Notes:

Daniel is the son of of Mary.the 1st & Richard Lawrence Johnston.

. Obituary: Rev D M Johnston, died at St. Paul, 8.3.1935
Cemetery: Acacia Park, St. Paul
children: Rev J Wesley Johnston, Echo.
siblings: 5 brothers in Canada
Born Acton Ontario
Spouse Annie. - - -

Buried:
Plot: LAUREL 14 5 12, Mendota Heights, Dakota Co., MInn.

Daniel married Annie J EASTERBROOKE in 1897 in Ontario, Canada. Annie was born in Feb 1863 in Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died on 17 Jun 1938 in Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota; was buried in Acacia Park Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rev. J Wesley JOHNSTON was born on 29 Apr 1907 in Winnebago, Minnesota; died on 6 Sep 1995 in Crow Wing Co., Minnesota; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Notes:

Richard Lawrence Johnston is the son of Margaret Lawrence & Robert Johnston.

> Two Lawrences sisters married two Teelzel brothers:
. Hadassah Hester Lawrence married John Solomon Teetzel Jr.
. Jane Lawrence married Mathias Teelzel &
> Lawrence cousin married their sister:
. Richard Lawrence Johnston married Julia Ann Teetzel.

. WILL of Robt. Johnston:
Daughter MARY ANN: The house & lot adjoining the one devised to Richard Johnston. (That is the store at 106 King & Toronto St.) 12 Aug. 1843. Estate Files J4.
. To Son Richard: The lot & house on the corner of King & Toronto Streets in which Mr. Perrin now lives. [1834];

. By this WILL of Robert Johnston, his eldest son, Richard Johnston, who is yet living [1888 publication] became, after his mother's death, the owner of the lot & Checkered Store [King St., Toronto]. This Richard L. Johnston sold to E. F. Whittemore some time after Whittemore's marriage to his sister Margaret [in 1843].
Note1: Many drawings & advertising may be found the Globe Newspaper, Toronto. PJA

. Wife is a first cousin, daughter of Margaret Johnston & Jane Teetzel are sisters, residing near by in Palermo, ON.

. 1837 Toronto Directory:
Johnston, Robert, carpenter, Toronto street.

. 1837 Toronto District Directory:
Johnston, Richard, Con 1, Lot 5 Yonge St., York Twp.,
Lawrence, Peter, Con 1, Lot 6, Yonge St. road, York Twp.
Montgomery, J., Con 1, Lot 1 Yonge St. east side, York Twp.,*
Willson, John, the fourth, Con 1, Lot 3, east side Yonge St. road, York Twp.

Note2: Cousins Lawrence, Johnston & Willson.
Note3*: Montgomery's Tavern historical building, Yonge & York Mills Rd., incidentally, the west side of Yonge street is called Wilson Avenue.

. TEETZEL, Julia Ann of Trafalgar, 1815 - 1853 July 12, Trafalgar, on 1836 Nov 22, Trafalgar, married
JOHNSTON, Richard of this city. - Julia Ann Teetzel, [ d/o John Soloman Teetzel, b 1762, Germany & Mary Tufford b 1788].
Ref: Christian Guardian.

. 1838 March, Upper Canada Sundries, Index C9824, Image xxx, & Page 105939-40, p723, C6898.
Petition of Eli Irwin, Twp. Whitchurch, for Pardon. Petitioner is a married man having a wife & child. He was unfortunately taken a part in the recent troubles, used by desperate & unprincipled persons by who he was unhappily seduced from allegiances.
Signed, Eli Irwin, March 1830, Jail of the Home District (Toronto).
. Petition of Inhabitants of West Flamborough to Sir Geo Arthur on behalf of prisoners under sentence of high treason. Hundreds of signatures, including Richard Johnston [Sr.], Joseph Simons, Lorenzo & Mathias Teetzel, Charles Jr. & Sr., Teetzel & Wm. Turbo. Read in Council 20 May 1838 & pardoned upon giving into Bail for good for 3 years.

. 1840 Halton, Esquesing Twp. 2nd Con, Lot 31: Richard L Johnson & John Cummins.
Lot 32: Richard L Johnston, J Cummins & J Warden.
1840 Apr 3, Richard Johnston, Lot 1, Con 11, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., 100 Acres.

. 1841 Census, Trafalgar Twp., Palmero
Johnston, Richard, Carpenter Proprietor, wife, 2 children, Total: 5 people.
Note4: Who is the 5th person on this census?- PJA

. 1846 Oct 16 mortgaged his share in Checkered Board Store, block 2, Town of York Lot 5, Toronto St. to W. Cawthra, Toronto;
.1866 Mar 27, Grant. Richard L Johnston, eldest son & heir at law of Robt Johnston, decd, eldest brother & heir at law of Sarah McKeough, formerly Sarah Johnston, dec, & Mary Johnston his wife [i.e. Mary Stevenson], to HM The Queen, $100, signed Mary & R L Johnson.

. Palermo is situated on the 2nd line, 3 miles from Bronte Station on the Great Western Railway & 8 miles from Milton.

Lawrence Relatives:
Cousin Richard Lawrence Hamilton also lived in Acton at this time. Robert L Johnson & brother Richd. L Johnson, Senior & Junior surely must have have known their Cousin Richard L Hamilton (& his brothers & sisters).

. 1843 Aug 12 - Robt. Johnston, Sr., WILL: to son Robert, The house & lot west of Mary Ann's with the privilege to the secure belonging. Estate Files J4.
(That is two next to the store at King & Toronto St. - PJA.)

> See drawings of Checked Store,'on King Street; also Toronto newspapers advertisements.

. 1852 Census Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario
Johnson, Richard, Farmer, England, W Meth., age 36
Johnson, Mary, England, W M, age 37 [1815], F, Married
Johnson, Wm, England, W M, age 14
Johnson, Robt., England, W M, age 10
Johnson, Geo., England, W Meth, Age 7.

. Robert Johnston's son, Robt Jr. was born in Acton. Verify birth location of the rest of his children.

. 1865 Esquesing Twp. Directory: Johnson, Richard, Acton Freeholder, L32 C2.

. 1861 Census Esquesing Twp., Halton, Ont.
Richd. L Johnson, age 47y, b. 1814, Canada West, Married
Mary Johnson, age 30y, 1831 England, Married
Robert, 23y b 1838; Julia Ann, 17y, 1844; Sarah, 12y 1849; Margaret, 7y, 1854; Francis, 5y, 1856; Chas, 3 y, 1858; John, age 1y, 1860.

. 1866 - Toronto & Peel Directory:
Johnston, Richard, wharfing, house 27 Seaton Robt. Johnston, Sr., WILL: to son Robert, The house & lot west of Mary Ann's with the privilege to the secure belonging. 12 Aug. 1843. Estate Files J4,
(That is two next to the store at King & Toronto St. - PJA.)

. 1871, Toronto Directory: Robt. Johnson, 196 Chestnut St., Carpenter, { this Robt. ?
Robert Johnston's son, Robt Jr. was born in Acton. Verify birth location of the rest of his children.

. 1871 Census, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Div. 2, P 54
Richard Johnston, L, Age: 56 [1815], Birthplace: Ontario Religion: Episcopal Methodist, Origin: English, farmer.

. 1881 May 17 Census, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario
Johnston, Richard L., Farmer, Living in Esquesing Township, widowed, Scottish, C Meth, 1881,
Richard L. Johnston, Born Ontario, Scottish, age 65 /1816, Methodist, Farmer
Erastus E., age 19,1862, Apprentice; Danl., age 17, 1864, Labourer; Eleanor, age 14, 1867; Richd., age 12, 1869; William Johnston, Age 8, 1873, Ontario.

. 1885 Feb 5, Dr Richard Johnston, of Esquesing new Action, is no open for congratulations. On Sunday be became the father of a bouncing boy girl. It might be interesting to explain that the doctor had already celebrated his 69th birthday. Third wife.
Ref: Acton Free Press, pub. 188, p3, Col 1.

. 1885 Sep 10 - An Immense Fortune. Prospective Millions, in which an Acton Family claims Legal Heirship.
Sometime ago we referred to the fact that Dr. Richard Johnston & family, residents of Acton & vicinity, were claimants of a large estate in England & that the Doctor was engaged in establishing his claims to a proportion of the estate. We are please to state that the prospects for the family coming into possession of their share of the property at no distant date are very encouraging., much more so in fact that in the majority of similar claims. The history of this estate - the celebrated Lawrence-Townley estate ...heirs of estates in England have for 40y. been making spasmodic efforts to get possession of the vast property, are now combining together to make a general investigation... enormous sum of $ 8 million ... by Act of British Parliament passed Aug 4, decided to pay over to all legal heirs their moneys.
In Toronto alone there are 20 families who have claims. One of the heirs will leave for England in a few weeks to compare notes with the London agent. Mr. Wm. Northcoate Geare, of 475 King St W is one of the heirs, is acting as agent, receiving correspondence. Mary Townely married John Lawrence in 1693 against the WILL of his parents, owing to religious differences. ... Millions of dollars have been spent in attempts to get possession of the estates.
Note5: Millions were spent on lawyers' fee's scam. - PJA
Ref: Acton Free Press.

. 1890 Aug 21 - died. Johnston - At his home Lot 33, Con 3, Esquesing on the 19 August, Richard Johnston, aged 74 years.
Ref: Acton Free Press, page 2, column 1.

. 1890 Aug 21- Died. Johnson - At his home Lot 11, Con 1, Esquesing on the 19th August, Richard Johnston, aged 74 years.
Ref: Acton Free Press, p2.

. 1906 WELLINGTON COUNTY ATLAS
JOHNSTON, Richard (d.), b. Toronto, 1815; d. in Esquesing in 1889, age 74. He was a son of Richard Lawrence Johnston, & was b. in Toronto when it was "Muddy Little York." He was a man of education & studied medicine with Dr. Ralph. Although not a regular practitioner, he performed a number of wonderful cures & seldom lost a case. He was skillful both as a physician & a nurse & was accurate in diagnosing. He was a sympathizer in the Rebellion of 1837-8 & was a Liberal in politics. At one time he owned considerable land in the heart of Toronto, owning the stores called "Checkered Stores."
In 1845 he set. in Waterdown, where he ran for M.P.P. He was a class leader in the Waterdown Methodist church & a Superintendent & teacher of the Sunday School. He has been twice married, first to Julia A. Teetzell, who d. age 34;
later he m. Mary Stevenson.
Issue: Robert J., (d.), Mrs. John Levins, Esquesing; Mrs. John McMaster, Washington State; Mrs. Austin Swackhammer, Daniel McKenzie, a Methodist minister in Minn.; Erastus, who owns a foundry in B.C.; Richard, William & Charles.

Robert J. was b. 1839 at Palermo. He purchased the west half of Lot 1, Con. 2, Erin, from the Canada Co., in 1865 & in 1874 bought the east half of Lot 2, Con. 2, which he cleared & erected buildings upon. He has raised a large family, who are representative citizens of to-day. In 1865 he m. Martha Leslie.
Issue: Richard L., Melissa, Mrs. James Reid, Acton; Mrs. Wm. Gamble, Erin; Joseph (d.), Charles B., Julia A., Robert E., Frederick O., Ida M., Maggie E. & Basil C. L., Richard L., was b. 1868,
& set. on Lot 30, Con. 1, Esquesing, which he purchased in 1899. He owns 150 acres, upon which he carried on mixed farming & is very successful. In 1897 he m. Verma Rainshaw.
Issue: Orval & Edna.
Charles B., b. 1876 & set. on Lot 23, Caledon. 3, Esquesing. In 1901 he m. Charlotte Antony.
Issue: Lottie & Elinor، Robert Edwin, b. 1880, m. Maud Ramshaw in 1904.

Town Lot 1, ES Toronto St. , Metro Toronto Book 683, p180
. 1801 Jul 10, Patent, Crown, to James Green
. 1834 Aug 12, Reg. 1842 Aug 2, WILL Robt Johnston;
. 1866 Mar 27, B&S Ridd L Johnson, to (Govt). Queen, £100, Lot 1 & 2, N side King St.

Town Lot 2, ES Toronto St. , Metro Toronto Book 683, p184
. 1858 Aug 13, Mort., Wm. Osborne, to John Foggin, (Discharged)
. 1862 May 13, Wm. Osborne, to Robt Milroy, £800, 1662 ft.(about 1/10 Acre);
. 1864 Jul 1, Mort. Hon Geo Brown, to Wm. Ross
. 1865 Aug 23, B&S, Rich' L Johnston et all, to Saml Nordhemier, £500, p 1 & @ N side King St.
. 1866 Mar 27, B&S, Rich L Johnston, Our Sovereign Lady The Queen, £100, Pt2 & 2, N side King St.

Ontario Land Registry
Lot 33, Con 1, NDS [North of Dundas St.], Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., p. 498-90
. 1809 Nov 17, Patent, Crown, to L. Shauson, 200 A
. 1846 Feb 25, Bargain&Sale, John & Wm. McQueen & Wife, to Richard L Johnston, 50 Acres
. 1847 Mar 15, Richard L Johnstone & Wife, to Geo Bucks, 50 A.
. 1851 Aug 28, Mortgage, Francis Wilkinson & Wife, to Wm. McQueen, 75 A.
. 1857 Sep 17, B&S, Geo Buck, to Francis Wilkinson, 75A.
. 1869 Nov 24, Mortgage, Francis Wilkinson & Wife , to Wm. Cawathra, 50 A.
. 1883 Feb 5, WILL, Francis Wilkinson, to his sons Geo. & Walter & James A Wilkinson, Lot 33 to be divided equally between them in the manner they may think best, subject to certain legacies.
. 1884 Apr 16, B&S, Walter Wilkinson & Wife, to Geo. & James Andrew Wilkinson, 200A, All his share Lot 33, $2000.
. 1886 Nov 2, Quite Claim, Elizabeth Norton & her husband, & Clarissa Harrison, & Wm. Beasley Wilkinson, to James Andrew Wilson & Geo Henry Wilkinson. 200A, Lot 33
. 1886 Nov 16, Deed of Partition, Geo, Henry Wilkinson & Wife, James Andrew Wilkinson & wife, James Andrew Wilkinson & Wife, to J A & G H Wilkinson, 100A east quarter Lot 33.

Lot 1, Con 11, Esquesing Twp., Halton County, Book 22. p2
. 1824 Sep 29, Patent, Crown, to Richard Johnston, 100 A. SWHalf
. 1842 Aug 5, B&S, Richard Johnston, to Jarvis Edwards, £100, SWHalf.

Lot 31, Con 2, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Book 10, p232 & 244.
. 1859 Oct 6, B&S, Richard L Johnston, to John G Dorland?, 100A, West Half except 1 acre.
. 1859 Oct 6, B&S, John Howell & Wife, to Richard L Johnson, West Half
. 1859 Oct 6, B&S, R L Johnston & Wife, to Chas Sutton, West Half 100A

Lot 32, Con 2, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co.,
. 1856 Apr 18, Mortgage, John T Howell & Wife, to Richard L Johnston, West Half Acres.
. 1860 Jun 23, Mortgage, RJL & wife, to Wm. L. Wilson, 100A, as is 1836.
. 1862 Mar 14, RLJ & Wife, to James Anderson 100A, W Half A.

Lot 32, Con 2, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Book 711, p431-433
. 1866 Apr 9, B&S, Jacob Snyder & wife, to Mary Johnston, 50A.
. 1897 Nov11, Deed Quit Claim, John T Johnston & wife, Erastus D Johnston & wife, Chas. Wesley Johnston, unmarried, Dan. McKenzie Johnston, unmarried, Wm Albert Johnson & wife, Kirkland Lawrence Johnson, unmarried, Mary Amelia Johnston, spinster, Frances Catharine Swackhammer & T Austin Swackhammer her husband & Eleanor Trefecias? Johnston, spinster, to Wallace Ashby, $900, 50 Acres, excepting about 41 rods from the W corner for meeting house & burying ground.
. 1901 Apr 1, B&S, Jessie & Wallace labs, her husband. to Robert Johnston, $1000. NW corner for meeting house & burying ground.
. 1906 Apr 5, B&S, Robt. Johnston & wife, to Chas. B Johnston, $4200, 100 Acres.
. 1926 Apr 1, Grant, Charlotte Melissa McDonald, married woman as admix of estate of Charles B Johnson, decreased & Elmore Roy Johnston, unmarried man, to John Allan, $5500, 100 acres.
. 1928 Jan 21, Quit Claim Deed, Gordon Leslie Johnston, unmarried man, to John Allan, $1., 100 Acres.

Charlotteville Twp., Norfolk Co. - VERIFY IDENTIES
Lot 2, Con 1, (Charlotteville Twp., now Delhi), p23-24
. 1844 Oct 17, Grant, The Crown, to Richard Johnson, South Half 100 Acres,
. [Date omitted], Deed 70724, Richard L Johnson, to S Norfolk Railway, N Half, 100A.
. 1893 Apr 15, Deed, Richard L Johnson et eux., to Wm H Stackhouse, Part 1.5 Acre.
. 1893 Apr 25, Deed, Richard L Johnston et ux, to Corville? Johnson, Part NHalf 35. acre,
. 1906 Jul 25, Lease, Orville Johnson, to Federal Oil & Gas Syndicate, Lot 2,
. 1914 MAY 18, B&S, Christopher Johnson et eu, to Harriet L Kitchener, 25 A., $3500.
. 1921 Apr 1, Grant, Richard N Johnson, sole, WILL of Jeremiah Johnson, dec. Izetias? W. Johnson, Widow, Frank E Johnson et ux, Violet Bell Butter, Nellie M. Gray, Eiza Reta Price, Jessie Short & Bertha Parsons, to Wm. Billington, 89A md pt. Lots & 2 lease Ry. $5250.
. 1926 Nov 4, Easement, Corville Johnson, to Hydro Electric Power Comm. of Ont., Mid way part quantity,
. 1932 Jan 27 Grant, Mary Johnson & Pearl Johnson, Executrix & Exec, Will of James L Johnson, to Pearl Johnson,
. 1931 Dec 19, Deed of Election, by Mary Johnson, Land
. 1931 Apr 9, Grant, Harry A Johnson, C R Reeves, Exrs Will Jesse Alton Hoover, to Edna Hoover,
. 1939 Nov 11, Nick Girswski, to Coville Johnson
. 1951 Mar 27, Grant, Pearl Johnson et ux, to Wm. Ed Brandon, 1 fifth A. $150.

Lot 3, Con A 1, Charlotteville, p 46
.1903 Feb 16, B&S, Richard L Johnson, Widower, to Coville Johnson, 100A, less pt sold to Cy co., $1600.
. 1907 Jul 25, Lease, Coville Johnson, to Fed. Oil & Gas Syndicate.
Lot 4, Con 1, Charlotteville, p51
. 1882 Jun 10, B&S, Coville Johnson & wife, to A Craven, $1000.
Con 9 Lot 9

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
79 King St. East. Aged 74y 3m = b.19 May 1816.

Died:
Lot 33, Con 3. Farmer. COD: Wasting & general breakdown. 6 months.

Buried:
Burial or listed on a monument? Verify

Richard married Mrs Mary.the 1st JOHNSTON about 1854 in [[pt:1546]]. Mrs was born in 1831 in England; died on 20 Jun 1876 in Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; was buried in Churchill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

XRef: Obituary
1888 Apr 23 - Died - Johnson - In Esquesing on the 23rd last, Mary Jane, third wife of "Dr." Richard Johnson, aged 45 years.
Ref: Acton Free Press, Pub 1888.4.26 P2, Col 1.
Note: Mary Jane Stevenson married Richard L Johnson in 1881 November. PJA. - - -

Birth:
Alt Loc: Leicestershiere, [is loc. of parents of Mary Stevenson.]

Died:
Alt DOD 1876- Apr 1881. Verify.

Buried:
Verify

Notes:

Two Johnston brothers Thomas & Robert
married two Lawrence sisters, Mary Ann & Margaret Lawrence.

. 1812 Sep 7 to 22nd, 3rd Reg. York Militia, Capt. Thomas Hamilton's Company, Robt. Johnston, 16 days, pd. £1 1s 4p., Priv. John Vanzante Junr. 16 days, pd. £10 8s 8p.
. 1813 JAN 6 - Capt. Thos. Hamiltons Co., 3rd York Militia, Sergt. ROBERT JOHNSON, Reduced to a Private. & in same document:
. 1813 Jan 7 - Jan 24, Private Robert Johnson, REDUCED FROM A SERGT. 6 Jan. - 7 Jan.
Recorded on the same Muster roll: Sergt. John Johnson [who is listed next to Robt. & Andrew Johnson.] Andrew Johnson, Promoted to Sergt. 7 Jan., Osburn Cox, Discharged 7 Jan.
. 1813 Feb 25 - Mar 24 & to Apr 24th - Robt Johnson. Employed in the Engineer Dept. Pay & Provisions stopped. Sergt. John & Andrew Johnson continued here. 3YM, Capt. Thos. Hamilton Co.
. 1814 May 15, York Muster Day: Robert Johnston of Capt. Thomson's Company, who was captured at York on the 27th April, 1813. Signed, Lt Col. W. Chewett, 3 Yk Militia, 1814.5.15.
. 1814 Dec 3 - Robt. Johnston, 3rd Regiment of York Militia.

. The account of Robert Johnston for making & fixing a bar for the office of the Clerk of Peace, which was ordered to be paid out of the Police funds amounting to £1. 11 shillings.

. 1812 Apr 30, York, Robert Johnson, Ordered that Clerk do notify him to shew cause &c. on the 9th May next.
. 1814 Apr 20, Constable, Town of York, Robert Johnson.
. 1827 Nov 22, King & Jane French, VS Franklin Page, Assault, Jury: Ricd Vanderburgh, Robert Johnson, Jr., Witness Pro: John Willson [3rd], Wit. Con. Anne Falieur, Esther & Chas. Ruggles, Verdict Guilty: Fine 5 shillings & Costs, Costs not paid, Ordered to be in Custody till fine & costs are paid.
King & Jos. Dale VS: Geo Laur, Assault. Jury, Wm. & Jacob Munshaw, William Johnson. Verdict Guilty. fine £2.10 & Costs, Costs not paid, ordered to be in Custody till fine & costs are paid.

. History of the settlement of York - King & Toronto St., was was across from Robt. & Marg. Johnston's store.
The first owner of the lot was Thos Robert. Johnston, a carpenter, who held the property from the Toronto street lane to King St.
. 1834, opposite the Cathedral, on the southeast corner of Church & King, was a framed building known as the Checkered Store painted like a checker-board,
1st owner of the lot was Thos. & Robt. Johnston, a carpenter, who first held the property from Toronto St. ... lane to King St. ...In 1831 a man named R. A. Parker erected the Checkered Store, a 2 story frame building, selling notions, everything from a needle to an anchor. Ref: Globe Newspaper advertisement.
Note1: Opposite it to the eastward stood, the stood the gaol where Lout & Matthews suffered on the scaffold in the 1837 Rebellion.
Note2: This substantial brick building was later the Consumer's Gas Company. 2 historical plaques are on the front the the building. - PJA 2009.

. 1833-34 York County Directory:
Johnston, Robert, carpenter, Toronto street, by the side of the Gaol, to Newgate St., Parker's Checkered Store at the Corner.

. 1834 Aug. 12, Toronto, Summary:
This is the last WILL & Testament of me Robert Johnston of the City of Toronto, Carpenter. First pay my just funeral & testamentary + expenses. It is may will & desire that my beloved wife do receive & take the annual Rents & proceeds arising from my Real & personal Estate during her widowhood for the support of herself & the education support & maintenance of all my children. From & immediate after my said wife shall depart this life or they reach 21 years or marry, I devise & bequeath my Estate on King Street to my children as follows:
Son Richard: The lot & house on the corner of King & Toronto Streets in which Mr. Perrin now lives. [1834];
Daughter Mary Ann: The house & Lot adjoining the one devised to Richard;
Son Robert: The house & lot west of Mary' Ann's with the privilege to the secure belongings;
Son Thomas: The house & Lot west of Robert's with the privileges to the same belongings;
Daughters Margaret & Sarah: My Lot on Toronto St., north of the right of way, to the rear of the Lot before mentioned, to be equally divided between them, share & share alike;

To my 2 adopted children MARY & MARGARET.2 JOHNSTON, daughters of my brother Thomas [& therefore, also wife Margaret's sister's children - PJA]: The sum of £150 each on their arriving at age 21 or marriage. I desire that they may be supported in the same way as my own children out of my Estates.
Executors: J. L. Perrin of King Street, merchant & my brother, John Johnston. 12 August, 1834, Robt. Johnston, Witness: J H Price.
J H Price was a witness to signing of the WILL, as was, signed:
Alexander Hamilton, 24 Sept., 1834. W. Baldwin, Surrogate Home District,
To Home District Surrogate Court: We, James Lewis Perrin, Toronto, Merchant & Margaret Johnson, executor & executrix, will give a full inventory & pay the debts & Legacies so far as his goods shall extend.
Signed, Margaret Johnston, Toronto, 24 Sept., 1834.
(1842 Aug 2, Exectors: John L Perrin & John Johnson Ref: Land Reg. Lot 2, Old Toronto St.)
Ref: Archives of Ontario, Probate Files 1834.

Note3: on Robt. Johnston's Will's References: Dr. W W Baldwin, 23 Yonge St. & Surrogate of Home District, round the corner in King St. No. 195.½, in 1833.
Alexr. Hamilton, Looking-Glass Mfgr., Carver Gilder, 118 King St., in 1833.
Perrin & Co., Dry goods store, 106 King St., Toronto, in 1837.
Ref: Toronto Directories, Toronto Public Libraries.

. Recorded for research: Margaret Johnstone, buried Potter's Field - Mt. Pleasant, Bloor & Yonge, buried 7 July 1834, years. Cholera, 201.

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Ontario Lands Abstract, Toronto Book 654 - East Side Old Toronto St., pages 3-5, p18, 55 & 68; (& dup. Book 683, p179.)
Town Lot 1, East Side Old Toronto St,. Blocks 1- 2 & Blocks 5 - 6;
{now fronting on the west side of (new-present) Toronto St.]
[Transactions of Lot 1 Blocks all done on same date, as indicated below:}

. 1810 Jul 1801, Patent, Crown, to James Green, Town Lot 1;
. 1818 Aug 12, Memorial Bargain&Sale, Robt Jackie Jnr. & Margaret his wife, to Robert Johnston, York, Yeoman, 2 parts, £150 [each of 3 blocks], [to land of Geo Ridout]… Certificate of voluntary Executor, to hold unto said grantees, heirs & consignees. Signed, R W Johnson;
. 1820 Jan 18, B&S, Robert Johnston, to Jacob & John Cummer, £125. [for each Block]. Half of Half of Lots 1 - 2 & 5- 6;
. 1820 Apr 5, Reg. 1830.2.17, Memorial B&S, Robert Johnson & Margaret his wife, to Caleb Humphrey, York, Carpenter 2 pts., £250, commg. at N Lots 1- 2, & Lots 5 - 6, Dower barred xxx of voluntary execution to hold unto said heirs & assigns forever to Caleb Humphrey.
. 1842 Jul 30, Reg. 1842 Aug 2, T R Johnston et all, to Bank America, Discharged;
. 1834 Aug 12, Reg. 1842 Aug 2, WILL Robt Johnston;
. 1844 Nov 26, Mortgage, R L Johnston, to Bank America, Discharged.
. 1846 Apr 7, Lease & Release, E F Whittemore ete, Frank Widmier
. 1852 Oct 1, B&S, John Cummer, to Paul Kane, £650, 53ft S, Block 1- 2 -5, Adelaide St. [Note: Paul Kane - famous early Canadiana painter.]
. 1866 Mar 27, B&S Ricd L Johnson, to (Govt). Queen, £100, Lot 1 & 2, N side King St.
. 1868 May 9 Forclure, Robt Mulroy, to Wm Osborne Defs.
. 1870 Jun 30, Grant, Elizabeth Graham Morrison, to John Ross Robertson*, $12,000. Block 1&2, [John Ross Robertson - history newspaper & Landmarks of Toronto]
. 1884, Pt. Dis., John F Taylor, to Globe Printing (i.e. Newspaper), $1.00.

Town Lot 2, ES Old Toronto St. , Toronto Book 654, being 88ft. North side King St by 105 deep on West side of Toronto Street,
Block 1, pages 148-154 {Duplicate version: Metro TO. Book 683,p184]
. 1818 Aug 12, B&S, Robt. Lackie The Younger & wife Margaret, to Robert Johnston, York, yeoman, SW Corner, King St. of land reserved of a gaol & Courthouse, to Toronto St., signed Robt. Johnston, E halves of 1 & 2;
. 1834 Jul [26?], Mem. Mortgage, this Ridout & Johnston, his wife, devises of Robert Johnston, to xblurry, £450, consignment St N corner of store & premises on King St.;
. 1834 Aug 12, Reg. 1842.8.2., Mem. WILL, Robt. Johnston, to John L Perin & John Johnston & wife, Execors;
. 1841 [Feb 26], Mem. Mort, Richard L Johnson & Robt Johnston decd., to British Am. Fire Life Assoc., £300., 30 ft. N side of King St. & Toronto St., & right of way;
. 1844 No 26, Mortge., R L Johnston etux, to Bank America, Discharged
. 1845 Feby 26, Mem. Mort, Chas Park & wife Margaret Divisee of Robt Johnston
. 1845 Oct 30, BA Fire & Life Assoc., to R L Johnston, Mtgee 23620;
. 1845 Dec 5, B&S, Richard Lawrence Johnston & Julia Ann, his wife , to Charles Garner Parks, Gent., sale & mo., [i.e. to brother-in-law]; £00, Remarks: recipes devise by Robert Johnston to grantor, Commencing 23 ft for King St, along division line of wall in course of erection by E F Whittemore, assigns for ever, signed, Chas G Parks.
. 1845 Dec 5, Thomas Robert Johnston & Chas G Park & Mary Ann his wife, to John Eastwood, Toronto, merchant;
. 1845 Dec 5, Memorial B&S, Richard Lawrence Johnston & Julia A his wife, to Ezekiel Francis Whittemore, Toronto, merchant, £1100, Remarks: Recites WILL of Robt. Johnson, King St, N side by 100 ft. on the West side of st. dowd barred, signed E F Whittemore;
. 1845 Dec 3, Mort., Ezekiel F Whittemore & Margaret his wife, to Richard L Johnson, £800;
. 1847 Jan 21, Morgt., Wm. Cawthra, to E F Whittemore, Remarks Mtge. sd by Wm Cawthra;
. 1846 Jany 16, B&S, Robt. Thos. Ridout & Parks an infant & John Jones Evans, his guardian in a suit on Chancery, Richard L Johnston, Charles G Parks & E F Whittmore & John Maynard?, granted;
. 1846 May 14, Mtge., Robt. Johnson [Jr?], to Hon Chi Wiemar, ‹200 land in seizure & mortgage;
. 1847 Mar 31, Meml. for Chge., Robt Johnston, to Hon C Widmer, £125, Lands;
. 1851 Apr 28, B&S, Hon Chris Widmer & Hannah his wife, to Ezekiel Whittemore & rear 10 ft of land;
. 1851 Apr 21, B&S, Robt. Johnston & Robt. Baldwin, to Chis Widmer;
. 1851 May 31, Mem. Lease, Hon Chris Widmere
. 1851 Jul 21, Recognizance, Wm. Cawthra, to E F Whittemore, £500, Lands to hold by W Cawthra;
. 1857 Oct 8, B&S, E F Whittemore & Margaret his wife, to Luther Hamilton Halton, Montreal, Esq., £6,500, 23 ft NS of King St & Toronto, signed, E F Whittemore;
. 1862 My 13, John Naggan, to Wm. Osborne, Toronto, Lands Agent, £881.

Block 5, Town Lot 2, ES Old Toronto St., p 179-182.
1801 Jul 10, Patent, Crown, to Maria Green;
. 1818 Aug 31, Ins.xx, Robt Lackie & wife Margaret, to Robert Johnston, York, yeoman, having frontage N side Corner, King St. , running westerly to Market St. to a lane known as the OLD POST OFFICE.
. 1842 Jul 30, WILL, Robt Johnston, to John L Perrin & John Johnston & wife, Exors, & Excors. -. -

Block 2, Town Lot 5, ES Old Toronto St., p213-218.
[Checked Board Store location]
. 1818 Aug 12, B&S, Robt Lackie & wife Margaret, to Robert Johnston, York, yeoman, £150, SW Corner King St. of land reserved of a gaol & Courthouse, to Toronto St., signed Robt. Johnston;
. 1842 Jul 30, WILL, Robt Johnston, to John L Perrin & John Johnston & wife, Exors, & Excors.
. 1845 Dec 3, Mort., Ezekiel F Whittemore, Executor, to Richard L Johnson, £800;
. 1846 Apr 15, Lease & Release, Fred Rogers, to Ezekiel F Whittemore, Toronto, Merchant, £5
. 1846 Apr 22, E F Whittemore & wife Margaret & Sarah & Thos. Stortt Keough, to T Rogers, £4;
. 1846 Oct 16, A of M, Richd. Lawrence Johnston, to Wm Cawthra, Esq. Toronto;
. 1849 Nov 2, B&S, Thos. Stott Keogh, to E F Whittemore, Toronto, Merchant, £700, signed, Thos. S Keogh;
. 1851 Jun 13, Grant & Release, Thomas Rigney, to E F Whittemore, £350;
. 1851 Jul 21, Recovery, Wm. Cawthra, Assigns forever Ef Whittemore, £400;
. 1851 Aug 2, B&S, E F Whittemore, Her majesty the Queen, £1137;
. 1866 Mar 27, Grant. Richard L Johnston, eldest son & heir-at-law of Robt Johnston, decd, eldest brother & heir-a-law of Sarah Mckeough, formerly Sarah Johnston, dec, & Mary Johnston his wife [i.e. Mary Stevenson], to HM The Queen, $100, signed Mary & R L Johnson.

Block 2, Part Town Lot 6, ES Old Toronto St., p219-222,
Masonic Hall Building (Masonic Bldgs. Block)
. 1818 Aug 12, Wife Margaret & Rob.t Lackie Junr., to Robt. Johnston, York, Yeoman, £150, commencing King to SW corn received for a Gaol & Court House, of Lot 2 Toronto St.;
. 1842 Jul 30, WILL, Robt. Johnston, to John L Perrin & John Johnston & wife, Exors, & Excors.;
. 1846 Apr 7, Fred Rogers, to Thos. Stott Keogh, Palermo?, Merchant, £5
. 1849 Nov 2, B&S, The Stott Keogh & wife Sarah, to E F Whittemore, Toronto, Merchant, £120 or £20 faint;
. 1865 Aug 23, Mary & Richard Lawrence Johnston of Esquesing, eldest heir & brother of Sarah Johnston Keogh, dec., to Sam Nordoheimer, £500. - . -

Birth:


Died:
- date of his Will.

Buried:

Robert married Margaret LAWRENCE, .5 DUE on 14 Dec 1813 in St. James Anglican Cathedral. Margaret (daughter of Lieut. Richard LAWRENCE, , UE and Mary WILLSON, DUE) was born est 1797 in Town of York (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; died on 3 Jun 1842 in Town of York (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; was buried in 1842 in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Potter's Field, Toronto. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Two Johnston brothers Thomas & Robert married two Lawrence sisters, Mary Ann & Margaret Lawrence.

Date of Birth Estimate: If the correct, Margaret Johnston, she was 43 when buried, or born 1796; UCLP 1818 at an estimated age of 21 /1797;
:. Married 1813 at an estimated age 16 or 15.
. 1797 Town of York Minutes Census: 2 female children (= Elizabeth, then Margaret Lawrence. Brother John Lawrence is possibly older than them.)

. 1813 December 14, by special License by Rev. Dr. John Strachan, Robert Johnstone & Margaret Lawrence, of the Township of York. Witnesses, John & Thomas Johnstone.

. 1819 York Inhabitants: Robert Johnston: Males 1, women 1, girls 2, Total 4. or xxx;
. 1819 Inhabitants, Robert Johnston Senr. Males 1, boys 1, women 2, girls 1, Total 6.

. Upper Canada Marriage Bond # 127 on 10 Dec 1813
Robert, Johnston, carpenter, Town of York
Margaret Lawrence married. 1813 Dec 10,
Bond signature: John Johnston, Calb. Humphing?
Wit: John Johnston & Thomas Johnston,
14 DEC 1813, by special License, St. James Cathedral.
Film C6777, Vol. 13. Bond 127. [Toronto, Ink on the Bond is very faint. - PJA.]

. Religious Service at St. James Cathedral:
York 14th Dec. 1813. This day were married by special license, Robert Johnstone & Margaret Lawrence, both of the Township of York.
John Strachan, minister.
This marriage was solemnized between us, Robert Johnstone & Margaret Lawrence.
Witnesses: John Johnstone & Thomas Johnstone.

. 1813 Jul 11, by Banns, John Johnston & Mary Edend, both of the Township of York.
Witnesses: Thomas Johnston, Hannah Johnston. 11 July, 1813, by Banns.
Note2: In-laws of Margaret Lawrence & Thomas who married 6 months after them, also at St James Cathedral.

. UCLPetition 27, J Bundle 11 Ref: C2110, p5.
Margaret Lawrence Johnston of Town of York, Appeared personally at the York General Quarter Session of the Peace today 1818 April 14. She is recognized to be a daughter of Richard Lawrence, formerly York Twp., now of Woodhouse, an UE Loyalist, who maintained his loyalty in the late war. Her husband is Robert Johnston of the Town of York, as her agent, he may locate in 200 acres. Husband Robert Johnston, Town of York, Carpenter, did his duty in defense of the Province during the late war.
Ref: UC Land Petition #27, 1818 Apr 19: Lot 1, Con 2, Toronto Gore, Ontario.

. Checkered Store, In the spring of 1886 the building was torn down at the NW corner of King & Toronto streets to make room for the new Quebec Bank bluings. Opposite, to the eastward stood the jail.
. After the death of Robert Johnston & also of his wife Margaret Lawrence, Ezekiel Francis Whittemore was married to their daughter Margaret & had a marriage portion as devised to her by the WILL of her father, which as a portion of the property on Toronto Street. She never had any claim on the Checkered Store & lot on the corner of King & Toronto Streets. [i.e. beside their house].
Ref: Robertsons Landmarks of Toronto, Vol1 p 110.
X-Ref: See Globe & Mail for many advertisements with store illustrations.

. WILL of Robt. Johnson: 12 Aug 1834. It is my will & desire that my beloved wife do receive & take the annual Rents & proceeds arising from my Real & personal Estate during her widowhood for the support of herself & the education support & maintenance of all my children. From & immediate after my said wife shall depart this life, the children shall share & share alike, including his adopted daughters Margaret & Mary Johnson, daughter of her sister Mary Anne Lawrence & brother-in-law Thomas Johnston.

. 1833 York Commercial Directory: Robert Johnston, carpenter, Tormto St.
. 1836 & 1837 Toronto Directory: Johnson, Margaret, widow, Toronto Street. Toronto, Ontario.

. Potter's Field Cemetery,
Margaret Johnston, widow of Robert, born Toronto, Buried 3 June 1842. 46 years. [1796] Spinal Affection. (1508).
St. James Anglican Cathedral, Burial 1842. Ref: Book 2, # 3198.

* Toronto Necropolis Cemetery, Registration Numbers 5303-7:
Elizabeth Johnston, Robert Johnston, Margaret Johnston, Thomas Johnston & Sarah Kough*
. Removed from Potters Field. Interred March 1876;
Interred: F 160 & 151, Ground property of C G Parks.
. Mrs. Priscilla Belding Whittemore was similarly reinterred the next day on March 1876. Priscilla Whittemore's record reads, Removed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dec. 20th, 1906. It is noted further that all are recorded on the same page in the Necropolis Record Vol. 5 1875-1877.
Note2: *Sarah Kough, dau. of Thos. Johnston, is recorded together with the Johnston, although Mrs. Belding, Whittemore record's says four other family members were removed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

. Toronto's Potter's Field, also known as the York General or Strangers Burial Ground was the first non-denominational cemetery in Toronto. Situated on the north west corner of of Yonge & 1 Bloor streets, in what today is the centre of Toronto known as Yorkville. It owes it's existence to Thomas Carfrae Jr., a wealthy retired merchant of Scottish ancestry. Mr. Carfae was appointed by a committee to purchase a burying ground, which he selected & bought the the 6 acres at Yonge & Bloor in May, 1826. The land was bought from Mrs. Elmsley for £75, which would be $300 in today's economy (2016).

. 1832 the great cholera outbreak killed many people in Toronto. During the outbreak the cemetery filled every quickly, especially during the summer of 1832. The cemetery's last interment took place on 21 January 1855, making 6,685 burials over 6 acres of land.
After the closure of the cemetery burials were moved Toronto Necropolis & Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Ref: Find A Grave, Toronto Potters Field. - - -

Birth:
Est 21 years old /Order in Council, Land Grant.

Died:
46 years = 1876.

Buried:
Aged 46 y. COD: spinal affection. Potters Field is the older part of the Necropolis Cemetery.

Notes:

1. Upper Canada Marriage Bond 127,
Lawrence, MARGT, York, Marriage Bond X Johnston, Robert, carpenter
1813 DEC 10,
Bond Signature: John Johnston, Calb Humphrey
(Wit: John JOHNSTON and Thomas JOHNSTON both of York, carpenters.)
14 DEC 1813, by special License, St James Film C6777, Vol 13. - - -

2. St. James Cathedra Registry, Queen St. East, Toronto.
Wedding, by special License,
Robert JOHNSTON and Margaret LAWRENCE, both of the Township of York.
Witnesses, John JOHNSTON and Thomas JOHNSTON - - -

Married:

Notes:

Recorded for further research:
. Lot 15, 9 Con., Innisfil Twp., Simcoe Co., ontario
The Upper Landing was more frequently called "Johnson's Landing," after its first settler, Joseph Johnson, Sr. He was one of five brothers of U.K. Loyalist descent, & had originally settled on Yonge Street, between Thornhill & Hogg's Hollow, about the time of the war of 1812-15. Shortly after this, however, he exchanged this Yonge Street Property with a Mr. Davis, (whose hotel, built upon it, has been a familiar landmark for later travellers), taking in exchange the property at the Upper Landing Place on the Holland River. He at once permanently settled upon the latter, & his name from that time onward was connected with the place.
Ref: A History of Simcoe County, Andrew F Hunter, 1909.

. 1804 Oct 2 Tuesday. Town of York,
Read the Petition of THOMAS R JOHNSON, Keeper of the Home District Gaol & House of Correction, praying that his Salary may be paid to him half yearly. Recommended he paid the sum of £20 currency, the amount of six months salary, due to him the 10th day Oct. last past.
. 1804 Apr 10, Read the Account of Thos. R. Johnston, Keeper of the Home District Gaol & of House of Correction from 10 Apr 1804 - 10 April 1805,
amount to £49. Approved.
A Committee of the Magistrates, who had visited the Home District Gaol report that they find it in such state of disorder & filth as denotes great negligence on part of the Gaoler. [ His name name was not stated. - PJA] Clerk of Peace to write the Home District Sherriff to request he will have said gaol constantly kept in a state of cleanness & good order.
. 1805 Mar 5, Petty Jury called & severally sworn, 2nd case: Wm.. Marsh, Jr. Abraham & THOMAS JOHNSON, John Harkie VS Henry Busman, Assault & Battery, Guilty, fined £5.

. 1807 Apr 18, Saturday, Thomas R. Johnson, Keeper of the Gaol Account & Contingent Acct. Approved £40.
. Read a Protest of Miles McDonell, Esq' Sheriff of the Home District, against the insufficiency of the Home District Gaol, also read a Certificate of Joshua Leach & John McBeath Carpenters, relative to said Gaol.
. Ordered, That the Sheriff be directed to have the rubbish & filth removed from the Gaol yard & the Building & that he bring in his account for said service. Ordered that the Clerk of the Peace shall not paid the Sheriff Joseph Hillocks Esq. shall have paid the the reasonably incurred Goal yard & Building expenses.
. Hugh Carfrae, Gaoler, from 10 Apr 1807 to 10 Ap. 1808, £17.
Ref: Twenty-first Report of Dept. Public Records & Archives of Ontario.

. 1810 Apr 21, Sat. Hugh Heward Assessor for the Town of York for the year 1810, reported to the court the following percent, who had neglected or refused to give to him a list of all their Ratable property for the year 1810, & were ordered to be summoned as follows, T R Johnston, Fined 40 shillings & ordered to be summoned to attend next session. &
John Vanzantee, ordered to summon James Wood of Toronto.
. 1811 Oct 12, York. Path Master Jacob Smith produced his account for statuary labour, there appeared to be 5 defaulters: J R Johnson, 6 days labour.
. 1811 Apr 13, Sat. Persons appointed Constables in Town of York: Thomas Johnson Junr. Sworn on 23 April 1811.
. 1812 Apr 18, Constables appointed for Town of York, Robert Johnson, Sworn.
. 1812 Apr 30, York, York. On the 18 instant appeared pursuant to their notifications: Thomas Johnson, a Path Master, York Twp. Robert Johnson, appointed on 18th Inst., did not attend, Ordered that Clerk do Notify him to shew cause &c. on the 9th May next.
. 1814 Apr 20 Summoned to shew cause why execution should not issue against them for not paying the amount of their Assessment of Last year, Thomas Johnson, Twp. of York. Adam Johnson, Jos. Kendrick, Thomas Johnson. Constables appointed in East Riding of York Co, Town of York, Robert Johnson, John Vanzanatee Junr., Sworn.

VERIFY IDENIFY for clarification:

* UCLP14 C2108, p804, Thomas Johnson, Lot 21 East side Yonge St., cleared 5 Acres, Signed for Thomas (crossed out Nicholas) Johnson & Lawrence Johnson.
UCLPet 11, Joseph Johnson, Lot 20 Westside Yonge St. 10 A cleared & House.
UCLPet 15 Nicholas Johnson, Lot 20, ESY 7 A cleared,
UCLPet 16., page 809, Asa Johnson, First settler in the wilds of Yong St. [Possible difference family]; wife Hannah Johnson, UCLPet 35, p890, 5 children, of which 2 are sons].
UCLP47, p931, Lawrence Johnson, Lot 19 ESY, considerable improvements, 7 A cleared.
UCLP48. p 934, Abraham Johnson, Cultivated upward 20A land, house larger than required, by Justice of peace, Abraham writes 12 A cleared,

. 1833-4, York Commercial Directory Directory, Capt. T H Johnston, of the 66th Regiment, Garrison;
Regiment of Line, Serving in York, 66th Regiment of Infantry,
Commander, Maj James Baird, Capt. T H Johnston, about 200 men.

Toronto & County of York, Ontario, Published 1885., Vol. 2
Thomas R Johnstone, flour & feed merchant, was born in Little York in 1829, on the present side of the Post-office, & is the 7th in a family of 9 children. His father, John Johnston, came to Canada from Scotland about 1798, with his father's family. His father carried on the business of a butcher & drover until his death in 1834. He left a family of 4 daughters & 2 sons, as follows: John, living in the United States, Thomas R, Almeria, Sarah, Dead
Adeline; & Isabella married to T W Gosford, Aurora. Mr. Thomas R Johnstone has been engaged in the flour & feed business since 1882. - - -

Birth:
Verify. Alt Name Joseph or Thomas, a relative.

Died:
Son is Thomas Johnson Jr.

Notes:

PART ONE:

Richard is name after his grandfather, Richard Lawrence, Esq., [The Third, 1719-1726.] & in family remberances going back to Richard the Lionhearted.

. 1771 July 5, List of letters, remaining in the Post Office, Richard Lawrence, Shrewsbury.
Ref: NY Gazette.
. Richard Lawrence, Upper Freehold. Ref: Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County.

. 1783 New Brunswick, Chrineyonce Vanmater & (Lieut.) Richard Lawrence, UE. petitioned together for land in Prince William Co., NB.
Note1: This land grant adjacent to his brother John Lawrence, was not taken up because it had previous legal encumbrances. - PJA 2101.

. Richard Lawrence carried a English Bible giving his & siblings' birth dates. He must have carried this Bible with him at the end of the American Revolution & then to NB & finally to Upper Canada. The Bible was then given to his youngest child, Rebecca. Grandson Walter Hamilton is the last known owner of the Lawrence Bible.

. 1776 Jul 15, Letters Remaining in the Post Office, New York: Richard Lawrence, Staten Island. Ref: New-York Gazette & Weekly Mercury.

. OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST LISTS: Laurence, Richard, Home District, Loyalist from N. Brunswick. Ref: Appendix, Appendix B.

. 1776 MUSTER: Richard Lawrence:
. 1777 Feb - 24 Apr - Lawrence, Richard - Private, General Hospital (2 Richards) Muster roll of Capt. Wm. Gray's NYV. Lieut. 1st Co.
. 1777 Aug 24, - Private Richard Lawrence, 3rd Bat De Lancey's Brigrade, C1880,p1
. 1777 October 24 - Capt. Gilbert C Willett, 3rd Battalion of Oliver De Lacey, p. 28, at Long Island, #20, Richard Lawrence [Job" Tat? Host or Western? blurry]. {Ref C1880,p7)
. 1777 Dec 24, Priv. RL, 3Bat DeLancey's Brigrade, C12880,p16;
. 1778 Apr 24 - Rich. Lawrence, 3rd Bat. Oliver DeLacey. C1880, p22 & ?Compare Priv RL, NYV, C1874p5;
. 1778 Apr 24, Priv RL, #BDeLancey's Brigrade, C1880,p22, 38;
. 1778 Jun 24, Priv RL, 3BDeL, C12880,p28;
. 1778 Sep 4 - C1880, p38; 1778 Oct 24, c1880, p39;
. 1778 Dec 24, Priv RL, 3BDeL, - Discharged Dec 24th '78. C1880,p50.
. 1779 November 29, Capt. Thomas Hewlett's Co. NYV - Savannah, Quarter Masters Gen. Dept. & Hewlett's Coy. C1874p49;
. 1781 Apr, Priv RL, New York Volunteers, c1874,p60 & 1781.12.24 p82;
Ref: British Military & Naval Records, p49, RG8 Vol C, Printed, 1874. Elsewhere there is a UEL claim for supplies of horses & wagons for Trenton New Jersey.
Ref: British Military & Naval Records, C1880,p1, RG 8, C Series, & Copy Arch. Canada: Ward Chipman Muster.

British Headquarters Papers (Carleton Papers or American Manuscripts):
Richard Lawrence (31688)
. 1782.5.27, Account for Outstading debs for forage, New York, commissary General Dept., Doc 4668, Film M355, page 4668, Item 31688;
. 1783.11.21, List of Original Wills, Wills in custody of Secretary of NY, page 9671 (14); Film M366, Item 31689.

. NB Land Petitions:
* Note2: 1787 After the American Revolution four Lawrences lived near each other in Saint Johns, New Brunswick: Mrs. Alice Lawrence Leonard (Thomas) Lot 1; Lieut. John Lawrence Lot 101; Lieut. Richard Lawrence was on Lot 169 on the other side of the Saint John River; along with sister Mrs. Margaret Lawrence Nicholson (Arthur) at Lot 52. An important Lawrence family friend, Rev. J Odell of NJ, was adjacent to his land grant as well.

. Richard gave up his land claim in Prince William because of a prior legal entanglement by an earlier French Canadian inhabitant. Richard also made failed landed petitions with his Monmouth, New Jersey neighbours', Corneilis VanMater* & Capt. Richd. Lippincott, (BUT much later he would again be adjacent to R. Lippencott on Yonge St., Toronto) - PJ Ahlberg.
Note3: *John Vanmater was a witness to Richard's father, William Lawrence, d. 1795 in Middletown, NJ.

. 1782 May 27, Richard Lawrence, Outstanding Debts for Forage, New York, Accounts, Commissary General Dept., pg. 4668, (1.3).
Ref: British Headquarters Papers, (Carleton Papers or American Manuscripts), Microfilm M355, Ref: MG23 B1, Item Number 31688.

Research Item, (probably someone else, but should be verified):
. 1783.11.21 - Richard Lawrence, List of Original Wills, Document: Will in custody of Secretary of NY.
Document Pg. 9671 914), fonds: British Headquarters Papers, Carlton Papers or American Manuscripts, Microfilm M2369,
Ref: MG23 BA Item # 31689.

. 1783 DEC 12, PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK LAND GRANT, NB Archives. George the Third grant to Rev. James Fraser, Edward Rogers, Anthony Rogers, Arthur Nicholson, Esq., John Willson, Junior, Richard Lawrence, Stillwell Willson & James Walsh 2,238 acres on the northwest branch of the River Miramichi in the County of Northumberland. The first track beginning at the alder Stake on the easterly bank or shore of an Island being in the said Branch.
To John Willson Junior: Lot 1, 200 Acres; To Richard Lawrence the Lot 2 , containing 232 acres, Stillwell Willson, Lot 4, 240 acres. Registered the 12 December, 1793, Thomas Carlton, Lieutenant Governor, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

. 1789 Aug 11. To His Excellency Thomas Carlton. Province of New Brunswick, Memorial of Richard Lawrence of Miramichie,
Humbly Shewth, that our memorialist has been all the last War in the service of His King & Country, most of the time as a Volunteer in the Army. That a lott of Land has been assigned to him at Prince William in the County of York, but being then a young single man he resigned it. That he is now settled at Miramichie & likes the country, wishes to live by farming in reference to fishing.
Your Memorialist therefore prays you Excellency may be pleased to grant him a Lot of Land adjoining a lot assigned to Arthur Nicholson, Esq. on the north east side of the North West Branch of Miramichie & your memorialist is duty bound will Pray.
Richard Lawrence, [Undated, but delivery time about 4 - 6 weeks.]
Envelope side: Memorial of Richd. Lawrence - Complied with 25th Sept. 1789.

. 1795 June, there were still only 14 housed in the Town of York.

** See photo Photo Original Land Patent may be found at North York Central Library, Willowdale:
. UC Land Petition 5, Bundle, L Bundle 2, 1795 of York, Richard Lawrence, Sr.
Ref: C2124, p804. Ont. Archives. Original document is preserved at the North York Public Library, Yonge Street, Toronto. Very large parchment document with an attached was large beeswax seal.
*Researchers who had other relatives who received an UC Land Grant may wish to see what this very impressive document looked like. This also helps in part to understand why the administration of land granting was so slow.

. 1796 Apr 6 - To His Excellency John Graves Simcoe, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor & Commissioning his Majesty's forces in Upper Canada. Major General.
The Memorial of Richard Lawrence Late of the Province of New Brunswick in Nova Scotia That your Memorialist Entered in the Service of His Britannic Majesty at the beginning the Late rebellion continued in the same till the Peace of Eighty three & that since that time he accepted a Commission of first Lieutenant for the County of Northumberland in New Brunswick which he is ready to produce if required - & being Desirous of remaining a Subject to the King of Great Britain in this Province.
Humbly Prays that his Majesty's most gracious bounty in Lands may be Extended to your memorialist for the following Lotts Viz Number 25 on Yonge Street Eastward & 2 other Lotts in the Rear of Said Number 25 second Concession also a Lott in the Town of York, Number 18 in the second range Which he has improved as well as No 25 Yonge Street & such other quantity of Land as to your Excellency in your Wisdom may seem meet - & your Petitioner as in Duty Bound will ever pray. Signed, 6 April, 1796, Richard Lawrence.

There are 5 other Upper Canada Land Petitions for Richard Lawrence.
. The original parchment & seal, LAND GRANT for Lot 25, Concession 1 Yonge Street, east side, 200 Acres, will be found at the Canadian Room, North York Public Library, on Yonge Street, Toronto.
. 1796 July 30 - Granted Lot 18 D, Duke St., Town of York / [now renamed as: 79 Adelaide, Toronto.] (The next Lot 19 Duke, was granted to Samuel Osborn & his wife, Mrs. Alice Willson Osborn).
. 1802 May 5 Date of Patent or 18 Duke St., D Block, 1/5 Acre to Richard Lawrence.
Ref: Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto, Vol 1, p339.
. Lots 1 & 2, Con 4, Vaughan Twp., 400 Acres.
Note4: 1796 Oct. 8, is the day he paid his land settlement fees & is sometimes incorrectly quoted as the day he was FIRST granted this land. - PJA.

. UCLPetition 15, Y Batch 5, p417. -1801 Jul 16 - East Side Yonge St, Lot 25, Nothing done to the Street. [i.e. no logs cleared].

. 1801 Dec 15. East Side Yonge Street, Lot 25, Logs in the Street, not burnt.

. 1802 Feb. 21, Lot 1, Con 5, Vaughan Twp., 200 Acres granted to wife, Mary Willson Lawrence.
. 1803 Post Office Letters, downtown Toronto: This issue contains a list published by the postmaster of uncalled-for letters lying in the post-office at York:
. Richard Lawrence. (Original Toronto Post Office was one street over from Richard's 179 King Street house. However by
. 1803, Richard was now up on Yonge & Steeles.)
Ref: Vol XIL, The Oracle, Saturday Jan. 15, 1803, No. 28, Total No 610.
Note5: McGill had the 1000 Acres at Lot 25, Con 2, adjoining Richard Lawrence's Land Grant.

Ontario Lands Registry, Metro Toronto Book 683, p131 [Note: Version 2]
Lot 18, South side King St., Town of York
[Original Version 2 adds:] Abstract Town of York, S.S. King
St., Pt of Town Lot 18: Abstract of all Instruments affect 38.5 feet on South side of King St East x 120 feet deep coming at N.E.L. Town Lot 18 on South of King St & running West & being par t of sd. Town Lot 18.
. 1802 May 17, Patent, Crown, to Ricd Lawrence, All Contg. 1/5 Acre
. 1805 Feb 13, Patent, Crown, to Beasley et all, all condj 15 acre,
. 1805 Feb 19, Mem. Grant, Richd Beasley, survg. Trustee of Tos Barry & Wm. Allan, to Rev. Geo O'Kill Stuart of York, £321.17.16., All et all. Being 1 C in front X 2c deep. To hold unto sd. Grantee his heirs & assigne forever. Sg. by Grantee.

Abstract North York Book 16, p3
Lot 25, Con 1 Yonge Street East, York Twp.
. 1808 Sep 15, Patent, Crown, to Richard Lawrence, All 190 acres.
. 1806 Jan 20, Registered 20 Mar 1806, Bargain&Sale, Richard Lawrence et ux, to The B Gough, East Half.
. 1819 Aug 20, B&S, Richard Lawrence, to John S Baldwin, £250, West Half Acres.

Abstract, Metro Toronto, North York Book 128, p21
Lot 24, Con 2 West, York Twp.,
. 1798 Dec 31, Patent, Crown, to Wm. Jarvis, All 200 Acres
. 1805 Dec 31, B&S, Thos. B Gough, to Richard Lawrence, All 200 A
. 1809 May 1, B&S, Richard Lawrence, to Jacob Fisher Jr, £100, All 200 A.
Note6: Adjacent, Lot 23, Con 3, Sawmill, water badly supplied, Peter Keiffer, 1851.

Abstract Markham Book 91, p22
Lot 27, Con 1 East Side Yonge St. , Markham Twp.,
. 1803 July 15, Crown, to John Leslie, All 190A
. 1804 Aug 31, Bargain&Sale, Thos. McMichen etux, to Richard Lawrence, £100, All 190 Acres.
.1805 Jun 29, B&S, Richard Lawrence et ux, to John Arnold, £100, All 100A.
[Beside brothers-in-law, Wm. L Willson, Lot 26; Samuel Osborn Lot 27, & Stillwell Willson The Elder, Lot 30.]

Abstract York Region, Vaughan Book 185, p4
Lot 1, Con 3, Vaughan
. 1802 May 17, Patent, Crown, to Mary Lawrence, All 200 A
. 1821 Feb 21, B&S, Richard Lawrence et ux, to John Guthrie, £100, All.
[Near Fairbanks Lumber/ Railway tracks & Steeles W, 2020].-

Ontario Land Registry Abstract, Vaughan Book 190, p4 & 32,
Lots 1 & 2, Con 4, Vaughan Twp., York Co., [Keele Street], p4 & p32.
. 1805 Feb 1, Patent, Crown, to Richard Lawrence, All 400 Acres each [Lots1-2 @ 200A.]
. 1805 Feb 1, B&S, Richard Lawrence et al, to Thomas McMicking. All 190 A, 200 Acres for Lot 1. & Lot 2 190A.
Note7: Adjacent Lot 4, Con 3, was a sawmill, Michel Fisher, 1851.
Lawrence's most productive grant Lot 25 1ES was also part of the Willson sawmill land. Thus the summary suggest Lawrence searched for land that could yield water & tree resources, as opposed to strictly farm land. - P J Ahlberg 2016.

. 1805 to 1815 at least - Richard Lawrence received Tavern Licenses for the Twp. of York.
. March 1801, The Special Sessions of Peace, held the "The Court are of opinion that 6 persons are a sufficient number for Keeping Tavern in the Town of York, for the year ensuing.
. 1805 Dec 28, The undermentioned persons prayed to be admitted as fit persons for receiving Licenses to Keep Taverns in the Home District for the Year next ensuing: Richard Lawrence.
. 1806 Mar 20 - sells East ½ Lot 25, Con 1 ESYonge St.
. 1807 - Richard Lawrence owned Lot 18D, south side of King, west of Frederick St. Brother-in-law Sam. Osborn was on the next lot 19D.
Ref: Toronto Sundries, Home District. Quarter Sessions.

Special Sessions of the Peace, York, Tavern License for year ensuing,
. 1815 Dec 30, Town of York: Richard Lawrence, York Twp., Granted.

Note8: Various sources state the Joseph Abraham ran the first inn called the Green Bush at Steeles & Yonge at the North east corner. In an area noted for tall trees, it must have been a large balsam tree indeed that stood in front of the Inn. The NE corner belong to his brother-in-law Wm. L. Willson. Further research may show the exact location of Lawrence's tavern.

Regulations included: No excess drinking, no profanities or gambling; sufficient sheds, stables and/or barns were required for the patron's horses, carriages & wagons. The innkeeper should also have at least 4 good beds in addition to those for his family. All of these regulations were controls to limit taverns & increase inns.
Ref: Margaret McBurney & Mary Byers, Tavern in the Town: Early Inns & Taverns of Ontario. - P J Ahlberg). - . -

PART TWO: Tracking Richard Lawrence Though Documents:

. 1759 Aug. 20, Monday born, Middletown, Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., Prov. of New Jersey. Father William Lawrence's carpenter's shop along with his brothers.
. 1776 to 1783. American Revolution, New Jersey 1st Volunteers, Christies' Quarter Master Department. He was a volunteer in the army most of the time.
. 1776 Richard is on Staten Island, NY.
Note9: UCLPetition Richard gave a reference for Sarah Lakerman Willson who was on Staten Island since 1776, the beginning of the War & therefore, Richard Lawrence too was on Staten Island.

. 1785 New Brunswick. Purchased land at Musquash Island on the St. John's River from Capt. Richard Lippincott also of NJ.
. 1786 New Brunswick. By this time he is married to Mary Willson. [Further research: Records of the Anglican minister traveling though the Miramichi?]
. 1787 Jul 25, Wants land at Prince William, Queensborough, NB. allotted primarily to the Queen's American Rangers (& to future brother-in-law Arthur Nicholson, (ELIZABETH LAWRENCE).
. 1789 Jul 27, Land Grant: A little beyond the Sandy Point, opposite, Between Island by Johnston Basto, West Branch of Miramichi River, Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
. 1789 Sep 25 - Granted land at Willson's Point, Miramichi, New Brunswick. Richard builds log gaol at nearby, Newcastle, NB.

Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, Deed Registry Books, Grantor:
. 1793 June 15th - Richard Lawrence & Mary Lawrence to William Babcock, Vol 2, Pg. 97, Deed £20 for 200 Acres, 22 cleared with Stockable Dwelling House, 3 Commons Pasture. Signed, John Willson, Esq., JP of Inferior Court of Common Pleas.

. 1793 July - MAY FLEET *NJ *NY *NB *UC. Evacuation from NY to New Brunswick in 1783. Again the 'May Fleet' leaves around NB by ship & up the St. Lawrence River to Montreal, where John Willson called on Commissary Issac W Clarke for aid. The 60 people including Richd. Lawrence were in the party lead by John Willson, Esq.
. 1793 Aug 8 - Arrived at Quebec with 60 people. A dozen people remain here. Arrival by 3 bateaux at Kingston on 28 Aug., 1793. Received army rations & medical care. Detained over 30 days waiting for another boat. 1793 Oct. 10, group arrives at Niagara again sick & starved. 25 Oct, Governor J G Simcoe authorizes ship to pick up John Willson & associates.

. 1792 Sept. Fort George, Niagara. Lieut. Gov. Simcoe orders government ship to bring them Lawrence, Willson & all from Niagara to Town of York.
. 1793 Nov 2, Arrival at the Town of York, Toronto. Extracted from the documents on the hardships of this voyage to Upper Canada can be found also at 1) Roots.com under JOHN WILLSON.1 & 2.) more extensively in Richard Lawrence of NJ, NB & Ontario. Book may be found at North York Public Library, Toronto. & Richmond Hill Library - PJ Ahlberg, 2009.

. 1794 April 7 to 30 June, Paid for carpentry, Public Buildings at York. Paid £15 11 s. 3 pennies, on 10 July, 1794.
. 1795 June 1. Petitions for Lot 25, Con. 1 ES Yonge Street, York Twp., ON WHICH HE HAS ALREADY LOCATED. (Yonge & Steeles Ave., Toronto). Tavern here or and/or Vaughan. Sold 20.
. 1819 Aug. As a lieutenant he was granted 1000 Acres & an additional 400 Acres from his wife, Mary Willson.
* 1796 May 28, Cousin John Brown Lawrence presented Richard's land grant to his friend Gov. Simcoe:
. 1796 July 30, already built on it: 18 Duke Street, TOWN OF YORK. Today 179 King St. East, Toronto Downtown.
. 1796 8 Oct - Granted & lots in Vaughan, (just across the road from his Lot 25, Con 1 Yonge.) Steeles & Yonge Streets, tavern here or and/or at Vaughan.

. 1797 Minutes of the Town of York: Richd. Lawrence: 2 males & 4 females.Total six.
i.e. Ricd. & wife Mary & John, Mary, Marg., Eliz. & Mary Anne Lawrence.
Note10: Town of York had only 52 males & 34 females living on Yonge St., Toronto.

. Two Surveys of Settlers actually living on Yonge Street:
. 1797 Aug 3, York, Lot No. 25 East, 5 Acres cleared, Richard Lawrence is on the premises.

. 1797 Jun 27 - Oath saying he knew Sarah Lakerman, wife of John Wilson, Jur & that her father died within the British lines in the year 1776. Signed, Richd. Lawrence.

. 1798 June. Lot 25 East, Richard Lawrence, i.e. He is living on the lot) Four acres cleared. Small log house. Surveyed by David W Smith, Esq., Surveyor Genera.l { Is Wm. L. Willson, his brother-in-law on the adjacent lot, actually living with his sister Mrs. Mary Lawrence? - PJA.]

. 1802 Jan 12, Tuesday Richard Lawrence (7th) sworn to Petty Jury of 12 men. John Evenor the accused. When the miller was absent, John Evenor was seen taking a sheep away from the barn yard. Discharged because no Prosecutor was present.

. 1805 Mar 2. Richard Lawrence of Yonge St. who had received a license to keep a Tavern for House, at his dwelling house & who had removed from thence to another Public house; applied for leave to keep a Tavern under the same license in the house to which he had removed. The court do not find themselves authorized to comply with this request as they deem the License to be attached to the house recognize has been taken & not to any other.
Note11: 1804 Feb 1. Richard sells Lot 3, Con 4, Vaughan Twp. property. Coincidence?

. 1807 Jul 24 - Justice Robt. Thorpe's address, Summary: Whereas a goodly number of Independent Electors convented for discussing the sufferings whose situation was resplendent by many not his friends to be very deplorable of his losses which at first he yielding to their entreaties to represent them in Parliament in UC or England. A multitude of signatures, inc. Joseph Shepard, Richd. Lippincott, Alex. Montgomery, Baron Fred. DeHoen, Peter Muscleman, John Van Zantee, John Willson, [most likely junior] William L Willson, Stillwell Willson, James Finch. Richard Lawrence, William Johnson, George Taylor Denison, J Hale, Walter Moody, Peter Whitney, Garret Van Zantee, Sam D Cozens, Peter Winter.
Ref: Report on dn Archives, 1892.

. Ely started early. John Powell & Geo. Ridout soon overhauled me - fed at Buttanans? 18 miles - at Lawrence 17 miles, went on to Cantfields 11: a little after dark.
. 1809 Sep 29th - John Arnold & Ely Playter drew a load of ashes from [Richard] Lawrence's the AM. 47 bushels.
Ref: Ely Players Diary.

. 1815 Dec 30. Richard Lawrence received a Tavern License for Township of York. £12, Issuer James Kerr.

. 1818 Dec 26, Quarterly Session of Peace, Charlottesville, London District
$2 Costs of Court The said Sum for Wages to the said Alvin.
Ordered that as the License is Left in the behest? of the Magistrates all persons being desirous of keeping publick houses are required to attend on the last Saturday of this month precisely at 10 in the forenoon at which time the Bonds will be ready for signature, as an Act of the Legislature has passed to that effect.
The Court took into consideration the Tavern Bills & agreed as follows.:
Richd. Lawrence £3.10s & Wm. Lawrence £3.

Extracts from HIS CHILDREN'S LAND PETITION RICHARD LAWRENCE:
. 1818 Apr 14, Richard Lawrence is now in Woodhouse*, Ontario, daughter Margaret Lawrence.
. 1818 August 6, Mary Ann is with her parents at Long Pointe, Ontario.
. 1819 October 13, Richard is in Woodhouse now, wrote daughter Elizabeth Osborn-Tarbox-Lawrence.
. 1819 Aug 20 - Richard Lawrence sells West ½ Lot 25, Con 1 ESY for £350.
. 1820 April 11 & 20th, He is now in Charlotteville, London District, (Norfolk County).
. 1821 Feb 21, Sold Vaughan Twp. property of his wife, Mary Willson.
Note12: Woodhouse is now called Naticoke.

. 1828 - Photo of large wooden mill: Lot 1, Con. 2 East. Markham Township. Bayview Ave & Steeles Ave. Fish Mill, NE corner Steeles & Bayview in 1961. This grist & saw mill was built in 1830 by Benjamin Fish, next to the distillery that he owned (built 1828). Though the original mill was destroyed in a fire, Fish built a new one on the same site. Demolished in 1965, when the intersection of Bayview & Steeles was widened.
. The Town of Charlotteville:* When the war of 1812 broke out the court-house was used for barrack purposes, ... was christened" Fort Norfolk." The court house, jail, the fort & the tavern of Job Loder all stood on the elevation above the flat. A hotel was built under the hill & kept by a man named Hatch. In 1833, during the cholera scare*, a hospital was built at this place. It stood on the bank & was a barn-like structure & was used but little, if at all, for the purpose for which it was built. The old Town of Charlotteville reached the zenith of its glory during the war. In 1815 the District Courts were removed to Vittoria & the Town of Charlotteville relapsed into Turkey Point once more. No traces of its old-time importance remain, save a few surface irregularities indicating the spot occupied by the fort. The dreary waste at Turkey Point was, for 13 years, the judicial metropolis for all this vast region of country.
Ref: Pioneer sketches of Long Point Settlement. Published 1908.
Note13: Was this the cause of Richard Lawrence's disappearance? Note14: *Charlotteville is now called Delhi.

. 1831 May 3 - DECEASED of London District, wrote son, Richd. Lawrence, and also deceased was an Innkeeper, deceased per Jane Lawrence.
. 1846 Smith's Canadian Gazetter, Province of Canada West:
Harwich, Kent Co, Western District, soil extremely fertile, 1898 inhabitants. Timber - white oak, black walnut, maple, beech, hickory, basswood etc.

A more complete history with copies of ALL documents & photos may be found at North York Public Library, Toronto under Richard Lawrence, John Willson & John Brown Lawrence of New Jersey, NB & Ontario. By P J Ahlberg, May 2009. - - -

Birth:
Monday. Upper Freehold Twp.

Richard married Mary WILLSON, DUE est 1786 in New Brunswick, Canada. Mary (daughter of John WILLSON, .1, Sur. and Rebeka Thixton THICKSON(E)) was born est 1770 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died est 21 Feb 1821 ± in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Richard Lawrence's New Brunswick Land Petitions indicate he was single March 1786 at Queensborough & married by August 1789 on the Miramichi. They could have been married by her father, a Justice of the Peace for Miramichi, or perhaps by an Anglican Minister in transit on the Miramichi, who had baptized a Willson child [Jonathan Willson 1783 & John Willson.III, born 1791?]
Further Research: However, also retained for further search: St. Andrews Church, Long Island. 1780 Oct 5, Married, Lawrence Mary & Lawrence, Richard. Vol. xxx, Page 56. This seems this would be too early for this Mary Willson.

. UC Land Petition 63, L Bundle 4 c 1808 p241
York, daughter of John Willson, [MARY WILLSON,] Richard Lawrence.
. To His Honor Peter Russell, Esq., president of the Government of Upper Canada etcetcetc. In Council:
The Petition of Richard Lawrence of the Township of York. Humbly shows That your Petitioner is a Loyalist & came from Nova Scotia about 3 years ago, [1794] that he is married to Mary, the daughter of John Willson, Esq. of Kings Mills on the Humber, who is also a Loyalist. That your Petitioner's wife having never received any Land, your Petitioner prays your Honor would be pleased to grant him 200 Acres in right of his said confer & is in duty bound your Petitioner will ever pray.
Richard Lawrence, York, 22 June, 1797.
Envelope: Ordered 200 Acres to wife of Petitioner as DUE, 1778 Dec 24. [Daughter of an Empire Loyalist.]

Ontario Land Registry Abstract Vaughan Book 185,
Lot 1, Con 3, Vaughan Book 185, p4
. 1802 May 17, Patent, Crown, to Mary Lawrence, All 200 A
. 1821 Feb 21, B&S, Richard Lawrence et ux, to John Guthrie, £100, All.

Note1: As of 2018 this land is now 1900 Steeles Ave. West, Fairbanks Lumber Co., Concord, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario. As of 2018 this land is now 1900 Steeles Ave. West, Fairbanks Lumber Co., Concord, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario. -PJA

Note2: Husband Richd. Lawrence had other land at Lot 1 Con 4, also the adjacent, Lot 25 across on Yonge St in York Township. In others words, all located on Steeles Avenue: First East at Yonge & Steeles to Dufferin St.]

. 1801 Children's schoolhouse, Condition of Yonge Street:
Lot No. 25 west & east complied with, Lot 25 East Side of Yonge Street; nothing done to the street & a schoolhouse erected in the centre of the street. This is the end of the Township of York.
Ref: Report to Surveyor-General D W Smith on the condition of Yonge Street in 1801, by John Stegmann, formerly a Hessian officer.
. On page 427 of Scadding's memoirs, he tells us that Elisha Pease taught in this early schoolhouse.
XReference: E. Pease was a witness of the WILL of John Willson, Jur. in 1818 & also John Johnston, 1852.
Note3: The schoolhouse was built in the road allowance in front of the Lawrence's property so the children could find it & not getting lost in the woods. Just a few lots away, Jacob Cummer tells us a black bear was digging up his garden. - PJ Ahlberg.

. DAUGHTER & WIFE of a TAVERN KEEPER:
Mary Willson Lawrence & her children, had much experience at Taverkeeping. Husband Richard Lawrence held a UC licensed tavern located on Yonge Street north. She & her friend, as noted below, Mary Thompson visited Miss Elizabeth Russel when Thompson was employed by the sister of THE most prominent & powerful man in Upper Canada. From extracted stories from Ely Playter's Journal we may see what life was like a woman tavenkeeper in early Upper Canada:
. 1806 Jan 11 - Thinking it was a tavern, Ely Playter & a companion mistakenly stopped & stayed over night at Mr. Miller's house. Implicit in the mistake at Millers & throughout his journal, is a parallel understanding that household life intersected with public life in taverns.

. 1802 May 2 & Sept 29 - Mary Thomson*, Playter's journal's Miss T - also lived at his house. She was the daughter of a substantial farm family from Scarborough Township. Her father, Archibald, was a master stonemason & a Justice of the peace from 1806. Nothing about her presentation in the journal suggests less than respectable young womanhood. It is difficult to account for her presence in the tavern rather than on her family's farm. [Scaboro Museum, 2016]. Certainly not a servant in the house, she socialized within the same circles as the tavern-keeper & came & went as she pleased.
Playter mentioned her almost exclusively in the parlour usually in the context of polite sociability, but once he noted, I seated myself by the Parlour fire & finished my letters to Mr & Mrs Rogers, it was one o'clock in the morning before I retired to bed. Miss T sat at her work till I had finished writing. This brief reference & others, imply Mary Thompson may have worked in the textile trade from Playter's tavern & continued so working after marrying John Scarlett of the Humber. Tavern-keepers placed tea tables in their parlours. Nor did anything about the emphatically public nature of their homes work to exclude the women of tavern-keeping households from local networks of female friendship & association:
The Tavernkeepers' daughters, Player saw Miss Beman, the Miss Jarvises, & Miss Robinson on their way home as they had been visiting & he gave my Sister's Compliments to her as they had requested in their letter" In their taverns these women crafted a female space for sociability, into which they also welcomed men.
Ref: Women, Men, & Taverns in Tavern-Keeper Ely Playter's Journal, by Julia Roberts, Guelph.
Note4: Mary Thomson's husband-to-be, John Scarlett was granted in 1817 Apr 2, Lot 19, south side of Richmond, that is across the street from husband Richard Lawrence. Ref: Town of York Abstracts, p263.

. 1837 - Toronto & Home District:
. 1799 - Population 224; 1800 - Population 1127. 1818 - Population 8,459.

Date & place of burial of Mary Willson Lawrence is unknown. Last known whereabouts of Mary Lawrence was noted in her daughter Mary Ann Lawrence's UC Marriage Bond of 10 August 1819, where permission to marry was obtained at Long Point in southern Ontario. Rebecca Lawrence says her father died when she was very young & she was reared by an older sister, implying perhaps that Mary Willson was dead between 1821 & 1831 when her husband died & thus making Rebecca about 16 years of age - not so 'very young'.

Richard Lawrence was an inn keeper in the Long Pointe to Harwich, Ontario, until his death about another 1 years later, about 1831.

A separate Willson Family Tree may be found at Ontario Ancestor; & also Rootsweb.com: John Willson of New Jersey & the Kings' Mill, Ontario. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB: Est 1765 -1769.

Died:
Alt Loc: Harwich, Kent Co., Ontario