1823: William BEBEE, Betsey VANHORN - Markham, Feb 11 1823, B - Frederick Vanhorn, Agnist Tanholder (WJ) [Index to Early Marriages in the Home District 1800-1850, copy from Markham Museum]. [NOTE: Markham Museum report indicates that the “WJ” reference in this index, which was prepared by the Museum, refers to the marriage registers of Rev. William Jenkins, Richmond Hill Presbyterian, which are available on microfilm at AO and elsewhere].
1833 [grantee] & 1845, 1846, 1849 [grantor] - See entries in Abstract Index of Deeds for Lot 6 Con 9 Markham Twp.
1837: Beeby William 9 6 Markham [Surname Given Name Concession & Lot # Township. 1837 City of Toronto and the Home District Commercial Directory].
1839: Wm Ellis BEBEE (Markham), Sarah CLOSSON (Scarboro) - Dec 19 1839, L - John & Stephen Closson II-100 (34) [Index to Early Marriages in the Home District 1800-1850, copy from Markham Museum]. [NOTE: A copy of the original record should be found in the Home District Marriage Registers, available on microfilm at AO].
"SPARTA (BOX GROVE). A map of 1850 by George W. Phillips shows... William Beebe, a blacksmith, on lot 6W1/2, conc. 9,... and William Beebe's blacksmith shop stood on the north-east corner. William Beebe was earlier in the Buttonville area, and likely came here with the Tomlinsons, as in the 1830s they were both on lot 11, conc. 4. Mr. Beebe was a fine toolmaker, stamping his products with his name. His family, son Silas, and grandson Byron, were also noted blacksmiths. William Beebe was buried in Elmwood cemetery, Markham. the last blacksmith on this location was Frank Mann." ["Markham 1793-1900" researched and written by the Committee for the History of Markham Township, edited by Isabel Champion, published by Markham Historical Society. (Ontario, Canada).]
1850-51: Beebe William E. Con 9 Lot 6 [Extract from Roswell’s Directory of Toronto and County of York for Year 1850-51, by Henry Roswell., Township of Markham. Note there is no “V” in the entry, which would denote that the party lives in the Village of Markham].
1851 census: log house 1-1/2 stories, 1 family. BEEBE: Wm E, 52 , b.US, religion-EM; Sarah, 39, b.Canada; 8 children, names hard to read, Wm 21, Lucy Ann 18, Mary Jane 16, ???? 12(?), Nancy 11, Geo 9, Lorenzo 4, and Sophia maria (?) 2. [p.281, 1851 Census, Markham Twp., York Co., Dist 5, Wards 3 & 5, C-11759, (con. 5, L 7)] [alt. source: Markham, Ontario Census Indexes 1851-1881, compiled by Louise I. Hope].
1861 census: Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario, Canada, div [ED#] 15, pg 151, NAC#C-1088, LDS#0390222. BEEBE William E. male 60 married, born United S., religion E.M., occupation black smith; Sarah female 48 married born U. Canada, religion E.M.; Paulina F 20 S U Canada E.M.; Nancy F 19 S U. Canada E.M.; Lydia F 8 S U. Canada E.M.; George M 17 S U. Canada E.M. black smith; Lorenzo M 13 S U. Canada E.M; Joseph MALAY blacksmith b.Ireland religion EnglishC age 24 black smith. 1-story, 1-family, frame house. Bounded on North by line between lots 10 & 11, south by Scarborogh, east by Pickering. Lots from 1 to 10 in 9, 10, & 11 Con inclusive (?). 50 acres, edge tool making, $4000 capital invested in business, raw materials one ton iron & 200 lb stock value $200, 1 hand employed $8/mo cost, annual product 200 axes value $400, shop on lot no. 6 in 9 Con.
1866: York & Peel directory, William, blacksmith, lot 6 con 9 Markham.
1871: BEEBE: Wm Ellis 70 b.U.States EpisMethod origi German [something crossed out] blacksmith married; Sarah 58 b.Ontario origin [unreadable] married; Nancy 27 school teacher; George 22; Lydia 20; CLOSSON Lenora (?) female 17origin [unreadable; Canadian crossed out]. Industrial Establishments: Edge Tool Shop proprietor William E. BEEBE, $200 fixed capital, $200 floating capital, 12 working mos/yr, 2 avg people employed, $750 aggregate yearly wages, moving power - hand, raw materials - iron & steel coal [unreadable] aggregate value $200, Products - Axes & carpenter tools pump tools etc aggregate value $1500 [1871 census p.48 Div 45D5, C-9969, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario]. Real Estate & Vehicles [all blank]. Cultivated Land: range/concession 9 lot 6, Owner, 8 total acres occupied, 6 acres in pasture, 2 acres gardens/orchards. Produce: 30 bushels potatoes. Plants/Fruits/Other: 50 bushels apples. Livestock: 1 horse over 3 years, 1 colt/filly, 1 milch cows, 2 other horned cattle, 3 swine, 2 hives of bees. Animal Products: 17 swine killed or sold for slaughter or export, [200 pounds of butter, crossed out]. Industrial stablishments: [all blank]. Forest Products: 60 census standard pine logs, 20 cords firewood. [RMB transcription of Agricultural census]. BEEBE , WM ELLIS, Sex: Male, Age: 70, Birthplace: UNITED STATES, Religion: Episcopal Methodist/Methodist Episcopal, Origin: GERMAN, Occupation: BLACKSMITH [Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index), District: YORK EAST ( 045 ), Sub-district: Markham ( D ), Division: 5, Page: 48, Microfilm reel: C-9969, Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada]. Beebe Wm Ellis, 70, b.US, religion-EM, Sarah, 58, b.Ontario, p.183/5 [Markham, Ontario Census Indexes 1851-1881, compiled by Louise I. Hope].
1876: Elmwood Cem., Markham, Ontario, Canada:“IN
MEMORY OF
WILm E. BEEBE
WHO DIED
MARCH 31, 1876
AGED 74 YRs 11 MO
& 22 Days”
“Van Horne and Hedrick - William Van Horn of Whitehouse, Hunterdon Co., New jersey, anxious to set up his sons on their own land, travelled to Upper Canada in 1787 and after a number of trips, received a grant of land in Pelham Township (Niagara) in 1796; William then disappeared without a trace, the possible victim of an epidemic. His sons, Abraham, b. 1776, and John, b. 1780 also came to Upper Canada in 1800; in 1801, Abraham and his father-in-law John frederick Hedrick received the patents for lot 33 and lot 32, conc. 3. John Hedrick sold lot 32 early on; lot 33 was sold in 1834 to Christian Heise and Abraham Van Horn, and Hedrick then acquired lot 9, conc. 2, the south half of which went in 1831 to David Cohn who had married Lucy Hedrick, the north half in 1832 to Frederick Van Horn. lots 9, 10, 11 and 12 were in the possession of these two families for the better part of the century. In 1800, Abraham Van Horn had married Elizabeth Hedrick, b. 1784. Their family were: Frederick, b. 1801, married Jerusha Chapman; William, b. 1802 (1812?), d. 1867 unmarried; Elizabeth, 1804-38, married William Beebe who became a noted Blacksmith and toolmaker in Sparta; John, b. 1806-07, married Margaret Leys in 1830 and Sarah Ann Matthews in 1852; Lucy, 1809-52, married Thomas Boden; James, b. 1810 (1816?); Abraham, 1811-95, married Amelia (Mary Ann?) Whitney; Sarah, 1813-59, married Jacob Size, a carpenter of Unionville; Juliana (Nancy), b. 1815, married David Watson; George, 1817-54, married Mary Ann Stiver, b. 1808, and farmed part of lot 10, conc. 2; Margaret, b. 1818, married William Chapman and farmed lot 12, conc. 2; Peter, b. 1821, married Mary Jane (Anne?) Marwood and farmed part of lot 10 conc. 2; Susannah, 1824-97, married Henry Hooper - of nine sons and two daughters, all but son George and one daughter went to the United States; Phoebe, 1826-86, married William Tomlinson, 1819-1889, son of Jonathan Tomlinson. John Van Horne, b. 1780, married Mary, a sister of Elizabeth Hedrick, and lived in Markham for a time and then acquired land in Georgina (lot 8, conc. 4); but his father-in-law Hedrick persuaded them to come to his property in Pickering, lot 35, conc. 1, which was patented to him in 1818 and remained in Van Horne hands until 1916. John Hedrick’s third daughter, Lucy, married David Cohn and farmed lot 9, conc. 3. There was a son, Christian Hedrick, b. 1792.” ["Markham 1793-1900" researched and written by the Committee for the History of Markham Township, edited by Isabel Champion, published by Markham Historical Society. (Ontario, Canada).]
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