Henry Burritt (August 26, 1791 – November 4, 1872) was a

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and

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. He was born in Augusta Township in 1791, the son of

Stephen Burritt Stephen M. Burritt (1759 – January 13, 1844) was an early settler in eastern Ontario, Canada. Biography Originally from Connecticut, he fought on behalf of the British at the Battle of Bennington. He and his son were captured and imprisoned bu ...

. He settled on a farm in

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. In 1821, he was appointed

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in the Johnstown District. He was a member of the local

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, eventually becoming

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. He was elected to the

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in an 1839 by-election after William Benjamin Wells was expelled from the assembly. He died at Burritt's Rapids in 1872.

References

*''Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841'', J.K. Johnson (1989) {{DEFAULTSORT:Burritt, Henry 1791 births 1872 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada People from Leeds and Grenville United Counties Canadian justices of the peace