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holds crown deed to markham farm the reesor past 160 years mr family farm max reesor in markham village has been sold the property has passed through five keneralions during the shown here holds the crown deed dated in 1805 staff photo eesors leave markham farm after 160 years of ownership 160 years to the day after peter reesor purchased 200 acres of land in markham twp p max reesor closed it up peter reesor bought the land on march 25th 1805 and peter max reesor left the land on march 25th 1965 the difference 160 years the owners five all reesors following is a story made possible through the coopera tion of markham historian john lunau of the complete reesor ownership on a 200acre tract of land some of which now forms part of markham village at the age of 30 peter reesor purchased 100 acres of land from william johnson in 1805 johnson owned a total of 200 acres known as lot 13 cone 7 markham township he sold to mr reesor the east half of the lot which today fronts on main st in downtown markham for a total cost of 33000 or s330 an acre prior to johnsons owner ship the land belonged to eng land and was termed crown land johnson purchased it on september 9th 1801 the deed still in possession of the historian after 160 years of preservation explained the terms of the sale it involved johnson and peter resard reesor was spelled on the deed as it was sounded phone tically in 1805 the township was known as markham the county was called york but the province was known as the province of upper canada the deed was witnessed by joseph and hiram morrison was signed by harriet and wil liam johnson and was register ed by thomas ridout in the town of york today toronto william dummer powell one of upper canadas first attor neygenerals also signed the deed on the back of the deed was a release of the piece of land from johnsons wife harriet according to law the wife of the owner automatically be comes half owner and her re lease or okay is necessary for the transaction to become valid this was uie beginning john son although he still owned 100 acres apparently moved off the land and into the township of vespra reesor cleared the land and likely etected a small cabin or cottage to house his family bought west half mr reesor was satisfied with his 100 acre tract until march 28th 1837 when he purchased from johnson the west half of the land however according to the book the life of the ree sors peter made several other land purchases in different parts of the township before he bought this second 100 acre plot of land this deed which has his name spelled reser shows the purchase for a price of 200 pounds this is difficult to un derstand as the first deed quot ed the price in american dol lars and cents 32 years later the deed is quoted in the eng lish monetary system it is be lieved that johnson was an american before coming to canada and requested the deed show american money however this sum of 200 was much more expensive than the first price although not definitely accurate the pound was believed worth about s500 in american currency this would make the price close to 1000 an increase of 800 over his first purchase this second deed was minus the signature of mrs harriet johnson and it could have been thought that she had died but in march of 1843 six years after mr reesor had obtained the orginal deed mrs johnson appeared in the picture again and signed a release giving reesor full ownership to the land this was a peculiar happen ing with the wife of the former owner waiting for six years be fore releasing her part in the land the only explanation that could fit would be to assume that mr and mrs johnson sep arated or became divorced in some manner and with her not signing the deed blocked full ownership of the land to the reesors this is only an as sumption as there are no re cords to show why she waited such a length of time nevertheless on the 22nd of march 1843 mrs johnson was called before two justices of the peace and the documents were signed it is also stated in her deed that she received 200 pounds from mr reesor for her part this bolsters the aforemention ed assumption of her either op posing her husband for more money or not being with him and doing it on her own therefore in full the land cost mr reesor a grand total of approximately 233000 for the 200 acres also payment of the docu ment registration had to be ad ded on the deed signed by mr johnson alone cost 9s 7d or 234 the release for mrs johnson was slightly higher at 10s 3d or 254 sold to first son strangely enough less than three months after mr reesors second purchase from mr john son the new landowner sold 197 acres to his son also named peter the deed was signed by both men on june 14 1837 it is believed that the elder reesor kept three acres for himself to live on although theres no mention of it in the records however his son made the purchase at a cost of 525 pounds or approximately 2625 this seems as though the father sold to the son to make a profit but the value of the pound may have deteriorated somewhat mr reesor was 62 when he sold the 197 acres to his son and he died at the age of 79 in 1854 twenty years elapsed from the elders death until the son sold part of his plot peter ree sor jr sold 100 acres to his son jacob for the paltry sum of 100 this transaction took place on june 12th 1874 and the deed specified the cost in canadian money after the confederation act in 1867 new born canada received its own monetary system of the 100 acres sold approx imately three acres were bought up by the railroad the railway cut through jacobs land and the price for it was not disclos ed known as the toronto-nip- issing railway the tracks were laid in the late 1870s or early 1880s the name of the rail way was a riddle as its termi nal was in the peterborough area missing nipissing county and lake by some 150 miles jacobs son was named peter and he was born july 3rd 1867 only two days after canada was born jacob sold a part of the land to his son on november 6 1919 when jacob purchased his 100 acres from peter reesor jr in 1874 there was no men tion of the fete of the other ringwood service station for lease canadian petrofina ltd 1 excellent business potential for qualified licenced mechanic present lessees retiring due to ill health very limited capital required as low as 150000 training school with salary provided available immediately 100 acres from peter reesor there was no proof to back up the statement it is believed that when peter died he left the land in his will taxes low there are tax records show ing the cost of the land and its dwellings while jacob was in possession the first tax bill dated octo ber 1st 1895 showed that mr joseph wales collected a total of 4020 from the reesor fam ily their assessment was 1400 and of the taxes they paid 868 were for schools and 658 for the village rate the remainder of the bill was divid ed among several smaller ac counts however four years later the reesor assessment jumped to 3000 but their taxes de creased to 3054 the school rate though went up from 868 in 1895 to 1616 in 1899 yet in 1900 the assessment was only 1250 and the taxes were 3513 the school rate dropped again to 688 and a new account general fund was added it also cost the reesors 688 even the tax collector in 1900 was named reesor he was f a reesor and he became man ager of the bank of st lawr ence markhams first bank final reesor transfer the final transfer in the ree sor family came on march 3rd 1923 peter h reesor released the land to his son peter max reesor max had been in the 1st world war and won the mili tary medal upon his return to canada he obtained the land from his father and held onto it until march 25th 1965 max apparently sold part of the land to another family in the area some years ago but only recently let the remainder po there were two houses on the land and max lived in one of them until he obtained an apartment in the village squire in markham today the reesor name is still connected with the proper ty as a distant cousin c w reesor operates reesors mar- mill near the main street but the family tradition that started 160 years ago by peter reesor has been termi nated by iiis greatgreat grand son peter when you married me you promised to love honour and obey well i didnt want to start an argument in front of all those people ottawa offlport by john addison mp i would like to speak about a native of aurora and a man whose heart is therefore close ly allied with the constituency ind interest of york xorththis man is our own prime minister lester b pearson mr pearson since he has assumed the office of the prime ministership has been subject recently to a great deal of criticism some of it justified much of it unjustified there have ben troubles none of us would deny that and yet throughout these troubles mr pearson has retained his strong character and leadership when lesser men might have crumb led under the strain to many people it seems pe culiar that the prime minister has not lost the support of some members of his party or at ieast been criticized by them i would like to forward my opin ion as to why this has not oe- cured and why this i do not be lieve it will occur the mem bers of the liberal party with out exception have the great est respect for mr pearson for his policies for his leadership mr pearson is a quet efficient leader one who does not make great show of the fact that he is the man in charge one who is constantly willing to accept new ideas and trust the opin ions of party members the prime minister is an ex tremely fair man and his fair ness has shown itself on many occasions he is never one to prejudge people regardiess of their position one recent ex ample of mr pearsons fairness and honesty was his decision to allow the controversy over the offshore fishing limits to be decided by the courts rather than parliament the prime mi nister is never one to assume power where he feels it is not his right to do so mr pearson is a man of the very highest character and of farranging intellectual scope all his life his mind has played about broad issues of human progress and whether at home or abroad he naimates an ar dent philanthropy with the keenest and brightest intellec tual powers in the united na tions these qualities brought him unequalled success as a peacemaker and bulwark of freedom during the tumultu ous troubles of cyprus egypt and korea mr pearson showed a sense of purpose and fair play added to sound judgment that won for him the nobel drive a little further for the best buys tour franchisee dealer for pontine bulek acadian vauxhall gmc trucks chas cooper ltd claremont phone 6492114 6192115 houstons for prescriptions drugs and sundries phone 6402222 enfr twentytwo i main st k stoupfviixb phone s r douglas evjrs be 914s5 days hu 16151 a jniik markham dairy ltd phone dirett 2942212 peace prize in international affairs a few men are as emi nently resepcted as our prime 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