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That within Iwtlve mOllths fronl the tilnc they arc pcrrnittcd to occupy their rdpcClive lots, they do caufe to h2 erected thereon a good and fllfficicnt d "rcHing houfe, of at kall 16 feet by 20 in the clear, and do occupy the farne in }Jajim, orby a fubfiantial Tenant. Seco11d, THAT within the Elme period of tinlc, they do clear and fellce five acres, of their refpcClive lots, in a fubfiantial manner. Third, THAT within the fame period of time, they do open as much of the Y onge-Strcet road as lies between the front of their lots and the mid­ dle of faid road, amounting to one acre or thereabouts. .JOliN S~YALL, c. E. C. Conditions for settlement on Yonge Street, 1798. From the Broadside Collection, Canadian History Department, Metropolitan Toronto Library. YORK, UPPER CANADA MINUTES OF TOWN MEETINGS AND LISTS OF INHABITANTS 1797-1823 Edited by Christine Mosser Toronto: Metropolitan Toronto Library Board, 1984. Cover: The list of inhabitants for 1799, from the original volume in the Manuscript Collection, Canadian History Department, Metropolitan Toronto Library. Copyrighted © 1984 by Metropolitan Toronto Library Board ISBN 0-88773-028-0 Metropolitan Toronto Library Board 789 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4W 2G8 CONTENTS FOREWORD / vii INTRODUCTION / ix Minutes of town meetings 1797 / 3 1810 / 81 1798 / 8 1811 / 84 1799 / 9 1812 / 85 1800 / 16 1813 / 94 1801 / 24 1814 / 102 1802 / 31 1816 / 110 1803 / 38 1817 / 117 1804 / 39 1818 / 125 1805 / 47 1819 / 134 1806 / 56 1821 / 145 1807 / 64 1822 / 146 1808 / 72 1823 / 155 1809 / 80 Lists of inhabitants Town of York 1797 / 3 1810 / 82 1799 / 9 1812 / 85 1800 / 16 1813 / 94 1801 / 25 1814 / 103 1802 / 32 1816 / 113 1804 / 39 1817 / 120 1805 / 47 1818 / 125 1806 / 57 1819 / 135 1807 / 65 1822 / 147 1808 / 72 1824/25 / 157 Township of York 1797 / 3 1808 / 75 1799 / 9 1812 / 89 1800 / 16 1813 / 97 1801 / 25 1814 / 105 1802 / 32 1816 / 110 1804 / 43 1817 / 117 1805 / 51 1818 / 129 1806 / 59 1819 / 139 1807 / 67 CONTENTS vi TownshiP of Etobicoke 1799 / 9 1805 / 54 1800 / 16 1806 / 63 1801 / 25 1807 / 71 1804 / 46 1808 / 78 TownshiP of Scarborough 1799 / 9 1804 / 46 1800 / 16 1805 / 54 1801 / 25 1806 / 62 1802 / 37 1807 / 70 Record of marks for live-stock / 158 INDEX / 163 FOREWORD It is most fitting that the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board should publish the York Minutes of Town Meetings and Lists of Inhabitants in 1984, the City of Toronto's sesquicentennial year. These earliest attempts to list all the residents of the area that is now Metropolitan Toronto are among the most interesting and heavily used items in the Library's manuscript collection, and vital to the study of the early history of Toronto. The Library is pleased that this manuscript will now be more easily accessible to the citizens of Metropolitan Toronto, and everyone who is interested in our history. Donald F. Meadows Regional Director Metropolitan Toronto Library Board INTRODUCTION The York Minutes of Town Meetings and Lists of Inhabitants, the earliest record of the residents of the area that is now Metropolitan Toronto, is one of the most prized possessions of the Metropolitan Toronto Library. In the early years (1797-1808), the town meetings included all of the Metropolitan Toronto area, which consisted of the Town of York, and the Townships of York, Etobicoke and Scarborough. After 1808, only the Town and Township of York, now the cities of Toronto, North York, and York, and the Borough of East York, were included. The town meetings were part of a system of local government established by an act passed by the Legislature of Upper Canada in 1793. The system was not democratic, and the powers of the town meetings were extremely limited. The local magistrates, who were appointed by the lieutenant-gover­ nor, met quarterly, by district, in what was called the Court of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace. This court acted as both a court, and an administrative council for the district. The magistrates were authorized to issue warrants for town meetings to any township or parish within their district which had at least thirty households. The town meetings, to which all inhabitant householders were called, met yearly to nominate a clerk, a collector, assessors, pathmasters, poundkeepers and wardens for the ensuing year. The names of the nominated town officials were presented to the magistrates for approval, and the town officials reported to the magistrates throughout the year. The clerk chosen by the town meeting was responsible for making "a true and complete list of every Male and Female Inhabitant" to be presented to the magistrates at the April meeting of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for their district. According to the act of 1793, town meetings were to be held once a year on the first Monday in March. A special act of the legislature was passed in June, 1797, to allow York to hold its first meeting in July of that year. The volume of minutes and lists reproduced here covers the years 1797 to 1823. The York Town Meeting was held every year; no minutes were recorded in 1815 or 1820, but the meetings for these years are referred to in the minutes of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Home District. Lists of inhabitants were made in only 19 of the 27 years, and the list for one of those years, 1810, is incomplete. The lists were made by eight different town clerks. They are full of inaccuracies in addition and spelling. Much of the spelling is obviously phonetic. Simple variations, such as Wilson and Willson, often seem to depend on the personal preference of the clerk. One clerk, Ezekiel Benson, lists a Dr. Hial Willcox three times, each time spelt differently. Richard Lippincott, a well known resident, is listed eight times; his name is spelt six different ways, none of them correct. With a name as distinc­ tive as Lippincott, this presents no real problem. With names which appear only once or twice, and with people about whom no other information can be found, the correct spelling will always be doubtful. The original manuscript is transcribed as accurately as possible. Editorial additions, which appear in square brackets, are kept to a minimum. A question mark is used only if the writing is unclear. Peculiar spelling is, of course, just transcribed as it appears. Everything that appears in the original volume has been included, even the draft petition (page 161), which is obviously extraneous material. The record of cattle marks, which appears irregularly in the original, has been brought together at the end of the volume, with notes indicating the original position. In the index, alternate spellings which appear in the text are placed in brackets; for example, Denison (Dennison), John. Cross references are made from alternate spellings wherever it seemed sensible. No cross references are made for spellings which file directly before or after the entry, and none are made when there is no doubt about the error, as with Ely, George and John Plato (Playter) in 1816. Where a name is doubtful, the name appears in the index as it appears in the text, with the probable correct spelling in brackets with a question mark; for example, Lankester (Lancaster?), Sarah. Cross references have been made from the probable correct spelling unless it files next to the original spelling. INTRODUCTION x Many books about Toronto and York County have been helpful in preparing the index. The most useful for biographical information about the people who appear on the lists are Edith G. Firth's The Town of York 1793-1815 (Toronto, 1962), and The Town of York 1815-1834 (Toronto, 1966); and Patricia W. Hart's Pioneering in North York (Toronto, 1968). I wish to thank the people who worked with me on this project: Caroline Connell, who made the typed copy of the original manuscript, and who helped with the proofreading; Alan Walker and Carol Percy, who helped with the proofreading and the indexing; and the staff of the Public Relations Department, who coordinated the production of the book. Special thanks go to Edith Firth, who provided answers to many questions during the months of preparation, and to Will Rueter, who freely advised on the design of the book. I wish to thank as well my colleagues in the Canadian History Department for their many useful suggestions, and especially David Kotin, without whose enthusiasm and encouragement this manuscript would not have been printed. I am grateful to the Metropolitan Toronto Library Board for supporting this publication. Christine Mosser July 6,1984 k7" ?~ h~~ ~~ ~-~~?Y-""'? /7; ~~";"'~ .~ 5;gL' :I~<u'/'/f;- - ,,~,~ .?:'~Lf~H"';' P/l4~~""_~ _.. 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