Hello, Last week I was reminded of a page from Eileen's web site on the "former Township of Gore" which describes the petition of settlers in the 1820's, upon their arriving in Canada. This petition says that they were supposed to get land in Huntingdon County and settle there, but it was all "lotted out." "To His Excellency George Earl of Dalhousie, K.G.C., captain General and Governor in chief of the provinces of Lower Canada, Upper Canada, &c, &c The petition of the undersigned citizens of Ireland Most humbly sheweth That your Excellency's petitioners emigrated from Ireland, for the purpose of settling themselves and families, in some part of His Majesty's American colonies, and on their landing at Quebec and making the requisite enquiries, were decided to proceed to the Township of Godmanchester, Hinchinbrooke or Hemingsford. On their making application to the agent for these townships, they were informed the land was all allotted. Petetioners then proceeded to the Township of Wentworth, which they were informed was then lotting out; but there they were again disappointed, in consequence of the land not being surveyed. Thus, my lord, having wandered about until their resources were exhausted, and their families overtaken by the winter, they had no prospect remaining, but that of immediately erecting shanties to protect them from the inclemency of the weather, and perishing, which they did on a gore of Government land, east of the township of Wentworth, and in the rear of the Seigneury of Argenteuil. Your Excellency's petitioners, can each produce unexceptionable testimonies of loyalty and good character, from clergymen of the church of England, and captains of yeomanry under whom they served. They therefore most humbly implore that your Excellency will be graciously pleased to suffer them to remain unmolested on the said land, till at some future period, it may be surveyed and lotted out." http://www3.telus.net/public/mcelroye/webpages/gore.html/intro.html ..It took me a few minutes, but I finally found web sites which discussed the counties in Quebec Province, and saw that Huntingdon County is down in the southwestern corner, on the NY border, and having Ontario Province across the river. While searching, I also found a web site offering the 1842 Census for Huntingdon County, and found several HENDERSON families mentioned. One of them was a Samuel HENDERSON, and I'm curious whether that is where Samuel HENDERSON from Argentueil County in the 1830's .. moved to. (Did not see any KERR's mentioned.) www.rootsweb.com/~qchuntin/hin42.htm .. I'm also curious whether any of the relatives of the families who settled got Land Grants in Argenteuil County in the 1820's .. were lucky enough to get the Land in Huntington County. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. When I did a search for "Hitchinbrook, Quebec," 98% of the web sites I found were about .. Hitchinbrook / Hinchinbrook Island in Australia ! P.S.2 I will be moving to a new home next week and am in the packing process. So, I might not have time to respond to e-mails until December.

At 08:24 AM 11/19/2004 -0500, you wrote: >..It took me a few minutes, but I finally found web sites which discussed >the counties in Quebec Province, and saw that Huntingdon County is down in >the southwestern corner, on the NY border, and having Ontario Province >across the river. > >While searching, I also found a web site offering the 1842 Census for >Huntingdon County, and found several HENDERSON families mentioned. One >of them was a Samuel HENDERSON, and I'm curious whether that is where >Samuel HENDERSON from Argentueil County in the 1830's .. moved to. > >(Did not see any KERR's mentioned.) > >www.rootsweb.com/~qchuntin/hin42.htm If you go to the home page of that Huntingdon County GenWeb site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~qchuntin/Default.htm and follow the link to Churches and Church Records, then to the Protestant Church Records and then to Pioneer families of the Chateauguay Valley, you will find the family of William Henderson and Mary Mullins, which includes Samuel. You will also have the family contact, Bill Henderson, and his email address. The family was from County Down in Ireland. There are Kerrs in the Chateauguay Valley, in Chateauguay county, who came from Ayrshire, Scotland. >I'm also curious whether any of the relatives of the families who settled >got Land Grants in Argenteuil County in the 1820's .. were lucky enough to >get the Land in Huntington County. > >Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > >P.S. When I did a search for "Hitchinbrook, Quebec," 98% of the web >sites I found were about .. Hitchinbrook / Hinchinbrook Island in Australia ! It is Hinchinbrook or Hinchinbrooke [now the accepted spelling] Township in Huntingdon County, Quebec. The Gore Concession in Hinchinbrooke was so named because of its triangular shape, due to the concessions surveyed back from the river being at an angle to those surveyed from the American border, and Gore being where they met. I believe the Gore concessions in Argenteuil and in the Eastern Townships probably have a similar origin. Bill Brady Ottawa, ON