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18TH-CENTURY CAPE BRETON ISLAND
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TRANSCRIBED DOCUMENTS
APPENDIX TO THE TRANSCRIBED DOCUMENTS
CHRONOLOGY OF PROPERTIES GRANTED,
BOUGHT AND SOLD MENTIONED IN THE
TRANSCRIBED DOCUMENTS
(I) NOVA SCOTIA
(1) HALIFAX
North Suburbs
After 1749:
(1)
Halifax was divided into five divisions or wards,
called Callendar's [Alexander Calendar?], Galland's, Ewer's, Collier's and Foreman's divisions, after
the names of the persons who were appointed captains of Militia
(2) Each ward was large enough to supply one company
(3) Salter Street was the south limit; and Buckingham, the
north.
SEE: 1945, February 5 -"The First Settlers of Halifax"
By 1760:
Halifax consisted of three towns:
(1) The downtown area which had been set up
in 1749
(2) "Irish Town" to the south [South Suburbs]
(3) "Dutch Town" to
the north [North Suburbs]
Sources: Thomas B. Atkins, History of Halifax City
(A) PROPERTY
UNDATED
NOTE: If the Water Lot is # 29, then the Land Lot behind would be Block Letter A, Lot No. 12
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTION |
29 Front, Water Lot, 46 feet, Dutch Town |
Not Dated |
Allotted by license: To Samuel Sparrow |
Please
click on the above image
of the plan to enlarge it
Note: To understand where water lot # 29 stood of the 44 numbered water lots:
#1 was Joshua
Mauger [The Mauger Wharf stood at the foot of Jacob Street
which would be later affected by the Scotia Square Development. Foreman's
Division was eventually added as far as Jacob Street]
# 27 was Barnards Dock [Mathew Barnard?]
# 30 was the Street Bridge
# 43 was Brymer [Alexander Brymer]
Next after #44 was Jos. Gray,
and then finally, the Dock Yard
1878
City Atlas of Halifax, Nova Scotia. From Actual Surveys
and Records by and under the supervision of H.W. Hopkins, civil engineer.
Provincial Survey and Pub. Co. G. B. Vandervoort Manager.
https://novascotia.ca/archives/maps/plate.asp?ID=2
(B) PROPERTY
OCCUPIED C. 1782 OR EARLIER - MARCH 5, 1782
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Store |
1782 or Earlier |
Sparrow Formerly Occupied the Store Operated by Louis Poesche on June 18, 1782. |
(C) PROPERTY
OWNED MARCH 5, 1782 - ?
HOLLIS STREET
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Letter C, Ground No 4, Foreman's Old Division, Halifax [Foreman's Division, Block Letter C, Lot No. 4 ] |
N/A |
Sold: Moses Delesdernier to Andrew Cuenod |
Bought two Adjoining Houses, of which one presently occupied by Sparrow |
March 5, 1782 |
Sold: Andrew Cuenod to Samuel Sparrow |
Foreman's Old Division, Halifax: [Foreman's Division,
Block Letter C, Lot No. 4 ] |
May 6, 1782 [Registered: May 21, 1782] |
Sold: Andrew Cuenod to Samuel Sparrow for £450, without Sparrow's Signature |
Note: In 1777, James Brown bought a property described as follows:
"for the consideration of four
hundred pounds the grantors [Richard John Uniacke] transfer to Mr. Brown the lot
and house in Hollis Street, Letter C, Number 4, in Foreman's Division ..."
Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, Volume 9, (1895) p. 82.
SEE: 1945, February 5 -"The First Settlers of Halifax"
(D) PROPERTY
OWNED JANUARY 23, 1783 - c. 1798-1799
NOTE: If Block Letter A, Lot No. 12 is the Land Lot, then its Water Lot in Front is # 29
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
[North Suburbs], Letter A, No 12, in the Water lots, 56 feet in front, x 256 feet in depth |
April 15, 1779 |
Sale power of attorney Samuel Sparrow for William Randall, without Sparrow's Signature |
Letter A, No 12, 56 feet on Water Street leading to the Careening Yard x 256 feet of depth, with the House known as the Red Hospital |
May 16, 1780 [Registered: January 22, 1783] |
Sold: Samuel Sparrow for William Randall to William Slater for £100, with Sparrow's Signature |
(1) 1/2 of of Ground Lott described as Letter A,
No 12, 50 feet fronting easterly along Water Street with the
house known as the Red Hospital; |
January 20, 1783 [Registered: January 25, 1783] |
Sold: William and Lydia Slater to Samuel Sparrow for £320, without Sparrow's Signature |
Large and Substantial Store and Wharf, opposite to Mr. HATTONS about Fifty one feet long, and Thirty three feet wide, which at a small expence may be converted into a DWELLING HOUSE, AND TWO CAPACIOUS STORES, it being in its present undivided state capable of Housing a large Ships cargo |
October 30, 1798 |
To Be Sold |
SEE: 1784 Halifax Lots - North Suburbs - Letter 8, Number 12 (Samuel Sparrow)
(E) PROPERTY
HOLLIS STREET
OWNED PRE-SEPTEMBER 6, 1783 TO POST 1784
IS THIS: Hollis Street, Letter C, Number 4, in Foreman's Division?
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
House |
September 6, 1783 |
Rundel is occupying Sparrows house |
Store, Hollis Street |
1784 |
Sparrow Lately Occupied the Store Operated by John Rundle on January 20, 1784 |
Sparrow House |
April 15, 1784 |
Of Large Value |
(II) CAPE BRETON ISLAND
(1) SYDNEY
(A) PROPERTY
BLOCK C, NORTH CHARLOTTE STREET
OWNED JUNE, 1785 - POST SEPTEMBER 27, 1787
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
4 Town Lots, Block C |
June, 1785 |
Assigned: to W. John Wilkinson (Agent for Samuel Sparrow) |
4 Town Lots, Block C |
July 16, 1787 |
Executive Council Proposed Land Grant: To Samuel Sparrow |
Block C, North Charlotte Street , south of John Rundle's property |
September 27, 1787 |
|
(B) PROPERTY
BLOCK C, LOT 6, NORTH CHARLOTTE STREET
OWNED SEPTEMBER 27, 1787 - POST AUGUST 8, 1818
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Block C, Lot 6 |
[1784-1787]. |
Crown Land Grant to J. Rundel [Rundle] |
Book A, Page 244, Charlotte Street |
1787 |
Registered Land Transaction: John Rundle to Samuel Sparrow |
Block C, Lot 6, North Charlotte Street, 40 feet on North Charlotte (Doctor Aubrey to the north, Samuel Sparrow to the south) x 100 feet deep, with a dwelling house |
September 27, 1787 |
J. Rundel sold the property to Samuel Sparrow for £412, with Sparrow's Signature |
Block C, Lot 6, which Sparrow had cleared, fenced and built upon, and held by the tenant J. Rundel since c. 1800 |
1815, March 6 |
John Edwards Acres Petition, on Behalf of Samuel Sparrow, to Take up this Property |
.... |
June 12, 1815 |
Certificate of Registry: Sarah Acres formerly Sarah Sparrow, deceased to John Edward Acres |
Book D, Page 308 |
1817 |
Probate Court: Samuel Sparrow to John Acres |
..... |
August 19, 1817 |
Probate Court: Samuel Sparrow to John E. Acres |
Block C, Lot 6 |
1818, August 8 |
. |
(C) PROPERTY
BLOCK C, LOT 7?, NORTH CHARLOTTE STREET
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Block C, Lot 7?, North Charlotte Street: Samuel Sparrow to the south of Block C, Lot 6 |
Earlier than September 27, 1787 |
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(D) PROPERTY
BLOCK K, LOT 6, SOUTH CHARLOTTE STREET, [BLADEIN?]\
OWNED SEPTEMBER 26, 1787 - ?
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Block K, Lot 6, [Bladein?], 40 Feet along South Charlotte Street x 100 feet, with a dwelling |
June 24, 1786 |
Thomas Garsoiss? to John Smith |
Block K,
Lot 6, [Bladein?], South Charlotte Street , 40 Feet along South
Charlotte Street x 100 feet, with a dwelling |
September 26, 1787 [Registered September 26, 1787] |
Sold: John Smith to Samuel Sparrow along with two other properties that together totalled £516 13 shillings, with Sparrow's Signature |
(E) PROPERTY
BLOCK
A, LOT
27, CORNER OF NORTH CHARLOTTE STREET AND AMELIA STREET
(54 Charlotte Street)
OWNED PRE-SEPTEMBER 24, 1787 - SEPTEMBER 25, 1787
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Block A, Lot 27, 40 feet along Charlotte Street, 100 feet of depth |
June 2, 1786 |
Crown Land Grant to Henry Archer |
Building |
Plan of July 20, 1786 |
. |
Lot Number 27, corner of North Charlotte Street and Amelia Street (Dwelling only a possibility) |
September 24, 1787 |
Sold: Samuel Sparrow to Colin Fraser for 5 shillings, with Sparrow's Signature |
Lot Number 27, corner of North Charlotte Street and Amelia Street (Dwelling only a possibility) |
September 25, 1787 |
Sold: Samuel Sparrow to Colin Fraser for £60, with Sparrow's Signature |
(F) PROPERTY
BLOCK A, LOT 8, ESPLANADE
OWNED SEPTEMBER 26, 1787 - ?
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
. |
[May] 17, 1786 |
Crown Land Grant: John Smith |
Block A, Lot 8, Esplanade, 40 feet along the Street x 100 feet |
September 26, 1787 |
Sold: John Smith to Samuel Sparrow along with two other properties that together totalled £516 13 shillings, with Sparrow's Signature |
(2) SYDNEY RIVER
(A) PROPERTY
SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH WEST BRANCH OF SYDNEY RIVER
OWNED NOVEMBER 1786 - DECEMBER 1, 1798
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Lots 10, 11, 12 |
1786, November 29 |
Registered Land Transaction: Crown Land Grant to Samuel Sparrow - Crown Land Grant |
. |
1798, December 1 |
Transfer of Indenture of Mortgage, Sparrow to John Wilson, with Sparrow's Signature |
Lots 10, 11, 12, , South side of the south west branch of Sydney River, beginning at a Ver Tree, Three Chains distant from the Western line when produced of of [sic] Lots number Seven eight and Nine thence to Run by the Magnet South Thirty one degrees East fifty seven Chains more or less / of four rods each / until it meets the Road leading to Peters Bay thence along the said Road South Fifty Nine Degrees, West - Twenty one Chains Thence North Thirty one Degrees West Seventy Seven Chains more or less to the South West Branch aforesaid thence by the several courses of said Branch down Stream to the Boundary first mentioned containing in the Whole by Estimation one Hundred and Forty five Acre |
1798, December 1 |
Property Deed, Sparrow to John Wilson, with Sparrow's Signature |
Book B, Page 252 |
1799 |
Registered Land Transaction: Assignment of Mortgage, Sparrow to John Wilson |
Book B, Page 254 |
1799 |
Registered Land Transaction: Assignment of Mortgage, Sparrow to John Wilson |
(B) PROPERTY
SOUTH [WEST OR EAST?] BRANCH OF SYDNEY RIVER
OWNED NOVEMBER 1786 - DECEMBER 1, 1798
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
. |
August 21, 1786 |
Crown Land Grant: To John Smith |
[forty?] 7. or 49, 86 1/2 long,
South Branch of Sydney River |
September 26, 1787 |
Sold: John Smith to Samuel Sparrow along with two other properties that together totalled £516 13 shillings, with Sparrow's Signature |
Book A, Page 246 |
1799 |
Registered Land Transaction: John Smith to Samuel Sparrow |
(3) MIRA
(A) PROPERTY
OWNED 1787 - ?
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Book A, Page 206 |
1787 |
Registered Land Transaction: Crown Land Grant to Samuel Sparrow |
(4) TO BE DETERMINED IF A SPARROW PROPERTY
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Book D, Page 306, Cape Breton |
1817 |
John Smith to John Acres |
(5) NEAR THE TOWN OF SYDNEY
(A) PROPERTY
LOT 31
NOT A SPARROW PROPERTY
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Lot 31, 2 acres |
1815, March 6 |
John Edward Acres requests a Land Grant since Block C, Lot 6, North Charlotte Street, Sydney, lacked sufficient ground to meet his needs |
Lot 31, 2 acres |
1817 |
Grant of Warrant to Survey: John Acres |
Lot 31, 2 acres |
1817, September 26 |
Order given for it to be laid out near the Town of Sydney, with a plot or description rendered in 6 months |
(B) PROPERTY
LOT 32
NOT A SPARROW PROPERTY
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION |
YEAR |
TRANSACTIONS |
Lot 32, 2 acres |
1815, March 6 |
John Edward Acres requests a Land Grant, since Block C, Lot 6, North Charlotte Street, Sydney, lacked sufficient ground to meet his needs |
Lot 32, 2 acres |
1817 |
Grant of Warrant to Survey: John Acres |
Lot 32, 2 acres |
1817, September 26 |
Order given for it to be laid out near the Town of Sydney, with a plot or description rendered in 6 months |
SOME COMMENTS
GIBBON, C.B.
NOTE: This entry is rather confusing for me. The maps I have checked out put Gibbon on one side (west side) of Sydney River, yet the two named for grants are on the opposite side (east side) of the river. Maybe someone could clarify this for me. Place Names have Alexander Haire (C.B. I-184), Samuel Sparrow (C.B. 40). The Hon. R.Gibbons (C.B. 494) also lived on the east side of the Sydney River as Haire and Sparrow and they are listed in the Sydney River area according to grant map. To me it appears that John Lewis Stout (C.B.330) and Alexander Cantley (C.B.293) are located where Gibbon is marked on my map.
For help Gibbon is located: -at 46°06'27"N, 60°14'09"W in the Marconi Drive region of the Cape Breton Island, Cape Breton county.
Surrounding Communities include:
Coxheath (Rural 0.97 kms)
Sydney River (Rural 1.19 kms)
Prime Brook (Rural 2.95 kms)
Jefferson (Rural 3.72 kms)
Westmount (Rural 4.13 kms)
Hardwood Hill (Subdivision 4.19 kms)
Sydney (Cities 4.47 kms)
Howie Centre (Rural 4.56 kms)
Dutch Brook (Rural 5.50 kms)This is the entry for Gibbon in Place-Names:
GIBBON, Cape Breton County, p. 231 It is on the railway spur between Sydney and the Point Edward Naval Base near the point where the line crosses the Sydney River. It was named after the Gibbons Family, several members of which lived here in the late 19th century. A station was established here in the early 1940's when the railway spur was built. Settlement probably began here in the late 1780's, and land was granted in 1786 to Alexander Haire and Samuel Sparrow.
Farming is the basic industry.
.... Happy hunting Juanita MacDonald
From: joseph macdonald
Subject: [NS-CB-L] CAPE BRETON PLACE NAMES Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 02:08:24 -0400 - http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/NS-CAPE-BRETON/2003-01/1043734027 -
Source: C. Bruce Fergusson, ed., Place Names and Places of Nova Scotia (Halifax, 1967), pp. 231-232. See also: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/places/GIBBON
This community is located on the south side of the Sydney River .... Much of the land was granted to Loyalists. Some of the grantees were Samuel Sparrow on 1786; William Brown and John Storey in 1786 ...
Source: C. Bruce Fergusson, ed., Place Names and Places of Nova Scotia (Halifax, 1967), pp. 662-663. See also: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/places/