Notes:

NOTE: LAND RECORD RECORDS THE FOLLOWING ON THE SALE ON OCT 17/1961 - ALL THAT PART OF LOT 1 LYING NORTH OF THE TOWN LIMITS (WELLINGTON) EXCEPT FOR 32 RODS BY 15 RODS (ABOUT 9 ACRES) FOR A VALUE OF $10,000.00

Bernice married Percy Moorcombe CLEAVE on 28 Nov 1940 in Wellington United Church in Wellington, Ontario, Canada. Percy was born on 12 Dec 1893 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1973 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gilbert and His wife May are buried in the Wellington Village Cemetery.


Died:
buried in Wellington, Ontario

Gilbert married Mary (May) ATKINS on 12 Jan 1887 in Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James SMITH and Harriet (Hattie) HAIGHT) was born on 20 May 1870 in Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Jan 1919 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Solomon was born in Belleville, Ontario.

Lydia Hutchinson was born in Huntingdon Twp, her parents were Jonathan and Elizabeth.
They were of English origin and were Quakers by religion. By 1860, the Hutchinson family were living in Hillier Twp.

Solomon and Lydia were married on October 8, 1860 in Prince Edward County (probably Hillier Township) and accepted the Quaker religion.

PROPERTY - HALLOWELL
Solomon purchased the East Half of the North Half of Lot 11 - 3rd Concession - Hallowell Twp from his father Lawrence on April 22, 1867.

On October 28, 1868, Solomon sold 20 acres (East Half) to Richard Saylor.
The West Half was given by Agreement of Mortgage to Rensaler Cooper, on March 20, 1869. Rensaler married Eliza Goodmurphy, youngest sister of Solomon.

PROPERTY - HILLIER
Solomon acquired 70 acres of Lot 1, Conc. 1, Hillier Twp on November 5, 1872 from Silas Reynolds & Charlotte Blakely.
The property was on the westside of the Town Line Road, and ran from just south of Gilead Rd, and north towards the Swamp College Road.

It is presumed that Solomon & Lydia were living down in Hallowell Twp from 1860 to 1872.
The Census records seem to indicate that Solomon and Lydia were still living at Lot 11 in Hallowell Twp in 1881, but my father is under the impression that his father Joel was born in a little red house situated on 30 acres at the northeast corner of Gilead and Town Line Roads. This requires further research.

The farm was passed onto Lydia on July 11, 1891 before Solomon died and in August 1895 she passed it on to her sons Gilbert and Wallace.
Wallace sold out his interest to Gilbert in 1910 and Gilbert passed the property to his daughter Bernice in March 15, 1932.
Bernice sold the farm to Clifford McFaul on October 17, 1961, after it had been held by the Goodmurphy family for 89 years.

From the Picton Gazette, December 1961:
Farm Changes Ownership

Mr. Clifford McFaul purchased the farm on the Town Line, at the Gilead Road turn this fall from Mrs. Percy Cleave. Farms change hands every day, but not this particular one.
In 1872, Mrs. Cleave`s grandfather, Mr. Solomon Goodmurphy, purchased this farm from Silas Reynolds, a grandson of "old Smoke" Daniel Reynolds. Mr. Solomon Goodmurphy
lived on the farm until he passed away in March 1895, at the age of 88.
His sons, Gilbert Lawrence and Wallace E., with their families, lived together on the farm until 1903. Wallace moved to a farm on the Swamp College Road but the brothers
continued to work together as partners until 1910. Gilbert bought Wallace's farm and worked alone. Mrs. Gilbert Goodmurphy passed away in 1919, Gilbert passed away in 1932.
At that time, the farm was left to their daughter, Bernice. Mrs. Cleave has owned it until this fall 1961, after 89 years being in the Goodmurphy name. Mr. and Mrs. Cleave are living on
Wharf Street, Wellington.

Note: Solomon was born in 1836, so he was only 59 when he died. Lawrence, his father, was 86 when he died in 1891, I believe they got their names and dates mixed up.

Solomon passed away in Kingston according to his Will and left his estate to his wife Lydia.
Solomon and Lydia are buried in the Hicksite Cemetery in West Bloomfield. Solomon's will # 165.5 prepared on July 12, 1883, left everything to his wife, Lydia Maria. The executors were Lydia and Solomon's friend, John C. Garratt.


Died:
Buried in Hicksite Cemetery in Bloomfield, Ontario

SOLOMON married Lydia Jane Maria HUTCHINSON on 8 Oct 1860 in Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of JONATHAN HUTCHINSON and ELIZABETH DORLAND HAIGHT) was born on 11 Feb 1838 in Huntingdon Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 May 1916 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hicksite Cemetery in Bloomfield, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Buried in Hicksite Cemetery in Bloomfield, Ontario

Notes:

There is a James Smith living with the Willet C. Dorland family as a Labourer.

James married Harriet (Hattie) HAIGHT. Harriet was born in 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is a Harriet Haight living with David and Ruth Conger per the 1871 Census. May be the same person, not sure.

Notes:

Lawrence arrived in Canada about August 1822 with his parents. The family had stopped at Kingston, Ontario , and there he was apprenticed to a man named Carl, to become a shoemaker.
The arrangement stipulated that Lawrence would apprentice for three (3) years, then when he was finished, he was to get a suit of clothes and some money.

Meanwhile his parents and siblings were to have meandered along towards the west, arriving at Smokeville (now Wellington).
The inhabitants at that time were few and far between, but just the same, they had two hotels where whiskey was sold.

Lawrence obviously completed his apprencticeship and headed for Wellington three years later. in 1825 or 1826 he met a Lydia Garratt at a Suree at the Sandbanks, and they were married sometime soon-after.
The Garratts were Quakers who had originated from Belfast and had emigrated to Upper New York State, then crossed over to Canada.

I found Lawrence on the 1840 Census for Murray Township. The Cenus records that there were a total of 7 in the family, all Quakers.
There were four (4) male children, two (2) adults, plus another female over 16 (unknown).
Next door was a Townsend Garratt and family, and a Thmas Garratt and family. Could be siblings of Lydia??

Lawrence took up the Quaker relgion for his family and set up a shoemaking shop in Wellington.
The 1851 Census has the family residing on Lot 11 of the 3rd Concession - Military Tract in Hallowell Twp - a farm made up of 114 acres.

The first two children, Sarah Ann and Rachel Ann were twins and died at birth according to Eliza Cooper.

Townsend and Thomas died of TB.

On Nov 28/1851,Lawrence purchased the North Half of Lot 11 on Conc 3 MT, from Thomas Waring and wife.
On April 28, 1864 Lawrence acuired 1/4 acre of Lot 1, Concession 1 in Hillier Twp, from Rufus Wilder.
On March 8, 1867 he sold the West Half (50 acres of his Hallowell Twp property) to his son Wm Davis, and on April 22, 1867 sold the Eest Half (other 50 acres) to his son Solomon.
On April 28, 1867 Lawrence sold the 1/4 acre on Lot 1 to his son John.

Solomon acquired 70 acres of Lot 1, Conc. 1, in Hillier Twp, on November 5, 1872 from Silas Reynolds & Charlotte Blakely.

Laurence and Lydia were still living at the time of the 1891 Census and lived on the farm at Lot 1 with Solomon and his wife Lydia Morriah Hutchinson.
Apparently Lydia was blind by 83 years of age (1889).

According to the Register of Births, Deaths, Marriages kept by Franklin Jones, the clerk for Hillier Twp., Lawrence and Lydia were registered as dying in the 1st Half of 1892.
An examination of the Death Register of the Ontario Archives has given me the exact dates.
Lawrence died on December 17, 1891, see record # 01538192, and Lydia died on November 15, 1891, see record # 01538292. Lawrence died of paralysis, and Lydia died of old age.

It is not know where they are buried but it is presumed to be in Wellington .

A View of Life in 1861 on the Family Farm
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In 1861, on Lot 11, Conc. 3 - Military Tract, Hallowell Twp, out of a total of 114 acres, Lawrence and his family had 75 acres under cultivation. 46 acres were growing products and 29 were in pasture.
39 acres supplied 700 lbs. of maple sugar in that year.

The cash value of the property was $3200.00.
The cash value of the farm equipment was $50.00.

On this property, the following products were produced:

Spring Wheat - 4 acres/ 100 bushels
Barley - 10 acres/ 400 bushels
Rye - 7 acres/ 210 bushels
Peas - 14 acres/ 350 bushels
Oats - 5 acres/ 100 bushels
Potatoes - 4 acres/ 450 bushels
Carrots - 200 bushels
Beans - 10 bushels
Hay - 4 tons
Wool - 65 lbs.
20 yards of full cloth
16 yards of flannel

The livestock consisted of :

4 steers
6 milk cows (300 lbs. of butter)
4 horses ( 2 colts)
25 sheep
2 pigs

In 1861, almost 1600 lbs. of pork was barreled and 11,200 lbs. of fish

For transportation, the family had one pleasure carriage valued at $10.00.

LAWRENCE married Lydia GARRATT about 1826 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Caleb GARRATT and Dorcas CARMAN) was born about Oct 1807 in Hallowell Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Nov 1891 in Wellington, Hillier Twp, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is understood that Lydia was blind by the year 1889, being 83 years of age.
She apparently died of old age in 1891.
It is believed that she and Lawrence are buried somewhere around Wellington.

JONATHAN married ELIZABETH DORLAND HAIGHT on 9 May 1836 in Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. ELIZABETH (daughter of Philip Dorland HAIGHT and Ann DORLAND) was born on 29 May 1809 in Adolphustown, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Oct 1885 in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]