Notes:

Buried:
Brampton, ON.

Mary married Joseph LUNDY on 4 Apr 1842 in Ontario, Canada. Joseph was born in 1815 in Co. Monaghan, Ireland; died on 6 Apr 1892 in Lundyville, Manitoba; was buried in Lundyville, Manitoba. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Francis John LUNDY was born on 15 Feb 1843 in Brampton, Chinguacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; died on 16 Dec 1912 in Lily Bay, Manitoba.
2. Mary J LUNDY was born in 1860 in Brampton, Chinguacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario.

Notes:

John is the son of Mary Lardner & John Bostwick.

. UCLPetition 31, B7, Film 1621, p 713.31, To Peter Hunter, Lieutenant Governor of Province of Upper Canada,
Petition of John Bostwick, Junr. of Niagara, Yeoman,
He has made the solemn oath & Declaration of Allegiance but have never received any lands, & being desirous to settle upon & improve vacant land, prays to grant him 200 Acres of land, for which he is prepared to pay the whole of the Patent Fee and for Survey.
Signed, John Bostick, Junior [undated, but:]
Envelope: Received 10 October, 1804. Read in Council 11 Oct 1804.
Recommend for 200 Acres.

. Ticket of Location 11, In Council 11 Oct, 1804.
John Boswick, Jur., 100 Acres
Regulations 6 Jul 104, John Small. Receiver General,
Nov. 7, 1804 No [survey] fees paid, this Ticket, therefore, returned, P Russell. Rec. Gen.

. John Bostwick married first Elizabeth Rogers,
and married second Mary Willson,
daughter of Judith Ash & Joshua Willson of NJ.

. 1861 Census, Louis Bostwick, Labourer, born Canada, Log house. - - -

Birth:


Died:

John married Mary WILLSON, .v. Mary (daughter of Joshua WILLSON, Sr. and Judith ASH) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

c . 1861 Census, Brampton, Peel Co.
Margaret C Leonard, age 45, born 1816, Canada West, Widowed, W. Methodist, Frame 1½ house, one family
Aaron John, age 15, b 1846, Upper Canada, residing Stratford, Ontario
Mary Ann, age 21, b 1840, Upper Canada
Emily, age 17, b 1844, Upper Canada
George, age 13, 1848, born Upper Canada
Margaret L Leonard, 1852 Upper Canada
Mary Bostwick, age 68, born 1793 New Brunswick, widowed. [i.e. nee Willson, mother of Margaret C. Bostwick Leonard.]

Obituary:
. BOSTWICK - In Whitchurch, on the 2nd inst. Mary Bostwick - aged 91 years.
Another pioneer sister has passed away, at the advanced age of 91 years, in the person of the late Mary Bostwick, who died at the residence of her son, Mr. John Bostwick, in the Township of Whitchurch, after a protracted illness of over 4 years, which was borne with Christian patience & fortitude - surviving her husband, John Bostwick, Senr., by some years.
She was born in New Brunswick & came to this Province with her parents, the late Joshua & Judith Willson, in 1811, accompanied by 5 brothers & 5 sisters - of whom 3 sisters & 1 brother survive - whose aggregate ages amount to 315 years, the eldest being already past her 95 birth-day.
The brother, Mr. John Willson, still lives on the farm where the family first settled on coming to this neighbourhood.
The deceased leaves a son & 2 daughters, a large number of grandchildren & also several great-grandchildren, besides a large circle of relatives & friends to mourn her demise.
The service was held at her late residence on the 5th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson of Aurora, in a very impressive & comforting discourse, after which the remains were conveyed to the Friends' burial ground, Yonge Street, (laid to rest by the side of the partner of her early years.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper, published 7 Mar 1884. - - -

Notes:

John is the son of Elizabeth Linegar and James Bostick.

. UCLPetition 30, B7, Film 1621, p 713.
TO Lieut. Governor Peter Hunter, Petition of John Bostwich, Senr., of Niagara, yeoman, now of Whitchurch.
That he has made the soleum oath and declaration of allegiance but having never received any land, and being dress to settle upon and improved a vacant lot of Crown, humbly prays a grant him 200 acres under regulations of 6 July last, which he is prepared to pay the whole of the patent fees and Survey.
Signed, John Bostwick, 2 Jun 1819.
Envelope: Read In Council, the same day received, 11 Oct., 1804.
Recommended for 200 Acres of land. Peter Russell.
. In Council, 2 Jun 1819, Upon review of the Order made 11 Oct 1804 & cancelled 27 April of the same, under the order of 30 X?, 1802, the Council respectfully recommended that the said order of 11 Oct be reviewed & recommended 200 Acres upon payment of he fee. Ordered 11 June 1819.

. Ticket of Location No. 12, In Council 11 October 1804.
Lardner Boswick, 200 Acres.
Regulations 6 Jul, 1804. John Small.
Nov 4 1804. No fees paid. This Ticket therefore returned, P.R. Registrar General.

. I certify that John Bostwick, senior, lived int he Township of Whitchurch, during the late war with the United States of America, that his conduct during his residence was that of a zealous & loyal subject.
Signed, Whitchurch, May 1, 1819, P. Robinson.

. I certify that John Bostwick, senior, lived in the Township of Whitchurch during the late ware with the United States of America & his conduct during his residence there was that of a zealous loyal & faithful subject.
Signed, King [township], 1 June 1819, Nathaniel Gamble, Capt. 1st Reg. York Militia.

. I certify that I have known the bearer, John Bostwick, Senr., this 12 or 13 years & during seriatim he conducted himself a peaceable inhabitant & a good farmer. In the time of the late war between Great Britain & the United States of America his zealous attachment to our King & Constitution was such at the disaffected in consequence issued many threats against him & his family for the same.
Signed, East Gwillimbury, 6 Jany, 1804[?], Chas. Selby, Capt. 1st Reg. York Reg.

. This is to certify that I have been acquainted with the barer John Bostiwck, Senior about 9 or 10 years & have known him to be a good & industrious farmer & during the late war with the US of American his zealous attachment to our King & Government brought many hard threats against him & his family from the Disaffected.
Signed, King (?), May 26, 1819, William Tyler, J.P.

Note: Thus the explanation of letters recommendations form 1804 & 1819 is the susessful review of John Bostwick's land petition. - - -

John married Mary LARDNER. Mary was born on 24 Mar 1754 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware; died in 1838 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]