James Jack

ID # 7041, (1808-1894)
Pedigree
FatherWilliam Jack (1788-1860)
MotherMary Hood (1789-1867)
BirthJames Jack was born on 1 January 1808 at Glasgow, Scotland. 
ChristeningHe was christened on 1 February 1808 at Barony, Lanark, Scotland. 
MarriageHe married Jean Hood in 1830.
As of the 1861 census, James and Jean are in Essa Township of Simcoe County. There is a column for entering the year of a couples' marriage. Entries in this column were not always made, but were for James and Jean. This shows only their year of marriage, 1830, but not the location.
 
DeathHe died on 4 December 1894 at Tiverton, Bruce Co., at age 86. 
BurialHe was buried at Tiverton Cemetery, Bruce Twp., Bruce County. 
NoteFamilysearch has the following database, transcription only:
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

James Jack, Christening date 01 Feb 1808, Christening place Barony, Lanark, Scotland. Date of birth 01 Jan 1808
Parents William Jack and Mary Hood.

Death reg. 002049-94 Tiverton, Bruce Co.
James Jack died December 4, 1894. Age 87. Farmer. Baptist. Born Glasgow, Scotland. Physician W. C. Chambers. Informant Agnes Jack.

To be technical about it, James was probably born in Barony, of Lanarkshire in Scotland. This later became part of the city of Glasgow. This has not been researched. James' place of birth shown here, Glasgow, is as shown on his death registration.

James Jack Land Notes

See C-2111, Vol. 259, J Bundle 16, 1829-1931:

This petition is address to Sir John Colborne, Lieut. Governor of Upper Canada. The petitioner identifies himself as James Jack of the township of Dalhousie, County of Lanark, District of Bathurst. The writing at the bottom of the page is squeezed a bit but appears to be dated Dalhousie, January 6th, 1830. It is signed For James Jack, petitioner, John McIntyre. In other words the writing is that of John McIntyre.

James came to this township in the year 1820 along with his father who ws a member of one of the societies from Glasgow 'in the government grant of land and money.'

James tells that he understood from Col. Marshall that the son of a settler when of age would be entitled to a hundred acres of land free of charge. That two years ago Col Marshall told him to fix on a lot and forward a petition for a grant of it.

James took possession of 26th lot rear of the fifth concession of this township and petitioned Hon. P. Robinson, but though having no answer went on with improvements on the lot.

He now understands that he should petition Sir John Colborne and the council.

The above is the thrust of his petition.

The cover of the above petition indicates that it took a full year for the petition to have attention. The first endorsement is dated 14th January 1831 and simply refers the petition to the Surveyor General. This is followed by an endorsement, probably from the Surveyor General, but it is incomplete as though continuted on another page, which is not present in the file. A later endoresement reads: In Council 5th May 1831, Proof required of the circumstances alleged in this petition. This is signed with initials, perhaps those of a clerk, and illegible. We do not know how this turned out, but we are on safe ground to say that James was in Dalhousie as late as January of 1830 and probably as late as 1831. More to the point, the above suggests to us that this is James, the son of William. His being of age at the time of his writing of the petition places his birth to around 1808 or 1809. Since we have a record of birth for James of 1 January 1808, this works.

James father, William, was still in Dalhousie Township as of 1831. See Upper Canada Sundries, C-6872, page 60625.

There is a petition by a James Jack who is on the west half of lot 5 in the 7th concession and dated June 4th, 1839. This may be the same James Jack, but probably is not. See Carol Bennett's book (page 113) to do with another James Jack.

For a James Jack who is almost certainly the son of William, see C-2114, image 00745, Vol. 264, mislabelled I Bundle 6 (J Bundle 6) 1850-1852. This places James in Innisfil Township and is dated at Toronto June 1850.

Onland.ca has nothing relating to C5-L26 that is early enough to refer to James Jack.

C7-L5 does have a patent issued to a James Jack, but this is not a very legible reproduction. This is on image 26.


Familysearch has the AI for lot 26 on the 5th of Dalhousie, but this picks up with a patent dated January 18, 1876, to a Thomas Campbell for all 200 acres. There is no record of a Jack being involved.

The west half of lot 5 on the 7th concession does show a Crown Patent issued to James Jack on August 15, 1839. James deeds this on Nov 25, 1840 (or 41) to a David Smith. With this, James Jack is no longer involved in the property.

With the exception of references to the Abstract Index, the above relate to petitions, not the outcomes of those petitions. See notes for William, father of James Jack.

The 1861 census shows James and Jean Jack in Essa Township. The Agricultural page for this cesus places them on lot 12 of the 2nd concession of Essa. The available Abstract Index page is not legible on all points, but the family appears to have sold out and been quit of the property in 1866. At some point after this, but prior to the 1871 census they moved to Kincardine Township in Bruce County. This census tells that James was a farmer, but a land record for James in this township has yet to be found. They must, however, have lived in or near the village of Lorne, for there was a post office there and James Jack appears as the first postmaster. An index for post offices may be found on Library & Archives Canada's website. This shows the Lorne post office as opening on June 1, 1871, and James Jack was postmaster until his resignation on October 8, 1885. We do not have a great deal of information regarding James' son, James Hood Jack, but with what little we do know of his movements, it appears that it was James Jack Sr. who was the postmaster. Though only problem with this theory is that the 1881 census shows James and Jean in Tiverton. This is not a great distance from Lorne, but there must have been an arrangement of some sort for James to hold the job at Lorne.

James and Jean are still in Tiverton at the time of the 1891 census and James died there in 1894. 

Children of James Jack and Jean Hood
Last Edited7 Jun 2019