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executors, administrators or assigns, or by any other person or persons whatsoever,

by their or either of their authority, procurement or connivance.
IN Testimony Wuereor, the parties have hereunto set and subscribed their

hands ant seals on the day first akove written. aA
Signed, sealed and delivered in} JOHN CLAUS, [L.8.] 4
in presence of : W. CLAUS, (L.S.)
Water H. Dickson, C. CLaus, [Ls
C. GAMBLE. J. Basy, [L.S.]
JoHN H. Duny, [L.8.]
GrorGe H. MARKLAND, [L.S.]

A memorial hereof is registered in the registry of the Counties of Lincoln and
Haldimand, the 26th day of November, 1831, at 9 o’clock a.m., in Book N., Folios

136, 137.

JOHN LYONS,

= Remstrar.
No. 653.

To all to whom these presents shall come:

Hannah Playter, of the Township of Vaughan, in the Home District and Pro-
vinee of Canada, widow; John Langstaff, of the Township of Markham, in said
Home District, gentleman; and Lucy Langstaff, his wife, of the same place; John
Arnold, of said Township of Vaughan, gentleman, and Elizabeth Arnold, of the same

place, his wife, send greeting.

Whereas, His late Majesty King George the Third, by Letters Patent under the
Great Seal of the late Province of Upper Canada, bearing date the fifteenth day of
December, in the thirty-seventh year of His reign, did give and grant unto the
Honorable David William Smith, of the then Town of York, in the said Home Dis-
trict, Esquire, his heirs and assigns for ever, all that parcel or tract of land situate
in the Township of Southwold, in the then County of Suffolk, now the County of
Middlesex, in the District of London, in said then Province of Upper Canada, con-
taining four hundred and fifty acres, be the same more or less, being lots numbers
ten in the first concession, and numbers nine and ten in the front concession of said
Township of Southwold, to have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land unto
and to the use of the said David William Smith, his heirs and assigns, subject never-
theless to certain reservations, limitations and conditions in said Letters Patent,
expressed and contained as by Our said Letters Patent will appear. And whereas,
the said David William Smith, by Indenture of bargain and sale bearing date the
fourth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-eight, and made between the said David William Smith, then of the Town of
York, in the Home District of Upper Canada, of the first part, and Abner Miles,
then of the same place, inn-holder, of the other part; he, the said David William Smith |
for the consideration therein expressed did, among other lauds, tenements and heredi-
taments, grant, bargain and sell, release and confirm unto the said Abner Miles said tract
or parcel of land and premises situate in the Township of Southwold aforesaid, being
said lots number ten in the first concession, and lots numbers nine and ten in the
front concession of said Township of Southwold, together with the woods and waters
thereon growing and being, and all and singular the appurtenances to the same
belonging or in anywise appertaining, subject to the reservations, limitations and
conditions contained in the original grant thereof from the Crown; to have and to
hold the same and every part and parcel thereof unto and to the use of the said
Abner Miles, his heirs and assigns for ever. And whereas the said Abner Miles
being seized in fee of said lots number ten in the first concession, and lots numbers
nine and ten in the front concession of said Township of Southwold, departed this
life without having disposed of said lots of land by will or otherwise on or about

the twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and six, leaving James Miles his heir-at-law him surviving and entitled to the inheri-

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“tance in fee simple of and in said lots of land respectively. And whereas the said
“James Miles being seized of a good estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in said
lots of land departed this life on or about the twenty-first day of September in the
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, having first made, published
and declared his last will and testament duly executed to pass real estate in the said
late Province of Upper Canada, whereby the said James Miles did give, devise and
bequeath all his real property, of what kind soever and wherever it is, and together
with the appurtentances thereto belonging unto his three sisters, Hannah Playter,
Lucy Langstaff and Elizabeth Arnold their heirs and assigns forever, share and share
alike. Now know ye, that the said Hannah Playter, J ohn Langstaff and Lucy Lang-
staff his wife, John Arnold and Elizabeth Arnold his wife, for and in consideration of
the sum of four hundred and sixty-two pounds of lawful money of Canada to them in
hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents by Our present Sover-
eion Lady Victoria, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for several other
good causes and weighty considerations them thereunto moving, have and each of
them hath granted, surrendered and yielded up, and by these presents do and each
of them doth grant, surrender and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen’s
Most Excellent Majesty, Her heirs and successors, said lots number ten in the first
concession, and numbers nine and ten in the front concession of said Township of
Southwold, with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereto
belonging, and all their, and each of their estates, rights, title, interest, claim and
demand whatsover, of, in, to or out of the same and every part and parce] thereof
freed, cleared and discharged of and from all prior mortgages, charges, incum-
brances, services, claims and demands whatsoever of the said Abner Miles, and his
heirs or assigns, the said James Miles, his heirs or assigns, the said Hannah Playter,
John Langstaff, Lucy Langstaff, John Arnold and Elizabeth Arnold, or either of them,
| heretofore made, done, committed, charged or suffered to be made, done, committed,
_ charged upon the said lands, tenements ‘and premises or any part thereof. To
have and to hold the same and every part and parcel thereof unto and to the
sole use and behoof of Her said present Majesty, Her heirs and successors for-
ever, together with the said Letters Patent to said David William Smith to be can-
celled; and the said Hannah Playter, John Langstaff, Lucy Langstaff, John Arnold
and Elizabeth d, for themselves, their and each of their heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns, do by these presents covenant, grant and agree to,
‘and with Our said Sovereign Lady, the present Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty,
Her heirs and successors, that they, the said Hannah Playter, Lucy Langstaff
and Elizabeth Arnold, at the time of the ensealing and delivery hereof are and
stand solely, rightfully and lawfully seiezd of a good, sure, perfect, absolute
and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in said lands, tene-
ments, hereditaments and all and singular other the premises hereinbefore men-
tioned, with their and every of their appurtenances, and of and in. every part
and parcel thereof, without any manner of forfeiture, reservation, limitation, provisoes
or conditions other than contained in the original grant thereof from the Crown, and
other than the tenancy by courtesy which said John Langstaff and John Arnold
might or could have in the same in the event of their surviving their said wives,
respectively; and that they, the said Hannah Playter, John Langstaff, Lucy Lang- |
staff, John Arnold and Elizabeth Arnold now have in themselves good right, full
power and lawful and absolute authority to grant, surrender and yield up the said
tenements, hereditaments and premises hereinbefore mentioned, with their and every
of their appurtenances, unto Her said present Most Gracious Majesty, Her heirs and
successors forever, in manner aforesaid. And further, that they, the said Hannah
Filayter, John Langstaff, Lucy Langstaff, John Arnold and Elizabeth Arnold,
their heirs and assigns, and all and every other person or persons whomsoever
having or lawfully claiming, or who shall or may lawfully claim any estate,
right, title, interest or trust of, in, to or out of the said lands, tenements,

hereditaments and premises hereby surrendered, as aforesaid, or intended so to

be, with their appurtenances, or any part thereof, by, from, under or in tru
for said David William Smith, his heirs or assigns; said Abner Miles and James
Miles, their or either of their heirs or assigns; said Hannah Playter, John Lang-
staff, Lucy Langstaff, John Arnold and Elizabeth Arnold, their or either of their heirs —
or assigns, shall and will, from time to time and at all times, at the proper costs and |
charges in the law of Our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs, or successors, —
make, do, suffer and execute, or cause or procure to be made, done and suffered and |
executed all and every such further and other reasonable act and acts, deed and deeds, ] iy
devices and assurances in the law for the further, better and more perfectly grant- |
ing and surrendering and yielding up the said lands, tenements, hereditaments and a
premises, with the appurtenances and every part thereof, unto Our Sovereign Lady |
the present Queen’s Most Gracious Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever, as by |
Her said Majesty, Her heirs or successors, Her or their counsel learned in the law, |
shall be reasonably and lawfully devised, or advised or required. °
Ix Wrrxess Wuereor, the parties to these presents have hereunto set their |
hands and affixed their seals this fourth day of January, in the sixth year of Her |
Majesty’s reign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-

three.
Signed, sealed and delivered in in HANNAH PLAYTER, [L.8.]
presence of JNO. LANGSTAFF, [L.8.]
Joun Powe tu, to execution by Lucy Lucy LANGSTAFF, [L.8.]
Langstaff, and Elizabeth Arnold. JoHN ARNOLD, [L.8.]
Hucu N. Gwynne, to execution by her
ELIZABETH X ARNOLD, [L.S.] ay

all the parties.
mark.

I, John Powell, Esquire, Judge of the District Court in and for the Home District,

do hereby certify that on this fourth day of January in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty-three, ,at the Township of York, the within deed
was duly executed in the presence of me and Hugh Nelson Gwynne by Lucy Lang-
staff, wife of John Langstaff, gentleman, one of the grantors therein named, and aleo
by Elizabeth Arnold, wife of John Arnold, one citer of the grantors therein named,
and that the said Lucy Langstaff and Elizabeth Arnold severally and respectively at
the said time and place, being severally examined by me apart from their respective |

husbands, did appear respectively to give their consent to par with their respective

estates in the lands mentioned in the said deed, freely and voluntarily and without

coercion or fear of coercion on the part of their respective husbands, or of any other

person or persons whatsoever.
JOHN POWELL,
J D.C.

I certify that a memorial of the within instrument was recorded the 26th day of
August, A.D., 1854, at 10 o’clock a.m., in Liber B, for Southwold, Folio 537.

JOHN McKAY,
, Registrar, Elgin.

PROVINCIAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Toronto, 1st August, 1856.

I hereby certify that the within deed of surrender, together with the accom-
vanying Minute in Council, were this day entered upon the records of this office in

Lib. CG. S. Surrenders to the Crown, Fol. 148, &e.
THO. AMIOT,

Deputy Registrar.

Crown LAND DEPARTMENT,
Toronto, 20th February, 1857.

Entered upon the records of this Department in L. W. No. 39.

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Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Executive Council, dated 4th
July, 1856, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council on tie

5th July, 1856.

On a letter from the Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs of the 23rd June,
1856, transmitting a deed of surrender from Hannah Playter, John Langstaff, Lucy
Langstaff, John Arnold and Elizabeth Arnold to Her Majesty the Queen, in trust for
the use and benefit of the Mississaga Indians of the Credit, of lot number ten in first
concession, and lots number nine and ten in the front concession of the Township of
Southwold, in the County of Middlesex, containing about 450 acres, be the same
more or less. In order that the same may be sold and patented for the benefit of
the aforesaid Indians, and requesting that the same may be laid before Your Excel-
leney in Council, for the purpose of the trust being accepted and entered upon the
records in the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the Provincial
Registrar. .

The Committee recommend that the trust be accepted and entered upon the
records in the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and of the Provincial

Registrar.

Certified,
WM. H. LEE,
Gs Px Gs

No. 66.

- Tuts InpENTURE, made and concluded this seventeenth day of June, in the year
of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, between William Yellowhead,
Thomas Naningeshkung, James Bigwind, George Young, Joseph Snake, John
Aissance, James Aissance, Peter Gadahgegwun and John Jones, the Principal
Chiefs, Warriors and people of the Indian Tribes commonly designated and known
as the Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe, of the one part, and Her Majesty the
Queen Victoria by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Treland, of the other part, Witnesseth: that for and in consideration of the sum of
| five shillings of lawful money of the Province of Canada by Her said Majesty to the
said William Yellowhead, Thomas Naningeshkung, James Bigwind, George Young,
Joseph Snake, John Aissance, James Aissance, Peter Gadahgegwun and John Jones.
well and truly paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the
receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and for and in consideration of the
“urther condition and trust hereinafter contained and expressed, they the said
William Yellowhead, Thomas Naningeshkung, James Bigwind, George Young,
Joseph Snake, John Aissance, James Aissance, Peter Gadahgegwun and John Jones,
have and each and every of them hath granted, bargained, sold, released, sur-
rendered and forever yielded up, and by these presents do and each and every of
them doth grant, bargan, sell, release, surrender and forever yield up unto Her said
Majesty, Her heirs and successors, in trust, for the purpose of enabling her sald
Majesty, Her heirs and successors, to sell the same to the best advantage for the use,
benefit and behalf of them the said William Yellowhead, Thomas Naningeshkung,
James Bigwind, George Young, Joseph Snake, John Aissance, James Aissance,
Peter Gadahgegwun and John Jones, and their people and_ posterity forever,
all that certain piece or parcel of land and premises situated, lying and_ being
in the northern division of the Township of Orillia, in the County of Simcoe, and in
the Province of Canada, being composed of part of lot number two in the first con-
cession of the said northern division of the said Township of Orillia, and com-
mencing at a post planted on the north side line of said lot, being twenty-one chains
and thirty-three links from the north-west angle of the said lot; thence north
sixty degrees east twelve chains to the centre of said first concession to a post
there planted; thence south thirty degrees east one chain forty links, more or less,
to a post planted and forming the jog in the said north side line; thence north sixty