Notes:

Birth:
Verify location.

Buried:
Plot O23.2 shared with Minnie A.

Notes:

Eliza Slemman & William Willson was the son of Joshua Willson Jr.

Ontario Death Registration # 22509,
#18 York Co.
William Willson died Nov 5, 1896, 68 y = 1828 Whitchurch,
died of Consumption, for 2 months, Methodist. - - -

Died:
Aged 68 y., Consumption 2 months.

Buried:
Plot 023.3

William married Eliza SLEMMON on 23 Oct 1851. Eliza was born on 9 May 1833 in England; died on 22 Apr 1911 in Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Courtenay Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:


Buried:
North Dakota, Monuments reads Eliza wife of Wm. Wilson.

Notes:

Lot 27 Con 4 W & 3 West.

. MUTAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Notice is hereby given, that a public Meeting will be held at Montgomery's Tavern on Yonge Street,
on Monday the 14th day of November next, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of considering whether it be expedient to establish a Fire Insurance Company for the Home District, on the principal of Mutual Insurance, under the previsions of the Act of the Provincial Legislature recently passed.

. 1836 Oct 15 - Signed: John McIntosh, Peter Lawrence*, John Bogart Junr, Silas Fletcher, Joshua Willson, Chas. Doan, Geo. Silverthorne, Wm. Mcintosh, John Montgomery, Daniel Cummer, Marshall B Stone, Wm. Bigham.
Ref: The Correspondent & Advocate. Toronto Newspaper dated 16 Nov 1836.

Note1: Joshua Willson Senior or Junior is not apparent, but based on the signature of people living on north Yonge St. it is more likely to be Joshua Willson, Jur. -PJA 2010.

Note2: If Joshua Willson SENIOR is indeed related to John Willson, also from Piscataway, then Peter Lawrence would be an in-law, via his Uncle Richard Lawrence. - PJA.

. 1858 Feb 8 - Whitchurch, Notice to Creditors. Take notice that Moses Willson, of Pine Orchard, York County, Merchant, has this day assigned all his real & personal seated & effects to the undersigned in trust, for the benefit of such of his creditors who shall execute the same with 4 months from the date hereof, & that the said assignment in the office of R H Smith, Newmarket.
Signed Assignees, Joseph Taylor Joshua Willson, R H Smith.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto.

. 1860 Apr 24, Richmond Hill. North York Spring Show & Ploughing Match. the day was very cold, owing to this the company was not as numerous as was expected. There were, however some good cattle, brood Mares shown. Bulls, any breed over 2 years old: 1st prize. Joshua Willson, Whitchurch $4.

. 1861 Mar 1 - Overseers of Highways, 4th Con to 5th Division. Joshua Willson, junior.

. 1861 May 10 - East Riding York Spring Fair, The Union Fair & Ploughing Match of Markham & Scarboro & East Riding York Agricultural Societies, on Lot 37, Con 5, Scarboro, Although a great storm ranged in the morning, & the ground was covered with snow, there was a large attendance, 340 ploughmen entered for competition. The ground elected for the Ploughing Match under more favorable circumstances would have been unequalled in the county, but owing to the rain it proved rather soft & the ploughmen were unable to finish in the style usual. The day was cold & raw, the ground wet & uncomfortable, yet the attendance of spectators was numerous. A dinner for 60 was provided.
Prizes, Bulls 2nd prize, Joshua Willson.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper.

. His father, Joshua, Wilson, [ i.e. Joshua, The Third] was a son of a U.E. Loyalty, & settled in Whitchurch in 1821 & died in 1877. Our subject was married in 1861 to Mark Walks of Whitby Twp.; they have 4 children: Ella M., James A. Arthur E & Edgar.

. 1866 Jun18 - Serious Accident - We deeply regret to learn that Mr. Joshua Willson, Sent. & wife met with a very serious accident on Sunday evening last. It appear they, in company with their sons, went to seen their daughter*, wife of Mr. J Mowder Jr, & all went well enough till making preparation to return. the back set in the wagon was not fastened as it should be & while Mr. Wilson & his wife were being seated the horses stepped forward - thus throwing the old couple out of the vehicle - Mr. Willson, inflating, injured his back & shoulder very seriously; but it is thought not fatally. Mrs. Willson fell upon the spinal column of her next, partly dislocating the same & producing paralysis. She lingered till Tuesday last, when death put amend to her sufferings.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto & reprinted from the Newmarket Era.
Note:3*: Jane Jane Willson, wife of Joseph Mowder Jr.

. 1873 Jul 25 - Meeting of the North York Mutual Protection Society, held at Bogart Town (Mulock Ave.)on 30 June. Annual Report summated. 2 parties by the name of Riddell were prosecuted & convicted for stealing wheat. Two other named hall gave evidence, were also prosecuted. The following officers were elected: Directors Joshua Wilson, Jr. Silas Lundy, Chas. Wilson.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper.

. 1877 Sep 20 - Obituary
At his residence, 4th Con. of Whitchurch, on the 20th inst. Mr. Joshua Willson, aged 82 years.
Funeral tomorrow Sep 21st. at 10 a.m. at the late residence of deceased - thence to Friend's Meeting House, Whitchurch.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper, published 1877 Sep 21. - - -

Died:
Aged 82y 6m. Diarrhea, 6 days.

Buried:
Plot O19.14

Joshua married Sarah LUNDY on 2 Aug 1818 in Ontario, Canada. Sarah was born on 4 Sep 1798 in Muncy, Northumberland Co., Pennslvannia; died on 12 Jun 1866 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Pine Orchard Friends Union Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sarah Lundy daughter of William Lundy
His father, Joshua, Wilson, [ i.e. Joshua, The Third] was a son of a U.E. Loyalty, & settled in Whitchurch in 1821 & died in 1877. Our subject was married in 1861 to Mark Walks of Whitby Twp.; they have 4 children: Ella M., James A. Arthur E & Edgar. Agnes Randall.

Sarah Lundy was John David Willson's first wife.

John David Willson wrote the following Memorial for his late wife Sarah Lundy Willson:

My spirit rent in twain, & I was but part, no Bride
without the Bridegroom, nor Bridegroom without the Bride was like the mourning of my soul. I sought for rest & found none. I wept & knew not the cause.

The pillow gave no rest to mine eyes, nor food contentment to my heart. I sought her spirit through all the watches of the night, & found her not. In vain I sought for her whom I would see. I mourned for a communication from her lips again. I mourned to know where she was, & what she had to communicate to me, for I could not live without her conversation. I drew near her bed, I thought I could discover a spark of life to move within her heart although her person was deceased. I put mine ear to her breast to know if I could discover any symptoms of life in her, whether spiritual or personal; I could discover nothing but the breaking of a bubble within her. In despair I left her & mourned again. Disconsolate, I returned to her person & thought I heard a language in her breast saying I will soon come to thee. (I had offered myself a sacrifice to death to be with her but unacceptable to God - I had to remain to weep).

 His father, Joshua, Wilson, [ i.e. Joshua, The Third] was a son of a U.E. Loyalty, & settled in Whitchurch in 1821 & died in 1877. Our subject was married in 1861 to Mark Walks of Whitby Twp.; they have 4 children: Ella M., James A. Arthur E & Edgar. Found her not. In vain I sought for her whom I would see. I mourned for a communication from her lips again. I mourned to know where she was, what she had to communicate to me, for I could not live without her conversation. I drew near her bed, I thought I could discover a spark of life to move within her heart although her person was deceased. I put mine ear to her breast to know if I could discover any symptoms of life in her, whether spiritual or personal; I could discover nothing but the breaking of a bubble within her. In despair I left her & mourned again. Disconsolate, I returned to her person & thought I heard a language in her breast saying I will soon come to thee. (I had offered myself a sacrifice to death to be with her but unacceptable to God - I had to remain to weep)." - - -

Birth:
Alt: Bucks, Penn.

Died:
67y 9m 8days. COD: Wagon accident causing paralysis.

Buried:
Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON. Plot O19.15

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.