Hello folks: I just joined this list and am wondering if anyone is familiar with early pioneers in Essa. I am researching the (Alexander, then John) Stewart family that settled on Concession 10 Lot 2.   Would anyone know when that area was first settled? I found no land petitions for a Stewart in Essa Twp in the Land records at the National Archives. Does this mean that at some point people just bought land without petitioning the colonial govermnment for it?   John

The 1861 Canadian Census for Essa Township, Simcoe County shows an Alexander Stewart, born about 1859 in Upper Canada, religion was Episcopal. Details can be found in Archives Canada film No. C-1072. Perhaps they did not own the land but instead were tenant farmers. Cheers! Doreen ======== > Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 06:55:12 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Essa Township > > Hello folks: I just joined this list and am wondering if anyone is familiar with early pioneers in Essa. I am researching the (Alexander, then John) Stewart family that settled on Concession 10 Lot 2. > > Would anyone know when that area was first settled? I found no land petitions for a Stewart in Essa Twp in the Land records at the National Archives. Does this mean that at some point people just bought land without petitioning the colonial govermnment for it? > > John > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Attention all humans. We are your photos. Free us. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047

Hello, My Duncan Cameron came to Oro in 1836 and did not appear in any Land Patent Records. The always rented and the early assessments contain the name and location of renters as well as owners He did appear in the Oro Township assessment records from 1839 on and the only official land record is a lease his son signed in 1861. . The official Ontario Assessments didn't start until about 1851, but there is a Clerk's Book for Oro with much the same information starting from 1835 at the Simcoe County Archives. You might find the information you are looking for in Essa Township there. Marjorie Cameron McQuay. Hello folks: I just joined this list and am wondering if anyone is familiar with early pioneers in Essa. I am researching the (Alexander, then John) Stewart family that settled on Concession 10 Lot 2. Would anyone know when that area was first settled? I found no land petitions for a Stewart in Essa Twp in the Land records at the National Archives. Does this mean that at some point people just bought land without petitioning the colonial govermnment for it? John -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 10485 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message