Waterman PLAYTER

Male 1823 - 1874  (50 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Waterman PLAYTER was born on 16 Nov 1823 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario (son of Isaac PLAYTER and Sarah WILLSON, .3); died on 18 Oct 1874 in Cambray, Ops Twps., Ontario.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Twin to sister Priscilla Waterman Playter.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Isaac PLAYTER was born est 4 Mar 1797 in Abington, Philadephia, Pennsylvania; died on 21 Mar 1874 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Parents of Isaac are Watson Playter & Priscila Waterman.

    . 1770 Nov 1 - Letters remaining in the Post Office, Philadelphia: Mr Playter.
    Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Penn. - - -

    Died:
    Aged 78.0.17d. Verify location.

    Isaac married Sarah WILLSON, .3 on 13 Dec 1821. Sarah (daughter of Joshua WILLSON, Sr. and Judith ASH) was born on 17 Mar 1800 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 18 Mar 1889 in Manchester, Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah WILLSON, .3 was born on 17 Mar 1800 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick (daughter of Joshua WILLSON, Sr. and Judith ASH); died on 18 Mar 1889 in Manchester, Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Obituary:
    AN AGED PILGRIM AT REST - Mrs. Sarah Playter, widow of the late Isaac Playter & one of the early pioneers of Whitchurch, died March 18th at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Silas Vernon, Manchester, Reach Tp.
    & borne by 6 nephews her body was on Wednesday last quietly laid in the old Friends' Burying Ground, Whitchurch, beside the remains of her last husband, who died 14 years ago, & those of her many relations, the early settlers of this vicinity.

    Deceased died at the age of 89 years & 1 day & was the sister of Mr. John Willson of Union St. now the only remaining member of a family of 11 children who emigrated from New Brunswick in 1811.
    Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper, published 1889 Mar 22. - - -

    Died:
    Aged 89y 1d. Paralysis. Widow.

    Buried:
    Whitchurch Twp.

    Children:
    1. Priscila Waterman PLAYTER was born on 16 Nov 1823 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 10 Nov 1904 in Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.
    2. 1. Waterman PLAYTER was born on 16 Nov 1823 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 18 Oct 1874 in Cambray, Ops Twps., Ontario.
    3. Ely PLAYTER was born on 23 Apr 1826 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 7 Jan 1913.
    4. Jane PLAYTER was born on 4 Jul 1828 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 4 Oct 1847.
    5. Euphemia PLAYTER was born on 22 Sep 1831 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 11 Feb 1839.
    6. Catherine B PLAYTER was born on 23 Jul 1835 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 9 Feb 1839.
    7. Charles PLAYTER was born on 4 Sep 1837 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 2 Feb 1839.
    8. Prosper PLAYTER was born in 1852 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Joshua WILLSON, Sr. was born on 12 Nov 1755 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey (son of Samuel WILLSON, .i and Margaret MARTIN); died in 1838 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.

    Notes:

    . 1755 Nov 12, born, Joshua Wilson, son of Sam.1 & Margaret Wilson.
    Ref: Piscataway Town Hall, Register of Births, Vol. 2, 3rd series.

    . New Brunswick Land Petitions, Joshua Wilson, 1785, Charlotte Co., Microfim F1028. - 15 names, including, Capt. Barret, Beaver Harbor Association & Moose Island.

    . Joshua Willson lived at St. George is nicknamed the "Granite Town" & is located on the Magaguadavic River, near Passmaquoddy Bay & is 70 km. west of Saint John, New Brunswick.

    * UCLPetitions 82, Joshua Wilson, Whitchurch, W Leases, C2967
    To Issac Brock, Esq., Major General Commanding His Majestys Forces. In Council,
    Petition of Joshua Willson, of the Township of Markham, Yeoman, (one of the People called Quakers), lately from New Brunswick, where he resided upwards of 28 years, [1783].
    Your Petitioner was born in the late Province of East Jersey, now US & is 55 years of age. [b. 1757]. He came into this Province in July [1810] last & has taken & subscribed the Affirmation of Allegiance.
    He has a family consisting of a wife & 7 children, all in the Province. He is desirous of obtaining a Lease of the received Lot 25, Concession 3, Township of Whitchurch & humbly begs leave to offer Gideon Vernon, The Elder* of the Twp. of Whitchurch, Gentleman, as surety for the regular payment of the rent.
    Therefore, your Petitioner humbly prays that your Honor would be pleased to grant him a Lease of the aforesaid lot under the Regulations of 4 Apr 1811.
    Signed, Joshua Willson, York, 6th April 1812.
    Envelope: Received 6 April, 1812. Lot 25, Con 3, Whitchurch - is Crown Reserve - Timber - maple, Beach & Elm & was applied for by Jesse Lloyd on 23 Apr 18108, but is now open, he not having obtained a Lease within the time, by order in Council, 4 April 1811. John Small, Survey General.
    In Council, 7 April 1812, Petitioner Recommended for a lease of Lot prayed for. The rent to commence from the next Quarter day after this date. Thos. Small, Chairman. Warrant J3 issued 9 Sep., 1812.

    & These are to Certify that the respectfully Loyalist as well as all his family was in the American rebellion & he was on the the Engineer's Department with me in the year 1780 at Long Island, opposite New York & he was a faithful, industrious man & much respected by the officers in that Department & I left him in that Department when I went to the West Jersies & let years he removed from he Province of New Brunswick to Yonge Street. He brought with him a wife & 11 children all that is come to the province of understanding an industrious so he had working you this & conveys? on the reassurance in xx xx.
    Signed, Yonge Street, March 31, 1812, Wm. Graham.

    . Whitchurch, April 4, 1812, This is to Certify that I sailed with Joshua Willson from New York in the year 1783 to New Brunswick in a vessel provided by, & lived as neighbor to him 18 years [1801] & know him to be a true Loyalist & since that time has been with well acquainted with him as the xx & was to his Executor & family, other ways I sign to the report of Esquire Graham, Certified as above.
    Signed, Gideon Vernon.
    Note: Gideon Vernon, 1788 Mar 15, NB Land Grant, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., NB.
    Note: Reference from Gideon Vernon, Whitchurch, Gentleman, Capt. Associated Loyalists by commission from Sir Henry Clinton, arrived 1792 Ontario; returned to NB to bring his family, but prevented by a fit of Rheumatism which laid him up for many months with very few short periods of intermission; had a Park lot Pennfield, NB; he has a wife, 8 sons, & a daughter, but brought wife & 5 sons into Ontario. Son 8 years in Navy & with Lord Nelson off Trafalgar. Lots 3, 4, 6 in Con5 & Lots 4, 5, Con 6 Scott Twp.
    Signed, York, 7 Sep 1808, Gideon Vernon.

    . Receiver General's Office, York, 9th April, 1812,
    Joshua Willson has paid into this office £1. 12 shillings 6 pence currency on advance of Rent on Lease of the Crown Reserve Lot 25, 3rd Con., Whitchurch, John Small.
    Ref: UCLP, Leases 1797-1817, W Bundle, 1812, Whitchurch, Microfilche # C2967.

    . 1830 Apr 28 Apr, Joshua Willson Senior - at the age of 75, worked as a carpenter, on a new, larger Bogarttown Mill, (Mulock Drive & Leslie Street).

    . Served in Revolutionary War.
    Settled first in New Brunswick, then in 1812 Joshua settled on Concession 4, Whitchurch Township.
    - A certain Joshua Willson left New Jersey during the early part of the 19th century & settled at Newmarket, Ontario. Joshua had a son Joshua, & a grandson Joshua, who now owns the homestead at Newmarket.
    I have no further information concerning any of the children of Samuel Willson II., except Samuel III., Joseph, Gabriel the tailor, & James.
    Ref: The Lundy Family & Their Descendants of Whatsoever Surname with a Biographical sketch of Benjamin Lundy, by William Clinton Armstrong, A.M. New Brunswick, NJ, J Heindinsfeld, Printer, 42 Albany St., 1902.
    . Research & transcription by P J Ahlberg, 2014. Thank you. - - -

    Birth:
    Alt DOB 1757. Ref: UCLPetition.

    Buried:
    Stouffville, ON.

    Joshua married Judith ASH est 1785 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick. Judith (daughter of Robert ASH and Catherine HOYT) was born in 1760 in Gouldsboro, Hancock Co., Maine; died on 15 Jan 1818 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Judith ASH was born in 1760 in Gouldsboro, Hancock Co., Maine (daughter of Robert ASH and Catherine HOYT); died on 15 Jan 1818 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Judith is the daughter of Catherine Hoyt & Robert Ash, both of New Hampshire.

    . Joshua Willson Land Registration
    NW quarter Lot 24 Con 4W;
    SW quarter Lot 27, Con 4
    E half Lot 27, Con 3 West
    N half Lot 22, Con 4W.
    Ref: 1860 Map.

    . Joshua Willson Jr. Land Registration: E half Lot 27, Con 3 W
    Joseph Willson, Jr, Lot 27, Con 4W rear
    Charles Wilson, Lot 26, Con 4 W front. Ref: 1878 Map. - - -

    Died:
    Pine Orchard Station.

    Buried:
    Whitchurch Twp., Yonge St.

    Children:
    1. Margaret WILLSON, .I was born on 14 Dec 1786 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 18 May 1887 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.
    2. Hannah WILLSON was born on 18 Apr 1789 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 26 Oct 1888 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Hartmen Cemetery.
    3. Catherine WILLSON, .i was born on 10 Jan 1790 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 25 Sep 1877 in Newmarket, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Newmarket Cemetery.
    4. Mary WILLSON, .v was born in 1792 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 2 Mar 1884 in Bostwick, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Friends Burial Ground, Whitchurch.
    5. Joshua WILLSON, Esq., Jr. was born on 31 May 1795 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 20 Sep 1877 in Newmarket, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.
    6. Robert Ash WILLSON, .ii was born in 1797 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick.
    7. 3. Sarah WILLSON, .3 was born on 17 Mar 1800 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 18 Mar 1889 in Manchester, Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.
    8. Judge John WILLSON, .6 was born on 4 Jun 1804 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 10 Apr 1894 in Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Newmarket Cemetery.
    9. Moses WILLSON was born in 1807 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 29 Aug 1883 in Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.
    10. Paul WILLSON was born in 1809 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died in in Ontario, Canada.
    11. Jane WILLSON, .1 was born in 1811 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 26 Feb 1870 in Lobo Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario; was buried in Poplar Hill Cemetery.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Samuel WILLSON, .i was born in 1730 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died in in Woodbridge, Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ.

    Notes:

    NJ Land Transfer:
    . 1763 Dec 6 - Grantor John Willson. Grantee James Willson.
    Conveyance: Piscataway, Middlesex, East Jersey,
    Ref: NJ Early Land Records, Folio 6, D3 EJ: SSTSE023.

    On Dec 6, 1763 his father John Willson Sr. gave Samuel 62.5 Acres in Piscataway, which he subsequently sold to move to the Willson property in Sussex County, New Jersey. - - -

    Died:

    Samuel married Margaret MARTIN on 25 Oct 1751 in Middlesex Co., New Jersey. Margaret was born on 2 Oct 1727 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died on 23 Oct 1767 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Margaret MARTIN was born on 2 Oct 1727 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died on 23 Oct 1767 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey.

    Notes:

    Margaret Martin is the daughter of Moses Martin & Margaret MacDaniel both of Piscataway. Her family land in American in the early 1600. It is believed they were Huguenot & their name was original Martin.

    . 1765 Oct 28, WILL of Sarah Martin of Piscataway, Middlesex Co.
    " I am the daughter of Moses Martin. "
    to brother Joshua Martin, 5 shillings;
    Sister, Margaret Wilson, clothing;
    Sister, Rachel Griffith, also clothing;
    Cousin Isabel Wilson, daughter of my sister Margaret Wilson, also clothing,
    likewise to cousin, Sarah Griffith, Daughter of my sister Rachel Griffith.
    Cousin, Sarah Griffith, goods;
    to cousins Isabel Wilson, Robert Wilson & Joshua Willson & their mother (my sister) Margaret Wilson,
    & cousin Sarah Griffith & John Griffith, & their mother (my sister) Rachel Griffith: - the salt meadow that father Moses Martin, gave me in his Will to be sold & money to be given to cousins.
    Cousin Rachel Martin, daughter of brother Joshua Martin, silk cape & to his other 2 children Runyon & Margret Martin, money also.
    Executors: Moses Martin Jr. & Isaac Ferret.
    Witnesses: Isaac Stelle, Jeremiah dunn, Margaret Dunn.
    Proved Oct 23,1767.
    . 1767 Oct 26 Inventory made by Joshua Martin & Henry Langstaff Jr. - - -

    Birth:
    / resided.

    Died:
    Date of Will Proven. (Will 1761.2.21.)

    Children:
    1. Robert WILLSON, .i was born on 19 Oct 1752 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died in in York Twp., York Co., Ontario.
    2. 6. Joshua WILLSON, Sr. was born on 12 Nov 1755 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died in 1838 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.
    3. Isabell WILLSON was born on 2 Feb 1761 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey.

  3. 14.  Robert ASH was born in 1738 in Dover, Strafford Co., New Hampshire; died on 5 Jun 1816 in St George, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick.

    Notes:

    Robert is the son of Eleanor & Thomas Ash.

    Robert married Catherine HOYT. Catherine was born in 1741 in Lebanon, York Co., Maine; died in 1810 in Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Catherine HOYT was born in 1741 in Lebanon, York Co., Maine; died in 1810 in Hancock, Maine.
    Children:
    1. 7. Judith ASH was born in 1760 in Gouldsboro, Hancock Co., Maine; died on 15 Jan 1818 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery.