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The first Jordan Post, was born in Connecticut in 1767, settled in York, Upper Canada, about 1796, at which time he married Melinda Woodruff of Pickering. He was a clock maker and owned much land in the southern part of which is now the City of Toronto. Jordan and Melinda Streets in Toronto were named after them. Late, Mr. Post traded 15 acres at the corner of Yonge and Melinda Sts. for 500 acres in Scarborough and settled his family in that area. George Washington Post, his brother, settled in Pickering very early in the history of that Township. He is first listed as an elected assessor in the Township records of the Town Meeting of March 6, 1815. He subsequently held many other important Township offices. George Post died in 1837, leaving a family of five sons and two daughters. The sons were, Asa, John, Hiram, George, and Jordan. The latter, building the Post Manor. The Post family home was located two miles east of Pickering Village at lot 4, Con. 1, and was for many years, a staging station, or Inn, and the scene of many lively and interesting times. With the advent of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1856, staging became obsolete and the legends of Post's stopping place, passed into history. This tavern was afflicted with cholera in 1832. Jordan Post, the younger, was born in 1814, and built Post Manor at a relatively young age of 27, Matilda, his bride, was 21 at the time. Lot 19, Con. 1, containing 200 acres had been patented to the Honourable David William Smith on July 16, 1799. In 1837, Asa Post, George's son, purchased 33 acres of Lot 19, Con. 1, north of the Kingston Road from John Tool, and together with the south half of Lot 19, Con. 2, from D. W. Smith. Later his brother Jordan bought the property. Here, Jordan established a sawmill on Duffin's Creek at the spot where Brock Road crosses it. He enjoyed much prosperity, which included an active export business to the United States, particularly through Oswego, N. Y. area. Jordan died on March 1, 1860, at the age of 46. Matilda lived on until April 9, 1886, being a resident in the house for 45 years. A tall granite obelisk marks the spot where Jordan and Matilda are buried in the old graveyard on the south side of Kingston Road opposite and within sight of the house which, together, they had built and loved. Of the family of 8 children, only three daughters remained in Canada. The five sons all moved to the United States, namely, Robert, Charles Asa, Jordan George, John James, and Walter. (Picture 1, top left) Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Post. Circa 1830 (Picture 2, top right) Jordan Post 1814 - 1860 (Picture 3, bottom left) Posts' Tavern - Built 1815 (Picture 4, bottom right) Miss Annie Post (Personal Card)