Settler of township lots: Lot 28, Conc. 4, Stanhope

Location: Map point is the approximate location of this 93 acre lot running south from the south shore of Maple Lake to the east end of MacBrien Road.

Dates of residency: 1861 Lands Liable to Taxation: Township of Stanhope Patent Register - 93 acres to BUT John James Sisson received the patent for this land in 1899. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Stanhope (Image 487).

Interesting facts:

We have been unable to find a record of a Nicholas Moorehead in Haliburton County. On the 1861 census, there is a 34 year old Nicolas Morsehead, patternmaker & carpenter, born in England, He is enumerated in the town of Bowmanville, Durham county, with wife Maria and three children.

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree Not listed