Notes:

Ontario Land Registry Abstract Stouffville Book 236, 113-
Lot 25, Con 3, Twp. of Whitchurch.
. 1884 Mar 1, Registered 1894 Nov 21, John Willson, to Robt A Willson, 50 E Acres, & Alonzo F Willson, 50A West Half, subject to legacies.
. 1897 Aug 23, B&S, Alonzo F Willson, to Louisa C Willson, $1600, W 10 Acres. - - -

Birth:
Con 4 Whitechurch Tp.

Died:
- in his 59th year.

Notes:

. Twp. of Whitchurch
JUDGE WILSON, Lot 25, Con 3, was born in NB in 1804, being the son of Joshua Wilson, who was born in New Jersey, of English parentage, in 1756. His father served the Crown during the Revolutionary War, & at its close settled in New Brunswick. He subsequently came to Whitchurch, where he died in 1838. John Wilson was married in 1831 to Agnes Lundy, who was born in 1812 & died in 1881.

. Their family consists of the following:
Elizabeth Jane Hollingshead, born 1832, who resides in Lambton County; Lavinia Vernon, born 1835, living in Ontario County; Emily, born 1835, died 1838; Harriet Armstrong, born 1840;
John, born 1842; Robert A., born 1843; Charles, born 1845, died 1848;
Mary Ann, born 1848, died 1878; Alonzo P., born 1851; Louisa C. Willson, born 1853.

. 1862 Nov 14, Whitchurch Agricultural Society Show, Aurora, 800 Entries:
Fruits, Roots etc. , Citrons, 2nd price John Willson.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper.

. 1894 Obituary
Another pioneer has gone to his reward in the person of the late John Willson who died last Tuesday in his 90th year, at the homestead on Lot 25, in the 3rd Con. of the Township of Whitchurch.
Deceased has been long & favorably known in this town & neighbourhood, having lived on the farm where he died for over 80 years. He was the last of the family of 11 children who, with their parents, moved to Canada from the Province of New Brunswick in the year 1811 & all of whom reached a ripe old age, one sister being over 100 years at the time of her demise.
Our friend not only lived, but helped to build up & make out of the wilderness, homes famed for their hospitality & comfort.
He was ever ready to help the needy & aid the afflicted. He leaves many friends & relatives, besides a family of 7 children, 3 sons & 4 daughters, to mourn his departure.
For some time he had been afflicted with cancer, & although all was done that tender nursing & loving care could do to relieve his suffering, now his patient spirit has gone to meet with loved ones in that brighter & better sphere where pain & sickness can never mar the joys of a heavenly home. The funeral service, which was largely attended, took place at his late residence yesterday & the remains placed in the family plot in the Newmarket Cemetery.
Ref: Newmarket Era Newspaper, published 1894 Apr 13.

Ontario Land Registry Abstract Stouffville Book 236, 113-
Lot 25, Con 3, Twp. of Whitchurch.
. 1826 Mar 2, Bargain&Sale, Israel Lundy, to John L Willson, £500, 33A.
. 1884 Mar 1, Registered 1894 Nov 21, John Willson, to Robt A Willson, 50 E Acres, & Alonzo F Willson, 50A West Half, subject to legacies.
. 1897 Aug 23, B&S, Alonzo F Willson, to Louisa C Willson, $1600, W 10 Acres.
. 1897 Apr 17, Release [of Estate], Elizabeth Hollingshead, Lavinia Vernon & Harriet A Armstrong, Legates under WILL of John Willson, to Robert A Willson, East Half of East Half.
.1908 May 1, Bargain&Sale, Robt A Willson & Louisa C Willson, to Normay Kay.

Died:
Aged 89y 10m 6d.

Buried:
ON. Death Reg. # 20334. Died Cancer. Monument E3.6.

John married Agnes LUNDY on 24 Apr 1831. Agnes was born in 1812 in Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 27 Jan 1881 in Aurora, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Newmarket Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1831 Apr 24, John Willson married Agnes Lundy. Witness present Robert Willaon & John Evans. By Rev. Wm. Jenkins, Presbyterian Church.
Ref: District Marriage Registers, Home District, Ontario.

. Agnes Lundy is the daughter of John Lundy, b 1774 Lycoming, Penn. - 5 Oct 1855, Whitchurch, York Co., Ontario, &
Elizabeth Toole, b 15 May 1779, Lycoming, Penn. - died 13 Nov 1857, Whitchurch, York, Ontario.

. Her grandparents are Sarah Webster, b 28 Nov 1740, Woodridge, Hunterdon, NJ, & Samuel Lundy, b 30 Jul 1740, Maiden Creek, Philadelphia, Penn.

One of her sons:
. JOSHUA WILSON, Lot 27, Concession 4, was born on the same farm where he now lives in 1831... His father, Joshua Wilson, was a son of a U. E. Loyalist, & settled in Whitchurch in 1812, & died in 1877. Our subject was married in 1861 toMary Walks of Whitby Township; they have 4 children: Ella M., James A., Arthur E. & Edgar. - - -

Died:
- died in 69th year. Died of Tumor on Bowels, 2 months.

Buried:
Monument E3.6, with husband & some children.

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.

Notes:

NJ Land Transfer:
. 1763 Dec 6 - Grantor John Willson. Grantee James Willson.
Conveyance: Piscataway, Middlesex, East Jersey,
Ref: NJ Early Land Records, Folio 6, D3 EJ: SSTSE023.

On Dec 6, 1763 his father John Willson Sr. gave Samuel 62.5 Acres in Piscataway, which he subsequently sold to move to the Willson property in Sussex County, New Jersey. - - -

Died:

Samuel married Margaret MARTIN on 25 Oct 1751 in Middlesex Co., New Jersey. Margaret was born on 2 Oct 1727 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died on 23 Oct 1767 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret Martin is the daughter of Moses Martin & Margaret MacDaniel both of Piscataway. Her family land in American in the early 1600. It is believed they were Huguenot & their name was original Martin.

. 1765 Oct 28, WILL of Sarah Martin of Piscataway, Middlesex Co.
" I am the daughter of Moses Martin. "
to brother Joshua Martin, 5 shillings;
Sister, Margaret Wilson, clothing;
Sister, Rachel Griffith, also clothing;
Cousin Isabel Wilson, daughter of my sister Margaret Wilson, also clothing,
likewise to cousin, Sarah Griffith, Daughter of my sister Rachel Griffith.
Cousin, Sarah Griffith, goods;
to cousins Isabel Wilson, Robert Wilson & Joshua Willson & their mother (my sister) Margaret Wilson,
& cousin Sarah Griffith & John Griffith, & their mother (my sister) Rachel Griffith: - the salt meadow that father Moses Martin, gave me in his Will to be sold & money to be given to cousins.
Cousin Rachel Martin, daughter of brother Joshua Martin, silk cape & to his other 2 children Runyon & Margret Martin, money also.
Executors: Moses Martin Jr. & Isaac Ferret.
Witnesses: Isaac Stelle, Jeremiah dunn, Margaret Dunn.
Proved Oct 23,1767.
. 1767 Oct 26 Inventory made by Joshua Martin & Henry Langstaff Jr. - - -

Birth:
/ resided.

Died:
Date of Will Proven. (Will 1761.2.21.)

Notes:

Robert is the son of Eleanor & Thomas Ash.

Robert married Catherine HOYT. Catherine was born in 1741 in Lebanon, York Co., Maine; died in 1810 in Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]