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TOWNSHIP OF BASTARD (Continued. ) = LT ——— = a &| Lot. | Name of Grantee. | Part of Lot. | 5 [Date of Patent. U < 21 |John Farnum.....- eel All 117|May 17th, 1802 22 |Abel Stevens, Sr...... All 200|May 17th, 1802 2 ri Abel Stevens. ........ | All 40o|June 30th, 1801 2 a James Henderson.. .. > Pt 100| Noy. 17th, 1808 10} I |Moses Rose......... All 200/Nov. Ist, 1820 6 |Jane Wiltse ..... ... All 200] Aug. 20th, 1808 7 |Samuel Sheldon...... All 200/June 30th, 1801 S Uriah Stevens........ All 200! May 17th, 1802 Io" |Abel Stevens, Sr...... All 200/May 17th, 1802 11-12) Abel Stevens. ....... All 300|)June 30th, 1801 13 |Daniel Patterson...... All 200/April 7th, 1817 17. |David Henderson. . . . . S Pt 50|May 20th, 1801 19-20] William Jones . . . . . . . . All 200/April 3rd, 1817 22 |Nicholas Mattice..... All 194|June 22nd, 1812 ae. iissac Stevens........ All 200/May 17th, 1802 24 ifabez Eaton...,...... All 200| Dec. 14th, 1816 25 |David Henderson..... All 200/May 20th, 1801 29 |James Henderson..... N Pt 100} Nov. 17th, 1808 The settlement of the Township of Bastard was entrusted to Elder Abel Stevens, by the Governor. For some time Elder Stevens met with almost insuperable difficulties, doing the work of clearing with his own hands. When the task was assigned to him, he started from Little York on foot, without provisions, depending upon his gun for a supply of food. Arriving at Brockville, he took a rest and then proceeded to Wiltse-Town, in Yonge, where he established his headquarters with the late William Parish. Securing a supply of provisions and an axe, he started for the new township. Having the privilege of taking any lot, he concluded, after making an examination, to settle in Plum Hollow, where he made the first clearing, but the original farm was soon after given to some of his old neighbors from Vermont. It is related of the Elder that upon several occasions, after his sons had made a small clearing, he caused them to make a gift of the place to parties who wished to locate. Plum Hollow soon became a small settlement, the nearest neighbors residing in Wiltse-Town. After Benoni Wiltse built his mill in Yonge, Betsey Stevens, a girl of sixteen, took a bag of corn before her on a horse and started for the mill, by a blazed path through the woods. She was compelled to wait until twelve o'clock at night before the corn was ground, when she started back on her lonely ride ; ere she had proceeded far, a pack of wolves took up the trail and came on in hot pursuit, gnashing their teeth and making the forest hideous with their cries. The brave girl pressed forward, her horse on the gallop, though upon several occasions the wolves were so near at hand that she could see their eyes gleam in the darkness. It was a ride for life, but Betsey Stevens was a daughter worthy of a Canadian pioneer, and ere the clock chimed another hour, rode up to her father’s door, not only safe herself but with the bag 16 of meal with which she had set out. The son of Elder Stevens (Abel) was with his father an elder of the Baptist Church. Among the early settlers of the Township were Arvin, Sheldon, Lyman and Ichabod Stoddard ; ~~ Ami and Barnabas Chipman ; Truman and Lyman Beach. The Township Clerk has in his possession an in- —— teresting book of record, which dates back to 1800. At that time any settler who wished to do so, was permitted to write in the book facts bearing upon the public interest. Part of the work was devoted to family records, another portion being set apart for the registration of sheep marks. example :— We give an “ Arvin Stoddard, your mark is two slits in the right ear.” At one time the Township annual meeting passed a resolution for the purpose of abolishing “ horse racing” by making the penalty not less than one TOWNSHIP COUNCIL FOR 1851. Philo Hicock, Thomas Rodgers, S. S. Scovil, Matthew Denny and Alexander Elliott. The following is a summary of the assessment of Bastard and Burgess for the year 1877 :— Number of persons assessed, 957. Number of acres assessed, 46,745. Number of acres cleared, 31,400. Value of real property, $806,775. Value of personal property, $40,065. Amount of real and personal property, $846,840. Taxes imposed by Municipality, $5,356. Taxes imposed by Counties, $2,144. Expenditure for roads and bridges, $291. Although the Township was originally settled by United Empire Loyalists, principally from Vermont and Connecticut, a large number of Irish Emigrants ina few years came in, taking possession principally of the northern and eastern parts of the Township. In 1837, a number of Mormon missionaries entered the municipality and held meetings, at which they secured a great many converts. The converts were First, U. E. Loyalists and their descendants, who had become disgusted with the government of the country. drawn from two classes. Second, ignorant and poor people who were led to believe that they would better their condition by becoming followers of Joe Smith. EARLY SETTLERS. Among the early settlers were :— | le Elder Nichols (Baptist), settled near Beverly Lake, “oe 3 Beverly (Delta), named after John Beverly Robinson, Sie, 9s who presented the English Church with a very eid ~ Ti ia ri
