Notes:

. Joseph is the son of Catherine Fisher & Joseph Shepard.

Joseph Shepard owned a water-powered grist & saw mill in 1830 on the west branch of the Don River north of Sheppard Ave east of Bathurst Street.
The grist mill run by his son Thomas was shipping flour to Montreal & the sawmill run by his son Michael was casting bullets at the time of the Rebellion in 1837. Following the Rebellion & his return to Lansing, Thomas took over the old saw mill left to him by his father.

. 1837 Dec 7 -The Jurors for the Queen upon Daniel Shepard, Yeoman, Michael Shepard, yeoman, Michael, yeoman, Joseph Shepard, yeoman, Thomas Shepard, all late of Twp. of York, on the 7 December, 1837, in the first year of reign of our Lady the Queen, did unlawfully & traitorously complain insurrection & rebellion with a great multitude of persons & upwards around & arrayed in a warlike manner, that is to say, with colors flying & with rifles, swords, pistols, piles, clubs & other weapons gathered together against the Crown. On Dec 7 the above named did with force arrive at the Township of York with diverse other false traitors to a great number, to the number of 500 & more arrive & arrayed in a warlike manner.

. Petition of Jacob, Michael, Joseph & Daniel Shepard of Twp. of York,
Humbly showeth that your petitions are now prisoners in the Home District Goal (Toronto) changed but not yet arraigned.
Your petitioners were unfortunately led to take part in the recent treasonable insurrections through the artifices by desperate & unprincipled persons at whose pertains they were unhappily seduced from their allegiance. They petition the UC Executive Council for a pardon as may seem proper.
Signed, Jacob Shepard, Michael Shepard, Joseph Shepard, Daniel Shepard.
Envelope: In Council, 4 May 1838. Treason. Joseph & Jacob Shepard, pardoned upon giving Bail to keep the peace.
In Council, Daniel Shepard to be banished for his natural life.
Michael Shepard to be transported for this natural life to the Colony of Van Dieman’s Land.
Ref: 1838 March, Upper Canada Sundries, Index C9824, Image 719 & Page 105888-92/C6898, Image 688.

Note: Michael Shepard, yeoman, Thomas Shepard & John Montgomery, convicts, ordered for transportation to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), but the the way, escaped from Fort Henry, Kingston.

. 1837 May 10, Obituary for Joseph Shepard, The Constitution Newspaper, the newspaper of William Lyon Mackenzie.
Mr. Shepard was born in the colony of New Hampshire, New England, in 1767, 9 years before the colonies unfurled the flag of independence & sought a name among the nations of the earth. His father & mother were natives of Ireland, & often have I heard him speak in the most indignant terms of the oppressors of the land of his forefathers, & of those wretched & (in many cases) infatuate beings called Orangemen who are the mean instruments of that oppression.
Ref: The Constitution Newspaper, Town of York, Toronto, Ontario, newspaper of William Lyon Mackenzie.

. 1863 Nov 3 - Advertisement Valuable Property known as Sutton Mills, situated on Lots 14 &15, Concession 3, York East of Yonge street, about 9 miles from Toronto, The mill is nearly new & contains 3 Run of Burr Stones, Dwelling House & Orchard and all necessary outbuildings for a large Milling trade.
Apply to Joseph Shepard, Willowdale.

. 1865 Dec 8 - Adjourned Meeting for Formation of Oil Companies at York Mills, was held on Wed. Afternoon, at the hotel*, York Mills to complete the formation of a limited liability oil company. The title was changed to the York Mills Oil & Mineral Co. Thos. Jack?, of Willowdale, was elected a trustee, instead of Mr. Joseph Shepard, who was not present when elected at first meeting & declined act.

. 1887 Jan 4 - Real Estate Transfers recorded yesterday at the City Registry: J Hewlett, Toronto, estate agent: Joseph Shepard, Toronto, Livery stable keeper, the s 85 left Lots 11 & 12, S. College st., 85 ft w of a lane by 52 ft deep, $2,600.

. 1900 Apr 26 - Obituary, son of the First Settler in this district - An active business man during a long life.
Joseph Shepard, youngest son of Toronto's first settler, passed away Monday morning at 9 o'clock at his late residence at Lansing, in his 85th year. His father, Joseph Shepard, came to this district in 1785, A UE Loyalist from Lower Canada & traded with the Indians for years, being the first & only white man in this district. As settlers came in, he moved up Yonge street to Willowdale where he built a flour & lumber mills. He contested the riding at York's first election, which resulted in a tie. He fought & was wounded at the battle of York, & was found next morning by his wife, lying in his frozen blood, where he had been all night. He died in the spring of 1837.
Joseph Shepard, his son, was engaged in milling, lumbering, farming & mercantile life for years, an active business man almost to the last. He was a Reformer in politics & leaves 2 sons & 3 daughters.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto. - - -

Birth:
Lot 17, Concession I, West-of Yonge,

Died:
(Shepard & Yonge, Willowdale.) COD: cystitis - 4 months.

Buried:

Joseph married Elizabeth N WILLSON, .5 in 1847 in York Twp., York Co., Ontario. Elizabeth (daughter of Stillwell WILLSON, The Younger and Statira Edith MONTGOMERY) was born on 23 Feb 1826 in Willowdale (Toronto), York Twp., Ontario; died on 24 Oct 1885 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario; was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph E SHEPARD, .3 was born in 1848 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario; died on 26 Nov 1908 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario.
2. Mary Jane SHEPARD was born in 1850 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario; died on 1920 Dec 14 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario.
3. Lyman Willson SHEPARD was born in 1851 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario; died on 8 Jul 1897 in Mannasses, Virginia.
4. SAIDA Sarah Elizabeth SHEPARD was born in 1854 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario; died on 10 Jan 1924 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Thornhill Cemetery.
5. Stillwell J SHEPARD was born on 11 Aug 1855 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario; died on 28 Mar 1926 in Vancouver, British Columbia; was buried in Mount View Cemetery & Crematorium.
6. Katherine STATIRA D. SHEPARD was born in 1861 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario; died on 27 Sep 1908 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Notes:

. North York Historial Plaque
The property now comprising York cemetery was granted by the crown by letters Patent Dated May 9th, 1805 to Joseph Shepard, & was acquired by the Trustees of the Toronto General Burying Grounds in 1916. The first interment took place on July 27th 1948.
William Lyon MacKenzie is aid to have hidden on the property during his escape to the United Sates following the Rebellion of 1837.
the present office building was erected as a residence for Michael Shepard by John summer after Mr. Shepard was pardoned in 1843 for his part in the Rebellion. The building was completed in Early 1850.

Ontario Land Registration, Nory York Book 105, p 3,
Lot 17, Con 1 WSYonge
. 1805 M 5, Paten, Crown, to Joseph Shepard, All 210 A
. 1829 Sep 19 , M. Jos Shear, to Isaac Wilson, $680.16.8, All Acres
1837 Mar 24, B&S, Joseph Sheaprd Sr et ux, to Michael Sheppard, 680.16.8 All

1807 July 24, Electors of York to Judge Thorpe, (p 156) [Summary]
At a meeting of the independent Electors for York, Durham & Simcoe Counties, held at the Town York, Mr. Joseph Sheppard in the Chair, Respected Sir:
With unfeigned sorrow we lean that orders have been given to leave your name out the the Commission of Assize, which will deprive the instructive lessons flowing from your mouth while presiding on the seat of justice. … We have not received any information fro what cause or reason such orders have been issued. We earnestly entreat nothing may tempt you to leave us .
Signed, Alexander Montgomery, Secretary.

. 1807 Sep 4 - You will shortly hear from Messrs. Shepard & Montgomery, who are now deeply engaged in their harvest.
Ref: Report on Canadian Archives 1892.
XRef: John Vanzant for long report from Jos. Shepard & Alex Montgomery. Ref: Vol 1892 Report on Cdn Archives.

. 1807 Aug 1, York, Upper Canada. Lieut. Governor Gore to Lord Castlereach. [Summary] My Lord I have considered it my duty to omit the name of Justice Thorpe, Commission of Assiz, lately issued in the Province by the Executive Council have unanimously concurred with me in this measure. It should be dangerous to the peace of the Colony in regard to Mr Thrope, who appears to consider his character as a judge, but matter is to be chiefly ambitious character of a factious demagogue. …The address & answer are generally believed to be the production of Mr. Thorpe, no public meeting was ever held. Sheppard & Montgomery, the supposed chairman & Secretary, are ignorant Farmers, who can hardly write their names.
Ref: Report on Canadian Archives Series Q, Vol 306, p212, here published p153.
Note: Clearly both men were literate & well respected in their community.

. 1815 February 16, York. I hereby certify that Mr. Joseph Shepard of Yonge Street was a private in my Company of the Third Regt. of York Militia, & that he was wound in action on the 27th April, 1813 at this place. D. Cameron, Capt. 3rd Reg.
Doctor O'Leary is requested to cause the bearer J. Shepard to be examined, as to his wound, by an Officer of the Medical Staff & his Report or Certificate forwarded to us for Lieut. Drummond's information. C. Foster.
. 1815 Feb 16, York. I hereby certify that I have carefully examined Joseph Shepard, Private of the 3rd. Reg. of York Militia & find that he has received a severe extrusion of the left thigh at the explosion of the magazine at York on the 27th April, 1813, which has rendered him hitherto, in my opinion, incapable of earning his livelihood. Signed, E. O'Leary Physician to the Forces.
Envelope: Joseph Shepard, 3 York Militia, Temporary Pensioner 1815 Entered.
Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, film C4544, p. 902, Archives of Canada.

. [son] THOMAS SHEPARD was born on Yonge Street in 1804, & is the eldest son of Joseph Shepard, who came to Canada about the year 1774, & settled in York Co. at an early day. Joseph Shepard was an Indian trader, & travelled all through the country & in connection with the settlement of Toronto assisted to build the first shanty. Thomas, the subject of this sketch, remained at home until 1837, & then commenced the milling business, which he carried on until 1860. Since that time he has lived retired with his daughter, Mrs. Christopher Harrison. Mr. Shepard took an active part in the Rebellion of 1837, & was one of the historical fifteen who escaped from Kingston Penitentiary. In 1830 he married Miss Nancy Woolcut, by whom he had 7 children.

. Joseph Shepard, WILL of
I give & devise & bequeath unto my dear wife Catherine Shepard, the north half of Lot #16 & the south half of Lot 17 West of Yonge Street, Township of York for & during the term of her natural life save & except so much thereof as I have already devised to my son & from & immediately after her death, I give, devise & bequeath the north half of Lot 16 above-mentioned to my son Joseph Shepard & to his heirs & assigns forever save & except so much thereof as I have already devised to my son Thomas subject nevertheless to the payment therein to my granddaughter Elizabeth Bell of the sum of £16 10 shillings on her attaining the age of 21 years.
Then I give & bequeath unto my son Thomas Shepard my Mill together with about twelve acres of land abut one half of which is now used as a Mill Pond & is situate on the rear forty of Lot 16 & 17 on the West Side of Yonge Street in the Township of York, with a road to & from the same in the most suitable place leading from the second concession by the Mill to Yonge Street together with the privileges & appurtenances to the same.
I give, devise & bequeath the south half of Lot Number 17 aforesaid unto my son Michael Shepard & his heirs & assigns forever subject to the payment thereof of £62 10 shillings to my granddaughter Elizabeth Bell.
I give devise & bequeath unto my sons Joseph & Michael my horses, oxen & all implements of husbandry belonging to me to be equally divided between them share & share alike.

. 1837 May 10, Obituary for Joseph Shepard,
The Father of Reform in Upper Canada
Mr. Shepard was born in the colony of New Hampshire, New England, in 1767, nine years before the colonies unfurled the flag of independence & sought a name among the nations of the earth. His father & mother were natives of Ireland, & often have I heard him speak in the most indignant terms of the oppressors of the land of his forefathers, & of those wretched & (in many cases) infatuate beings called orange men, who are the mean instruments of that oppression.
Ref: The Constitution Newspaper, Town of York, Toronto, Ontario, newspaper of William Lyon Mackenzie. - - -

Died:
Lot 16 & 17, West Side Yonge St.

Joseph married Anna Maria CATHERINE FISHER on 11 Apr 1803 in Willowdale (Toronto), York Twp., Ontario. Anna (daughter of Cprl. Jacob FISHER, The Elder and Anna Maria MARY SCHIEDECKER) was born on 22 Nov 1781 in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania; died on 13 Jul 1852 in Lansing, North York Twp., Ontario; was buried in St. John's Ang. Cemetery, York Mills. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherine is the 8th child of Anna Maria Catherine Schedecker & Jacob Fischer.

. 1837 Dec 7- On the eve of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Elizabeth Willson Shepard assisted by tying strips of cloth around their arms to identify them as rebels.
Ref: Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Joseph Sheppard.

. Thomas Shepard purchased  Lot 15 Concession I West which was the south-west corner of Yonge & Shepard in 1824 which was previously owned by Thomas Hill who had a Tavern there & there seems to have been an owner in between Thomas Hill & Thomas Shepard. Thomas Shepard built the Golden Lion Inn which seems to be also known as Mr. Shepards Tavern.
Golden Lion Inn was used as a meeting place for Mackenzie's Reformers in the 1837 Rebellion. Dec 1837 Thomas was captured at Silverthorne House after burning the Don Bridge & sent to Fort Henry in Kingston. He escaped & came to the United States. In 1843 Thomas was pardoned by the Queen (Victoria) & allowed to return to Lansing, Canada.

8 Children of Joseph Shepherd Sr & Catherine Fisher are:
Mary Shepherd, 1804, Willowdale, York Co., Ontario
Thomas, 1805
Jacob Shepherd, 1806
Elizabeth, 1807
Michael,1808
Catherine, 1810,
Sarah, 1810 &
Joseph Shepherd Jr, 20 Jun 1814, Willowdale, Ontario - - -

Died:
Lots 16 & 17, Con 1 WYS/ Yonge & Sheppard Ave. W.

Buried:
Aged 71y 4d. Recumbant cement monument & modern granite with Jos. Shepard, The Pioneer.

Notes:

Married:
at York Mills.

Notes:

Jacob is the son of Anna Margaret Mack, 9.12. 1707 Schriesheim, Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany & Johann Hermanus HERMAN Fisher, 7.1. 1704 Freinsheim, Bad Durkheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany & died 7.8.1760 E Greenville, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania.

UPPER CANADA
. UCLPetition 70, F Bundle 2,1797, C1893 p890
To Peter Russel, In Council
Petition of Jacob, John & Valentine Fisher & Jacob Cummer. Petitioners have resided in this Province since last Oct, & are desirous of becoming settlers, have keen the oath, Please grant them land. [The four above named, signed is an X mark], Niagara 7 Feb, 1797.]

. UCLPetition 70b, To Peter Russel, Petition of Jacob Fisher,
Your petitioner served his Majesty under Gen. Colonel Bouquet as a non-commissioned officer in America during the whole of the old French War - in which he was so much wounded as to be totally unfit for service & settled at a place called the Glades in Pennsylvania*, where he remained the whole oft he American War. In the month of May last [1796] your Petitioner came into the Province & brought wife 8 children, with their families, making in the whole 22 persons. His Excellency Lt. Gov Simcoe has been pleased to direct a location for him & his sons who may be of age & shall come in of 200 Acres each. His son are John & Jacob & sons-in-law, Jacob Commer & Nicholas Cover, have been located in in land each. His sons John & Jacob & his sons-in-law, have been located in that quantity of land each: Your petitioner therefore prays pleased to grant him an additional 200 acres.
Signed & sealed, Jacob Fisher, Newark, 6 Feb 1797. [ i.e. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario- PJA].
Granted Jacob Fisher, 400 Acres, Jacob Fisher Jr. 200A; John Fisher 200 A, Nicholas Cummer, 200 A. Individual Oaths of Allegiance for Jacob Jr., John & Valentine Fisher & Jacob Cummer signed, Joseph Edwards, Esq., J.P.
Envelope: Read & ordered 7 Feb 1797: Land confirmed for sons & sons-in-law & an additional 200 A for petitioner. Entered Land Book B, page 220. P.R.
Jacob Fisher 400A, Jacob Fisher Jun, 200A, John Fisher 200A, Nichols Cummer, 200 A*
Note1: Error here, names were combined Nicholas Cover & Jacob Cummer. - PJA
Note2: Glades, Somerset-York Co., Penn. is near Berlin, Penn. Many Germany Amish, Mennonite & Trunkers settle here.

. UCLPetition 23, F Misc Bundle 1789-1839, C2022, p893
To Peter Russell, In Council, Petition of Jacob Fisher
That your Petitioner served 11 years & 10 months in the capacity of a corporal in the old French War, assisted in the execution of this Province & received his discharge in the year 1764 - has had a grant of 400 Acres, & made a considerable improvement, but as yet has received no family lands. Prays your Honor would be pleased to order him such grant as is allowed a person of his description & such further quantity to his family as your Honor in your wisdom may see meet.
Signed, York, January 9, 1798, Jacob Fisher.
Envelope: Read. 9 Jan, 1798.

. UCLP 55, F Bundle 4, 1798, Vaughan, C1894, p443.
To Peter Russel, In Council
Petition of Jacob Fisher, Sent. of VaughanTwp.
Your petition came into this Province in 1795, bringing in with him his sons & sons-in-law with their families & his own, amounting to 22 persons.
That your Petitioner served as a Corporal in the 1st. Battalion of the 30 Regiment in the French War of 1755 to 1764. That in 1763 the Indians took part of the Company your Petition belonged to xx with it the company books. A treaty by your petitioner lost his or upwards of 2 years - which he never received.
Your petitioner has received 400 acres of land in this Province, yet as his family is large, he humbly hopes your honor would be pleased to grant him with such additional grant under the New Regulations as to your Honor may seem met .
Signed, Jacob Fisher.
Envelope: Jacob Fisher Senior, Received 20 Nov. 1798. In consideration of the long services & large family of the Petitioner for 400 Acres in addition. P. R. [Peter Russell], Confirmed, John Simcoe.

. UCLP 46, F Bundle 5, 1799 Vaughan, C1894, p905. [water stained]
To Lt. Gov. Peter Hunter, In Council
Petition of Jacob Fisher, Senr., & Elisha Dexter, Twp. Vaughan & Catherine Fisher,
Petitioner Elisha Dexter & John Fisher on 21 March last convented & agreed to exchange Land that the said John Fisher, deceased, on the or about the 17 September last past, intestate & that the above named Jacob Fisher, his Father & Catherine Fisher, his widow, are duly approved Administrators of the effects of the deceased. Elisha Dexter is ready to give Aligae Feike,? of the 400 acres to thereon of the deceased - but the Patent not having issued for the Land to be given him in enlarge by the said John Fisher (tho the description has some time since performed the Survey or financials official? on it for Lot 27 on the west side of Yonge Street in the Twp. of Vaughan, on which there is 26 acres cleared & where as the petitioner Elisha Dexter resides with his family.
Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays your excellency that a Patent may issued to the said Elisha Dexter, for the Lot 27, in the 1st concession of Vaughan Twp. he paying the accustomed fees for such indulgence & your Petitioner as duly count shall ever pray.
York 10 October, 1799, Signed, Jacob Fisher, Administer of Estate of the late John Fisher, &
Catherine HERXMARK Fisher, widow of John Fisher & Admin., Elisha Dexter
Wit: T. Ridout.
. Envelope: Memorial of John Fisher Sr, Elisha Dexter & Catherine Fisher,
Received 14 Oct, 1799. The Deed of Exchange must be produced.
1800 Feb 1st - The agreement produced. When Dexter has conveyed the Lands in Scarborough to Jacob, the son & heir of Fisher.
I produce & discharge from the admin. to himself for the xx that which the prayer of the Petitioner will be issued.
Approved, P Hunter, Lt. Gov., Entered folio 461, W 12 Oct 1803.

. Founded the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sherwood.

. I Jacob Fisher, The Elder of Vaughan Twp., York County, Home District, Upper Canada, Administrator of John Fisher, deceased, to acknowledge I have received as Administrator aforesaid, from Elisha Dexter of Vaughan, aforesaid, yeoman, all & every such sum of many as were due & owing by the said Elisha Dexter - to the said John Fisher, also 12 bushels of wheat, in full value demands for the said Elisha Dexter & I do hereby also acknowledge that the said Elisha Dexter hath made a full & absolute convergence in fee simple of 400 Acres of land in Scarborough Twp. unto Jacob Fisher Junior, son & heir of the said John Fisher, deceased, in lieu of Lot #27 on the west side of Yonge Street, originally owned by the said John Fisher.
In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand at York this 18 August, 1803. Jacob Fisher, Witness T. Ridout.
Envelope: Receipts. Received 13 Sept. 1803. J. Small.

YORK UPPER CANADA, MINUTES OF TOWN MEETINGS 1793,-1823, C MOSSER:
. 1797 Jul 17, Inhabitants of Yonge Street: Jacob Fisher Sr. - 3 Males 3 Females.

. 1756 Dec 26 - To Col. Bouquet. !st Foot, Royal Americans. Sir. By visiting the Quarters of the men belonging to the first Battalion of the Royal American Regt. with the Mayor, Sheriff & other Magistrates, I found that 94 men laid on straw & that 73 had nothing to lay on & not a sufficient quantity of covering. The houses on which they are quarter'd not being capable of containing near the number billeted on them; nor conveniences for them. The rest have good beds, & accommodations. No quarters fit for Officers, nor any provided for the recruits daily coming in. Signed, Ourry, Philadelphia.

. 1759 Jul 31 & Sept - Battle of Plains of Abraham, !st Battalion of Royal Americans.
. 1761 Jul 27 - To Col. Bouquet, Fort Presque'Isle (Lake Erie),
Tuesday last I sent Corporal Fisher with a Lance-Corporal & 14 men in 2 bateaux to Niagara, not doubting but provisions are now ready for them: besides you mention the clothing. I ought here to take notice that by the reduction Fisher can be no more Corporal, being the youngest of the 4, but I really should not know how to do without him, having so few non-commission officers here, & having commands & guards. If that is sufficient, I shall with great pleasure pay the additional pay to him out of my pocket, he is a good man &, besides, serves at present out of affection to me, his time being out. Signed, Capt. Cochrane.
. 1761 To Col. Bouquet, The day before yesterday between 10 & 11 at night Corporal Fisher came here with the clothing: 20 barrils flour & 10 of Pork...." & "P.S: in my last letter being in a greater hurry than I ought to have been when writing to you, I am affraid I made a mistake as to Fisher my youngest of 4 Corporals, I have read over your letter wherein you mention the reduction & understand it that he is Corporal on Soldier's pay. Signed. Capt. Gavin Cochrane
. 1761 Aug 11 - To Col. Bouquet. I take the opportunity to let you know that 2 days ago I sent Corp'l Fisher with 2 battoes to Niagara for provisions. Capt. Cochrane.
. 1761 Sep 27 - Corporal Fisher has been gone 3 weeks for provisions, & the fitness of the weather makes us surprised he is not returned... Lt. Jenkins is just arrived in his way to Detroit, they have not as yet been able to furnish my Corporal with provisions at Niagara. Capt. Cochrane.

. FORT LE BOEUF, French Creek, (Ohio River) Waterford, northwest Pennsylvania. 7 YEAR (Pontiac) INDIAN WARS:
1763 Jun 3 - A rider was sent to warn of attacks, including, on a LeBoeuf, Venango, Ft. Ligonier, Ft. Augusta on the Susquehanna & Presque Isle on Lake Erie & Fort Pitt. Upon receiving the message, Fort LeBoeuf would be the last to fall. Ensign Geo Price & 13 troops at Fort LeBoeuf, shored up the fort's defenses. Then all they could do was nervously await their fate.
Ref: Archives of Canada.

. The available defences of Fort LeBoeuf consisted, at the time, of a single ill-constructed blockhouse, occupied by the Ensign, with 2 corporals & 11 privates. They had only about 20 rounds of ammunition each; & the powder, moreover, was in a damaged condition. At 9 or 10 'o'clock, on the morning of the 18 June, a soldier told Ensign Price that he saw Indians approaching from the direction of Presqu'Isle.
Ref: Conspiracy of Pontiac & the Indian war after the conquest of Canada.
Note: It should be recalled that Fort LeBoeuf would not then have been aware of the fate of the other fallen forts. The fort was 90 feet swore long stockage with 4 bastions. - PJA

. 1763 June 18, 9 A.M. - The morning 5 Seneca appeared in the clearing before the fort. Corporal Jacob Fisher when out to talk with them. They waked to council with Price. The ensign allowed them to approach he gate after they left there muskets stacked; their knives & tomahawks remained in their belts. While his troops manned the ramps, Price met them at the open gate. The Seneca claimed that they were on the warpath against the Cherokee & demanded munitions. When Price refused they then asked to spend the right outside the fort. He agreed. A Seneca ran off into the woods. He soon emerged followed by around 30 other warriors. Alarmed, Price & Fisher jumped back not the Fort & slammed the gate but behind them. The Seneca crowded around the palisade & demanded a kettle. Price resisted. The Indians scattered beyond musket shot. Some broke into a storehouse 100 feet from the fort & began knocking out loopholes. Despite these belligerent actions Price ordered his men to desist firing. He still hoped that bloodshed could be avoid through firmness.

They then went to a neighboring storehouse pulled out some of the foundations sones & got into the cellar; whence, by knocking away 1 or 2 planks immediately about the sill of the building, they could fire on the garrison in perfect safety being below the range of shot form the loop holes of the blockhouse, which was not 10 yards distant. Here they remained some hours making their preparations, while the garrison waited in suspense, cooped up in their wooden citadel. Towards evening they opened fire & shot such a number of burning arrows agains the side & roof of the blockhouse, that 3 several times it was in flames, but the men worked desperately each time the fire was extinguished. A fourth time the alarm was given: & now the men on the roof came down in despair crying out they could not extinguish it & calling on their officer for God's sake to let them leave the building or they should all be burnt. The only hope was to try to break through the Indian lines & escape into the dark woods. Price behaved with great spirit. "We must fight as long as we can & then die together" was his answer to the entries of his disheartened men. [Ref:Evidence of Corporal Fisher & supported by all the rest of the men examined.]

It was time, for they were suffocating in their burning prision. Price ordered 5 troops to keeping firing while the rest, one by one, squeezed out through a small window they cut out at the blockhouse's back & reached the woods. Finally the troops inside followed, Prince led his troops toward Fort Venango.
They stumbled through the forest all night. 6 troops somehow got separated in t e darkness, thick woods & hills. At dawn the remains 12 men discovered they had circled the woods around Fort LeBoeuf. Only change had prevented them from running into the Indians in the dark. Daylight revealed the way south. Late that night they reached Ft Venango's butchered bodies & charred remnants. Their terror & exhaustion can only be imagined. They now tried to make Fort Pitt, 80 miles down an dangerous Indian trail. Price lead 7 men to Fort Pitt, six fell out along the way.
Note2: Corporal John Fisher was one of the 6 men to reach Fort Pitt on Sunday, 26 Jun 1763!

. 1763 Sep 12 - Col Henry Bouquet ordered a Court of Inquiry at Fort Pitt regarding the loss of Fort Le Boeuf: Disposition of Corporal Fisher:
Presqu' Isle was but 15 miles distant [at Lake Erie]; but, from the direction in which his assailants, the Senecas, had come, Ensign Geo. Price rightly judged that it had been captured, & therefore resolved to make his way, if possible, [southward] to Venango, & reinforce Lt. Gordon, who commanded there. Their only provisions were 3 biscuits to a man. All the men bear witness to the resolution of their officer. One of them declared that it was with the utmost difficulty that they could persuade him to leave the blockhouse with them.
Ref: Archives of Canada

. The Glades: In early 1760's a number of Pennsylvania Germans, Dunkards, settled in the vicinity of Berlin, Somerset County. they called the vicinity Brothers Vally. Later their English speaking neighbors called it Stony Creek Glades. They practiced the faith of the Brethren Church [Mennonites & Amish in southern Somerset Co.].
Ref: Western Pennsylvania Historian Magazine, Homer T Rosenberg. 10.1970.

. The oldest settlement appears to have been made in the Glades near the centre of the Somerset county at the spent sit of Somerset town in Brother's Vally. As early as 1762 a party of settlers had located along the old Forbes road which had been opened up by Colonel Bouquet, on his expedition to Fort Pitt in 1758.

Ref: Illustrated History of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Wm H Egle, 1876.

. Jacob served in the 1st Battalion of the 60th Regiment, as a Corporal, under Colonel Bouquet, in America, during the whole of the French & Indian War (1755-1763), also known as the Seven Year's War. The war from 1763 to 1765 was known as Pontiac's War. After serving for 7 years & 10 months, he received his discharge in 1764 as he was severely wounded & now deemed unfit for further service. After his military discharge, Jacob married c1766 as the Bible states his first child, Michael, was born in July 1767. His second child John was born in 1769, Jacob Jr. in 1771, Peter in 1773, & a daughter Elizabeth in 1775. There may have been two marriages according to parish records. Another child Eve was born in 1777, son Valentine in 1779, daughter Catherine in 1781, daughter Rachel in 1783, & last child Michael (my ancestor) in 1786, who was given the same name as the deceased first child.
Jacob settled in Berlin, PA, his tract of land called "Fisher's Net", where he raised his family until their journey to York County, Upper Canada, in 1796. Their settlement in York County, Vaughan & York Townships, became known as Fisherville, which today is a part of Toronto, in the Dufferin / Bathhurst & Steeles area.
Ref: A Legacy From The Past For the Future, Wesley W Fisher. - - -

Birth:
26 Mar 1771. Son Michael says his father is a native of German.

Died:
Lot 26, Con 1 West Side of Yonge St.

Jacob married Anna Maria MARY SCHIEDECKER in 1766 in Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. Anna was born on 20 Jun 1745 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died on 20 Jun 1827 in Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anna is the daughter of Maria Elizabeth Marilies, b c 1709 & Jacob Valentine Scheidecker, bc 1721-5.1835, Bedford, Pennsylvania, both born Hettenhausen, Hessean-Nassau, Prussia.

Children of Maria & Jacob Fisher are:

1. Michael Fisher, b: 3 Jul 1767- 1784 in Somerset, Pennsylvania
2. John Fisher, b: 27 Apr 1769, Somerset -17 Sep 1799, Pickering
3. Jacob Fisher Jr., b: 26 Mar 1771 Somerset- 19 Aug 1856, Vaughan, Ontario
4. Peter Fisher, b: 17 Jun 1773-1784 Somerset
5. Elizabeth Fisher, b: 31 Mar 1775 Somerset, -31 Mar 1854, Willowdale, York Co., Ontario, Married Jacob Cummer Sr.

6. Eva Fisher, b: 27 Jun 1777 Somerset - 21 2 Maple, Ontario
7. Valentine Fisher, b: 14 Jul 1779 Somerset - 5 Mar 1842, Goderich, Ontario

8. Anna Maria CATHERINE Fisher, b: 22 Nov 1781 - 1852 Lansing, Willowdale, married Joseph Shepard Sr.

9. Rachel Fisher, b: 16 Sep 1783 Somerset - 18 Aug 1853 Vaughan, Ontario.
10. John Michael Fisher, b: 4 May 1786 in Somerset, Pennsylvania - 20 Nov 1844 Waterloo Co., Ontario. - - -

Died:
Alt year 1829?

Notes:

YORK UPPER CANADA, MINUTES OF TOWN MEETINGS 1793 -1823, C MOSSER:
. 1797 Jul 17 Inhabitants of Yonge St.:
Jacob Fisher, Senr,. 3 Males, 3 Females. - - -

Birth:
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Died:
Lot 27 Con 1 West Side of Yonge Street.