Mrs. Martha Howard

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Martha (Maiden Name Unknown) Howard Petitioned The Canadian Government for land, April 10, 1792, for her and her son Upper Canada Land Petitions [Film C-2107, Image 323], Petition# 153 [1]

5 July 1793 The Land Board read the petition of Mrs. Howard for Lot 23 3d Twp., south side River Thames, and directed a Certificate to be granted to her son, William Howard. [2]

9 August 1793 Mrs. Martha Howard, to whom the Board on the 5th day of July, Instant, granted Lot 23, 3d Twp.,...which lot being reserved for the Moravians...the Board grant her Lot #5, south side, same Twp. [3]

INFORMATION GLEANED FROM PETITION# 153

She (Martha Howard) joined and adhered to the British interest at the commencement of the late Rebellion (Where was she living at the commencement of the Revolutionary War?)

Petition for herself and son of 15 years.... (Land Board named William Howard as her son when granted Lot# 5)

Asked for Lot# 3, 1 Concession Northside 2 Township, LaTranche (paid part of 4 dollars for his (McDonald's?) part and interest in Lot 3)

Six years ago (Circa 1786) she was in possession of Lot No. 7, Fort Erie Township Surveyed for Allan McDonald who made it over to her; that the now premises..that lot may be otherwise occupied and therefore prays for a lot on the river Latranche (search for Fort Erie Twp. in Martha's name and Allan McDonald's name; where was she living in April 1792?)

Was Martha Howard's son William Howard? Howard-13524 (Yes, they both were affiliated with Lot# 5 in Howard Township in what is now Kent County, Ontario, Canada.

Upper Canada Land Petition Name: HOWARD, William [Yeoman] Place: Howard [Twp., Western District] 25 July 1809 Petition: 52 Microfilm: C-2046 (Image 508) ([4] "That your petitioner has a family and has been thirty years in this Province and his Father died in His Majesties service." "That your Petitioner was granted under a Land Board Certificate 200 acres of land, being the front, or northerly, part of Lot No. 5 in the River Thames in the said Township of Howard, County of Suffolk, upon which he has been....".

On an additional petition, dated 20th April 1832, William Howard stated that: your petitioner is a British-born subject who hath received his Majesty's donation of land many years ago, ....Your petitioner purchased a lot three years ago, in the Sixth Concession of the Township of Grimsby, county of Lincoln, in the District of Niagara..

(Was he the only William Howard who received land many years ago? If so, then he's Martha Howard's son).

William Howard's Grimsby land was sold by his widow, Mary, after his death, to her son, Isaac B. Howard.

The "Grimsby" William Howard is ours based upon the sale of land, census records, and vital records. 99% sure that Howard Township's William Howard and Grimsby's William Howard are one and the same.