Benjamin Pawling, Surveyor

From the Déliberations Et Mémoires de la Société Royale Du Canada:

Benjamin [Pawling], who had been an officer in Butler's Rangers in the Revolutionary War, was employed as a surveyor in the early days and was appointed a member of the first Land Board of Nassau in 1788.

Mr. Pawling was present in a Land Board meeting held at Fort Erie in 1791:

Source