History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) with special reference to the Bay Quinté (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Loyalist Pioneers and Colonial Society in Early OntarioBy William Canniff
Length31h 11m
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William Canniff's History of the Settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario), with Special Reference to the Bay Quinté is a foundational nineteenth-century local history, tracing the transformation of the region from Indigenous homelands and imperial frontier to Loyalist settlement and colonial society. Written in a documentary, anecdotal, and commemorative style, it gathers petitions, family recollections, military memories, and civic records into a narrative shaped by Victorian historical patriotism and the urgency of preserving pioneer testimony. Canniff, a Canadian physician, educator, and public intellectual born in Upper Canada, approached history with both filial intimacy and reform-minded discipline. His proximity to the Bay of Quinté and to descendants of early settlers gave him access to oral traditions that might otherwise have vanished. His medical and civic careers also encouraged an interest in institutions, population, public welfare, and the practical foundations of community life. This volume is recommended to readers interested in Ontario history, Loyalist migration, settler memory, and the making of regional identity. Though modern readers must assess its colonial assumptions critically, Canniff's work remains invaluable as a repository of names, events, and perspectives from early Upper Canadian society.
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GenreHistory
Length31 hrs 11 mins
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Publish dateNov 30, 2023
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Table of contents
1History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) with special reference to the Bay Quinté
68BISHOP STRACHAN—REV. MR. MCDOWELL AND REV. MR. SMART.
2PREFACE.
69THE EARLY CLERGYMEN AND CHURCHES OF UPPER CANADA.—THE QUAKERS.—NOXEN, LEAVENS, HICKS, SAND.
3CONTENTS.
70THE FIRST WESLEYAN METHODISTS IN CANADA.
4ERRATA.
71SOME ACCOUNT OF HENRY RYAN.
5CHAPTER I. A SKETCH OF FRANCO-CANADIAN HISTORY.
72THE ROMAN CATHOLICS—BISHOP MCDONNELL.
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6CHAPTER II.
73SABBATH SCHOOLS.
7VIRGINIA.
74THE SIX NATIONS—CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY.
8NEW YORK.
75BUILDING A NEW CHURCH.
9NEW JERSEY.
76THE MISSISSAUGA INDIANS—THEIR CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY.
10MASSACHUSETTS.
77THE FIRST SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.
11NEW HAMPSHIRE.
78HIGHER EDUCATION—FOUNDATION OF UNIVERSITIES—STRACHAN—BIDWELL.
12DELAWARE.
79ACADEMY AT ERNESTTOWN—BIDWELL.
13CONNECTICUT.
80HIGHER EDUCATION, CONTINUED.
14MARYLAND.
81UPPER CANADA ACADEMY—VICTORIA COLLEGE.
15RHODE ISLAND.
82BOOKS, LIBRARIES—PRINTING.
16NORTH CAROLINA.
83THE FIRST NEWSPAPERS IN THE WORLD.
17SOUTH CAROLINA.
84NEWSPAPERS—CONTINUED.
18PENNSYLVANIA.
85CHAMPLAIN’S DISCOVERY OF THE BAY QUINTÉ, AND LAKE ONTARIO.
19GEORGIA.
86PRE-HISTORIC CANADA.
20NEW ENGLAND.
87THE ABORIGINES OF UPPER CANADA.
21CHAPTER IV.
88THE NAME OF BAY QUINTÉ—THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF UPPER CANADA IN 1783.
22THE MOTIVES.
89BAY QUINTÉ CONTINUED—ITS APPEARANCE.
23MOTIVES OF THE LOYALISTS.
90THE SEVERAL BAYS.
24THE RESULT.
91THE ISLANDS OF BAY QUINTÉ.
25THE COMBATANTS—BURGOYNE.
92THE CARRYING PLACE.
26SIR JOHN JOHNSON.
93HISTORY OF THE FRENCH OCCUPATION.
27THE LOYAL COMBATANTS.
94SETTLEMENT AT CATARAQUI BY THE LOYALISTS.
28THE QUEEN’S RANGERS.
95THE FIRST TOWNSHIP—EVENTS IN ITS EARLY HISTORY.
29FERGUSON’S RANGERS.
96MODERN KINGSTON.
30THE HESSIANS.
97THE SECOND TOWNSHIP—ERNESTTOWN—BATH.
31THE SIX NATIONS.
98THE THIRD TOWNSHIP—FREDERICKSBURGH.
32THE MOHAWKS AS CANADIANS.
99SETTLEMENT OF ADOLPHUSTOWN.
33INDIVIDUAL COMBATANTS.
100THE FIFTH TOWNSHIP—MARYSBURGH.
34INDIVIDUAL COMBATANTS—CONTINUED.
101SIXTH TOWNSHIP—SOPHIASBURGH, NORTHPORT, DEMERESTVILLE.
35CHAPTER XI.
102AMELIASBURGH.
36CHAPTER XII.
103PENINSULA OF PRINCE EDWARD.
37TRAVELING BY CANOE.
104HALLOWELL.
38BATTEAUX—SCHENECTADY BOATS—DURHAM BOATS.
105HILLIER.
39TRAVELING TO YORK AND QUEENSTON.
106PICTON.
40THE FIRST SAILING VESSELS.
107THE EIGHTH TOWNSHIP—SIDNEY—ITS SETTLEMENT.
41THE FIRST SURVEYS IN UPPER CANADA.
108THE NINTH TOWN—THURLOW.
42SURVEYING AROUND BAY QUINTÉ.
109BELLEVILLE.
43CONCESSION OF LANDS TO THE FRENCH.
110THE TENTH TOWNSHIP—RICHMOND.
44CONCESSION OF LANDS TO THE LOYALISTS.
111UPPER CANADA FROM 1783 TO 1792—THE GOVERNMENT, MILITARY AND CIVIL.
45FAMILY LANDS AND ADDITIONAL BOUNTY.
112ORGANIZATION OF THE UPPER CANADA GOVERNMENT BY SIMCOE, 1792.
46CERTIFICATE OF THE ACTING SURVEYOR.
113THE GOVERNORS OF UPPER CANADA, FROM SIMCOE TO LORD SYDENHAM.
47THE SETTLEMENT OF UPPER CANADA.
114THE CAPITALS OF UPPER CANADA.
48THE FIRST SETTLERS.
115THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
49CLEARING THE LAND.
116THE EARLY ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
50MODE OF PROCURING FOOD.
117THE MILITIA.
51MAPLE SUGAR.
118THE WAR OF 1812.
52THE FIRST FLOURING MILLS.
119THE MILITIAMAN’S REWARD.
53CLOTHING—FURNITURE—DOMESTIC AND FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
120THE SIX NATIONS AS CANADIANS IN 1812.
54VARIOUS HARDSHIPS.
121SLAVERY.
55INTRODUCTION OF STOCK AND BEASTS OF BURDEN.
122THE OBSTACLES TO ADVANCEMENT.
56THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
123AGRICULTURAL MATTERS—PRODUCTS.
57“ODE TO CANADA.”
124AGRICULTURE—FACTORIES—MERCHANTS.
58THE FIRST NATIVES OF UPPER CANADA.
125THE FIRST STEAM VESSELS—CANALS, RAILWAYS.
59MARRYING IN EARLY TIMES.
126REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE MURRAY CANAL.
60THE EARLY BURYING PLACES UPON THE BAY QUINTÉ.
127THE INCREASE OF POPULATION.
61THE FIRST FRENCH MISSIONARIES.
128ANCESTRY OF THE U. E. LOYALISTS.
62THE FIRST PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN IN AMERICA.
129CHARACTER, CUSTOMS, AMUSEMENTS, PATRIOTISM, AGE AND DESCENDANTS OF THE U. E. LOYALISTS.
63REV. JOHN OGILVIE, D.D.
130INDIVIDUAL NOTICES—CONCLUSION.
64MEMOIRS OF DR. STUART CONTINUED—“FATHER OF THE UPPER CANADA CHURCH.”
131THE CAPTIVE CHRISTIAN MOORE.
65THE FIRST EPISCOPALIANS, CONTINUED—PRESBYTERIANS, BAPTISTS, AND LUTHERANS.
132ROLL OF THE 2nd BATTALION KING’S ROYAL REGIMENT, NEW YORK, 28th FEB., 1784.
66BAPTISTS—WYNER, TURNER, HOLTS, WIEM.
133THE GOVERNORS OF UPPER CANADA.
67THE LUTHERANS—SCHWERDFEGER, MYERS, WEANT.
134THE ABORIGINES OF NORTH AMERICA. THE MISSISSAUGA.
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