Petition of Jared Betts, 26 July 1820, Northumberland County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of Jared Betts, 26 July 1820, Northumberland County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F4255, Fredericton, New Brunswick. In "Contested Terrain: Aboriginal Land Petitions in New Brunswick, 1786-1878," Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
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I beg leave to state to your Excellency, that in the year
1810 my late Brother, Edward Simonds applied to Government
for a grant of Barnabys Island, lying in the South west
branch of Miramichi River.
This Island being claimed by the descendants of
Lewis Barnaby, a native Indian, the said Edward Simonds
was allowed to take a lease of it for a term of twenty one
years, upon such terms as he might agree upon with
the claimant /Lewis Barnaby/-
Upon the faith of this promise, a copy of
which I submit to your Excellency's notice, the said
Edward Simonds took a lease of the Island in question
from the claimant, at a certain annual rent, which has
been regularly paid, and Erected several buildings thereon,
which by agreement were to be paid for at a fair and
just appraisal, at the expiration of the said lease, which
will be in the year 1831
Notwithstanding the promise made to
the said Edward Simonds, writs of trespass have been
served by the Attorney General on the present occupiers
of the said Island, and I am now informed that it is
the intention of Government to take the same from the
heirs of the said Edward Simonds, and grant it to a
Church about to be Erected in the County of Northumberland
I therefore pray that your Excellency
will take the above premises into consideration, and
allow the said heirs of Edward Simonds to hold the said
Island to the expiration, and on the terms of the original
lease from the claimant Lewis Barnaby.
1810 my late Brother, Edward Simonds applied to Government
for a grant of Barnabys Island, lying in the South west
branch of Miramichi River.
This Island being claimed by the descendants of
Lewis Barnaby, a native Indian, the said Edward Simonds
was allowed to take a lease of it for a term of twenty one
years, upon such terms as he might agree upon with
the claimant /Lewis Barnaby/-
Upon the faith of this promise, a copy of
which I submit to your Excellency's notice, the said
Edward Simonds took a lease of the Island in question
from the claimant, at a certain annual rent, which has
been regularly paid, and Erected several buildings thereon,
which by agreement were to be paid for at a fair and
just appraisal, at the expiration of the said lease, which
will be in the year 1831
Notwithstanding the promise made to
the said Edward Simonds, writs of trespass have been
served by the Attorney General on the present occupiers
of the said Island, and I am now informed that it is
the intention of Government to take the same from the
heirs of the said Edward Simonds, and grant it to a
Church about to be Erected in the County of Northumberland
I therefore pray that your Excellency
will take the above premises into consideration, and
allow the said heirs of Edward Simonds to hold the said
Island to the expiration, and on the terms of the original
lease from the claimant Lewis Barnaby.
And as in duty bound will ever pray
July 26
th
1820
Charles Simonds
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In Council 9
th
February 1810
Edward Simonds prays a Grant of Barnaby's Island
lying and being in the S: W: Branch the
River Miramichi commonly called Barnaby's
Island -
lying and being in the S: W: Branch the
River Miramichi commonly called Barnaby's
Island -
The Island in question being Claimed by the descendants
of Lewis Barnaby an native Indian. The -
Applicant may have a Lease for twenty
one years upon such terms as he may
agree upon with the claimants
of Lewis Barnaby an native Indian. The -
Applicant may have a Lease for twenty
one years upon such terms as he may
agree upon with the claimants
Extract from the Minutes.
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Charles Simonds' Petition
Referred to the Attorney
General, for his opinion
what bearing this
Petition may have
on the present pro=
-ceedings respecting
Barnaby Island
Referred to the Attorney
General, for his opinion
what bearing this
Petition may have
on the present pro=
-ceedings respecting
Barnaby Island
[unclear: G Smyth?]