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54 CHARLOTTE STREET PROPERTY MAPS
"NAMES OF GRANTEES "- SYDNEY
[BLOCKS]
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G |
Q |
A |
C |
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| 1 | 1 David Mathews | 1 | 1-2-3-4. Tremain & Stout |
1 Tremain & Stout | North Block Wm Plant |
1 | 1 | ||
| 3 & 4 Tremain & Stout |
2 John Morehead | 2 | 5 | 2 | South Block Without Title |
2 | 2 | ||
| 5 George Hall | 4.5.6. Robert Ranna Cossit |
3-4 Thomas Uncle |
6 | 3 John Drummond |
S |
3 | 3 | ||
| 6 Andrew Moawtt [Andrew Mowat] |
7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16 David Mathews |
5 | 7 | 4 William Drummond | Vacant | 4 | 4 | ||
| 7 John Strong |
G |
6-7 P. R. Urgent |
8 | 5 Tait The rest Vacant |
T |
5 | 5 | ||
| 8 John Smith | 1-2 William Perry |
10-11-12-13 H. C. Dodd |
9 |
K |
M. Gibbons | 6 | 6 | ||
| 9 William Brown | 3-4 William Plant |
14-15-16 John Brooks |
30 | 1 Thomas S. Kelson | 7 James Keeegan | 7 | |||
| 10 James Keegan | 5 F Auberry | 17 | 31 | 2 |
8 |
M | |||
| 11, 12, 13, 14 Thomas James |
6 J-C Ackes | 18 | 32 | 3 Saml Smith | 9 John Wilson | 1 | |||
| 15 Martin Meagher | 7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14 William Campbell, Abraham Cuyler | 19 | 33 | 4 David Hall | 10 & | 2 | |||
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P |
20 | 35 | 5-6 John Martin |
11 Mr?] Street | 3-4-5 Philip Ungraville [corrected to] Ingonville & [Mr?] Street |
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| 17 Richard Birmingham | Richard Gibbons | 21 | 36 | 7 William Smith | 12 | 6 A. C . Dodd | |||
| 18 John Williams |
O |
22 | 37 Francis Owens the | 8-9. John Walzon | 13 | 7 A. C . Dodd | |||
| 19 John O'Brien | Abram Cuyler |
N |
38 rest to John W Barile | 11-12-13-14-15-16-24-25-26-27-28 David Tait |
14 | 8 A. C . Dodd | |||
| 20 Thomas Pitts | 1-2-3 Simion Ennis |
I |
30-31 John Woolzon |
15 John Maloney | 9 A. C . Dodd | ||||
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21 John Shannahan |
4-5-6 William Despart [Despard] |
13 Alexander Cantly |
L |
16 |
N |
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| 22 George Richards | 7-8 Philip Dumaresq |
35-36-37-38 George Faub[o?]n The rest of North Block to Mary Perry |
North Block Philip Dumaresq |
17 | 1 | ||||
| 23 William Leonard | 9 | South Blk Ranna Cositt | South Block John Lewis Stout |
18 | 2 | ||||
| 24 Smith Woodreet | 10 |
ll [1/2 of North Blk?] |
19 | 3 | |||||
| 25 Nick Dean | 11 | Vacant | 4 | ||||||
| 26 William Davidson | 12 |
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5 | ||||||
| 27 Henry Archer | 13 | Vacant | 6-7 Philip Dumaresq |
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| 28 | 14 | 8 | |||||||
| 29-30 David Tait |
15 | 9 | |||||||
| 31-32 | 16 | 10 | |||||||
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33 Thomas Manerieff |
17-18 Philip Dumaresq |
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| 34 Edwd McKay | 19-20-21 Wm Despart [Despard] |
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| 35 -36 George Moore | 22 William Ferris |
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| 37-38 Alex Hair | 23-24 Simon Ennis |
[NAMES ON THE PLAN[
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"PLAN of SYDNEY"
"Copied from a plan made by Thomas Crawley Esq Surveyor Genrl Cape Breton 1785 [Erased: ? 85] Albert Almon"
Date: 1785 Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Map Collection: V7 239 Sydney, Nova Scotia
https://archives.novascotia.ca/maps/archives/?ID=187
"NAMES OF GRANTEES " SYDNEY
PETITIONS (OFTEN CALLED 'MEMORIALS) MADE
TO GOVERNMENT.
SOME WHO THOSE WHO SOUGHT GRANTS OF CROWN LAND.
FOR THE DETERMINATION OF AN APPROXIMATE DATE FOR THE SYDNEY PLAN
John Battersby
Cape Breton number: 121 Microfilm: 15788 1804 Battersby, John Warrant from Crawley to Plant: 19 acres on the east shore of Sydney River; lot 14, 2 acres, in the rear of the town of Sydney, bounded by Dobben, Pitt, Douglass & Lemon streets; town lot 26, block E, on South Charlotte Street; 220 acres on the north side of Little Pond between Cranberry Head and Little Bras d'Or. Three plans.
William Bown
Cape Breton number: 19 Microfilm: 15788 1801 Bown, William, Jr. Report of Acting Surveyor General, John Storey to Secretary, William McKinnon: Lots 21, 20 & 19 in the rear of the town of Sydney, from the western shore of Maloney's Creek to Great George Street, 6 acres. A warrant from William Campbell, Attorney- General, authorizes McKinnon to issue letters patent to Bown.
Cape Breton number: 351 Microfilm: 15789 1808 Bown, William, Jr. Petition to Nepean: Petitioner requests a grant of the point of beach north of Mr. Stout's Wharf. He wishes to build a wharf and store, and to erect flakes for the purpose of drying cod. Note: reserved for government.
Cape Breton number: 554 Microfilm: 15790 1810 Bown, William, Jr. Petition to Nepean: Petitioner asks a site for a wharf and store near Mr. Stout's wharf.
Cape Breton number: 662 Microfilm: 15790 1811 Bown, William (Hon.) Report of Crawley to Clarke: A water lot in Sydney on the north side of Des Barres Street, west of the Esplanade. (Two copies, one revised and confirmed.) Plan.
Cape Breton number: 1850 Microfilm: 15795 1818 Bown, William, Jr. Petition to Nepean, 1811. Petitioner asks a lot eastward of Mr. Stout's wharf, and extending to the Esplanade. On this lot he will erect a store and wharf to carry on his business. Report of Crawley to Crowdy, 1818: Lots 1, 2, & 4, Block C, Sydney. Plan.
Cape Breton number: 1851 Microfilm: 15795 1818 Bown, William, Jr. Petition to Swayne, 1814: Petitioner asks a lot in Sydney, fronting on Dorchester Street. Petition to Ainslie, 1818: Petitioner has built a wharf and store on a lot adjoining Mr. Stout's and has built a swelling house fronting on Dorchester Street. He asks a grant of these lots. Report of Crawley to Leonard, 1815, confirmed, 1818: Lot fronting on Dorchester Street. Plan.
Cape Breton number: 2300 Microfilm: 15796 1820 Bown, George W. Petition to Ainslie, Nov. 1819: Petitioner is executor of the late William Bown, Jr. and representative of his mother, brothers and sisters. He asks a title to a lot in the N.W. Arm of Sydney River which his father held in possession for twenty years. The lot is north of land granted to Jacob Beyers. Report of Crawley to Crowdy: Lot 4 on the north side of the N.W. Arm of Sydney River, 105 acres. Plan. Petition to Ainslie, June, 1820: The late William Bown, Jr. in July, 1818, purchased from the estate of the late James Keegan for 70, lot 10 n the Town of Sydney with the house thereon, which report of Crawley to Crowdy: Water lot No. .............. Plan.
William Campbell
Cape Breton number: 27 Microfilm: 15788 1802 Campbell, William (Hon.) Two reports from Surveyor Storey to McKinnon: On October 7, lots 7-12 Block C, fronting on the Esplande in the Town of Sydney. On November 4, 1250 acres on the Portage from the lake above Ingonville to the Lake Bras d'Or. Two plans.
Alexander Cantley [Alexander Kentley]
Cape Breton number: 6 Microfilm: 15788 1792 Kentley, Alexander Plan signed by William Cox: 225 acres, lot 9 on the south-west branch of Sydney river. A plan for lot 13 South Charlotte Street is inset.
George Germaine Cossit
Cape Breton number: 797 Microfilm: 15791 1812 Cossit, George Germaine Petition to Nepean: Petitioner has lived in Cape Breton 21 years. He asks three two-acre lots in the rear of Great George Street. Report of Crawley to Clarke: Lots 28, 29, & 30, in Sydney in the rear of Great George Street. Three plans.
Ranna Cossit
Cape Breton number: 469 Microfilm: 15790 1809 Cossit, Ranna Report of Crawley to McKinnon: South Block F, and three two-acre lots in the Town of Sydney. Four plans.
A. C. Dodd
Cape Breton number: 3 Microfilm: 15788 1790 Dodd, Archibald Charles Report of Deputy Surveyor Patrick Rooney Nugent to Secretary Thomas Crawley: a lot of land in the rear of the Town of Sydney and waterlots 8 and 9, Block M.
Cape Breton number: 134 Microfilm: 15788 1804 Dodd, Arcibald Charles (Hon.) Report of Crawley to Plant: 1000 acres on the north shore of Salmon River at Miree; lot 13 in the rear of the town of Sydney, between Pitt Street and Maloney's Creek; also town lots 8, 9, 17, 18, Block M on the Esplanade. Campbell authorizes letters patent. Two plans.
Philip Dumaresq
Cape Breton number: 35 Microfilm: 15788 1802 Dumaresq, Philip Report of Storey to McKinnon: Lots 17 & 18 Block N in the town of Sydney; also a two acre lot in the rear of the town. Plan.
Cape Breton number: 135 Microfilm: 15788 1804 Dumaresq, Philip Report of Crawley to Plant: 1000 acres on the north shore of the Miré River; also a space adjoining lots 7 & 8, Block N, Sydney; also water lots 6 & 7 adjoining Block N. Plan.
Cape Breton number: 476 Microfilm: 15790 1809 Dumaresque, Philip Report of Crawley to McKinnon: All the vacant lots in Block N in the Town of Sydney, lots 9-16. Two plans.
Cape Breton number: 2282 Microfilm: 15796 1819 Thurn, Frederick Im. Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner, a captain in the army, has lived the past two years in Cape Breton and has held several civil offices under government. He asks a town lot in Sydney, bounded by Dorchester, George Pitt, and South Charlotte Streets. Report of Crawley to Crowdy: Six acres in the Town of Sydney. Plan. A second petition shows that the lot was purchased from Mr. Dumaresq, and contains a house and barn.
Simon Ennis
Cape Breton number: 293 Microfilm: 15789 1807 Ennis, Simon Surveyor's report of land on River Miré and vacant lots at northern end of Block N in the Town of Sydney. Plans.
Richard Gibbons
Cape Breton number: 36 Microfilm: 15788 1802 Gibbons, Richard Report of Storey to McKinnon: 1000 acres on the north shore of the River Mira. Campbell states that the lot petitioned for is part of the Miray Grant, lately escheated, and the town lots petitioned for in the town of Sydney. He authorizes letters patent.
Cape Breton number: 137 Microfilm: 15788 1804 Gibbons, Richard Petition to Despard: Petitioner, son of the late Chief Justice Gibbons, was one of the proprietors of the Miree Grant, which has been escheated. He asks 1000 acres adjoining the land of William Despard. Note: complied with, and town lots included.
Cape Breton number: 480 Microfilm: 15790 1809 Gibbons, Richard, (Hon.) Report of Crawley to Nepean: 4500 acres of land on the St. Peter's Road, above the second forks of the south-west branch of Sydney River; also a lot between lands granted to John Storey and William Brown; also one town lot in Sydney, No. 31, Block E. Two plans.
Cape Breton number: 2352 Microfilm: 15797 1820 Gibbons, Richard Petition to Stewart: Petitioner receives a lease of water block X, Town of Sydney, during the administration of Gen. Nepean. He tells of the manner in which original leases were transferred to a public reservation, and this reservation parceled out to individuals to the detriment of the original settlers. He asks that his title be secured. The first petition of June was deferred until the arrival of Sir James Kempt. A second petition of August was granted. Report of Crawley to Crowdy: Block X, south end of the Town of Sydney, one and one half acres. Plan.
George Hall
Cape Breton number: 81 Microfilm: 15788 1803 Hall, George Report of Storey to McKinnon: Two 2 acre lots in the Town of Sydney, bounded by Ferry, Dolbin, and Matthews Streets; also a water lot in front of his dwelling house in lot 5, Block A. Letters patent are authorized by Campbell. Plan.
James Keegan
Cape Breton number: 1325 Microfilm: 15793 1816 Keegan, James Petition to Fitzherbert: Petitioner, age 25, single, a native of Cape Breton, asks a water lot adjoining his forge at Sydney. Note: complied with.
Cape Breton number: 2078 Microfilm: 15796 1819 Bown, Elizabeth Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner asks for a grant of a water lot in Sydney which her late husband purchased from the estate of the late James Kegan. Note: deferred.
.... Petition to Ainslie, June, 1820: The late William Bown, Jr. in July, 1818, purchased from the estate of the late James Keegan for 70, lot 10 n the Town of Sydney with the house thereon, which report of Crawley to Crowdy: Water lot No. .............. Plan.
Thomas LeCras
Cape Breton number: 89 Microfilm: 15788 1803 LeCras, Thomas Report of Crawley to Plant: Three farm lots town of Sydney extending from South Charlotte Street to the southern branch of the Spanish River, and from Wentworth Street to Falmouth Street; also town lot 20, block M, letters patent authorized by Crawley. Plan.
Charles Leonard
Cape Breton number: 1172 Microfilm: 15792 1815 Leonard, Charles Petition to Swayne: Petitioner has lived in Cape Breton the past three years. He asks a lot between Dorchester Street and North Charlotte Street. Report of Crawley to Leonard: a lot in the Town of Sydney. Plan.
Cape Breton number: 2168 Microfilm: 15796 1819 Leonard, Charles Edward Petition to Fitzherbert, 1816: Petitioner has lived six years in Cape Breton and has drawn one town lot. He asks one of the lots under Government House Hill. Report of Crawley to Crowdy: Lot 8, five acres, Hard Wood Hill, to be called "Morvaren". Petition to Ainslie states that he was born in New Brunswick.
1820 Leonard, Charles Edward Petition to Stewart: Petitioner, a native of New Brunswick, has been ten years in Cape Breton, surveyor and Searcher of the Customs. He has received two small lots in Sydney, and now asks 500 acres on Lake Ainslie. Report of Crawley to Crowdy: 500 acres on the west side of the south end of Lake Ainslie. Plan.
Francis Owens
Cape Breton number: 2 Microfilm: 15788 1787 Owens, Francis Letters patent from Lt. Gov. DesBarres: Town lot 28, Block F. in the town of Sydney between Wentworth Street and South Charlotte Street.
Mary Perry
Cape Breton number: 631 Microfilm: 15790 1810 Perry, Mary (Miss) Reeport of Crawley to McKinnon: All the vacant lots in North Block I, running from South Charlotte Street to Bentinck Street, and from Wentworth to Falmouth Streets. Two copies of this report, and two plans. One plan shows a corner of the block allotted to George Gaudin, the other shows the whole block to Mary Perry.
William Plant
Cape Breton number: 51 Microfilm: 15788 1802 Plant, William, James & Samuel Report of Storey to McKinnon: A lot in the rear of the town of Sydney, Block Q, bounded by Wentworth, Great George, Falmouth and Bentink Streets. Two plans.
Cape Breton number: 110 Microfilm: 15788 1803 Plant, William Report of Storey to McKinnon: 88 acres in lot 5, on the south-west branch of the Sydney River; and town lot No. 4, Block C, in the town of Sydney. Both lots were formerly granted to Thomas Ashfield and escheated. Letters patent authorized by Campbell. Plan.
Cape Breton number: 2053 Microfilm: 15796 1818 Varner, Benjamin Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner was born in Brambard, Holland, and enlisted in Portsmouth in 1813. He purchased a house in Blemmingtown, southern block Q, formerly belonging to Thomas Davis, adjoining the block granted to William Plant, Jr. & Brothers. He asks a grant. Report of Crawley to Crowdy: South Block Q, in the form of Sydney. Plan.
Andrew Sellon
Cape Breton number: 268 Microfilm: 15789 1806 Sellon, Andrew Petition to Despard: Petitioner came to Cape Breton two years before. He asks lot 28 on the east shore of Sydney River, and the two-acre lot, No. 18, in the rear of the Town of Sydney. Note: "May have the two-acre lot and liberty to prosecute an escheat."
1820 Sellon, Andrew Petition to Stewart: Petitioner, a native of Nova Scotia, is a widower with seven children. He had lived sixteen years in Cape Breton. He asks lot 6 in the rear of the Town of Sydney. Report of Crawley to Crowdy: a lot fronting on Dorchester Street. Plan
Cape Breton number: 2791 Microfilm: 15798 1821 Sellon, Andrew Petition to Swayne, 1815. Petitioner, age 35, was born in Halifax, has lived eleven years in Cape Breton, has a wife and seven children. His house was found to be on government land and was removed to build fortifications. Petitioner bought the house from Mr. Dodd, who in turn bought it of Capt. Cox. Warrant to Crawley: the two - acres lot, No. 4, in the rear of the Town of Sydney which he now holds under licence of occupation; also the two - acre lot No. 6 near the former, for which he received a warrant from the late government of Cape Breton. 1821.
John Lewis Stout
Cape Breton number: 115 Microfilm: 15788 1803 Stout, John Lewis Report of Crawley to Plant: 260 acres of land on the north-west shore of the south-west Arm of the Spanish River; also two town lots, in Block M, fronting on North Charlotte Street. Letters patent authorized by Campbell. Plan.
Cape Breton number: 351 Microfilm: 15789 1808 Bown, William, Jr. Petition to Nepean: Petitioner requests a grant of the point of beach north of Mr. Stout's Wharf. He wishes to build a wharf and store, and to erect flakes for the purpose of drying cod. Note: reserved for government.
David Tait
Cape Breton number: 770 Microfilm: 15791 1811 Taitt, David Petition to Nepean: Petitioner received from Mrs. Ann Peters and her son, Henry Moore Peters, a bill of sale for land and dwelling on the south side of the Miré River, in satisfaction of a debt. He received possession in 1800. He asks a title to this land and to block 2 in the Town of Sydney (1803). Report of Crawley to Clarke: To the Hon. David Taitt, 200 feet square in Block K, Sydney. Plan.
OLD GOVERMENT HOUSE AND GARDENS
NOW COURT HOUSE AND JAIL
Cape Breton number: 2536 Microfilm: 15797 1820 Potts, Edward Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner, a schoolmaster, understands that it is the governor's intention to give the government field to the Public Schoolmaster, asks that a part may pass to him. Report to Crawley to Crowdy: Government Field in Sydney, the site of the old government house and gardens, 5 acres, reserving the space occupied b the Court House and yard, and part of the market house and pound. Plan.
Cape Breton number: 3295 Microfilm: 15800 1831 Crawley, Henry William Two petitions to Maitland: Petitioner is a native of England, age 36, is married and has three children. He is a resident of Sydney where he owns a town lot by purchase. He received fro the crown a forest lot, but no town lot. He asks: 1s.t. the escheat of the school field, and a part thereof; 2nd. two water lots in front of his residence. Note: the School Field is the site of the old Government House and Gardens, granted to Edward Potts or to trustees for a school.
STREET NAMES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF AN APPROXIMATE DATE FOR THE SYDNEY PLAN
Bentick Street: William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC, FRS (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809) ... Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom (1807–1809). ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish-Bentinck,_3rd_Duke_of_Portland
Lemon Street: 1804 [See John Battersby]
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