Map in the County Record Office in Chatham showing the original Concessions or lots for sale. Mary Ann would have chosen her lot from this map. It was Lot 22 in the 8th Concession in Raleigh Township.
An early settlers farm house on the river with the geometric 'lots' of land.
One of many fine houses built as Chatham boomed and became prosperous. Many are still standing. Salem had a house like this towards the end of his life when he became a prominent Chatham citizen.
Market day in Chatham 1882 – Mary Ann would have known this.
River Thames at Chatham – looking east towards the Barracks on Military Reserve from a paining done c 1838 by Lt. Col Bainbridge.
