Settler of township lots: Lot 8, Conc. 6, Stanhope

Link to Arthur Hewitt Family on the Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree website

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot running along the east side of  Buckslide Road.

Land acquisition: 1900 from Thomas Godwin for $400. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 6 (Image 22).

Other land: Lot 14, Conc. 10, Stanhope - 1920 from The Crown in 1920; 1923 to Thomas S. Fletcher. Ontario Land Parcel Register Book - Stanhope Concession 10 (Image 139)

Dates of residency:

• 1901 Stanhope Voters List
• 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Arthur Hewitt, Boskung
• 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Arthur Hewitt, farmer, Lot 8, Conc. 6
• 1911 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Arthur & Minnie A Hewitt
• 1911 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 8, Conc. 6 & Lot 14, Conc. 10
• 1911 & 1918 Stanhope Post Office Lists: Lot 8, Conc. 6
• 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Muriel Hewitt is listed at Lots 8 & 10, Conc.  6, but stroked off for the next year

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner: 

• 1874 Joshua Davis received patent.
• 1877 Thomas Godwin purchased from Joshua Davis for $400.

Succeeding landowner:

• 1921 Allan Hewitt
• 1926 Alexander Hewitt

Photo: Boshkung House: Arthur Hewitt on Boshkung Lake Road. Source: Peter Hewitt's Photo Collection