Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Petition to the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada for a Land Grant. Petition on page 1. Two oaths of his identity on page 2. One certification of his oath of allegiance on page 3. Certification of loyalty on page 4. Petition wrapper with title and remarks on page 5. Digital copy of a photocopy of Petition #63 of Peter Redner 17 January 1816 in the Upper Canada Land Petitions "R" Bundle 10, 1811-1816. Provided by Peter Johnson U.E. in 1980.



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  • Title Petition to the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada for a Land Grant. Petition on page 1. Two oaths of his identity on page 2. One certification of his oath of allegiance on page 3. Certification of loyalty on page 4. Petition wrapper with title and remarks on page 5. Digital copy of a photocopy of Petition #63 of Peter Redner 17 January 1816 in the Upper Canada Land Petitions "R" Bundle 10, 1811-1816. Provided by Peter Johnson U.E. in 1980. 
    Short Title TR0040 
    Author Redner, Peter 
    Call Number TR0040 
    DATE 29 Nov 2011 
    MEDI Document 
    _ITALIC
    _PAREN
    Source ID S1089 
    Text [Petition: page 1]
    To His Exellency Gore Esquire
    Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
    In Council
    The Petition of Peter Redner Jun?sup?r?/sup? of Ameliasburg
    Humbly Sheweth
    That your Petitioner is the
    son of the late Henry Redner of Ameliasburg deceased
    a UE that he is of the age of twenty one
    years and hath a family and never received
    any land or order for land from the Crown
    Wherefore Your Petitioner prays that Your
    Excellency will be pleased to grant him
    Two Hundred Acres of the waste lands of
    the Crown
    And Your Petitioner is in duty
    bound will ever pray
    York 17?sup?th?/sup? January 1816
    ?i?Peter Redner?/i?

    [Oath: page 2]
    Peter Redner, Junior, of Ameliasburgh, Yeoman
    maketh oath and saith that he is the person he
    hath described himself to be in the within Petition
    that he hath attained the full age of twenty one
    years, and never received any land or order for
    Land from the Crown
    Sworn before me at York
    this 18?sup?th?/sup? of January 1816
    ?i?Alexander Wood J.P.
    Peter Redner
    ?/i?
    [Oath: page 2]
    John Redner of Ameliasburgh, Yeoman, maketh
    Oath and saith that Peter Redner Junior, is the
    Person he hath described himself to be in the
    within Petiton, that he hath attained the full age
    of twenty one years and never received any
    Land or order for Land from the Crown, to the
    best of his knowledge and belief.
    Sworn before me at York
    this 18?sup?th?/sup? of January 1816
    ?i?Alexander Wood J. P.
    John Redner
    ?/i?
    [Certificate: page 3]
    I do hereby Certify that Peter Redner has taken
    and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance as prescrib-?i?
    ?/i?ed by Law
    Sworn before me at Thurlow 1?sup?st?/sup?June 1812
    ?i?Rob?sup?t?/sup? C. Wilkins J.P?/i?.

    [Certificate of Loyalty: page 4]
    I certify that I have known Peter Redner
    Jun?sup?r?/sup? of the Township of Ameliasburg. that
    he hath resided therein upwards of Eighteen
    _ _ _ and behaved himself honestly and
    Industriously Since I knew him _ and also
    Conducted minself Loyally during the Late War
    with the United States. both as a Militia Man
    and Teamster in transporting Government Stores.
    Thurlow 15?sup?th January 1816
    ?i?James McNabb J.P.
    Asa Weller _ _
    ?/i??/sup?
    [Folded cover side one: page 5]
    In Petition of Peter Redner
    Read in Council
    20 Jan?sup?r?/sup? 1816
    Recomm?sup?d?/sup? for a grant
    of 200 acres
    Warrant N121
    issued same day

    [Folded cover side two: page 5]
    R63
    the Petition of
    Peter Redner Junior
    Son of the late
    Henry Redner
    Rec?sup?d?/sup? from Petitioner
    18?sup?th?/sup? January 1816
    It does not appear that
    Petitioner has had any
    Land by order in
    Council
    I. Mark [?]

    Son of Henry Ridner
    S.U.E.
    (_ _ _ _ _ )
    A.I.G.P.P.A. [?]

    See the Land Book expunge
    292

    12?sup?th?/sup? Jany 1816
    The _ _ _ Petitioner
    appeared before me
    this day
    ?i?Thos Scott
    ?/i? 
    Linked to (3) Henry REDNER
    John REDNER
    Peter REDNER 



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