Algonquin Highlands Heritage Map

Jacob Clancy

Settler of township lots: Lot 23, Conc. 7, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 101 acre lot running north from Dawson Road.

Land acquisition:

  • 1876 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - along with Lot 23, Conc. 7 - 101 & 101 acres to Jacob Clancy BUT George Henry Barry received the patent for Lot 23, Conc. 7 in 1915. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 142).
  • 1876 Patent from The Crown . Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 138)

Other properties:

  • Lot 30, Conc. 6, Stanhope: 1882 from Rachel Demill/Woodcock. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 181). See Jane Clancy.
  • Lot 31, Conc. 6, Stanhope: 1876 from William Demill Render. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 189)

Dates of residency:

  • Jacob Clancy: 1848-1900
    - 1874 Birth of Daughter Rachel E Clancy (1874–1943) Stanhope
    - 1881 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Jacob & Jane Clancy with 2 children at Lots 22 & 23, Conc. 7
    - 1883 Stanhope Voters List: Jacob Clancy, owner, Lots 30 & 23, Conc. 6 & 6
    - 1890 Stanhope Voters List: Jacob Clancy, owner, Lots 30, 23, 23, Conc. 6, 6, 7
    - 1891 Stanhope Voters List: listed at Lots 23 & 30, Conc. 6 and Lot 23 Conc. 7
    - 1893 Stanhope Directory: Maple Lake
    - 1899 Stanhope Directory: Maple Lake- 1900 Died at Lots 29, 30, Conc.6 & Lot 28, Conc. 7, Stanhope
  • Jane Clancy: Lot 30, Conc. 6, Stanhope
    - 1891 Stanhope Voters List: Son Garald Clancy is listed at Lot 23, Conc. 7 and Lots 23 & 30, Cont. 7 as 'do'
    - 1901 Census of Canada, Stanhope: Jane Clancy as head, with Jacob Clancy, husband and son Gerald & Alexander
    - 1901 Stanhope Voters List: listed as Widow at Lot 23, Conc. 7 and Lots 23 & 30, Cont. 7 Owner
    - 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Mrs. J. Clancy, Maple Lake
    - 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Jane Clancy, widow, Lots 30, 29, 28, Conc. 6, 7
    - 1911 Census: Son Gerald Clancy was enumerated at this lot
    - 1928 Stanhope Voters List: Mrs. Wm Jones, do, no location

Other residents:

  • 1903 Business Directory, Stanhope: Simon Redner, Maple Lake, Lot 23, Conc. 7
  • 1903 Stanhope Voters List: Eliga Helman, Merchant, Lot 30, Conc. 6

Interesting facts:

Jake Clancy was a trapper. He was one of the renowned players on the Maple Lake ball team, which travelled by wagon as far as Minden for games. He was killed by a falling tree.

Lot 30, Conc. 6, Stanhope: Jane Clancy was enumerated at this lot in the 1901 census as Head and Jacob Clancy was listed as Husband. Her name is listed in the Family Tree as Mahalia Jane Demill Redner, b. Abt 1854, father was William A Demill Redner, b. 1810. See Jacob Clancy 1848-1900.

Preceding landowner:

  • Lot 30, Conc. 6: 1872 William Demill from The Crown; 1878 Rachel Demill, William's widow
  • Lot 23, Conc. 7: The Crown

Succeeding landowner:

  • Lot 30, Conc. 6: 1910 Garald Clancy; 1917 Roscoe Levearn Sawyer.
  • Lot 23, Conc. 7: 1930 Quit Claim to Milton Dawson South half for $400; 1963 Frederick & Edit Griffin; 1967 Brown Camps Leasing Limited; 1984 Anna Mae Lee & Barbara Ramsey

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

  • Jacob A. Clancy, b. Abt 1848, Napanee, Ontario, d. 5 Feb 1900, Stanhope,  (Age ~ 52 years) Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
  • Mahalia Jane Demill Redner, b. 30 Mar 1854, Victoria, Ontario, d. 28 Oct 1939  (Age ~ 85 years) COD: Myocardial degeneration. Buried: Maple Lake Cemetery
    Parents:
    • William A Demill Redner, b. 1810, Prince Edward, Ontario, d. 06 Feb 1879, Stanhope, (Age 69 years)
    • Rachel DeLong, b. 1818, Prince Edward, Ontario, d. 29 Jan 1899, Stanhope, (Age 81 years)
  • Husband 2. William B. Jones, b. 13 Jun 1842, Dundas, Ontario,  d. 1 Feb 1925  (Age 82 years) no children
  • Clancy Family:
    1. Rachel Clancy, b. 14 Aug 1874, Ontario,  d. 08 Feb 1943, Lindsay, (Age 68 years)
    2. William Andrew Clancy  b. 1879, Ontario,   d. 15 Jun 1883, Stanhope,(Age 4 years)
    3. Rosina Clancy, b. 07 Oct 1881, Ontario, d. 09 Oct 1895, Stanhope, (Age 14 years)
    4. Garald Clancy, b. 18 May 1885, Stanhope, d. 1957  (Age 71 years)
    5. Alexander Wesley Clancy, b. 1 May 1891, Stanhope,  d. 17 Mar 1951, Toronto, (Age 59 years)

Photo 1: Mahalia Jane, Gerald, Alexander, and Jacob Clancy. Courtesy of Dorothy Rivers who has all of Mary E. Demil's pictures. Source: Ancestry.ca johnmar131 originally shared this on 25 Jan 2013

Photo 2. Jacob Clancy & his wife Jane Demill Redner from Mabel Brannigan


Photo 2. Five generations of Stanhope women in 1933: Mahalia Jane Demill/Redner; Her daughter Rachel Clancy; Her daughter Lenora Iola Woodcock; Her daughter Grace Roberts; Her daughter Fay MacDonald from Mabel Sawyer Brannigan

Photo 3. Mahalia Jane, Gerald, Alexander, and Jacob Clancy. Ancestry.ca photo courtesy of Dorothy Rivers who has all of Mary E. Demil's pictures. I made a wrong identification the first time around. johnmar131 originally shared this on 25 Jan 2013

Photo 4: Jane Clancy & Mary E. Sawyer from Deloris Sawyer Bailey

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