Adolphustown Township


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Adolphustown Twp. in historical LENNOX-ADDINGTON Co.

Only [two other townships in Ontario] have smaller acreage than Adolphustown, one of the oldest Townships in Ontario, and perhaps the most important, historically. Surveyed, with nine others along the Bay of Quinte Front, westward from Kingston in 1783 by J. Collins, Capt. Sherwood and Lieut. Kotte. At first these townships were numbered. The Fourth was named after Prince Adolphus Frederick, seventh son of King George III., and was allotted to Maj. Peter Vanalstine, the leader of a group of Loyalists who had sailed from New York on September 8th, 1783, had wintered in Sorel, and had arrived on June 16th, 1784. A monument to these U.E.L. pioneers was erected in 1884 close to their landfall. The settlers, being accustomed to American institutions, soon organized a town meeting… 1792, although the town meeting as a municipal institution was not legalized in Canada until 1793… the statute granting this measure of self-government was passed… [through] the independent action of Adolphustown. The first Methodist church in Upper Canada had been erected [here, in 1792]… two Quaker preachers came to the township in 1790.

Jesse E. Middleton, The Province of Ontario: a History: 1615-1927, published 1927

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HINT: Before fine-searching the online maps, verify from the database of transcribed names (bottom).

Early survey maps with names of original patentees – over-written with subsequent owners.

3 available I0043013 | I0043011 | I0043012

THE ABOVE LINKS ARE BROKEN. These had been off-site links to the Archives of Ontario's RG-100 Patent Plans. In 2023 the A of O replaced the 'Archives Descriptive Database' with the 'AIMS' database. Please direct inquiries to the Archives of Ontario quoting the RG 1-100 collection and urging for restoration of *large-sized* map images. (I'm always happy to hear from you too).

The names on these maps are not transcribed for the HeritagePIN databases.

Maps at McGill University's Digital Atlas Project cover the Post-Confederation period (late for the scope of this project). Names of land-owners are transcribed at McGill's site.

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HINT: Before fine-searching the online directories, verify from the database of transcribed names (bottom).

1865 Frontenac, Lennox & Addington / Mitchell / free online
(Does not include Abinger, Denbigh, Effingham or Ashby)

Links & Transcription Progress

Find Concession/Lot Locations from the Agricultural Schedules of the Canadian national Censuses.
1842 (limited), 1851, 1861 and 1871.

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Finding Aid | (enumerated, but no Ag)

Library and Archives Canada originally had provided this list of LINKS to the 1851 Agricultural Schedule IMAGES. Up until 2024, Names from Agricultural Schedules had been indexed for a District (County-wide) search. Now researchers must manually view the images per Sub-District (Township-wide).
 
The former LAC search form, above, pre-filtered by Township and set to return the Agricultural Schedule results, cannot be made operational in the 2024 database. I will be watching for a restoration of function. Here is a pre-set search form for the 1851 Census, Ontario-wide. (Then, hit 'Modify Search').
 
Please view the images as per the link given in the first paragraph. Do back up your files and research, as links and indexes are disappearing without acknowledgement or remedy.

Finding Aid | Search Form – LAC | see table, below

1861 District SubDistrict Film     PGs: 17 – 19
Lennox-Addington Adolphustown C-1047 17 18 19

 
* The LAC search form is had been pre-set to search NAMES in this District, and within Agricultural schedules only. However, these indexes are significantly incomplete (and rendered even more unreliable in 2024). I recommend searching the 1861 Ag Schedule IMAGES by page number, in the chart, above.

In 2024 LAC has moved to a new Census Search utility. Here is a pre-set search form for the 1861 Census, Ontario-wide. (Then, hit 'Modify Search'). I will be adjusting search links at each township's page, but only to the Ag Schedule results by District (county) level.

The 1861 Census Districts | Re: Bothwell, Cardwell & Monck

Contact me with questions, linking errors, solutions you've found, etc. LAC had invited feedback during its transition process; now that it has abandoned the former database without ensuring the integrity and efficacy of their new system, they should be the receiver of complaints.

Important: See FINDING AID – involves a few steps.
 
1871 District SubDistrict Div.* Film Images
63 Lennox A Adolphustown   C-9995 Link to Start

 

In 2024 LAC has moved to a new Census Search utility. Here is a pre-set search form for the 1871 Census, Ontario-wide. (Then, hit 'Modify Search'). I will be adjusting search links at the township level over the coming year.
 
This census search is essential - you will need to find the farmer's name in the regular schedule of households, then view an image of that census page to catch the Enumeration Division, Page and Line number.
 
Use the FamilySearch Index and images, instead (free account, login required).


* The Enumeration Division number must match the Division of the corresponding Sched. 1 Personal Census.

Enumerators weren't always consistent in recording District- and Division information at the tops of the pages. To confirm Division number, check previous pages or rely on indexed information at Ancestry or FamilySearch.

The 1871 Census Districts | Maps of City Wards

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* tab marked (Tax Rolls) = no records for entire County

Ontario historical township tax assessments showing concessions and lots

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Township Dates Film Images  
Adolphustown None Available

NOTE: The above table is for records BEFORE 1880, only!
Films marked in red are viewable at LDS Family History Centers.


FamilySearch has begun to transcribe: (incomplete)

Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899
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See FamilySearch Wiki about Ontario Taxation.
Both Owners and Tenants were assessed for taxes (i.e. Freeholders and Householders).
See the Instructions to Assessors from 1847 Norfolk Co.


Search Surname - by part name, or use a star as a wildcard -- do not use single quote i.e. O'Brien - instead use O(star) :
Total Records Found: 53, showing 10 per page
SurnameIncidenceTownshipCountyDatesSourceAvailable online?DetailsMisc
Allen 2 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Allison 1 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Bogart 4 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Bogert 1 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Campbell 2 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Carlett 1 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Carr 1 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Casey 7 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Casten 1 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source
Chalmers 1 Adolphustown Lennox-Addington 1860 map Link to Source




heritagePIN PROJECT DATABASES | Project Goals and Progress




HeritagePIN has a number of Name Transcription Projects on the go since 2008. The time period of study is Pre-Confederation (1867). Since Ontario's civil records program took some years to fully implement, this time period has been extended to include Ontario's documented inhabitants prior to the mid-1870's.

Transcribed surnames are searchable at each Township's page




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MAPS | project

I had been able to photograph several of the (brittle) Pre-Confederation maps at various universities and archives, and by 2016 the University of Toronto has made images available ONLINE for many more!

The names in these databases have been transcribed by me personally, and include names from the inset town maps, and indexes of subscribers, located in the margins of each map.

 
DIRECTORIES & GAZETTEERS | project


Likewise, with historical directories, names have been transcribed by eye, not by OCR (conversion to text). They include those entries for individuals living in towns and cities.

 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES


Where maps and directories are sparse for a township, or for an early time period, the Databases are supplemented with record-sets * that show names and Concession/Lot locations *. These include early Land Grant/Patents, and Agricultural Census returns.