On 12 Feb 1818 a Mr. Clench, seconded by a Mr. Nellis, moved for leave to bring the following petition to the Commons of Upper Canada and the Honorable Legislative Council, in Parliament, assembled:
"The Petition of Margaret Rousseau, of the Township of Ancaster, Widow, Humbly Sheweth: That Your Petitioner is the Widow of the late Jean Baptiste Rousseau, deceased, who was a Captain in the Indian Department, and on Service with the Indians during the late War until the month of November 1812, and on the 16th of the said month was taken ill when on duty, having been actively employed the whole of that season on a deputation to the Indians at Lake Huron, c., c., & c. His strict observance to the service intrusted to his command as is well known to some of Your Honorable Members, brought on disease, which ended a life long devoted to the welfare of His Majesty's Government.
Your Petitioner would beg leave to state that she has made application to the Board appointed for the District of Gore in hopes of having her name inserted on the Pension List, but not being able to obtain same, for reasons perhaps good, is therefore induced to make this appeal to Your Honors, relying on the justice of her application, feels confident that her case will meet with the liberality of investigation that will put her on that grade with others similarly situated, who are now on the Pension List.
And Your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
her mark
Margaret X Rousseau
mark
Signed: ALEXANDER SERVOS.
Biblio: the original document by Alexander Servos was published in 1899 by the 'Niagara Historical Society'.
http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_09097
LORE:
Margaret was formerly a prisoner among the Mohawk Indians,” who had been adopted by Chief Joseph Brant.
On two subsequent occasions, the couple renewed their vows before the Church of England clergyman Robert Addison; first at Brant’s home on the Grand River on 15 Oct. 1795 and secondly at Niagara on 30 June 1807. Although Rousseaux’s first marriage had been childless, the second produced six children including a son named Joseph Brant Rousseau
CHILDREN:
George B. Rousseaux, 1783–1851
Elizabeth Rousseau, 1788–1856
Mary Rennet Rousseaux, 1793–1842
Margaret Rousseau, 1796–1862
Catherine (Kate) Rousseau, 1797–1881
Major Joseph Brant Rousseau, 1799–1868
"The Petition of Margaret Rousseau, of the Township of Ancaster, Widow, Humbly Sheweth: That Your Petitioner is the Widow of the late Jean Baptiste Rousseau, deceased, who was a Captain in the Indian Department, and on Service with the Indians during the late War until the month of November 1812, and on the 16th of the said month was taken ill when on duty, having been actively employed the whole of that season on a deputation to the Indians at Lake Huron, c., c., & c. His strict observance to the service intrusted to his command as is well known to some of Your Honorable Members, brought on disease, which ended a life long devoted to the welfare of His Majesty's Government.
Your Petitioner would beg leave to state that she has made application to the Board appointed for the District of Gore in hopes of having her name inserted on the Pension List, but not being able to obtain same, for reasons perhaps good, is therefore induced to make this appeal to Your Honors, relying on the justice of her application, feels confident that her case will meet with the liberality of investigation that will put her on that grade with others similarly situated, who are now on the Pension List.
And Your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
her mark
Margaret X Rousseau
mark
Signed: ALEXANDER SERVOS.
Biblio: the original document by Alexander Servos was published in 1899 by the 'Niagara Historical Society'.
http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_09097
LORE:
Margaret was formerly a prisoner among the Mohawk Indians,” who had been adopted by Chief Joseph Brant.
On two subsequent occasions, the couple renewed their vows before the Church of England clergyman Robert Addison; first at Brant’s home on the Grand River on 15 Oct. 1795 and secondly at Niagara on 30 June 1807. Although Rousseaux’s first marriage had been childless, the second produced six children including a son named Joseph Brant Rousseau
CHILDREN:
George B. Rousseaux, 1783–1851
Elizabeth Rousseau, 1788–1856
Mary Rennet Rousseaux, 1793–1842
Margaret Rousseau, 1796–1862
Catherine (Kate) Rousseau, 1797–1881
Major Joseph Brant Rousseau, 1799–1868
On 12 Feb 1818 a Mr. Clench, seconded by a Mr. Nellis, moved for leave to bring the following petition to the Commons of Upper Canada and the Honorable Legislative Council, in Parliament, assembled:
"The Petition of Margaret Rousseau, of the Township of Ancaster, Widow, Humbly Sheweth: That Your Petitioner is the Widow of the late Jean Baptiste Rousseau, deceased, who was a Captain in the Indian Department, and on Service with the Indians during the late War until the month of November 1812, and on the 16th of the said month was taken ill when on duty, having been actively employed the whole of that season on a deputation to the Indians at Lake Huron, c., c., & c. His strict observance to the service intrusted to his command as is well known to some of Your Honorable Members, brought on disease, which ended a life long devoted to the welfare of His Majesty's Government.
Your Petitioner would beg leave to state that she has made application to the Board appointed for the District of Gore in hopes of having her name inserted on the Pension List, but not being able to obtain same, for reasons perhaps good, is therefore induced to make this appeal to Your Honors, relying on the justice of her application, feels confident that her case will meet with the liberality of investigation that will put her on that grade with others similarly situated, who are now on the Pension List.
And Your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
her mark
Margaret X Rousseau
mark
Signed: ALEXANDER SERVOS.
Biblio: the original document by Alexander Servos was published in 1899 by the 'Niagara Historical Society'.
http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_09097
LORE:
Margaret was formerly a prisoner among the Mohawk Indians,” who had been adopted by Chief Joseph Brant.
On two subsequent occasions, the couple renewed their vows before the Church of England clergyman Robert Addison; first at Brant’s home on the Grand River on 15 Oct. 1795 and secondly at Niagara on 30 June 1807. Although Rousseaux’s first marriage had been childless, the second produced six children including a son named Joseph Brant Rousseau
CHILDREN:
George B. Rousseaux, 1783–1851
Elizabeth Rousseau, 1788–1856
Mary Rennet Rousseaux, 1793–1842
Margaret Rousseau, 1796–1862
Catherine (Kate) Rousseau, 1797–1881
Major Joseph Brant Rousseau, 1799–1868
"The Petition of Margaret Rousseau, of the Township of Ancaster, Widow, Humbly Sheweth: That Your Petitioner is the Widow of the late Jean Baptiste Rousseau, deceased, who was a Captain in the Indian Department, and on Service with the Indians during the late War until the month of November 1812, and on the 16th of the said month was taken ill when on duty, having been actively employed the whole of that season on a deputation to the Indians at Lake Huron, c., c., & c. His strict observance to the service intrusted to his command as is well known to some of Your Honorable Members, brought on disease, which ended a life long devoted to the welfare of His Majesty's Government.
Your Petitioner would beg leave to state that she has made application to the Board appointed for the District of Gore in hopes of having her name inserted on the Pension List, but not being able to obtain same, for reasons perhaps good, is therefore induced to make this appeal to Your Honors, relying on the justice of her application, feels confident that her case will meet with the liberality of investigation that will put her on that grade with others similarly situated, who are now on the Pension List.
And Your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
her mark
Margaret X Rousseau
mark
Signed: ALEXANDER SERVOS.
Biblio: the original document by Alexander Servos was published in 1899 by the 'Niagara Historical Society'.
http://www.archive.org/details/cihm_09097
LORE:
Margaret was formerly a prisoner among the Mohawk Indians,” who had been adopted by Chief Joseph Brant.
On two subsequent occasions, the couple renewed their vows before the Church of England clergyman Robert Addison; first at Brant’s home on the Grand River on 15 Oct. 1795 and secondly at Niagara on 30 June 1807. Although Rousseaux’s first marriage had been childless, the second produced six children including a son named Joseph Brant Rousseau
CHILDREN:
George B. Rousseaux, 1783–1851
Elizabeth Rousseau, 1788–1856
Mary Rennet Rousseaux, 1793–1842
Margaret Rousseau, 1796–1862
Catherine (Kate) Rousseau, 1797–1881
Major Joseph Brant Rousseau, 1799–1868
Family Members
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