Settler of township lots: Lots 27, Conc. 3 & 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is Lot 27, Conc. 3 running south from MacBrien Road at Hwy 118.

Land acquisition:

• 1867 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 86 & 101 acres to Francis Jones.
• 1867 patents  from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Conc. 3 - Image 458; Conc. 4 - Image 417).

Note: Since the 1883 Stanhope Voters List lists Francis Jones Sr at Lots 27, & 28, Conc. 4 and Francis Jones Jr at Lot 27, Conc. 3 this record may include information for both father and son, whose wives were both named Elizabeth. The Ontario Land Parcel Register just lists Francis Jones.

Dates of residency:

• 1870 Peterborough County Directory, Stanhope: Francis Jones, Lot 27, Conc. 4
• 1872 Marriage: both of Minden
• 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Lots 27 (& 28, Conc. 4 but no record of ownership) Francis, hunter & Elis. with 3 children
  - son Francis b. 1874: Lot 27, Conc. 3
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Francis Jones, senr, owner, Lots 27 & 28, Conc. 4
• 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Francis Jones, junr, owner, Lot 27, Conc. 3

Interesting facts:

In 1883 the Joseph Fader family, including 15 year old George, travelled to Stanhope where they had bought the old Francis Jones farm. In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 328

An 1887 register of Bethel Church [near Horseshoe Lake north of Minden] lists Francis and Elizabeth Jones. In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pg. 293

Preceding landowner: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

• Lot 27, Conc. 3; 1889 Hamilton Boice for $250. Boice was listed at this lot on the 1891 Stanhope Voters List.
• Lot 27, Conc. 4; 1877 Albert Cameron Jones for $600; 1896 Mun. of Stanhope; 1899 Joseph Fader; 1930 Charles Fader.

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• Francis Jones, b. Nov 1848, England 
  Parents:
  • Francis Jones, b. Abt 1813, England d. 13 Nov 1893, Minden, (Age ~ 80 years). Buried: Minden Village Cemetery
  • Elizabeth Ayers, b. Abt 1822, England 
• Elizabeth Johnson, b. Apr 1854, Ontario
• Children:
  1. Francis Henry "Frank" Jones, b. 11 Dec 1873, Stanhope
  2. William Jones  b. 11 Mar 1875, Stanhope, d. 6 Sep 1959, Vancouver, (Age 84 years)
  3. Llewella Jones  b. 17 Jun 1879, Stanhope,