Notes:

Two Vernon siblings married two Barrett siblings:

Isaac married Sarah Barrett.
Annie Vernon married Simpson Barrett.

Died:

Annie married Simpson A BARRETT on 25 Mar 1885 in Port Perry, Durham Co., Ontario. Simpson was born in 1860 in Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 20 Sep 1896 in Whitby, Whitby Twp., Durham Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Russell F BARRETT was born on 18 Jan 1886 in Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario.
2. Ina V BARRETT was born on 6 Jul 1889 in Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; died on 14 May 1965 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Notes:

Silas is the son of Mary Philips & Nathaniel Metland Vernon.

. 1866 Manchester, A small post village, Each Twp., & north riding of Co. Ontario, situated on the centre road leading from Whitby to Beaverton distant from Whitby 10 Miles & from Prince Albert 1 miles, settled 18736 by Dennis Phidgett & Peter Taylor. It contains a town hall, one common school with average attendance of 80 pupils, Church of England, Methodist & presbyterian denominations hold services alternately in the town hall, Village contains also 2 stores, 3 hotels & a good flouring & grist mill in the neighborhood, Revere House, under the able management of Clem Dawes, Esq. we can full recommend to the notice of the traveling public, Population 200.
Ref: Mitchell Gazette & Directory.

Reach Township is now in Durham County, formerly called Ontario County, Province of Ontario. - - -

Birth:
- verify.

Died:
Lot 13, Con 5. Old Age, aged 81.

Silas married Priscila Waterman PLAYTER on 25 Dec 1844 in York County, Ontario. Priscila (daughter of Isaac PLAYTER and Sarah WILLSON, .3) was born on 16 Nov 1823 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 10 Nov 1904 in Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Priscila Playter was named after her grandmother Priscila Waterman.

Playter family were formerly Quakers, as were her husband's family the Vernons, Quakers from Pennsylvania. On Dec 1844, Priscila and Silas were married in the Methodist Church. - - -

Birth:
Twin to brother Waterman Playter.

Died:
Aged 81, died of Old Age. Con 5

Notes:

Parents of Isaac are Watson Playter & Priscila Waterman.

. 1770 Nov 1 - Letters remaining in the Post Office, Philadelphia: Mr Playter.
Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Penn. - - -

Died:
Aged 78.0.17d. Verify location.

Isaac married Sarah WILLSON, .3 on 13 Dec 1821. Sarah (daughter of Joshua WILLSON, Sr. and Judith ASH) was born on 17 Mar 1800 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick; died on 18 Mar 1889 in Manchester, Reach Twp., Durham Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary:
AN AGED PILGRIM AT REST - Mrs. Sarah Playter, widow of the late Isaac Playter & one of the early pioneers of Whitchurch, died March 18th at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Silas Vernon, Manchester, Reach Tp.
& borne by 6 nephews her body was on Wednesday last quietly laid in the old Friends' Burying Ground, Whitchurch, beside the remains of her last husband, who died 14 years ago, & those of her many relations, the early settlers of this vicinity.

Deceased died at the age of 89 years & 1 day & was the sister of Mr. John Willson of Union St. now the only remaining member of a family of 11 children who emigrated from New Brunswick in 1811.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper, published 1889 Mar 22. - - -

Died:
Aged 89y 1d. Paralysis. Widow.

Buried:
Whitchurch Twp.

Notes:

. 1755 Nov 12, born, Joshua Wilson, son of Sam.1 & Margaret Wilson.
Ref: Piscataway Town Hall, Register of Births, Vol. 2, 3rd series.

. New Brunswick Land Petitions, Joshua Wilson, 1785, Charlotte Co., Microfim F1028. - 15 names, including, Capt. Barret, Beaver Harbor Association & Moose Island.

. Joshua Willson lived at St. George is nicknamed the "Granite Town" & is located on the Magaguadavic River, near Passmaquoddy Bay & is 70 km. west of Saint John, New Brunswick.

* UCLPetitions 82, Joshua Wilson, Whitchurch, W Leases, C2967
To Issac Brock, Esq., Major General Commanding His Majestys Forces. In Council,
Petition of Joshua Willson, of the Township of Markham, Yeoman, (one of the People called Quakers), lately from New Brunswick, where he resided upwards of 28 years, [1783].
Your Petitioner was born in the late Province of East Jersey, now US & is 55 years of age. [b. 1757]. He came into this Province in July [1810] last & has taken & subscribed the Affirmation of Allegiance.
He has a family consisting of a wife & 7 children, all in the Province. He is desirous of obtaining a Lease of the received Lot 25, Concession 3, Township of Whitchurch & humbly begs leave to offer Gideon Vernon, The Elder* of the Twp. of Whitchurch, Gentleman, as surety for the regular payment of the rent.
Therefore, your Petitioner humbly prays that your Honor would be pleased to grant him a Lease of the aforesaid lot under the Regulations of 4 Apr 1811.
Signed, Joshua Willson, York, 6th April 1812.
Envelope: Received 6 April, 1812. Lot 25, Con 3, Whitchurch - is Crown Reserve - Timber - maple, Beach & Elm & was applied for by Jesse Lloyd on 23 Apr 18108, but is now open, he not having obtained a Lease within the time, by order in Council, 4 April 1811. John Small, Survey General.
In Council, 7 April 1812, Petitioner Recommended for a lease of Lot prayed for. The rent to commence from the next Quarter day after this date. Thos. Small, Chairman. Warrant J3 issued 9 Sep., 1812.

& These are to Certify that the respectfully Loyalist as well as all his family was in the American rebellion & he was on the the Engineer's Department with me in the year 1780 at Long Island, opposite New York & he was a faithful, industrious man & much respected by the officers in that Department & I left him in that Department when I went to the West Jersies & let years he removed from he Province of New Brunswick to Yonge Street. He brought with him a wife & 11 children all that is come to the province of understanding an industrious so he had working you this & conveys? on the reassurance in xx xx.
Signed, Yonge Street, March 31, 1812, Wm. Graham.

. Whitchurch, April 4, 1812, This is to Certify that I sailed with Joshua Willson from New York in the year 1783 to New Brunswick in a vessel provided by, & lived as neighbor to him 18 years [1801] & know him to be a true Loyalist & since that time has been with well acquainted with him as the xx & was to his Executor & family, other ways I sign to the report of Esquire Graham, Certified as above.
Signed, Gideon Vernon.
Note: Gideon Vernon, 1788 Mar 15, NB Land Grant, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., NB.
Note: Reference from Gideon Vernon, Whitchurch, Gentleman, Capt. Associated Loyalists by commission from Sir Henry Clinton, arrived 1792 Ontario; returned to NB to bring his family, but prevented by a fit of Rheumatism which laid him up for many months with very few short periods of intermission; had a Park lot Pennfield, NB; he has a wife, 8 sons, & a daughter, but brought wife & 5 sons into Ontario. Son 8 years in Navy & with Lord Nelson off Trafalgar. Lots 3, 4, 6 in Con5 & Lots 4, 5, Con 6 Scott Twp.
Signed, York, 7 Sep 1808, Gideon Vernon.

. Receiver General's Office, York, 9th April, 1812,
Joshua Willson has paid into this office £1. 12 shillings 6 pence currency on advance of Rent on Lease of the Crown Reserve Lot 25, 3rd Con., Whitchurch, John Small.
Ref: UCLP, Leases 1797-1817, W Bundle, 1812, Whitchurch, Microfilche # C2967.

. 1830 Apr 28 Apr, Joshua Willson Senior - at the age of 75, worked as a carpenter, on a new, larger Bogarttown Mill, (Mulock Drive & Leslie Street).

. Served in Revolutionary War.
Settled first in New Brunswick, then in 1812 Joshua settled on Concession 4, Whitchurch Township.
- A certain Joshua Willson left New Jersey during the early part of the 19th century & settled at Newmarket, Ontario. Joshua had a son Joshua, & a grandson Joshua, who now owns the homestead at Newmarket.
I have no further information concerning any of the children of Samuel Willson II., except Samuel III., Joseph, Gabriel the tailor, & James.
Ref: The Lundy Family & Their Descendants of Whatsoever Surname with a Biographical sketch of Benjamin Lundy, by William Clinton Armstrong, A.M. New Brunswick, NJ, J Heindinsfeld, Printer, 42 Albany St., 1902.
. Research & transcription by P J Ahlberg, 2014. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB 1757. Ref: UCLPetition.

Buried:
Stouffville, ON.

Joshua married Judith ASH est 1785 in Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick. Judith (daughter of Robert ASH and Catherine HOYT) was born in 1760 in Gouldsboro, Hancock Co., Maine; died on 15 Jan 1818 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Judith is the daughter of Catherine Hoyt & Robert Ash, both of New Hampshire.

. Joshua Willson Land Registration
NW quarter Lot 24 Con 4W;
SW quarter Lot 27, Con 4
E half Lot 27, Con 3 West
N half Lot 22, Con 4W.
Ref: 1860 Map.

. Joshua Willson Jr. Land Registration: E half Lot 27, Con 3 W
Joseph Willson, Jr, Lot 27, Con 4W rear
Charles Wilson, Lot 26, Con 4 W front. Ref: 1878 Map. - - -

Died:
Pine Orchard Station.

Buried:
Whitchurch Twp., Yonge St.