Hugh Mulholland
ID # 3401, (1777-1865)
| Birth | Hugh Mulholland was born in 1777 at New York State. |
| Marriage | He married Mary Wedge on 6 March 1804. Information for the year and date of the marriage of Hugh Mulholland and Mary Wedge is taken from McKenzie's transcription of the Christian Advocate, February 26, 1868. This appears in Volume 5, Death Notices from the Christian Advocate, 1858-1872, Rev. Donald A. McKenzie, Global Heritage Press. |
| Death | He died on 5 August 1865 at Beverly Township. |
| Burial | He was buried at Troy Cemetery. |
| Note | The following is from: Vol. 5/Death Notices From the Christian Advocate/1858 to 1872 Donald A. McKenzie/2008/Global Heritage Press Page 215 Mulholland, Hugh was born in New York state in 1777, came to Canada with his parents in 1795, and married Mary Wedge in 1804. He died in Beverly twp., near the village of Troy, Aug. 6, 1865; survived by his wife and a number of sons and daughters. - Oct. 18, 1865, p 4, O. Hugh's father was evidently Hugh Mulholland. The evidence is imperfect, but the first Hugh petitioned Gov. Simcoe for land in the 1790s and seems to have gained a township lot in Saltfleet Township. By 1808, Hugh Sr. is deceased and his eldest son James Mulholland claims land in Beverly. This is found on microfilm H1153 img 98. James and Hugh Jr. of Beverly are likely brothers. This is unconfirmed. The Mulholland Tree as presented in the 1947 A History of the People of Troy, page 24, tells that Hugh Mulholland came to Beverly and settled on lot 9, concession 2, in 1810. The Abstract Index for this property dates the first Crown grants to 1849, 1855, and 1862, and none of these grant holders are Mulhollands. A Hugh Mulholland (we do not know which one) is shown on the AI as purchasing the north half of this lot in 1855. All these years are very late years to show settlement for this concession of Beverly and so another issue must have intervened. A James Mulholland located in Beverly in 1808 had an issue with the Second Heirs and Devisees commission which has yet to be examined, but, if the Second Heirs decided against the Mulhollands then previous history of the ownership of the lot typically is ignored by the land record clerks and ownership is only listed back to the latest Crown Patent holders. As mentioned in the above paragraph, Hugh Mulholland's connection to Beverly Township is explained in the 1947 A History of the People of Troy on page 24 as telling that he settled on lot 9 of the 2nd concession in 1810 and this is not reflected in the Abstract Indexes that your researcher has to hand. The 1826 Beverly assessment has Hugh in Beverly on the north half of lot 10 on the 2nd concession (we may now safely say that this is Hugh Jr. See notes below.) The Abstract Index page for this lot is now available via onland.ca. This may be found on Beverly boook 1, image 224. This shows a Bargain & Sale by William Wedge to Hugh Mulholland of the whole 200 acres of the lot. The transaction date was 20 March, 1813, and the registration date was 9 March, 1824. A later transaction dated 1 February 1853, shows Hugh Mulholland et uxora (and wife) selling an unreadable portion of the lot to George Mulholland. This was registered on 11 December, 1854, and the transaction is nbr. 475 which is recorded in regiser B/2. Per Onland.ca Bev Bk 1 C2-L10, img 224 All 200 acres Wm Wedge to Hugh Mulholland, transaction date 20 Mar 1813, regn date 9 Mar 1824. This is transaction 66 in register C. Hugh Mulholland et ux, an unreadable portion to George Mulholland 1 Feby 1853, 11 Dec 1854, B/2 475 (That the second transaction appears to be in an earlier register is misleading. The first transaction will be in a Gore District register; the second one will be in a Wentworth County register.) A further note and one which carries some confusion. The Waterdown-East Flamborough Heritage Society in 1994 published a booklet Beverly Township Crown Patentees. This shows a Hugh Mulholland receiving the crown patent for all 200 acres on lot 27, concession 6, on 19 March, 1798. It also shows a James Mulholland receiving the crown patent for lot 26 on the same concession on the same date. The noted Hugh Mulholland may be James' brother, but he may also be his father. For the moment, this is unclear. The Abstract Indexes have been found in your researchers own collection and these generally reflect the information in the Beverly Patentees booklet. James sold up his entire interest in lot 26 to an Isaac Corman in 1808 (registered in 1809), but the AI also shows that he wrote a will in 1801 and which was registered in 1832, perhaps the year of his death. The AI indicates that a copy might be found in Register G, transaction 384. (These are not always a complete record of a will, sometimes only pertaining to the portion disposing of real estate. Usually, full copies are found in Surrogate Court records.) The AI for lot 27 shows Hugh Mulholland gaining the Letters Patent on 19 March, 1798, but then, without explanation, James Mulholland receives Letters Patent on 25 March, 1810. This probably reflects the death of Hugh Mulholland Sr., but this is not explained. James apparently sold the north half of the lot to David Beedle in 1820, but not the south. There is a record of a Sherriff's Deed on the south half in 1833. This probably has something to do with James' (apparent) death in 1832. The Mulholland names does not appear again, at least up until the 1860s, on either lot. The Beverly Patentees booklet goes on to suggest that James spent some time in Saltfleet Township of what became Wentworth County. This has not been researched. A further note, and apologies to the reader. The following file was obtained some eight years ago at the Archives of Ontario and quite forgotten about. See MS657 reel 16, Second Heirs & Devisees, nbr. 40-73, James Mulholland. This is dated 1808. Image 4 of this file declares James Mulholland to be the eldest son and heir at law of Hugh Mulholland, late of Saltfleet Township. This page of the documentation is dated 22 May, 1807. Image 5 is a letter from the Surveyor General's office dated 18 March, 1808. This tells that Hugh Mulholland is entered on the plan of Beverly for lot 27 on the 6th concession, and lots 35 and 36 on the 7th concession under a warrant dated 24th June, 1796. Image 6 is a document dated at York (later Toronto) on 26 March, 1808, to the effect that James Mulholland is the eldest son of the late Hugh Mulholland, deceased. As this is signed by Hugh Mulholland, apparently in his own hand, we must believe him to be James' brother. Image 7 is the file cover which is dated 17 March, 1808, and isn't very informative other than to say that the 'within notice' has been put up in the office of Thos. Ridout, who at this point is Justice of the Peace for the Home District, for 30 days. The only point to any of the above so far as this story is concerned is that James (not presently shown in this tree) and Hugh Jr. are almost certainly brothers. Page 18 of the 1947 booklet, The History of the People of Troy, shows Hugh Sr. and Hugh Jr. in Beverly. John Cornell in his 1889 The Pioneers of Beverly on page 21 makes mention of the settlement of families in 1810, including Hugh Mulholland. Considering the information as shown in the Second Heirs file above, we must believe that this at least refers to Hugh Mulholland Jr. |
Children of Hugh Mulholland and Mary Wedge |
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| Last Edited | 23 Dec 2023 |