Notes:

Abram Smith Johnson, age 92, was accompanied by his daughter E. S. Malne, to Florida.

Birth:


Died:

Family/Spouse: Charles S MILNE. Charles was born est 1881 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lorus Johnson MILNE was born in c 1900.

Notes:

Abraham S. is the son of Harriet, b.1809 Lower Canada & Abraham Johnston, b 1807, Lower Canada.

Birth:
Alt Name: Abram.

Buried:
Short oblong, legible grey stone.

Abraham married SAIDA Sarah Elizabeth SHEPARD on 26 Oct 1875 in Willowdale (Toronto), York Twp., Ontario. SAIDA (daughter of Joseph SHEPARD, Jr. and Elizabeth N WILLSON, .5) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Child: Abram Hilton Johnston b 1878 5 3, York.

. It was Saida who named the area Lansing, when her father's store was made the postal station also.

. Saida Shepard told her daughter, Mrs. Charles Mile [Milne] he story of what happened during the 1837 Rebellion. After the fiasco of the failed march down Yonge Street, William Lyon Mackenzie sought rest on Jacob Shepard's farm. Troops were searching everywhere for him. The entered & slashed the quilts on the beds with with swords & set the bedding afire. Mrs Sheppard quickly put each blaze out or the whole house would have burned. MacKenzie escaped on horse back but Colonel Van Egmond was discovered & was taken to jail where he died of pneumonia.

. Their large brick store that stood at Shepard & Yonge Streets was restored & moved in about the 1990's to Beecroft Empress Avenues. It sits in a park-like setting a few blocks north of its original location.

. Child of Saida E & Abraham S Johnson is:
Abram Hilton, Johnson, b 3 May, 1878, York Co., Ontario, d. 11 Mar., 1880 Thornhill, ON. - - -

Birth:


Died:
92 Quebec Avenue, Lansing, ON, (Sheppard & Yonge sts.)

Buried:
emaplasyia 7 days, hypertension 3 years.

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]

Notes:

Elizabeth is the daughter of Statira Edith Montgomery & Stillwell Willson the Younger.

. Joseph & Elizabeth Shepard owned a large 200 acre parcel of land on the south side of today’s Shepard Avenue between Leslie Street & Don Mills Road from 1849 until 1872.

. 1837 - After the Rebellion Elizabeth’s sons returned to Toronto.
Michael Shepard House,101 Senlac Road at Burnett Ave., Lot 17, Concession 1WY.
Built in 1859, the Michael Shepard House is constructed in the Georgian Survival style & assumes great significance in connection with the Shepard family that settled in the historic community of Lansing at the beginning of the 19th century. The House is also significant in association with Michael Shepard, who supported William Lyon Mackenzie's Radical Reform party & participated in the Rebellion of 1837.
Architecturally, the massing of the house takes the form of a 2 story main block with a one-and-a-half story kitchen wing positioned at the west rear. Incorporating a generous sense of proportion & a pleasing symmetry, the three-ranked facade of the Michael Shepard House is generally considered to be less common among Georgian buildings in the region. The Michael Shepard House has been recommended by the North York Heritage Committee/Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee for designation under part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (R.S.O. 1990) on architectural & historical grounds.
Ref: Toronto Council & Committees, 1999 Jun 22.

. 1885 Oct 6 - Died - Shepard, at Lansing* on Sunday morning, Elizabeth Willson, wife of Joseph Shepard, aged 59. Funeral to Mount Pleasant on Tuesday, 6th inst. at 2 pm.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto.
Note: Lansing is located at Sheppard & Yonge Streets, North York, Toronto. - - -

Died:
COD Liver complaint.

Buried:
Plot: Plot J, Section 7, Lot 2

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:

Stillwell Willson, The Younger is the son of Sarah Lockman (Lakerman) & John Willson Jr., the 2nd.

Note1: Stillwel Willson, The Elder, is the uncle of Stillwill Willson, The Younger,
Stillwell, the Elder died 1832 & Stillwell, The Younger, died 1862 in Norfolk Co. Therefore, at least with everything happening after 1832, this would be Stillwell, The Younger. - PJ Ahlberg.

* Two Willson siblings married two Montgomery siblings:
Alexander Montgomery.III was Rebecca Willson's 2nd husband.
Stillwell Willson The Younger's 2nd wife was Slatira Montgomery & Stillwell's first wife was Helen Vanderbugh.

. Stillwell Willson the Younger was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick, just before his family made the arduous journey to Upper Canada. The May Fleet to Upper Canada left 11 July, 1793 by boat & arrived in York (Toronto) on 3 October, 1793. (Thus the 1861 Census that gives Stillwell as being born in Canada WEST is inaccurate. - PJA.)

. 1836-7 - Gold Ball Inn, King & Yonge Streets, Tavern keeper
. 1821 - Waterloo House, Town of York, Tavern keeper
. 1821 - Slip keel schooner plying York to Niagara.
. 1812 - War, York Militia.

. UCLPetition 57, 1807. Willson, Stillwell, [The Younger.]
To Francis Gore, Lieut. Governor of the Province of UC. } Jno. Cameron.
In Council. Petitioner Stilwell Wilson, of Vaughan, farmer, is a British Subject. Although too young during the War in American to take an active part, his family were distinguished for the loyal services & sufferings. He has always resided in his Majesty's Dominions & resided for the last Eight Years [ 1799 ] in this Province. His father brought upwards of a dozen Families to New Brunswick, all of whom are now in this County of York.
He has a wife & family & he has received 200 Acres. He has made huge improvements, expended a large sum, unfortunately without being able to obtaining water. He wants additional land & he will improve & put up a mills immediately.
Signed & sealed, York, June 15, 1807, Stillwell Willson.

Sworn Testimonies: Stillwell Willson is a person of integrity, Steady attachment to Government & a member of a respectable family noted for Loyalty. We have great pleasure in giving this Testimony of our good opinion of him:
Signed: York, June 1807, Wm. Graham, Elisha Beman, Jr, George Playter, Thos. B. Gough & Geo. R. Ferguson.

. To the Governor, If you will not think it too presumptive on my part, permit me to say that the applicant Mr. S. Willson, I am peculiarly interest for his unshaken attachment to the order of good Government & his conducts at the late Election was such as to interest the most unusually in his welfare, besides his personal intentions that occasion, which were in his pecuniary means were most liberally applied & I know of no person who discharged the duty of a good subject with more zeal & effect than he did.
Most respectfully, Signed, John Cameron, York, 16 June, 1807. Recommended for an additional 200 Acres.
Note2: Stillwell the Younger's Petition, is in the handwriting of John Cameron wrote this letter of recommendation. Cameron was a clerk on Canada Co., at 4 King St. - PJA
* Note3: In Stillwell's petition he states that his father had brought "a dozen families to New Brunswick". It appears he was acting as a guide as had his brother John Junior, done in NJ. How did they come to assemble? "& that most of them are now in Upper Canada". Further research, perhaps in Staten Island, may reveal more. - P J Ahlberg.

UCLPetition 96, W Bundle 10, C2953, p234.
To Francis Gore, Lieut. Governor of Province of Upper Canada, In Council, Stillwell Willson of York Twp. of York. That your petitioner is the son of John Willson of the same place, yeoman, a U.E. Loyalist. He has attained the age of 21 years & has never received any land. He asks for 200 acres of wastelands of the Crown.
Signed, York, 4 December, 1815, Stillwell Willson,
Affidavit
Stillwell Willson The Younger is 21 years & is who who say she is.
Signed, Stillwell Willson, 4 December, 1815. Wit. By, Alexander Wood, JP.

John Willson, father of the saide Stillwell Willson of York Twp., yeoman, maketh oath Stillwell Willson The Younger is the person he describes himself, he has attained the full age of 21 years, & never received any land.
Sworn before, Alexander Woods, JP. 4 December 1815, John Willson.

I Stillwell Wilson the Younger, son of John Wilson Junior of York Twp., Home District, Prov. of Upper Canada, a U.E. Loyalist, do sincerely province & swear faithful allegiance to his Majesty King George.
Before God, Stillwell Willson the Younger, 4 December, 1815, Alexander Wood J. P.
Envelope: Petition of Stillwell Willson Jur., son of John Willson, Dec 4 1815 appeared personally before me this day. Rec. from the Door Keeper 9 Dec 1815. It does not appear he has received any land in Council. J. Small.
Issued 200 A. Read in Council 16 Dec, 1815.
* (In pencil}
There are three John Willson on the U. E. List. Whether Son of John Willson, John junior or otherwise Son of John Junior, U. E. L. Read in Council 16 Dec 1815. Appointed 200 Acres. J. Small.

Lot 14, Con 3 East Yonge Street, his saw his mill was washed away.
Lot 18, Con 5 East side Tecumseh Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario
Lot 28, C 1 Yonge Street, in Markham Twp.
Lot 15, C 7 East side of Yonge Street.

. Stillwell elected as Overseer of Highways for the portion of Yonge Street from Lot 26 to Lot 40, [being the division of Markham on the east & Vaughan Twp. on the west side.]
Ref: Minutes of the Town of York.

. War of 1812 Muster:
Stillwell Willson the Younger, farmer Twp. of York - Private in the late incorporated militia.
. 1812 Sep 8 - 27 Sept., 15 days, pr. 15s 7p. also R. Wm. Marsh Jr, Johnathan Hale of Capt. Ridout's Co., 3 Regt. York Militia, Serj. Jacob Snyder, John Lamoreaux, Private Thos. Johnson, Priv. Stillwell Willson, D W Kendrick;
. 1812 Sep 19. Leave of absence has been granted until when: Sept 22, 6 o'clock pm. Pte. 3rd. York Militia. On Roll of Capt. Ridout's Co., discharged 22 Sept 1812; York Garrison 9 - 9 1812.
. 1812 Sep 8 to Sep 22. Stillwell Willson & Thos. Johnson. Remarks Discharged.
Note4: Arms: no sword issued - only the Capt. & 1 other had any arms! - PJA

Joseph Huff has a lead pencil missing through the whole time 17 Sep - Prisoner & committed to Gaol the same day.
. 1812 Oct 16 to 1812 Oct 19 - Rolls recorded as they worked in York Garrison 16 Oct 1812." - Thos. Johnson, John Willson, Peter Lawrence who transferred to Rifle Company 21st Oct., Isaac Willson, Danl. Cummer.
Lieut. Duke Wm Kendrick, killed Jan 1, 1813.

. 1814 Jun 10 - Men drafted in Capt. Wm. Jarvis Co., York Militia: STILLWELL WILLSON* formerly of Capt. Ridout 3YM,
Ira Kendrick, substitute for PETER LAWRENCE*,
Wm. Kendrick substitute for THOMAS JOHNSTON* formerly 3rd Reg. Capt Hamilton,
JOHN VANZANTE, Osborn Cox, all formerly 3rd Regt. York,
Isaac Vanderburgher* of 1st York Militia who is a substitute for Joshua Leack & John Willson of Capt Ridout's 3YM,
Cameron of 1YM under Capt. Wilson, substitute for Thomas Wilson(*?) of Ridout's 3Y Militia.
Note5: All these are relatives* or neighbors & acquaintances - PJA].

. 1815 Dec 16: Stillwell Willson, Lot 16, Con 10, S. Dorchester, Elgin Co., 200 acres, Order in Council.
Note6: This is land that had belonged to his father, John Willson. UE.

Quarterly Sessions of Peace, York County:
. 1818 May 2, York. Constables for current year: York: Robert Johnson, Sworn, Thos. Carroll, Sworn. York Twp.: Peter Lawrence, Stillwell Willson, Junr.
. 1818 Nov 18, Licenses to Innkeepers: Town of York, Stillwell Willson, £12.10.
. 1819 Dec 27, Mon., Holden at Office of Clerk of Peace, Town of York, Grant Powell, Esq., Chairman. Tavern License: Stillwell Willson, Town of York, Aye £12.10
. 1820 May 13, York. John Dennis appointed Path Master for Town of York for the current year, in the place of Stillwell Willson appointed by the Court in January Session last.
. 1824 Feb 14. Report of Stilwell Willson, one of the Path Masters on Yonge Street, York Twp., was laid before the Court, it appeared that Cornellus Anderson, & Andrew McGlashon, from their peculiar situation in being at a distance from Yonge Street, & where no Settlers are in their immediate Vicinity, the Magistrates direct that the Labour performed by them on the Bye Road leading to Yonge Street, be allowed as Statute Labour, but not to continue in future without sanction.

. 1820 March 25: In the Gazette newspaper we have this advertisement:
" For sale or to let, four improved farms on Yonge Street, composed of
Lots Nos. 20 & 30 on the west side, & 15 & 20 on the east side of the street, in the townships of York & Vaughan. These lands are so well known that they require no further description than the virtues they possess. For title of which please apply to the subscriber at Waterloo House, York, the proprietor of said lands.
P. S. - The noted stand known by the name of the Waterloo House, which the subscriber at present possesses, is also offered to be let on easy terms; as also an excellent Sawmill, in the third concession of the township of York, east of Yonge Street, only 10 miles from town, on the west branch of the River Don. Stillwell Wilson."
Note7: Third concession, this land was later known as Oriole. Still later it is now Sheppard Ave. East, between the Bessarion & Leslie subway stations, North York, Toronto.

.
. 1820 May 31, York, To Thomas Ridout, Esq., Surveyor General, York. Sir, I do purpose contracting for the Survey of one Township of Blandford in the District of London at 4 & one half percent, the work to commence immediately if the Survey is granted.
I am Sir, you obedient & humble servant. Still. Willson.
Note8: Age wise it is more probable this was Stillwell The Younger. - PJA.

. 1821, Stillwell Wilson is landlord of the Waterloo House, in York, & is offering to let that stand; also to let or sell other valuable properties.
. 1823 Oct 2: A Sheriff's sale against the land & tenements of Wm. Marsh, Lot 14, Con 3 East of Yonge, 200 Acres, a saw mill & other buildings to be sold by Public Auction on Dec 1, 1823. In 1824 the mill was owned by Stillwell Willson.
Ref: Upper Canada Gazette.

A Record of the Marks of Horn Cattle, Sheep & Swine. For the Inhabitants of the Townships of York:
. 1825 Apr 26 - Stillwell Willson the Younger - 3 Round Holes in the Right Ear & 2 in the Left.
Ref: York, Upper Canada Minutes of Town Meetings, Toronto Ref. Library.

. 1823 Apr 26 - Cattle identification marker for the Town of York:
( Hogs, cows. Etc.) Three holes in the right ear and two in the left.

. John Montgomery purchased Lot 11, Con 3, Vaughan from John Speisher, Yeoman, but this brother-in-law resided on the property for 16 years ago (1819), cleared 20 Acres. Brother-in-law, promised to pay Graman $5 per acre for all the land he should clear & fence, but never paid him. Even through John Specter did not pay the rent owed to the Government, Speisher sold the land to John Montgomery, who paid the rent to Govt.
. Affidavit 1: Appeared personally before me George Morris, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace, Home District,
Stairwell Willson, City of Toronto, duly sworn, maketh Oath & saith that he is personally acquainted with Peter Gramm, & that he has heard the Peter Gramm, openly declare that he has disposed of his interest in the Clergy reserve, Lot 11, Con 3, Vaughan, to John Montgomery of the Twp. of York, Sworn, 3 August 1835, Stillwell Willson & George Morris, J.P.
Ref: UCLPetition 157, M19, C2216, p70.
Note9: Stillwell Willson, The Younger, was married to his niece, Statira Montgomery. A second affidavit by John M Marsh who was also an -in-law.

. 1836 Jan 1st to October 5, UC Persons Licensed as Innkeepers to retail Spirituous Liquors, Home District, Stillwell Willson, paid £7.10.

. 1836 Oct 12, Toronto. - November 16: Published, Correspondent & Advocate
STRAY COLT. Any person, proving property & paying expense may have a black colt 2 years old rising 3, by calling upon Mr. Stillwell Wilson, Yonge street, in this city in whose possession the colt has been a month.

. 1836 Jan 1 - Persons Licensed as Innkeepers to retail Spirituous Liquors, from Jan 1 to oct 5, 1836, as report by the Inspectors of Licenses, Home District, Stillwell Willson, £7 10s.
Ref: Journal of House of Assembly of Upper Canada, p !@-20. 1836.

. 1837 Jan 26, Thurs. - By Mr. Robinson, The Petition of Stillwell Willson, & 7 others, & of George Wilson & 53 member; all of the Home District; of John Carthew, JP & 47 others of the Western part of Medonte, Simcoe & of John Warren & 56 other all of the Home District praying that the macadamization of Yonge Street, may be continued to the Holland Landing.
On motion of Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. Gibson,
Ordered - That the petitions of Stillwell Wilson, & George Willson be referred to the same Committee, to whom was referred the petition of George P. Ridout, Esquire, & others. On motion of Mr. Burwell, seconded by Mr. Merritt.
Ref: Journal of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, published 1837.1.26. 1st Session, 13th Parl.
Note10: Uncle George Willson, s/o Stillwell Willson the Elder.

. 1843 November 17th - Dated this day, PURSUANT to a Degree of the Court of chancery, made in a cause of Stillwell Willson & Wife, against John McIntosh, Richard Montgomery & others, the Creditors of Alexander Montgomery, late of the City of Toronto, Gentlemen, deceased (who died in or about the month of May in the year 1841,) are by their Solicitors, on or before the 15 Feb. next, to come forth in & prove their debs before John Godfrey Spragge, Esq., the Muster of the said Court, at his Chambers, In Toronto, or in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. J G Spragge.
Ref: The Canada Gazette, Pg. 1064. Notice repeated 10 Jan 1844.

. 1855 Fall - Stillwell Willson sold 100 acres, on Lot 22, Con 3, Talbot Road, Harwick Twp., to Peter Caughell, 18 Feb 1833, Elgin Co.
Caughell was an early world tourist: In 1852 when he was 19 years old, he made a trip to England, & thence to Australia. ... by boat to Buffalo from Port Burwell, to New York City & after 4 weeks on the Atlantic reached Liverpool, then around the Cape of Good Hope & an 100 days to Melbourne, Australia.

. 1861 Census Harwich, Kent Co., Ontario
Stillwell Wilson, Farmer, Born Canada West, Church of England age, 68, 1793, married, 1 & half story frame house.
Slatira, age 64, b 1797 Canada West, married; Mary, age 27, b. 1834; Edwin, age 20, b 1841.

. 1861 Agricultural Census Harwich, Kent Co., Ontario
Stillwell Willson, Con 3, Lot 22 Harwich Twp., 100 Acres, 50 Under cultivation; 35 A. Under Crops in 1860; 13 A. Under pasture in 1860; 2 A. Orchard or Garden; 50 A. Wild Wood; Farm Value $3,000; Farm implements $250;
1 quarter Acre produced 18 bushels Fall Wheat; 3 A. produced 40 Bushels Spring Wheat;
2 Acres produced 60 Bushels Peas; 8 A. produced 450 Bushels oats; 5 A. produced 200 Bushels Indian Corn; 1 Acre produced 65 Bushels Potatoes; 50 bushels carrots; 10 tons Hay.
Note11: Some of his near by neighbours died of consumption & scarlet fever in 1861.

. Tombstone is a tall white marble square pillar, land slightly sloped, a fir tree close by.

Ontario Land Registry, North York Book 106, p3.
Lot 18, Con 1 West Yonge Street
. 1805 Sep 19 - Patent, Crown, to John Willson, Jr., All 210 Acres
. 1816 Aug 9 - Instrument 3355 WILL, John Willson, Registered 12 Mar 1819.
. 1828 May 19, Bargain & Sale, Stillwell Willson et ux, to Henry Hamilton, £250, N Half, 105 Acres.
. 1829 Oct 15, B&S, John Willson at aux, to David Gibson, £400, 2 Half 106 Acres.
. 1830 Oct 8, R. Stillwell Willson Jr, to John Wedd, £130, NHalf 105 Acres.

Ontario Land Registry, North York Book 40, p3
Lot 14, Con 3 East of Yonge St. [Shepard Ave E & Leslie Street]
. 1806 Nov 9, Patent, Crown, to Henry Mulholland, All 200 Acres
. 1814 Feb 14 Bargain&Sale, H Mulholland, to William Marsh Jr., £300, All A.
. 1824 Apr 12, B&S, Henry J Boulton, to Stillwell, £600, All
. 1836 Jul 19, Mortgage, Stilwell Willson, to Alex Montgomery, £468.11.0, All
. 1840 Sep 12, WILL, Alex Montgomery, to Ricd. Montgomery £-, All
. 1844 Nov 3, Quit Claim, 1844 Nov 30, Henry J Boulton, to Stillwell Willson, 5 shillings, All 200 A.
. 1845 B&S, Jos Sheppard etal, to Stillwell Willson, 5 shillings, part & way acres.
. 1845 Jun 18, B&S, Richard Montgomery et all, to Jos. Sheppard et all, £-, All 200 Acres.
. 1846 Mar 24, B&S, Stillwell Willson etux, to James Stewart, £450, Part A.
. 1852 Feb 14, B&S, Jos. Shepard etux, to Michael Shepard, £5, EH &SWQuarter.

Ontario Land Registry, Tecumseth Book 302-3, P391
Lot 18 North Half, Con 3, Simcoe Co.
. 1822 Mar 6, Patent, Crown, to Stillwell Willson, 100 A NHalf.
. 1827 Jul 4, B&S, Stillwell Willson Jun. of York Twp., to Jos Dunham, Tecumeth, £37.10, NA 100A.

Lot 16, Con 16, , Dorchester Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario
. 1815 Dec 16, Grant,Surveyor Genral's Office, order in Council, to Stillwell Willson [Younger or Elder not apparent - PJA]

Lot 22, Con 3, Harwich Twp., Kent Co., On Lake Erie, Township of Harwich, [recombined} Book 0, p1210.
. 1804 Mar 7, Patent, Crown of Eleanor Mckillop, All Acres
. 1846 Apr 18, B&S James Moorehouse, to Stillwell Willson, £675. All 200 Acres. Book M, Folio 162, Reg # 8080.
. 1856 Nov 1, B&S, Stillwell Willson, to David Caughill, S Corner, pt of Talbot Rd. 2 Morrishill?, p., £530.
. 1856 Nov 5, B&S, Jared Caughilll, to Stillwell Willson, South Talbot Rd. 1, Korriill ?,
.1862 Jun 18, B&S, Abraham L Willson, et al, to Edwin L Willson, $200., NE100 Acres.
. 1872 Mar 18. Quit Claim, Statira Willson, Widow, to Edwin L Willson, NE 100 Acres, $200. Book H.

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Page 2, Stillwell Willson The Younger.

. Petition of Inhabitants of Toronto for Wm. Wilby.
1835 Nov 3, Toronto, Petition of Wm. Wilby for remission of sentence.
Petition of William Wilby, Toronto, Wheelwright, native of England, convicted of perjury at last Home District assizes, & sentence to 6 months imprisonment & £5 fine. The Perjury change was contained in an affidavit. Treat had withdrawn himself from the province or was canceled within the same writ to deference his creditors or to avoid being arrested or served with processes. Your Petitioner being ignorant of the Law was induced to make such affidavit under the Absconding Debtors Act. That every satisfactory testimony in his behalf & of the manner in which he was induced to make the affidavit upon which he was convicted can be produced.
Your Petitioner having a wife in poor state of health & 5 young children whose support depends upon his industry who will become entirely destitute by his imprisonment. He therefore prays to extend to him the Royal mercy.
Signed, Toronto 3 Nov 1835, William Wilby, & S C Wilby, wife of Wm. Wilby.
- Petition of Inhabitants of the City of Toronto that we have known Wm. Welly since he became a resident of James St. last May & during that time he, his wife & family have conducted themselves in the most peaceable exemplary manner & have always seen him as a man of good moral character & consider him a fit object for the Royal Mercy,
Dated at Toronto this 3rd November, 1835, about 86 signatures, inc. Stillwell Willson, (The Younger).
Envelope: Directed to be liberated after he had undergone 3 months confinement, see letter to the Attorney General, 20 Jan 1836.

Summary of 3 Pages: Prov. Statute 2 May, 4 Chapter states first making Oath before action. Geo. Humorous the Creditor. Evidence showed Wilby had been in some way jointly licensed with Treat (a Blacksmith & Carriage Maker) in the business of making carriage & that they had parted frequently before the accordance in question was sent out on very good terms, but in disappointment touching the frequency of claims of Wilby against Treat - also Geo. Humphries had been in the employment of Treat as a Journeyman & had left him a few days before the issue of the attachment, having unsatisfied claims for £5 against him. Mr. Humphries feared Wilby would leave the Province without paying him. While Treat was out of the City, the defendant was daily in his workshop, except Sundays & had seen Humphries twice.
The witness failed to appear. Found guilty. Both Juries recommended this to the Mercy of the Court. It is probably Mr. Wilby did not understand the Act.
Mr. Geo. Duggan Jur. however seems to have used such language of affidavit is itself plain & pointed.
Signed, (Justice) John Macaulay Toronto 16 Nov 1865.
Ref: Index C9824, image 113; C6888, Image 36.
. Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
* He signed his name as 'Stillwell Willson The Younger'. [The Elder was his uncle.]

Died:
Aged 69 years 11, 21d.

Buried:
Morpeth, ON. Tall white marble pillar tombstone Monument W425.

Stillwell married Statira Edith MONTGOMERY on 31 Dec 1816 in St. James Anglican Cathedral. Statira (daughter of Alexander MONTGOMERY, Jr., U.E, and Judith JUDA MYERS) was born on 1 May 1795 in Gagetown, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 20 Nov 1887 in Blenheim, Blenheim Twp., Kent Co., Ontario; was buried in Trinity Anglican Church, Howard, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Stature is the daughter of Judith & JUDA Myers & Alexander Montgomery.
Stature is the daughter of Ontario Marriage Registration:
31 December, 1816, by special License, Stillwell Willson & Slatina Montgomery, both of the Township of York.  
Witnesses: John Montgomery & Catherine Cummer. 

Two Willson siblings married two Montgomery siblings:
Alexander Montgomery.III was Rebecca Willson's 2nd husband.
Stillwell Willson The Younger's 2nd wife was Slatira Montgomery.

. Witness: 1815 Sep 27, York. This day were married by Special license, Alexander Montgomery &
Rebecca Smith of the Township of York.
John Strachan. This marriage was solemnize between us, Alexander Montgomery & Rebecca Smith.
Witnesses: Wm. Chaurun & Statina Montgomery.
Note1: Rebecca Montgomery's first husband, David Smith was deceased.
Alexander's sister, Statina Montgomery, was a witness.

. Witness: 1816 Oct 14, at Vaughan - John McPherson of Vaughan, married Nancy Clark.
Witnesses: James Ashley, Statin M Montgomery
Note 2. i.e. Two & half months before her own marriage to Stillwell Willson.

. 1861 Census Harwich, Kent Co, Ontario
Stillwell Wilson, farmer, C. of E, b. Canada West., Age 68, 1793, Frame 1½ house.
Statira Wilson, Born Canada West, Age 64, 1797
Mary Wilson, born Canada West, age 27, b. 1834
Edwin Wilson, b. 1841, Age 20, Canada West, Labour
John Gordon, Labour, b. Canada West, b. 1841, Age 20., going to school, one family.
Michael Gordon, Labour, b, Canada West b. 1844, Age 17, going to school, one family.

. Ontario Death Registration #14, Kent Co., Blenheim
Statira C Willson, died Nov 20, 1887, 90y 6., born New Brunswick, died of old age, ill for 6 months.
Dr. James Dawson, Informant: John Gordon, Guilds (?), Ontario, Registered Nov 21, 1887, Ch. of England.

. Tombstone: Tall white pillar (Stillwell on the other side) at Trinity Anglican Church. Morpeth, ON., reads Slatira, wife of Stillwell Willson, died Nov. 20, 1887, Aged 91 Yr's.
Note3: Sept. 2010 - white flat broke stone is leaning against the Willson pillar. - - -

Died:
Aged 90 years, died of old age, six months.

Buried:
Tall white pillar monument W425. Howard Twp.

Notes:

Married:
Queen St., Toronto, by Rev. Jhn Strachan.