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Note: N20 Genesse Valley or District is now Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
. 1790 Genesee District, Ontario Co., New York
Nathan Chapman - 1 male, 3 males under 16, 4 Females;
Next house:
. 1790 Census Genesee District, Ontario, New York, Abraham Devons [Devins]
Males 3, Males under 16: 2, Females 2.
House beside Abraham Devins is:
. Nicholas Miller: Free White Persons - Males - 16 & over: 1; Free White Persons - Females: 1; Total: 2.
. 1793 Sept 6th, Tues. Having been wet too these last 2 days, I declined gong with the Governor [Simcoe] to see a mill on St. John's Creek, 6 miles towards the head of the Lake. The Governor brought me some very good cakes. The miller's wife is from the US, where the women excel unmaking cakes & bread.
Ref: Diary of Mrs. John Graves Simcoe, wife of the first Lieut. Governor of Upper Canada. Elizabeth Gwillimbury Simcoe.
Note: St. Johns's Creek, very soon after renamed the Humber River.
1796 YORK REPORT
- To Gov. John Graves Simcoe, summary report of settlers on Yonge Street:
. Nathan Chapman by his Agent, Nicholas Miller, produced assessment for same. Improvement Lot 28.
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.
Ontario Land Registry Abstract Book 179, p70
Lot 28, Con 1,Vaughan
. 1798 Dec 31, Patent, Crown, to Nathan Chapman, All 210 Acres
. 1849 Jul 26, WILL Reg. 1851, Feb 8, Nathan Chapman
. 1854 Jun 17, B&S, David Chapman, to Wm. Chapman, £500, N 70A
. 1860 Dec 1, Grant, Isaac Chapman etux, to Jos Ward, 5 shillings, Front 20A.
. 1914 May 7, WILL, Isaac Chapman, to Charlotte B & Lucy E Chapman, Part 130 A.
. 1837 Toronto Directory
Nathan Chapman (Jr), Con 1, Lot 25, Scarborough Twp.
. 1950 Aug 31 - Nathan's granddaughters Bertha & Lucy Chapman were still on Lot 28 ESY when it was sold in 1937 to George spring. They reserved 5 acres on which a fine old house built by an uncle. They continued to live there until Miss Lucy died in 1947 & Miss Bertha Chapman died in 1950 in her 89th year.
. 1950 Sep 14 - the land north of York had been purchased from the Indians for a very small sum by the British Gov. in 1878, but the Mississaugas profess ignorance of this transaction. Long accustomed camping on the flats of the Don River, they were resentful of the invasion their hunting grounds by the white men & reported to acts of male. The late Miss Lucy Chapman often heard her grandfather, Nathan Chapman, tell how the Indians used to come & take the bread which was baking in the outdoor brick oven. As the chapman still felt insecure in this new country they were afraid to do anything.
Ref: The Liberal Newspaper, Richmond Hill, written by Dorothy M Fitzgerald. - - -
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