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Samuel Holland (surveyor)

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land system which was established on the island over the following century. Holland was later given a parcel of land on the St. John's Island, Lot 28, settled by farmers. Holland charged very little as an absentee landlord.
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Although his separation from Gertrude Hasse had been amicable, he still paid her an annual allowance between 1756 and 1780. In 1784, Hasse unsuccessfully petitioned the British government to force him to renew payments.
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In 1762, Holland took his maps to London where he submitted them to the Board of Trade, proposing a survey of all British possessions in North America to facilitate settlement, a proposal that was accepted in 1764.
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Holland was later employed in surveying the settled parts of the Saint Lawrence River Valley and in drawing up new plans for a citadel in Quebec after the French siege was lifted.
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On 6 March 1764, Holland was appointed Surveyor-General of North America. On 23 March, he received instructions to survey all British possessions north of the
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In 1749, Holland married Gertrude Hasse. They had one daughter, who is thought to have died in infancy. In 1754, having possibly made contact with the
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In about 1772, Holland's marriage to Marie-Joseph Rollet was contracted as legal. The couple would eventually establish a family of ten children.
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and leaving his wife behind in the Netherlands, Holland emigrated to England to seek advancement under the British flag.
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Holland had begun living in Quebec as early as 1762 with then 21-year-old Marie-Joseph Rollet. Their first son,
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The Captain Samuel Holland rose, developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, was named in his honour.
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where he would spend the rest of his life. Among his first assignments was the preparation of a map of
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In 1791 he became the Surveyor-General of Lower Canada and Upper Canada and was replaced with
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In 1756, Holland, probably with Richmond's aid, became a lieutenant in the
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In 1767, he proposed that British explorers look for a
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Himself as Surveyor General of Upper and Lower Canada
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are the only reminders of his Holland House estate.
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He was promoted to lieutenant in 1747. 344:That winter, Holland and his new pupil, 650: 702: 680: 243:(1728 – 28 December 1801) was a 760:Colony of Prince Edward Island people 451:Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet 298:Early years in British North America 126:Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet 402:Holland arrived in October 1764 on 374: 13: 651:MacLeod, Richard (24 April 2021). 14: 781: 740:King's Royal Rifle Corps officers 685:. 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Samuel Holland (politician)
Samuel Holland (baseball)

Sir David William Smith, 1st Baronet
Joseph Bouchette
Deventer
Dutch Republic
Quebec
Lower Canada
Dutch
Royal Engineer
Surveyor
British North America
Deventer
Netherlands
Overijssel
Dutch, or Staatse Leger artillery
War of the Austrian Succession
Duke of Richmond
Royal Americans
British North America
New York Province
French and Indian Wars
Captain lieutenant
Fort Carillon
Ticonderoga, New York
Louisbourg
James Wolfe
James Cook
Gulf of Saint Lawrence

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