Notes:

Obituary:
SISLEY - On Sunday, Jan. 18th, 1903, entered into rest, Joshua Sisley, in his 82nd year.
Funeral from his late residence, Richmond Hill, on Tuesday, Jan. 20th, at 2:30 p.m.
Ref: The Globe & Mail - Jan 20, 1903 pg. 12.

1860 Oct 116, Tues. , Union Fall Fair at Markham Village. The day was beautiful & the company more numerous than we haver ever seen at any Fair north of Toronto, The number of entries was very large, being nearly 1000.
. Sheep Wethers 2, 1st prize, Joshua Sisley.
. Barley 2 bushels, 34d place Joshua Sisley.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper.

Monument Inscription:

MARGARET SISLEY
1786 - 1887
JOSHUA SISLEY
1822 - 1903
OLIVIA HIS WIFE
1832 - 1914
EMMA MILLARD
1835 - 1893 - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Joshia Sisley, written clearly on the Census 1881.

Died:
COD: Senility, 2 weeks. Richmond St.

Family/Spouse: Olivia SMITH. Olivia was born on 11 Dec 1829 in England; died on 19 Sep 1914 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George SISLEY, .2 was born in 1858 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario; died on 16 Jun 1886 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario.
2. Dr. Euston SISLEY was born in Mar 1860 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario; died on 20 Mar 1940 in Calgary, Alberta.
3. Edwin Henry SISLEY was born on 27 Aug 1860 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario; died in 1921 in Saskatchewan.
4. Weston SISLEY was born in 1861 in Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario.
5. Dr. Opie SISLEY was born on 19 Jun 1863 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario; died on 16 Sep 1951 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
6. Sidney SISLEY was born on 4 Jan 1867 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario; died on 8 Jan 1948 in Coldstream, Vernon Co., British Columbia; was buried on 12 Jan 1948 in Vernon Co., British Columbia.
7. Olivia OLIVE SISLEY was born on 5 Jan 1864 in Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 13 Jul 1876 in Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.
8. Maude SISLEY was born in 1865 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario.
9. Milford Joshua SISLEY was born on 11 Mar 1867 in Scarborough, York Co., Ontario; died on 4 Apr 1960 in Mahoning Co., Ohio.
10. Edith SISLEY was born on 26 Jan 1870 in Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario.
11. Percy SISLEY was born on 17 Jul 1872 in Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 20 Aug 1872 in Richmond Hill, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.

Notes:

. George Sisley had a mill near Brougham. They moved to Richmond Hill.
At the time of the Separation of 1828, George SISLER, his wife Margaret & 4 children are identified with the Hicksite faction of the Pickering branch of the Yonge Street Meeting.
They were later disowned for non-attendance of meetings.

. Part of the family changed their name from Sisler to Sisley. - - -

Died:
Est. DOD. 52 years before wife = 1835.

George married Margaret WILLSON, .I on 18 Feb 1818 in Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario. Margaret (daughter of Joshua WILLSON, Sr. and Judith ASH) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery:

. Margaret Sisley, 1786 -1887
Joshua Sisley, 1822-1903
Olivia, his wife, 1832 - 1914
Ema Millard, 1835 - 1893.

. George Sisley was married in a Quaker ceremony to Margaret Willson, & the record shows that he was the son of George Sisler & Margaret, who is deceased.
At the time of the Separation of 1828, George Sisley, his wife Margaret & 4 children are identified with the Hicksite faction of the Pickering branch of the Yonge Street Meeting.
They were later disowned for non-attendance of meetings.

. 1881 Census Markham, York East, Ontario
Joshia Sisley, Male, English, Age 59, Born Ontario, Farmer, Presbyterian
Olivia Sisley, Female English, 57, born England, Presbyterian
Edwin Sisley, Male, English, 22, Ontario Farmer, Presbyterian
Weston Sisley, Male, English, 20, Ontario College Student Presbyterian
Ohie Sisley, Male, English, 19, Ontario Farmers Son Presbyterian
Sidney Sisley, Male, English, 17, Ontario School Presbyterian
Maud Sisley, Female, English, 16, Ontario School Presbyterian
Mulford Sisley, Male, English, 13, Ontario School Presbyterian
Margaret Sisley, Female, English, AGE 97, born New Brunswick, Quaker [i.e. nee Willson]
Emma MILLARD, Female, English, 33, born England, Presbyterian.

. 1885 Jun 4 Family Gathering, - Thursday, one of those happy family gathering too seldom observed, in which youth & age may unite both with pleasure & profit, took place at the residence of Mrs. Sterling, Richmond Hill. In this house reside 4 generations, the eldest member of the household & aged pilgrim, Mrs. Sisley, now in her 89th year (*1), is mother of Mrs. Sterling (*2)
& Mr. Joshua Sisley of that village. (*3)

. The family on this occasion was joined by Mrs. Armitage of Stouffville, age 88 (*4), accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Woodgate (*5),
Also Mrs. Playter of the Tp. of Reach, aged 85 (*6), accompanied by her niece, Mrs. Jas. Vernon (*7),
& their only surviving brother, Mr. John Willson of Whitchurch, it being the 81st anniversary of his birthday (*8).
The united age of the 3 widowed sisters & brother is 352 years. They are the only surviving children of the late Joshua & Judith Willson, who with their family of 11, came to this country from New Brunswick in 1811, settling on the farm where Mr. Willson still resides.
The party numbered about 30, including several from Newmarket, all of who spend a very enjoyable day - on which will long be remembered.

Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper, published 1885 Jun 12.
Notes: 2014 is 129 years later & we are still remembering that happy Family Gathering in Richmond Hill! - P J Ahlberg, transcriber & a Willson relative.

1 - Mrs. Sisley, Margaret Willson, born 14 Dec 1786, Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick. Sister of Judith, Mrs. Armitage, Joshua Jr. & John Willson Sisley.
2 - Mrs. Judith Sterling, daughter of Marg. Willson & Joshua Sisley, Sr., born 14 Apr 1818, Richmond Hill.
3 - Mr. Joshua Sisley, Junior, son of the above, born June 1822, Richmond Hill.
4 - Mrs. Hannah Willson Armitage, born c. 1794 Beaver Harbor, NB. Sister of above.
*5 Mrs. Ann Eliza Armitage, buried Hartman Cemetery, Mrs. Woodgate. Daughter of Hannah Willson.
6 - Mrs. Sarah Playter, born 17 Mar 1800, Beaver Harbor, NB. Sister of above.
8 - Judge John Willson Sisley, born 4 Jun 1804, Beaver Harbor, NB., brother of the above.

. Obituary:
Margaret Willson, eldest daughter of Joshua Willson, & Judith Ash, was born December 14th, 1786 at Beaver Harbour, now Pennfield, New Brunswick. Her parents, Loyalists, came in 1783 to what was known at that time as Nova Scotia.
Her father, Joshua Willson was originally from Piscataway in New Jersey. The Willson family moved to Whitchurch Township, York County in 1811.
It was at Whitchurch that Margaret Willson met George Sisley. Margaret was a Quaker & George applied for, & was accepted into, that faith at the Yonge St. location, before getting approval to marry her. They were married on February 18th, 1818.
Margaret & George Sisley are known to have had 7 children who survived to adulthood, 4 sons & 3 daughters. Judith 1818, Joshua 1821, Bowley 1825, Margaret 1826, Catherine 1830, Paul 1832, & Robert 1833.
Margaret survived her husband George by some 52 years & died of old age in Richmond Hill at age 100 years 5 1/2 months 4 days.

. 1866 Dec 30 - LATE DOMINION NEWS
Mrs. Sisley of Richmond Hill, on the 14th Dec., reached her one hundredth birthday. The aged lady has 2 sisters living, Mrs. Armitage, of Stouffville, aged 89, 2 Mrs. Playter, of Reach, aged 86, & a brother, Mr. John Wilson, of Whitchurch, aged 82. The united ages of this long-lived family makes 357. The family consisted of 11 boys & girls, & the father was a U.E. Loyalist, who went to New Brunswick during the struggle for American Independence, & came to Ontario in 1811.
Ref: Markdale Standard Newspaper. - - -

Birth:
- Beaver Harbor is now called Pennfield.

Died:
Aged 100 years, 5½ months 4 days [= ½ months /15 days.= 29 Nov 1786.] No complaints. There was no Doctor called in.

Buried:
Died of old age - no illness. *Buried with son Joshua Sisley & family.

Notes:

Married:
Yonge St. Quaker House.

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]

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.

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]

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.)

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]