Location: Bathurst, Lanark, Upper Canada

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Bathurst Township History
The township was named for Lord Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. In his capacity as His Majesty's Secretary of State for War and the Colonies he encouraged the settlement of the townships surrounding Perth Depot.[1], which opened for settlement in 1816. More information about the original Military Settlement lots and their owners can be found here
Today, Bathurst Township, along with South Sherbrooke and North Burgess townships, form Tay Valley Township, Ontario.
Early Surnames
The original group of settlers that arrived in 1816, included:[1]
Surname | Surname | Surname | Surname |
---|---|---|---|
Allan | Barry | Bryce | Cuddie |
Ferguson | Flood | Fraser | Gibson |
Gurdy | Hay | Holdsworth | Johnston |
Kidd | Lester | McLaren | McLeod |
McNee | Miller | Old | Andrew William Playfair (1788-1868) |
Ritchie | Scott | Simpson | Spalding |
Wilson |
Historic Hamlets and Villages
- Adamsville (see also Glen Tay)
- Armstrongs Corners was a farming center near Balderson and Harper.[1] It is not clear where the name came from.
- Brooke
- Dewitt's Corners
- Elliott, named for William Elliott, a local mill owner.[1]
- Fallbrook
- Glen Tay, (historically called Adamsville) was originally named for Captain Joshua Adams who was an early mill owner.[1]
- Harper, located on Lot 20 and 21, Concession 6 and 7, was first settled by the Campbell family. It was named after a later settler, named Joseph Harper.[1]
- Playfairville, originally called Playfair's Mills, was founded by Lieutenant Andrew W Playfair, who arrived in 1816 from France. He was also a Methodist lay preacher, a Conservative MP in 1857, and a mill owner.[1]
- Wemyss
Present Day Hamlets and Villages
- Althorpe
- Bathurst Station
- Bells Corners
- Bolingbroke
- Bolingbroke Siding
- Brooke
- Christie Lake
- DeWitt's Corners
- Elliott
- Fallbrook
- Feldspar
- Glen Tay
- Harper
- Maberly
- Playfairville
- Pratt's Corners
- Scotch Line
- Stanleyville
- Wemyss
Resources
- Settlement History
- The Leeds, Grenville, Lanark and Renfrew County Directory...; For the Year 1859
- Wikipedia:Tay Valley, Ontario
- 1851 Census
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Bennett, Carol; In Search of Lanark; (Juniper Books; Renfrew, 1982); Pg. 19 to 22
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