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4  TEXT Date of Import: 14 Jan 2004


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http://the-burgers.rootsweb.com/sketches/sketch079.html
THE SIX MONTROSS BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
The family consisted of three brothers--Levi, Peter and Silas; and three sisters--Phoebe, Frances and Margaret.

Levi Montross drew the north half of Lot 1, Concession B., Charlotteville. He was a very religious man, and in the practical exercise of his Christian faith in the every-day affairs of life, he was the worthy peer of his near neighbor and brotherin-law, Thomas Price. Before the municipal system came into operation he was one of the "Town Commissioners" for Charlotteville, serving as church warden. This term, "church warden," as applied to a township official in this country, is quite misleading as to its functional signification. The old board of township or parish officers included two whose duty, in part, was to look after the poor and destitute. These two were called "church wardens," a name borrowed from England and not at all appropriate in its application to these officials. In England the "church warden" is an ecclesiastical official, whose duty is to look after the edifice of the church, superintend ceremonial worship, and such like duties, in his parish. It is simply one of the many English terms which, owing to a different condition of things, have been ridiculously misapplied in the institutions of this country. Many of these incongruous terms have been dropped, and as our own peculiar institutions develop, our terminology becomes less English and more Canadian.

As a church warden in those early days, Levi Montross left a clean record behind him. In 1806 he was appointed High Constable of London District, serving as such for one year. He died childless, willing his farm to his nephew, Peter Price.
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"December 11th, 1804, Abigail, wife of Simon Mabee, relinquished her Dower right in 100 acres, being part of Lot 24, 2nd concession, Walsingham, conveyed to Levi Montross."
SOURCE: http://the-burgers.rootsweb.com/sketches/sketch076.html  TRIED BY GOD AND THEIR COUNTRY AT TURKEY POINT.
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