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- . 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory :
John Lawrence, Con 7 Lot 19, Pickering, Durham Co.
Estimated date of birth is 1798, based on UC Land Petition at an Estimated age of 21. Thin documentary evidence would seem to suggest John was born between c1796 to 1798.
. 1797 Minutes of the Town of York:
Richd. Lawrence: 2 males & 4 females. Total 6 people.
Note1: Female children: (Elizabeth, then Margaret Lawrence. Or possibly additional male is brother-in-law, Wm. L. Willson, whose lot of land was next door. - PJA 2009.
. 1809 - Pickering had a population of 187. A vote called & passed, that no hogg shall be free corner except they will weigh more than 40 weight. Voted that no fence shall be lawful except it measure 4.5 ft. high & 2 feet at the bottom, the rails not to be more than 4 inches apart. Meeting closed until warned again.
. 1811 - Donald R Beaton, Esq., Township Clerk, has a record of the town meetings for Pickering alone, commencing 1811. In this record appears the names of: John Lawrence as pathmaster, Joseph Wilson & Timothy Rogers, pound keepers. Further research may reveal more information.
Ref: History of Ontario County, by John E C Farewell.
. 1814 Jul 25 - Aug 24, John Lawrence, War of 1812, Muster Roll & Pay List of Capt. Sam. Ridout's Co. of Embodied Militia. 31 days, paid 15s 6p., On Command. Also John Vanzantee Junr., Jonathan Hale, Stilwell Willson, On Command.
. 1814 Jul 23-30 - Priv. John Lawrence, 3rd York Militia, commanded by This Denison in Batteaux Service. Days 3, pd. 1s 6p.
. 1814 Aug 25 - Sep 27, John Lawrence, 30 days, pd. 13s 6p. Discharged 20 Sep. [like the majority of the 83 men], also men as above. Signed, Capt. Ridout.
. UCLand Petition #26, L Bundle 21, C2127 p144
To Lt Gov Peregrin Maitland,
Petition of John Lawrence, of Darlington, Blacksmith. Your Petitioner is a son of Richard Lawrence, formerly of York Twp., but now of London District, a UE Loyalist. Your Petitioner is upwards of 21 years having never received a grant of Land, prays for 200 Acres as the son of a UEL. Robert Johnston of York, year be permitted to be his agent.
Signed, Court House at York, 1819 April 13, John Lawrence.
. Affidavit: John Lawrence, District of Darlington, Newcastle District, Blacksmith, maketh Oath, saith he is the person he represents himself to be in the annexed Petition. He is upwards of 21 years of age as he verify believes & has never received any land or order for land from the Crown.
Sworn before me at York this 13th day April 1819.
Signed, John Lawrence & S Howard, Clerk of Peace H.D. Home District.
. We Grant Powell, Chairman & Stephen Howard, Clerk of the Peace, Certify John Lawrence personally appeared at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, this day is recognized by the Magistrates to be the son of Richard Lawrence, formerly Township York, but now of the District of London who retained his Loyalty during the late war without suspicion of aiding or assisting the enemy. The said John Lawrence did his duty in defense of the Province".
Dated at the Court House, Town of York, Home District.
Signed, 13 Apr 1819, Grant F Powell, Cha. & S. Howard, Clerk of Peace H.D.
. Envelope: Received 13 Apr 1819. Recommended for 200 Acres. Entered into Book R /K?, page 79 Order issued Survey General 29 April.
Note2: Robt. Johnston married 1813 to John's sister, Margaret Lawrence.
Note3: War of 1812 ... making him an estimated minimum of 16 to 18 years old at the start of the War.
Note4: In Apr 1819 John's father, Richard Lawrence is in District of London, i.e. Long Pointe, Norfolk County, Ontario].
Early History of Darlington
. c 1816 -The early history of Darlington, we find that Mr. John Burk, John W. Trull, & Roger Conat, were the pioneers, & first settlers of this Township. They emigrated together, with their families, from the United States to Canada, in the year 1794, & on the 2 October, they landed from their boats on the beach of Lake Ontario, one mile west of Barber's Creek, now Port Darlington.
The settlers then living on the main road in Darlington, (this does not include persons who lived on the lake shore) were as follows, commencing from the west: Stevens Thos. Powers, Solomon Tyler, David Stevens, John Burk, Squire Fletcher, & John Borland; in the Township of Clark were R. Lovekin, J. P., Avery, Bates, Blair, & Hartwell. There were not settlers north of the main road, in Clarke or Darlington. It was a dense, unbroken forest, inhabited only by Indians & wild animals. … in 1841 there was a blacksmith in Darlington [who?]
Ref: Diary John T. Coleman,
Note: Benjamin Willson Lot 4, Con 1, Whitby Twp., 1796 Jun 20, built house & purchased a Kingston water lot, Sep 3, 1795.
. 1831 May 5: Granted Lot W½ 22, Con 11, Gosfield, Nissouri 1831 Twp., Essex Co., Ontario
Note4: Microfiche for Gosfield & Woodhouse Land Abstract transactions are too faint to confirm anything. So, alas, this the last known record for John Lawrence, Jr. - PJA
Note5: Gosfield is now part of Kingsville, one of the foremost natural bountiful locations in Canada, famous for the spring & autumn flyway migration.
Verify identity:
. 1837 City of Toronto & Home District Directory:
Lawrence, John Con 7, Lot 19, Pickering Twp. [Durham Co.]
. 1837 Oct 30, brother RICHARD, LAWRENCE Jr., Point & Play, Gosfield, Essex Co., 1838 petitioned to grant him as the heir-at-Law, of the Late Richard Lawrence.
Note6: Verification of John Lawrence's date of death is, nonetheless, required as certainly the rest of his siblings were all alive in 1837. - PJA
VERIFY IDENITY:
> 1866 Pickering Township, Ontario Co., [now Durham Co.]
. Lawrence, John, Carpenter. Con 6, Lot, Freeholder
. Lawrence, Paul, Con 4, Lot 8 Freeholder.
. 1866 & 1868 Whitby Twp., Ontario Co.
Lawrence George, Con 4, Lot 35
Lawrence, Jas., saddler, Con 8, Lot 29 freeholder
Lawrence, John, Con 5, Lot 30 holder
Lawrence, William, Con 6, Lot 28 freeholder.
Ref: Mitchell Gazette & Directory.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [1, 2]
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1798 - 1837 (39 years)