Kent County , area 2,458 km (949 sq mi) is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario .
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98-460: A cruel and ruthless sociopath. Despite the strong fictionalisation of the namesake TV-show character, several biographical aspects of the latter's historical counterpart appear to have been adapted for and transferred onto the fictional character Edmund Hewlett. For instance, Hewlett's romantic ambitions regarding Anna Strong in the series resemble Simcoe's courtship of Sarah Townsend , sister of Culper Ring spy Robert Townsend , for whom he wrote
147-440: A grid with Concessions 1 to 19 running north-westward and Lots 1 to 25 running north-eastward. The Gore of Chatham is a rectangular piece of land in the north-northwest of the township. The Chatham Gore contains four Concessions running northward and 25 Lots running eastward. The Gore was variously administered by Lambton and Kent counties as the population changed and road improvements were made. Community centres: City of Chatham,
196-664: A lieutenant-colonel, having been promoted in March 1782. Simcoe wrote a book on his experiences with the Queen's Rangers, titled A Journal of the Operations of the royal Queen's Rangers from the end of the year 1777 to the conclusion of the late American War , which was published in 1787. He served briefly as Inspector General of Recruitment for the British Army, from 1789 until his departure for Upper Canada two years later. Simcoe convalesced at
245-522: A poem that is thought to be the first verifiable valentine on the North American continent. It is presumed that Townsend, much like the fictionalised portrayal of Anna Strong on Turn , may have gathered and passed on intelligence gleaned from her unsuspecting suitor to the Culper Ring. Similarly, Hewlett's close bond with his horse Bucephalus (presumably named after Bucephalus , the horse of Alexander
294-611: A special organizational district, "the zone", for the Indians of the Moravian Mission on the Thames. Community centres: Bothwell John Graves Simcoe Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior . He founded York , which
343-671: A supporter of the government (led by William Pitt the Younger ). As MP, he proposed raising a militia force like the Queen's Rangers. He also proposed to lead an invasion of Spain. But instead he was to be made lieutenant governor of the new loyalist province of Upper Canada . He resigned from Parliament in 1792 on taking up his new post. The Constitutional Act 1791 divided Canada into the Provinces of Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec). The Act established separate governments and legislative assemblies for each province. Lower Canada
392-622: Is Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York. The battlefield is recognized as the Indian Field there. On 26 October 1779, Simcoe and 80 men launched an attack on central New Jersey from southern Staten Island known as Simcoe's Raid, from what is known today as the Conference House , resulting in the burning of Patriot supplies inside a Dutch Reformed Church in Finderne , including hay and grain;
441-580: Is buried in the Victoria Square Memorial Park on Portland Avenue, Toronto. Francis returned with his father to England when his tenure expired and joined the army. He was killed in an infantry charge during the Peninsular War in 1812. Son Henry Addington Simcoe became an English theologian. Simcoe entered politics in 1790. He was elected Member of Parliament for St Mawes in Cornwall, as
490-587: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dover Township, Ontario The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County . The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St. Clair , and Lake Erie , watered by two navigable streams , the Thames River and the Sydenham River . On January 1, 1998,
539-475: Is now known as Toronto , and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law, trial by jury , English common law , freehold land tenure, and also in the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada . His long-term goal was the development of Upper Canada (Ontario) as a model community built on aristocratic and conservative principles, designed to demonstrate the superiority of those principles to
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#1732852387757588-579: The Battle of Monmouth , in and near Freehold , New Jersey. On 31 August 1778, Lieut. Col. Simcoe earned a victory over Daniel Nimham 's Native American force serving under the Continental Army as the Stockbridge Militia in the Battle of Kingsbridge (also known as the “Stockbridge Massacre”). The skirmish had been planned by Simcoe for an earlier ambush by the same unit, and took place in what today
637-787: The British Empire , including Upper Canada, in 1834. Simcoe's priority was the Northwest Indian War between the United States and the " Western Confederacy " of Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of the Great Lakes (the Shawnee , Miami , Wyandot , and other tribes). This conflict had begun in 1785, and was still raging when Simcoe arrived in 1792. Simcoe had hoped to form an Indian barrier state between
686-720: The Devon home of his godfather, Admiral Samuel Graves . In 1782, Simcoe married Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim , his godfather's ward. Elizabeth was a wealthy heiress, who acquired a 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) estate at Honiton in Devon and built Wolford Lodge. Wolford was the Simcoe family seat until 1923. The Simcoes had five daughters before their posting in Canada. Son Francis was born in 1791. Their Canadian-born daughter, Katherine, died in infancy in York . She
735-642: The French Republic . An assault on the British-held town of Saint-Marc was repulsed, though Haitian forces captured Mirebalais and the Central Plateau. Simcoe was eventually replaced as leader of the expeditionary force in March. Simcoe was appointed colonel of the 81st Foot in 1798, but exchanged the position for the 22nd Foot less than six months later. Simcoe was buried in Wolford Chapel on
784-576: The Queen's Rangers began cutting the road in August 1793, reaching Holland Landing in 1796. Dundas Street (named for Colonial Secretary Henry Dundas ) ran east–west, between York and London. The Northwest Indian War ended after the United States defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers . They made peace under the Treaty of Greenville . While still at war with France, Britain could not afford to antagonise
833-611: The "irregular and high-handed proceeding of Mr. Simcoe." While Dorchester planned for a defensive war, Simcoe urged London to declare war: "Upper Canada is not to be defended by remaining within the boundary line." Dorchester was officially reprimanded by the Crown for his strong speech against the Americans in 1794. Simcoe realised that Newark made an unsuitable capital because it was on the Canada–US border and subject to attack. He proposed moving
882-679: The Assembly passed the Act Against Slavery in 1793, the first legislation to limit slavery in the British Empire; the English colonists of Upper Canada took pride in this distinction with respect to the French-Canadian populace of Lower Canada. The Upper Canadians valued their common law legal system, as opposed to the civil law of Quebec, which had chafed them ever since 1763. This was one of
931-598: The Constitutional Act, the provincial government consisted of the Lieutenant-Governor, an appointed Executive Council and Legislative Council, and an elected Legislative Assembly . The first meeting of the nine-member Legislative Council and sixteen-member Legislative Assembly took place at Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake ) on 17 September 1792. Following Simcoe's work precipitated by the Chloe Cooley incident,
980-545: The English port at the mouth of the Thames. A resident of Harwich, Valintine Zimmer, co-founded with friends of the same nationality the German Concession of Harwich. Community centres: Blenheim , Erieau , Erie Beach, Shrewsbury Area: 58,607 acres (237 km ). Surveyed in 1794 and named after Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham, father-in-law of Sir Guy Carleton . Community centres: Morpeth , Ridgetown Area: 49,677 acres (201 km ). Surveyed in 1794 and named from
1029-741: The English port of Orford, Suffolk . Community centres: Highgate Area: 72,100 acres (292 km ). Surveyed in 1794. Likely named for Walter Raleigh . Community centres: Charing Cross Area: 26,193 acres (106 km ), Surveyed in 1794. Named for the Kentish port in England. Community centres: Wheatley Area: 54,116 acres (219 km ). Surveyed in 1794, named for the English Tilbury fort in Essex. Community centres: Merlin , Tilbury Area: 27,154 acres (110 km ). Separated from Orford in 1821 to provide
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#17328523877571078-563: The French colonists that promised to restore the ancien regime , slavery and discrimination against mixed-race colonists, a move that drew criticism from abolitionists William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson . After assuming control of the British forces in Saint-Domingue, Simcoe was attacked by Haitian forces under the command of Toussaint Louverture , who at the time was fighting on behalf of
1127-447: The Great ) which overarches all four seasons, appears to have been inspired by history: in 1783, John Graves Simcoe sent a series of letters to New York in order to find the horse he had ridden on campaign, Salem. Salem was located and Simcoe subsequently paid the considerable sum of £40 to have him shipped to England and thus returned to him. Shortly before his departure to Upper Canada almost
1176-498: The Philadelphia campaign, including a successful surprise attack (planned and executed by Simcoe) at the Battle of Crooked Billet . In 1778, Simcoe led an attack on Judge William Hancock's house during a foraging expedition opposed by Patriot militia . Hancock was also killed, although he was not with the Americans. The attack took place at night and with bayonets. On 28 June of that year, Simcoe and his Queen's Rangers took part in
1225-577: The Simcoe family estate near Honiton , Devon. The Ontario Heritage Foundation acquired title to the chapel in 1982. Many of Simcoe's personal effects including his sword, sabre, and walking cane, may be viewed by appointment at the Archives of Ontario in Toronto . Elizabeth Simcoe's personal effects and hundreds of her watercolour paintings are also available there. Many places in Canada were named in honour of Simcoe: Two places have been named for Simcoe with
1274-609: The Simcoes spent the winter in Quebec City . Simcoe finally reached Kingston, Upper Canada , on 24 June 1792. In a proclamation on 16 July 1792, he renamed several islands at the mouth of the archipelago at the head of the St. Lawrence river to commemorate the British generals of the Seven Years' War ( Amherst Island , Carleton Island , Gage Island , Wolfe Island , and Howe Island ). Under
1323-865: The Six Nations of the Iroquois , who had been British allies during the war. The Crown had purchased land from the Mississauga and other First Nations to give the Loyalists land grants in partial compensation for property lost in the United States, and to help them set up new communities and develop this territory. Simcoe was appointed Lieutenant-Governor on 12 September 1791, and left for Canada with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Sophia, leaving three daughters behind in England with their aunt. They left England in September and arrived in Canada on 11 November. Due to severe weather,
1372-521: The US and Britain before the year was out. This encouraged the Indians in their war. Dorchester ordered Simcoe to rally the Indians and arm British vessels on the Great Lakes. He also built Fort Miami (present-day Maumee , Ohio) to supply the Indians. Simcoe expelled Americans from a settlement on the southern shore of Lake Erie which had threatened British control of the lake. US President Washington denounced
1421-494: The US in the Jay Treaty of 1794, and agreed to withdraw north of the Great Lakes, as agreed in the Treaty of Paris . Simcoe evacuated the frontier forts. In 1794, Simcoe was appointed to the rank of major general . In July 1796, poor health ( gout and neuralgia ) forced him to return to Britain. He was unable to return to Upper Canada and resigned his office in 1798. From October 1796 until March 1797, Simcoe briefly served as
1470-469: The US reason to mistrust Britain but, at the same time, to keep the Natives on both sides of the border friendly to Britain. The Indians asked for British military support, which was initially refused, but in 1794 Britain supplied the Indians with rifles and ammunition. In February 1794, the governor general , Lord Dorchester , expecting the US to ally with France, said that war was likely to break out between
1519-469: The best farmland in Ontario, the township was originally parcelled as a grid with Concessions 1 to 7 running north-westward, Lots 1 to 18 running north-eastward and Concession A along the road to Thamesville. The Gore of Camden is a rectangular section of land in the north and northwest area of the township. The Camden Gore contains Concessions 1 to 14 running eastward and Lots 1 to 10 running northward. The Gore
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1568-543: The capital to a more defensible position, in the middle of Upper Canada's southwestern peninsula between Lake Erie and Lake Huron . He named the new location London , and renamed the river there the Thames in anticipation of the change. Dorchester rejected this proposal, but accepted Simcoe's second choice, the present site of Toronto . Simcoe moved the capital there in 1793, and renamed the settlement York after Frederick, Duke of York , King George III 's second son. The town
1617-534: The commander of the British expeditionary force which was dispatched to captured the French colony of Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti ), which was in the midst of a slave rebellion . Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville , who was the Secretary of State for War for prime minister William Pitt the Younger , had instructed Sir Adam Williamson, the lieutenant-governor of Jamaica, to sign an agreement with representatives of
1666-515: The county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city of Chatham-Kent . Area: 40,625 acres (164 km ). Camden Township was conceded by treaty in 1790, and the Gore was surrendered by treaty in 1819. Surveyed in 1794 and named from the Earl of Camden . Also referred to earlier as Camden Township and Gore, and in the 1861 census as Camden & Gore Township. Containing some of
1715-631: The military career for which his father had intended him. He was initiated into Freemasonry in Union Lodge, Exeter on 2 November 1773. In 1770, Simcoe entered the British Army as an ensign in the 35th Regiment of Foot , and his unit was dispatched to the Thirteen Colonies . Later, he saw action in the American Revolutionary War during the siege of Boston . After the siege, in July 1776, he
1764-530: The mouth of the Saint Lawrence River a few months prior to the siege of Quebec , and was buried at sea. The family then moved to his mother's parental home in Exeter . His paternal grandparents were William and Mary (née Hutchinson) Simcoe. He was educated at Exeter Grammar School and Eton College . He spent a year at Merton College, Oxford ; he was then admitted to Lincoln's Inn , but decided to follow
1813-521: The only surviving son of Cornishman John (1710–1759) and Katherine Simcoe (died 1767). His parents had four children, but he was the only one to live past childhood; Percy drowned in 1764, while Paulet William and John William died as infants. His father was a captain in the Royal Navy who commanded the 60-gun HMS Pembroke during the siege of Louisbourg , with James Cook as his sailing master . He died of pneumonia on 15 May 1759 on board his ship in
1862-677: The primary reasons for the partition of 1791. Simcoe collaborated extensively with his Attorney-General John White on the file. The principles of the British Constitution do not admit of that slavery which Christianity condemns . The moment I assume the Government of Upper Canada under no modification will I assent to a law that discriminates by dishonest policy between natives of Africa, America, or Europe. However, this Act did not free anybody directly, and slaves continued to be held across Upper Canada. The Crown abolished slavery throughout
1911-699: The release of Loyalist prisoners from the Somerset County Courthouse ; and Simcoe's capture by Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie . Simcoe was released at the end of 1779 and rejoined his unit in Virginia . He participated in the Raid on Richmond with Benedict Arnold in January 1781 and was involved in a skirmish near Williamsburg and was at the siege of Yorktown . He was invalided back to England in December of that year as
1960-400: The republicanism of the United States. His energetic efforts were only partially successful in establishing a local gentry , a thriving Church of England , and an anti-American coalition with select indigenous nations. He is seen by many Canadians as a founding figure in Canadian history, especially by those in Southern Ontario . He is commemorated in Toronto with Simcoe Day . Simcoe was
2009-473: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dover_Township&oldid=896497527 " Categories : Place name disambiguation pages Township name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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2058-409: The title Lord , even though Simcoe was never a Lord in his lifetime: Captain John Kennaway Simcoe, the last member of the Simcoe family, died without issue in 1891 and was survived by his widow beyond 1911. A fictionalised version of John Graves Simcoe is a primary antagonist in the 2014–2017 AMC drama Turn: Washington's Spies , portrayed by Samuel Roukin . He is portrayed in the series as
2107-468: The town of Wallaceburg Area: 68,617 acres (278 km ). Dover Township was named after Dover, England . It was surveyed in 1794 and incorporated in 1850. Within the boundaries of Dover along the Chenail Ecarté of the river St. Clair is the site of Lord Selkirk's Baldoon Settlement, established in 1803. Community centres: Mitchell's Bay , Grande Pointe, Dover Centre and Pain Court Area: 88,349 acres (358 km ). Surveyed in 1794 and named from
2156-417: The two countries, even though he distrusted Joseph Brant , the main Indian leader. Simcoe rejected the section of the Treaty of Paris (1783) which awarded that area to the US, on the grounds that American actions had nullified the treaty. However, the French Revolutionary Wars broke out in 1793. The government in London decided to seek good terms with the United States. Simcoe was instructed to avoid giving
2205-401: Was George Washington . In 1777, Simcoe sought to form a Loyalist regiment of free blacks from Boston but instead was offered the command of the Queen's Rangers formed on Staten Island on 15 October 1777. It was a well-trained light infantry unit comprising 11 companies of 30 men -- 1 grenadier , and 1 hussar , and the rest light infantry. The Queen's Rangers saw extensive action during
2254-407: Was promoted captain in the 40th Regiment of Foot . He saw action with the grenadier company of the 40th Foot in the New York and New Jersey campaign and the Philadelphia campaign . Simcoe commanded the 40th's Grenadiers at the Battle of Brandywine on 11 September 1777, where he was wounded. Legend has it that Simcoe ordered his men at Brandywine not to fire upon three fleeing rebels, among whom
2303-437: Was severely underdeveloped at the time of its founding so he brought with him politicians, builders, Nova Scotia timber men, and Englishmen skilled in whipsawing and cutting joists and rafters. Simcoe began construction of two roads through Upper Canada, for defence and to encourage settlement and trade. Yonge Street (named after British Minister of War Sir George Yonge ) ran north–south from York to Lake Simcoe . Soldiers of
2352-419: Was the French-speaking eastern portion, which retained the French civil law and protections for the Roman Catholic Church established when Britain took over the area after its defeat of the French in the Seven Years' War . Upper Canada was the western area, newly settled after the American Revolutionary War . The settlers were mostly English speakers, including Loyalists from the Thirteen Colonies , and also
2401-406: Was variously administered by Lambton and Kent counties as the population changed and road improvements were made. Community centres: Dresden , Thamesville Area: 83,964 acres (340 km ) Chatham Township was conceded by treaty in 1790, and the Gore was conceded by treaty in 1796. Surveyed in 1794. Also referred to earlier as Chatham Township and Gore. The township was originally parcelled as
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