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9. then the Lord would make way for me in his one time, and I found my stor had ben opened and I thought I had lost 400 or 500 dolers by theves. And I heird when I got hom that Jacob Winn was bured and his dartor Pheby a fin yong woman, Jobe Cogsck his son in law and my dartor Mary was very sik. And I went to that plas and soon my dartor a fin inasant yong marred woman dyed and left a loving husban Asa Rogers with 9 childorn for I had 3 dartors marred three brothers all Roger's, but very litil if any related. I had 5 dartors marred and doing very well all but one and she dyed in a few weaks and two sons, one son in law Rufus Rogers. They all apeired to dy fully in the lov of our lord Jesus Christ only one and him I had reson to hope dyed well and we bured three grandchildoron. Heir was a grate trial. I was very sik, my wife unwell and nine all sik at onse of which we bured 3 ner my hous* and the Lord cosed my mind to bair up under all this. But many told me my state made them think of Jobe and truly my sole doth offon bles and prase his name in all his giving and taking from me. In l808 John Simson came thru Canada a fine tender minastor from Buks county in Pensalvany. Fine service he had and as it was his request I went with him soon aftor a comety came from both yerly metings in a joint copasaty. This town Picoron lays on about the sentor of Lake Ontarao wheir emtys a fine streme cold Dofins Crik. This is a fine streme and I bilt my mil, so a bote cold com 3 mils from the Lake Shore and land at my mil dor, a fine fishery it is. Our samon commonly waies aftor well dressed about 7 or 8 pounds and some 15 or 20 pounds. We have a grate varyety of fish in this lake which is 300 mils navabel— for grate shiping and the grate wators that make the river St. Larens runs thru this lake and Nygara Fols at the hed and the repits below Osago at the outlet and Montroal our first see port. Smith has give a history of Uper Canada and sevril travelors Oscar Var and old pardner Anthony, that I refer those to that want a history accounpt but I only rite to ese my mind. This plas although very new is about the sentor of frends in Uper Canada. I beleve in time will preduse a yerly meting within ten mils of this spot whair I liv on Dofins Crik and on the 7 day of the 10 month l808 John Brown fols meting Buks county--John Shumaker in Shumakers town, Abington meting both in Pensalvana. Hannah Fisher of Phelade-lphy and Rebacor Archer of Burlington the yerly meting for frends for Pensalvana and New Jarsa to be held at Philadephy and from the yerly meting for frends held at N. York, Ann Shiply of New York City Anna Merit of Nine padnes and Rubin Haight of Ninpardnis with sevril others for pilit and company. These I went considorabil with and a blessed viset it was to us in Uper Canada and in my last atandans of our two yerly metings I saw them all and mostly at their one horns and it was in the pour of truth that both yerly metings agreaid and did think best to alow and set up a half yeirs meting in Canada that was to be held at West Lake meting on forth day following the last first day in the first month at Yong Strete on 4 day following the last firs day in the eighth month select meting. At my retorn I found a grate deth on Yong Strete and had been hevy on my beloved frends famaly. I mean Jacob Winn and mine for I had had forteen childoron, 8 sons and six dartors, my two oldest sons that was marred dont belong among frends but air setold on Yong Strete, five dartors that was marred, all dyed—2 sons John eighteen and John Elmsly about nine yers old and also the man he was named on the accounpt of I heir is ded. My wif intierly giv us bisnes—my famaly almost half gon I had ben bilding gris mil, sawmil and sevril log bildings and from the first weke I came heir I always sot down to wait on the lord in my one house on first days and John Haight that marred Marah Rogers. * Roger's log buildings have been gone for many years but Miss E. Richardson remembers his frame house on Lot 13, Con. 1 south of the Quaker church and in the area that is now the south east section of Morley Park subdivision. His mills were on the mill site still in use until the fire of 1956, close to the 401 overpass and the C. N. R. bridge.