He Came To Canada In 1827, As Secretary To The Canada Land Company, Which He Had Originated, And One Of The Five Commissioners (Colonel Cockburn, Sir John Harvey, John Galt, Mr. McGillivray And Mr. Davidson) Named By England For The Valuation Of The Province Of Upper Canada.

This remarkable man was the founder of Galt, Goderich, Guelph, and other western cities, and was the father of three sons, John, Thomas and Sir Alexander Tilloch, the last at present our charge d'affaires in London.

[41] See Quebec, Past and Present, page 454.

[42] For full particulars about St Andrew's Church, see "Quebec, Past and Present," pages 404-5.

[43] Adam, the oldest; John lost at sea on his voyage to England, in the fall of 1775; and Matthew, who, later on, we think was a partner in the old firm of Lymburner & Crawford, came to his end, in a melancholy manner at the Falls of Montmorency, about 1823. Were they all brothers? we cannot say. Adam and John were.

[44] Mrs. Widow Arch. Campbell closed her long career at Quebec, in November, 1880.

[45] John Sewell, Capt. in 49th (Brock's Regiment), and Lt-Col. Volunteers in 1837. William Smith Sewell; late Sheriff of Quebec, died 1st June, 1866. Edmund Willoughby Sewell, Clerk in Holy Orders. Robert Shore Milnes Sewell, Advocate, died 9th May, 1834. Maria May Livingstone Sewell, widow of Major Henry Temple, 15th Regiment, died at Quebec in April, 1881. Henrietta Sewell, wife of Rev. Dr. Frs. J. Lundy, died 17th Nov.

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