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1857 Richard Jasper Golden Crown Patent
Mark Warren sent me this information, thanks Mark.
The Treaty in 1836 called for two-thirds of the Huron Reserve (Anderdon) to be sold to settlers. The Indian Department received the money from the auction sales and then sent it to their agent for distribution to the members of the Wyandot, Ojibwe, Chippewas and others who had previously occupied the land. Well, the agent in charge of distributing the money was Indian Superintendent Joseph Brant Clench. Clench embezzled the money.
In 1857, Richard Golden received his Crown Patent for the 100 acre homestead on the North-half, Concession 7, Lot 3 at a cost of ₤75. That is what it says in the registry book which I obtained on microfilm from Archives Canada. Since a minimum of three years occupancy were required to qualify for the Crown Patent, he would have paid the ₤75 to Col. Clench before 1854. The requirements involved building a house, clearing so much land per year and so forth. Jasper’s earlier letters were perhaps asking about the process and what land might still be available. And of course he needed time to save up the ₤75. On April 13, 1852, Jasper says in his Journal that he sent Clench $100. I don’t have the conversion table, but this was probably a partial payment on the ₤75. A pound was worth significantly more than the dollar.
Brock, Daniel J. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. 1851-1960 (Volume VIII) University of Toronto and the Université Laval, 1990. “At the court of inquisition held in London in August 1855, it was learned that Clench’s wife and two of his sons, Leon and Holcroft, had purchased properties with monies belonging to the Indian Department. It was subsequently estimated that, with interest, some £9,000 had been embezzled. Of this, £5,950 had been recovered and £1,207 15s. 6d. had been secured in mortgages and in cash. During the investigation, which had led to the tarnishing of his good name, Clench himself refused to name his sons and wife as the persons directly responsible for the defalcation.”
For the last 150 years or so, the First Nations people have been trying to get the Government to give them the recovered money... their money. With interest, the Clench Defalcation (its legal designation) is now worth many millions of dollars. The legal battle is still on, some details of which I have included in my book. Clench’s wife apparently demanded a lavish life-style beyond what could be provided on a government agent’s income.
The Golden family must have been alarmed when it all came out. They might have wondered what Mrs. Clench bought with their ₤75 and whether they’d be able to keep their homestead.
Marilyn email August 9 2011
Well that puts another kink in the story because after Ann Black died Richard Jasper was living with Richard in the 1861 and 1871 censuses. That would mean that he either lost or sold that land that he and the family had settled on. By 1861 all of the children except John had married and gone their own way so at his age keeping up with his own farmland would have been a very hard task. The 1861 census states that he was a laborer (at 70 years of age).
Mark Warren sent me this information, thanks Mark.
The Treaty in 1836 called for two-thirds of the Huron Reserve (Anderdon) to be sold to settlers. The Indian Department received the money from the auction sales and then sent it to their agent for distribution to the members of the Wyandot, Ojibwe, Chippewas and others who had previously occupied the land. Well, the agent in charge of distributing the money was Indian Superintendent Joseph Brant Clench. Clench embezzled the money.
In 1857, Richard Golden received his Crown Patent for the 100 acre homestead on the North-half, Concession 7, Lot 3 at a cost of ₤75. That is what it says in the registry book which I obtained on microfilm from Archives Canada. Since a minimum of three years occupancy were required to qualify for the Crown Patent, he would have paid the ₤75 to Col. Clench before 1854. The requirements involved building a house, clearing so much land per year and so forth. Jasper’s earlier letters were perhaps asking about the process and what land might still be available. And of course he needed time to save up the ₤75. On April 13, 1852, Jasper says in his Journal that he sent Clench $100. I don’t have the conversion table, but this was probably a partial payment on the ₤75. A pound was worth significantly more than the dollar.
Brock, Daniel J. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. 1851-1960 (Volume VIII) University of Toronto and the Université Laval, 1990. “At the court of inquisition held in London in August 1855, it was learned that Clench’s wife and two of his sons, Leon and Holcroft, had purchased properties with monies belonging to the Indian Department. It was subsequently estimated that, with interest, some £9,000 had been embezzled. Of this, £5,950 had been recovered and £1,207 15s. 6d. had been secured in mortgages and in cash. During the investigation, which had led to the tarnishing of his good name, Clench himself refused to name his sons and wife as the persons directly responsible for the defalcation.”
For the last 150 years or so, the First Nations people have been trying to get the Government to give them the recovered money... their money. With interest, the Clench Defalcation (its legal designation) is now worth many millions of dollars. The legal battle is still on, some details of which I have included in my book. Clench’s wife apparently demanded a lavish life-style beyond what could be provided on a government agent’s income.
The Golden family must have been alarmed when it all came out. They might have wondered what Mrs. Clench bought with their ₤75 and whether they’d be able to keep their homestead.
Marilyn email August 9 2011
Well that puts another kink in the story because after Ann Black died Richard Jasper was living with Richard in the 1861 and 1871 censuses. That would mean that he either lost or sold that land that he and the family had settled on. By 1861 all of the children except John had married and gone their own way so at his age keeping up with his own farmland would have been a very hard task. The 1861 census states that he was a laborer (at 70 years of age).
Not sure what this is about, any help would be appreciated.