John married Mary TAYLOR on 31 Dec 1884. Mary was born est 1862 in Sharon, E. Gwillimbury, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George is the son of Wait Ann Brooker and Jesse Doan.

. George Monroe Doan married 1862.1.1. Charlotte Wilson at Sharon, where they resided until 1889 when he moved with his family to Stoney Beach, Sask. Canada.
He farmed there successfully until his death in 1910. buried at Stoney Bech, Sask. is reported George chose the most fertile soil for grain in all Western Canada.
Ref: Ebenezer Doane Family, 1902, Gilbert Jones Diane. - - -

Died:
Regina division.

George married Charlotte WILLSON on 1 Jan 1862 in Newmarket, E. Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario. Charlotte (daughter of John Hugh WILLSON, .3 and Rebecca Cleaver BURR) was born on 15 Oct 1839 in East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 19 Jul 1915 in Stoney Beach, Regina Division, Saskatchewan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of John Hugh Willson & Rebecca Cleaver Burr.

Notes:

Jesse is the son of Elizabeth Stockdale & John Doan / Doane.

Jessie Doanne first wife was C E Roadhouse.

. Born on Yonge St. near Newmarket, Ontario.
Jesse married2, Waite Ann Brooker on Dec. 31, 1834 in Sharon, & resided in Sharon, Ontario. Mr. Doan was an accomplished musician & for 30 years was leader of the Sharon band. He, like some of his cousins, participated in the MacKenzie Rebellion, 1837-1838. He was arrested as a rebel sympathizer & spent several months in a Toronto prison, during which time the leaders, Lount & Matthews, suffered the death penalty.
Jesse was a farmer. After harvest was over, he would visit Boston, MA, then the musical center of the continent. All the best of the new music was introduced there. After each concert, he would return to his room & write down the theme or air to any he considered good. After the concerts, about 2 weeks, he would return home & write out parts for the different instruments of his band. In this way, Sharon Temple had all the latest new good music long before Boston had released it for publication.
Ref: Doane Family Association book. 

. To Sir Franics Bondhead, Lieut. Govenor of Upper Canada
Petition of Jesse Doan, late of Twp. of East Gwilliambury, Home District, Yeoman.
Your Petitioner is now a prisoner in Home District Gaol (Toronto), charged is High Treason in which he has been indicted, but has not yet been arraigned.
That your petitioner was unfortunately led to take a part in the rent treasonable insurrection by the artifices used by desperado & unprincipled persons by those persuasions he was unhappily seduced from his Allegiance. He is petitioning for pardon of Her majesty’s mercy. He has a wife & 1 child whole dependent on him for support.
Signed, Jesse Doan, Received Court of Petitions, 17 March 1838.
Envelope: In Council 5 May 1838. to be transported for 7 years to the Colony of Van Diemen’s Land.
29 May,1838, Ordered to the Penitentiary for 7 years.
Ref: UCS, C6899, image 108575/ Pg. 1521. Archives of Ontario.

. 1866 Jan 19, East Gwillimbury Council, elected of the Township, James Parnahm, Jesse Doan etc, assembled at the Mansions House, Sharon on Monday last, after than had made the necessary declarations, Mr. Doan moved & second by Mr. Holborne, that James Parham, Esq., be Reeve the the current year & Jesse Doan, Esq. be Deputy Reeve for the current year. Carried.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper.

In Memory of Jesse Doan ESQ,
Who Died Dec. 23, 1868 54 Yrs 2 Mo. & 24 Dys.

This marble tomb our father dear
Shall thy rare genius long display
Thy melodies have charmed the ear
On many a social hallow day.
May we thy faculties retain
On generations still descend
Thy talents bright with us remain
While chords of music sweetly blend. - - -

Birth:
Born on Yonge St.

Died:
Aged 54y 2 24d.

Buried:
White marble monument.

Jesse married Waine Ann BROOKER on 31 Dec 1834 in Sharon, E. Gwillimbury, York Co., Ontario. Waine was born on 1 Jan 1818 in East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 17 Feb 1878 in York Co., Ontario; was buried in Sharon Burial Grounds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Monument reads
In Memory of Wait Ann,
Wife of Jesse Doan,
who died Feb 17, 1878, AE 60 y's, 1 Mo, 16 ds

In death"s cold arms lies sleeping here
A tender parent, a companion dear
In love she lived in peace she died,
Here life was asked but was denied. - - -

Died:
Aged 60y 1m 16d =1.1.1818

Buried:
White marble monument with 2 hands

Notes:

Biography
John Hugh Willson, born 10 July 1791, died 29 Dec. 1863. He purchased his farm, “Spruce Dale” on Lot 13 & 14, Conc. 2, in 1815 with money he & his brother Richard made during the War of 1812. It had 15 acres cleared & a small house & barn.
He often told the story that during the initial settlement of the village he had been forced to grind his flour by placing it in a hollow stump & pounding it with a stone attached to a sapling. Richard worked the farm alone the first year, as John was hired to help build a schooner for the Hon. Peter Robinson at the mouth of the Nottawasaga River.
In 1821 John married Rebecca Burr, daughter of Reuben & Elizabeth Cleaver Burr, born 3 Aug. 1802 in Catawissa, Pa., died 5 March 1874. They were Quakers, & Rebecca was disowned for her marriage to a non-Friend 13 Dec. 1821. Her family had immigrated to Whitchurch twp. in 1805 (Lot 85, conc. 1). After a short stay near Richmond Hill, the Burr family had moved to Lot 17, Conc. 2 of E.G. in 1816. Rebecca’s sister Jane was married to Jeremiah Graham, another member of the Children of Peace. John was a member of the Children of Peace for only a short time; Rebecca never joined.
John & Richard worked for 2 years providing fresh beef for the naval establishment at Penetanguishene, but in 1823 split up the farm they had worked together. Although John had originally settled his farm with his brother Richard’s help, they were on opposite sides in the Rebellion of 1837. Richard wrote “I was then a Lieutenant & my brother John, a captain in East Gwillimbury. When I went to my brother’s ( John), to ask him to turn out he was not at home, but at Sharon. His wife said “He would not & should not go.” I then asked her for his arms, for we were in great want of them. She said “I know nothing about them.” I then went into another room to look for his rifle, which I could not see, but I saw his sword hanging by the head of his bed. This I took down & as I did so his wife, who had followed, caught hold of the hilt & jerked it partly out. To save myself from being stabbed I was obliged to pull her close to me & at the same time towards the door. I then wished myself clear of both her & the sword, but I dared not let go of her & seized the hilt of the sword giving her a heavy push, & walked off with it. But instead of following me she ran into the house & called for the rifle, the children following her. It was ridiculous to see one of her Britannic Majesty’s officers, with a sword in his hand, running from a woman, but run I did, & in a different way to what she had expected. I ran around the house when she looked for me in front, & before she saw me I got some 25 rods away. She, however, leveled the rifle at me, but did not fire. She told me afterwards her reason for not firing was that, as I was some distance away & in motion, & she greatly excited, she might not kill me, etc. She, however, went immediately for her husband who in short time came to my house not well pleased. I then demanded of him, in Her Majesty’s name, to either turn out in defense of the government or lend me his sword. He choose the latter & I still have the sword, as I bought him a new one some time after.” John was elected a Township Commissioner, councillor, in 1836-38, & again in 1850. John & Rebecca are both buried in the Sharon Burial Ground.
Richard Titus Willson, born 5 April 1793, died 18 April 1878; married Aug. 1814, Eleanor Emes, daughter of Calvin & Martha Drury Emes of Georgina Township. For further details see the notes for his brother John above. Richard served under Captains Selby & Traviss, both of East Gwillimbury, in the War of 1812, for which he was later granted a pension. He became a Mason in 1814, & at the time of his death was said to be the oldest Mason in the Dominion. He served as a magistrate for a number of years & was twice elected reeve of Holland Landing. His lengthy reminiscences were republished by the Newmarket Historical Society as one of their Occasional Papers (No. 1). He was a member of the Children of Peace for only a short time.
Ref: David Luny, 2014.

. 1851 Agricultural Census, East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co.
R T Willson, Con 3. Lot 13-14, 100 Acres; 60 A under cultivation; 36 A under crops in 1851; 12 A Under pasture 1851;
2 A Gardens or orchards; 40 A under wood or wild;
8 A yielded 215 bushels Wheat; 3 A yielded 70 bsh. Barley.
3 Bulls, oxen; 5 Steers; 1 Milch Cows; 2 Calves/heifers, 2horses of all ages, 11 sheep, 5 pigs;
100 Lbs. Butter; 0 Cheese, 6 Beef Barrels or Cwts, 15 Pork, Barrels or Cows; 0 Quantity of fish cured.
Note: shares property with Richard T Willson. - PJA

Monument White rectangular marble stone, 18” wide, 2 1/8” deep & approx. 37 3/4” high. Headed with an inscribed square enclosing a central monument with flanking willows. Name of deceased is arched:

JOHN H. WILLSON
died Dec. 29, 1863
Æ. 72 y’s, 5 mo. 19 d’

Inscription:
Here lies to all the world a friend,
While he did live to pray,
So did he live so was his end,
Untill his dying day.
His joys of life were in his home,
Nor did he seek abroad
He lived unto this world unknown
And placed his trust in God. - - -

Died:
72y 5m 19d = 10 Jul 1791. Lot 13 & 14. Con 2.

John married Rebecca Cleaver BURR on 13 Dec 1821 in Town of York (Toronto), Ontario. Rebecca was born on 3 Aug 1802 in Catawissa, Columbia Co., Pennsylvannia; died on 5 Mar 1874 in East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Sharon Burial Grounds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rebecca is the daughter of Reuben & Elizabeth Cleaver Burr, born 3 Aug. 1802 in Catawissa, Pa., died 5 March 1874.

They were Quakers, & Rebecca was disowned 13 Dec. 1822 for her marriage outside of the Friends.

. 1882 2nd month 14th day. Rebecca Willson formerly Burr (having had a right of membership amongst friends) has so far deviated from the rules of the Society as to marry a man not a member thereof. And Friends having treated with her on the occasion, but she not appearing in a disposition to make satisfaction for her outgoing.
We therefore disown her, & consider her no longer a member of the Society until she comes to a sense of her deviation so as to make satisfaction to this Meeting.
Signed in & by order of Yonge Street Monthly Meeting, Watson & Priscilla Player, clerks.
Ref: Cdn. Friends Historical Association, 2018.

. Monument White willow trees & inc. a monument design on monument, Inscription:
In memory of Phebe, wife of David Willson who died Mar 5, 1874. Aged 84y 7m 2d. Sharon, E. Gwillimbury, York Co., Ontario. Monument Inscription:
My sudden death proclaim aloud
To you my dying friends, x God. - - -

Died:
Aged 71y 7m 2d. = 3 Aug 1802.

Buried:
Row 1. White monument with a pillar monument & willow trees.

Notes:

John is the son of Anna Savilla Sloy & Ebenezer Doane.

. 1812 - John done supervised construction of the Quaker Meeting House, Lot 92, Yonge Street.

1838 JUN 8 -
. 1835 June 5, Hope Village. David Willson to Sir Geo. Arthur regarding his loyalty, Signatures of David Willson, John Doan, Wm. Reid Sr., Mahlon Doan, Samuel Hughes, Wm. Graham, Job Hughes, Geo. Hollinshead, Peter Lepard, Chas. Doan, Murdoch McLeon, Israel Lundy, Jacob Lundy:

. 1830 Mar 27 - (Abbreviated) Statements of David Wilson, John Doan, Hugh Willson, Jesse Doan;

. The Truth events compel me to believe in the impressions of my own soul, spring of actions of light. …general tribulations that Israel arise. Jacob’s sorrows are my sorrows & [Multiple religious quotes.] … the Queen would provide over all the Canadas… I will atone. Signed, David Willson.
. John Doan, (Mar 27 1838), The foregoing is a copy of a testimony written for the benefit of the congregation & not intended to go to public. But finding the the author has been accused (by individuals unknown to us) of being of a seductious character & of purchasing & writing doctrines of a rebellious nature & that he was a principal instigator of the revolt. He (David Willson) both in church & state discipleship a stone advocate for king & constitution, I have never known him to vary from it at no time. … They say that many who were as deeply implicated in the rebellion as themselves, would make no confession & was set at liberty, while they had to endure a long confinement in prison & 2 of the members are yet confined & for what cause I now not, Hugh Willson & Jesse Doan perhaps were as small dealer in politics as any in the place. They were managing their own proper business, until they were taken in the troop with the rest. [Multiple religious quotes.]
Signed, John Doan.
. There is no man between Toronto & Home that has done so much against rebellion as may say, before the fatal day …

Applications hand hath bore upon us
To teach us errors of our own
I pray Oh God & heaven save us
Our country & the British throne. Signed, David Willson.

The above testimony & many others were written by David Wilson to his children in prisons, which may not be unsatisfactory to some of ourselves informed rulers. The tree is known by its fruit, or a many is known by his work. I could produce many testimony from his works of the like of these, in various parts of his life & I know not that he has changed his sentiments at any time.
Signed, John Doan.

. John Doan, encloses extract of testimonial written by David Willson to his sons in prisons.
Hope, 5 February, 1828, (Three page sermon) on Ecclesiasticus 1st Chap & 18th Verse. David Willson.
Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, Index C9824, Image 902; C6899, page 108575-92/ Image 1525.

Monument white rectangular marble stone, 18” wide, 28” high & 1.75” thick

Inscription:
JOHN DOAN SEN.
departed this life [Nov.] 18th 1852
Aged 84 Years. 8 mo. & 8 Days.

To a great age my life has been
Although my body's gone;
My mind was like the olive green
& fruit was seen thereon.
[O?] may my prayer forever live
In my redeemer's mind:
And may the Lord a blessing give
To those I leave behind. - - -

Died:
Aged 84y. 8m 8d.

John married Elizabeth J STOCKDALE on 15 Oct 1794 in Buckhamshire Co., Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born on 21 Jul 1743 in Buckhamshire Co., Pennsylvania; died on 2 Mar 1843 in Sharon, E. Gwillimbury, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Sharon Burial Grounds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Monument white rectangular marble stone, 18.5” wide, 35” high & 1.75” thick.

Inscription:
ELIZABETH J. DOAN,
departed this life March 2nd 1843.
Aged 69 Years 7 mos & 12 Days.

Oh come dear children to my tomb
And see your mother's lonesome home
Where you must to your mother come
When all the toils of life are done.
Mourn not for my departing day
My feet walk'd in a goodly way,
And peace was in my beating breast,
That' s left this world and gone to rest. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Aged 69y 7mo 12 days.

Buried:
White sandstone monument, excellent condition.

Notes:

Hugh L. is the son of his first wife Sarah Savage & John WILLSON.

. The infant Hugh was left in Ireland with his Uncle Hugh, & eventually joined his father in American where his father John Willson had remarried Katherine B Kuhn.

Hugh had been destined for the Presbyterian ministry, but the economic disruption of the Seven Years' War he (1756-1763) had led to a downturn in the family fortunes & put an end to Hugh's schooling.

. 1775, Hugh followed his brother John Willson to America, bringing with him John's son, Hugh L., who went to live with his father & stepmother, Katherine Kuhn Willson.

UCLPetition 28, W Bundle 7, C2952, p21
. To Lt. Gov. Peter Hunter, In Council
Petition of John Willson, East Gwillimbury, yeoman. Petitioner has been upwards of 16 months [Nov 1803] in the Province, subscribed the Oath of Allegiances; sufficient ability to cultivate land & is desirous to occupy & improve a vacant lot of Crown land:
Signed, John Wilson, York, 12 Mar, 1805.
. Receipt #44, John Wilson has paid in this office £5 19s, 4p. for a Patent Grant of 200 Acres, also £1 6s for surveying fees there on. Peter Russell, Survey General.
. Yonge Street, 7 days 3rd month 1805. To the governor Council to look upon this long man to be a friendly man, a good farmer, very honest worth $300 & wishes to settle with Friends in the corner of Uxbridge, His name is John Wilson, late of from New York Sate, Signed, Timothy Rogers, His mother is a widow & moved in with him.

Hugh L. Willson was born in County Down while the family had been living in Carrickfergus County Antrim leads me to think that John’s wife was living on her brother in law’s farm at the time of Hugh L Willson’s birth.

He met & married Catherine in New York & they had a rented farm 12 miles east of Poughkeepsie near the Connecticut border.
Carolyn Mann found in ancient documents from Poughkeepsie that John had little sympathy for the “rebels”, & that before & after the actual declaration of war, he had been arrested several times, bound over to keep the peace, fined & even served a term of imprisonment for defending sometimes with his fist!

Hugh was the son of John's first wife who died shortly after his birth. Sometime between 1768 & 1775 his father emigrated to America leaving Hugh in the care of his Uncle Hugh Willson until the entire family left for America. On the death of his father John, Hugh took over the rented family farm near Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1790 he married Mary Titus, eldest daughter of Austin Titus, a Quaker minister & blacksmith, & Waite Giddley, a "Dutch" woman. In 1798 Hugh moved to New York City where purchased a share in the sloop, "The Farmer", a trade ship which ran between New York & the West Indies. In the Spring of 1800, he sold his share in The Farmer & moved to upper Canada.
Ref: Ian David Roberts, Scarborough, Ontario, 2006, Rootsweb.

. 1804 Dec 18 - To be sold, the Place Whereon the Subscriber Now Lives
Situated in Clinton town, one mile north of where Judge Bloom lived, at the end of the Large Bridge over Wappenger's creek, 1 mile forth of Friends Meeting House, on the great road to Albany - the place contains 12 acres of land, of superior quality, one half of the best of meadows the other an orchard of 100 bearing apple trees, a good house with 3 rooms & 3 fire places, a bard of good garden containing a great variety of fruit, such as currents, pears, plumbs of different kinds & cherries - there is 2 never failing springs of water at the back & front door - but a few rods from a grist, saw & fulling mill & a store & is every ay suited for cooper, blacksmith, shoemaker, weaver, tanner or any other mechanic; it has been rented at £30 a yer for several years, payment made easy. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises, by whom an indisputable title will be given.
Signed, Hugh Wilson.
N.B. If not sold by the first of April, to be rented.
Ref: Pouhkeepsie Journal Newspaper, New York, published variously 1805.3.12 - 1805.3.26.

COMPARE NEXT ADVERTISEMENT:
. 1809 Sep 20 - For Sale, The Farm on which the subscriber now lives, situated in the town of Washington, one & an half miles north of Philip Hart's on the road leading to Bangall & 17 miles from Pougkeepsie. The farm contains about 84 acres of land, which is divided into meadow, arable & timberland; has a tolerably good dwelling house, barn, blacksmith shop & a number of other out houses, is well watered & has a good orchard & a variety of other fruit trees. The situation is a good one for an industrious blacksmith or any other kind of mechanical business Enquire on the premises of Richard Titus, Jun.
Ref: Pouhkeepsie Journal Newspaper, New York.

. 1806 Aug 12 - Broke into the inclosure of the subscriber on the 7th inst., a bay Mare, with a small star in her forehead, about 14 hands high, 3 or 4 yers old. The owner is requested to all, prove property, pay charges & take her away.
Signed, Richard Titus, Washington, NY.
Ref: Pougkeepsie Journal Newspaper. - - -

Died:


Buried:
Plot Row 1.

Hugh married Mary TITUS in 1790 in Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York. Mary (daughter of Augustine TITUS and Waite Giddley HALL) was born on 5 Jan 1769 in Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York; died on 3 Jun 1857 in Sharon, E. Gwillimbury, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Sharon Burial Grounds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

cu . Mary is the daughter of Waite Hall, Portsmouth Newport, RI & Augustine Titus, b 1747 Westbury, Nassau, NY] a Quaker minister & blacksmith.

. Mary & Phoebe Titus were two Quaker sisters. Their father as a Quaker Elder & they were disowned upon marrying the Willsons. Much latter the two Willsons became Quakers in Upper Canada, & eventually a member of the Children of Peace at Sharon, Ontario.

. 1790 Clinton, Duchess, New York Census
Augustine Titus, Males 3, Boys under 16Y 2, Females 5 [Total 10 Persons], & next person is
John Willson, Males 3, boys under 16Y - 2, Females 6 [Total 11 Persons].
The children of Mary Titus & Hugh L Wiillson are:

John Hugh Willson, 10 Jul 1791 - 29 Dec 1863; 
1 Richard Titus Willson, 5 Apr 1793 - 18 Apr 1878; 
2. Mary Willson, 26 Mar 1795 - 2 Aug 1869; 
3. Louisa Willson, 26 Mar 1795 - 2 Aug 1869;  
4. Catherine Willson, 22 Oct 1795 - 19 Nov 1855; 
5. Augustine Willson, 4 May 1798 - 1798;  
6. Hiram Robinson Willson, 4 Dec 1799 - 30 Aug 1876;  
7. Hugh Henry Willson, 17 May 1803 - 22 Aug 1871;  
8. David Willson, 18 Aug 1807 - 13 Oct 1807;  
9. Alfred Willson, 3 Mar 1809 - 26 Feb 1888; 
10. Waite Ann Willson, 15 Aug 1811 - 3 Sep 1898.

Obituary:
. 1857 Jun 3, Wednesday Died at Sharon, East Gwilimbury, Mary, relic to the late Mr. Hugh Willson, aged 89 years, less 2 days.
The subject of this Obituary was born in Duchess County, NY & immigrated to this country soon after the American Revolution. Her early education & ideas of mind was received amongst the religious under Friends, to which communion her parents belonged & many branches of her Fathers’s family have been & are conspicuous members. She maintained through all the vicissitudes of her long life, an unblemished reputation - remarkable for love, of quietude & the society of the good. Towards the close her mind seems to revisit the scenes of the childhood & youth & to mingle with the Society of her Father’s house, where a recollection of early antidotes & familiar of early principles seemed to comfort her; & is several that from this stand point she took her view of her Heavenly home. The Lord granted me the privilege to visiting her several times previous to her death - to speak of Jesus - to read to her the previous promises & to pray of her. With others we stood at her bedside & with hearts lifted to the Father, of spirits, in humbleness begged that he would receive the dear depart soul, which seemed while stretching its opinion of light for its wondrous flight, to have left on the fair features an indication of salvation by shedding over them a smile of indescribable sweetness.
She lived to see the 4th generation of her offspring & has left behind her now living nearly all in this section of county, 16 children, including sons-in-law & daughters-in-law; 92 grandchildren, 90 great grandchildren & one great-great grand child. Her children & grandchildren are included the usual & respectable class of community. HHW.
Ref: Newmarket New Era Newspaper.

Transcripts by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Clinton

Died:
Aged 89y less two days.