Notes:

PART ONE:

Richard is name after his grandfather, Richard Lawrence, Esq. (1719-1726.)

. 1771 July 5, List of letters, remaining in the Post Office, Richard Lawrence, Shrewsbury.
Ref: NY Gazette.

. Richard Lawrence, Upper Freehold. Ref: Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County.

. NEIGHBOURS MEET AGAIN. In Sept 1763 Cyrenius & Chrineyonce Vanmater, Richard Lawrence were witnesses to the WILL of Daniel Polhemus of Middletown, NJ. This probably was Richard's grandfather, Richard Lawrence, Esq.iii.
In New Brunswick, Chrineyonce Vanmater & this Richard Lawrence, UE. petitioned together for land in Prince William Co., NB.
Note1: This land grant adjacent to his brother John Lawrence, was not taken up because it had previous legal encumbrances. - PJA 2101.

. Richard Lawrence carried a English Bible giving his & siblings' birth dates. He must have carried this Bible with him at the end of the American Revolution, & then to NB & finally to Upper Canada. The Bible was then given to his youngest child, Rebecca. Grandson Walter Hamilton is the last known owner of the Lawrence Bible.

. OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST LISTS: Laurence, Richard, Home District, Loyalist from N. Brunswick. Ref: Appendix, Appendix B.

1776 Jul 15, Letters Remaining in the Post Office, New York: Richard Lawrence, Staten Island.
Ref: New-York Gazette & Weekly Mercury.

. 1776 MUSTER: Richard Lawrence:
. 1771 Feb - 24 Apr - Lawrence, Richard - Private, General Hospital (2 Richards) Muster roll of Capt. Wm. Gray's NYV. Lieut. 1st Co.
. 1777 October 24 - Capt Gilbert C Willett, 3rd Battalion of Oliver De Lacey, p. 28, at Long Island, #20 Richard Lawrence.
. 1778 Apr 24 - Rich. Lawrence, ", C1880,p22;
. 1778 Sep 4 -C1880, p38; 1778 Oct 24, c1880,p39;
. 1779 November 29, Capt. Thomas Hewlett's Co. NYV - Savannah, Quarter Masters Gen. Dept. & Hewlett's Coy.
Ref: British Military & Naval Records, p49, RG8 Vol C, Printed 1874. Elsewhere there is a UEL claim for supplies of horses & wagons for Trenton New Jersey.
Ref: British Military & Naval Records, RG 8, C Series, Copy Arch. Canada.

NB Land Petitions:
* Note2: 1787 After the American Revolution four Lawrences lived near each other in Saint Johns, New Brunswick: Mrs. Alice Lawrence Leonard (Thomas) Lot 1; Lieut. John Lawrence Lot 101; Lieut. Richard Lawrence was on Lot 169 on the other side of the Saint John River; along with sister Mrs. Margaret Lawrence Nicholson (Arthur) at Lot 52. As well as an important Lawrence family friend, Rev. J Odell of NJ, was adjacent to his land grant.

. Richard gave up his land claim in Prince William because of a prior legal entanglement by an earlier French Canadian inhabitant. Richard also made failed landed petitions with his Monmouth, New Jersey neighbours', Corneilis VanMater* & Capt. Richd. Lippincott, (BUT much later he would again be adjacent to R. Lippencott on Yonge St., Toronto) - PJ Ahlberg.
Note3: *John Vanmater was a witness to Richard's father, William Lawrence, d. 1795 in Middletown, NJ.

. PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK LAND GRANT 1793 DEC 12, NB Archives. George the Third grant to Rev. James Fraser, Edward Rogers, Anthony Rogers, Arthur Nicholson, Esq., John Willson, Junior, Richard Lawrence, Stillwell Willson & James Walsh 2,238 acres on the northwest branch of the River Miramichi in the County of Northumberland. The first track beginning at the alder Stake on the easterly bank or shore of an Island being in the said Branch.
To John Willson Junior: Lot One, 200 Acres To Richard Lawrence the Lot Two, containing 232 acres, Stillwell Willson, Lot Four, 240 acres, minus road allowances & wastage, Saving & reserving to ourselves, all white pine trees & lumber, Ponds & watercourses. Also the privilege of hunting, hawking & fowling in & upon the same & mines & minerals of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead & coals.
Registered the 12 December, 1793, Thomas Carlton, Lieutenant Governor, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

** See photo Parchment & wax seal, Crown Land Grant for Lot 25, Con. 1 East Yonge Street, Toronto (Yonge & Steeles St.)

. UC Land Petitions. Bundle, L2, Petition 5, Vol 283, 1795 of York, Richard Lawrence, Sr.
Ref: C2124 Ont. Archives. Original document is preserved at the North York Public Library, Yonge Street, Toronto. Very large parchment document with an attached was seal.
*Researchers who had other relatives who received an UC Land Grant may wish to see what this very impressive document looked like. This also helps in part to understand why the administration of land granting was so slow.

. To His Excellency John Graves Simcoe, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor & Commissioning his Majesty's forces in Upper Canada. Major General.
The Memorial of Richard Lawrence Late of the Province of New Brunswick in Nova Scotia That your Memorialist Entered in the Service of His Britannic Majesty at the beginning the Late rebellion continued in the same till the Peace of Eighty three & that since that time he accepted a Commission of first Lieutenant for the County of Northumberland in New Brunswick which he is ready to produce if required - & being Desirous of remaining a Subject to the King of Great Britain in this Province.
Humbly Prays that his Majesty's most gracious bounty in Lands may be Extended to your memorialist for the following Lotts Viz Number 25 on Yonge Street Eastward & Two other Lotts in the Rear of Said Number 25 second Concession also a Lott in the Town of York, Number 18 in the second range Which he has improved as well as No 25 Yonge Street & such other quantity of Land as to your Excellency in your Wisdom may seem meet - & your Petitioner as in Duty Bound will ever pray.
6 April, 1796, Richard Lawrence.

. There are 5 other Upper Canada Land Petitions for Richard Lawrence.
. The original parchment & seal, LAND GRANT for Lot 25, Concession 1 Yonge Street, east side, 200 Acres, will be found at the Canadian Room, North York Public Library, on Yonge Street, Toronto.
. 1796 July 30 Granted Lot 18 D, Duke St., Town of York / now renamed as: 79 King St. East, Toronto. (The next Lot 19 Duke, was granted to Samuel Osborn & his wife, Mrs. Alice Willson Osborn).
. Lots 1 & 2, Con 4, Vaughan Twp., 400 Acres.
Note4: 8 Oct., 1796 is the day he paid his land settlement fees, & is sometimes incorrectly quoted as the day he was first granted this land. - PJA
. 1805 Feb 1, Patented, Lot 3, Con 4, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario, 200 Acres.
. 1802 Feb 21, Lot 1, Con 5, Vaughan Twp., 200 Acres granted to wife, Mary Willson Lawrence.
. 1804 Aug. 31, Lot 27, Con 1 Yonge St. E, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario, purchased 190 Acres for £100 & sold two years later to relative John Arnold for the same amount.
. 1805 - Lot 24, Con 2 West, York Twp., York Co., Ontario, Purchased 200 Acres & sold 1809 to Jacob Fisher, Jr.

. Richard Lawrence received Tavern Licenses from at least 1805 to 1815 for the Twp. of York. In Mar 1801 The Special Sessions of Peace, held the "The Court are of opinion that six persons are a sufficient number for Keeping Tavern in the Town of York, for the year ensuing.
Ref: Toronto Sundries, Home District. Quarter Sessions.
Note5: Various sources state the Joseph Abraham ran the first inn called the Green Bush at Steeles & Yonge at the North east corner. In an area noted for tall trees, it must have been a large balsam tree indeed that stood in front of the Inn. The NE corner belong to his brother-in-law Wm. L. Willson. Further research may show the exact location of Lawrence's tavern.

. Regulations included: No excess drinking, no profanities or gambling; sufficient sheds, stables &/or barns were required for the patron's horses, carriages & wagons. The innkeeper should also have at least four good beds in addition to those for his family. All of these regulations were controls to limit taverns & increase inns.
Ref: Margaret McBurney & Mary Byers, Tavern in the Town: Early Inns & Taverns of Ontario.

. 1803 Post Office Letters, downtown Toronto: This issue contains a list published by the postmaster of uncalled-for letters lying in the post-office at York:
. Richard Lawrence. (Original Toronto Post Office was one street over from Richard's 179 King Street house. However by 1803, Richard was now up on Yonge & Steeles.)
Ref: Vol XIL, The Oracle, Saturday Jan. 15, 1803, No. 28, Total No 610.

Note6: McGill had the 1000 Acres at Lot 25, Con 2, adjoining Richard Lawrence's Land Grant - P J Ahlberg).

PART TWO, Tracking Richard Lawrence Though Documents:

. 1759 Aug. 20, Monday born, Middletown, Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., Prov. of New Jersey. Father William Lawrence's carpenter's shop along with his brothers.
. 1776 to 1783. American Revolution, New Jersey 1st Volunteers, Christies' Quarter Master Department. He was a volunteer in the army most of the time.
. 1776 Richard is on Staten Island, NY.
Note7: UCLPetition Richard gave a reference for Sarah Lakerman Willson who was on Staten Island since the beginning of the War and therefore, Richard Lawrence too.

. 1785 New Brunswick. Purchased land at Musquash Island on the St. John's River from Capt. Richard Lippincott also of NJ.
. 1786 New Brunswick. By this time he is married to Mary Willson. [Further research: Records of the Anglican minister traveling though the Miramichi?]
. 1787 Jul 25, Wants land at Prince William, Queensborough, NB. allotted primarily to the Queen's American Rangers (and to future brother-in-law Arthur Nicholson, (ELIZABETH LAWRENCE).
. 1789 Jul 27, Land Grant: A little beyond the Sandy Point, opposite, Between Island by Johnston Basto, West Branch of Miramichi River, Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
. 1789 Sep 25, Granted land at Willson's Point, Miramichi, New Brunswick. Richard builds log gaol at nearby, Newcastle, NB.

Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, Deed Registry Books, Grantor:
. 1793 June 15th - Richard Lawrence & Mary Lawrence to William Babcock, Vol 2, Pg. 97, Deed £20 for 200 Acres, 22 cleared with Stockable Dwelling House, 3 Commons Pasture. Signed John Willson, Esq., JP of Inferior Court of Common Pleas.

. 1793 July 11 - MAY FLEET NJ * NY *NB *UC. Evacuation from NY to New Brunswick in 1783. Again the 'May Fleet' leaves around NB by ship, and up the St. Lawrence River to Montreal, where John Willson called on Commissary Issac W Clarke for aid. The 60 people including Richd. Lawrence were in the party lead by John Willson, Esq.
. 1793 Aug 8 - Arrived at Quebec with 60 people. A dozen people remain here. Arrival by three bateaux at Kingston on 28 Aug., 1793. Received army rations and medical care. Detained over 30 days waiting for another boat. 10 Oct., 1793 group arrives at Niagara again sick and starved. 25 Oct, Governor J G Simcoe authorizes ship to pick up John Willson and associates.

1793 Sept, Fort George, Niagara. Lieut. Gov. Simcoe orders government ship to bring them Willson & all from Niagara to Town of York.
1793 Nov 2, Arrival at the Town of York, Toronto. Extracted from the documents on the hardships of this voyage to Upper Canada can be found also at 1) Roots.com under JOHN WILLSON.1 and 2.) more extensively in Richard Lawrence of NJ, NB & Ontario. Book may be found at North York Public Library, Toronto. & Richmond Hill Library - PJ Ahlberg, 2009.

. 1794 April 7 to 30 June, Paid for carpentry, Navy Hall, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Paid £15 11 s. 3 pennies, on 10 July, 1794.
. 1795 June 1. Petitions for Lot 25, Con. 1 ES Yonge Street, York Twp., ON WHICH HE HAS ALREADY LOCATED. (Yonge & Steeles Ave., Toronto). Tavern here or and/or Vaughan. Sold 20 Aug, 1819. As a lieutenant he was granted 1000 Acres, and an additional 400 Acres from his wife, Mary Willson.
* 1796 May 28, Cousin John Brown Lawrence presented Richard's land grant to his friend Gov. Simcoe:
. 1796 July 30 already built on it: 18 Duke Street, TOWN OF YORK. Today 179 King St. East, Toronto Downtown.
. 1796 Oct 8 - Granted and lots in Vaughan, (just across the road from his Lot 25, Con 1 Yonge.) Steeles & Yonge Streets, tavern here or and/or at Vaughan.

. 1797 Minutes of the Town of York: Richd. Lawrence: no males and four females. Total six.
i.e. Richd. & wife Mary and John, Mary, Marg., Eliz. & Mary Anne Lawrence.
Note8: Town of York had only 52 males and 34 females living on Yonge St., Toronto.

. Two Surveys of Settlers actually living on Yonge Street:
. York, 3 Aug, 1797 Lot No. 25 East, Five Acres cleared, Richard Lawrence is on the premises.

. 1797 Jun 27 - Oath saying he knew Sarah Lakerman, wife of John Wilson, Jur. & that her father died within the British lines in the year 1776. Signed, Richd. Lawrence.

. 1798 June. Lot 25 East, Richard Lawrence, Four acres cleared. Small log house. He is living on the lot. Surveyed by David W Smith, Esq., Surveyor General.
{ Is Wm. L. Willson, his brother-in-law on the adjacent Lot 26, actually living with Richard & his sister, Mrs. Mary Willson Lawrence? - PJA.]

. 1802, Jan 12, Tuesday Richard Lawrence (7th) sworn to Petty Jury of 12 men. John Evenor the accused. When the miller was absent, John Evenor was seen taking a sheep away from the barn yard. Discharged because no Prosecutor was present.

. 1805, Mar 2. Richard Lawrence of Yonge St. who had received a license to keep a Tavern for House, at his dwelling house and who had removed from thence to another Public house; applied for leave to keep a Tavern under the same license in the house to which he had removed. The court do not find themselves authorized to comply with this request as they deem the License to be attached to the house recognize has been taken & not to any other.
Note9: 1 Feb 1804. Richard sells Lot 3, Con 4, Vaughan Twp. property. Coincidence?

. 1815, Dec 30. Richard Lawrence received a Tavern License for Township of York.

. The Town of Charlotteville: When the war of 1812 broke out the court-house was used for barrack purposes, ... was christened " Fort Norfolk." The court house, jail, the fort, and the tavern of Job Loder all stood on the elevation above the flat. A hotel was built under the hill and kept by a man named Hatch. In 1833, during the cholera scare, a hospital was built at this place. It stood on the bank & was a barn-like structure, and was used but little, if at all, for the purpose for which it was built. The old Town of Charlotteville reached the zenith of its glory during the war. In 1815 the District Courts were removed to Vittoria, and the Town of Charlotteville relapsed into Turkey Point once more. No traces of its old-time importance remain, save a few surface irregularities indicating the spot occupied by the fort. The dreary waste at Turkey Point was, for 13 years, the judicial metropolis for all this vast region of country. [Published 1908.]
Ref: Pioneer sketches of Long Point settlement.

Extracts from HIS CHILDREN'S LAND PETITION RICHARD LAWRENCE:
. 1818 Apr 14, Richard Lawrence is now in Woodhouse, Ontario, daughter Margaret Lawrence.
. 1818 August 6, Mary Ann is with her parents at Long Pointe, Ontario.
. 1819 October 13, Richard is in Woodhouse now, wrote daughter Elizabeth Osborn-Tarbox-Lawrence.
. 1820 April 11, He is now in Charlotteville, London District, (Norfolk County).
. 1821 Feb 21, Sold Vaughan Twp. property of his wife, Mary Willson.

. Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg, Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Monday.

Died:

Richard married Mary WILLSON, , DUE before 22 Jun 1797 in New Brunswick, Canada. Mary (daughter of John WILLSON, Esq., 1, Sur. and Rebekah /Thixton THICKSON(E)) was born est 1770 in Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died est 21 Feb 1821 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Date of Birth Estimates:
Parents married about 1786 in New Brunswick, at Miramichi. 1797 Town of York Minutes Census: Two female children (= Elizabeth, then Margaret Lawrence. Possibly brother John Lawrence is older than them).
Ref: UC Land Petition 1819, if 21y, she was born 1798.

Married 1813, if 18 years old she was born 1795.
Notes1: Why did relatives Wm. Lawrence & John Willson sign a marriage bond for her, & not her father Richard? Was Richard away with the War of 1812 duties then? - PJA.

. Elizabeth Lawrence & Elisha Tarbox founded Caledon East, first called Tarbox Corners in 1821.
UC Land Petition 1819, if 21y, she was born 1798.

. 1813 Apr. 3rd. This day were married by special license, William Osban
& Elizabeth Lawrence, both of the Township of York.
John Strachan, Minister.
This marriage was solemnized between us, William Osburn & Elizabeth Lawrence, in the presence of us, William Lawrence & John Willson.
Ref: Upper Canada Marriage Bond, Archives of Ontario, North York Public Library.
Notes1: Why did relatives Wm. Lawrence & John Willson sign a marriage bond for her, & not her father Richard? Was Richard away with the War of 1812 duties then? - PJA.

. Lawrence, Elizabeth married William Osborn, on 1813 APR 26, both York Twp.,
Witnesses: *William Lawrence & John Willson, By special license at St James Cathedral, Toronto.
Note2: *Witnesses to her wedding are likely Uncle William, UE & either her Grandfather or Uncle John Willson. - PJA.

. 1819 Oct 13 -Elizabeth Lawrence Osborn Tarbox appeared at York Court House, General Quarter Session on 1819 October 13 & is recognized by Magistrate Pergrine Maitland to be a daughter of Richard Lawrence who & maintained his locality during the late war.
Her husband 1.William Osborn, deceased, who did his duty in defense of the Province. Since the war. [1812-14] She has married Elisha Tarbox, Markham. She prays for 200 Acres of land. Elizabeth Tarbox, York.

. Elizabeth Tarbox, Residence Markham - Caledon, Lot 4, Con 6 ECR [east Credit River] on 1819 Oct 15
Over the years the village has had various names, the first one being Tarbox Corners, after its first settlers Elisha & Elizabeth Tarbox, who arrived in 1821. As the daughter of United Empire Loyalists, Mrs. Tarbox had been granted 200 acres of land on the Caledon-Albion town line, at the junction of County roads 7 (Airport Road) & 22 (Old Church Road), & about 25 kilometers northwest of Brampton. The address is now 4 Rocker Road. (at Airport Road) earliest settlers of Caledon came about 1821. At that time the township was covered with thick forest & swamp.
Ref: Settling the Hills, Caledon East, Caledon East Historical Society.

. 1851 Census Caledon East, Peel Co., Ontario: Elisha & Elizabeth Tarbox & John Osborn age 7, (Grandson of Elizabeth), 1 story log cabin.

. Land granted to Elizabeth Lawrence was Lot 4, Con 6 & Lot 14, Con 4 Toronto Twp. - at what is now the intersection of Airport Road & Walkers Line meet in Caledon East. They were the original settlers & the town was first named Tarbox Corners after Elisha & the village was later renamed Caledon East. In his will Elisha left some land to John Osborn, the grandson of his wife, Elizabeth Lawrence.

. The Tarbox, bearing a historical plaque may be found at 4 Rocker Rd, at Airport Rd. (which is the first line) Caledon East, Ontario.
1869 Caledon East - population 100.

. Elizabeth Tarbox Park, 37 Borland Cres., Caledon East
Early Caledon settler Elizabeth Tarbox was issued the west half of Lot 4, Concession 6 EHS, Caledon Township in 1819, receiving the formal Crown patent for the entire Lot 4 in 1821. Elizabeth & her husband, Elisha, sold the west half of the Lot to William Higginson in that same year. The Tarbox family remained on the east half of the lot, subdividing the portion of the property within the Caledon East village boundary into building lots. Caledon East was originally known as Tarbox Corners.
Ref: Heritage Caledon, 2014.6.3.

For further research:
. Wednesday, 11 March, 1812, by License, William Lawrence & Mary Holiday, both of the Township of York. 
Witnesses, Colin Drummond & Elizabeth Lawrence
Note3: Verify identify of this Wm. & Mary Holiday - PJA & information on:

(More history in the printed Richard Lawrence, UE book in the North York Public Library, Toronto. PJA.) - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB. 1797 / Census 1861.

Died:
Verify. Resided Caledon East 1821-1864.

Buried:
Burial was not listed with Elisha Tarbox in Caledon East. Presumed to be buried elsewhere.

Elizabeth married William OSBORN on 26 Apr 1813 in St. James Anglican Cathedral. William was born est 1795 ± in England; died between 1814-18 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Elisha TARBOX in By 1819 in Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario. Elisha was born in 1782 in Massachusetts; died on 2 Oct 1862 in Caledon East, Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. ( Now Albion Twp.); was buried in St. James Church. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Two Johnston brothers Thomas & Robert married two Lawrence sisters, Mary Ann & Margaret Lawrence.

. Date of Birth Estimate: If the correct, Margaret Johnston, she was 43 when buried, or born 1796; UCLP 1818 at an estimated age of 21 /1797;
:. Married 1813 at an estimated age 16 or 15.
1797 Town of York Minutes Census: Two female children (= Elizabeth, then Margaret Lawrence. Brother John Lawrence is possibly older than them.)

. 1819 York Inhabitants: Robert Johnston: Males 1, women 1, girls 2, Total 4. or …
. 1819 Inhabitants, Robert Johnston Senr. Males 1, boys 1, women 2, girls 1, Total 6.

Marriage License:
. Upper Canada Marriage Bond # 127 on 10 Dec 1813
Margaret Lawrence married Robert, Johnston, carpenter. 1813 Dec 10,
Bond signature: John Johnston, Calb. Humphing?
Wit: John JOHNSTON & Thomas JOHNSTON, 14 DEC 1813, by special License, St. James Cathedral.
Film C6777, Vol. 13. Bond 127. [Toronto, Ink on the Bond is very faint. - PJA.]

. Religious Service at St. James Cathedral:
York 14th Dec. 1813. This day were married by special license, Robert Johnstone & Margaret Lawrence, both of the Township of York.
John Strachan, minister.
This marriage was solemnized between us, Robert Johnstone & Margaret Lawrence.
Witnesses: John Johnstone & Thomas Johnstone.

. 181 July 11, by Banns, John JOHNSTON & Mary EDMEND, both of the Township of York.
Witnesses, Thomas JOHNSTON, Hannah JOHNSTON. 11 July, 1813, by Banns.
[In-laws of Margaret Lawrence & Thomas who married 6 months after them, also at St James Cathedral.

. Margaret Lawrence Johnston, Appeared personally at the York General Quarter Session of the Peace today 1818 April 14. She is recognized to be a daughter of Richard Lawrence who maintained his loyalty in the late war.
Ref: UC Land Petition #27, 1818 Apr 19: Lot 1, Con 2, Toronto Gore, Ontario.

. After the death of Robert Johnston & also of his wife Margaret Lawrence, Ezekiel Francis Whitmore was married to their daughter Margaret, & had a marriage portion as devised to her by the WILL of her father, which as a portion of the property on Toronto Street. She never had any claim on the Checkered Store & lot on the corner of King & Toronto Streets.
X-Ref: See Globe & Mail for many advertisements with store illustrations.

. WILL of Robt. Johnson: 12 Aug 1834. It is my will & desire that my beloved wife do receive & take the annual Rents & proceeds arising from my Real & personal Estate during her widowhood for the support of herself & the education support & maintenance of all my children. From & immediate after my said wife shall depart this life, the children shall share & share alike, including his adopted daughters Margaret & Mary Johnson, daughter of her sister Mary Anne Lawrence & brother-law- Thomas Johnston.

. 1836 & 1837 Toronto Directory: Johnson, Margaret, widow, Toronto Street. Toronto, Ontario.

. Potter's Field Cemetery,
Margaret Johnston, widow of Robert, born Toronto, Buried 3 June 1842. 46 years. [1796] Spinal Affection. (1508).
St. James Anglican Cathedral, Burial 1842. Ref: Book 2, # 3198.

* Toronto Necropolis Cemetery, Registration Numbers 5303-7:
Elizabeth Johnston, Robert Johnston, Margaret Johnston, Thomas Johnston & Sarah Kough*
- Removed from Potters Field. Interred March 1876;
Interred: F 160 & 151, Ground property of C G Parks.
- Mrs. Priscilla Belding Whittemore was similarly reinterred the next day on March 1876. Priscilla Whittemore's record reads, Removed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dec. 20th, 1906. It is noted further that all are recorded on the same page in the Necropolis Record Vol. 5 1875-1877.
Note2: *Sarah Kough is recorded together with the Johnston, although Mrs. Belding. Whittemore record says four other family members were removed to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

. Toronto's Potter's Field, also known as the York General or Strangers Burial Ground was the first non-denominational cemetery in Toronto. Situated on the north west corner of of Yonge & 1 Bloor streets, in what today is the centre of Toronto known as Yorkville. It owes it's existence to Thomas Carfrae Jr., a wealthy retired merchant of Scottish ancestry. Mr. Carfae was appointed by a committee to purchase a burying ground, which he selected & bought the the six acres at Yonge & Bloor in May, 1826. The land was bought from Mrs. Elmsley for 75 pounds, which would be 300 dollars in today's economy.

. 1832 the great cholera outbreak killed many people in Toronto. During the outbreak the cemetery filled every quickly, especially during the summer of 1832. The cemetery's last interment took place on 21 January 1855, making 6,685 burials over 6 acres of land.
After the closure of the cemetery burials were moved Toronto Necropolis & Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Ref: Find A Grave, Torontos Potters Field. - - -

Birth:
EST 21 years old, Order in Council, Land Grant

Died:
46 years [1876].

Margaret married Robert JOHNSTON on 14 Dec 1813 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario. Robert was born est 1797 in Scotland; died on 12 Aug 1834 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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 six people.
Notes1: 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.

Note2: 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.

. 1809 - Pickering had a population of 187. A vote called & passed, hat 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. 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 & Paylist of Capt Sam. Ridouts 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 Bundle L 12 / p288, Petition 26, 1819 John Lawrence. Summary:
John Lawrence of Darlington, blacksmith, appeared personally at the York General Quarter Session of Peace on 1819 April 13 & is recognized by Magistrate Pergrine Maitland to be the son of Richard Lawrence. He is upwards of 21 years as verily he knows.
Signed, JOHN LAWRENCE. [born. 1798].
Robert Johnston of York, Yeoman, may act as his agent for this Petition.
Note3: Robt. Johnston was married John's sister, Margaret, in 1813.
“The said John Lawrence did his duty in defense of the Province".
Note4: War of 1812 ...making him an estimated minimum of 16 to 18 years old at the start of the War.

(His father, Richard Lawrence is in District of London now in Apr. 1819.)

. UCLPetition 1831 May 5: Granted Lot W½ 22, Con 11, Gosfield, Nissouri Twp., Essex Co., Ontario
Note4: Microfiche for Gosfield & Woodhouse Land transactions are too faint to confirm anything. So, alas, this the last known record for John Lawrence, Jr. - PJA
Gosfield is now part of Kingsville, one of the foremost natural locations in Canada, famous for the spring & autumn flyway migration.

. 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.
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, Carp. Con 6, Lot 3 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. - - -

Birth:
SUE: Son of Empire Loyalist

Died:
/Brother Richard Lawrence Jr. 'hier-at-law'

Notes:

Two Johnston brothers Thomas & Robert married two Lawrence sisters, Mary Ann & Margaret Lawrence.

. Date of Birth Estimate: UCLPetition at Est. age 18; Married in 1819 at Estimated age 19. Mary Anne has her parents' permission, perhaps indicate she was even younger. Date of death is also an estimate based on the 1834 WILL of her brother-in-law, Robt. Johnston.

. UPPER CANADA MARRIAGE BONDs # 380 & 381,
(Oath of) Thomas Johnston of the Town of York in the Home District, Bachelor, in Oath & saith that he hath obtained the consent of the parents of Mary Ann Lawrence of Long Point, in the District of Long Point. Spinster daughter of Richard Lawrence of the same place, late of the Twp. of York, to marry her the said Mary Anne. That he is himself upwards of 21 years of age & there is no impediment of practice, affinity their being married within his knowledge.
Sworn before me at York, in the Home District, John X JP. 10th day of August 1819. Thos. Johnston.
Witnesses: Robert 'X' Ross & Thomas Carroll (of the Town of York).
Ref: RG5, B9, Vol. 14, Archives of Canada & Archives of Ontario, Three Pages: Oath #380, Bond 381. Envelope.

ANGLICAN WEDDING:
. York, 6 August, 1818. This day were married by special license, Thomas Johnston, of York, bachelor & Mary Ann Lawrence, of Long Point, London District, spinster. John Strachan. This marriage was solemnized between us Thomas Johnson & Mary Ann Lawrence.
Wit: Robt. Ross & Thomas Carroll [who both are also carpenters, as was Thos. Johnston & R Ross who was also the undertaker.)
Note1: Thos. Johnston oath was given after the wedding! - PJA]

Note2. That the UC Marriage Bond says that the groom Thomas has OBTAINED THE CONSENT OF BOTH PARENTS of Mary Ann residing in Long Point. Richard had just sold his property just short after the wedding on 20 Aug. 1819 at Lot 25 Yonge St., Toronto - but retaining his wife Mary Willson Lawrence's properties until 1821. Perhaps the Lawrences accompanied their daughter on the local ship up to York. It could even have been aboard her brother Stillwell Willson's slip-keel schooner that plied Lake Ontario regularly between York & Niagara.

. Mary Ann Lawrence Johnston Appeared personally at the General Quarter Session of the Peace at York Court House today 1818 April 14. She is recognized by the Magistrate to be a Daughter of Richard Lawrence. Her husband is Thomas Johnston of the Town of York, as her agent may locate in 200 acres in the same place (Charlotteville) & he did his duty in defense of the Province during the late war. [1812]

. TICKET OF LOCATION, # 000297, Not Transferable.
Under the authority of an Order in Council, of the 19 April, 1820 granting Mary Ann Johnston of the Town of York, in the County of York in the Home District,
Wife of Thomas Johnston, Daughter of Richard Lawrence, formerly of York late, but now of Charlotteville, an U.E. Loyalist,
200 Acres, I do hereby assign to the said Mary Ann Johnston
Lot Number 3 in the 2nd Range of the Gore & adjoining Lot 26 in the 3rd Concession of the Township of Oro, In the County of Simcoe,
in the Home District containing 200 Acres, subject to the settling Duties required by the Order in Council of 20 Oct 1818, of
Five Acres cleared & fenced, along the length of the front adjacent to the road, for ever Hundred Acres granted;
A Dwelling house of 16 Feet by 20 in the clear, & one half of the Road cleared in front & rear of each Lot; the shoe to be performed within 18 months from the date hereof.
. York, 22 Aug, 1820, signed, Thomas Ridout, Survey General; Warrant 514, Entd.
Dec 1, 1825 Settlement Duties preformed, attested & admitted, Thomas Ridout, SGO.

. Last WILL & Testament of me, Robert Johnston of the City of Toronto, Carpenter.
Son Robert: The house & lot west of Mary Ann's with the privilege to the secure belongings;
Son Thomas: The house & Lot west of Robert's with the privileges to the same belongings;
Daughters Margaret & Sarah: My Lot on Toronto St., north of the right of way, to the rear of the Lot before mentioned, to be equally divided between them, share & share alike;
To my two adopted children, MARY & MARGARET.2 JOHNSTON, daughters of my brother Thomas,
[ & therefore, also this wife Margaret's sister's children - PJA]:
The sum of £150 each on their arriving at age 21 or marriage. I desire that they may be supported in the same way as my own children out of my Estates.

The Cholera Plague in Upper Canada
. 1832 Jul 4 - Quebec, number of cholera deaths reported to June 23rd was 1021. Montreal 350; 17 cases & 7 deaths at York, UC. A steam boat had arrived at Niagara, UC, with the cholera on board, but the authorities would not suffer the passengers to land. Navigation had almost ceased on Lake Ontario.
Ref: Connecticut Courant, Hartford, from the Montreal Gazette of 26 June 1832.

. 1832 June 26, Buffalo Board of Health, we have this morning to announced the appearance of the Cholera at York, UC. 23 new cases for 24 hours, both in & out of the hospital.
Ref: Illinois Weekly State Journal, Springfield, Illinois.

. 1834 Jul 30, Wed. - The CHOLERA has again appeared in our city & Province in its most malignant form. The cases as yet are, we believe, not so numerous as in 1832, but in general more fatal. Indeed very few who are seized with it recover - it triumphs over the utmost efforts of human skill & experience. There are, however, a few cases of recovery.
Ref: Christian Guardian, published 1834 Aug 20 ?

. 1834 Aug 13, The Toronto Advocate of 31st ut contains a communication which says, The malignant cholera has shown itself in this city & about 12 persons within my knowledge has fallen its victims.
Ref: Eastern Argus Newspaper, Portland, Maine & NYC Evening Post.

. 1834 Aug 21 - In Upper Canada the Cholera continues to prevail with unabated violence. Not merely the towns, but the small villages & detached settlements on the roads have suffered severely from its ravages. In Toronto it is still fatally present & has made its appearance on the Yonge & Dundas street roads.
Ref: Commercial Advertise Newspaper, NY.

. 1832 to 1834, Toronto & Great Lakes coastal towns, were suffering from a Cholera outbreak. - PJA

. Ladner Bostick, Snr., a Willson-in-law, also died of cholera on Toronto August 15th 1834. He lived near by at 175 King St. East, Toronto.


The below is recorded for future reference:

Toronto Directories
Mrs. Mary Johnston, House, 230 Front St. W, widow Thomas, Washerwoman 1867
Mrs. Mary Johnston, House, 230 Front St. W, widow Thomas, 1866
Mrs. Mary Johnston, House, 80 Dummer, widow Thomas, 1867, 1870 & 1877
Mrs. Mary Johnston, 53 William, Widow, 1878 & 1879. - - -

Died:
Verify

Mary married Thomas JOHNSTON on 10 Aug 1819 in St. James Anglican Cathedral. Thomas was born in 1778 in Town of York (Toronto), Ontario; died before 1834 in Town of York (Toronto), Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daniel is the son of Mary Willson & Richard Lawrence.

. 1850 Aug 25 Census Hamilton Twp., Warren Co., OHIO
Lawrence, Daniel, Age 45, /1805, born Canada, Farmer,
Jane, age 36, Born, Ohio
Samuel, 18, /1832 Farmer, Born Ohio;
William, Age 15, Farmer;
Margaret, age 12;
John, age 7;
Juditha, Age 5;
Haddasah Lawrence, Age 1, born Ohio.

. 1860 Aug 18 Census Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., MICHIGAN, Millburgh Post Office:
Daniel T Lawrence, Age 55, b 1805, Canada
Jane, age 50, b 1810, Ohio
William, age 25, 1835, Ohio; Margaret J, age 23, 1837, Ohio; John, age 17, b 1843 Ohio; Juditha, age 17, 1846, Ohio; Hadatha (Hadassah,) age 11, b 1849, Ohio; Robt, R Lawrence, age 10, b 1850, Ohio.

. 1865 July, U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists:
Lawrence, Daniel T., Butcher's Cast. # in Abstract 196 (items?), Quantity 11 months, Tax Rate $5. 00, [= Total $5.00]

. 1866 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists:
Lawrence, Daniel T.,
. Income Tax # in Abstract 312, Valuation: $5, Tax Rate $15.60,
. Watch Abstract #272, Valuation $1.00,
. Watch Abstract #23, Valuation $2.00.
. Piano, Abstract #267, Valuation $2.00.Total: $20.60.

. 1870 Jun 27 Census Benton Harbor, MICHIGAN
Daniel Lawrence, Age 64, b 1806 Canada, Farmer
Jane, age 60, b 1810, Ohio, wife
William, age 35, b 1835, Ohio, works on the farm, John, age 25, b 1845, Ohio, works on the farm, Robert Lawrence, age 19, b 1851, Ohio, works on the farm.

* at the next farm is:
John Osborn, b. 1846, b ONTARIO, Carpenter
Judith, age 23, b 1847, Ohio, wife
Daniel Osborne, Age 1, b 1869, Michigan.
Verify if this was (his g-nephew), the g grandson of Elizabeth Lawrence Osborn Tarbox of Caledon East, Ontario.

* Eight farms before Daniel Lawrence is his sister (Hadassa) Hester Lawrence Teetzel & family.

. 1878 Polk Directory, Benton Harbor: D. T. Lawrence, H. Lawrence.

. 1880 Jun 5 Census, Benton Harbor, MI.
Lawrence, Daniel T, Farmer, age 74, b 1806 Canada
Jane, wife, keeping house, age 69, b 1811, Ohio, father b. Ireland, mother b. America,
John C, age 38, b 1842, Ohio, father born Canada, mother b. Ohio, school teacher
William Lawrence, age 46, b 1834, Ohio, Farmer,
Crawford, Icey, age 13, b 1867, niece, Indiana, father & mother b. Ohio
Crawford, Samuel, age 22, b.1858, nephew, works on farm., age 22, b 1858 Indiana.

. Charles Teetzell, b 1853, age 27, jeweller, cousin, is a few farms away. Charles is living with his brother-in-law, Andrew, Canada, b 1832, Ireland, wife Elizabeth, Canada, 1838, Canada, their children:
Willis E, Canada, b 1863, Mich; Mary, b 1866, Mich.

. D T Lawrence is buried in the same cemetery as Jane Lawrence, (Mrs. Teetzel).

. Michigan Death Certificate,
Daniel T Lawrence
DOD 15 Aug 1887, Benton, Berrien, Michigan, Widower, Age 82 years, /born 1805 in Canada, Farmer, widowed,
Parents: Mary & Richard Lawrence.
Ref: Michigan Ref: vB, p46.

* 1898 Biography1 of DANIEL T. LAWRENCE & FAMILY
DANIEL T. LAWRENCE, our subject, who passed to his rest in 1877, universally mourned as a sincere friend & upright citizen & for 30 years been identified with the advancing interests of Berrien Co., Michigan.

Born in Toronto, Canada, removed from his birthplace with his parents to the State of New York, where he was reared & educated. His ancestors were natives of England but the father & mother*, appreciation the advantages offered by the United States, early located in the dominions of the Federal Gov. & citizens were true & loyal.

* Note1*: Perhaps Daniel was sent to live in NY State, but evidence by Daniel's siblings states their father Richard Lawrence, Sr. died by Jul 1831 in Woodhouse, Ontario, Canada. Other statements by the Lawrence children places Richard Lawrence constantly in Ontario, with only the years 1821-1830 not explicitly documented as his being in Woodhouse, Ontario. The estimated death of their mother, Mrs. Mary Willson Lawrence, is 1821. - PJ Ahlberg 2012

Our subject made his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, while young & was there united in marriage with Miss Jane Crawford & with his estimable wife continued to reside in the Buckeye State for many years. A family of 8 sons & daughters, all born in Ohio, blessed the fireside with their cheerful presence. In 1857, Daniel T Lawrence decided to try the farther West & following the tide of travel journeyed to Michigan with his family & settled permanently a short distance from Benton Harbor. In time death deprived the brothers & sisters of their devoted mother & a 12 month later the father also died.

The children now residing in Berrien Co. are William, John & 2 daughters. John Lawrence was but a little lad when he left his native State, Ohio & came to Michigan. He attended to manhood in the country, attended excellent schools of his home district & enjoyed the benefit of a course of instruction in Indiana College at South Bend, from which well known institution he graduated with honor. He successfully taught school in the country 24 years, 22 years of which time he was a valued teacher of Benton Twp.
A public spirited citizen & active worker in all matters of mutual welfare, John Lawrence was appreciated by his fellow townsmen & in 1882 he was elected to the office of Supervisor, the duties of which position he continued to discharge with faithfully ability for about 9 years. At the expiration of this length of time he resigned in order to accept the office of County School Commissioner, tendered to him in the fall of 1891. A prominent factor in education advancement, Mr. Lawrence had since 1881 continuously been a member of the Board of Examiners & for one term gave universal satisfaction in his official work as County Commission of Schools.

While John Lawrence was with genuine enthusiasm gave his time & earnest efforts to the cause of education & has aided materially in the advancement of the schools of county, giving especial attention to the methods & manner of instruction, his brother WILLIAM was found active & profitable employment in another field of work. William Lawrence is numbered among the substantial general agriculturist & fruit-growers of Berrien Co. The brothers, unmarried, own together a fine cultivated farm of 50 acres, which is partially devoted to the culture of fruit & annually yields & excellent crop of hay. John & William Lawrence occupy positions of useful influence & widely known & highly esteemed as representative men of the county, actively participate in social & business. Fraternally. John Lawrence is valued member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The brothers are in political affiliation stanch Republicans, but our subject Daniel T Lawrence, was a lifetime adherent of the Democratic party. The father was ever deeply interested in local & national issues. The sons are thoroughly posted in the affairs of the day & intelligently do their full duty as earnest American Citizens.
Ref: Portrait & Biographies Record of Berrien & Cass Counties, Michigan, 1898.

. a later biography offers a different perspective:

* 1906 Biography2 of DANIEL T LAWRENCE & FAMILY:
JOHN C. LAWRENCE, living in Benton township, Berrien Co. his home being on the Territorial road about 2 miles east of Benton Harbor, was born in Warren County, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1843. In 1857 he was brought to this country by his parents, Daniel & Jane (Crawford) Lawrence. The father was born in Canada & was of English parentage.
Crossing the border into the US, be became a resident of Cincinnati & was married in Ohio to Miss Jane Crawford, whose birth occurred in Warren Co. of that state, her people having living in Ohio from an early day. - Her father was of English parentage line while her mother was from Ireland. [i.e. Irish descent.]

Daniel Lawrence was a blacksmith by trade & late learned & followed the shoemaker's trade. Subsequently he turned his attentions to farming & in 1857, on coming to Michigan, he purchased the present home of John C Lawrence on the Territorial road near Benton Harbor. The land was only partially cleared land upon the place was a frame house but few other improvements. He paid $1,600. for 80 acres. He further developed & cultivated the farm & lived in the original home until his death, which occurred on the 6th Aug 1887, when he had reached the age of 82 years, 11 months & 16 days. [= 21 Aug 1804 - which conflicts with his death certificate. - PJA]
His wife had passed away Mar 17, 1886, aged 75 y, 1m. 17d.
In his political views Mr. Lawrence was a Democrat & kept well informed on the questions & issues of the day.

In the family there were 4 sons & 4 daughters, seven of who reached years of maturity, while 2 sons & 2 daughters are yet living, but only 2 of the number are now residents of Berrien county, namely:
John C. of this review & his sister Judith, the wife of John Osborn of Sodus Twp.

Of the others, Samuel died in North Dakota,
Margaret became the wife of James Silver & died in Benton Harbor,
William whose whole life was spent upon the home farm in Benton Twp., there died 8 Apr 1905, aged 69 years,
Robert is a practicing physician at Hartford, Michigan & for some years was a teacher.
Hadassah is the wife of John G Withey, a fruit grower of Santa Clara County, California.
Ref: Michigan County Histories & Atlases: A twentieth century history of Berrien County, Michigan Orville W. Coolidge. 1906. - - -

Birth:
Ref: Biography and his Monument.

Family/Spouse: Jane CRAWFORD. Jane was born on 31 Jan 1815 in Hamilton Twp., Warren Co., Ohio; died on 17 Mar 1886 in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan; was buried in Morton Hill Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Date of Birth Estimate: Est. DOB by 1810 based on:
1831 UCLP at Estimated age 21, Married 1830 at Estimated age under 20 First child at 21.
Richard L Lawrence. UC Land Petition 1830, age 21.

UCLPetition #55, Volume 291, L Bundle 16, Trafalgar Twp. Richard Lawrence, s/o an UE, carpenter of Trafalgar was too young to do his duty during the War, Son of Late Richard Lawrence of Western District, formerly of the Home District. Signed, York, 3 May 1831, Richard Lawrence. Oath of Allegiance. Council Recommends, 5 MAY, 1831.

UCLP 26, RICHARD, LAWRENCE Jr., Point & Play, Gosfield, Essex Co., 1838. The petition of Richard Lawrence, Gosfield in the Western District is the Son of Richard Lawrence as a Loyalist. Most Humbly prays that your excellency in Council will be please to grant your Petitioner as the heir-at-Law, of the Late Richard Lawrence 600 acres of Lands that being what my Late Father in his Lifetime was Entitled to as an Lieutenant in the British Service during the American Rebellion. Refused. He received his land.

Four Land Petitions for Richard Lawrence Jr. It seems Richd. Junior was the only Lawrence child not recognized on sight by the magistrate. Richard's brother-in-law, Robert Johnston identified him. Richd. Junior was the youngest male child. Why was he applying for his father's land which was already paid out? - P J Ahlberg.

. Ontario Land Registration Abstract
Gosfield, Essex Co., Ontario
Lot 23, Con 11, p3
. 1836 Feb 8, Patent, Crown, to Richard Lawrence, Part Lot 23.
. 1836 Mar 1, Bargain&Sale, Registered 1837 Jan 25, Richard Lawrence, to Horatio Nelson, £25., Lot 23.

. Book, First Registration Book
Con 11, Lot 22,
. 1836 Feb 8, Patent, Crown, Richard Lawrence, Lot 22.
. 1836 Mar 14, Reg. 1837 Jan 25, B&S, Richard Lawrence, to Horatio Nelson, £25.

. Land Granted: Gosfield, Lot W half 22-23, Con 11 Essex [now Elgin Co.]
Residence Trafalgar [1831.] He was in York (Toronto) on May 3, 1831 to submit his UC Land Petition.
Granted 1831 May 5 & settlement duties performed 1834 MAR 4, Deed.
Ref: Archives of Ontario, MS693R20.

. Wages in Upper Canada 1842:
Carpenters, 6 s 10 p Halifax Currency, Cabinetmakers: 7s 6p. Halifax Currency per diem.

. 1846 Smith's Canadian Gazetter, Province of Canada West:
Gosfield, EssexTwp. About half the land in this two is wet & requires considerable draining, the remainder is mostly excellent land. Timber - maple, ash, oak, beech, black walnut, butternut, chestnut etc. with s small quantity of cedar on the lake. A furnace & founder have been operation since 1834,& large quantities of iron have been made. In Gosfield there are 2 stream grist & saw mills, & one water grist mill, 2 tanneries, one store & ashery & a tavern on Cedar Creek Crown land are open for sale at 8 shillings per acres., Population 1, 3338.

1846 Brown's Toronto Directories, Canada:
Richard Lawrence, Con 1, Lot 26, Markham, ON. Cabinet Maker 1846.
Note: Richard is residing on Uncle William Ladner Willson's farm, which was across the road from his father Richard Lawrence's former farm.
Found in two different directories for 1846. Sisters Jane & Hadassah left with their husbands, John & Mathias Teetzel, for Michigan between 1856 & 1861 Census.

. 1860 Aug. 15 Census St. Joseph, Benton Twp. Berrien Co, Michigan, p.211,
Born 1809, Lawrence Richard L, m, 51 years, Canada West, Farmer, Value of Person Estate: £50.
B. 1815, Elizabeth, f., 45 y, Canada West
B. 1841, John, m. 19 y, Canada West
B. 1843, Hester, f, 17 y, Canada West
B. 1845, Joseph, m 15 y, Canada West
B. 1847, Robert, m, 13 y, Canada West
B. 1849, Charles, m, 11 y, Canada West
B. 1851, Clara, f, 9 y, Canada West
B. 1853, Rebecca, f, 7 y, Canada West
B. 1855, Alimira Lawrence, f, 5 years, Canada West.

. H, 28 Company - Union Army
- Private Richard S Lawrence, age 41/ b1823, enlistment: 10 Mar 1864, at Kalamazoo,
Company K, Michigan 28, Mustered out: 21 Nov 1864 at Louisville, KY.

- Private Richard Lawrence, discharged for disability, 9 January, 1863.
Received Civil War pension 1865.
'Richard S Lawrence,.' H Company G.
Ref: History of Berrien County & Van Buren Co. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Richard D or L. Ref: Dau. Rebecca Lawrence's Marriage. Cert.

Died:
d. Typhoid Pneumonia.

Buried:
Ricd L. Lawrence /son’s death cert. / listed at Morton Hill Cemetery.

Richard married Mary Lizy ELIZABETH SIMONS on 13 Oct 1830 in Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario. Mary was born on 19 Aug 1813 in Mount Pleasant Cemetery; died on 8 Jan 1904 in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan; was buried on 9 Jan 1904 in Morton Hill Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jane E is the daughter of Mary Willson & Richard Lawrence Sr.

> Two Lawrences sisters married two Teelzel brothers :
. Hadassah Hester Lawrence married John Solomon Teetzel Jr.
. Jane Lawrence married Mathias Teelzel &
> Lawrence cousin married their sister:
. Richard Lawrence Johnston married Julia Ann Teetzel.
. Cousin Richard Lawrence Johnson.

UCLP at age 20; Married at age 22, First child at Mary Marg b. 1831 at age 20, & twins at age 24.

.UCLPetition 13, Received 4 July, 1833.
Jane Lawrence Teetzel of Township of Trafalgar, appeared personally before the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace on 1831 May 4, York & is recognized by Magistrate John Colborne to be a daughter of Richard Lawrence of the District of London formerly of the Home District & latterly of the London District, Innkeeper, deceased.
She is married to Mathias Teetzel of Trafalgar, a carpenter, & he was too young to serve in late war. She prays for 200 Acres. Signed in two places: Jane Lawrence 4 May, 1831
Robert Johnston of York, Carpenter [brother-in-law], sworn at York Seventh day of May 1831.
Note1: Actual writer of this petition has crossed out her signature & written Jane Teetzel. Note the UC Land Petition is dated 1831 & Jane was married in 1833. It appears the Petition was held for two years until Jane got married or perhaps reached age of majority which was January of 1832. - PJA

When the Teetzel's first arrived in Michigan the village of Benton Harbor was known as Bronson Harbor. In March 1865 the name was changed to Benton Harbor.

.1860 Census St Joseph, St Joseph.
.1870 Census Jane & Sarah Teetzel. St. Joseph's Berrien.

. 1866 Jan 10, Sworn before a Notary Public, Berrien County, Signed, Jane Teetzel
ESTATE OF MATHIAS TEETZEL, deceased: SE Quarter, Section 9, Twp. 4 S, 80 acres Lots 119, 120 & 149; lots 444 & 445 Main House, Lot 448 [Dock], Total $14,800.
2 sofas front & back part of house; Duyer & Forsythia Sofa $75; marble top centre table $12; 2 Whatnots [- ornamental shelf to hold small decorations]; @$16; 6 Hair bottom chairs, 2 carpets; Stand, 7 Kaine bottom chairs, 4 Bedsteads $16; 4 Beds $42; 2 Mask stances, 1 Bureau; 3 Bedroom carpets; Hall Carpet; 4 stove & Pipes in Parlor, dining room, Box, Cooking Stove & furniture; 11 Counter pans/panes? $24.15; 21 Sheets; 24 Pillow cases; 14 Cover beds; 2 common tables, 6 Flag bottom chairs; Pan scales;
1 Horse $125. 1 Harness & buggy $33. 1 County Map, 2 Plows $13; 4 old Volume Jeffersons works & 3 Vol. Life of Jefferson $6; 3 Ball life of griff?; Black stein cow; 1 Kaned? cast $4. 2 hoes $1;
Cash left by decades, $1,000.; Lot 149 sold to Mr King, $100.
Widow entitled furniture described & $250 & others $187.25.
Personal Property of widow: 1 Horse $125.; 2 Plowes; Scales; Hand Cart; 1 Bake; Co. Map; Jeff & Blackstone & Miscellaneous Books; $187.25.
Ref: Michigan Probate Records, 1797-1973, Berrier Co., Lib. 2, p440, File #689 [Images 477 -604, i.e. 127 pages!].

.1868 Feb 8, & Feb 22, St Joseph Herald, Michigan:
ADMINISTRATRIX SALE: Notice is hereby given, that by virtue & in pursuance of a license granted to me by the Probate Court for the county of Berrien, State of Michigan, bearing date of 15, July, AD 1867, I shall sell at public venue, to the highest bidder, pursuant to the statute in such case provided, at 10 o'clock on Saturday the 14th day of March, 1868, at the Perkins House n the Village of St. Joseph the following described Real Estate, to wit:
Lots No. 441 & 445, (Checkered Ware-house).*
All in the village of St. Joseph, Berrien County, in the state of Michigan.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash, balance in two equal annual payments, interest 10 pr. ct. annually, secured by mortgage on property.
JANE TEETZEL, Administratrix. St. Joseph, Feb. 1, 1868.

* Note2: The 'Checkered Ware-house in St. Joseph' is named after the famous large & most successful general store, the 'Checked Store,' on King Street in Toronto, Ontario & owned by Jane's sister Margaret Lawrence Johnston's daughter, Margaret Johnston & her husband E. B. Whittemore. - PJA 2011.

.1868 Apr 18 & Apr 25th - For Sale: Mrs. M. Teetzel, offers for Sale her residence (with one or two lots,) located on the Bluff, in St. Joseph, upon very reasonable terms. Apply at the premises or at C W Ormabee's office.

.1870 Jun 18 - MORTGAGE SALE: Whereas, default has been made in the payment of the sum of $758, which is the amount claimed to be due at the date of this notice. on a certain note & mortgage bearing date 21 Mar, AD 1868, made & executed by Jaines, E Stevens, John T Edwards, Martin Green & Parsons P Allen, mortgagors,
to Jane Teetzel, guardian of Sarah Martin*, mortgagee & payable 2 years after the date thereof, with 10% interest payable annually which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, Berrien Co, Mi., 1 Jun AD 1868, in Liber V of Mortgages, p 386, rehears said note & mortgage were duly sold & assigned by the said Jane Teetzel, guardian as aforesaid,
to John H Lee, 1 Jun 18968, as assigned was recorded in the office of the Reg. of Deeds of Co. Berrein on 13 May, 1870, Book 1, of Mortgages on P 430, whereas the said John H Lee is now the owner & holder of said note & mortgage & of the remaining secured thereby, & no suit or proceedings have been instituted at law to recover the debt now remaining secured by said mortgage or any par thereof: Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale in said mortgage contained & in pursuance of the statue in such cases made & provided, the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:
All that certain piece of parcel of land situated in Berrien Co. Mi, described as village lots 448, 445, St. Joseph, according to the recorded plat thereof, will b sold at public auction to the highEst bidder at the hour of 12: noon, Wed., 7 Sep, 1870 at the front door of the Court House in the village of Berrien, in said count of Berrien, by the Sherriff of said county, to satisfy the amount due & unpaid on said mortgage & the costs & expenses allowed by law, & the attorney fee mentioned in said mortgage.
Dated at St. Joseph, Mich, June 11th, 1870. John H Lee, Assignee.
W R Lyon, Atty for Assignee, St. Joseph, Mich.

Note3: Mary Sarah Martin, is her granddaughter, daughter of Mary Margaret Teetzel Martin, deceased. X-Ref See M. Sarah Martin who complained her mother was too slowly distributing her share of the estate.

.1870 Census Benton, Berrien Co., Michigan.. 1871 Berrien Directory. Mrs. Jane Teetzel, h. 41 Front, St. Joseph's Village.
. 1871 Berrien Directory. Mrs. Jane Teetzel, h. 41 Front, St. Joseph's Village.

. 1879 Mar 15 - I A First Rate Chance for Somebody.
I will lease on favorable terms, that farm of 140 acres, ½ mile east of Benton Harbor, (formerly known as the Teetzel place) to an energetic & liable man. For particulars, See John H Lee, St. Joseph. - - -

Birth:
DUE: Daughter of Empire Loyalist

Buried:
At Residence: St. Joseph Isl.

Jane married Mathias TEETZEL on 4 Jul 1833 in Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario. Mathias was born in 1810 in Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died on 26 Apr 1865 in St. Joseph Isl., Berrien Co., Michigan; was buried in Morton Hill Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hadassah is the daughter of Mary Willson & Richard Lawrence. Hadasah used her second name Hester at times & is an archaic form for written 'ss' as in Hadapah.

> Two Lawrences sisters married two Teelzel brothers :
. Hadassah Hester Lawrence married John Solomon Teetzel Jr.
. Jane Lawrence married Mathias Teelzel &
> Lawrence cousin married their sister:
. Richard Lawrence Johnston married Julia Ann Teetzel.

. UC Land Petition 27, 1835 Jul 1, Residence Trafalgar, Ontario.
Patent Lot 7, Con 11, Brooke Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario, 1839 JUN 26. Recognized at the York Court House to be the daughter of Richard Lawrence, innkeeper.

. Haddasah Lawrence Marriage Bond # 6053 C6786,
Mathias Teetzel & John Teetzel of Trafalgar Twp., Gore District bond themselves to pay £200.
Signed, at Toronto, Home District, on 18 July, 1837.
John Teetzel of Twp. of Trafaglar in the Gore District, Bachelor & Hadassa H. Lawrence, of the same place, Spinster.
Signatures of John Teetzel & Mathias Teetzel, but not Haddassah's signature! Photocopy too faint for duplication. -PJA]
Upper Canada Marriage Bond 6-53, Microfilm C6786.

. Moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan with her sister, brother Richard Lawrence Jr. & Cousin Richard Lawrence Johnston, mother Margaret Lawrence, married a Teetzel also.

. 1860 Census Michigan, Berrien, Benton, FILM 537, FAMILY 1658
Teetzel, Hester, 47, b. 1813 in Canada East.

. 1869 Minutes of the Michigan Methodist Episcopal Church Annual Conference,
Mrs. John Teetzel & Miss M. A. Teetzel, each $1.00.

. 1871 John Teetzel, fruit grower, SW Section 17, Territorial Road, Benton Harbor, Berrien Co. Directory.

1878 Polk Directory, Benton Harbor & St. Joseph's Directory: John Teetzel, res. Lincoln street.

. 1888 Jan 7, St. Joseph Herald Newspaper
Benton Harbor. Mrs. John Teetzel died' Wednesday, aged 74 years. [Wed. 1888 Jan. 4th.]

. 1961 Apr 6 to 17th, News Palladium, Benton Harbor, MI., Legal Notice:
Order to Answer, File # C309, State of Michigan in the Circuit Court, Co. of Berriern,
Ervin & Virginia Bontranger, Plaintiffs Vs many names, Preston Lumber Co., Maxwell Lumber Co., The Mich. Trust Co., JOHN & HESTER TEETZEL, etc, Defendants. On reading & filing of the complaint in this cause,
Ordered that the Defendants & their unknown heirs & devises cause their appearance to be entered on 2 Jul 1963 in default there of. - - -

Birth:
DUE: Daughter of Empire Loyalist Alt Spelling: Hadasah, and Adasah

Died:
Berren Co., Mich Reg. # 35

Buried:
Sister To Mrs. Jane Lawrence Teetzel

Hadassah married John Solomon TEETZEL, Jr. on 18 Jul 1837 in Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario. John was born on 15 Apr 1815 in Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died on 29 May 1894 in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan; was buried in Morton Hill Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1892 Biography of Alexander Hamilton says his grandmother died when Rebecca was but young and she was raised by an older sister. The most like possibilities for the 'older sister' could be:

1. Elizabeth Lawrence Tarbox, living in 1821 at Caledon East, Peel Co., and fairly close to James Hamilton at his farm in Chinguagousy Twp., Peel;
or is Rebecca was still in Toronto:

2. Second eldest sister, Margaret Lawrence Johnston, who lived at 179 King St. East, Toronto, which is based on Richard Hamilton, Rebecca's eldest son's statement that he was born in Toronto. King St. was a principal street in Toronto, where indeed, James Hamilton would have done business with the Canada Land Company.

DOB 1815; UCLP at age 18; Married c 1833, at about age 18; First child at c. 19 years old.

UCLBooks, 1833 Feb 7, Thursday, York Council Chamber, Present Peter Robinson, Geo. H. Parkland, Jos. Wells.
Rebecca Hamilton, H179, Wife of James Hamilton of Toronto, Yeoman. Praying for a grant of 200 Acres of land, as the Daughter of the late Richard Lawrence, formerly of York, an U.E. Loyalist. Recommended.
Ref: UCLBook, C105 p 354.

Upper Canada Land Petition #179, 1818 Apr 14, Patented: 1833 Jul 4: Lot 7, Con 18, Garafraxa Twp., [Gore District], Wellington Co., Ontario.
Witnesses to Oath of Rebecca Hamilton, Page 179a, C2052, Home District (Toronto),
We, D'Arcy Boulton the Quarter Chairman and Steven Washburn … Clerk of the Peace certify that Rebecca Hamilton personally appeared at the general quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for said Home District this day and is recognized by the Magistrate to be a Daughter of the late Richard Lawrence of the Township of Harwich in the Western District of London, formerly of the Twp. of York, deceased, who retained his Loyalty during the late war [1812] without suspicion of without suspicion of aiding or assisting the Enemy. Dated at the Court House of York (Toronto), the 28th day of February, 1833.

. 1834 Dec 19, Petition of Rebecca & James Hamilton of the Twp. Nassagaweya, requesting deed of Lot 17, Con 18, Garafraxa Twp., which is too far James Hamilton to improve, as he already has a farm on Nassegaeweya, with 40 acres of improved land. Signed for them by Toronto, 29 Dec 1834, Tos. Talbot. Granted 11 Apr 1836 [5?]. Ref: UC Sundries C6884, p1279.

.Land Registration Office Wellington County, Lot 7, Con 18., Garafraxa West, Hamilton, Rebecca. Granted & sold 1836.
Note1: Purchaser Pattullo. Others settlers began to arrive at an early period, doubtless sent forward by the enterprising Land Agent at York. In the autumn of 1820 Alexander Pattullo, native of Prestonpems, near Edinburg, but more recently a resident of Glasgow, arrived at Rockside, having left behind him his wife & family of 3 sons & 2 daughters, wile he spied out the land & prepared a home for them. In a letter from Paisley dated Apr 2, 1823 he stated that a young man James Pattullo who was about to emigrate to Canada & intended to settle in Caledon along with his father who had preceded him, offered to convey letters.
Ref: Rockside Pioneers.

. Biography: At James Hamilton's death there was nothing left for his wife & family of 7 children, all of whom were under age. It was in this crisis that Alexander Hamilton's sterling character made itself evident. Though but 18 years old, [1854 or 55], he assumed the care of the family & until the day of his death none of them ever went to him in vain for assistance of any sort. His devotion to his mother was particularly beautiful, & even when the others were able to contribute to her comfort he never yielded his privilege of being the first to bear burdens in her behalf; & this even when hard times often made it difficult to provide for his own family as he wished.
Husband James Hamilton died about 1856 to 1858. 'He might have become a wealthy man if he had not placed too much confidence in his friends & wreaked his own fortune by going security for others.' So this would have been a timely investment for him or the widow Rebecca Hamilton. Perhaps the tollgate didn't live up to expectations for development. In the meantime, son Rev. James Hamilton moved to Michigan & number of close relatives were also in Michigan too.
Rev. James Hamilton, Jr. "God-fear mother dedicated him to the service of the pulpit before he was born" in Feb. 17, 1843, Trafalgar, Ontario.
* This biography continues at 1892 & 1912 Biographies of Alexander Hamilton & at James Hamilton.

Note2: Husband James Hamilton died in 1855 probably in Esquesing Co., Halton County, Ontario. Rebecca had moved to Flamborough Twp., Wentworth County by the time son James Hamilton was baptized a Methodist.
By 1856 son Richard L Hamilton was living alone in a log cabin near Acton, Ontario. He was working as a carpenter, no doubt earning money to help support his family.
In 1864 Alex Hamilton went to Ohio & afterward to Michigan to make fruit farm to Saughatuck, MI. Mary Jane Hamilton landed in the US in 1866 so it would seem probably she would have lived with her mother Rebecca, at least up to that time.

1859 Flamborough West, Canada West., Tp. in Co. Wentworth. For office Post office see: Strabane. Ref: The New World in 1859: Being the US & Canada.

. 1861 March Census, East Flamborough, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Broken Part 14, 2nd East Concession,
Rebecca Hamilton, age 46, Toll House, W. Methodist, Widow, One half story frame house.
Alex Hamilton, Age 23, b 1838, Nursery Agent, born Upper Canada, W. Methodist.
Richard Hamilton, Age 26, b 1835, Carpenter, born Upper Canada, frame house 1.5 stories, family member absent.
Mary Jane, Age 22 b1839, Labourer
James, Age 17 b1844, Nursery Agent, attending school.
Wm. J Hamilton, Age 15 b1846, Labourer, attending school.
Rebecca, Age 7, b1854, attending school.

. Description of Flamborough tollhouse: Neighbor murdered previous to Rebecca Hamilton taking up the house which was: The tollhouse is quite a small room & the ceiling is very low & usually a lock was applied to the door. Woodrack rails, likely cedar, surrounded the tollhouse; there was plenty of room in the shanty to stoke a blow with the stick; a 6 o'clock sounded in neighboroughood! Undoubtedly there would be quite a bit of gossip about the tollhouse where Rebecca & family lived.

. 1857 Jan 29th, Extracted from a previous coroner's murder inquest that took place:
the day previous at a shan't on the New Warterdown road, near Burlington Heights, where John Lawry killed another man supposed to have gone to the shanty for the purpose of robbing awry of his money. Lawry is about 60 years of age & Hopkins near as old.
John Smith, a teamster, was going out to the woods for cordwood & was passing the toll gate about 6:30, Wednesday morning when the toll keeper called after him & his comrade that John Hopkins came to the tollhouse about an hour before daylight that he had a letter for the toll keeper who then let him in Hopkins had a stick in his hand about 4 feet 6 inches long such as used woodrack rails & made a blow at him the tollkeeper, John Lawry. There was a fierce encounter till he succeeded in getting the stick & gave Hopkins blows to the head. Witness saw no blood on the floor. The toll keeper wanted to send word to the Watertown police.
John Gilmour resided on the hill about 100 yards from the tollhouse. Half an hour after sunrise Lawry came up the hill & called there was a dead man there near the door. He went to the house where he was told the same story. Lawry looked wild & he was glad to get out of the house, he did not appear to be drunk. The tollhouse is quite a small room & the ceiling is very low. The deceased's cap & handkerchief were lying at his feet. Gilmour asked how the deceased fall. He finally said the fell on his back, but the witness could see from the head wounds he would fall on his side. He had struck him 5 or 6 times after he was down, knocked out 2 teeth & he was determined to rub out the marks.
Lawry was a nice man, a very quiet neighbor, Never saw either of them worse of liquor. Witness has frequently seen the deceased this winter, but never saw the muffling on his feet before; had seen the shawl tied on his head, as if to keep off the cold. There was plenty of room in the shanty to stoke a blow with the stick, but not much blood on the floor inside, measuring about 3 or 4 inch broad. The previous day Hopkins was in witnesses house said he had broke his axe & said he to go to Hamilton to borrow one.
Ann fully deposed she slept at her son-in-law Hopkins' house on Tuesday night. He was going to Hamilton to borrow one. Thinks Hopkins could be about Gilmour's when the 6 o'clock bell rang. Hopkins had worn rans on his feet sine the thaw. Dr. Ryall deposed the deceased's body had contusions on head, face, 2 on thumb, & extensive 5 fractures into the brain.
John Flynn deposed the deceased told him David Smoke proved to lend him an axe & would leave the axe or word at the tollhouse.
[No further followup found, but he did not do jail time as by the 1861 Census he is the toll keeper outside of Waterdown on what is now called Waterdown Road. Back in those days Snake Rd. was called the Waterdown Rd. or the road to Waterdown]
Ref: Toronto Globe & Mail Newspaper.

Note3: One can imagine the widow Rebecca Hamilton taking up residence in this toll house where the neighbors would no doubt remind her & her family of the infamous history of this toll house. Lock you doors!

GANGES, Michigan
. 1878 - Allegan is county seat, 3,000 inhabitants on the Kalamazoo river, 25 miles nw of Kalamazoo, 2 Grand Rapids railroads pass through Allegan. 3 flouring mills, 2 saw mills, 2 planning mills, 1 foundry & 1 woolen mill.
It is an excellent farming twp. & near the lake the land is devoted chiefly to the cultivation of peaches. In the spring of 1880 the number of peach trees reached 84,000, of which 30,000 were four years old over. The fruit of Ganges is mainly sent on the Chicago W Michigan Railroad. It was of her son Alexander Hamilton who started these trees. - PJA
Ref: Polk Michigan state Gazeteer.
Michigan Crop Report 1887, Ganges. Large meteor seen through the fog on evening of May 23, first appearing in the east. 45 degrees above the horizon, moving north. Optical phenomena, Ganges 2 May: Solar halos were observed (i.e.. weather - planing forecast); Hails 31st May. This phenomena would have been much discussed in the neighbourhood. - PJA.]

. 1887 Michigan Crop Report, Ganges. Large meteor seen through the fog on evening of May 23, first appearing in the east. 45 degrees above the horizon, moving north. Optical phenomena, Ganges 2 May: Solar halos were observed (i.e. weather - planning forecast); Hails 31st May. This phenomena would have been much discussed in the neighbourhood. - PJA.]
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. Michigan Death Registration:
Rebecca Lawrence-Hamilton was living with daughter Mary Jane Wanner at the time of her death.
Registration #1600, died 17 Feb 1890, widow, aged 74y 11 months, Ganges Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.[Born 17 Mar 1815, compare Monument date, equals born 4 May 1815. ] - - -

Birth:
Born Lot 25, Con 1 Yonge St., Toronto. Until 1818 her father was living in York/Toronto, ON.

Died:
Aged 74y 11m. = 17 Mar 1815. Widowed. Dau. of Mary & Richard Lawrence.

Buried:
Ganges. 74y 9m 13d. 'Mother', Tall grey monument with wheat sheaves. "Hamilton".

Rebecca married James HAMILTON, Sr. in c 1833 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario. James was born on 23 Jun 1801 in Strabane, Tyrone Co., Ireland; died on 1853 - 1855 in Chinguacousy Twp., Peel Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Upper Canada Sundries
Osborn, Wm. 1811, May 18, York, pg. 5404-5.
Osborne, William, 1815 Oct 12, York, pages 10734-10735, & 1815 Oct 14, pg.10770-10735.
Verify identify: Osborne, Betsey, 1813, Aug 21, page 6622-3.

. William Osborn appears to have died during the War of 1812 during the capture of the Town of York.

Further research:
Muster Roll of Capt. Abram Nelles’ Flank Company, from 24th July to the 24th of August 1812, both days inclusive. - Wm. Osburn
(Also John Felker & Jacob Swackhammer & Jonathan Teetzel).

. Abraham Nelles, 4th Regiment, Lincoln Militia, at Engineer Dept. at Forts George & Niagara:
July 4, 1814 to July 28, 1814: Sarjants: William Osburn, 7 days.
[Also Sargents: Roszels, Nathaniel, George & Eldgridge, of Erin Twp., Felker relatives.]

William Osborn died at the time of War of 1812. Elizabeth Lawrence Osborn then married Elisha Tarbox. The 1852 Census of Caledon, Ontario records the seven year old grandson, John Osborn, living with her.

. Minutes of Town of York, Census records that one male child was born in 1813 into Richard Lawrence's household. Was Elizabeth living with her parents now.

. 1837 Toronto Directory
Osborne, William, land agent, etc., 203 King Street
- Recorded for further research. If this is William Osborne' son, he would be about 24 years old. - - -

Birth:
Father died during 1812 - 1818 war.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1852 Census Caledon East, Peel Co. says he was born in Canada.

. 1861 Census, Caledon, Ontario,
Age 17 years /1844
Lived with his Grandmother Elizabeth Tarbox.

. 1870 Benton Habour, Berrien Co., Michigan
John Osborn, born 1846, Born Canada, carpenter
Juditha Osborn, Born 1847, Ohio
Daniel Osborn, born 1869, Michigan.

. Great Uncle Daniel Lawrence, born Canada & Family is next door. Great Aunt Hadassah Lawrence Teetzel is just a few farms away.

. 1900 Jun 18 Census, Sodus Twp., Berrier Co., Michigan
Osbourne John, b. Mar 1845, age 55 Canada, Father b. Canada, Mother b. England, Landed 1863, Farmer;
Osborne, Judith, wife b. Apr 1846, age 59, married 31 years, b. Ohio, Father b. Canada, Mother England;
Osborne, Frank, son, b. Jul 1871 Michigan, age 28, married 4 years, Parents b. Canada, Ohio
Osborne, Daughter, May 1878 Michigan, age 22, parents Canada Eng. & Ohio
Osborne, Mildred, Daughter-in-law, b May 1877 Michigan, age 23, Parents b. Canada Eng. & Michigan;
Osborne, Ettie M, Granddaughter, b Jun 1896, Michigan, age 3, parents Michigan;
Osborne, Gladys F, Granddaughter, b. Nov 1898 Mich., Age 1, parents: Michigan;
Lawrence, John, Cousin, Jan 1844 Canada Eng., Age 56, parents born Canada English, Landed 1860 - 40 years ago; Farm labour.

. [and three farms away is ]
Osborne, William, Head, born Mar 1873 Michigan, age 27, Father born Canada Eng., Mother Ohio, Farmer;
Osborne, Lena M, Wife, b. Aug 1881, Michigan, married one year, Parents born Michigan & NY. - - -

Birth:
Resided. Alt DOB:1844.

Died:

John married Juditha A LAWRENCE on 20 Aug 1869 in Millburgh, Benton Twp., Berrien Co., Michigan. Juditha was born on 15 Apr 1845 in Hamilton Twp., Warren Co., Ohio; died on 2 Dec 1917 in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan; was buried on 4 Dec 1917 in Pearl Grange Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]