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- Alice is the daughter of Rebecca Thixton & John Willson Sr., possibly born on their farm in Piscataway, NJ or perhaps at Staten Island.
In 1787 at Miramichi, John said one of his sons-in-laws had returned to the United States.
. UCLand Petition 24, "O" Bundle 4, York, Vol 392, 1799:
The petition of Alice Osborn, wife of Samuel Osborn & Daughter of John Willson, Esquire. Most Humbly preys your Honour in Council would please to grant your Petitioner such a share of land as is allotted to one of that description & your petitioner as in duty bound shall every prey.
Signed, 18 of March 1798, Alice Osborn.
Envelope: Petition of Alice Osborn, Rec. 5 Apr 1798 of Willson Esq. Read 9 Apr. Ordered 200 Acres as Daughter of a U.E. Loyalist. Peter Russell - AW. 28 Mar. '98 Entered.
Note1: Verify if land granted to 1798, Vaughan Twp. was beside/ near her sister Mary Willson Lawrence, also granted 1802 Vaughan Twp.
. 1806 Mar 3, Monday. Annual Town Meeting held at Stoyell's Inn, York:
Mrs. Osborn, 1 Female, 1 Boy 16+, 1 Boy under16, 3 Girls under 16, Total 7, Twp. of York.
Note2: Husband is dead. Most unusual for a female to attend this meeting. - PJA
. Extract from the Biography of son John Willson Osborn, by son-in-law S. B. Gookins:
John Willson Osborn was the second son of Capt. Samuel OSBORN, a gallant & accomplished officer in the British navy. His grandfather & eldest brother, Capt. William OSBORN, were also both officers in the service of his majesty the king of England.
* Also his maternal grandfather, for whom he was named, held a captain's commission & was an intimate friend of Gen. BROCK* acted as commissary general, etc., & filled many places of trust.
Note3: * John Willson, Esq., UE was a friend of Lieut. Gov. John Graves Simcoe during the the American Revolution.
. William OSBORN, the eldest son of Capt. Samuel OSBORN Jr., was promoted to a captaincy very young for bravery during several sharp engagements at sea. Thus by the divine right of inheritance & early associations Mr. John W. OSBORN was fitted for the struggles & difficulties of pioneer life which need a brave heart, untiring devotion, progressive & aggressive, to the principles of right.
* Mr. OSBORN's mother was Alice WILSON, the daughter of John WILSON & Rebecca THIXTON, his wife. She was born on Staten Island. She was educated in New York, where the family lived always a part of each year, her father being an officer in the British army, loyal to his king. They left the United States & made a new home in Canada, living sometimes at Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, Canancoqua*, & finally settling down at Toronto, buying land & laying, as they supposed, a permanent foundation for a home.
Ref: Biography John Willson Osborn,
Note4: * Canacoqua, is now Kingston, Ontario.
Ontario Land Registry, Toronto Book 683, p75
Lot 1, West side of George St, TOWN OF YORK
. 1801 Aug 10, Grant, Crown, Joseph Kethum
. 1811 JANY 13, Bargain&Sale, Alice Osborne, to Wm. Osborn, Western most part of East half lot
. 1808 Jul 21, Henry Hale etux, to Alice Osborn, Eastern half
. 1811 May 23, Wm Osborn, to Jas Lockwood, Western part 1/2 Acre
. 1811 Apr 1, Alice Vanzantee etall, to Jordan Post Jr., East 1/4 Acre
. 1815 Feb 18, Registered 1815 Dec 1, Alice Osborn, to Jordan Post Jr., E 1/4 Acre.
Note: Next Lot 2, W George St, registered 1805 Feb 14, to her father, John Willson Sur.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg, Thank you. - - - [1, 2]
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Est 1765 - Aft 1815 (> 50 years)