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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ZAVITZ (GARDNER) MARY ... ELGIN ... 1839
ZAVITZ (POUND) ELIZABETH ... WELLAND ... 1818
ZAVITZ HENRY ... WELLAND ... 1818
ZEALAND EDWARD ... FRONTENAC ... 1819
ZEALAND EDWARD ... HALTON ... 1822
ZEALAND EDWARD ... HALTON ... 1823
ZEALAND EDWARD ... HALTON ... 1823
ZEARMAN HENRY ... ADDINGTON ... 1807
ZEARMAN HENRY ... ADDINGTON ... 1811
ZEE NICHOLAS ... DUNDAS ... 1810
ZEIME WILLIAM ... YORK ... 1826
ZERON (EMPEY) ELIZABETH ... STORMONT ... 1810
ZEVITZ CHRISTIAN ... WELLAND ... 1811
ZINK PETER A ... NORFOLK ... 1857
ZOUCH T.H. ... BEAUPORT ... 1845
ZUFELT ADAM ... PRINCE EDWARD ... 1817
ZUFELT ALPHEUS ... NORTHUMBERLAND ... 1834
ZUFELT DANIEL ... NORTHUMBERLAND ... 1834
ZUFELT GEORGE ... NORTHUMBERLAND ... 1834
ZUFELT HENRY ... PRINCE EDWARD ... 1807
ZUFELT HENRY ... PRINCE EDWARD ... 1844
ZWICK PHILIP ... HASTINGS ... 1816
ZWICK PHILIP ... HASTINGS ... 1817
ZWICK PHILIP ... HASTINGS ... 1830
ZWICK WILLIAM ... HASTINGS ... 1816
ZWICKY BALTAZAR ... YORK ... 1829
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