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- Ontario Land Registry Abstract Book 871,
Lot 25, Con B, Scarborough, York Co., Ontario
. 1832 Apr 11, Crown to Stephen Pherrill
. 1837 Jun 15, by WILL, Registered 6 May 1844, Stephen Pherrill, 100 Acres.
. Bargain & Sale 1852 June 25 Wm. Pherrill to Adam Pherrill
. 1853 Nov 4 - B & S Elizabeth Lawrence [i.e. nee Russell] to David Pherrill
. 1833 Stepen Pherrill to John Callender, 42 acres.
. 1878 Nov 12, Grant, Adna Pherrill et ux to Wm.Evart
. 1891 May 21, by WILL, Mary Ann Pherrill, to Adna Pherrill for life, then to Tilmoth & Stewart Pherrill for live, 40 Acres on Kingston Rd.
. 1904 Jan 9, Grant by Fannie Pherrill to Wallace S Walton, $4550, N 60 Acres, part lying on Kingston Rd. & the current owners:
. 1924 Sep 17, Rev. Neil McNeill, to China Mission College, Kingston Rd. (2017 called Scarboro Foreign Missions).
. The first brick house in Scarboro was built on Lot 25 Concession B, in 1831, by Stephen Pherrill. It is still in good repair (1896).
Stephen Pherrill is another name around which early reminiscences group themselves. Born in 1782 [20 Apr 1783], near the River St. John, at a point where it divides the State of Maine & New Brunswick, he married
Elizabeth Russell & came to Scarboro in 1803.
The route by which they travelled was a long one. He rowed his wife & child, with the small amount of baggage they possessed, in a small boat up the St. Lawrence & up the lake to York. There he was employed in Scadding's mill, on the Don River. He took up Lot 24, Concession B, in 1805 or 1806. When war broke out in 1812, Stephen placed his team at the service of the Government & was employed to convey soldiers, stores & ammunition from Kingston to Niagara. He also carried the dispatches from York to Whitby, having to swim his horse across the River Rouge. His wife shared the task, for when he reached his farm upon the return journey, weary & wet, his horse jaded & tired, she mounted the other horse & carried the dispatches on to York, while her husband took needed rest.
1813 Apr 27 the Americans captured York. Wm. Pherrill was detached as signalman at the outlook post on Scarboro heights, with orders to mount his horse & ride into York with the tidings the moment he spied the American vessels in the distance.
There is a story told of this brave woman defying a party of rude Americans who came into her house & with wanton violence, destroyed all they could not carry away. She was forced to desist from active protestations against the breaking of her crockery by threats of being killed if she were not quiet. Dishes were valuable things in those days - all such necessaries living to be brought from Montreal in bateaux (large flat boats), forced up the rapids by men with strong poles & occupying many days on the journey.
Her son Adna was born in Scarboro in 1816. He died in 1892 & his son Timothy now lives on the farm.
The first brick house was built on lot 24, concession B, in 1831, by Stephen Pherrill.* It is still in good repair. One writes that the name was Adna Pherrill & the number of the lot 25, not 24, concession B.*
Ref: History of the Township of Scarborough, 1896, by David Boyle. Adna Pherill, * 1850;
Ref: Inhabitants of York.
XRef: 1851 Toronto, York Co. & Scarboro Directory
Pherrell, Adna, Lot 25, Con B, Pherell, David, Lot 24, Con B.
Quarterly Sessions of Peace, York County:
. 1810 Jul 10. Town of York, Petit Jury called. #9. Stephen Pherrill. Erastus Howard VS Wm. Hoard, Larceny, Not Guilty.
2nd Case: Solomon Hays VS. Thos. Humberstone, Assault & battery, Guilty, Fined 5 shillings & Court expenses & to keep the Peace for 12 months.
. 1810 Jul 11, Wed. Pursuant to adjournment: 3rd case:
John Lyon VS Barnabas Vanderburgh. Assault & battery. Ordered Vanderburgh do appear at next Quarter Session of Peace & not to depart without leave of Court.
4th case: Wm. Allan VS Paschal Saffron, Pettit Larceny, Not Guilty.
. 1814 Jun 2, York. Stephen Pherril, James Stephens, & John Brannum appeared Pursuant to their Subpoeneas of 28th May last. The Evidence they had to give, was to the Commissioners, consequently will be found in their proceedings.
. 1818 Apr 14, Grand Jury: Stephen Pherrel, Andrew, James, Richard & Andrew (2nd) Thompson, John, Isaac, Joshua Lemereaux, Robt Johnson: King VS John Shunk, Assault, King VS Martha Durham & Wm Head VS Isreal, Assault, Israel Durham enter into recognizance.
. 1818 May 2, York. Constable for current yer: Scarborough: Stephen Pherrill.
. 1822 Jul 16, York, Chairman Grant Powell, Esq, Wm Thompson, Stephen Jarvis, James Fitzgibbon, Esq, Justices. Grand Jury, Stephen Perrill, John Lawrence [?]. King on prosecution of Sherwood Palmer, VS Andrew D & Archibald Thompson, Assault & Battery. 8 witness for Prosecution: William Willson, Wit. for Defendant, James Cledennen. Verdict: Andrew D & Arch.thompson Fine 20 shillings & keep the Peace towards Sherwood Palms for 3 months.
. Path Masters for Scarboro for 1810 came into Court & made oath that … & Stephen Pherrill had refused or neglected to perform their statute labour for this year where the said overseers had directed them, after being first duly warned & the said delinquents appearing in Court according to Summons issued 2 July. The magistrates ordered them either to work their Statute duty on Danforth's road in Scarboro as soon as the said Pathmasters shall again warn them, or else pay the sum of 5 shillings for every day they are rated at with all expenses.
. 1837 City of Toronto Home District Directory
Constable for Scarborough, Wm. Pherrell.
Home District Agricultural Society, Director: Stephen Pherrill.
. Stephen Pherrill, deceased, was descended from a daily who came from the State of Maine & settled in New Brunswick at the close of the Revolutionary War. He remained with his parents for several years & while in NB married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Jacob Russell of that Province, by who he had 6 children, Amy, Sarah, Eliza, Mary Stephen & David. During the War of 1812 he was engaged carrying dispatches for Government & after the war was over settled on Lot 24, Con B, Scarborough Twp. where helped until his death 16 April 1842. He left about 1,500 acres to divide among his family.
. 1812 Nominal Return of 1st Reg. York Militia Calvary, Private Stephen Pherrill.
. 1812 Dec 25-1813 Jan 24, Stephen Pherrill Joined 14 Jan Comd. Kingston Road. Days 31 pd. £1 3s 3p. On duty on Scarborough. Capt. John Buttons Co. of 1st Reg. York Militia.
. 1813 Jan 25-Feb 24, Mar 24 Stephen Pherill, Days 31, pd £1 33p. X2 periods. On command on Kingston Road. Capt. Button 1YM., counter signed, Lt. Wm. Jarvis, 3YM.
. 1813 May 24 to Jul 25 - Aug 24 - Sep 24, Calvary Troop, attached to 3rd York Militia. Stephen Pherrill Days 31, pd. £1 3s 3p. [X3 periods] On duty at Scarboro.
. 1813 Sep 25 - Oct 24-25 Nov- Dec 24 - Stephen Pherrill, 3YM Cavalry, Days 9, pd £1 3s 6; Day 30, pd. £1 2s 6p & Days 30 pd £1 2s 6. On duty Scarborough.
. 1813 Dec 24 - Jan 24 - Stephen Pherrill, Days 31, pd. £1 3s 3p, On duty in Pickering.
. 1814 Dec 25 to Jan 24 1815. Muster Roll & Paylist of a Detachment of Militia, on Kingston Road, Home District (Toronto) to carry dispatches. Stephen Pherrill paid £1 3s 3p. Stationed in Scarboro.
Marriage Notices:
. 1844 July 6. In the city of Toronto on Saturday last,
William Lawrence of Innisfil &
Mrs. Eliza Pherrill, of Scarboro, Widow of the late Stephen Pherrill.
By Rev. G F Playter.
Ref: Christian Guardian, Toronto Wednesday, 10 July, 1844.
. 1844 Feb 6, William Lawrence, Innisfil, ON., married Elizabeth Pherrill of Scarborough,
Witnesses: Nicholas Richardson & Martha Hedges, by license. Married at Toronto by Geo. Fred Playter, Weslyan Minister. Yonge St., Toronto.
Ref: Ontario District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858.
. 1846 Toronto Directory: Elizabeth Pherrel, Lot 24, Con c, Scarborough
Andrew Pherrel, Lot 25, Con B
. 1851 Sep 13, York Peel Co. Estate File of her husband Wm. H Lawrence,
left her Lot 15, Con 9, Innsfield Twp., Simcoe Co., Ont. & his personal effects. When she dies, land to revert to nephew, William H. Lawrence (JR), who is the son of Peter Lawrence.
. 1865 Nov 18 - Chancery Sale. to be sold by public auction, Saturday 9 Dec 1865, Wakefield, Coate & Co., Auction Rms, city of Toronto:
Pherril Farm, Viz, Parcel 1, Lot 24 Whalf Con B, Scarboro Twp., York Co., ON THE KINGSTON ROAD, 7 miles from Toronto, 50 acres cleared & under cultivation, a comfortable Brick House & large Orchard on premises,
Parcel 2, Lot 25, Con B, belonging to Estate of late Stephen Pherrill, 24 to 15 A, now in possession of Abraham Calendar, & immediate south of property of Adna Pherril, vendor, £10 deposit to £100 & remainder of sale by Jan 22 next. Particulars at Mess. Maclennan, Grahame & Henderson.
. By order of the court in this cause, dated 15 Nov 1865, the conduct of the above slale given to Elizabeth Lawrence, one of the defendants, at the office of Top Bull Esq., her Solicitor.
Ref: The Globe newspaper, Toronto.
. 1861 Ontario Census Dist. 1 - Scarboro Tp., York County, pg. 10
Adna Pherrill, Yeoman b. Canada, age 45, married
Mary Ann Pherrill, b. England, 44, married [Mary Ann Steward]
William Pherrill, Yeoman b. Canada 22
Elizabeth Pherrill, b. Canada 20
Mary E. Pherrill, b. Canada 18
Russell Pherrill, b. Canada 16
Ellen Pherrill, b. Canada 11
Tilmothy Pherrill, b. Canada 9
Steward Pherrill, b. Canda 7
George Hedges, b. Canada 16
Elizabeth Lawrence b. New Brunswick, age 73 /1788.
. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery, Scarborough, Ontario
Stephen Pherill, Plot 15.18, d 1842 Apr 16.,
also Elizabeth Pherill (Russell). Plot 15.15.
Sacred to the memory of Stephen Pherrill Jr.
3rd son of Stephen & Elizabeth Pherrill
Who departed this life Dec. 12, 1840, AE. 19 Yrs & 7 Mo.
When O Lord our drowsy sense
To walk this dangerous road
And if our souls be hurried hence
May they be found with God. - - - [1, 2, 3, 4]
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1787 - 1868 (80 years)