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- 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. - - - [1, 2]
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