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the tribuvie- thursday may 26 1m7- s summer sfc m a view of the yakesfamuy home as it looks today at the south end of obrian ave following is a comprehensive i early history of the travels and experiences of the family r early history of yke family a byhaidyake j notes on daniel yake or yak as the name on some old deeds 1736- 1832 and his descendants in upper canada two narratives by ira yake 18641942 f daniel yake came from strausberg river rhine germany between 170080 he had a wife and three children he lost his wife and two children at sea one daughter survived and live in pennsylvania daniel married again and came toj canada settling at hamilton the spelling of the name at this time was yaeke calvin yake 18431930 stated that his fathers name was hiram and that he had five brothers daniels second family was john gabriel michael hiram and daniel this gentleman settled at altona and died in his 96th year and was buried jin the family cemetery on the family farm which is still preserved today germans and swiss i had a long and tedious way to go before em- i barkation and many- were the tribulations jvhich they endured a- journey down the rhine- from heilbronn to holland took from four to six weeks and in the middle of the 18th century i involved astop at each of ithe 36 custom houses where a toll had to be paid the expenses of this tipart of the trip averaged j about three pounds but it varied so greatly by i reason of unforeseen delays or the dishonesty of agents that many emigrants found tkem- selves on the borders of holland without money enough left either to continue their journeyor to return home abbot esmit colonists in bondage 1947 such emigrants- leaving the rhine valley would bargain for passage a man would actually indenture himself sell his ser vices to the captain for a year or more in turn on reaching amerlcai the captain would auction off this contract t6the of some large estate who would pay the passage money and thus become entitled- to the im migrants services almost as a slave for the agreed upon period overcrowding on shipboard disease lack of food and air and the length of the voyage made the passage a hideous experience many did not survive it has been written that out of 15 ships arriving in 1732 atphlladelphia only two had come with those on board relatively well and 1600 had died laws of maryland were changed in 1817 whereby provision was no agreement made in europe- or elsewhere bound- a ser vant to serve for the passage of another dead or alive as the captain tried to make daniel yake serve out the ser vitude of his wife who was buried at sea t v daniel worked in brewery at lundys lane and it is reported that he fought in the battle of the lane the influx of german settlers into york county was not until 1793 and touched only the western half ofmarkham town- smp the i first settlers from pennyswanla into the eastern half of the daniel yake bought lot 10 concession 9 whitchurch township jan 12 1808 from samuel van wyck his two elder children jonathan and esther returned to the united states mr yake married mary nicely as his second wife before coming to canada they brought their small possessions and three cattle on entering canada they were reduced to choosing such plants as they saw the cattle eating in the forest making greens of them and using them for food some relatives in germany were worried and sent barrels of flour to the family in canada this was not received so when daniel returned from his job at lundys lane and found that the family had been existing on pumpkins he im mediately with a son walked back o the wharf at muddyyork to find his barrels of flour and pork he had quite a battle with the customs official however he did find one bag or barrel and returned to- altona carrying hundred weight of flour k xn feb 12 1823 daniel sold his- whit church property to his son john 100 acres for 50 pounds on april 1 1830 john soldso acres of this to joseph brown this john had 12 1 children namely john hiram william daniel maud annie rachael most of the yakes living today in ontario and saskat- chewan are descended from this branch daniel had a son michael remaining in pickering in 1812 he refused to bear arms against the usa was kept in jail for a time where he was given only the scanty ration of one pound of bread and some water per day about the year 1816 he married jane vanzant by whom he had a family of twelve daniel yak finally settled down on the 100 acres in pickering of which the yake burying ground is a part the house where he lived and died was a substantial log one and was in use for 60 years after his- death like many other dwellings putup by the early settlersthe house was located near to the necessary water supply rather than to the almost nonexistent roads mr yake took wool to the carding mill and made full cloth here and there were woollen mills where they could take their wool to be made into stockingsu other knitted goods or have part ofit made into full cloth for clothing at a later date there was a carding mill as near as sparta now box grove there- were itinerant tailors who would cut and make a suit for very little money shoes were made of deer hide and cow hide taxes were extremely low the school teacher boarded among the families this teacher i township came in 1803 when henry wldeman j on the 8th con- was usually- an old- soldier john yake lived on the corner of the 10th oh the townline between markham and whit church he was sitting in adownstair room nursing his youngest child ann when he was struck by lightning and killed the child was knocked under the bed but was un harmed hiram yake 1814- 1899 was another son of john in 1830 he is listed as one of the pound keepers of markham township he conducted a hotel in stouffville for many years and in 1861 was granted a tavern license hiram inherited the redframe building on the corner where har- dingsibarn used to be the hotel business was good there were no railroads and all grain had to be hauled to the front the wharf on lake ontario about 16 miles below stouffville the hotel would be filled at such times with four beds in a room the occupants strangers to each other men came hauling grain from brock reach scqtt etc a couple of hostlers slept in a bunk in the bar room this hotel operated under a x to regulate taverns no34 passed in 1852 any licenses granted for the sale of wine or- spiritous liquors to be drunk on the premises if such houses are within one mile of yonge st or in the village of markham unionville stouffville reids corners or crosbys corners shall have in such house and constantly keep for his or her customers six clean and comfortable beds and bedding onesitting room exclusive of bars good stabling with sufficient provend for 12 horses also con- venient driving house and shed no intoxicating liquor to be sold or given on sunday it shall not be lawful for any tavern keeper to giveor allow to be sold or given any intoxicating liquor to any child under the age of 12 years or to allow drunkeness or to allow playing at ninepins bagatelle cards dice draughts skittles or anyother implements of gaining gamingon his or her j premises t in the- villages in fancy there were three taverns and the village was not noted for its orderliness the first building in the east end was a shoe shop built by john yake it stood on the south corner was enlarged byhiram yake and converted into a taverni yakes corner became known by the name- of brimestone point cockfighting arid horseracing were familiar village sports mrs calvin yake susan moore 18451928 told me that the west end was known as little hell and that the lads from brimestone point and little hell fought each other camp resorts peterborough ont located on pigeon lake in the heart of the beautiful kawarthas is proud to offer this new concept in family camping on a long term lease and ownership program invistigati now and see for yourself why our sites were 25 sold out in our 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