Bev was just reading your note once again, before I moved it form my e mail I am not an expert on Brome county. Missisquoi perhaps a bit if you take a look at my web pages on Clarenceville and Noyan BUt I just wanted to make sure you knew that most of this area was first and foremost considered by the British Army who were running things after 1759 to be a land where they did not want settlers of English background to stay in .... they were very very concerned that those Americans who were moving up into this area were perhaps less Loyal British subjects with American ideas the original idea was to keep the French speaking population in this area, leave some Indians there or to have no one at all in this area maybe that is why it was labled wasteland It was only with a lot of pressure that the governing body caved and created the township type of settlement allowing the Americans who were moving north to take over lots of land and most of these lots were little lots of 100 acres there was not many who managed to get their hands on more than that in the beginning My grandfather left the original 100 acres lot , well by this time it was two lots of 100 acres to his children in 1976 when he passed away ... it had never been a very big farming operation and his children sold if off right away ....... As to having your written word verified you might want to talk with Judy at the Miissquoi Museum she just might be willing to proof read your stuff Doug

Thank you!!! What great information. Thanks, Bev And I will look at your website. -------------------------------------------------- From: <langhouse@sympatico.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 16:18 To: <can-qc-missisquoi@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI] Wasteland > Bev was just reading your note once again, before I moved it form my e > mail > > > I am not an expert on Brome county. Missisquoi perhaps a bit if you > take a look at my web pages on Clarenceville and Noyan BUt I > just wanted to make sure you knew that most of this area was first and > foremost considered by the British Army who were running things after > 1759 to be a land where they did not want settlers of English > background to stay in .... they were very very concerned that those > Americans who were moving up into this area were perhaps less Loyal > British subjects with American ideas > > > the original idea was to keep the French speaking population in this > area, > leave some Indians there or to have no one at all in this area > maybe that is why it was labled wasteland > > It was only with a lot of pressure that the governing body caved and > created the township type of settlement allowing the Americans who were > moving north to take over lots of land and most of these lots were > little lots of 100 acres there was not many who managed to get their > hands > on more than that in the beginning > > My grandfather left the original 100 acres lot , well by this time it was > two lots of 100 acres to his children in 1976 when he passed away ... it > had never been a very big farming operation and his children sold if off > right away ....... > > > As to having your written word verified you might want to talk with > Judy > at the Miissquoi Museum she just might be willing to proof read your > stuff > > > Doug > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-QC-MISSISQUOI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message