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Benjamin Pawling
Benjamin Pawling ( 1749 – buried December 16, 1818) was a soldier, judge, political figure and publisher in Upper Canada. Early life He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents probably emigrated to North America from Wales. His family's property was confiscated at the beginning of the American Revolution and he joined the British forces at Quebec City in 1777 with his occupation listed as farmer. He was assigned to Butler's Rangers in 1778 and he became a captain in 1784 and retired that same year. Pawling settled in Grantham Township in the Niagara region in 1783. He served on the land board of the Nassau District and Lincoln County. He was appointed to the Court of Common Pleas in 1788 and became a justice of the peace the following year. He sparsely attended hearings with the land board or the court and requested his resignation to the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada in 1793. His position of judge ended upon the abolishment of the Court of Common Pleas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Quebec since 1763. Upper Canada included all of modern-day Southern Ontario and all those areas of Northern Ontario in the which had formed part of New France, essentially the watersheds of the Ottawa River or Lakes Huron and Superior, excluding any lands within the watershed of Hudson Bay. The "upper" prefix in the name reflects its geographic position along the Great Lakes, mostly above the headwaters of the Saint Lawrence River, contrasted with Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) to the northeast. Upper Canada was the primary destination of Loyalist refugees and settlers from the United States after the American Revolution, who often were granted land to settle in Upper Canada. Already populated by Indigenous peoples, land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
