LINKING ELGIN COUNTY LAND PETITIONERS TO THE ONLINE PETITION IMAGES
Originated 12 February 2015 – Updated as of 10 April 2015
Linking to images completed by BruceC.JohnsonJr.
Page number lookups for Dunwich completed by Jean Bircham 10 April 2015
Finding your ancestor’s petition in the online digital images is a 2 step process
1. Locate your ancestor using the Upper Canada Land Petitions Search Page. You can type part or all of the first name, last name or place – ie “Aldborough.” For most petitioners of Elgin County we have already done that for you with links below by Township. Pay special note to first, the microfilm number, second the bundle number and third the petition number. You will need all that information for step 2.
2. Go to the list of microfilms at Library and Archives Canada microfilm numbers and select the needed microfilm number. Click that link to take you to the digital images for that film. Generally there are about a 1000 “digital pages”per film. The trick for a fast search is to use “bracket searching” by first making sure that at the very bottom of the image you are in the correct Bundle number. Look at the first page and see if it is correct or too low. Then bracket search until you are in the correct bundle number. If there are a 1000 pages of the same Bundle number try going to a page about halfway such as 500 to see what the petition number is. If higher, then check a 100 pages lower. If the number is too low then a 100 pages higher etc until you locate the correct petition number. Note that most petitions will have anywhere from 3 to 6 pages usually designated by the petition number followed by the letter a, b, c etc. Once you have found correct petition numbers and verified that you have the correct petitioner send us an email noting the range of page numbers. Note that the default view is JPG but can be changed by clicking “view PDF”
For examples see Finding your Ancestors in the UCLP
Dunwich Township
(Incudes Port Talbot
(approximately 60 petitions
Surname Given Name(s) Place Year Volume Bundle Petition Pages Reference Microfilm
BANNERMAN, George, Dunwich, Talbot Settler 1817, 1821, 44, B 13, 34, pp. 146-150, RG 1 L3, C-1626
BROOKS, William, Dunwich, Native of New Jersey – In 1st Flank C. Middlesex Militia, 1824, 46, B 14, 68, pp. 1040-1042, RG 1 L3, C-1626
ENGLAND, Richard, Dunwich, Lt. Col. in HM 75th Reg’mt, Grant 2000 acres, 1834, 179A, E 18, 40, pp. 125-130, RG 1 L3, C-1890
Gardiner, Singleton, Dunwich, Native of Armagh in Royal Marines, 1819, 206A, G 12, 59, pp. 898-899, RG 1 L3, C-2030
Gardner, Singleton, Dunwich, native of Armagh, Grant in 1819, 100 acres, 1821, 207, G 13, 22, pp. 337-338, RG 1 L3, C-2031
Gibson, William, Dunwich, Native of Ireland, In Prov. 4 years, 1820, 206A, G 12, 147, pp. 195-199, RG 1 L3, C-2031
Gordon, James, Dunwich, of Amhurstburg, Purchased from Sarah McComb nee Bolton (Britton) L 5, 6, 7 broken front C A & L 1 Broken Front C A, 1824, 208, G 14, 11, pp. 808-811, RG 1 L3, C-2031
HENRY, Philip, Dunwich, SUE of late Philip HENRY, UE, Gainsborough, 1834, 237, H 18, 250, pp. 729-735, RG 1 L3, C-2053
HOLMES, Daniel, Dunwich, Grant of 200 acres, 1808, 226, H 9, 7, pp. 281-285, RG 1 L3, C-2046
March, Robert, Dunwich, L 23 Gore NW C 5, 1850, 372, M 6, 16, pp. 547-548, RG 1 L3, C-2231
McBride, Peter, Dunwich, L A C 3, 1849, 319A, MC 5, 203, pp. 216-217, RG 1 L3, C-2185
McCallum, John, Dunwich, SE 1/4 L C Con 4, 1847, 318, MC 5, 21, pp. 140-146, RG 1 L3, C-2184
McKillop, John, Dunwich, S 1/4 L 8 C 3, 1849, 318, MC 5, 57, pp. 436-440, RG 1 L3, C-2184
McTavish, John, Dunwich, L NW 1/2 C Con 4, Built a house and cleared and fenced upwards of 15 acres, 1846, 318, MC 5, 20, pp. 134-138, RG 1 L3, C-2184
Page / Midach, Polly, Dunwich, Dau. of Joseph PAGE; wife of James MEDACH / MEDUCH, Grant 200 acres, 1796, 400, P 2, 73, pp. 367-368, RG 1 L3, C-2489
SHIPLEY, Index gives in error Shirpley, John, Dunwich, L 13 C A & L B Gore, 1847, 483, S 5, 23, pp. 31-35, RG 1 L3, C-2826
Smith, Joseph, Dunwich, Grant of 400 acres, 1806, 453A, S 8, 10, pp. 498-501, RG 1 L3, C-2809
Smith, Joseph, Dunwich, Six years in Province, Grant of 400 acres, 1808, 454, S 8, 142, pp. 1166-1169, RG 1 L3, C-2809
Talbot, Thomas, Dunwich, Dunwich 1807, Grant of 2000 acres
Settled:
John COOK, pt lot 20 con 11 & pt lot 20 con 12
David PHILIPS– pt Lot 20 Con 11
Joseph Hearztet? – pt Lot 19 Con 11
John Chilling[…] – pt Lot 16 Con 12
John Smith – pt Lot 24 Con 8
Joseph Smith – pt Lot 14 Con 11
Joel Woodin? – pt Lot A Con 6
Nicholas Cramer – pt Lot A Con 8
Ismael Shell? – pt Lot C Con 8
William Brooks – pt Lot B, Con 7, 1807, 496, T 8, 29, pp. 1039-1048, RG 1 L3, C-2833
Talbot, Thomas, Dunwich, 4 settlers for 800 acres
Philemon Monk – pt Lot 15 Con 11 & Con 12
William George Crane – pt Lot 15 Con 11
Sam’l Garnsay – pt Lot C Con 9
Thomas Coats – pt Lot 20, Con 9, 1808, 496, T 8, 39, pp. 1101-1105, RG 1 L3, C-2833
Talbot, Thomas, Dunwich, 5 settlers – grant of 1000 acres
Abraham Cummings – pt Lot 18 Con 11
John Dickens – pt Lot 16 Con 11
Joseph Pervoost – pt Lot 10 Con 10
John Pearce – pt Lot 10 Con 10
Walter Galbraith – pt Lot 12 Con 11, 1809, 496, T 9, 14, pp. 1234-1239, RG 1 L3, C-2833
Parker / Thayer, Susanna, Dunwich, Dau of John PARKER, Wainfleet, UE, the elder; wife of Jarvis THAYER, DUE, 1816, 497, T 10, 46, pp. 271-273, RG 1 L3, C-2834
Talbot, Thomas, Dunwich, Approves clergy reserves to be sold (800 acres), 1820, 498, T 12, 135, pp. 57-60, RG 1 L3, C-2835
Talbot, Thomas, Dunwich, L 20 C 10 & L 21 C 9, 1842, 505, T 1, 30, pp. 602-605, RG 1 L3, C-2838
Talbot, Thomas, Dunwich, Letter 5 may 1845
“That I emigrated in the year 1803 under the protection of His Gracious Majesty George the Third, who condescended to take a lively interest in the success of my enthusiastick (sic) enterprise, at such an early time of my life, and particularly so, as I had relinquished the high rank I filled in the Army, as Lieut. Colonel Commanding the 5th Regt. of Foot.”
1845, 506, T 3, 25, pp. 1196-1219, RG 1 L3, C-2838
Talbot, Thomas, Dunwich, 1804, 510, T Leases 1798-1831, 9, pp. 768-769, RG 1 L3, C-2841
Warner, Moses, Dunwich, L B & C Con C north of Con A, 1847, 540A, W 5, 17, pp. 203-207, RG 1 L3, C-2964
Port Talbot
ARMSTRONG, John, Port Talbot, Arrived from Lower Canada (Quebec) in 1816, Talbot settler, 1820, 8, A 13, 39, pp. 482-485, RG 1 L3, C-1611
ANDERSON, Duncan, Port Talbot, Talbot settler 1818, 1840, 14, A 22, 59, pp. 369-371, RG 1 L3, C-1614
BURWELL, Mahlon, Port Talbot, 1812, 37, B 10, 62, pp. 112-115, RG 1 L3, C-1623
BURWELL, Mahlon, Port Talbot, 1812, 37, B 10, 63, pp. 116-124, RG 1 L3, C-1623
BARGER, Henry, Port Talbot, 1813, 37, B 10, 88, pp. 237-240 RG 1 L3, C-1623
BURWELL, Mahlon, Port Talbot, 1817, 39, B 11, 36, pp. 252-253, RG 1 L3, C-1624
BURWELL, Mahlon, Port Talbot
“That during the Rebellion in America your Memorialist’s Father Adam BURWELL of Bertie in the Niagara District was frequently employed on very hazardous secret service, by Officers in the service of His Majesty, which he most humbly conceives is made evident by the several Affidavits which accompany his Father’s Petition. That in the time of the Rebellion your Memorialist’s Father has a Wife and three small Children who looked to him for support which made it impracticable for him to follow the Army Constantly on account of whom and the uncertainty of the Operations of His Majesty’s Army he found it necessary to have his name kept secret, excepting to a very few for fear for the Rebels knowing that his life was at stake and the safety of his family greatly endangered. He often had instructions from Gen’l Cortland Skinner and other Officers in the King’s to perform services by way of Piloting detachments of His Majesty’s Troops by different Routes through the Provinces of Jersey and was always forced to destroy his Letters of Instruction soon after he received them – to that he has none remaining.”
BURWELL, Mahlon, Port Talbot, 1816, 4.0, B 11, 164, pp. 786-788, RG 1 L3, C-1624
BURDICK, Caleb, Port Talbot, Talbot settler 1817, son of late James BURDICK of Oxford Twp., 1819, 46, B 14, 27, pp. 907-912, RG 1 L3, C-1626
BURWELL, Mahlon, Port Talbot, 1827, 49, B 15, 53, pp. 98-104, RG 1 L3, C-1628
“That your petitioner has erected a Church and parsonage House at the Town of Port Burwell… for the uses of the Church of England and Ireland…without any conditions other than reserving himself and family a pew…measuring 6×8 feet…”
1837, 61, B 20, 113, pp. 843-848, RG 1 L3, C-1632
FILLPOT, John, Port Talbot, Granted 200 acres, 1812, 189, F 10, 32, pp. 939-943, RG 1 L3, C-1895
FILLPOT, John, Port Talbot, Born in Nova Scotia, 1811, 189, F 10, 34, pp. 951-954, RG 1 L3, C-1895
Gardiner, James, Port Talbot, Talbot settler 1817 at Mosa Twp., 1844, 214A, G 2, 52, pp. 211-214, RG 1 L3, C-2037
Lowell, Isaac, road leading to Port Talbot, Resided in the County for many years., 1811, 286, L 10, 1, pp. 310-313, RG 1 L3, C-2126
Merril, William, Port Talbot
“That your Petitioner at the Commencement of the late American Rebellion joined the Royal Standard and resided within the lines until the evacuation of New York at which time he retired to Nova Scotia.”
1810, 335A, M 10, 4, pp. 392-396, RG 1 L3, C-2197
Murray, James, Port Talbot, Talbot settler located on a lot of 200 acres, 1817, 339A, M 11, 442, pp. 811-813, RG 1 L3, C-2200
McIntire, James, Port Talbot, located by Talbot on a lot of 200 acres, 1817, 339A, M 11, 443, pp. 815-817, RG 1 L3, C-2200
Rapelje, Daniel, Port Talbot, Resident of Woodhouse, 1809, 426, R 9, 27, pp. 84-88, RG 1 L3, C-2742
Talbot, Thomas, Port Talbot, surrendered 50 acres, 1813, 497, T 10, 24, pp. 156-160, RG 1 L3, C-2834
Talbot, Thomas, Port Talbot, conflict with Lort Hobart, 1817, 497, T 11, 22, pp. 420-422, RG 1 L3, C-2834
Talbot, Thomas, Port Talbot, 1818, 498A, T 12, 149, pp. 171-172, RG 1 L3, C-2835
Wetherspoon, William, Port Talbot, Native of Scotland, Talbot settler 1819, 1822, 530, W 14, 157, pp. 42-44, RG 1 L3, C-2956, Talbot Road
HUNTER, Jeffrey, Talbot Road, Located by Talbot on 200 acres, 1817, 228A, H 11, 148, pp. 938-940, RG 1 L3, C-2047
Inhabitants of Talbot Road
In the Harwich Twp., County of Kent – located in 1816 by Talbot seeking relief
Statement of valuation by petitioners
Benjamin CRAFTS
Thomas CRAFTS
Joseph CRAFTS
John CRAFTS
John BOLTON
Jabe HALL
John BUTLER
Joseph LEE
John TIFFIN
John McDONAL
William WEDGE
James BOYLES
Jonas CRAFTS
John WILLIAMS
Edward PARSONS
John PECK
William PECK
Richard LANIKIN
Philip TOLL
Thomas TIFFIN
Jeremiah DECLUTE
George ANDERSON, 1820, 230, H 12, 224, pp. 627-630, RG 1 L3, C-2048
Report on Talbot Road
Talbot Road, 1811, 497, T 10, 19, pp. 131-140, RG 1 L3, C-2834
Talbot, Colonel, Talbot Road, 1818, 497, T 11, 32, pp. 472-475, RG 1 L3, C-2834
English Thomas Talbot Settlement
Talbot settler 1818 from County Armagh, Ireland
1838, 180, E 21, 18, pp. 799-802, RG 1 L3, C-1890
FUCE, James, Talbot Settlers, Talbot settler 1832, 1845, 199, F 4, 62, pp. 30-31, RG 1 L3, C-2025
Polly, John, Talbot District, 1845, 412, P 3, 13, pp. 394, RG 1 L3, C-2734
School lands Brock, London, Talbot
Col Talbot acted as Agent for the Board of Education for sale of School Lands
1846, 480, S 3, 172, pp. 812-816, RG 1 L3, C-2824
Clergy Reserves, Talbot District, 1848, 507, T 4, 82, pp. 812-813, RG 1 L3, C-2839
FILMS FOR UPPER CANADA SUNDRIES
starting at film C-4502
TALBOT
Thomas, Port Talbot, Re Longwood Road, 1825, 72, images 526-528, 38672-38675, RG 5 A1, Land Petitions in Upper Canada Sundries, C-4615
TALBOT, Thomas, Port Talbot, 1835, 152, images 9-12, 83324-83327, RG 5 A1, Land Petitions in Upper Canada Sundries, C-6886
MCNEAL, Archibald, Port Talbot Road, 1810, 11, images 510-515, 4627-4632, RG 5 A1, Land Petitions in Upper Canada Sundries, C-4506
Long petition re many names from Montreal to the Talbot settlements
This is just one of many names. Names start on page 922 -185 Names given
Baxter, David jr., Westminster, 1810, 525A, W 9, 67, pp 906-925, RG 1 L3, C-2952