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Note: Land Owners of the Mecklenburg (Ontario) District, 1790
VANDERVORT LT. MICHAEL SOPHIASBURG PR EDWARD 1 WEST OF WEST LAKE 17 2
VANDEVORT LT. ADOLPHUSTOWN LENNOX 1 31 50
VANDEVORT LT. ADOLPHUSTOWN LENNOX 1 32 0
VANDEVORT LT. ADOLPHUSTOWN LENNOX 1 33 0 TOTAL 31 & 32 130A
Adolphustown, Ontario
Pioneer Owners of Land
The following record of Adolphustown lots has been taken from the books of the Crown Lands Department, Toronto (Sessional Papers #32, 61 Victoria, A. 1898 pg 71-72). Transcribed by Linda Herman, June, 2001.
Lot Name Part Acres Date
31 Lieut. Michael Vandervoort and Thomas Doland All..with small Quantity of bro. front. 200 April 5, 1797
In the year 1783, a party of Loyalists sailed from the port of New York. They were under the command of Capt. VanAlstine, with a fleet of seven sail, and protected by the Brig "Hope," of forty guns. Some of this band had served in the army, in an irregular way, more had been in New York as refugees. VanAlstine although commissioned to lead this company, it would seem, had not been in the service - was not a military man, but a prominent Loyalist of the Knickerbockers. But these refugees, in setting out for the unknown wilderness, were provided with camp tents and provision, to be continued for three years, and with such implements as were given to the disbanded soldiers, as well as a batteau to every four families, after arriving at their place of destination. The company were mostly from the Counties of Rockland, Orange and Ulster, on the east side of the Hudson, and Westchester, Duchess, and Columbia on the west.
[Michael Vandervoort does not appear to be among this early group]
Examining an old map in the Crown Lands Department, certain names are found written upon the Islands and Points of Adolphustown. The southern extremity has upon it the name of Lieutenant Michael Vandervoort.
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