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1860 Mar 1 - Know all men by these presents that I, William McCutcheon of the Twp. of Erin the County of Wellington & Province of Canada yeoman for & in consideration of the natural love & affection I bear towards my daughter Eleanor McCutcheon have given, granted & assigned transferred & set over unto my said daughter Eleanor McCutcheon her heirs & assigns all my estate, right, title, interest, claim & demand whatsoever to that certain parcel or tract of land & premises situate lying & being in the Twp.Erin in the County Wellington & Province aforesaid containing by a measurement 50 acres be the same more or less being composed of the N-1/2 of the W-1/2 of Lot 7 in Con. V Erin aforesaid.

To have & hold the same with all & every benefit that may or can be derived from the said 50 acres of land unto my said daughter Eleanor McCutcheon her heirs & assigns forever.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 15th day of March in the year of our Lord 1858.

Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of James xx.
Signed, William McCutcheon, Francis Warne.
Ref: Erin Twp. Papers MS 658 R 135, Ospringe - Page 765. - - -

Died:
Verify

Family/Spouse: John ANDERSON. John was born est 1837 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

UCLPetition 4.1824, M Bundle 14, C2204. To Lieut. Governor Peregrine Maitland.
Petition of William McCutcheon, of the Town of Erin, Yeoman.
Your petitioner is located on the north east quarter of Lot 7, Con 5 of Erin, is thereon located & has cleared nearly 20 Acres.
Your petitioner is of the ability & desirous to settle on & improve a lot of 200 Acres of the waste lands.

That being of ability to improve & another 50 Acres your petitioner humbly prays your Excellency will be please to grant him 100 Acres including the former grant.
& in duty bound your petitioner will ever pray,
signed, William McCutcheon, by his father & agent, John McCutheon,, York, 17 Feb, 1824.

. Home District [Toronto], John MCutcheon maketh oath & saith that William McCutcheon has cleared & fenced 10 Acres of the North East Quarter of Lot 7, Concession 5 of Erin, & chopped 2 Acres more, & also built a Dwelling House thereon 16 by 20 feet & has also cleared the road in front excepting a few logs purposely left for bridging. Signed, John McCutheon.
Sworn before me this 18th day of February, 1824. Signed, Thos. Ridout, J.P.

. Envelope: Wm. McCutchon. Gov. House, York 17 Feb, 1824. The subject is requested to report here here for the information of the Honorable Council. Signed, M Johnson.
I do not find hat the petitioner has received any lands or Order for land. Jno. Ridout, Survey Office.
The petitioner has received a gratuitous grant of 50 Acres under your Excellency's Order in Council of 22 Aug 1821, which was located 4 Sept. 1821 on the NE Quarter Lot 7, Con 5 of Erin.
The Certificate shewing performance of settlement duty has not yet been produced - & the description has issued for the said 50 Acres. Survey Office, Thos. Ridout, Survey General.
In Council,18 Feb.,1824, Recommended if the order of !4 Dec, 1819 may be in order with the advancement of 50 Acres adjacent, be found vacant. Order issued 27 November 1824..

. 1824 Feb 18 - Upper Canada Land Books [C104, p98].
York Executive Council Chamber, Wednesday 18 Feb. 1824, Present. Chief Justice Wm. Drummer Powell, James Baby & Samuel Smith.
William McCutcheon, M4, Stating that he is located on NE quarter Lot 7, Cn 5, Erin, containing 50 A whereon he resides & Have cleared nearly 20 a, that being of ability to improve another 50 prays that he may receive a grant of 100 A, including the former.
Recommended of the Order of 14 December 1819 may be granted an additional
50 Acres adjacent if found vacant. Signed, W.D.P, signed, P.M.

. Granted on that day also were, Hugh McCutcheon, M3, Wm. McCutcheon, W4, of Lot 7, Con 5, Erin & John McCutcheon, M5.
Notes: It appears the Council wanted more information & may have spoken with Samuel McCutcheon himself. - PJA

* The following Assessments were carefully transcribed by myself at the Archives of Ontario, Toronto. The handwriting was small, cramped & the lines, often ran together, but as far as known, they are correct. - PJ Ahlberg, 2010.

. 1824 Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment:
William McKutching, Males 1, Girl 2, Women 1, Total 4.

. 1825 Apr 18, Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment
William McKutching, Males 1, Women 1, Girl 2, Total 4. (unchanged from 1824. - PJA.)

. 1826 Apr 11,Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment:
William McKutching, ales 2, Women 5, Total 7.

. 1827 Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment:
William McKutching, Lot 7, Con 5, Males 2, Boys 2, Females 2, Girls 1, Total 7.
Uncult 180 A. Cultivated land 20 Acres.
Note: Have parents John & Eleanor McCutcheon joined them?

. 1829 Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment:
William McKutching, Male 1, Boy 1, Women 16y+ 3, Girls 2,
Uncultivated land 75, Cultivated land 25 Acres, Con 5, Lot 7 E.

. 1830 Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment: (unchanged from 1829 - PJA.)
William McKutching, Male 1, Boy 1, Women 16y+ 3, Girls 3
Uncultivated land 75, Cultivated land 25 Acres, Con 5, Lot 7 E.

. 1831 Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment:
McCitcheon, William, Males 1, Boys 1, Women 2, Girls 3,
Lot 7, Con 5, Uncultivated Land 170 Acres, Cultivated Land 30 Acres.

. 1832 Mar 5, Gore District, Erin Twp., Wellington County Assessment
MacCitcheon, William, Males 1, Boys 1, Women 1, Girls 3,
Lot 3, Con 7, Uncultivated Land 170 Acres, cultivated Land 30 Acres.

. Wellington Co., Erin Twp. Surrogate Court: File 489, 31 Jul 1862.
McCutcheon, William
Son: John - 34
Daughter: Ellen wife of John Anderson
Agnes wife of Frances? Warren
Jane wife of Alexander Wuxuele? Farmer. - - -

Birth:
Landed: UC Land Petition 1824 2 8/ Landed Erin Twp.

Died:

William married Margaret HAYES, .1. Margaret was born est 1795 in Ireland; died in 1858 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Location Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:

Notes:

John is the son of Elizabeth A & Samuel McCutcheon of Grey Abbey, Co. Down, Ireland.

. 1792 - Sloanstown Land, Leased to John MCutcheon.
. 1815 - Sloanstown Townland, leased to John McCutcheon, value of Freehold 40 shillings.
Ref: Public Records Office of Northern Ireland ( PRONI ).

. 1844 May 21 - Isabella Morrison stated in her deposition "…Samuel McCutcheon was married to Charlotte Letitia, the only daughter of this deponent & the said Henry Morrison & this deponent further saith that about the year of our lord 1824 the said deponent accompanied the said Samuel McCutcheon & his family from Ireland…." The year, however, was 1823. The following newspaper articles found, place McCutcheons on the de Salaberry in 1823:

. 1823 Jun 13 - QUEBEC, JUNE 13 - LOSS OF THE DE SALABERRY STEAM BOAT BY FIRE
{Abbreviated for to reduce repetition.]
It is with feelings of deep regret that we announce the loss of this boat. She left our port about 2 o'clock yesterday morning for the River Chambly & Montreal & had on board no less than 240 passengers, chiefly emigrants of the poorer classes. She had hardly passed Cape Rouge, about 4 o'clock, when she was discovered to be on fire. A quantity of fuel had been piled on the right side of the boilers under which it is supposed some particle of fire must have accidentally fallen. Mr. Kuper was astonished to find that the flames had penetrated the gratings over the engine room, where 5 puncheons of spirits had been stowed, one of which instantly caught fire, burst, & spread over the deck,
The horror & confusion of the scene at this moment may be imagined but can hardly be described. The crowd of passengers huddled together in so small a craft, effectually baffled the spirited exertions Mr. K. directed the boat to be run a-shore before the water shoaled to the depth of a man's height, she struck upon a rock; but the De Salaberry fortunately had 2 large American Boats, belonging to some rafts men who were returning home, attached to her, these with his own boat would have been fully adequate to save every individual & much of the property.
Several passengers at this moment in a state of uncontrollable alarm, precipitated themselves into the water;  though every exertion was made to save them, 5 or 6 unhappily perished. It will hardly be credited that in this imminent peril, characters were found so inhumanly depraved as to avail themselves of common distress to plunder their fellow sufferers. It has however been reported to us, & we fear upon too good authority, that this was the case; that some of the first who landed detained the boats, regardless of the lives of those who remained on board, & commenced a most brutal scene of depredation & drinking. At a late hour of the day many were yet in a brutal state of intoxication, uttering the most ferocious execrations & threats against the proprietors of the vessel.
… Kuper expresses the utmost gratitude to the Proprietors of the Steam Boat Telegraph, for their alacrity in sending that boat to his assistance; several gentlemen of Quebec also rendered him their services. The Boat drifted as the tide rose, & was last seen off St. Augustin, nearly burned to the water's edge.
Ref: Quebec Mercury.

. 1823 Jun 14, Sat . - STEAM-BOAT DE SALABERRY LOST!
We learn with much regret, from Captain Ryan of the Steamboat La-Prairie, arrived last night from Quebec, that the De Salaberry was discovered to be on fire last Thursday morning at 6 o'clock off Cap Rouge, & the flames having made so much progress as to be inextinguishable, she was run on the chain of rocks at that place. As soon as the accident was perceived by the La Prairie, then about 3 miles ahead, she ran down to her assistance, & in concert with 2 boats dispatched from the shore on the same humane errand, took off such passengers as had remained on the wreck, some of whom had taken refuge in the chains & rigging, & whose distress may be more easily imagined than described. Many, indeed, of the more adventurous had jumped overboard before Captain Ryan reached her, but he is of opinion that few, if any, lives were lost. She then drifted with the flood tide into the middle of the river, &, when last seen, was burnt to the water's edge. Both boats had left Quebec [City] about 2 o'clock the same morning; the De Salaberry with about 150 persons (principally emigrants,) & a valuable cargo, all of which was lost; & the La Prairie with 120, mostly of the same description. We understand that Mr. Kuper, who commanded the former, used every effort to save the lives & property of those on board.
Ref: Montreal Gazette, Quebec.

UCLPetition 5, M Batch 14, V2204, 1824. To Lieut. Governor Peregrine Maitland.
Petition of Hugh McCutcheon, of the Town of York, Yeoman.
Your petitioner is a native of the Parish of Grey Abbey, County Down, Ireland, from whence he imported to this Province last year [1823], with a wife & 3 children.
He has taken the Oath of Allegiance & never applied for Land from the Crown & having the means to improve 100 Acres, humbly prays your Excellence will be pleased to grant him 100 Acres & prays for fees.
Your petitioner will ever pray, signed, John McCutcheon., York, 17 February, 1824.

. Province of Upper Canada I certify that John McCutcheon, Native of Ireland hath taken & subscribed the Oath of Allegiance required in the Home District [Toronto], this 17th day of February, 1824. Signed, Grant Power, Council.

* * We do hereby Certify that the bearers, John McCutchoen & Elenor McCutcheon, otherwise Johnston, his wife was born & bred in the parish of Grey Abby Co. Down, Ireland & always supported fair moral characters & regular members of this Congregation & in full communion with us & may be admitted into any Christian community wherever their lots may fall.
Signed, March 29, 1823, Edw. Jodin Caislees?, Wm. K Bailie, John MCondry, J.C.
I believe the above true, John Watson

. Envelope: Gov. Offices, 18th Feb, 1824. The subject is requested to report here here for the information of the Honorable Council. Signed, M Johnson.
I do not find hat the petitioner has received any lands or Order for land. Thos. Ridout, Survey Office.
In Council, 18 Feb., 1824, Recommended, Order issued 18th Feby, 1824.
Notes: It appears that John McCutcheon was requested to return for further information & may have spoken at the Council himself. - PJA

. 1824 Feb 18 - Upper Canada L Books [C104, p98].
York Executive Council Chamber, Wednesday 18 Feb. 1824, Present. Chief Justice Wm. Drummer Powell, James Baby & Samuel Smith.
John McCutcheon, M5, Praying for grant of 200 acres of land, praying for [free Survey] fees.
Granted.
. Granted on that day also were, Hugh McCutcheon, M3, Wm. McCutcheon, W4, of Lot 7, Con 5, Erin & Samuel McCutcheon, M2.

. 1821 Sep 4 TICKET OF LOCATION:
Under the authority of an Order of Council on the 22 of August 1821 granting
unto William McCutcheon a native of Grey Abbey, County Down, of land now of the home District, yeoman, a gratuitous grant of 50 acres of land the NE 1/4 of lot 7 in the 5th Concession in the Township of Erin in the County of Halton in the District of Gore containing 50 acres subject to the settling duties by Orders in Council 20th October 1818 clear & fence 5 acres for every hundred acres granted, build a dwelling house 16 ' by 20' & to clear one half of the road in front of each lot the whole to be performed within 2 years from the date of this ticket. Ref: pg. 755.

. 1827 Oct 1827 - WILL of John McCutcheon:
Heir & DeviseeIn the name of God Amen, I John McCutcheon do bequeath to my wife Eleanor otherwise Johnston, all the property that I possess while she lives that she is to have the rooms that we live in, & she half of the clearing at that time.
& at her death I do bequeath to my son Robert one shilling & to his son John one cow, & to my son Hugh 50 acres of l& if that he comes to live on it.
& to my son William 50 acres of the NW half of this lot & if Hugh does not come to live on it , then him or his family is to have 2 pound, 10 shilling per year out of it.
All that she possesses at her last after putting us in the ground is to go to our grandchildren - it is to be valued & then to be divided equally amongst them. Robert's sons Henry & James, Hugh's children & William's children.
I am in my full judgment & understanding at this present time but does not know how long that may last with me. October 28 1827
Signed, John McCutcheon, Lot 7, Con 5 Erin.

. 1848 Feb 21, Crown Lands Office, Elora
Sir, William McCutcheon has called here today wishing us to procure his patent for him & has put into my hands £12 0s 15d. which I here enclose as the Patent fees on East 1/2 Lot 7 Concession V Erin Township. 
William McCutcheon E-1/2-7 in Con. V Erin 100 acres obtained location ticket about December 1823 - Fees 6.7.6
John McCutcheon W 1/2-7 in V 100 acres obtained Location Ticket about December 1823. Fees 6.7.6. Total # 12 15s.
I also enclose certificate of what is now done on said lots together with certificate on the Location Tickets, having been left in the Surveyor's Office Toronto twelve years ago.
If the fees should be more I will forward the balance when the patents come up.  I have the honour to remain respectfully Sir, Your Obedient Servant. Ref pg. 763      

. 1860 March 1st, Ospringe,
Mr.  Murphy;  Sir;  Please let me know how the deed of lot No. 7 Concession V Erin is coming out, whether all in my name or 50 acres & 50 acres in Nancy Warden`s name.  My father William McCutcheon has been seeing you some different times about it.  Please write by return post & let me know how the matter stands, when it comes out & what it will cost.
& oblige, Yours Truly, signed, Hellen McCutcheon, Ospringe, Erin.
Ref: Erin Township Papers MS 658 R 135, pg. 765.

Erin Twp. Wellington Co. Assessment Census Summary: Head of family names only:
. 1824 & c. 1825 Apr 18th Census shows John McCutcheon: 1 Male, 1 Female, Total two; Wm. McC. Total 4; Robert McCutheon 1 Male 1 Female, Total 4

. 1826 Apr 11 Census: Wm. McKutching: Total 7 (additional adult male & female). John McC. no longer found on censuses. Are the parents living with son Wm. McC.?

. 1829 Census: Wm. McCutcheon: Total Seven but 1 less male adult & one new male child. Is father John deceased?

. 1830 Census: living with son Wm. McCutcheon? Adult Male Less One

. 1831 Census: Wm. McC. (no total) but one less adult female. Is mother Eleanor deceased?

. 1832 Census: Hugh McCutcheon now has his own farm with 2 female children.

. The MacCutcheon / MacQuiston's originated in the Isle of Skye circa 1495, as offspring of an illegitimate child of Hugh MacDonald. Hugh was the progenitor of the "MacDonalds of Sleat". The first record of a McCutcheon buried in the graveyard of Grey Abbey is Hugh McCutcheon. The Townland of Sloanstown is in the parish of Donaghadee sharing a common border with the parish of Grey Abbey. It is very easy to understand why the McCutcheons sometimes are referred to as originating in Grey Abbey. The town of Grey Abbey is located on the shores of Strangford Lough, derived from an Old Norse word meaning "strong fjord". The Towns of Donaghadee mid-upper & Grey Abbey mid- lower. In the early part of 1600's that the McCutcheons came to settle in the civil parish of Donaghadee.

. 1728 Oct 28 - WILL of John McCutcheon:
In the name of God Amen, I John McCutcheon do bequeath to my wife Eleanor otherwise Johnston all the property that I possess while she lives that she is to have the rooms that we live in, and she half of the clearing at that time. And at her death I do bequeath to my son Robert one shilling and to his son John one cow, and to my son Hugh 50 acres of land if that he comes to live on it. And to my son William 50 acres of the NW half of this lot. And if Hugh does not come to live on it then him or his family is to have 2 pound, 10 shilling per year out of it. All that she possesses at her last after putting us in the ground is to go to our grandchildren - it is to be valued and then to be divided equally amongst them. Robert's sons Henry & James, Hugh's children & William's children. I am in my full judgment & understanding at this present time but does not know how long that may last with me.
Signed, October 28 1827, John McCutcheon, Erin Lot 7 Con 5.
Wit: William Kennedy, John S. Teetzel, John T. Westfall, Stephen Clink.

GRAVE NOTES
Note1: 1827 Oct 28, John S Teetzel, Wm. Kennedy, John T. Westfall, Stephen Clink were witnesses to the WILL of John McCutcheon, Lot 7, Con 5, Erin Twp., Wellington County.

*Note2: In 1827 John S Teetzel was living at Palemro, Halton County, which was quite a distance from John McCutcheon's home in Erin Township. The Will was signed at Erin Township; two witnesses are also from Erin Twp., & Westall [of Elmira, Waterloo Co] was closer to Teetzel. Rev. Stephen Clink, Methodist Church, Balinafad. These 3 men were German.
The Irish men, Kennedy [of Lot 11, Con. 5, Erin Twp.] & McCutcheon were in-laws.
Was Teetzel also commissioned at the same time to make the monument for McCutcheon? If John McCutcheon's gravestone is ever located, it should be possible to determine John S Teetzel distinctive chisel markings. - PJ Ahlberg, 2017.

. 1860 March 1st, Ospringe. Mr. Murphy; Sir; Please let me know how the deed of Lot No. 5, Concession 5 Erin is coming out, whether all in my name or 50 acres & 50 acres in Nancy Warden`s name. My father William McCutcheon has been seeing you some different times about it. Please write by return post & let me know how the matter stands, when it comes out & what it will cost. & oblige, Yours Truly Ellen McCutcheon, Ospringe, Erin.
Ref: Erin Township Papers, Wellington Co., . pg. 765  of MS 658 R 135.

. 1860 Jun 28th, Quebec. Certificate for the Heir & Devisee Commission
Crown Land Department
I certify that the W Half Lot 7, Con 5, f the Twp. of Erin was located 20th July 1826 in the name of William McCutcheon as an emigrant settler & has been described for patent remains as certified to the Commission 7th July 1858 in the claim of Agnes Warren (Warne), formerly McCutcheon & Eleanor McCutcheon.

. Know all men by these presents that I Hugh McCutcheon of the Township of Erin in the County of Wellington and Province of Canada yeoman devise under the last will and testament of John McCutcheon late of said township of Erin County of Wellington deceased, for and in consideration of the sum of five dollars of lawful money of me in Canada to me in hand paid at or before the date hereof by William McCutcheon of the said Township of Erin in the said County of Wellington yeoman do by these presents sell, assign transfer and set over to and in favour of the said William McCutcheon his heirs executors administrators and assigns all my right title & interest both at law and in equity in & to the W half Lot 7 in Concession 5, Erin Township in the said County of Wellington.
In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand & 9th July, 1860.
Signed, Hugh HISXMARK McCutcheon. Witness, John HISXMARK Anderson.
Ref: Archives of Ontario, Heir & Devisee Commission, MS657 Reel 82. - - -

Birth:
near Donaghadee Parish, Ireland.

Died:
Note: This is date of his WILL.

John married Eleanor JOHNSTON in 1792. Eleanor was born in 1773 in Grey Abbey, County Down, Ireland; died in 1833 in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario; was buried in Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
1824 & 1925 Erin Assessments

Died:
living with son Wm. McCutcheon?

Buried:
Non-cemetery burial, as Eleanor dies before there were cemeteries establish in Erin Twp.

Notes:

Samuel married Mrs. Elizabeth (Samuel) MCCUTCHEON in 1770 in Grey Abbey, County Down, Ireland. Mrs. was born in 1752 in Cotton, County Down, Ireland; died on 16 Mar 1827 in Grey Abbey, County Down, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Monument reads:
Erected by Samuel McCutcheon of Cotton in remembrance of his wife Elizabeth McCutcheon who departed this life 16th March 1817 age 65 years. Here lieth the body of Samuel McCutcheon who departed this life 22nd December 1825 age 73 years. 
[There is more inscription deeply buried]. - - -

Birth:
Barony of Lower Ards, Civil Parish of Bangor, PLU Newtownards..