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- . UCLPetition 135, S Bundle 2, p965, C2806, Archives of Canada.
To Peter Russel, Petition of Polly Simons, of Newark,
She is daughter of Titus Simons, QuarterMaster in his Majesties Service in the late American War & that her said father's duty calling him from personal attention to his family, suffered a total loss of his interest, in consequence of his attachment to his Sovereign & unity of the Empire, while in the provinces; due for all whist obstinately refused to this time, any gratuity, other than what he derives from a clear & proving conscience of having done his duty only, without regard to the restoration of that property to his family, which tho' in a righteous cause, they were unfortunately deprived of, & which to them is now become an indispensable duty from a variety of causes & circumstances; she, therefore, relying on the merits of the services of a parent, whose loss & not his services, she even now laments, your generosity, to her she believes, unexceptionable behavior, prays your honor to grant her such quality of land as in your wisdom may be fitting one of her description, unfortunate as she is from virtuous misfortune & as in duty bound shall every pray, Signed, Polly Simons.
Envelope: Received in the Council Office, 30 January, 1797,
Read March 17, 1797. Petitioner must produce a certificate of her being a daughter of a Loyalist, PR.
. Mary Simons married Aug 1802 Toronto, to Simon Fraser MacNab, b. c1779, Perthshire, Scotland, Settled Belleville, Ontario. They had six MacNab children . .
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