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The property map for Little Bras d'Or shows:
"CB 507 Benwa, an Indian" (roughly where the Trans Canada Highway is today)
West of it is CB 837 "Vive le Roi" Joseph March
Followed by CB 540 Joseph Jessome
Also marked on the map in the area are Joseph Lejeune, Benjamin LeJeune, Gabriel LeJeune, Francis Young, Jean Baptiste Young, John King (Roy), Henry, Thomas and John Jessome
From the NSARM online database of
Land Petitions:
Nova Scotia petitions 1769-1799 ~ Cape Breton Island petitions 1787-1843
1810
Benwa, The Indian
Report of Crawley to McKinnon: 140 acres near the western entrance of the Gut of Little Bras d'Or. Plan.
Cape Breton no.: 550
NSARM microfilm: 15790
1820
Marsh, John
Petition to Ainslie: Petitioner, age 21, single, a native of Cape Breton, asks the second lot east of Benwa's on Bouladerie Island. Note: refused.
Cape Breton no.: 2510
NSARM microfilm: 15797
For some historical background on the LeJeunes in Little Bras d'Or see "The Story of Joseph and Martine" at
http://www.deja-vu.ca/Joseph_Martine_Story_1.htm
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