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Whereupon, being satisfied as to his character and the propriety
of admitting him to become a settler, the Board shall administer to
him the oath of allegiance, and deliver to him a certificate to that
effect, signed by two members at least; and, having entered his
name in the Township plan, shall, at the foot of the said certificate
assign to such settler the said lot, and deliver the certificate with
of having performed the settlement duties, he may receive a patent
grant of the land.
To which purpose, the Surveyor-General shall furnish the Boards
with plans of each Township, showing the lots therein located.
After the deposit of such plans with the Board, no location to be
made thereon by the Surveyor-General until he shall have received,
on special reference, a certificate from the Board that no settler is
located thereon.
In case of any apparent occupation or improvement made ona
lot vacant on the plan, no location to be made thereon without
further order from the Surveyor-General.
their proceedings, and countersign their certificates, upon delivery
of Which he may receive from the applicant the sum of seven
shillings and sixpence.
At an early date, John Howard, son of James B.
Howard, built a mill at Marble Rock.
William S. Macdonald, Esq., informs us that the
first steamer which went below Prescott had a
paddle-wheel in the stern, and was built by Dickin¬
son & Co., proprietors at that time of the stage line
the river to Dickinson’s Landing. The steamer
William ZV, was built at Gananoque by a joint
stock company, in 1831. |
The first line of stages from Montreal to Ontario
was established by Dickinson & Norton. During
the summer they ran to Prescott, and in winter to
Kingston. Hiram Norton, one of the proprietors,
resided in Prescott; he afterwards removed to
Illinois, where he acquired a large fortune.
The first steamer that ran down the river from
the lake was the Charlotte, built by the late Captain
Gildersleeve ; her trips were from the Bay of Quinte
east of the village. Children of Joshua Legge, Sr.:
Christiana, married John Hicock ; Charlotte, mar¬
ried George D. Ferguson,son of the late Hon. Adam
Ferguson ; Mary Jane, married Samuel McCammon,
of Gananoque; Charles (otherwise noticed) ; Filma,
married Nelson Landon; and
JosHuA LEGGE, JR.,
Born April 14th, 1834. On the 13th of July, 1864,
he married, and has six children. Since 1867, he
has been a member of the Township Council. most
of the time, also representing the Front of Leeds
and Lansdowne as Reeve or Deputy Reeve since
1869. In 1878, he was chosen Warden of Leeds and
Grenville. For the past fifteen years he has been
Captain of No. 2 Company of the 41st Battalion.
Taking a deep interest in agricultural matters, he
has engaged in the manufacture of cheese, and
encouraged the importation of superior stock. A
Liberal Conservative in politics, he has frequently
been spoken of as a candidate for parliamentary
honors in South Leeds.
CHARLES LEGGE, C. E.
Mr. Legge was born at Silver Springs, near
Gananoque, September 29th, 1829. As a boy,
Charles Legge received his education at the Gan¬
anoque Academy. In 1846, he entered the University
of Ouecns College. He was afterwards articled as
a pupil to Samuel Keefer, Esq., C. E., who was at
the time Engineer of the Welland Canal. On the
appointment of that gentleman to be Chief Engineer,
the pupil followed his teacher to Montreal and de¬
voted himself with great zeal and industry to mas¬
In 1852, he
was appointed Superintending Engineer of the St.
Lawrence Canals, in which position he gave the
greatest satisfaction. Inthe succeeding year he was
tering the mysteries of his profession.
appointed to the construction of the Junction Canal,
to Prescott.
i—s John 5. McDonald, a surveyor (not a relative of
3 the McDonald brothers), died at Gananogue, July
14th, 1837. His widow married a surveyor named
| from Iroquois to the quiet water above the Gallops
Rapids. At the request of Mr. Keefer, Mr. Legge
separated himself trom the Government work, and
took charge of the building of the Grand Trunk
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His eldest daughter married Richard
Coleman.
THE LEGGE FAMILY.
Joshua Legge, Sr., came to Canadain 1819. He
was born at Parnell, Berkshire County, Massachu¬
setts, October 16th, 1799. In 1822, he married
Charlotte McDonald, sister of Charles McDonald.
Mrs. Legge was born May roth, 1791, She came to
Canada in 1810; in 1812, she moved to the vicinity
of Beverly, living on the farm now owned by Mr.
Shefheld. Mr, Legge lived in Gananoque until 1827,
when he removed to his present residence, two miles
Railway from Brockville to Kingston. Upon the
completion of the Grand Trunk Railway, he was
appointed Superintending Engineer of the south
half of the Victoria Bridge. From that date, Mr.
Legge held a place in the foremost rank of civil
corporations requiring the services of an engineer.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Township
of Leeds, in the Province of Upper Canada,-held at
the Village of Gananoque, on the — day of - ;
1818, Joel Stone, Esq., President, for the purpose of