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From - Pioneering In Humberstone Township -
Christian Stoner petitioned for land as a settler on 20 June 1794. He stated that he had arrived "about four years ago with a wife and five children, and it has pleased the Lord to favour him with two more chidlren since his arrival." He had received previous to the survey the front halves of Lots No 29 and 10 in the 3rd Concession of Humberstone and asked for an additional 200 acres. He eventually had Lots 29 and 30, 3rd Concession granted in total, and the front halves of Lots 31 and 32, 3rd Concession. He gave a more detailed account of his arrival in a certificate supporting Christian Knisley's petition in November of 1817 which is quoted above.
"was in this country in the year 1788 when Colonel Hunter commanding in Niagara Fort (Lieutenant Colonel Peter Hunter, 60th Foot), and he gave me leave to settle in this country; and then the following summer, 1789, I came in the second time when Colonel Harson commanded (Lieutenant Colonel John A. Harris, 60th Foot), and he gave me leave to make improvement, and was sent to Esquire Warren (John Warren, JP, of Bertie). He was then authorized to let people settle there then. He gave me leave to make improvement, and he promised to save it one year for me.
Then in the year 1790 I moved my family in and Knisley and Neff arrived with me and they was allowed to settle and to be careful to leave one another room.
I can certify that Knisley was very sickly when we went for our tickets, and we went some time after to the General Surveyor Smith (DW Smith) and he told me he would make it right, and there was a ticket gave out before the office was moved to York. So much from your friend and well wisher.
Christian Stoner."
In attesting to Christian Knisley's loyalty to the Crown during the War of 1812, John Warren noted that he was a "menoist."
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