Which John GOODFELLOW came to West Gwillumbury?
I do not know how John GOODFELLOW acquired lot 14/Con 7 in West Gwillumbury. However, a possible scenario is that this John is the same John that acquired a lot in Markham in 1819 (see map enclosed). According to the “History of Simcoe County”, several Markham settlers (David and James Soule, George F. H. Warnica, moved to Simcoe (but to the northern part of Innisfil township, immediately north of West Gwillumbury (see detailed map). When John applied for the Markham land on 16 Jun 1819, he said he was age 26 and from Roxburgh, Scotland. This puts his birth year at 1792-3, probably close enough to the 1790-1 estimate above. Maybe the reason we can’t find a petition for the land in West Gwillumbury is that he had already received his land in Markham which he subsequently sold and used the proceeds to buy the land in West Gwillumbury.
