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 Abt 1790 - 1857 (~ 67 years)
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| Name |
Joseph Brant Clench [2] |
| Born |
Abt 1790 |
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
3838 |
| Residence |
London, Upper Canada [2] |
| Died |
20 Feb 1857 |
London, Middlesex, England [2, 3] |
| Person ID |
I3838 |
aojd |
| Last Modified |
11 Nov 2011 |
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| Notes |
- From Deeds / Nations
http://www.adamsheritage.com/deedsnations/c.htm
Joseph Brant Clench [born c.1790 at Niagara-on-the-Lake; died February 22, 1857 in London], Mohawk warrior and civil servant, eldest son of Ralphe Clench and Elizabeth Johnston; he was married Esther Serena Joseph Leon before 1816; he fought in the War of 1812-14; he was superintendent of Rice Lake Reserve, 1830-1835; he was elected as a Tory to the Upper Canada House of Assembly in 1834; he became the superintendent of the Chippewas and Munsees of the Thames from 1837 until he was removed for mismanagement in 1854 [he, his wife and his sons had all embezzled Indian Department funds]; on February 5, 1834, Clench arranged Surrender #37, for the sale of 3000 acres of the Ojibwa reserve [Muncey], sold through public auction - the Ojibwa of the Thames were not paid for 1200 acres of the land sold; in 1845 he moved to London, Upper Canada; Joseph Clench witnessed the signing of Surrenders 58½b, #58½c, #58½d, and #58½e, for schools and churches at Muncey, February 13, 1849 (Canada 1891 vol. I: 90, 128; Patterson: 400, Read and Stagg: 328; DCB vol. VII: 161-163; Riley pers. com.).
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- [S285] .
- [S91] JOSEPH BRANT CLENCH (Reliability: 3).
- [S4] PG. 56 DE LEON II (Reliability: 3).
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