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James Henderson and Millicent Pollock Henderson, of the Township of Kingston, in the Midland District and Province of Canada, for and in consideration of the sum of six hundred pounds of lawful money of Canada paid by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, agreed to surrender certain parcels or tracts of lands and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Cartwright, in the County of Durham, in the Newcastle District. Containing by admeasurement 800 acres of land, the tract is composed of lots numbers six and seven in the eleventh concession and lots numbers seven and eight in the twelfth concession of the said Township of Cartwright, together with all the houses, outhouses, woods and waters thereon erected.

The land is surrendered with the purpose that it shall and may from thenceforth be vested in, held and enjoyed by Her said Majesty, upon trust, nevertheless for the tribe of Mississauga Indians settled at Balsam Lake, in the Newcastle District. Also that Millicent Pollock Henderson, wife of James Henderson, for in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money as aforesaid, to her on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, have released and forever relinquished unto Her Majesty all manner of dower and right or title of dower whatsoever, which she, the said Millicent, in the event of surviving her husband, might or of right ought to have or claim in.

Witnesses:

James Henderson

Millicent Pollock Henderson

N. McLeod

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 124-125.

3 November 1843, Surrender Back by Newcomers in Durham County, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9338, GAD REF IT 132, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2916, accessed [date]).

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled ““Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).