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M,ci rch 1975.
�John Warren senior,
lot four in the f 1rst concession,
lot. four in the second,
lot four in the third,
fourth,
eleven,
lots nine,
eleventh,
the
ten,
lots ten,
twelve,
eleven twelve,
lot five
in the
and thirteen in the
thirteen and fourteen in
twelfth concession from Niagara River.
'He had been drum-major for many years in the 8th Regiment
and
greatly esteemed by the officers,
was
appointed Commissary at Fort Erie,
until his death late
ot 1mm1gra.t1on and
seven hundred
of
in May,
wa.s
acres
one
of land
of the
was
Ha had aa:ted
six persons,
was
as
a
inspector
to whom
a
grant of
Legislative Council
made by the
Quebec 1n recognition of their aervioe 1n promoting the new
This
settlements 1n the upper country.
to fourteen hundred and forty.
peace,
a
appointed
He
commissioner of roads,
for the district of
a.
Nassau.
subsequentiy increased
appo 1nted
was
and
waa·
a.
When that
a
justice of the
member of' the land. board
was
dissolved he
member of the land board for the country or
When privately owned
ships began to navigate
appointed an inspector of 1r...land
Fort Erie passage
wa.a
navigation.
established., he
was
organized he
was
commissioned
as
was
Lincoln.
Lake Erie, he
was
When the port of
appointed
customs and inspector of pot and pearl ashes.
was
1780 he
situation which he held
a
1813.
when in
colleotor of
When the mU1t1a
l1eutenant-oolonal commandÂ
ing the third· regiment in the ti:istr1ct of Nassau, afte?".Na.rds the
county of Lincoln and continued to
health
obliged
him to
resign late
serve
in that rank until ill
in the autumn of 1812. As
a.
justice of peace he married ma.ny of the first settl'9rs &"ld took
an
a.otive part in the settlement of their disputes.
warden 1n 1808, 1809, 1810 and 1813.
He
was
town
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Settlement of Bertie
Warrens continued
WARREN
HE.NRY
Henrx
./arr�, eldeet
Lot twenty-four ·in the
petition,
son
of John. W;;>.rren Jr.
third ooncessipn f.rom Lake Er1e.
17th lfa.y, 1796,
His
stated that he had never received any
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'
h;l:s family ooneieted of
land and that
daughter.
was
He
;r1as
the eldest
son
h,J1s
w1f'e,
of John W
two
rre;n,
eons,
and
senior.
ant
a.
than engaged :iin the business of f0rward1ng merchandise from
He
Fo.rt Zrie.
wa.s
recommended. for
a
grant of 400
a.ores,
12th
July, 1796.
Ee
regiment of
succ�eded his father ln command of the third
�
Lincoln militia but resigned
His house
arid
store
were
on
7th April, 1813.
destroyed b_y
the enemy.
�Settlement of the
\'iarren' a oont' d
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'l'ownahip of Bertie
j
Warren_l.!\
John
south part of lot twenty-nine broken
front Lake .i,l;rie,
lots six,
concession,
one
lots
fifteenth, and lot
seven,
and two
�ight in the eleventh
in the fourteenth,
in the
one
and
lot
one
in the
sixteenth oonoession from hi.agara
River.
He
was
the
second.
early 11fe had been
400
12th July
aores,
a
son
of John Warren,
seaman.
Ha
was
and in
e
r
commended for
a
grant of
1796.
The ferry below Fort Erie
rapids
nels of oommuniO·a.t1on with tbe United
immigr�nts arrived from the
The
aenlor,
was
of the main chanÂ
Stat.es, by which many
states of Ne.w
supervision of this f'erry had
one
·?ork and Pennsylvania.
devolved upon his father
as
collector of customs and ite unsatl.sfactory operation induced
him to apply for
a.
license
in �he
.foll.owing petition:
•1Your excellenoy' s Petitioner humbly she �eth that the
Ferry below the Ra,plds at Fort it,;r1e passage has been kept by
several dl.fferent persons at different periods and is now
held by Hugh Gilmer late of. I ed Stone in the state of Pe:nnsyl
va.nia, who has assumed the right of keeping said Ferry withÂ
out authori't;.y wha.t-ever, and again$t whom numberless Complaint
has been made· for inn;ios.ltions upon s.tt"angers pa.ss.i.ng .said
Ferry.
:tour I1etit1.oner therefore humbly req uesteth that a
Gra.nt or Lease .of said Ferry may be made to him and for his
attentio.i1 to the est�blish�d. t>egulat�one he will give the
required aeourity and as 1n duty bound w1ll every pray.
HJho. Warren, Junr"
·
His
p�t�tion, wh:ich
endorseme:nt
1a preserved,
in the handwriting of the
·
bears the following
Ohief Justice,
who presided.
at the Council:
Mr. John Warren Jr is recommended
"20th October, 1802.
for a Lease of the Ferry as w1 thin prayed.
"H·. JUlcock
"But previous t.o Mr. Warren Obtaining the Lease the
Board recommends that he :with one surety at the lea.st
shd enter into an Obligation to conform .to all the Rules
& Regulations to be established. under the Authority of
14 prr::ivinoial Act of th.e 37 yr of the King's Reign.
11H. Allcock
��,.,
,
. \
Settlemont of �ertie
,.�i&rrfm cont, d
and took his
lat,
see.t,
but
1831, and Warren
He died
5
was
was
d�cla.red not elected
on
February
dull elected.
declared
5th 3eptember, 1332,
"deeply gnd deservedly
regretted. "
Written by E.A.
Oruiksha:n..�.
Audrey Miller Laurie
March 1975.
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