Gooseberry, Thomas

  • From: Wikipedia Article on Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Township
    • The Second was the name given to a small settlement located along what was the Second Concession of the township, now Froom and Scott roads. The concession line, instead of lying straight, ran parallel to the Saint Lawrence River shoreline leading to a break in the road and oddly shaped lots; the Second Concession was thus known locally as the “Broken Second”.
    • In the late 1700s, the land at The Second had been surveyed and divided into lots to be distributed as land grants to Loyalists or to be purchased by European immigrants; by 1792 some land here was occupied. Around 1795, a Loyalist named Thomas Gooseberry, one of only three black Loyalists from Jessup’s Corps, was granted a lot of land here; Gooseberry did not settle here, as by 1801 his name was absent from census records.
    • Claim anount in Captain Jessop’s affadvit for £5 8s. 7d.
  • Proven United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=3231
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