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- . Richard Vanderburgh .2 first married 17 Oct 1816, Richmond Hill to Elizabeth Fulton;
Richard Vanderburgh.2 second married, 1846, Richmond Hill to Phoebe Vernon, d. 10 Jan 1888, aged 77 years & buried with husband Richard in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.
. 1816 Jun 17, York, Isaac Arnold, of Markham, Bachelor married by special license by Rev. John Strachan to Amelia Vanderburgh.
Wit: Richard Vanderburgh & Hannah Playter.
. [Grandson] Peter Vanderburg, Lot 24 Con 2, is descended from a UE Loyalist family, who came from Pennsylvania. US, His father was Richard Vanderburg, who was born in Markham Township, his parents being amongst the very earliest settlers there. Peter was also born in Markham in the year 1817. In the year 1843 he purchased the farm in Vaughan, where he still resides.
In 1843 Peter married Mary Ann Marsh, of Canadian birth, & daughter of the late James Marsh, of Markham Township; by this marriage he has 7 children. He belongs to the Presbyterian Church, & is a Conservative in politics. (Vol. II, p. 370)
. 1831 York Almanac & Calendar: 1st North York Militia: Lieutenant William Willson from April 1, 1828, Lieut. Richd. Vanderburgh from Apr 8, 1828.
. UCSundries, Petition for pardon in the case of High Treason, Polly & J.C. Devins, 200 Signatures, inc., William Lyon MacKenzie*, Isaac Devins, Wm. Munshaw, Elisha Lawrence, Jonathan Langstaff, Richard Vanderburgh, John Langstaff, Andrew Peterson & T & Ed. Sheppard, Joseph Bloor.
Note: Wm. Lyon Mackenzie, leader of the Upper Canada Rebellion, had fled Canada after the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, Toronto, on 7 Dec 1837. Mackenzie must have mailed in his signature for the petition.
Ref: C9824, Image 758.
Quarterly Session of Peace, Home District:
. 1845 Jan 7, Fri. Grand Jury, Alexander P Clarence, Charles C Lawrence, Richard Vanderburg, James Playter, James Marsh, Miles Langstraff: Queen VS John Thompson. Larceny, brought in a True Bill. Tavern licenses ordered.
. 1857 Jul 3-21 - Letters in Richmond Hill Post Office, Richard Vanderburgh. Signed, M. Teefy, Postmaster.
Ref: York Ridings Gazette Newspaper.
. 1857 Dec 18 - Melancholy Accident:
John Marshal, a laborer of this place met with a most unfortunate accident yesterday afternoon, in a thrashing machine at Mr. Richard Vanderburgh's. He was oiling the cylinder when the sleeve of his smock was caught by the band & he was thrown with great violence against the machine. His head struck & a portion of the scalp was torn off exposing the bone; his side and arm are a good deal contused. Dr. succumb was promptly in attendance & dressed the woods, after which Marshal was removed on a stretcher to his residence. His situation is critical.
Ref: York Ridings Gazette.
. 1858 Jan 1 - To the Editor of the British Tribune,
Sir, the unfortunate man, John Marshall, who was severely mutilated by the threshing machine, on the premises of Mr. Richard Vanderburgh, at this place on the 17th alt, only survived his injuries about 20 hours, He was a native of Leven, Yorkshire, England, was 30 years of age, leaving a widow, but no family.
The above was a case of sheer accident, every many employed at the time being sober & cautions. Really it s deplorable to read the often recorded machines accidents in the journals of the province, a vast number of them through gross neglect or mismanagement. Men at such jobs muster in number to drive the work, & often have too much whiskey allowed, they then meme insubordinate & quarrelsome, instead of bent animated & good tempered. How many instances of fighting & he most beastly scenes of drunkenness are there on record? The writer has known divers of time, men lead from the machines to a heap of straw, to sleep of intoxication. It is no wonder that an awful catastrophe should occur under such a state of things, the wonder is that accidents don't oftener happen, for the majority of such grievous accidents take place from a want of proper order & precaution. Another source of great danger often ending in deplorable consequences, is skipping backwards & forwards & crossing to examine & oil the works, the machine all the while in full speed, the operator probably clad unloose apparel, which adds 10 fold to his danger. I hope the above his will not be thrown away by the prudent man, the imprudent always receive good advice, unthankfully, Yours, A Farmer.
Ref: York Ridings Gazette Newspaper.
. 1860 June 20, Richmond Hill. Advertisement. I hereby bear testimony that I have tried Sanderson's Rotating Harrows, on my summer fallow, last Saturday & Monday & have found them up to all that Mr. Sanderson represents them to be. They are NOT any heavier draft than the common harrow do the work to my utmost satisfaction. I confidently recommend them all who require implements of the kind. Signed, Richard Vanderburgh.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper, Pub. 1860 , Jul13, Sep 21 & Nov 3.
. 1861 Agricultural Census, York Twp. Richard Vanderburg Jr. Con 1, Lot 42, 190 Acres.
. 1861 May 10, Markham Council, Mr. Mash appointed Fence Views for the ensuing year: Ward 2, Richard Vanderburgh.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper.
Verify identity:
. 1877, 19th Inst. Dec, at the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. Isaac Campbell, Of Richmond Hill, Andrew Stephen Russell, to Letitia, eldest daughter of the late Richard Vanderburg, all of Markham.
Ref: York Herald, pub. 1877 Dec 27.
. BRONZE PLAQUE, RICHMOND HILL:
Richard Vanderburg House, circa 1833,
Lot 43, Con. 1, Markham, was purchased in 1805 by Capt. James Fulton, a United Empire Loyalist, from Captain Richard Lippincott, a hero of the American Revolutionary War. Richard Vanderbugh, son of a UEL, married Captain Fulton's daughter, Elizabeth, in 1816. They settled here in 1833 & built this fine clapboard house in the Georgian architectural tradition. A rear extension was added about a decade later of accommodate the growing family, giving the house its distinctive saltbox design.
The house was relocated a short distance east from its original 32 Hillsview Drive site.
Vanderburgh House, 32 Hillsview Rd., Richmond Hill, Toronto, Ontario. The house was of log construction & some original logs can be seen in the basement.
The Vanderburgh House is a 2 storey clapboard, salt-box shape house that was built in the early 1800's by Richard Vanderburgh.
Captain James Fulton who was a United Empire Loyalist & the first Justice of the Peace in the area, bought Lot 43, Concession one (later known as the Vanderburgh property), which was on the east side of Yonge Street in 1805, from a Captain James (Richard) Lippincott, who left Richmond Hill to live in Toronto. Captain Lippincott also a United Empire Loyalist & hero of the American Revolutionary War, was awarded over 3,000 acres of land in York & adjacent townships for services to his country. Lippincott received the patent for Lot 43 in the 1st concession of Markham Township in 1797.
Fulton was very popular in the military-noted for his splendid horsemanship & soldierly bearing. When the American Revolution broke out, Fulton raised a company of Dragoons, paying a guinea (about $2.50) a head, at his own expense. Fulton went to New Brunswick, then the Bay of Quinte area, before buying the farm in Richmond Hill, where he served as the town's first Justice of the Peace. Fulton also participated in the War of 1812 between Great Britain & the United States. Due to his age, he could not take an active part in the war but he showed his loyalty by serving bread & cheese to the soldiers at Fort York. Early in the war, Sir Isaac Brock had inspected a muster parade of York volunteers gathered at the Fulton farm. During the war, with the Americans threatening to capture the town of York, Rev. John Strachan sent his family to the Fulton farm to take refuge.
Captain James Fulton had a daughter, Elizabeth who married Richard Vanderburgh in 1816. Richard Vanderburgh's parents were also United Empire Loyalists who had come to Markham Township around 1800 from Poughkeepsie, New York when Richard was an infant. Richard Vanderburgh, born December 17, 1797, spent all his life farming in Richmond Hill, first on the west side of Yonge Street on land he bought from his father in 1815. He had also been involved in the skirmish at Montgomery's Tavern in December of 1837. (The one where Colonel Robert Moodie was killed) Richard Vanderburgh died in 1869 at the age of 72 & is buried in the Richmond Hill cemetery.
After Elizabeth & Richard were married, he went about building a house on part of the Fulton farm land, which he later owned, for himself & Elizabeth. Richard & Elizabeth had 6 children; Peter, Clarissa, James Fulton, Eleanor Elizabeth, Richard Jr. & John. By 1832 Richard Vanderburgh acquired James Fulton's (his father-in-law) farm. He built a large house using the foundation of Fulton's 16 by 20 foot log house.
The front part of the house was built in 1833. The new house of yellow & white, was of Georgian style, typical of many of the grand houses being built in New England. The rear extension, which gives the house its "salt-box" appearance, was added on after Richard Vanderburgh's second marriage. After Elizabeth died in 1840, Richard married Phoebe Vernon in 1846. Richard & Phoebe had 4 children; Leticia, William Henry, Sarah Jane & Charles Moses.
After Richard died on January 26, 1869, the farm was taken over by his son, William, who ran it until his death in 1908. Around 1910, the house's floor plan was altered, adding a centre hall. The original plan is believed to have the front door open directly into a spacious parlour with a winding staircase. The house was kept within the family until 1915 when James Hunt & his family bought it. Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Middleton had lived in it as well for a short period of time but James Hunt was the last man to have farmed the property.
In the time period in which this house was built most people were living in log cabins, therefore it was considered almost a luxury home. The house was built in a Georgian architectural style with a symmetrical front - a central door surrounded by an equal number of windows.
The front door is solid & consists of 6 panels with reed pilasters above the door. The other doors are paneled as well & once had square locks. The windows are multi-paned with plain board frames, common in that time period. The yellow siding, trimmed with cream paint on the outside walls & Indian red doors were a popular combination in the 1840's - 1850's time period. The house once had a huge fireplace with a stick chimney-poles laid one on top of the other, later plastered with clay. Any bricks used & seen were supposedly yellow in colour.
When the hunt family lived in the house, there was a veranda which ran across the front & down the sides of the house. The veranda floor had been made out of brick except for a small wooden part which constructed a trap door. There had been walnut & other large trees surrounding the house earlier on, as well as a barn which had burned down. The period picket fence that now stands in the yard was built to add the final touch to the restoration.
The original address of the house had been 32 Hillsview Drive, Richmond Hill. In the 1970's a developer had purchased the property & had to demolish it. But when the developer applied for a permit, the permit was denied & restoration started instead. In 1983, the Ontario Heritage Act declared the house a heritage building & it is now a historic site. In 1986, the house & property was sold to Tridel Corp, who continued the restoration with the help of LACAC (Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee) who contributed to such detail as reproducing the period window panes.
The house was moved because it had to make way for an underground garage for condominiums. The house is still in the same area & is on part of the original Vanderburgh farm. The same orientation in relation with Yonge Street was also kept. The house, now a town building, is over 170 years old & the present occupants of the Vanderburgh house are: The Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce who moved in on April 25, 1989.
Ref: Richmond Hill Town, Ontario.
. PETER VANDERBURGH
son of Richard Vanderburgh & Elizabeth Fulton, was born on 29 Sep 1817.32 On 12 Apr 1843, he married MARY ANN MARSH (1825-1900). He owned Vaughan township, concession 2, lot 24, north half, from 1850 until his death. He died on 23 Nov 1888 & is buried at Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
Children:
i. Marjorie E., b. 11 Mar 1844, m. William Glass, d. 12 Apr 1931.
1 daughter & 2 sons.
ii. Lucy E., b. 7 Jul 1846, died in infancy.
iii. James M., b. 28 Jun 1848, m. Alice Ann xx.
iv. Mary Hannah, b. 27 Jul 1850, m. Henry Clay Pritchard,
d. 20 Jun 1906. 2 sons & 3 daughters.
v. Margaret A., b. 3 Mar 1853, m. David Hislop, d. 1939.
At least 5 sons & 2 daughters.
+ vi. Richard Alexander, b. 6 Jan 1857, m. Elizabeth Mary Gibson.
vii. Sarah Maria, b. 1 Nov 1859, m. Mr. Boyle, d. pre 1888.33
viii. Alfred Ernest, b. 9 May 1862.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [1, 2]
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1797 - 1869 (71 years)