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LandPetition

To His Excellency Major General SirJohn Haney KCB and KCB Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief ofthe Province of New Brunswick &c &c &c

The Petition of William Gill
of the Parish of
in the County of York

Humbly Sheweth
That he is a British Subject born inNew Brunswick and does not own any Land. That he wishes to obtain bypurchase a tract of Land for immediate settlement containing oneHundred and Thirty acres
Situate as follows Adjoining North ofThomas Cloney on the West Side of the River Magaguadavic
Your Petitioner begs to State that Thesame is part of Land formerly applied for by Reuben BrockwayPetitioner Grand Father who has relinquished his right and interestto said Land Excepting The Two Hundred acres awarded by Government toThomas Cloney. Therefore your Petitioner humbly prays that he maybe allowed to purchase the same at Two Shillings and sixpence peracre and if so allowed he is prepared to and will settle himselfupon, and improve the same forthwith and conforn in all respects withthe regulations for granting of Land
And as in duty bound
Will Ever pray
William Gill
April 1st 1841

[BACK]
Crown Land Office
April 24, 1841
This land is part of a Tract of 330acres which were sold to Reuben Brockway in . Mr. Brockway paid to account of the purchase & sold his right on account thereof& 200 acres to Thomas Cloney who has been allowed to purchase thesaid 200 acres on payment of the balance due on 200 acres over &above the amount formerly paid by Brockway. The land herein appliedfor is vacant therefore & contains no meadow, mill site,Intervale, nor Pine timber. It was also applied for on the same dayby Michael Cloney. See his Petition accompanying.
John S. Saunders


Crown Land Office
July 5 / 41
This Petition was not complied with byCouncil.
A. Mclies?
Draftsman


3536 1518

William Gill
130 acres
(no Parish)
York

Entered, Crown Land Office
[April 1]st 1841
A Mclies?

also applied for by M. Cloney
on the same day

In Council Ap. 26/41
Auction upset price 3/- pr acre
July 5/41 sold to S. Vail
@15/- per acre
A. J.

Receiver General Office
Aprio 1st 1841 20/- Depositpaid
by Geo H. Hart
Thomas C. Lee
Re [ ]

LandPetition

To His Excellency Major General Sir John Harvey K. C. B. and K. C. H., Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick, &c. &c. &c.

The Petition of Michael Cloney of the Parish of in the County of York

Humbly sheweth,
That he is a British subject, born in Ireland and does not own any land; that he wishes to obtain by purchases a tract of Land for immediate settlement, containing one Hundred and Thirty acres, and situate as follows:===
North of Thomas Cloney on the west side of the Magaguadavic River being the vacant part of Land formerly applied for by Reuben Brockway.

The said land is at present in a wilderness state, no improvements having been made thereon. And he requests that he may be allowed to purchase it at Two Shillings and sixpence per acre, payable and if so allowed, he is prepared to, and will settle himself upon, and improve the same forthwith, and conform in all respects with the regulations for granting of land
And as in duty bound will ever pray.
Michael Cloney


For certificate see William Gill's Petition for same land April 24th 1841
John S. Saunders


Crown Land Office
July 5 / 41
This Petition was not complied with by Council
A [In]ches?
Draftsman


3537 1519

Michael Cloney
130 acres
(No Parish)
York
Entered Crown Land office
April 1, 1841
A Inches

also appd for same day by
William Gill


In Council Ap. 26 / 41
[v]ide Wm Gills petn 3536

July 5 / 41 sold to S Vail
@15/- per acre

Deposit Returned to Petitioner
5th July 1841 T C L

Receiver Generals Office
April 1st 1841 20/- Deposit
paid by G. H. Hart
Thomas C. Lee
Rec Genl


£1- Fredericton April 1st 1841
Received from Michael Cloney by G. H. Hart the sum of one pound as Deposit money upon a Petition for 130 acres No Parish York this day lodged in my Office and numbered 1519
Thomas C Lee, Rec'r Gen.


I hereby certify To all to whom it may conce[rn] That several Years ago – I cleared about two acres of land on a lot below upper Trout Brook, so called, near Brockways, bounding South by land occupied by Thomas Cloney's North by a lot owned by Philo Seelye and [ ] the walls of a house thereon and that I subsequently sold the said improvements with my claims thereto to Michael Cloney.
Richard Miller
On this fifteenth day of
May 1841 Richard Miller
above named, made oath
to the above statement
before me C. R. Hatheway J P
Saint Andrews C. County


Schedule 2d June [ ]
To His Excellency Sir William Colebrooke Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick.
&c &c &c

The Petition of Michael Cloney, of the Magaguadavick in the County of York,

Humbly Shewith
That he is a British Subject born in Ireland and does not own any land, and wishes to purchase a tract of land for immediate settlement and Cultivation containing one hundred and thirty acres which he has formerly applied for situate a little below upper Trout Brook a Branch of the Magaguadavick River and bounded South by lands owned by his Brother Thomas Cloney. Petitioner begs leave to State that the lot in question was formerly occupied and improved upon by one Richard Miller whose improvements Petitioner purchased as will appear by the annexed certificate, and Petitioner has Since further improved upon said lot, and has held the uninterrupted possession of the Same Since his purchase, and in order that he Should not be considered a trespasser upon Crown Lands he applied for the purchaseof the land in question as will also appear by the Receiver Generals receipt herewith annexed. - Petitioner begs leave respectfully to to State that a Mr. Michael [ ] a Mr. William Gill and one [ ] Since made application for the same lot, but those persons cannot with any Shadow of Justice Set forth any claim thereto, except that a School House has been built upon the lot, to the erection of which Petitioner contributed more than an ordinary Share of labour in conjunction with his neighbours to which none of the above parties have in any shape either aided or contributed, and Petitioner therefore humbly prays that he may be allowed to purchase the land now applied for, and if so allowed to purchase he pledges himself to give a deed of one acre of land upon which the School House is built to the Trustees of Schools or to such other Person or Persons as may be deemed proper, Petitioner being a married man is desirous of having a good school established in the neighbourhood, there being sufficient land (without interfering with the school lot left) for cultivation, and he therefore prays that the lot in question may not be offered at public sale on the 5th July next, as is proposed, or that the purchaser may be bound to pay for his improvements, and provision made for the School House, herein before mentioned.
And as in duty bound
Petitioner will ever pray
Michael Cloney


Crown Ld Office
June 9th 1841
This land was applied for on the 1st April last by the Petitioner & one William Gill. And the land was ordered In Council to be sold at Public Auction & now advertised for the 5th of July next. The clearing which is very trifling indeed, is claimed equally by both as Gill has a quit claim from a person named Brockway. Their claims on this account do not seem sufficient to affect the Sale as now advertised, but it may be advisable that one acre may be received for the School House as within suggested.
John S. Saunders


3683

Michael Cloney
prays that the land applied
for by him & W. Gill may
not be sold at auction &c &
that one acre thereof may
be reserved for the School
House.

Received [Crown Ld] Office
June 2nd 1841
A Inches

In Council June 28 / 41
Ordered that the land be sold as
advertised, but that one acre
be reserved for a school house.

Marriage

They were married at the Congregational Church. He was identified as a farmer of Oshkosh.

Marriage

Record says he is of Oshkosh.

Living

His occupation is given as lumberman.

Living

His occupation is given as lumberman.

Census

In the return, his occupation is given as lumberman and his real estate is valued at $2,500.

Living

His occupation is given as lumberman.

Living

No address or occupation is given.

Living

His occupation was laborer and his address was 109 W. Pearl.

Census

In the return, he is identified as a widower and his occupation is given as lumberman.