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DANIEL COZENS, NJ & Ontario, Canada

DANIEL COZENS, NJ & Ontario, Canada

Posted: 26 Aug 2014 12:31AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 26 Aug 2014 3:43AM GMT
In various sources, Daniel Cozens was prematurely reported dead during the American Revolution but speaking for himself,

Upper Canada Land Petition 121,
He was a Captain in the 2nd Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers, commanded by Lt. Col. Isaac Allen. He is requesting land as a captain. Signed June 20, 1796, York, Upper Canada, Daniel Cozens.
Granted 3,000 Acres in Markham, Ontario if actually resident in the Province. Peter Russell.

- Upper Canada Land Petition #27, Petition of Capt. Daniel Cozens, Received 13 July, 1798
Having left his property in American and joined the Royal Standard at the commencement of the War, & continued to serve until the Peace of 1783. Please enroll him in the List this* district. Signed Danl. Cozens, by Osin A Merable?.

Note: It appears someone delivered his petition in for him.
* There is no reference to from where he is writing. To receive a grant of land he had to be a permanent resident of Upper Canada.

But no further mention of Capt. Daniel is found after that date. The next document is by Samuel D Cozens, mentioning his brothers, Joshua, Daniel and Benjamin Cozen. Samuel Cozens swore an oath that Gov. Simcoe promised at the last session held at the [Fort York] Garrison that he and his brothers could have a grant of 1,200 Acres of land.
Ref: UCLPetition #78, Film C1648 p.944, Archives of Canada.

UCLP 61, C Bundle 5, Daniel Cozens is a saddler by trade. He carries on his business in a house he rents in the Town of York. 4 Feb, 1800.

They came into Upper Canada in 1793. Their elder brother Josiah D. Cozens died in the year 1795 in the Town of York [Toronto]. Swore and signed Daniel Cozens Jr., dated 21 March 1801
Ref: UCLP # 89 C Bundle 5, C1649, Archives of Canada.
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