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CHAPTER XXXV.
LEEDS AND LANSDOWNE FRONT.
THE SETTLEMENT of the Township of Leeds is
intimately connected with that of Gananoque, the
village being the centre from which the new settlers
proceeded to carve out homes in the forest.
One of the first settlers was Oliver Landon, a
United Empire Loyalist, from Litchfield, Connec¬
ticut. From an account book which has been
preserved, it is clear that Mr. Landon had settled
in the Township as early as 1787.
The following account of the Landon family is
taken from the book above mentioned :—
“On March roth, 1776, Oliver Landon is 21 years
of age. On August 25th, 1775, Aner Watkins is 21
years of age. Oliver Landon married Aner Watkins
May 2nd, 1776. Joseph, born April 9th, 1777; Ben¬
jamin, born November 13th, 1778; Oliver, Jr., born
March sth, 1780; William Henry, born August 6th,
1782; Erastus, born October 7th, 1784; Luther,
born June goth, 1787 ; Daniel John, born December
6th, 1792; Jessie, born February 22nd, 1796; and
Simcoe, born August 30th, 1799. Oliver's wife,
Aner, died March 18th, 1800. Onthe 13th of Sep¬
tember, 1801, Mr. Landon married Mrs. Lois Loomis.
Lois was the daughter of John Beech ; she was born
at Goshen, Connecticut, May 27th, 1761.”
The following note appears in the book :—
“Arrived at
twenty-one days’ travel with a wagon and span
of horses, it being the first wagon that ever passed
through the one hundred mile woods to Upper
Canada.”
Lansdowne November sth, after
“Lois Landon, by second wife, born May 22nd,
1803. Oliver Landon, Sr., died January 29th, 1820.
Lois Landon, died July 2oth, 1825.”
Among the patents granted for land at an early
date, were the following :—
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LANSDOWNE.
| Lot
Name of Grantee. = or Date of Patent.
ÖÖ |Part of Lot.
James Covill. .....0ssceceeess I | rand 2 April 13th, 1804
Oliver Landon......... ssel b. I | S 1-2 11 |Feb’ry toth, 1807
Joseph, Landon. déd s 4 eték a 2 fl Oe ee 1804
Stephen Baldwin. ............- Si 50+08 July 13th, 1803
Joseph Acton.... ..... ase VE 2 | E1-2 23 [April 24th, 1824
poling Gilberts beni vs boa éle 3 |S W 1-2 24/March 24th, 1830
emits LARGO. aa dessa éven és 4 6 March Ist, 1803
Benjamin Phillips............. 4 23 March Ist, 1803
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ella GAS, pi sek eeoccservel Sb Weta [Pep ry 26th, 1622
Sees) Taylors. Os dio eee 52+] 5 | Es-29 |Feb’ry 25th, 1822
samuel Bradley. o.6.60.sestss. 5 | W 1-2 14 |April 15th, 1830
ohn Bradley........... sík. 5 | E.t-2 14 /April 15th, 1830
ohn Armstrong...... eda asee 5 | Wi-221 (May 28th, 1824
William Howard............ wet, & 24 Feb’ry 16th, 1803
i Henry Latimer, Pe Wa a ee hae 9 May 24th, 1824
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| Lot
Name of Grantee. = or | Date of Patent.
| c) |Part of Lot. |
William Webster....... Aare ae II 23 INov. 29th, 1836
Pity ic SOK e) esd ákk égard ak aátés I2 1! WPt9 |May 3rd, 1827
Truman, Hicock. .6...65.<..-: 12 | E1-219 |Octb’r 30th, 1818
Samuel Copeland...............} 12 22 April 5th, 1828
Joseph Godkin........s0eeeees 13; B W 1-2 ;June 2nd, 1828
bts roy ee re Tae 13 I June 3rd, 18 34
Senica Washburn . a
Jarvis Washburn {°° *******” 3 |
Bids. Shipments che ti. So ktate 13 3. IMarch 26th, 1825
" LEEDS
Lot
Name of Grantee. 5 or Date of Patent.
|} © {Part of Lot.
Joel‘D. Parmenter... 55.5... | «| Er24 |June 28th, 1842
John, GAY satan «008 species I 20 March 15th, 1804
S. Bo Washburn... ss ks ésa e 3 10 ISept. 30th, 1818
John Birmingham. ...........-| 4 |N W 1-4 2\June 11th, 1828
James Birmingham,.... ké aha: a 4|NE1-42|June rith, 1828
David Birmingham...........++| 5|SE 1-41 |July 2nd, 1823
John Struthers. :.......5.% ús 5 eő 8 April 30th, 1812
James: SCnOMEl «on dso 65,50 ús 8 13 Decb’r 6th, 1806
Freeman Hicock.......... ‘eet d 13 Octb’r 19th, 1818
Abigail Crippen: .. ..~. <3. 9 17 July sith, 1818
John Niblock........sccceee8: | g | E1-221 [April roth, 1828
Samuel Kilborn .........66... Io | 11 and 12 |Feb’ry goth, 1809
Allen GAMMA oo. ses dice deren om Io 19 Nov. 27th, 1815
ÁATUKEE THIOIOCK. © 00%. cee st a II 21 April roth, 1828
WILLIAM A. WEBSTER.
Mr. Webster was born in Lansdowne, in March,
1832, his father, Robert Webster, having emigrated
to Canada from the County of Wexford, Ireland, in
downe.
California, where he remained for fifteen years, en¬
gaging in quicksilver mining and the manufacture
of agricultural implements. In 1872, he returned to
Canada and settled on Lot No. 18, in the 4th Con¬
cession of Lansdowne. In 1873, he became a member
of the Township Council, becoming Reeve in 1877.
THE ORANGE ORDER.
in Central Canada, having been organized upwards
of fifty years. In 1872, it was re-organized and a
new warrant issued. The hall is a neat frame
building in Lansdowne Village. Officers for present
year :—J. A. Bradley, W. M.; William Dixon, D. M. ;
James Latimer, Secretary; James Douglas, Trea¬
surer. The Lodge numbers upwards of fifty.
membership of about fifty.
Pince Albert Lodge O. Y. B., was instituted Oc¬
tober 2oth, 1876.
J. R. Johnston, D. M.; F. Spidal, Secretary ; J. A.
Bradley, Treasurer. Membership, about forty.
J. A. BRADLEY.
Mr. Bradley was born in Lansdowne, and is the son
of Thomas Bradley, who emigrated from Ireland in