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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QUACKENBUSH PETER ... DURHAM ... 1799
QUACKENBUSH PETER ... NORTHUMBERLAND ... 1797
QUADE CHRISTOPHER ... YORK ... 1825
QUAGHAN JOHN ... CRANBOURNE ... 1845
QUAIFE EDWARD ... YORK ... 1833
QUAIL THOMAS ... YORK ... 1832
QUAILS ROBERT ... SIMCOE ... 1838
QUANT HENRY ... KENT ... 1820
QUANT JACOB ... KENT ... 1799
QUANT JACOB ... KENT ... 1800
QUANT JACOB ... THAMES RIVER ... 1797
QUANTZ FREDERICK ... YORK ... 1819
QUANTZ GEORGE ... YORK ... 1819
QUARTEER JOSEPH S. ... SIMCOE ... 1844
QUEEN JAMES ... GRENVILLE ... 1838
QUESSEI JEAN ... ... 1795
QUICK (MONGER) SUSAN ... ESSEX ... 1821
QUICK (MONGER) SUSAN ... ESSEX ... 1835
QUICK (STEVENS) FRANNY ... ... 1797
QUICK CORNELIUS ... ESSEX ... 1804
QUICK CORNELIUS ... TALBOT ROAD ... 1824
QUICK CORNELIUS ... TALBOT ROAD WEST ... 1847
QUICK DAVID ... ESSEX ... 1805
QUICK DAVID ... KENT ... 1848
QUICK JOHN ... DETROIT RIVER ... 1797
QUICK JOHN ... ESSEX ... 1799
QUICK JOHN ... ESSEX ... 1802
QUICK JOHN ... ESSEX ... 1804
QUICK JOHN ... ESSEX ... 1833
QUICK JOSEPH ... ESSEX ... 1804
QUICK SOLOMON ... TALBOT ROAD ... 1817
QUIG JOHN ... LANARK ... 1831
QUIGLEY CHARLES ... SIMCOE ... 1848
QUIGLEY JAMES ... PEEL ... 1855
QUIGLEY OWEN ... GLENGARRY ... 1851
QUIGLEY OWEN ... GLENGARRY ... 1854
QUIGLY BRYAN ... ONTARIO ... 1840
QUIGLY CHARLES ... YORK ... 1819
QUIGLY JOHN ... GLENGARRY ... 1828
QUIGLY OWEN ... GLENGARRY ... 1848
QUIGLY WILLIAM ... YORK ... 1819
QUIN ANN ... VICTORIA ... 1840
QUIN EDWARD ... POINTE LEVI ... 1847
QUIN HUGH ... YORK ... 1831
QUIN JAMES ... GRENVILLE ... 1845
QUIN JAMES ... GRENVILLE ... 1851
QUIN JAMES ... YORK ... 1832
QUIN JOHN ... CARLETON ... 1852
QUIN MICHAEL ... YORK ... 1832
QUIN PATRICK ... CARLETON ... 1836
QUINCY THOMAS ... LINCOLN ... 1801
QUINN (BOICE) ALMIRA ... FRONTENAC ... 1828
QUINN BRIDGET ... YORK ... 1832
QUINN EDWARD ... POINTE LEVI ... 1852
QUINN EDWARD ... POINTE LEVI ... 1853
QUINN FELIX ... ADDINGTON ... 1832
QUINN FRANCIS ... TORONTO ... 1841
QUINN FRANCIS ... TORONTO ... 1842
QUINN FRANCIS ... YORK ... 1832
QUINN FRANCIS ... YORK ... 1832
QUINN JAMES ... FRONTENAC ... 1856
QUINN JAMES ... HASTINGS ... 1834
QUINN JAMES ... SIMCOE ... 1854
QUINN JOHN ... ... 1797
QUINN LAUGHLIN ... YORK ... 1820
QUINN OWEN ... GRENVILLE ... 1843
QUINN OWEN ... LANARK ... 1823
QUINN OWEN ... RENFREW ... 1826
QUINN OWEN ... RENFREW ... 1827
QUINN OWEN ... RENFREW ... 1837
QUINN OWEN ... RENFREW ... 1840
QUINN PATRICK ... GRENVILLE ... 1832
QUINN PATRICK ... YORK ... 1824
QUINN RICHARD ... PETERBOROUGH ... 1852
QUINN ROBERT ... ADDINGTON ... 1833
QUINN ROBERT ... HARRINGTON ... 1847
QUINN WILLIAM H ... QUEBEC ... 1852
QUINN WILLIAM, EDWARD ... ST.MAURICE ... 1855
QUIRK EDWARD ... YORK ... 1819
QUIRK JOHN ... TORONTO ... 1857
QUIRK TIMOTHY ... MIDDLESEX ... 1834
QUIRK TIMOTHY ... MIDDLESEX ... 1835
QUIRK WILLIAM ... BRANT ... 1838
QUIRK WILLIAM ... BRANT ... 1855
QUIRKS QILLIAM ... BRANT ... 1840
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