Notes:

. Jane Terry is the daughter of Parshall Adam Terry.III, born, 30 Sept 1788, Fort Niagara, New York, died 8 Oct 1861. Terry Mound, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah &
Hannah Terry, b 8 Oct. 1785, Goshen, Ulster, Orange Co., NY., [Hannah & Parshall were cousins.] Hannah Terry married cousin, Parshall Terry, the son of her father's brother, on March 16,1802.  
Hannah & Parshall.III moved their family of 7 children to Upper Canada (Ontario) where they had 6 more children. They had 13 children:
Stevens, Jacob, Joel,
David, Joshua, James Parshall & Cark, who died when he was 2 years
old. My sisters are Dency, Jane, Amy, Marilla & Deborah.
Grandparents are Amy Stevens. b 20 Apr 1758, Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut & Parshall Terry.II, born 22 Feb 1775, Mattituck, Suffolk, Long Island, NY.

York (Toronto) Inhabitants Census:
* 1797 Census, Inhabitants of the Don River & Marsh, York (Toronto): Parshal Terry, Males 4, Females 4.
. 1799 Parshal Terry, Junr., Animal Pound Keeprs for the Don River.
. 1799 Census, Males 5, Females 6, Place of Abode Don.
. 1799 May 22nd, Parshal Terry Senr., of Horn Cattle Sheep & Swine: A Hole in the right Ear Close to the head.

. 1800 Overseers of Highways, Parshal Terry, Esq., from Bay road to Don Mills.
. Census 1800 & also 1801, Parshall Terry Senr.: Males 5, Females 5, Residence Don [River.]
Parshall Terry, Males: one, Females Nil. Don River, (Toronto).

. 1804 Census: Parshal Terry, Males 16 & Upwards: 1 Women 1, Boys 2, Girls 6, Total 10.
. Wm. Terry: Males 1, Total 1.
. 1805, Mar 4th Annual Town Meeting, held at Hinds Hotel: Overseers of Hwys & fence viewers: Parshal Terry from Bay Road to the Don-Mills.
. 1805 & also 1806 Census: Parshall Terry, Men 1, Women 1, Women over 16: 1; Boys under 16: 2, Girls 6, Total 11.
. 1807 Parshal Terry Overseers of Hwys. & Fence Views from the Bay Road to the Don Mills.
. 1807 & 1808 Census : Males 1, Females 1, Females over 16: 1, Boys 1, Girls 6, Total 10.
. 1821 Parshal Terry, Pathmaster of the Concession Road between east of Yonge Street from Lot #10 to the 3rd. Concession [i.e. a mile & a quarter.]
. 1822 Census John Terry: Male 1, Female 1.
Ref: York, Upper Canada, Minutes of Town Meetings & Inhabitants.

Children of Jane & Parshal Terry are:
1. Joel Terry, b. 23 May 1812, Palmyra, USA, d. 4 Sep 1891, Utah, USA , Aged 79 years; 
2. Elizabeth Terry, b. 17 Nov 1814, Palmyra, d. 6 Mar 1878  (Age 63y);
3. Joshua Terry, b. 11 Aug 1825, Albion Twp., Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, d. 22 Feb 1915, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, Aged 89y; 
4. James Parshall Terry, b. 1 Jan 1830, Albion Twp., Ontario, d. 1918, Draper, Aged 87y; 
5. Amy Terry, b. 5 Jun 1821, York, Ontario, Canada, d. 5 Apr 1900, Draper, Aged 78y; 
6. Jacob Err Terry, b. 4 Jul 1805, Palmyra, NY, d. 14 Apr 1898, Draper, Aged 92y;  
7. Marilla Terry, b. 2 Jul 1823, Albion, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Oct 1894 Aged 7y;
8. JANE TERRY, b. 21 May 1819, Ft. Niagara, NY, d. 15 Feb 1847, Winter Quarters (Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, Aged 27y.

Parshall Terry Biography, continued:
Parshall & Hannah Terry, arrived in Utah, 15 Oct, 1849, with the Allen Taylor Company.

. 1839 November 19, my sister, Jane Young came with Brother William Parshall & her 2 children to our house. She had been poorly for a long time. In the morning I went with them to Winter Quarters & left Jane with Sister Thompson, with whom she wanted to stay. I gave her a sovereign & brought her little boy, Elisha Tarbox back to live with me. December 5, John came home from. Missouri & on the 27th my brother Joshua came to our house. He was sick with the ague, He lived with us the rest of the winter. We went a time or two to see my sister, Jane, but when we went on February 15, we found her very low & she died that night. Her little girl, Emma Amanda* was 6 years old & was sick with the canker. My brother Joel was there, he had paid Sister Holms, at whose place she died, for the care of her & also paid the doctor & funeral expenses. Brother Brigham Young asked me if I could not take the children & care for them. I told him I would take them & try to do the best I could for them. But later Elisha went to live with my father & mother, [Hannah & Marshall Tabox.].
Note1: Emma Amanda Young married cousin Marshall Adam Terry - who is the son of Jacob Terry. (Their 6 children are: Emma Jane Terry, 4.9. 1858 Provo, Utah-2.4.1944; George E Terry, 1860, California; Claude Philip, 1.6.1862 Cal.; Susan Marilla, 4.30.1864-1906; Joseph 3.12.1866 Missouri-1887; Mark Anthony Terry, 12.20.1868 Kansas d. San Francisco.

. November 18, 1846, Brother Levi Savage, Evan M. Green & John Heward went to Missouri for provisions. 1 November 19, my sister, Jane Young came with Brother William Parshall & her 2 children to our house. She had been poorly for a long time. In the morning I went with them to Winter Quarters & left Jane with Sister Thompson, with whom she wanted to stay. I gave her a sovereign [coin] & brought her little boy, Elisha Tarbox back to live with me. December 5, John came home from Missouri, & on the 27th new brother Joshua came to our house. He was sick with the ague. He lived with us the rest of the winter. We went a time or two to see my sis­ter, Jane, but when we went on February 15, we found her very low & she ' died that night. Her little girl, Emma Amanda, was 6 years old & was sick with the canker. My brother Joel was there, he had paid Sister Holms, at whose place she died, for the care of her & also paid the doctor & funeral expenses. Brother Brigham Young asked me if I could not take the children & care for them. I told him I would take them & try to do the best I could for them. But laterElisha went to live with my father & mother.

Third Marriage & Death:
. 1847 Feb 10 at the age of 45, Jane Terry-Tarbox-Young requested on deathbed to be sealed to Brigham Young; died at the Winter Quarters, Nebraska four days later after their marriage. Jane Terry was the 43rd of about 57 wives of Bringham Young.
Ref: History of Jane Terry Young, by Nora Lund, Parshall Terry family history. - - -

1. An Enduring Legacy: Volume Twelve, Graves Along the Pioneer Trail:
Jane Terry Tarbox Young
. 1846 November 19, my sister, Jane Young & her 2 children came to our house at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, with Brother William Parshall. On the morning of the 21st I started with them for Winter Quarters, Nebraska .... Although it was only 15 miles the road was so bad that we could not get there until the 23rd. I gave Jane a sovereign & left her at Sister Thompson's where she wished to stay. I brought her little boy Elisha Tarbox back to live with me.

On February 5, 1847 John & I went to see my sister Jane. We found she had left Sister Thompson's & gone to live at Brother Wooley's. She said she had worked too hard & had caught cold & was very sick indeed. She said she wished to see President Young, so I went & asked him to go & see her, which he did. We came home on February 6 & on February 15, Elisha Tarbox & I went again to see Jane at Sister Holman's, but when we got there she was so low that she could not speak nor make any sign that she knew us. About 12 o'clock that night she died of consumption. Her little girl, Amanda, was 6 years old & was sick with canker. My brother Joel was there. He had agreed to pay Sister Holmes a dollar a week to take care of her & it had already cost him $40 to pay the doctor, nurse & funeral expenses, so I took the children & went to President Young. He asked me if I could not take the children & care for them. I told him I would take them & try to do the best I could for them. February 16th President Young sent Brother Atwood with his carriage & took us home. The last I saw Jane that she could talk with me she told me that Emma needed a change of dress for she was almost destitute for clothing. Elisha was [destitute] also, but Jane had cloth that I made up for him."

Jane's children continued the trek westward. Elisha Terry Tarbox arrived in Salt Lake October 15, 1849, in the Alan Taylor company. He later went to California & established his home & family there. Emma Amanda Young arrived in Salt Lake September 25, 1848, with the Hewards in the Zera Pulispher company. Emma married Parshall Adam Terry when she was 17 years old; she was his second wife, the one he chose to live with after the Manifesto. Later in life Parshall became a physician & practiced in California until the San Francisco earthquake & fire ruined him financially. Emma outlived Parshall by thirteen years & at the age of 75 was doing piecework for a shirt factory in Los Angeles.
- Freda Sharp Jones, DUP Files

Living Conditions: Lollie Anderson's Death On the Plains
It was November 1856 when Captain James G. Willie's hand-cart company was having a very difficult time making its way toward the Salt Lake Valley. A number of them perished from the cold & food was practically gone. In an attempt to conserve on the sparse stores as much as possible, each member of the company was given an allotment of two tablespoons of flour per day. The flour was made into a gravy & along with an edible root resembling the sego lily provided almost their entire diet. - - -

Birth:
Don River & Marsh. Parshall Terry 1797-1822.

Died:
Winter Quarters now Florence, Nebraska. COD: tuberculous.

Buried:
Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska. Plot # 80.

Jane married George TARBOX in 1836 in Fort Niagara, New York. George was born in c 1815 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York; died in Jan 1838 in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
at the head of Lake Ontario.

1. Elisha Terry TARBOX, .3 was born on 22 Jul 1837 in Caledon East, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. (Now Albion Twp.); died on 29 Nov 1904 in San Francisco, San Mateo Co., California; was buried in San Francisco Columbarium.

Jane married George YOUNG on 9 Mar 1840 in Calhoun, Illinois. George was born in 1819 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York; died on 15 Feb 1847 in Winter Quarters, Florence, Douglas, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Emma Amanada YOUNG was born on 28 Feb 1841 in Calhoun, Jerey Co., Illinois; died on 10 Oct 1926 in Los Angeles, California; was buried in Fort Lawn Cemetery.

Jane married Bringham YOUNG in 1847 in Utah State. Bringham was born on 1 Jun 1801 in Whiting Ham, Windham Co., Vermont; died on 29 Aug 1877 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; was buried in Morman Pioneer Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Parshall.3 is the the son Amy Stevens & Parshall Terry.

. UCLPetition 31, T Bundle 5, C2833, p690.
To Lieut. Gov., Peter Hunter
Petition of Parshal Terry, Jur. Your petitioner is son of P. Terry of the Don Saw Mill & prays for 200 acres of land as a UE.
Signed, Parshil Tarry. York, 2 , 1800.
I do hereby certify that my son Parshal Terry is of age of 21 years & that he has never received any lands, Signed, Marshall Tarry.
Envelope: Rec. 9 May, 1800. Record for 200 A. as son of UE.

. UCSundries, Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co.
To Lieut. Gov., Pergrine Maitland
Petition of Albert Maw, Charles Franks of York & Parsall Terry of Albion. Your petitions being desirous to improve Lot 11, Con 9, northern division, Gore of Toronto. Humbly pray permission to purchase said Lot at the arranged price of the sale of lands in the said Gore.
Signed, Robert Maw, Charles Franks, & for myself Parshal Perry, York, 20 Dec 1823.
That your petitions are all subjects of His Majesty & have taken the Oath of allegiance.
Envelope: Sell & depose of a vacant land & agreeable of public sale. Signed, Thos Ridout, Office of the Survey General.
1824 Dec 8. Recommend at the price of £15/8.
Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, C4612, p. 33626 /p21, Archives of Canada.

. l802 Mar 16, Marshall married his cousin Hannah Terry,
d/o Elizabeth Marshall & Joshua Terry (b. Oct 8, 1786 Goshen, Ulster Co., NY - Oct 4 1877 Rockville, Utah.

. Red Butte Canyon Rd, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Tollgate keeper.
. 1851 He moved to Lehi, Utah;
. 1853 Draper, Utah;
. 1856, he was keeper of a toll bridge across the Jordan River to Lehi.
. 1858 Provo Canyon, Utah.

Parshall Terry was advanced in years when he reached Salt Lake Valley.
. 1858, age 80 years, keeper of the tollgate in Provo Canyon, Salt Lake County.
Ref: Marshall Terry Family History - - -

Birth:
(Ft. Niagara is located at Youngstown, NY)

Buried:
Draper, Uta, Plot A41.2

Parshall married Hannah TERRY on 11 Mar 1802 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York. Hannah was born on 8 Oct 1786 in Goshen, Orange Co., New York; died on 4 Oct 1877 in Rockville, Washington, Utah; was buried in Rockville Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Elizabeth Parshall (d. 12 Oct 1848 E Palmyra) & Joshua Terry (1764 - 11 Nov 1827 E Palmyra NY).

. Hannah Terry married cousin Parshall Terry III.
Hannah & Parshall Wm. Terry, III had 13 Terry children, including Jane Terry, in the record attached.

Children of Hanna Terry are

1 . Jacob Terry, b: 4 JUL 1805 in Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York- 14 Apr 1898, Draper, Salt Lake Co., Utah,
2 . Clerk Terry, b: 19 SEP 1809, Palmyra-4 Jun 1812, Palmyra, NY
3 . Joel Terry, b: 23 MAY 1812, Palmyra,-Uintah, Weber Co., Utah,
4 . Elizabeth Terry, b 17 NOV 1814, Palmyra, - 6 mar 1878, Draper, Salt Lake Co., Utah,
5 . Jane Terry, : 21 MAY 1819, Palmyra, NY -14 Feb 1847, Winter Quarters, Nebraska,
6. Marilla Terry, b: 2 JUL 1823 in Town of York (Toronto), Ontario, Canada-19 Oct 1894 Rockville, Washington Co., Utah,
7. Joshua Terry, b: 11 AUG 1825, Albion, Twp., Peel Co., Ontario- 22 Feb 1915, Draper, Salt Lake Co., Utah,
8. Deborah Terry, b: 25 DEC 1827, Albion Twp. - Pike, Illinois,
9. James Parshall Terry, b: 1 JAN 1830 in Albion -12 Aug 1918, Hinckley, Millard Co., Utah.

Father Joshua Terry, B 1764 - died Nov 11 1827. East Palmyra, NY. The place of his birth has not been found of record, but he was probably born at or near Goshen, NewYork. His birth occurred during the time of the struggle for possession of the WyomingValley in Pennsylvania. The settlers had fled in 1763 after an Indian attack and did not return until
1769. Joshua was therefore born at some place of temporary refuge.
His boyhood seems to have been passed in the WyomingValley, Penn­sylvania. His name appears on the list of those in Forty Fort the night after the massacre, July 3, 1778. A Joshua Terry is listed as a member of Col. Nathan Denison's Regiment, in a detachment under the command of Col. Zebulum Butler. He married:
Elizabeth Parshall, b 1765, d Oct 12 1848 (Probably day of James Parshall & Hannah Knapp.) They had 12 Terry children.


. TERRY, PARSHALL (son of Parshall Terry & Amy Stevens, of New York). Born Sept. 30, 1778, Fort Niagara, N. Y. Came to Utah Oct. 15, 1849, Allen Taylor company.
Married Hannah Terry March 16, 1802 (daughter of Joshua Terry & Elizabeth Parshall), who was born Oct. 8, 1786, Goshen, N. Y., & came to Utah with husband, died Oct. 4, 1877, Rockville, Utah).

Their children: Stevens b. Aug. 19, 1803, m. Sarah Bryant; Jacob E. b. July 4, 1805, m. Catherine Brown, m. Mary Urena Riley, m. Clarissa Williams, m. Ellen Reed; Dency b. July 20, 1807, m. Samuel Hackett; Clark b. Sept. 19, 1809, d. child; Joel b. May 23, 1812, m. Maria Anderson, m. Hannah Shelton, m. Jane Hacken, m. Rowena Garner; Elizabeth b. Nov. 17, 1814, m. Francis Kirby, m. John Huard; David b. April 17, 1817, m. Elizabeth Washburn, m. Mary Ann Cunningham; Jane b. May 21, 1819, m. George Tarbox, m. George Young; Amy b. June 5, 1821, m. Zemira Draper Jan. 30, 1842; Marilla b. July 2, 1823, m. John Crawford, m. Nelson Hanson; Joshua b. Aug. 11, 1825, m. Ann Greasewood; Mary Emma Reid (Johnson) b. Jan. 20, 1857; Deborah b. Dec. 25, 1827, d. child; James Parshall b. Jan. 1, 1830, m. Mary Richards (died May 17, 1902) Nov. 2, 1856; m. Sarah K. Brown. Family home South Willow Creek, Utah.

. Toll-gate keeper Red Butte Canyon road, Salt Lake county, 1849. Moved to Lehi 1851 & to Draper 1853. Kept toll-gate at bridge over Jordan river at Lehi 1856, & in Provo Canyon 1858. Died Oct. 8, 1861, at Terry's Mound, Draper ward, Utah.
. TERRY, JOSHUA (son of Parshall Terry & Hannah Terry). Born Aug. 11, 1825, Albion, Ontario, Canada. Came to Utah Sept. 26, 1847, George B. Wallace company. Married Ann Greasewood in 1852, at Fort Bridger, Wyo. (an Indian girl), who was born in Wyoming.  - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB: 8.10. 1785.

Died:
Traveling in the Allen Taylor Company.

Buried:
New terra cotta monument.

Notes:

Page One,
. Parshall Adam Terry.II, who is the son of Deborah Clark (15 May 1775, Matituk, Long Isl., NYC - Jul 1778 Pennsylvania
& General Parshall Adam Terry.Ist, (born 8 Aug 1734 in Mattituck, Suffolk, Long Island, NY. - Death 15 May 1811 in East Palmyra, Wayne, NY.)

. During the Revolutionary War, Parshall II remained a Loyalist, as many of the New York friends & neighbors did. However, he was the only member of his family to side with the Crown. He was an adventurous person, a skilled woodsman, a friend of the Indians & had mastered the Mohawk language.
. In the Revolutionary War he was listed as a member of Butler's Rangers. Butler's regiment of Tories had 8 companies all told. Two of the companies were composed of half Indians & half whites who could speak the Mohawk language. Parshall was second in command of one of the Indian companies. He served under Joseph Brant, an educated Seneca.
Ref: A Puritan Heritage, The Ancestry of Marshall & Hannah Terry, by H Vernon & Eleaner M Hall, 1889.

. During the war, Parshall Terry.1 went to Forty Fort for protection after the Wyoming Valley massacre, along with at least some of his family. He belonged to the 24th Regiment, Connecticut Militia in 1778. Deborah Clark Terry, wife of Parshall Terry I, apparently tried to escape the Wyoming Valley massacre, but was killed in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in July 1778 when Deborah was captured & scalped at the door of Forty Fort. Her child escaped.
Parshall Terry II was with the British loyalists who entered Forty Fort, & he interceded on his family's behalf. Later his son, Captain Jonathon Terry, gave this account of his brother Parshall Terry.Ii in his attempts to quell the vicious rumors about his brother. " False reports have been circulated in respect to my brother, Parshall Terry, & I have heard that it has been in print that he killed his father, etc., hence I wish to, in this place, declare the real truth in regard to it. My brother, Parshall Terry, was indeed on the opposite side of the great question from us, who were true Whigs, & was with the enemy, as well as many more. He also came into the fort with Col. Butler & his army; but he offered no manner of violence to any of his friends. On the contrary, he said he had come into the fort to save our lives; & his father, who was also my father, has survived many years." This is a sworn statement given at Terrytown.
Ref: History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Dr. Craft.
. Deborah Terry Hortonhad this to say about her brother. "When my Tory brother, Parshall, who had been with the Indians up the river & was in the battle, came in he spoke kindly, saying he had come to save our lives, but seemed overcome with shame. When my father upbraided him with the wickedness of his conduct, & horrible company he was in, he could not look him in the face, or answer a simple word. My father had on a pair of new shoes, which at that time were articles of great importance, which few people could afford to wear in warm weather. An Indian, observing them got down on his knees and recklessly cut the strings with his knife and took them off his feet. My Tory brother had not influence enough with them to prevent them from robbing us of everything they could carry away." At the time of the attack, Deborah Terry was 12 years of age.
. James Parshall Terry, of Rockville, grandson of Parshall Terry II states in his autobiography: "In justice to him it ought to be said that between him & the rest of the family, there were only political differences."
Ref: A SKETCH OF KELLAND TERRY'S LIFE


. UCLPetition 10, 1794 Jun 6 - To his Excellency Gov. John Graves Simcoe,
The Petition of Parshall Terry, Esq., Member of the Assembly,
That whereas you petitioner having joined his Majestys Forces in the year & served that time faithfully during the War & having left some Commonwealth Property Lands in the States of America for which he had never received any compensation, he begs, therefore, that you Excellency will take his matter into you consideration & grant him leave to hold 500 Acres of land in one body 150 of which are in front being a number 4 & half Number 3, in the first concession below Black Creek* & on which he now dwells & also to hold 700 Acres in the Forks of Black Creek, there being plenty of vacant lots there.
& your petitioner, as in duty bound will ever pray, Signed, Parshall Terry.
Envelope: Read in Council the 6 Jun 1794. Entered in Land Book A, page 180.
Ref: Upper Canada Land Petitions, T Batch1, pg.1012, Film C2832, Archives of Canada.
Note*1: Black Creek is in Township of York in the west end of Toronto, near today's Jane Street

. UCLPetition 47, C2950, p788.
To Gov. John Graves Simcoe, Petition of Frederick Williams, served His Majesty from 1778 to 1780 in Capt Elias Smith, Engineer Dept. at NY & Philadelphia as a carpenter. From 1783 served as private on Ships as Pilot. He brought into this county in the year 1786 a wife & 5 children. Wants Land. Signed, Frederick Williams.
Affidavit: These may certify that Frederick Williams moved into this province with his wife & 6 children in the year 1786 & that the said Williams is an honest industrious man.
Signed, Parshall Terry.
Note2: Recommended for 400 A. No date on any of these documents, but it was addressed to Governor Simcoe who governed until before Jul 1797. - PJA

. UCLPetition 10, 1797 May 2. To Peter Russel, Esq., Administrator of Province of Upper Canada,
The Petition of Parshall Terry Esq. having a large family to provide for of 9 children & 4 of who were born previous to the year 1789.
That your petitioner [2nd wife:] married Rhoda Skinner, daughter of Timothy Skinner, whose name is entered on the U.E. list. Wherefore your Petitioner humbly prays your Honour would be please to allow him a location of 200 acres of land for his wife, as likewise such a grant for his children as your Honour may seen meet. Petitioner as in duty bound, will ever pray.
Signed, Parshall Terry.
ENVELOPE: Recd. 2 May 1797, Read 10 May, Ordered to Rhoda Skinner, the wife of the Petitioner, 200 Acres as the daughter of a loyalist. The Petition has already got the amount of land assigned, to him. Initialed, Peter Russell.
. The warrant appears to have issued to Parshall Terry in stead of Rhode Terry, his wife, described to him in right of his wife 1811.
Ref: UCLP, T Batch 3, C2833, p210-218.

A Record of the Marks of Horn Cattle, Sheep & Swine. For the Inhabitants of the Townships of York:
. 1799 May 22 - Parshal Terry Senr, A Hole in the right Ear Close to the Head.
Ref: York, Upper Canada Minutes of Town Meetings, Toronto Ref. Library.

. UCLPetition 10b, 1804 Apr 28, To Peter Hunter Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, In Council
The Petition of Parshall Terry of York Twp.
That your petitioner on the 24 Aug 1798 purchased from Henry Whitmer, alias Henry Wilner, 500 acres of land in Charlotteville Twp. in consideration of £62.30s of lawful money. That the size Whitner at the time of such sale had an order in Council for the said 500 scars. But your petitioner now finds that the Deed of such land has late been stayed in the Secretary's Hands, by an order dated in the year 1803 from the Inspector General of Provincial Accounts, by reason that the skas Henry Whitner is charged with having obtained 200 A of the said tract beyond what he was at the time entitled to receive.
That the said Whitner is unable to refund to your petitioner the money advanced for the said land or any part thereof, Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays that your Excellency will take his situation into consideration & permit His Majesties' Letters Patent of Grant to issue in the name of the said Whitner or petitioner for 300A of the said tract. Also permit your petitioner to locate the remaining 200 A thereof in the name on behalf of some other person entitled to the Bounty of the Crown, in order to enable your petition to make good eventually a Bargain & Sale of the Premises, which he hath made & which will effectually xx him if he do not fulfill.
York, 28 April, 1804, Parshall Terry.

. I Henry Whitner, alias Wilner of Bertie Twp, do hereby acknowledge to have received of & for Pershall Terry, Twp. of York, £62 10 shillings currency in full for 500 Acres, Lot SW 11 & 16 & 10th Concession of Charlotteville. 24th Day Aug, 1798.
. Henry Whitner was entitled to 350 Acres, located in 3 locations, which he received. The Survey General's office in a very rare mistake, issued him a letter stated 500 which he then sold to Parshall.
. 1804 May 2. Affidavit may issuer for this 200 Acres granted to Witner for taking up the Dorchester grant, upon payment of the survey fees. The Clerk of the Council should issue a separate warrant for this 200 acres which now all that Wilmer has a just claim to. Signed, John Gill & Peter Russell.
Ref: UCLP, T Batch 3, C2833, p210-218.

Note3: Implied here is that now that Henry Whitner has been given another 200 Acres in Dorchester Twp., he could meet his obligations to Parshall Terry. The actual outcome needs further research. This area in southern Ontario was renowned for its large hardwood trees which, no doubt, Parshall was eyeing for his sawmill in Black Creek. - PJ Ahlberg.

. 1st Heir & Devisee Commission, H1140, p.x
Report upon sundry Claims allowed on 1 & 23 May, 1804:
Claim 42, Parshall Terry, of Town of York, yeoman, Lot 7, Con 2, York; Original Nominee, Angus McDonell
Proceedings of Comm. Allowed, proved the title from the Crown is regular. Remarks: Angus McDonnell is entered on the Plan for this Lot. A Return being made from the Council Office on 8 Oct, 1796, is was recommended that the Petitioner be confirmed in L7, C2 East Side of the Don, upon condition of improving the same with in one year.
Note4: Angus McDonell was a barrister & had 2,000 Acres on the go in Flamboro W, Scarboro, Clinton, Louth & Beverly Twps. He was a major land speculator. It appears Angus McDonell did not make the improvements thus leaving the lot available for Parshall Terry. - PJ Ahlberg.

. 1808 July 20 - DROWNED IN THE DON.
Departed this life on the 20th Mr. Parshall Terry. His death was occasioned by his getting into the River Don on horseback. By this misfortune an exemplary wife & large, helpless family are left to the care of the all-disposing Providence, & a resistless appeal is made to the benevolence & sympathetic generosity of a virtuous public. The particular situation of the road near the Don bridge, calls imperiously upon the commissioners appointed by his Excellency for the particular care of the roads & employing the voted money for immediate repairs, as many lives are seriously threatened with danger by its present state, in consequence of the causeway being removed by an excessive flood. The place, when seen, suggests the nature of the required improvement, & as a part of duty we earnestly recommend o public attention."
Parshall Terry essayed to ford the Don on horseback, at a point some 50 yards north of the present (1913) Queen street bridge. He was swept away, his body being afterwards found near the mouth of the river, but his horse reached the shore.
Ref: York Gazette, Published Sat. Jul 23, 1808 and reprinted Robertson Landmarks, Vol 5.

Parshall Terry.4th
* * 1809 Apr 11, Claim #3, See p. 20. Notice is hereby given that I Parshall Terry of County of Ontario, in the State of New York, Farmer, will claim before the Honorable Commissioners upon claims to Land at their next sitting in the Town of York, the Lot # 7, 2nd Concession of York Twp. from the Bay [L. Ontario], containing by a measurement 200 acres, as heir-at-law of Parshall Terry, The Elder, late of Twp. of York, deceased.
Signed, York present upon my office this 11 April, 1809, Thos. Ridout, Signed, Parshall Terry.
Envelope: This is to certify that the within claim has been applied in this Office of the Clerk of Peace for the Home District [i.e. Toronto, York Co., Ontario], upwards of 30 days before this date.
Signed, Clerk of the Peace, York 31 May, 1810, Thos. Ridout, Clk. Peace.
Ref: Upper Canada Sundries, H1140, p. 577. Archives of Canada

Research & transcripts by PJ Ahlberg, 2014, Thank you.
Continued

Page TWO, Parshall Terry

. Biography of PARSHALL TERRY, III (1778-1861).
Born at Fort Niagara, New York, son of Parshall Terry & Amy Stevens. Family move from New York to Upper Canada; family conversion in 1838; immigration to Missouri shortly thereafter; death of his 11 year old daughter due to exposure after being forced from home by mobs in Missouri; exodus west.
The beginning of the evacuation of Nauvoo, Illinois, was planned for March-April, but because of mob threats President Brigham Young directed that the exodus of the Saints across the Mississippi River begin on 4 Feb 1846. President Young remained behind to administer endowments to the Saints & did not leave Nauvoo until mid-February.
Significant Events: Before his death the Prophet Joseph Smith prophesied, "Some of you will live to go & assist in making settlements & build cities & see the Saints become a mighty people in the midst of the Rocky Mountains" (HC 5:85). Nearly 12,000 Saints departed Nauvoo from February to September 1846. After the Saints left Winter Quarters & later locations, they were organized into companies of tens, fifties, & hundreds, under a company captain. In September 1846 a mob of approximately 800 men equipped with 6 cannons laid siege to Nauvoo. After several days of fighting, the remaining Saints were forced to surrender in order to save their lives & gain a chance to cross the river. Five to 600 men, women, & children crossed the river & camped on the riverbank. President Brigham Young sent rescue teams with supplies to evacuate these "poor Saints."
Ref: Mormon Manuscripts to 1846: Guide to Lee Library, BYU.

. Elizabeth Terry, daughter Parshall & Hannah Terry, when was 4 years old they moved back to Upper Canada. We lived in several different places near Little York, (since called Toronto) till the 2nd day of July, 1822, we moved to the Township of Albion, Home District Upper Canada. It was a new country, with much timber upon the land. Elizabeth was baptized a Mormon on 3 Jul 1838.
... My mother & father & their family came to our home & started for Toronto on their way to Far West, Missouri. Kirby & my sister Dency & myself accompanied them to the city of Toronto & saw them on board the steamer "Transit" on the 10th.
. 1839 October the 26th. I went out a few minutes with my servant girl to pick up a few Beech nuts.

* Biography continued at Jane Parshall.

. Parshall Terry drowned while attempting to cross the Don River on a floating bridge.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg 2018. Thank you.- - -

Birth:
Alt DOB: 3 Jan 1756.

Died:
Drowned crossing Don River.

Parshall married Amy STEVENS in 1777 in Wyoming Valley, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania. Amy was born on 20 Apr 1758 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; died in Dec 1792 in Niagara Falls, Niagara Co., New York State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Amy is the daughter of Alice Weaver & Wm. Stevens.

Children of Parshall Adam Terry.1 & Amy Stevens are:

1. Parshall Terry.2, b September 30, 1778; married Hannah Terry;
2. Mary Terry, b 1780, in New York State; married Joseph Lutz.
3. Mitty or Submission, about 1782, in NY State; married Alexander Gallaway, born 1780. Lived in NewYork until about 1796 when they moved to Michigan.
4. Elizabeth Terry, b about 1781 NY.
5. William Terry, b. c. 1855, at Fort Niagara, NY State; died in Ill­inois, Physician; married (1) Mary Reeves, b1739 NY; died in Ontario, Canada; married (2) Sara Cox; married (3) Mary Red, she died in Calhoon County, Illinois.
6. Joshua Terry, b 1789 NY, d. Michigan, daughter of Capt Elias Rerves.

Alternate parent for research
There was an Amy, daughter of Joshua Stevens, living at Goshen, about 20 miles north of NewYork City in 1777. She would have been about 7 years old at the time if source is correct. An Able Stevens moved with his family into Canada after the war & took possession of a grant of land near the Don River, next to that of Parshall Terry II. He stayed there but a short time before he moved on east into Leeds County.
Ref: History of Parhsall Terry. - - -