row
|
3
|
28
|
76
|
12 part lot
|
Enoch Curtis
|
1
|
28
|
28
|
13 part lot
|
George Row
|
2
|
28
|
56+32
|
13 part lot
|
David Derick
|
2
|
12
|
24
|
14 part lot
|
Jacob Kimball
|
|
|
52
|
14 part lot
|
David Derick
|
|
|
59
|
15
|
George Row
|
5.9
|
28.8
|
145+
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5. Fourth Concession
- Watson Survey
Lot Number
|
Registered to 1854
|
Frontage/Acres
|
Depth/Acres
|
Area/Acres
|
1 part lot
|
H Boudineau dit Langevin
|
|
|
87
|
1 part lot
|
William Scott
|
|
|
25
|
2 part lot
|
Benjamin Salls
|
|
|
35
|
2 part lot
|
Abraham Colton
|
|
|
52
|
2 part lot
|
John Little
|
4
|
6.2
|
25
|
3 part lot
|
Philip Derick
|
4
|
20.5
|
82 |
3 part lot
|
John Little
|
4
|
7.5
|
30
|
4 part lot
|
Briggs Tryon
|
|
|
51+
|
4 part lot
|
Peter Colton
|
1.5
|
20.5
|
30+
|
4 part lot
|
Jacob Derick
|
4
|
7.5
|
30
|
5 part lot
|
Reuben Scott
|
3
|
20
|
60
|
5 part lot
|
James Tryon
|
1
|
20.5
|
21+ |
5 part lot
|
J H Clarke
|
4
|
7
|
28
|
6 part lot
|
William Spoor
|
2
|
21
|
42
|
6 part lot
|
J H Clarke
|
4 |
7
|
28
|
6 part lot
|
Comfort Fadden
|
2
|
21
|
42
|
7 part lot
|
Albert Chapman
|
|
|
37+
|
7 part lot
|
H N Taylor
|
|
|
74+
|
8 part lot
|
John Salls
|
3.5
|
28
|
98
|
8 part lot
|
Uriah LaFlin
|
.5
|
28
|
14
|
9 part lot
|
Uriah LaFlin
|
4
|
28
|
56 + 42
|
9 part lot
|
Felix Salls
|
2
|
9
|
18
|
10 part lot
|
William Salls
|
4
|
22
|
88+22 |
10 part lot
|
John Keet
|
4
|
6
|
24
|
11 part lot
|
William Derick
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
11 part lot
|
John Keet
|
|
|
40
|
11 part lot
|
Louis Leclère
|
|
|
6
|
11 part lot
|
John Allen
|
2
|
5
|
10
|
12 part lot
|
Reverend M Townsend
|
4
|
16.5
|
67
|
12 part lot
|
Albert Chapman
|
4
|
12.5
|
50
|
13 part lot
|
Reverend M Townsend
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4
|
16.3
|
65+
|
13 part lot
|
David Smith
|
4
|
11.5
|
46+
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6. The Town of
Clarenceville
( unfortunately, a detailed map was
not included with this particual
information)
located in the fourth concession
- Watson Survey
Lot Number
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Registered to 1854
|
Frontage/Acres
|
Depth/Acres
|
Area/Acres
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14 part lot
|
Aaron & Moses Spears
|
4
|
12.4
|
49+
|
14 part lot
|
Albert Chapman
|
4
|
15.5
|
62+½
|
15 par lot
|
Albert Chapman
|
|
|
57+5
|
15 part lot
|
Anglican Church
|
|
|
3
|
15 par lot
|
David Tyron
|
|
|
7+
|
15 part lot
|
David Sawyer
|
|
|
½
|
15 part lot
|
John Taylor
|
|
|
¼
|
15 part lot
|
D S Clarke
|
|
|
18
|
15 part lot
|
Jasper Schutt
|
|
|
36
|
15 part lot
|
Robert Hoyle
|
|
|
½
|
15 part lot
|
Charles Stuart
|
|
|
½
|
7. Fifth
Concession- Watson Survey
Lot Number
|
Registered to 1854
|
Frontage/Acres
|
Depth/Acres
|
Area/Acres
|
1 part lot
|
William Scott
|
|
|
25+
|
1 part lot
|
Albert Chapman
|
|
|
10
|
2 part lot
|
William Scott
|
|
|
|
2 part lot
|
George Philips
|
2.5
|
6.4
|
16 |
3
|
John Scott
|
4
|
7
|
28
|
4 part lot
|
John Scott
|
4
|
7
|
28
|
5
|
Issac Salls
|
4
|
8
|
32
|
6
|
Enoch Allen
|
4
|
8
|
32
|
7 part lot
|
Issac Salls
|
2.5
|
8
|
20
|
7 part lot
|
John Anderson
|
1.5
|
8
|
12
|
8 part lot
|
Issac Salls
|
3
|
5
|
15
|
8 part lot
|
Thomas Scott
|
1
|
8
|
8
|
8 part lot
|
Albert Chapman
|
2
|
2.5
|
5
|
9
|
Thomas Scott
|
4
|
8.7
|
35
|
10 part lot
|
Issac French
|
|
|
25
|
10 part lot
|
Daniel Mandigo
|
|
|
12
|
10 part lot
|
William Spoor
|
|
|
10
|
10 part lot
|
Filer Salls
|
|
|
63
|
11 part lot
|
John Haller
|
4
|
10
|
40
|
11 part lot
|
Oliver Flagg
|
1
|
9
|
9
|
12 part lot
|
E W Harrington
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
12 part lot
|
John McNeil
|
2
|
28
|
56
|
13 part lot
|
John McNeil
|
2
|
20
|
40
|
13 part lot
|
James Collins
|
2
|
15
|
30
|
13 part lot
|
Henry Lynn
|
4
|
4
|
16
|
13 part lot
|
W McKee & J Wood
|
|
|
25
|
14 part lot
|
Daniel Smith
|
4
|
14
|
56
|
14 part lot
|
Alexander Bell
|
4
|
14
|
56
|
15 part lot
|
Albert Chapman
|
4.9
|
14
|
70
|
15 part lot
|
Hugh Odburt
|
4.9
|
14
|
70
|
8. Sixth Concession
Watson Survey
( this concession would would have
included Mandigo's Landing
at the bend in South River)
Lot Number
|
Registered to 1854
|
Frontage/Acres
|
Depth/Acres
|
Area/Acres
|
1
|
Samuel Mandigo
|
4
|
15
|
60
|
2
|
Samuel Mandigo
|
4
|
15
|
60
|
3
|
Jeremiah Mandigo
|
4
|
20.2
|
80+
|
4
|
David L Lewis
|
4
|