April 27, 2003:
 
Hello Al and Ron and Wes
 
I found your article an interesting summary of events that transpired not only in Carleton 
area but all over. I have been tracking down the Playter family, my wifes' side.
 
George Playter, an UEL from the revoluntionary war left Pennsylvania in 1786 for the East coast, 
New Brunswick. By 1796 they were in Kingston and from there to York aka Toronto. He was a Captain 
(given to him for his espionage against the Americans) and he seemed to be related to 
Lord Simcoe through marriage. He was put onto have pay as a Luet. given 1200 acres plus 100 
acres for each of his children which equalled a total of 2000 acres on the Don River in York. 
All his sons were officers in the war of 1812 and his one son kept a diary of the events 
during the attack in 1813 in April.
 
I still have to see if it was his brother Frederick Playter that resided in Ottawa, which I 
believe is, as the name Frederick is passed onto children within the family.
 
Many thanks for submitting the article to Bytown or Bust.
 
Take care
Taylor Kennedy          
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also posted on April 27, 2003:

Thanks for the note Taylor.  I knew that the Simcoe's had had tea at the Playters on a 
visit to Castle Frank but was not aware that they were somehow related.  I don't believe 
that Mrs Simcoe mentioned that in her diary.
 
I see that there were a Captain Playter and Lieutenant Playter in the Battalion Companies 
of the 2nd York Militia and that  George Junior was the quartermaster of the 
1st York Troop of Horse.  Were any of them active during the War?  At the capture of York?
 
I am curious about the information on George senior.  I cannot find him in the lists of 
Loyalist Regiments that settle Ontario and was intrigued by your statement that he not 
only received a Land Grant but also was on half-pay.  That was very unusual.  Normally, 
only officers of a regular regiment would receive half-pay but that doesn't jive with his 
land grant.  If he had been on half-pay from a regiment at the time of the Revolution, 
living in the colonies, and volunteered for the Provincial Corps or Indian Department or 
whatever and received his grant on that basis, this would make sense.  His Captain's rank 
would be his regular army rank and not related to any espionage in which he might have 
engaged.  I thought that I might find him in one of the corps of rangers.  What we would 
now call reconnaisance, was called spying in the 18th century and a "spy" described not 
only a cloak and dagger type but also  a scout from a military unit. Major Andre was a 
regular army officer on a clandestine mission when caught.  If we used the same terminology 
today, the SAS, US Navy Seals etc would be referred to as spies.
 
Any information that you could share on the Playters and their military associations would 
be helpful and I would like to add that info to my file.
 
Thanks,
 
Ron
April 28, 2003:
from Taylor:

Descendants of George Henry Playter

Generation No. 1

1.  George Henry1 Playter was born Abt. 1736 in Surrey, England, and died 
Bet. 1820 - 1822 in East York, Toronto, Ontario.  He married Elizabeth 
Welding Abt. 1765 in Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Notes for George Henry Playter:
   During the American Revolutionary War, George, classed as a cabinet 
maker,  was sent to New Jersey to fix a bridge that crossed the Croswick 
River that was destroyed the day before by the enemy. From Nottingham 
Township in Burlington County, George infiltrated the enemy lines and seized 
important information and documents for the Brittish. His life was in 
jeopardy, so he was given the command to return to PA to his family and head 
for Nova Scotia. This order was given in 1785 but George ended up with an 
inflamed lung and couldn't leave until the spring of 1786. Elizabeth Welding 
(his wife) had annuities from her grandmother's Will, Hannah Bitterhike. 
Both her and her sister Ann Welding.
Source - U.E.L. encyclopedia 1760 - 1800


Emmigrated to the Province of Ontario in the year of 1783, as stated in 
Sarah's petition for Crown Lands.
     source - Upper Canada Land Book "P", Petition # 32, Bundle # 3, Film 
C2489.


Stated in a letter from Frances Le Maistre M.S. to Lord Simcoe, copied by 
Thomas Talbot to Captain Porter, states that Lord John Greaves Simcoe is a 
RELATIVE of Mr. George Playter.
     source - Upper Canada Land Book "P", Petition #32, Bdle. Misc., Film 
C2488.


From a Petition of George Playter dated July 9, 1793 in Newark, New Jersey 
and in Council dated July 13, 1793. "To his Excellency John Greaves Simcoe 
Esq. Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, the petition of George Playter 
Esq., late of the County of Burlington, in the Province of West New Jersey, 
but now in Kingston in Upper Canada, humbley sheweth, that your petitioner 
is on half pay list as a reduced Captain - his services to the Crown in the 
late Rebellion, is fully known to his Excellency and many distinguished 
characters in the Province, he implores his Excellency therefore to grant 
him the quanitity of land allowed to a reduced Captain and he will as in 
duly ever pray."
     source - Upper Canada Land Book 'P', Petition # 17, Bundle # 1, Film 
C2488.


Reply to the aforementioned Petition that was in Council September 5, 1793. 
To his Excellency John Greaves Simcoe, Esq. Lieutenant Governor of Upper 
Canada and Colonel commanding his Majesty's Forces .  .  .  .  .
    The petition of George Playter humbley sheweth, that as his Excellency 
the Governor in Council has given to your petitioner and his eight children 
TWO THOUSAND acres of land. Your petitioner humbley prays that the lots 
marked for himself and sons, in the second concession in the Township of 
York or those nearest adjoining with a Town lot may be granted and your 
petitioner as in Duty Bound will ever pray. Signed George Playter
     source - Upper Canada Land Book 'P', Petition # 13, Bundle # 1, Film 
C2488.




Notes for Elizabeth Welding:
Dated September 8, 1806 - A petition of Elizabeth Playter wife of George 
Playter, to his Excellency, FRANCES GORE, Esq., Lieutenant Govenor of the 
Province of Upper Canada, request's her grant of waste lands of the Crown be 
granted to her as has been to persons of her descriptions. Signed by 
Elizabeth Playter.
     source; Upper Canada Land Book 'P', Petition # 20, Bundle 8, Film # 
C2490.



Children of George Playter and Elizabeth Welding are:
2 i. Eli2 Playter, born Abt. 1776 in Chesterfield Township, Burlington 
County, New Jersey.  He married Sophia Beman November 27, 1806 in St. James 
Anglican, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Notes for Eli Playter:
The following notes are important to read as they lead up to April 1813 
where Eli has placed important notes in his diary relating to the attack on 
York. The following sets the scene of events.

   ELY PLAYTER, who had a farm on Yonge Street, mentioned in his daily diary 
that on July 6, 1812, he went into town where he "heard that War was 
Declared by the Americans". The YORK GAZETTE of July 11, 1812, carried the 
proclamation issued on the sixth that "on the seventeenth day of June last, 
the Congress of the United States of America declared that War then existed 
between those States and their Territories, and the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland and the dependecies thereof...............".
   The causes seemed very remote from Upper Canadian concerns and interests. 
In his war message to Congress, President Madison gave the main reason for 
the clash between Britain and America to be England's policy on the high 
seas and her claim  to a virtual monopoly of navigation and commerce 
thereon.  Driven to desperate measures by the protracted  Napoleonic  Wars 
and their tangled alliances, England deployed her Navy to full effect. Her 
men-o-war blocked ports, searched ships of other nations for deserters from 
the Royal Navy, and sailed close off American ports, harassing inbound and 
outbound traffic.
   The ironic note, so often struck by History, was that the confrontation 
came at a time when England was prepared to moderate some of her more high 
handed actions; by then, however, national emotions in America had been too 
thoroughly aroused. There had been rumours of Brittish and Canadian agents 
stirring up the Indians of the Western Territories to go on tomahawk 
rampages against American settlements. These territories did not as yet have 
a vote to influence decisions in Congress, but such stories were more 
irritation to add to the fundemental grievences on maritime matters.
   From the American point of view, Upper Canada was merely an area that 
could be attacked to strain England's already war-stretched resources even 
futher,  and perhaps become a hostage to held to ransom at the post war 
bargaining table.

Background to the Battle of York

In the winter of 1813, American Secretary of War John Armstrong's strategy 
is simple: secretly mass an army at Sackett's Harbour before spring 
break-up. Once Lake Ontario is open to navigation, Commodore Isaac 
Chauncey's ships will ferry the troops across Lake Ontario to Kingston, 
which they should capture easily enough, given that it is known to be but 
lightly defended. Furthermore, once Kingston is in U.S. hands, Upper Canada 
must soon enough fall as well. From Kingston, it is but an easy sail down 
the St. Lawrence River and the capture of difficult to defend Montreal; and 
from Montreal, Quebec City is not so very far away.... On paper, at least, 
it seems like a perfectly good plan.

But, as Armstrong is about to learn, in the real world, nothing happens as 
it does on paper.

The British get wind of American intentions and rush reinforcements on a 
winter snowshoeing journey of epic proportions, all the way from 
Fredericton, New Brunswick, to Kingston, Upper Canada. Chauncey and American 
army commander, General Henry Dearborn, hear rumours of the fresh troops' 
arrival at Kingston. The American army at Sackett's Harbour still greatly 
outnumbers the British defenders of Kinston, but in the American commanders' 
overheated imagination, it is the other way around; it is they who are now 
outnumbered.

Why risk defeat at Kingston, reason the timorous Americans, when attacking 
York, the Upper Canadian capital, could serve just as well? Besides, the 
frigates Isaac Brock and Duke of Gloucester are still under construction at 
York. The balance of naval power on Lake Ontario is so precarious that the 
loss of two ships could deal the British a blow from which they might never 
recover. Somehow, Chauncey and Dearborn manage to convince Armstrong that 
the taking of York would be just as effective against the British as the 
taking of Kingston could have been.

In fact, what they propose amounts to attempting to fell a tree by chopping 
off one of its limbs rather than its trunk.

Overland Trek to Kingston

Having failed in their first invasion of Lower Canada, the Americans began 
building up strength at Sacket's Harbour, New York. The objective was the 
British garrison across Lake Ontario at Kingston. Due to the shortage of 
British and Canadian regular troops in the area, the only soldiers available 
to defend Kingston were are seven hundred miles away, in Fredericton, New 
Brunswick.

The outcome of the battles of the War of 1812 often depended on how single 
battalions and individual officers responded to a crisis. In the winter of 
1813, the soldiers facing the challenge are from the New Brunswick regiment, 
almost all of whom are Canadians. Leading them is the young officer John Le 
Couteur. From an old military family, Le Couteur is a fresh graduate of 
England's new military academy. He is fluent in French and English, and 
ideally suited for service in Canada.

On February 5, Le Couteur records in his journal that it is clear and cold: 
thirteen degrees below zero in Fredericton. News has arrived that the New 
Brunswick regiment has been ordered to march overland to Upper Canada. This 
will mean crossing hundreds of miles of bush in the dead of winter; there 
are no roads, no trails, and no shelters. A trip like this has never been 
attempted before.

The New Brunswickers will make the trek in an astonishing fifty-two days 
without losing a single one of the five hundred and fifty men. The 
triumphant arrival of the reinforcements in Kingston ends the immediate 
threat of an American attack.

Le Couteur's incredible journal recorded much of the march. The following 
quotations are some of his observations:

"A garrison order announced the intended march. It was hailed by men and 
officers with enthusiasm, as an effort yet unknown in British warfare and 
therefore well worthy of British soldiers to accomplish. There is a 
characteristic cheerfulness in the Canadian soldier, inherited from his 
French ancestry, which, being lively and good-tempered, tended much toward 
lightening the labours of a heavy march or the hardships of the campaign, 
and accorded perfectly with the dogged and varied characters of the English, 
Irish and Scotch which completed the regiment."

"The company presented a most unmilitary appearance, as it marched without 
arms or knapsacks, in Indian file, divided into squads, so many to each 
toboggan, the rear of it being nearly half a mile from the front."

"I may well say, if possible, as those who have not experienced it, cannot 
figure to themselves the extreme frigidity of a temperature from eighteen to 
twenty-seven degrees below zero. When we got to the end of our day's march, 
the cold was so intense that the men could scarcely use their fingers to hue 
down the firewood and to build huts. And it was dark before we could 
commence cooking, if sticking a bit of salt pork on the end of a twig and 
holding it in a fire could be soaked out. It generally happened that we were 
as completely enveloped in smoke as an Eskimo family, but like them, we 
found it much more agreeable than having no smoke at all, as it warmed the 
hut. Moreover, I imagined that sleep without fire in such cold would have 
proved the sleep of death."

"On the twelfth of April, we were marching up a gentle ascent, when suddenly 
there lay before our astonished and delighted view, the town of Kingston, 
the magnificent Lake Ontario, and what was far more surprising still, a 
squadron of ships of war frozen on its bosom. It produced a striking and 
indescribable sensation, as none of us Europeans appeared to have reflected 
on the circumstance of being sure to find a fleet of man-of-war on a 
freshwater lake!"

The British at the Battle of York

In the last days of April 1813, the American fleet is spotted making for 
York. Unfortunately, British general Roger Hale Sheaffe, the victor of the 
Battle of Queenston Heights, cannot be sure exactly where the Americans will 
land. He splits his little band of three hundred regulars to post a 
detachment east of the village in case that should prove the intended 
landing site. The rest of the regulars and perhaps a hundred native 
warriors, he keeps on standby at the garrison barracks near Government 
House. He then calls out the militia.

On the morning of April 27, the American warships come into the harbour and 
sail past the village to anchor a couple of miles west of Government House. 
Sheaffe promptly dispatches the warriors, a company of Glengarry 
Highlanders, and a company of British grenadiers to try and stop the 
Americans before they can establish a beachhead. The York Volunteers are 
sent out to protect the regulars' flank and act as guides. Unfortunately, 
under their guidance, everybody becomes temporarily lost in the woods and by 
the time everybody finally reaches the landing point, the Americans' first 
wave is already ashore and their riflemen taking pot shots at the late 
arriving British and Canadians.

The best the regulars and Glengarries can do is fight a delaying action 
along the lake road against the far more numerous invaders. The York 
Volunteers rapidly lose heart and all but vanish, along with the warriors 
who seem to melt into the woods. The American ships, meanwhile, are pouring 
a deadly barrage of grapeshot on the remaining British defenders.

Sheaffe realizes he can't possibly stop the Americans, so he resolves to 
prevent them from seizing the Isaac Brock, the frigate still under 
construction in the harbour, and the several hundred barrels of gunpowder in 
the garrison's main magazine, before retreating with his regulars to fight 
another day. Luckily, the Duke of Gloucester, the other warship until 
recently also under construction here, sailed away only days before.

By the time the magazine explodes in a deafening roar, the Isaac Brock is 
ablaze and Sheaffe and his men are marching away at the far end of town. 
This leaves the two ranking militia commanders and their self-appointed 
"advisor," the Reverend John Strachan, to negotiate the terms of the 
surrender of the little capital.

   From the book "An Early History of the Todmorden Mills" by Eleanor Darke, 
she quotes a section from John Ross Robertson's "Landmarks of Toronto" 
Volume VI, page 357.--------- The Don Valley was raided by the American 
troops during the War of 1812. Although within the framework of the whole 
war these forays were insignificant, they were no doubt occasions of great 
concern and excitement to the area's inhabitants. The first visit was to the 
Playter properties in 1813. The Playter sons were all officers in the 
militia and the Americans hoped to capture them in their raid. They failed 
in this, although they did succeed in capturing their elderly father, George 
Playter. He gave his 'parole' not to fight in the war and was released.
   According to Robertson, the Playter property was also targeted because 
"many of the archives of the Province of Ontario were conveyed to their 
residences for safety, but that precaution was in vain for the invaders 
found out where they had been placed and carried away all they could lay 
their hands on". According to ELI PLAYTER, they didn't just take the 
government records. They also stole his sword, razor, jewellery and some 
clothing. - source Eli's diary
    His diary goes on to delight in the fact that the American soldiers 
hadn't succeeded in getting all they were looking for in the valley. The 
Playter sons, with the help of some of their neighbours, including Samuel 
Sinclair, had undertaken to remove two boatloads of ammunition from the 
Garrison in York before it was abandoned. These boats were brought across 
the Bay and up the Don to the north end of the Playter property where the 
ammunitions were buried and the boats scuttled. The first boat made it up 
without trouble, but the second became stuck at the "Big Bend" and had to be 
partially unloaded before it could be refloated. The Americans were 
reportedly in hot pursuit of these boats, having been informed of them by 
traitors in York. Fortunately, the pursuing Americans were unfamiliar with 
the river and gave up the chase when they also got stuck at the "Bend".
   It was lucky for the Don Mills that the American troops failed to advance 
any farther up the river. Mills were prime industrial targets and, with 
their owner an active combatant, it is likely that they would have been 
destroyed. There was also considerable excitment at the mouth of the Don.  A 
large frigate was under construction there. The retreating Brittish and 
Canadian troops burned it and all it stores to prevent them from falling 
into American hands.

Marriage Notes for Eli Playter and Sophia Beman:
Taken from the Early marriages of St James Church, Toronto, York County.
Volume 3, p.p.395, Landmarks of Toronto, St. James York
Thursday, November 27, 1806 married by Rev'd George O'Kill Stuart - by 
Licence - Eli Playter and Sophia Beman. Eli Playter was (is as he is still 
alive) the son of George Playter, one of the original owners of the first 
PARK Lots in the Town of York. Eli Playter was for sometime M.P.P. for the 
North Riding of York.

Eli Playter was also a witness to the marriage of William Parker and Jane 
Kerr in August 20, 1821.

3 ii. John Playter, born Abt. 1768 in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Provinces; died 
August 14, 1853 in York, Toronto, Ontario.  He married Sarah Ellerbeck 
August 01, 1796 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario.

Notes for John Playter:
On the 1851 Census for York East, John is alive and states he was born in 
Nova Scotia as a place of birth.

From the 1851 Census for York County, York East Township shows
John's age as being 82 years old making his birth year about 1769.

From Mackenzie's Weekly Message, August 18, 1853 - On the 14th inst. Jno. 
Playter Sr., on the Don, aet. 83. Estimated year of birth is 1770.

Notes for Sarah Ellerbeck:
From the 1851 Census for York County, York East Township shows
Sarah's age as being 76 years old making her birth year about 1775.

From the 1861 Census for York East Twp. Reel # C1090, Pg. 2, Line 36, shows
Sarah's age as being 82 years old making her birth year about 1779.



4 iii. Elizabeth Playter, born Abt. 1770; died April 18, 1825.  She married 
(1) Thomas Parry.  She married (2) David McGregor Rogers Abt. 1811.

Notes for Elizabeth Playter:
Age 55 years when she died.

5 iv. Watson Playter, born December 09, 1766; died September 23, 1834 in 
Whitchurch, Ontario.  He married Priscilla Waterman Abt. 1792.

Notes for Watson Playter:
Quaker Records - Toronto Archives MS881, Reel #4, Item 30.
Shows the death of Watson Playter aged 67 years old.

Notes for Priscilla Waterman:
Quaker Records - Toronto Archives MS881, Reel #4, Item 30.
Shows the date of death of Pricilla Playter.

6 v. JamesThomas Playter, born April 10, 1772; died October 11, 1809.  He 
married (1) Margery Bolton Bef. 1798.  He married (2) Hannah Miles December 
24, 1798 in York East, York County.

Notes for Hannah Miles:
From the 1851 census, Reel # C11759, District 2, Vaughan Twp., Pg. 85, Line 
43
shows the following :
Hannah's age as being 71 years old making her birth year about 1781.
Living in Concession 1, Lot 45 - 215 acres. Classed as a Widow.

7 vi. Sarah Playter, born Abt. 1776 in Newark, New Jersey, USA; died 
February 11, 1810 in York East, York County, Ontario.  She married David 
McGregor Rogers January 06, 1802 in St. James Anglican, Toronto, York 
County, Ontario, Canada.

Notes for Sarah Playter:
On the 11th instant Mrs. Rogers, the amiable consort of D. McG. Rogers 
M.P.P. and daughter of Captain George Playter.
     source : From the York Gazette, Toronto, February 14, 1810.


Dated September 4, 1897 in Council ; This is a petition for Sarah Playter, 
daughter of a U.E. Loyalist, her father, to the Honourable PETER RUSSEL, 
President of the Province of Upper Canada. Stating that her father George 
Playter was and is a Lieutenant of the Militia for some years belonging to 
the Regiment commanded by Colonel Richard Cartwright of Kingston and is 
requesting her portion of equal quantities of land that may be allowed to 
persons of her descriptions. Also states that they emmigrated to this 
Province in the year of The Lord 1783. Signed at York on August 27, 1797.
     source; Upper Canada Land Book 'P', Petition 32, Bundle 3, Microfilm 
C2489.


Dated in 1800 is another petition stating the aforementioned including that 
she is of the age of 21 years.
     source; Upper Canada Land Book 'P', Petition 28, Bundle 5, Microfilm 
C2489.



Marriage Notes for Sarah Playter and David Rogers:
Taken from the Early marriages of St James Church, Toronto, York County.

8 vii. Hannah Playter, born Abt. 1781.
9 viii. Mary Playter, born Abt. 1782 in Newark, New Jersey, USA; died 
February 20, 1847 in Port Hope, Ontaio.  She married Thomas Ward January 30, 
1803 in St. James Anglican, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.

Notes for Mary Playter:
Aged 65 when she died.

Notes for Thomas Ward:
Of Cramahe.

Marriage Notes for Mary Playter and Thomas Ward:
Taken from the Early marriages of St James Church, Toronto, York County.

10 ix. George Playter, born Abt. 1788 in Upper Canada; died September 23, 
1863 in Stamford, Niagara Falls, Welland County.  He married Frances 
Kendrick Abt. 1809.

Notes for George Playter:
George Playter Jr. had the first stage coach line that ran between 
Newmarket, Holland Landing and York along Yonge Street. It was called George 
Playter and Sons, and sold to William Weller of Cobourg in 1833.
source - The Yonge Street story by F.R. Berchem

From the 1851 Census for East Gwilliambury, Part II, shows the following
George's age is 63 years old making his birth year about 1788.

NOTE : Helen is living and classed under George and his wife Frances.
From the 1851 Census for East Gwilliambury, Part II, shows the following
Helen's age is 5 years old making her birth year about 1846.

George states he was born in Canada. Maybe the Atlantic Provinces as his 
brother John who was born in Nova Scotia.

Buried in St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Cemetery on Portage North 
in Niagara Falls. Single white pyramid, 4 sided, with two inscriptions reads 
as:
George Playter died September 23, 1863 aged 75 years.
Fanney his wife died February 17, 1869 aged 78 years.
On one side and on the other side - R.B.C. Playter died June 28, 1883 aged 
68 years.
Beside the tombstone is a concrete curved stone with the words "Captain 
Playter" on top.

Notes for Frances Kendrick:
From the 1851 Census for East Gwilliambury, Part II, shows the following
Frances's age is 58 years old making her birth year about 1793.

Buried in St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Cemetery on Portage North 
in Niagara Falls. Single white pyramid, 4 sided, with two inscriptions reads 
as:
George Playter died September 23, 1863 aged 75 years.
Fanney his wife died February 17, 1869 aged 78 years.
On one side and on the other side - R.B.C. Playter died June 28, 1883 aged 
68 years.
Beside the tombstone is a concrete curved stone with the words "Captain 
Playter" on top.
 December 28, 2005:
Wes:-
 
    My name is Norm Stewart and according to information that my Great Grandmother 
    Charlotte Georgina Playter has left, she is descended from the Capt. George 
    Playter who received the land grants in what is now in the center of Toronto. 
    The lot numbers in the registry of the County York are quoted.
 
    Among the papers is some research that Burkes Peerage did for her. She has all 
    the dots apparently connected to a George Playter sho was born in Wapping near 
    London in 1836 and emigrated to New jersey in 17. That family is traced back to 
    the 1400's.
    
    A complete list of all his children and where they were born and the dates and 
    where they died, (most in the country of York, Ontario}.
 
    My Great Grandmother who, I remember as a young lad growing up during the war, 
    was born in 1858 and died in Toronto in 1955 being in her 97th year.
 
    I am in possession of  numerous Newspaper clippings dating back to the 1800s 
    concerning the family.
 
    George Playter the United Empire Loyalist, built a house in 1796 near Castle Frank, 
    Toronto and named it Drumsnab, it still exists today and is lived in. The reference 
    to Governor Simcoe is also quoted as will as Mr. Scadding in his Book Toronto of Old.  
    Capt. Playter's Son's house just north of the Danforth, still stands on Playter Crescent.
 
    My Great Grandmother in 1879 Married Charles William Lea, of the original settlers on 
    land that became Leaside a suburb of Toronto. The original grant was 100 acres and 
    they expanded that to over 200 acres. Her Father was Charles Playter.
 
    I hope you find this short blurb interesting and I would share with you anything 
    that I have.
 
Yours sincerely,
Norm Stewart