Upper Canada Land Petition Indexes
The following database has been constructed from the Upper Canada (Ontario) land petitions. Each record in my index consists of the name of the petitioner (maiden names or additional petitioners may be in brackets), the location of the petitioner, and year of the petition.
The COMPLETE land petition record contains in most cases the land petition and supporting documents that may include valuable information about the petitioner and his or her family. Loyalists and discharged soldiers often mentioned the regiment in which they served. Sons and daughters of Loyalists gave their father's name. Civilian petitioners sometimes indicated their country or place of origin. Further information that can be found in some of the petitions includes arrival date in Canada, previous residence, date and place of birth, age, marital status and names of other family members, oaths of allegiance, and character references. I have also seen the odd will included in these records.
Click here to view a document from a typical land petition record
Click here to view a document from a typical land petition record
Click here to view a document from a typical land petition record
Click here to view a document from a typical land petition record
Most of the records are in fairly good condition considering their age, although there are some documents that are virtually illegible. Some documents are extremely lengthy, but most petitions are less than 5 pages.
I do have specific locations (ie. township) within the general County or District locations recorded in the following index. For more information on sources for obtaining land petitions e-mail database enquiries to:
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NAME ... LOCATION ... YEAR
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UDDLE JOHN .. NEWARK .. 1795
UDLE JOHN .. NEWARK .. 1796
ULEMAN FRANCIS .. DUNDAS .. 1807
ULEMAN JOHN .. STORMONT .. 1810
ULEMAN PHILIP .. DUNDAS .. 1834
ULEMAN PHILIP .. ST.ANDREW'S VILLAGE .. 1829
ULLMAN HENRY .. STORMONT .. 1835
ULMAN (FROATS) CATHERINE .. DUNDAS .. 1834
ULMAN AGNES .. PRESCOTT .. 1836
ULMAN CHRISTY .. DUNDAS .. 1835
ULMAN JOHN .. NEWARK .. 1795
ULMAN MARY M .. ARGENTEUIL .. 1836
ULWCH ANDREW .. LAKE ERIE .. 1793
UMPHERSTON JAMES .. LANARK .. 1830
UMPHERSTONE WILLIAM .. LANARK .. 1840
UMPHESTON WILLIAM .. LANARK .. 1839
UMPHREY (BLACK) ESTHER) .. GRENVILLE .. 1829
UMPHREY (CROSS) ANN .. YORK .. 1797
UMPHREY SAMUEL .. GRENVILLE .. 1810
UMPHREY WILLIAM .. GRENVILLE .. 1839
UMPHRY MARGARET .. GRENVILLE .. 1805
UMSTEAD ISRAEL .. GRENVILLE .. 1793
UNCLES RICHARD .. YORK .. 1831
UNDERHILL (THATCHER) NANCY .. WENTWORTH .. 1832
UNDERHILL DAVID .. WENTWORTH .. 1819
UNDERHILL JAMES .. BRANT .. 1838
UNDERHILL JOEL .. WENTWORTH .. 1819
UNDERHILL STEPHEN .. ELGIN .. 1825
UNDERSTON JAMES .. ESSEX .. 1797
UNDERWOOD DUTE .. YORK .. 1800
UNDERWOOD PELEG .. YORK .. 1801
UNDERWOOD PELEG (SAMUEL FRASER) .. HALTON .. 1806
UNDERWOOD WILLIAM .. MIDDLESEX .. 1824
UNDERWOOD WILLIAM .. OXFORD .. 1816
UNGER JOHN .. YORK .. 1843
UNGER PHILIP .. ADDINGTON .. 1849
UNSWORTH ABRAHAM .. ESSEX .. 1828
UNSWORTH ABRAHAM .. ESSEX .. 1831
UNSWORTH ABRAHAM .. KENT .. 1840
UPCOTT JOHN R .. ESSEX .. 1847
UPFOLD JOHN .. LINCOLN .. 1819
UPPER (COCKEL) ELIZABETH .. WELLAND .. 1838
UPPER (SPORBECK) ELIZABETH .. LINCOLN .. 1819
UPPTON WILLIAM .. NORTHUMBERLAND .. 1847
UPTERGROVE JAMES .. YORK .. 1825
UPTIGROVE (SCRAM) JANE .. MIDDLESEX .. 1833
URCHART RODERICK .. GLENGARRY .. 1796
URE ANDREW .. TORONTO .. 1839
URE JAMES .. YORK .. 1830
UREN JOHN .. YORK .. 1820
UREN WILLIAM .. YORK .. 1820
URQUHART (MCGRIGOR) MARY .. GLENGARRY .. 1811
URQUHART (MCINTYRE) MARGARET .. GLENGARRY .. 1820
URQUHART ALEXIS .. KENT .. 1830
URQUHART ALEXIS .. KENT .. 1836
URQUHART DAVID .. KENT .. 1848
URQUHART DONALD .. LINCOLN .. 1819
URQUHART ISABELLA .. GLENGARRY .. 1809
URQUHART JAMES .. GLENGARRY .. 1816
URQUHART JAMES .. THAMES RIVER .. 1797
URQUHART JAMES .. TORONTO .. 1849
URQUHART JOHN .. GLENGARRY .. 1811
URQUHART KENNETH .. GLENGARRY .. 1807
URQUHART ROBERT .. LANARK .. 1830
URQUHART WILLIAM .. GLENGARRY .. 1806
USHER CHARLES .. ESSEX .. 1807
USHER WILLIAM .. NORFOLK .. 1836
UTMAN (CROWDER) HANNAH .. DUNDAS .. 1811
UTTER DAVID .. WENTWORTH .. 1806
UTTER DAVID .. WENTWORTH .. 1819
UTTER DAVID P .. LINCOLN .. 1795
UTTER HENRY .. WENTWORTH .. 1819
UTTER JOHN .. WENTWORTH .. 1819
UTTER JOHN JR. .. WENTWORTH .. 1806
UTTMAN ISAAC .. DUNDAS .. 1834
UTTO (RUPORT) BARBARA .. CARLETON .. 1839
UTTO (RUPORT) BARBRY .. STORMONT .. 1833
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