Stephen Heward Explained

Stephen Heward
Office2:	Auditor General of Land Patents for Upper Canada
Term Start2:	1818
Term End2:	1828
Predecessor2:	John McGill
Successor2:	D'Arcy Boulton
Birth Date:	1777?
Birth Place:	Cumberland, England
Death Date:	1828
Death Place:	York, Upper Canada??
Occupation:	Military officer, public official
Relations:	George Crookshank - son-in-law
Spouse:	Mary Robinson(1787- 1863), m. 1806 ^[1]

Like many early officials in Canada little is known of Stephen Heward beyond his roles as a public official in Upper Canada after serving earlier in the British Army.^[2]

Before and during his posting as Auditor General of Land Patents Heward held a number of posts:

• Clerk of the Peace for the Home District 1811-1828?
• Clerk of the Receiver General's Office 1815-1828
• Registrar General of the Court of Probate 1816-1828
• District Court Clerk for the Home District 1818-1828

Heward served during the War of 1812 as Captain in the 3rd York Militia and promoted as Major at end of the conflict.^[3] For his military service he obtained land in Simcoe County.

Legacy

Heward Avenue in Toronto named for him.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marriages from St. James Church, Toronto, 1800 - 1821. 2020-11-26.
2. Web site: Heward (family) - Archeion. 2020-11-26. www.archeion.ca.
3. L. Homfray Irving, Honorary Librarian, Officers of the British Forces in Canada during the War of 1812-1815, Canadian Military Institute, Welland Tribune Print, 1908, page 67-69