Samuel Mills

Life events

1. 4 Aug 1845

   Property¹

   Toronto Township, York County, Ontario, Canadahalf lot 9, Concession 1

   Samuel sold a village lot in Sydenham (formerly Logansville) to William Johnson, a local wagon maker, for seventy-five pounds. The transaction for this half-acre property on the north side of Dundas Street was witnessed by Edward Stinson, who is identified in the record as a cooper residing in the same village.

   Deed Transcription

   Deed Transcription

   Margin Note

   No. 25102 Recorded 8th August 1845 at 12 oclock AM on the oath of Benjamin Jackson John Ridout Reg

   A Memorial to be Registered pursuant to the Statute in such case made and provided of an Indenture of Bargain and sale made the fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five by and between Samuel Mills of the Town of Hamilton in the County of Wentworth in the Gore District and Province of Canada Merchant of the first part and Aurora Mills wife of the said party of the first part of the second part and William Johnson of the Village of Sydenham in the Township of Toronto in the County of York in the Home District and province of Canada Waggon maker of the third part Whereby the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Seventy five pounds of lawful money of the Province of Canada to him in hand paid by the said party of the third part the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged did grant bargain sell alien assign transfer release enfeoff convey and confirm unto the said party of the third part his heirs and assigns all that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate lying and being in the village of Sydenham late Logansville in the Township of Toronto County District and province aforesaid containing by admeasurement half an acre and seven perches be the same more or less being composed of part of the South half of Lot number nine in the first Concession North of Dundas Street in the Township of Toronto aforesaid and known and distinguished on a certain map of the Village of Sydenham late Logansville as Lot Number Five in the first Range of said Village Lots and which said parcel or tract of land and premises is butted and bounded or may be otherwise known as follows That is to say Commencing where a post has been planted on the North side of Dundas Street and at the distance of three chains and seventy nine and one half links more or less from the South East angle of said Lot number nine then North forty five degrees West four chains and eighty nine and three quarter links more or less to where a post has been planted then North forty one and one quarter degrees East one chain and eleven links more or less to where a post has been planted then South forty five degrees East four chains and eighty nine links more or less to where a post has been planted on the North side of Dundas Street then South forty one degrees West one chain and eleven links more or less to the place of beginning To have and to hold the said above granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to the said party of the third part his heirs and assigns to his own use for ever and by the same Indenture it is witnessed that the said Aurora Mills the wife of the said party of the first part for and in consideration of five shillings to her in hand paid by the said party of the third part hath remised released and for ever relinquished her Dower in the said premises unto him the said party of the third part his heirs executors administrators and assigns Which said Indenture is witnessed by Benjamin Jackson of the Village of Sydenham aforesaid Gentleman and Edward Stinson of the said Village of Sydenham Cooper and this Memorial thereof is hereby required to be Registered by me the said Grantee therein named Witness my hand and seal the fourth day of August in the year of our Lord 1845.

   William Johnson [LS]

   Signed and Sealed in the presence of
   Benjn Jackson
   Edward Stinson