“Oromocto river grant- according to what I am reading*, in 1783-84 the Refugees were encouraged to get together and ask for grants together with one main grantee in whose name the grant was made. Each grantee was legally bound to the terms of the grant. It was cheaper for the Government that way. One of the conditions is that they had to drain at least 3 acres of swampy land in order to keep it. Seems to me that Carol said the land in that area is wet land which may mean they lost it. Wonder where that document would be? That might explain why the channel was dug beside lot no.58. and he got to keep it.”

This is *very* interesting information, Lynn. … As far as the draining of the wetlands go, it seems a bit unfair to have to drain 3 acres on a 10 acre plot (like Lot №58 on Long Island) and the same to hold true for 200 acres.

I expect Leonard might have looked at the land on the Oromocto River and found it, once again, lacking in terms of its agricultural potential…certainly since it is wetland, as Carol noted. There is also the potential that he wanted to continue to be a part of the community that came from Long Island, New York. I believe you had noted that it was Richard Hewlett, of Queenstown, NB, that gave the name of Long Island to the land “off the mouth of the Otnabog”.

*from a journal written by Robert Fellows and called ” The Loyalists and Land Settlement in N.B. 1783-1790″ ” A study in Colonial Administration. Provincial Archives of N.B.