Andrew Moffat^[1]

1803 - 1873  (70 years)

• Name	Andrew Moffat
  Gender	Male
  Affiliation	Mason
  Birth	17 March 1803	Upper Tunny Wall, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland   [1]
  Residence	1828	Linemoyle, Killesher Parish, County Fermanagh, Ireland
  Residence	about 1830	Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada
  Alternate Death	21 January 1873	Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	Indian teacher
  Occupation	Justice of Peace (1843), Orillia, Canada
  Occupation	Yeoman  [3]
  Religion	Wesleyan Methodist  [3]
  Death	21 June 1873	Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	The Orillia library has two obituaries.
  Person ID	I59009	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 March 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas Moffatt,   b. 1755, Ireland d. 1850, Ireland (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Ann Speer or Speirs,   b. 1760, Kinawley, County Fermanagh, Ireland d. Ireland
  Marriage	23 October 1780	Kinawley, County Fermanagh, Ireland   [4]
  Family ID	F41217	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Mercy Miner Manwaring,   b. 4 May 1809, Old Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, USA d. 12 October 1891, Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	28 December 1834	Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Rev. Samuel Belton (Wesleyan Methodist Minister); Witnesses James Moffatt and Alice Belton
  Children	1. Thomas Spear Moffat   2. Jabez Manwaring Moffat,   b. about 6 December 1837   d. 6 May 1860 (Age ~ 22 years)   3. I.M. Moffat,   b. about 1838   d. 1860, Canada (Age ~ 22 years)   4. Susan Wait Moffat,   b. about 1843, Ontario, Canada   5. Catherine Isabella Moffat,   b. about 1851, Ontario, Canada + 6. Charles Henry Moffat,   b. 31 May 1854, Orillia, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada + 7. Margaret Ann Moffat   8. Andrew Moffat   9. James John Moffat   10. Daughter Moffat
  Family ID	F41218	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 March 2010

  
  

• Notes

  Orillia Expositor, 21 January 1873 --- DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT --- Death has removed an unusually [sic. large] number of the old settlers in this as well as other parts of the Province during the past year. This week we are called upon to record the demise of one of the oldest and most favourably known residents of Orillia, Andrew Moffatt, Esq., who came here from the county of Fermanagh, Ireland, thirty four years ago. As a merchant, he accumulated a competency; as a Magistrate, he was active and respected. He leaves several sons and daughters, nearly all of whom are comfortably settled in life --- the eldest our former respected and enterprising fellow-townsman, Thomas S. Moffatt, Esq., of Minnesota. [1] Orillia Expositor 31 January 1873 DIED - At his residence; near Orillia on Tuesday last, the 21st ins ant, after a short illness, proceeding from a severe cold, Andrew Moffatt, Esq., aged 70 years. Deceased came from Fermanagh, Ireland, to Orillia 34 years ago, was successful merchant, a Magistrate for the County, and a consistent Mason, having been a “Royal Arch” for over half a century. He leaves behind him a large circle of friends, who sympathise deeply with his bereaved widow and children. The funeral will leave his late residence, on Saturday at 2 p.m. [1] A HISTORY OF SIMCOE COUNTY SOUTH ORILLIA, PAGE 163 Andrew Moffatt, the Indian teacher and interpreter, was appointed a justice of the peace in 1843, and was a resident from the time of his arrival early in the thirties until his death in 1873. His wife was a Miss Manwaring, a native of Connecticut, who came to Orillia also as a teacher of the Indians in 1832, and was married to Mr. Moffatt in 1834. They continued teaching the Indians until the removal of the band to Rama five years later, after which Mr. Moffatt went into business in Orillia. She survived her husband until October 12, 1891, passing away at the advanced age of 82 years. [1] A reprint of an old 1867 Orilia gazetteer and directory gives some insightful early history of the area including the idea that in 1835 there were only six white families in the whole town one being Andrew Moffatt. [1] The only published record found is the hand copy of the burial register for the cemetery of St Andrew and St. James which verifies that many of his family members are buried there with it verifying that Andrew did die 21 Jan 1873. [1] In Her Majesty’s Surrogate Court for the County of Simcoe Be it known that on the eleventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three the last will and testament of Andrew Moffatt late of the Township of Orillia in the County of Simcoe & Esquire who died on or about the twenty-first day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three at the Township of Orillia and who at the time of his death had a final place of abode at the Township of Orillia in the said County of Simcoe was proved and registered in the said Surrogate Court a true copy of which said last will and testament is hereunder written and that the administration of all and singular to the personal estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his will was granted by the aforesaid Court to Mercy Manwaring Moffatt of the Township of Orillia in the County of Simcoe, widow. Thomas Dallas of the said Township, Esquire, and Frederick John Robert Grant of the Village of Orillia in the County of Simcoe aforesaid Conveyance (sp?) the executrix and executors named in the said will they having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same by paying the past debts of the deceased and the legacy contained in his will so far as they are thereunto bound by the law and to exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said estate and effects rights and credits and to render a just and true account of their executorship whenever required by law so to do. }Seal Copy of the last will} And testament of} Andrew Moffatt deceased} James C. Morrow Registrar Surrogate Court County of Simcoe In the name of God Amen. I Andrew Moffatt of the Township of Orillia in the County Of Simcoe Province of Ontario Dominion of Canada, Farmer, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding (but considering the uncertainty of this mortal life) do make, publish, and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say: My will is that all my just debts and funeral charges shall be paid out of my estate by my executors herein after named as soon after my decease as they may think convenient. I give and bequeath to my daughter Margarit Ann Margaret five hundred dollars also what remains our Parkhill mortgage. I also give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Wait Huigg seven hundred dollars. I also give and bequeath to my daughter Kate Isabel one thousand dollars. I also devise and grant and bequeath to my son Charles Henry Moffatt my farm being composed of Lot No. eleven in the fifteenth concession of South Orillia with the exception of two acres on the North east corner of said Lot. Further I give and bequeath to my wife Mercy Manwaring Moffatt said two acres reserved from the farm as long as she remains my widow and at her decease to be divided equally among my children the amounts to pay the above legacies will be found in the shape of deposits in the Dominion Bank at Orillia and the Bank of Toronto at Darrie also notes and mortgages and what remains to be invested for the benefit of the family. My property in the Village of Atherly I wish to be sold and the avails thereof to be divided among the family. I also wish the household furniture, stock, & C. be and remain for use of my family. And I hereby nominate and appoint Mercy Manwaring Moffatt my wife, Thomas Dallas of Township of Orillia and Frederick R. Grant of the Village of Orillia to be sole executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made, signed sealed and declared by the said Andrew Moffatt to be his last will and testament, in the presence us who at his request in his presence of each other have subscribed our names as written hereto. Signed: Matthew Weeirman (sp?) David Weeirman In testimony whereof I the said Andrew Moffatt have hereunto set my hand and seal the nineteenth day of December in the year of Our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. Signed Andrew Moffatt. [1] Christian Guardian, Toronto 11 February 1835 MARRIAGES On Dec. 28th, Andrew Moffet, late of Niagara, to Mercy Manwarring, late of Troy, N.Y., both of the Indian Mission at the Narrows, Lake Simcoe. (Rev. S. Belton) On Jan 12th, James Moffet, assistant Missionary at the Narrows, to Margaret McPherson, of the township of Oro. (same) [1, 5] Andrew Moffat was a Mason. Occupation: Justice of Peace (1843) Orillia, Canada Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Residence Abt. 1830, Orillia, Ontario, CanadaName: Andrew MOFFAT Sex: M Birth: 17 MAR 1803 in Upper Tunny Wall, Enniskillen, County Fermanaugh, Ireland Death: 21 JUN 1873 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada Note: The Orillia library has two obituaries. Residence: ABT 1830 Orillia, Ontario, Canada Residence: 1828 Linemoyle, Killesher Parish, County Fermanaugh, Ireland Occupation: Justice of Peace (1843), Orillia, Canada Occupation: Indian teacher Religion: Wesleyan Methodist 1 AFLT: Mason Occupation: Yeoman 1 Orillia Expositor, 21 January 1873 --- DEATH OF AN OLD RESIDENT - Death has removed an unusually [sic. large] number of the old settlers in this as well as other parts of the Province during the past year. This week we are called upon to record the demise of one of the oldest and most favourably known residents of Orillia, Andrew Moffatt, Esq., who came here from the county of Fermanagh, Ireland, thirty four years ago. As a merchant, he accumulated a competency; as a Magistrate, he was active and respected. He leaves several sons and daughters, nearly all of whom are comfortably settled in life --- the eldest our former respected and enterprising fellow-townsman, Thomas S. Moffatt, Esq., of Minnesota. Orillia Expositor, 31 January 1873 DIED - At his residence; near Orillia on Tuesday last, the 21st ins ant, after a short illness, proceeding from a severe cold, Andrew Moffatt, Esq., aged 70 years. Deceased came from Fermanagh, Ireland, to Orillia 34 years ago, was successful merchant, a Magistrate for the County, and a consistent Mason, having been a "Royal Arch" for over half a century. He leaves behind him a large circle of friends, who sympathise deeply with his bereaved widow and children. The funeral will leave his late residence, on Saturday at 2 p.m. A HISTORY OF SIMCOE COUNTY SOUTH ORILLIA, PAGE 163 Andrew Moffatt, the Indian teacher and interpreter, was appointed a justice of the peace in 1843, and was a resident from the time of his arrival early in the thirties until his death in 1873. His wife was a Miss Manwaring, a native of Connecticut, who came to Orillia also as a teacher of the Indians in 1832, and was married to Mr. Moffatt in 1834. They continued teaching the Indians until the removal of the band to Rama five years later, after which Mr. Moffatt went into business in Orillia. She survived her husband until October 12, 1891, passing away at the advanced age of 82 years. A reprint of an old 1867 Orilia gazetteer and directory gives some insightful early history of the area including the idea that in 1835 there were only six white families in the whole town one being Andrew Moffatt. The only published record found is the hand copy of the burial register for the cemetery of St Andrew and St. James which verifies that many of his family members are buried there with it verifying that Andrew did die 21 Jan 1873. In Her Majesty's Surrogate Court for the County of Simcoe Be it known that on the eleventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three the last will and testament of Andrew Moffatt late of the Township of Orillia in the County of Simcoe & Esquire who died on or about the twenty-first day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three at the Township of Orillia and who at the time of his death had a final place of abode at the Township of Orillia in the said County of Simcoe was proved and registered in the said Surrogate Court a true copy of which said last will and testament is hereunder written and that the administration of all and singular to the personal estate and effects, rights and credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his will was granted by the aforesaid Court to Mercy Manwaring Moffatt of the Township of Orillia in the County of Simcoe, widow. Thomas Dallas of the said Township, Esquire, and Frederick John Robert Grant of the Village of Orillia in the County of Simcoe aforesaid Conveyance (sp?) the executrix and executors named in the said will they having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same by paying the past debts of the deceased and the legacy contained in his will so far as they are thereunto bound by the law and to exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said estate and effects rights and credits and to render a just and true account of their executorship whenever required by law so to do. Seal Copy of the last will And testament of Andrew Moffatt deceased James C. Morrow Registrar Surrogate Court County of Simcoe In the name of God Amen. I Andrew Moffatt of the Township of Orillia in the County Of Simcoe Province of Ontario Dominion of Canada, Farmer, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding (but considering the uncertainty of this mortal life) do make, publish, and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say: My will is that all my just debts and funeral charges shall be paid out of my estate by my executors herein after named as soon after my decease as they may think convenient. I give and bequeath to my daughter Margarit Ann Margaret five hundred dollars also what remains our Parkhill mortgage. I also give and bequeath to my daughter Susan Wait Huigg seven hundred dollars. I also give and bequeath to my daughter Kate Isabel one thousand dollars. I also devise and grant and bequeath to my son Charles Henry Moffatt my farm being composed of Lot No. eleven in the fifteenth concession of South Orillia with the exception of two acres on the North east corner of said Lot. Further I give and bequeath to my wife Mercy Manwaring Moffatt said two acres reserved from the farm as long as she remains my widow and at her decease to be divided equally among my children the amounts to pay the above legacies will be found in the shape of deposits in the Dominion Bank at Orillia and the Bank of Toronto at Darrie also notes and mortgages and what remains to be invested for the benefit of the family. My property in the Village of Atherly I wish to be sold and the avails thereof to be divided among the family. I also wish the household furniture, stock, & C. be and remain for use of my family. And I hereby nominate and appoint Mercy Manwaring Moffatt my wife, Thomas Dallas of Township of Orillia and Frederick R. Grant of the Village of Orillia to be sole executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made, signed sealed and declared by the said Andrew Moffatt to be his last will and testament, in the presence us who at his request in his presence of each other have subscribed our names as written hereto. Signed: Matthew Weeirman (sp?) David Weeirman In testimony whereof I the said Andrew Moffatt have hereunto set my hand and seal the nineteenth day of December in the year of Our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. Signed Andrew Moffatt. Christian Guardian, Toronto 11 February 1835 MARRIAGES On Dec. 28th, Andrew Moffet, late of Niagara, to Mercy Manwarring, late of Troy, N.Y., both of the Indian Mission at the Narrows, Lake Simcoe. (Rev. S. Belton) On Jan 12th, James Moffet, assistant Missionary at the Narrows, to Margaret McPherson, of the township of Oro. (same) 2 Father: Thomas MOFFAT b: 1755 in Ireland Mother: Ann SPEER (OR SPEIRS) Marriage 1 Mercy Miner MANWARING b: 4 MAY 1809 in Old Lyme, Connecticut Married: 28 DEC 1834 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada Rev. Samuel Belton (Wesleyan Methodist Minister); Witnesses James Moffatt and Alice Belton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S413] submitted by C A Hocker, Reunion data file. [S2278] submitted by La Nell Cook, GEDCOM file titled “lcookFBCGED3.ged”. [S387] 1861 Census, Orillia and Matchedash Dist 1 /p2, Canada. [S357] Mormon-LDS Web Site. [S383] Carolyn Davis Dyk , Family genealogy.