John Askin 1799 Petition

Petition of Detroit merchant John Askin found in the Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865) on Microform: c-1609:


To the Honourable Peter Russell, Esquire
Administering the Government of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in Council...

The Memorial of John Askin Sen. of Detroit Merchant

Humbly Sheweth...

Partial Image Of John Askin Petition [Image 699]

Other salient points:

1796 and 1797 he purchased....14 single lots of 200 acres each...which he wished to locate on the borders of Lake Sinclair [Saint Clair] between the river Ruscam and point-aux-Roches or in adjacent small rivers......

Signed by John Askin from Sandwich on 11 June 1799

John Askin's son-in-law profiled here.

Jean Baptiste Barthe, Jr., Born In Detroit

Title: Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)

Microform: c-1621

Petition 21

Bundle B-7

Image 665

Jean Baptiste Barthe, Junior, of the Township of Sandwich, in the Western District, ...he is a native of Detroit, and from his birth, has  constantly resided either there, or at the post of Michilimackinac....

Recommended by John Askin

30 January 1798

Jean Baptiste Barthe papers, 1775-1780.Summary: Papers include: Ledger, kept at Sault Ste. Marie (1775-1779); Sales book, Sault Ste. Marie, September 4, 1775 - June 1, 1779; Invoice book (1778-1780; arithmetical exercise book. Jean Barthe was a brother-in-law of John Askin, Mackinac and Detroit merchant, and was associated in trade with Askin at his station at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

From this Metis site:

IV)-Michel Cadotte (1764-1837) attended the College of St. Raphael, Montreal this year. Jean Baptiste Barthe, employed by (I)-John Askin (b-1749), commissaire at Mackinac, settled next to (III)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte Sr. (1723-1803) at Sault Ste Marie. They entered into a partnership in the fur trade. (IV)-Jean Baptiste Cadotte (1761-1818) took Saugemauga, an Indian woman of uncertain lineage, as his country wife in Fond du Lac, probably at LaPointe.

A Alpha Petitions Including John Askin's

Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)

Microform: c-1609

"A," Bundle 4

Source

John Askin, Senior is listed in the index (see his petition here).  One of Mr. Askin's employees mentioned here.  Charles Askin, John's son, was a soldier in the War of 1812 and wrote a diary.

Private Claim I In Detroit

The Brush farm, Private Claim I, was at one time the Eustache Gamelin farm.*  [Lawrence] Eustache Gamelin was one of my grandkids' ancestors.

The tract here granted was one of the characteristic French "ribbon" farms, whose existence has proved such a powerful factor in determining the arrangement of streets and holdings in modern Detroit.  It had a frontage of about 386 feet on the river and extended back into the interior almost a mile and half.  It lay immediately east of the commons and was owned and occupied by John Askin prior to his removal to the south side of the river in 1802, when it was occupied, and subsequently (1806) bought, by Elijah Brush.  It is legally designated as Private Claim I, and is still popularly known as the Brush farm. [See printed version below].

Source

*From the Askin Papers:  Charles Andrew Barthe was the father-in-law of both John Askin and Alexander Grant.  Prior to 1763 he (Charles A. Barthe) bought the Eustache Gamelin farm [in Detroit], known later as Private Claim 1, or the Brush farm.

Gamelin deed:

Source

The deed is in French, signed in Quebec, May 1, 1747; see the source for a translation.  Does it cover what is now known as the Brush Farm area?  

Askin In Sombra

Heir and Devisee : H-1149 (Image 31)

5 July 1826

Original Assignee: John Askin

Towship of Sombra

Madelaine Askin, of Amherstburg, Western District, Widow

Lots 11, 12, 13 in Concession 7 and

northeast part of 13 Concession 6

500 acres

Askin In The Heir And Devisee Files

John Askin

2 September 1803

Image 194

Petition #15 Of John Askin, Detroit Merchant

Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)

Microform: c-1609

[Image 910]

Petition 15

The Memorial of John Askin, Senior, of Detroit, merchant...

John Anderson Of Old Detroit

Source Of Birdseye View Of Detroit

The name John Anderson appears in old ledgers in Detroit as early as 1802, when he bought leather at James Henry's tannery. In 1805-6 John Askin mentions two John Andersons in his ledgers, one a trader in the Maumee region and the other a saddler in Detroit. The latter is undoubtedly the same young man whose name appears in the third class claimants for a donation lot after the fire, and in some of the records is marked "doubtful."  However, he appears to have drawn lot 27, old plan, 28 new plan, section 8.  A deed was ordered January 21, 1807, and was filed unexecuted.  Later, on December 19, 1808, another deed was ordered, but there is no record of this on file.

It is quite likely that this is the same John Anderson who again appears in the records.  He...attended the West Point Military Academy..., having received his appointment from Vermont. He served as second lieutenant of artillery in Detroit as early as June, 1809, as appears in an old account book of that year.  In 1811 he purchased of William McDowell Scott, lots 52 and 54, section 3, the site of the Mariners' Church on Woodward Avenue. The same year he was appointed executor of the estate of Christopher Tuttle.

From the Governor and judges journal: proceedings of the Land board of Detroit

From the Cullum File of Heman Allen Fay (a fellow West Pointer):

2nd. John Anderson -- became Col. of Topographical Engineers, was surrendered (with others) by Gen. Hull at Detroit -- a prisoner, sent to Montreal -- exchanged, but was never in "battle" -- he died in Detroit a Drinking Man, & nothing grieved me more --for he was (while a Cadet) one of the most moral, clever men, I ever knew --

John Anderson - Probate File - Index Card (File #624):

Opposite Hogg Island

Upper Canada Land Books : C-102 [Image 873]:

Source

Detroit

11 July 1799

Extract from a letter from John Askin, Esq. to D.M. Smith

....Opposite the upper part of Hogg Island...

Names In The Western District

Heir and Devisee records, including H-1141 (below):

"...records documenting the review and determination of claims for land brought forward by the heirs, devisees, and assignees of individuals originally located by the Crown on land, in cases where no letters patent had been issued. The First Heir and Devisee Commission was in existence between 1797 and 1805. The majority of its records are held by Library and Archives Canada."

Names Under "Misc" In Western District

Names Included John Askin and Laurent Bondy