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McGinnis Family fonds
Lacolle (Beaujeu) Seignoiry
Sabrevois Seignoiry
Noyan Seignoiry
Longueuil Seignoiry
De Léry Seignoiry
Bleury Seignoiry
Fonds Famille McGinnis

Identificateur

MIKAN: 103082
Reels/Bobines: H-2926 to H-2942
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: MG 8 F 99
oocihm.lac_mikan_103082
lac_mikan_103082

Sujet

Papers
Genealogy
Family
Business and commerce
Law and justice
Papiers
Généalogie
Famille
Affaires et commerce
Droit et justice

Document original

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1733-1914
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Langue

anglais

Description

William McGinnis (1785 - 1880) administered the Christie seigneuries and was an entrepreneur in the Upper Richelieu Valley of Quebec, beginning in 1835. However, the Christie estates were embroiled in legal disputes until 1874. The property was originally in the hands of General Gabriel Christie (1722 - 1799). When he died, he was in possession of the seigniories of Bleury, Léry, Lacolle (Beaujeu), Noyan and Repentigny. The estate went to his son Napier Christie Burton and, when he died, the estate was inherited by William Plenderleath Christie (1780 - 1845) under the terms of Burton's will. William Christie acquired some town lots in Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), the aforementioned seigneuries as well as the seigneury of Sabrevois, holding those until his death. To manage his estate, William Christie appointed McGinnis, a nephew by his first marriage, as his land agent. William Christie closely supervised the administration of his seigneuries. He completed a survey of them, establishing a separate record for each in preparation for the division of the estate. When he died, the estate was divided among his half-sisters and a nephew, Gabriel Christie. However, William Christie's right to succeed to his father's estate was questioned both before and after his death because he was the child of an illegitimate union (his mother was his father's mistress). However, in July 1874, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council confirmed his right to inherit the estate, and his heirs would continue to hold the property.
The McGinnis fonds consist of family papers and seigneurial papers regarding the business, legal, and family records of several individuals and families as well as a substantial group of papers related to seigneuries held by the Christie family and administered by William McGinnis.
William McGinnis (1785-1880) était l'administrateur des seigneuries appartenant à la famille Christie. À compter de 1835, il était aussi un entrepreneur dans la vallée du Haut-Richelieu, Québec. Les propriétés des Christie furent toutefois impliquées dans des litiges juridiques jusqu'en 1874. À l'origine, ces propriétés appartenaient au général Gabriel Christie (1722-1799). À sa mort, il était propriétaire des seigneuries de Bleury, Léry, Lacolle (Beaujeu), Noyan et Repentigny. Son fils Napier Christie Burton hérita de la succession puis, à sa mort, elle passa aux mains de William Plenderleath Christie (1780-1845) en vertu du testament de Burton. William Christie avait fait l'acquisition de quelques lots urbains dans Dorchester (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), des seigneuries mentionnées ci-dessus, ainsi que la seigneurie de Sabrevois et il conserva toutes ces propriétés jusqu'à sa mort. William Christie désigna McGinnis, le neveu de sa première épouse, comme agent foncier. Christie surveilla étroitement l'administration de ses seigneuries. Il compléta un recensement de chacune de ses seigneuries afin d'en effectuer la division pour sa succession. Après son décès, sa succession fut partagée entre ses demi-sœurs et un neveu, Gabriel Christie. Toutefois, William Christie étant né d'une union illégitime (sa mère était la maîtresse de son père), son droit d'hériter de la succession de son père fut remis en cause tant avant qu'après sa mort. En juillet 1874, le Comité judiciaire du Conseil privé a enfin confirmé son droit d'hériter de la succession de son père et ses héritiers ont pu conserver leurs propriétés.
Le fonds McGinnis est composé de documents de famille et seigneuriaux qui touchent l'administration et les affaires judiciaires, de papiers relatifs à certains individus et familles, ainsi qu'une quantité importante de documents concernant les seigneuries appartenant à la famille Christie et administrées par William McGinnis.
Volumes: 44953
Every documents in this fonds are described at the item level. MSS1791 http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002208.pdf
The second series contains correspondence and papers relating to seigniorial lands and is sub-divided by villages and parishes. In some cases a parish extended over more than one seigniory, one such instance being Saint-Georges de Henryville which lay in Noyan and Sabrevois. The papers contain all types of property transactions including papers relating to rents, mills, roads and bridges and wills. A separate file has been created for the Christieville Church of which W. McGinnis was an elder. The sub-series regroups documents pertaining to different seignoiries: Bleury, De Léry, Lacolle (Beaujeu), Longueuil, Noyan and Sabrevois.
This series contains documents pertaining to the following families: McGinnis, Christie, Bowman, Glackmeyer, Thompson and others. We can also find a bound volume with the Journal of Robert McGinnis, written between 1774 and 1784. The book was also used as an account book between 1795 and 1805. Also include in this series is an album containing 64 photographs of members of the McGinnis family (end of XIXe century) and a scrapbook containing a collection of greeting card (end of XIXe century).

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