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- . Joseph is the son of Catherine Fisher & Joseph Shepard.
Joseph Shepard owned a water-powered grist & saw mill in 1830 on the west branch of the Don River north of Sheppard Ave east of Bathurst Street.
The grist mill run by his son Thomas was shipping flour to Montreal & the sawmill run by his son Michael was casting bullets at the time of the Rebellion in 1837. Following the Rebellion & his return to Lansing, Thomas took over the old saw mill left to him by his father.
. 1837 Dec 7 -The Jurors for the Queen upon Daniel Shepard, Yeoman, Michael Shepard, yeoman, Michael, yeoman, Joseph Shepard, yeoman, Thomas Shepard, all late of Twp. of York, on the 7 December, 1837, in the first year of reign of our Lady the Queen, did unlawfully & traitorously complain insurrection & rebellion with a great multitude of persons & upwards around & arrayed in a warlike manner, that is to say, with colors flying & with rifles, swords, pistols, piles, clubs & other weapons gathered together against the Crown. On Dec 7 the above named did with force arrive at the Township of York with diverse other false traitors to a great number, to the number of 500 & more arrive & arrayed in a warlike manner.
. Petition of Jacob, Michael, Joseph & Daniel Shepard of Twp. of York,
Humbly showeth that your petitions are now prisoners in the Home District Goal (Toronto) changed but not yet arraigned.
Your petitioners were unfortunately led to take part in the recent treasonable insurrections through the artifices by desperate & unprincipled persons at whose pertains they were unhappily seduced from their allegiance. They petition the UC Executive Council for a pardon as may seem proper.
Signed, Jacob Shepard, Michael Shepard, Joseph Shepard, Daniel Shepard.
Envelope: In Council, 4 May 1838. Treason. Joseph & Jacob Shepard, pardoned upon giving Bail to keep the peace.
In Council, Daniel Shepard to be banished for his natural life.
Michael Shepard to be transported for this natural life to the Colony of Van Dieman’s Land.
Ref: 1838 March, Upper Canada Sundries, Index C9824, Image 719 & Page 105888-92/C6898, Image 688.
Note: Michael Shepard, yeoman, Thomas Shepard & John Montgomery, convicts, ordered for transportation to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), but the the way, escaped from Fort Henry, Kingston.
. 1837 May 10, Obituary for Joseph Shepard, The Constitution Newspaper, the newspaper of William Lyon Mackenzie.
Mr. Shepard was born in the colony of New Hampshire, New England, in 1767, 9 years before the colonies unfurled the flag of independence & sought a name among the nations of the earth. His father & mother were natives of Ireland, & often have I heard him speak in the most indignant terms of the oppressors of the land of his forefathers, & of those wretched & (in many cases) infatuate beings called Orangemen who are the mean instruments of that oppression.
Ref: The Constitution Newspaper, Town of York, Toronto, Ontario, newspaper of William Lyon Mackenzie.
. 1863 Nov 3 - Advertisement Valuable Property known as Sutton Mills, situated on Lots 14 &15, Concession 3, York East of Yonge street, about 9 miles from Toronto, The mill is nearly new & contains 3 Run of Burr Stones, Dwelling House & Orchard and all necessary outbuildings for a large Milling trade.
Apply to Joseph Shepard, Willowdale.
. 1865 Dec 8 - Adjourned Meeting for Formation of Oil Companies at York Mills, was held on Wed. Afternoon, at the hotel*, York Mills to complete the formation of a limited liability oil company. The title was changed to the York Mills Oil & Mineral Co. Thos. Jack?, of Willowdale, was elected a trustee, instead of Mr. Joseph Shepard, who was not present when elected at first meeting & declined act.
. 1887 Jan 4 - Real Estate Transfers recorded yesterday at the City Registry: J Hewlett, Toronto, estate agent: Joseph Shepard, Toronto, Livery stable keeper, the s 85 left Lots 11 & 12, S. College st., 85 ft w of a lane by 52 ft deep, $2,600.
. 1900 Apr 26 - Obituary, son of the First Settler in this district - An active business man during a long life.
Joseph Shepard, youngest son of Toronto's first settler, passed away Monday morning at 9 o'clock at his late residence at Lansing, in his 85th year. His father, Joseph Shepard, came to this district in 1785, A UE Loyalist from Lower Canada & traded with the Indians for years, being the first & only white man in this district. As settlers came in, he moved up Yonge street to Willowdale where he built a flour & lumber mills. He contested the riding at York's first election, which resulted in a tie. He fought & was wounded at the battle of York, & was found next morning by his wife, lying in his frozen blood, where he had been all night. He died in the spring of 1837.
Joseph Shepard, his son, was engaged in milling, lumbering, farming & mercantile life for years, an active business man almost to the last. He was a Reformer in politics & leaves 2 sons & 3 daughters.
Ref: The Globe Newspaper, Toronto. - - - [1]
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