Upper Canada Land Transfer to John M. Kirgen
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Title
Upper Canada Land Transfer to John M. Kirgen
Subject
The Province of Upper Canada grants 200 acres of land to John McKirgen under the observation of Judge D'Arcy Boulton and Francis Gore in September of 1806. The document is finalized and signed by administrator Peter Russell.
Chain info:
Lot 2 - West of the River aux Puces: Two hundred acres.
West side of the River of Puces and the North East angle of the side lot.
West 100 chains = 2.01168km
Forth 19 chains & 50 links to the limit between lots 2 & 3: 19 chains = .382219km
50 links = 10.05m
East 100 chains = 2.01168km
Chain info:
Lot 2 - West of the River aux Puces: Two hundred acres.
West side of the River of Puces and the North East angle of the side lot.
West 100 chains = 2.01168km
Forth 19 chains & 50 links to the limit between lots 2 & 3: 19 chains = .382219km
50 links = 10.05m
East 100 chains = 2.01168km
Description
PROVINCE OF UPPER CANADA.
George the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith....To all these Presents shall come.....Greeting:
Know ye, that we of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and more motion have Given and Granted, and by these presents do GIVE and GRANT unto John M Kirgen of the Township of Maidstone in the County of Essex in the Western District Yeoman his heirs and affiances in ours: All that parcel of Land Grante in the Township of Maidstone in the County of Essex in the Western District in our land Provisioner containing by ( ) Two Hundred Acres be the same more or less lot numbers two - on the West side of the River aux Puces in the said Township of Maidstone together with all the lands and waters thereon lying and being under the referrations, limitations, and conditions wereinafter: which laid Two hundred acres are butted and bounded, or may be otherwise known as follows: that is to lay commencing in front of the West side of the River of Puces and the North East Angle of the side lot. Then West one hundred chains more or less to the allowance for road in the rear of the said lot. Then fourth ninteen chains, fifty links more or less, to the limit between lots number two and three. The East one hundred chains more or less, to the River aux Puces; Then Northerly along the Waters Edge with the stream to the place of beginning.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said parcel or tract of Land hereby give and granted to him the said John M. Kirgen his heirs and aligns for ever; saving nevertheless to Us, our heirs and successors all Mines of Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin, Lead, Iron, and Coal that shall be thereafter found on my part of the said parcel of tract of land hereby given and granted as aforesaid ; and saving and receiving to Us, our heirs and successors white Pine Tress, that shall, or may now, or hereafter grow, or be growing, on any part of the said parcel of tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Provided always that no part of the parcel or tract of land hereby given or granted to the said John M. Kirgen and his heirs, be within any reservation ( ) made, and marked for Us, our heirs and successors, by our Surveyor General of Woods, or his lawful deputy, in which case this our Grant for such part of the land hereby given and granted to the said John M. Kirgen and his heirs for ever as as aforesaid, and which shall upon a survery thereof being made, he found within any reservation, shall be null and void, and of none effect, any thing herein contained to the contrary not withstanding. Provided also, that the said John M. Kirgen and his heirs or assigns ; shall and do within three years errect and build, or cause to be erected and built, in and upon some part of the said parcel or tract of land a good and sufficient dwelling house (he the said John M. Kirgen or his assigns not having built, or not being in his or their own right lawfully possessed of a house in our said Province) and be therein or cause some person to be therein resident for an during the space of one year, thence next ensuing the building of the same. Provided also, that if at any time of time hereafter, the land so hereby given and granted to the said John M. Kirgen and his heirs shall come to the possession and tenure of any person or persons whomsoever, either by virtue of any deed of sale, conveyance, endorsement, or exchange, or by gift, inheritance, descent, devise, or marriage, such person or persons shall within twelve months next after his, her, or their entry into, and possession of the same, take the oths prescribed by law, before someone of the (Magifirates) of our said Province; and certificate of such oaths having been so taken shall cause to be recorded in the Secretary's office of the said Province.
In default of all, or any of which conditions, limitations, and ( ), this said Grant, and every thing herein contained, shall be, shall be, and We hereby declare the same to be null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, and the land hereby granted, and every part and parcel thereof, shall revert to and become vested in Us, our heirs and successors, in like manner as if the same had never been granted ; any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
AND WHEREAS, by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, passed in the Thirty-fifth year of this Majesty's reign instituted, "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the Fourteenth year of his Majesty's reign," instituted, "As an Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of said Province," it is declared, "That no "Grant of Lands hereafter make, shall be valid or effectual, unless the same shall contain specification of the lands to be allotted and appropriated solely to the maintenance of a ( ) Cleargy within said Province," in respect of the lands to be thereby granted ; Now know ye, that We have caused an allotment or appropriation of Twenty eight acres and four sevenths to be made in lot number thirteen in the seventh concession West of the River in the said Township of Maidstone.
Francis Gore, Esquire, our Lieutenant Governor of our said Province.
"By Command of his Excellency in Council"
Patent fee paid to M. (sec) Jarvis 26 August 1806 under the regs. Acted upon the 9 July 1796
(Contend) with the Auditor 8 September 1806
Peter Russell
George the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith....To all these Presents shall come.....Greeting:
Know ye, that we of Our special grace, certain knowledge, and more motion have Given and Granted, and by these presents do GIVE and GRANT unto John M Kirgen of the Township of Maidstone in the County of Essex in the Western District Yeoman his heirs and affiances in ours: All that parcel of Land Grante in the Township of Maidstone in the County of Essex in the Western District in our land Provisioner containing by ( ) Two Hundred Acres be the same more or less lot numbers two - on the West side of the River aux Puces in the said Township of Maidstone together with all the lands and waters thereon lying and being under the referrations, limitations, and conditions wereinafter: which laid Two hundred acres are butted and bounded, or may be otherwise known as follows: that is to lay commencing in front of the West side of the River of Puces and the North East Angle of the side lot. Then West one hundred chains more or less to the allowance for road in the rear of the said lot. Then fourth ninteen chains, fifty links more or less, to the limit between lots number two and three. The East one hundred chains more or less, to the River aux Puces; Then Northerly along the Waters Edge with the stream to the place of beginning.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said parcel or tract of Land hereby give and granted to him the said John M. Kirgen his heirs and aligns for ever; saving nevertheless to Us, our heirs and successors all Mines of Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin, Lead, Iron, and Coal that shall be thereafter found on my part of the said parcel of tract of land hereby given and granted as aforesaid ; and saving and receiving to Us, our heirs and successors white Pine Tress, that shall, or may now, or hereafter grow, or be growing, on any part of the said parcel of tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid.
Provided always that no part of the parcel or tract of land hereby given or granted to the said John M. Kirgen and his heirs, be within any reservation ( ) made, and marked for Us, our heirs and successors, by our Surveyor General of Woods, or his lawful deputy, in which case this our Grant for such part of the land hereby given and granted to the said John M. Kirgen and his heirs for ever as as aforesaid, and which shall upon a survery thereof being made, he found within any reservation, shall be null and void, and of none effect, any thing herein contained to the contrary not withstanding. Provided also, that the said John M. Kirgen and his heirs or assigns ; shall and do within three years errect and build, or cause to be erected and built, in and upon some part of the said parcel or tract of land a good and sufficient dwelling house (he the said John M. Kirgen or his assigns not having built, or not being in his or their own right lawfully possessed of a house in our said Province) and be therein or cause some person to be therein resident for an during the space of one year, thence next ensuing the building of the same. Provided also, that if at any time of time hereafter, the land so hereby given and granted to the said John M. Kirgen and his heirs shall come to the possession and tenure of any person or persons whomsoever, either by virtue of any deed of sale, conveyance, endorsement, or exchange, or by gift, inheritance, descent, devise, or marriage, such person or persons shall within twelve months next after his, her, or their entry into, and possession of the same, take the oths prescribed by law, before someone of the (Magifirates) of our said Province; and certificate of such oaths having been so taken shall cause to be recorded in the Secretary's office of the said Province.
In default of all, or any of which conditions, limitations, and ( ), this said Grant, and every thing herein contained, shall be, shall be, and We hereby declare the same to be null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, and the land hereby granted, and every part and parcel thereof, shall revert to and become vested in Us, our heirs and successors, in like manner as if the same had never been granted ; any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
AND WHEREAS, by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, passed in the Thirty-fifth year of this Majesty's reign instituted, "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the Fourteenth year of his Majesty's reign," instituted, "As an Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of said Province," it is declared, "That no "Grant of Lands hereafter make, shall be valid or effectual, unless the same shall contain specification of the lands to be allotted and appropriated solely to the maintenance of a ( ) Cleargy within said Province," in respect of the lands to be thereby granted ; Now know ye, that We have caused an allotment or appropriation of Twenty eight acres and four sevenths to be made in lot number thirteen in the seventh concession West of the River in the said Township of Maidstone.
Francis Gore, Esquire, our Lieutenant Governor of our said Province.
"By Command of his Excellency in Council"
Patent fee paid to M. (sec) Jarvis 26 August 1806 under the regs. Acted upon the 9 July 1796
(Contend) with the Auditor 8 September 1806
Peter Russell
Creator
Province of Upper Canada
Publisher
Province of Upper Canada
University of Windsor Archives
University of Windsor Archives
Date
Document was signed September 6th 1806
Contributor
Province of Upper Canada
King George the Third - King of the United Kingdom
D'Arcy Bouton - Judge/Politician in Upper Canada
King George the Third - King of the United Kingdom
D'Arcy Bouton - Judge/Politician in Upper Canada
Format
The document was originally printed on parchment paper with a pressed ink template attached at the bottom.
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Collection
Citation
Province of Upper Canada, “Upper Canada Land Transfer to John M. Kirgen,” Centre for Digital Scholarship, accessed October 29, 2024, http://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka/items/show/737.