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E - "WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH" As m [bk (:5: In the past Missionary Church ha again "CW One hundred years can brlng aboul remarkable change. This year marks Stoufivlllc Missionary Church's l001h year serving the community of Slouffville and ushers In perhaps the [”5561 changeycp Samuel Lundy was among the origi- nal Quakers from Muncy County; Pennsylvania who settled in the hamlet of Pine Orchard. at the intersection of Warden Ave. and Vivian Sideroad, in l802. He died in I826. and his last will and testament is reproduced below: "Considering the uncertainty of this mortal life. I, Samuel Lundy of the Township of Whitchurch in the County of York Home District and Province of Upper Canada Yeoman, being of sound and perfect mind, and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament revoking all others that in manner and form following (that is to say]: "First I will and order that all my iust debts and funeral charges shall be fully Samuel Lundy bequeaths his legacy Stouffville Missionary Church Stouflvillc Mam it Slouflvllla Missionary Church 65” mm 81.. StoutMIle, on, L“ 514 (005) 040-3911 (I) (905) 640-3925 (F) m.:mchurch.ca facilities. Through God's wonderful provisiot leading. the construction of a new church fa on Tenth line. near the water tower. is unde with completion expected by fall 2004. On the weekend ol November I4-l6. 2003 Slouliville Missionary Church will celebrate |00"' Anniversary. it will be an opportunity ‘ both remember the past and look to the futu youth concert leaturing rnyfATHEKSonbrSOl lhlEADSIfAQ. will he'held on Friday_ at 7:_Q( A celefiatlon banquet wifrbe heia on Satan 6:30 pm and will lealure Tyndale College an Seminary president Brian Stiller with special music [y Eltzdxth Ruddle. Darin tatharn ol Catharina will loin us [or our Sunday morni 3W settled andpaid. To my son Ebenezer Lundy. I give and devise all my Homestead place‘ containing one hun- dred and fifty acres more or less being the east end of lots number thirty one and thirty two together with the improvements, buildings. and farming utensils unto him the said Ebenezer Lundy his heirs and (assigns clear from all incumbrances) forever; 1 give and bequeath unto my beloved wife. a mare. and colt, and all the stock of cat- tle and sheep, also all the household furniture; i also give and bequeath her one hundred dollars; I also will and order that the house we now live in, the garden before the door and pasture lot back of the house shall be her property during her natural life. also a_mainte- nance if required from off the place. "I give and bequeath unto my daugh- 0 meet p "Ml: cm program I community ' people: of! love. W: on children. youtl wt]! bcrhcl'd on Friday unmid'WbéTi-Ia 6 III (calurc Tyndale Col dent Brian Sllllcr with In; all 7:00 pm n: In join us fc cdcbralion cw dalre Is to be and nlly. ranching of Slouflvillc :ofler proya! oath. adulls a mlc's needs 0 lot our will be ll be an opportunlly lo and look lo the fulurc myfATHEKSonDySON : at I2 Mn [3th of 5! Sunday moming followed by a )mc beat out |( wllh ( I provision am church facility r. is under way 30pm 3 UK and nIySON and ;l 7. 00 pm. Salardav at tni aling 3W BIC and 3W )wr and EXPLORING OUR HISTORY ter Elizabeth Lundy, fifty dollars, Likewise give and bequeath unto my son Samuel Lundy's widow the sum of fifty dollars, I further will and direct one lot of wild land being the seventh lot in the sixth concession of the Township of Scott, in thesaid province of Upper Canada to be sold and the price togeth- er with all the rest and residue and remainder of my personal property of what kind and nature so ever after the legacies above mentioned are paid the residue i give and bequeath to my ten children (to wit) Richard Lundy, William Lundy, lohn Lundy, Samuel Lundy, Ebenezer Lundy, Hannah Shotwell. Elizabeth Lundy, Anna Pettet and Sarah Walton to be equally divided between them, to share and share alike. ‘ "And lastly I constitute and appoint Peter Wilson of the Township of William Mertens took obvious This portrait depicts Bob Lemon, his wife and their five young children, who were residents of the small community of Leinonville on McCowan Rd., south of Bloomington Sideroad. 0n the reverse is an elegant advertisement for the photographer's services. Many local families travelled to Main St. in Stouffville to have their family portrait taken by pholographer William Mertens. "Signed. Sealed published and declared by the said Samuel Lundy as his last will and testament in the pres- ence of us (signed) who in his presence and in presence of each other have here unto subscribed Samuel Lundy our names." (signed) loseph Hillborn, Peter Willson, Asa Randale. Whitchurch in the said Province Yeoman and my son Ebenezer Lundy of the same place Yeoman, Executes of my last Will and Testament giving unto them full power and authority in any case of difficulty to settle the same by arbitration. in writing whereof I have here with my hand this fouqh day of the seventh month A.D. one thousand eightâ€"hundred and twenty one.“ William Mertens took obvious pride in his work, and his artistry is apparent not only in the details of his photographs but also in their professional mounting. The back of each photograph is ornately printed, artistically por- traying the details of his photog- raphy services. Dressed in their finest outfits, his customers would make their wa upstairs to his studio in the ol section of Main St., for what was surely con- sidered a very special occasion. NOVEMBER 2003