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Note: N12 Balsar Munshaw is the son of Katherine & Johannes H M Mundshauer.
Johannes landed on the ship Loyal Judith on 1743 Sep 2 at Philadelphia, Penn.
. In the spring of 1792 Balthazar & his wife Katharine children: John, George, Jacob, Betsy & Polly & Christian Hendricks started out..
They had a huge Pennsylvania wagon, pulled by a yoke of oxen & a team of horses. They also brought 3 cows & when they camped the cows were milked, butter churned & bread baked in an old fashioned bake kettle. They lived on Lot 35, Con 1 East Side Yonge Street, Markham. This later became the Jail Farm (now turn down) & William Munshaw was WILLED this large farm by his father.
. c1797 Balser Munshaw of village of Richmond Hill, sought a wilderness home along Younge Street, it was bound necessary to his canvas top conestoga wagon apart & drag the wheels & axles & other equipment up the steep hill by means of strong ropes.
Ref: Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto, John Ross Robertson.
1796 YORK REPORT - To Gov. John Graves Simcoe, summary report of settlers on Yonge Street:
. Nichl. Miller under assessment, a house & improvement, Lot 34 East Side Yonge
. John Barbour under assessment for Lot 35 East Side. But it appears from Testimony of Nicholas. Miller that he never made any improvement oaths lot since the date of there Order in council on 21st June, 1794, & that Balser Munshaw has built a house & made a considerable improvement on the lot. The Committee humbly submits the propriety of descending the assessment to Barbour & granting a patent for Lot 35 East Side Yonge St. to Munshaw he paying fees [for surveying].
Ref: UCLP 11, Y Bundle 1, p184.
. YORK UPPER CANADA, MINUTES OF TOWN MEETINGS 1793-1823, C MOSSER:
. 1797 Jul 17, Inhabitants of Yonge St.:
Nathan Chapman, 1 Male, 0 Females.
Nicholas Miller, 3 Males, 2 Females,
Balser Munshaw, 4 Males, 2 Females.
Richard Lawrence, 2 Males, 4 Females.
. 1837 Toronto Directory,
Wm. Munshaw, Lot 35, Con 1 ESY,
B. Munshaw [Jr.], Lot 26, Con 2 ESY.
John Munshaw, Lot 37, Con 1 ESY.
Ontario Land Registry Office,
Abstract Book 91, Markham, p565
Lot 35, Con 1 East Yonge Street
. 1802 May 17, Patent, Crown, to Balser Munshaw, All 190 Acres
. 1835 Jul 17, WILL, Balser Munshaw
. 1836 Feb 5, Release, Catherine Munshaw, to William Munshaw, Part 60 Acres.
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