Quebec, Canada, Land Grants, 1763-1890 Name: Bartholomew Brown Location: Ireland, Mégantic Acres: 100 Letters Patent Date: 11 Jul 1862 Source Citation: Letters Patent Book: X Sales; Page: 73; County Index Volume: 1; Page: 591 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Land Grants, 1763-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original Data: Robert Dunn and Derek Hopkins, comp. Alphabetical Index to the Land Grants by the Crown in the province of Quebec from 1763 to 31st December 1890. Pointe Claire, Quebec: Quebec Family History Society, 2005. Description: This database is an alphabetized index of people who received Land Grants by the Crown in Quebec between 1763 and 1890. The index provides information that can be used to look up the Land Grant Letter of Patent, which contains more genealogical details. The records contain name of grantee, county, township, acres granted, book, page and Letters Patent date. The recorded information in this index started in 1788 and seigneurial lands are not included. Full Description: This database contains an alphabetized index of people who received a Land Grant from the Crown between 1763 and 1890. After the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the Imperial Government issued instructions for the grant of lands. The head of a family could receive 100 acres and other members could receive 50 acres, this land could increase to 1,000 acres total in exceptional cases. The only condition was that the Crown could take back the land if it was needed for a military purpose. The earliest recorded entries in this index started in 1788. In 1791, the legislature ordered this collection to be printed and added a few stipulations to the land grant. Settlers were required to build a home and clear a certain amount of land for cultivation depending on lot size, but the rules weren’t strictly enforced. By 1826, land grants were only given out at auction. The lands to be auctioned were determined by the yearly-appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands. With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Great Britain took control of Quebec, but allowed the use of French civil law to continue. Seigneurial tenure was the French way of distributing land, primarily along the St. Lawrence River. Under British rule, seigneurial lands continued to be run the same as under French rule, but land was distributed through the land grant. This database solely has the land grants given out by the Crown, not the seigneurial lands that were being operated until seigneurial tenure was abolished in 1854. This index also includes only the initial land grant, not successive divisions or purchases of the same land. This index is important because it places a family in an area and points to the Land Grant Letter of Patent that can contain more genealogical detail. Each record contains: Name of grantee County Township Acres granted Letters patent date Comments Where to go from here: The original records and microfilm copies are available at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationalies du Québec. Requests for microfilm copies should include the full reference to the book and page (found in the source citation for the record). Requests should be addressed to: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 1012, avenue du Séminaire, CP 10450, Sainte-Foy, QC, G1V 4N1. ====================================================== List of lands granted by the crown in the province of Quebec, from 1763 to 31st December 1890 https://archive.org/details/cihm_94807 see pg 591 (pg 611 of PDF file) also see pg 1198 (PDF file pg 1232) from pg 591 (pg 611 of PDF file): Names of grantees Numbers of the lots granted Ranges Acres Date of letters-patent Book page Bartholomew Brown S. W. 1/2 of 4 7 100 July 11th 1862 X Sales 73 Township of Ireland -- created the 20th August 1802, Reg. A. Grants 427 pg 587 (pg 607 of PDF file) to pg 592 (pg 612 of PDF file) French version: Liste des terrains concédés par la Couronne dans la province de Québec de 1763 au 31 décembre 1890 https://archive.org/details/cihm_09831 Canton d'Ireland -- érigé le 20 août 1802, Reg. A, Grants, 427 pg 587 (pg 604 of PDF file) to pg 593 (pg 610 of PDF file) Possible neightbors: Names of Grantees Numbers of the Ranges Date of Book page page in the index Lots granted letters-patent Ignace G. Boisseau 3 6 Apr 7, 1832 L Grants 165 588 Thomas Lee, jr 1,2,4,5 6 Aug 20, 1802 A Grants 427 587 John Johnston SE 1/2 of 3 7 May 8, 1833 N Grants 43 588 Samuel Johnston NW 1/2 of 3 7 May 8, 1833 N Grants 45 588 Thos. P. Attrill NE 1/2 of 4 7 Aug 1, 1833 N Grants 111 590 Bartholomew Brown SW 1/2 of 4 7 July 11, 1862 X Sales 73 591 Lieut. Col. Bouchette 2,3,4,6,7 7 Sept 20, 1824 G Grants 58 587 Thomas Cahill 5 7 Sep 30, 1880 35 145 592 Samiel Johnston 3 8 Aug 9 1832 M Grants 48 588 John Smith NW 1/2 of 4 8 July 2, 1835 P Grants 327 589 Pierre Brunet SE 1/2 of 4 8 Oct 19, 1840 U Grants 299 590 John McKinnon SE 1/2 of 4 8 Aug 24, 1871 15 192 592 Elais Plaich SE 1/2 of 5 8 Aug 20, 1838 S Grants 341 589 Jérôme Desollier NW 1/2 of 5 8 Mar 23, 1852 AA Grants 73 590 See also: Ancestry.com : Quebec, Canada, Land Grants, 1763-1890 https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1774 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bouchette A topographical dictionary of the province of Lower Canada, by Joseph Bouchette https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_lc_topographical-dic_lande01595-19906/ published 1832 Megantick county -> pg206 Ireland township -> pg150 No mention of Maple Grove A topographical description of the province of Lower Canada https://archive.org/details/topographicaldes00bouc/ Ireland township -> pg570