EARLY HISTORY OF SETTLERS. 9. 
ing, cut up fine, and mixed with grass and leaves, which formed a 
wood-mouse’s nest. After removing the nest, he found all his 
money buried in loose, rotten wood, aud mould. 
Mr. Lovekin drew his land from the Government, and became a 
permanent citizen in 1801. He took the oath of allegiance, was 
appointed Chief Magistrate of the home district, (which embraced 
the country from Cobourg to Toronto), and held many offices of 
trust under the Government. During the war of 1812, he admin- 
istered the oath of allegiance to many brave and patriotic persons, 
who took up arms in defence of the country. The following is a 
form of the oath, and a list of the names of those to whom the 
oath was administered : 
(AFFIDAVIT. ) 
County of i 
Durham, to Wit. ‘ 
Be it remembered, that, before Richard Lovekin, one of His 
Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the district of Newcastle, the 
non-commissioned officers and privates of the first regiment of the 
Durham Militia, whose names are underwritten, haven taken and 
subscribed the following oath, as prescribed by the Act of the Pro- 
vincial Parliament, passed the fifth day of August, in the fifty-sec- 
ond year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled an Act “ to repeal part 
of the laws now in force for the training and warning the Militia 
of the Province, and to make further provision for the raising and 
training of the said Militia.” and which oath has been duly admin- 
istered to the said non-commissioned officers and privates in obe- 
dience to the order of His Honor, Major General Shraffe, Presi- 
dent administering the Government of the Province of Upper Can- 
ada, communicated through Major General Shaw, Adjutant Gen- 
eral of Militia, to William Warren Baldwin, the Lieutenant-Col- 
onel Commanding the said first Regiment of the Durham Militia. 
(OATH. ) 
I do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful and bear 
true allegiance to His Majesty King George, and him will defend 
to the utmost of my power, against all traitorous conspiracies and 
attempts whatever which shall be made against his person, crown, 
or dignity, and I will do my utmost endeavor to disclose and 
make known to His Majesty, his heirs and successors, all treasons 
and traitorous conspiracies and attempts, which I shall know to 
be against him or them—So help me God. 
