Petition of Frederick Rogers, 20 February 1816, Northumberland County. Transcription.
Digital facsimile of "Petition of Frederick Rogers, 20 February 1816, Northumberland County," Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS108, reel F4179, 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.
This version published online 25 March 2010.
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To His Honor Major General George Stracey Smyth,
President and Commander in Chief of the Province
of New Brunswick, &c. &c. &c. -
President and Commander in Chief of the Province
of New Brunswick, &c. &c. &c. -
The Memorial of Frederick Rogers, single man
aged twenty two years -
aged twenty two years -
Humbly Sheweth.
That Your Honors Memorialist is of the age above
stated; That he was born in this Province and has never
received any Lands from Government -
That he is now an Inhabitant of the County of
Northumberland; and being desirous of becoming a -
permanent settler in that County, most humbly prays
that the point of Land situate between the Grant North-
West, so called and the Big Servogel, and extending to
a place called the Red Bank, containing about three
hundred acres, or such part thereof as may be vacant, may be granted to him, for which he
will without delay take out a Patent, and commence
the necessary Improvements, agreeable to the Royal
Instructions; having the means and being of ability
to comply therewith.
stated; That he was born in this Province and has never
received any Lands from Government -
That he is now an Inhabitant of the County of
Northumberland; and being desirous of becoming a -
permanent settler in that County, most humbly prays
that the point of Land situate between the Grant North-
West, so called and the Big Servogel, and extending to
a place called the Red Bank, containing about three
hundred acres, or such part thereof as may be vacant, may be granted to him, for which he
will without delay take out a Patent, and commence
the necessary Improvements, agreeable to the Royal
Instructions; having the means and being of ability
to comply therewith.
And as in duty bound will ever pray
Frederick Rogers
I certify that the Statement set-forth in
this Memorial, is correct and True -
this Memorial, is correct and True -
Jo
s
Home J. P.
Fredericton
20
th
Feb
y
1816}
21st Feb y 1816 - one hundd acs is allotted to Julian
an Indian at the extremity of the point above
described - thence to the Red bank 600 acres
remain Vacant -
1816}
21st Feb y 1816 - one hundd acs is allotted to Julian
an Indian at the extremity of the point above
described - thence to the Red bank 600 acres
remain Vacant -
Geo: Sproule
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Frederick Rogers
26 th Feb y 1816
26 th Feb y 1816
21
st
Feb
y
1816 -
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