1744 - 1820 (76 years)
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Name |
Philip Stedman |
Born |
1744 |
____, ____, England, UK |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
Nov 1820 |
Bosbury, Herefordshire, England, UK |
Buried |
1 Dec 1820 |
Bosbury, Herefordshire, England, UK |
Notes |
- Henry Raymond Howland (1844-?), Robert Hamilton, the founder of Queenston, p. 94
Under the operation of Jay's treaty Fort Niagara was finally delivered over to the United States August 11, 1796, but the only effect of this long anticipated and long postponed event which appears in Mr. Hamilton's letters is a reference to a claim against Philip Stedman sent him for collection, concerning which he says that Stedman is now a resident of the United States and difficult to reach by process of law.
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Frank H. Severance, Studies of the Niagara Frontier (1911), p. 367
Note from Capt. Enys' visit in 1787:
"Having gone a little further we came to the house of Mr. Philip Stedman where we passed an agreeable hour in company with him and his niece."
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Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 23:09:23 -0600
From: Howard Ray Lawrence
Source: MIXED-BLOODS-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [MIXED-BLOODS] Colonel Brant aka Thayendanegea.
Warner and Beers History of Brant County 1883, pp. 432-433
SOUTH DUMFRIES TOWNSHIP
At the same time Colonel Brant, being fully empowered for the purpose both by his people and by the English Government, sold several other tracts of land from the Grand River Reserve. In February, 1798, a deed, drawn up in the name of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, formally surrendered all interest in the following possessions:
Block Number One, now forming the two townships of North and South Dumfries, containing fully 94,305 acres, was sold to Mr. Philip Stedman for 8,841 pounds;
Block Number Two was sold to Richard Beasley, James Wilson and John B. Rosseau, for 8,887 pounds;
Block Number Three was sold to William Wallace, comprising 86,078 acres, for the sum of 16,864 pounds;
Block Number Four, no purchaser or price named, 28,512 acres;
Block Number five was sold to William Jarvis, 30,800 acres;
Block Number Six, given originally to John Dockstader, was by him sold, for the benefit of his Indian children, to Benjamin Canby, 19,000 acres, for 5,000 pounds.
Total, 352,700 acres at a cost of 44,867 pounds.
But as fee simple of those Indian lands were held by the Crown, considerable delay took place before the transaction could be completed. A petition was formally addressed to King George III, praying him to issue Letters Patent to convey the lands named in the purchase deed to Philip Stedman. This was granted, and a Crown Patent was duly issued, which declared that Stedman had given security to the Hon. David William Smith, Captain William Clause, and Alexander Stewart, Esq., trustees for the Indians, for the payment of the principal or its yearly interest.
But it does not appear that Stedman made any effort to secure his vast possessions. Indeed, they formed but a part of a vast wilderness, the haunt of wild beasts and still wilder men.
When Upper Canada, in 1792, was first separated from the Province of Quebec, its entire population was estimated at 20,000 souls, most of whom were centered at Kingston, the Bay of Quinte, Niagara and the Valley of the Thames. Toronto had just been founded on the muddy banks of the Don by Governor Simcoe; the pioneer axe had not yet felled the first tree on the site of the towns and cities of to-day.
A few years after obtaining the patent from the Crown, Stedman died intestate. This interest in Block Number One of the Grand River Reserve was thus inherited by his sister, Mrs. John Sparkman, of Niagara, by whom it was soon afterwards sold to the Hon. Thomas Clarke, of Stamford, in the County of Lincoln.
It appears that Stedman had not paid any of the purchase money originally agreed on, as we find Mr. Clarke executing a mortgage for the sum of 8,841 pounds on the property to the Trustees of the Six Nations.
Mr. Clarke, however, disposed of his title to the Indian lands in favour of one who must be regarded as the true founder of the Settlement of Dumfries, the Hon. William Dickson. Like the late Colonel Talbot, founder of the Talbot Settlement - like Peter Perry, founder of Oshawa and Port Perry - William Dickson was one of those energetic natures, capable of conceiving and carrying out the extensive operations incidental to the formation of a new community. His tall and commanding figure, little bent with age, is still remembered by men of the elder generation; his lofty forehead gave token of intelligence; and his firm lips denoted the resolution and practical sagacity of his character. All through the history of the Dumfries Settlement, William Dickson's measures were taken with the most prudent regard to the exigencies of the case, while at the same time many a settler was indebted to his enlightened generosity for not only his land but for seed to put into the ground, and food to subsist on in the first year of settlement.
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/peelco1.htm
DIRECTORY of the COUNTY OF PEEL
for 1873-4
by JOHN LYNCH, Brampton
Printed at the Brampton Progress Chromatic Printing House, 1874
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"Statement of the Mills in the District of Nassau, specifying by
whom erected, by what authority and what year, &c., &c.
8 "A sawmill on Black Creek, about seven miles back of Fort Erie,
in the year 1791, by Philip Stedman, senior."
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http://www.ancestordocs.co.uk/Miscellaneous.htm
60/26 Detroit - 1830 Declaration by Philip Stedman Sparkman - gives details of his birth in Detroit, USA, and his living in England, his mother's move to America, marriage, & his father's death, his mother's inheritance of the Razees Estate from her uncle - Philip Stedman, who died in 1820. For details see Herefordshire page.
60/28 Detroit - 1830 - A 'copy' of document no. 60/26. £22
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Person ID |
I74842 |
Stedman Families of the United Kingdom |
Last Modified |
31 Jan 2015 |
Father |
James Stedman, b. Bef 13 Aug 1700, d. Jul 1741, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, UK (Age ~ 40 years) |
Mother |
Susanna Ballard, b. Abt 1710, ____, Worcestershire, England, UK , d. Unknown |
Married |
Abt 1730 |
Family ID |
F27077 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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