Land patent for Peter Joseph "Joseph" Voisin [I00688] and Catherine (Meyer) Voisin [I00689]. Joseph Voisin bought 59 acres in part of lot 1 of concession 8. He paid 51 pounds, 12 shillings and 6 pence. His name is listed as Joseph "Weison," which is probably spelled the way it sounded to the clerk.

Transcription:

Edmund Head 214

Province of Canada.

Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith.

To all to whom these Presents shall come—Greeting:

Whereas Joseph Weison, of the township of Wellesley in the county of Waterloo with Our Commissioner for the sale of Our Crown Lands, duly authorized by Us in this behalf, for the absolute purchase at and fore the price and sum of Fifty one pounds twelve shillings and sixpence of lawful money of Our said Province, of the Lands and Tenements hereinafter mentioned and described, of which We are seized in right of Our Crown. NOW KNOW YE, that in consideration of the said sum of fifty one pounds twelve shillings and sixpence by him the said Joseph Weison to Our said Commissioner of Crown Lands, in hand well and truly paid to Our use, at or before the sealing of these Our Letters Patent, We have granted, sold, aliened, conveyed and assured, and by these presents do grant, sell, alien, convey and assure, unto the said Joseph Weison his Heirs and Assigns for ever, All that Parcel or Tract of Land, situate, lying and being in the Township of Wellesley in the County of Waterloo of Our said Province, containing by admeasurement fifty nine acres be the same more or less; which said Parcel or Tract of Land may be otherwise known as follows, that is to say: being composed of

The North West part of the late Clergy Reserve lot number one in the Eighth concession Eastern section of the aforesaid township of Wellesley:

Commencing where a post has been planted in the centre of the said concession in the limit between lots numbers two and one, then north nine degrees five minutes East twenty five chains more or less to the limit between the Eighth and ninth concessions, then south eighty two degrees thirty minutes East twenty three chains sixty two links and a half more or less to the centre of the said lot, then south nine degrees five minutes West twenty five chains more or less to the centre of the said concession then north eighty two degrees thirty minutes West twenty three chains sixty two links and a half more or less to the place of Beginning.

Recorded 10th January 1856.
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To have and to hold the said Parcel or Tract of Land, hereby granted, conveyed and assured, unto the said Joseph Weison his Heirs and Assigns, for ever; saving, excepting and reserving, nevertheless, unto Us, Our Heirs and Successors, all Mines of Gold and Silver, and the free uses, passage and enjoyment, of, in, over and upon all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found on or under, or be flowing through or upon any part of the said Parcel or Tract of Land hereby granted as aforesaid.

Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada: Witnesses, Our Trusty and Well-beloved SIR, EDMUND WALKER HEAD, BARONET, Governor General of British North America, and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c. At Toronto, this Fifth day of January in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six and in the nineteenth year of Our Reign.

By Command of His Excellency in Council.
/s/ Geo. Et. Cartier
Secretary.
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Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Ref. No. 15907
Des. No. 6946
HII

Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada

Source: Frank W. Voisin and Clifton E. Voisin, Joseph Voisin 1805-1892 and Descendants, first printing (St. Clements, Ontario, Canada: St. Clements Printers, November 1982), Page 48.