The son of Quaker parents John Bostwick (c1749-1830) and Mary Lardner (c1754-1838) he removed from Baltimore shortly after his birth settling at Duck Creek, Kent Co., Delaware. By 1785 the family had removed to Wilmington and in 1789 Washington Co., OH. He emigrated to Canada settling at Niagara in 1804 where, in 1808, he married Sarah Bradshaw. He moved with his wife and Family to Muddy York in 1810 and established himself as a Carriage Manufacturer and Wheelwright at his home lot on the then outskirts of town, the South East Corner of King and Yonge Streets. He served in the 3rd Regiment of the York Militia under a young Lieutenant John Beverly Robinson and was captured by the Americans at the Battle of York and paroled on April 27th, 1813. In March, 1814, he was appointed Pound Keeper. On the 27th of March, 1834 he was elected as the first Councillor for the St. Lawrence Ward in Toronto's first Municipal election but did not serve long as he died of Cholera at home on August 14th. His remains were originally interred in the York General Burying Ground (Potter's Field) across from the present-day Reference Library and were interred here April 4th, 1859.
The son of Quaker parents John Bostwick (c1749-1830) and Mary Lardner (c1754-1838) he removed from Baltimore shortly after his birth settling at Duck Creek, Kent Co., Delaware. By 1785 the family had removed to Wilmington and in 1789 Washington Co., OH. He emigrated to Canada settling at Niagara in 1804 where, in 1808, he married Sarah Bradshaw. He moved with his wife and Family to Muddy York in 1810 and established himself as a Carriage Manufacturer and Wheelwright at his home lot on the then outskirts of town, the South East Corner of King and Yonge Streets. He served in the 3rd Regiment of the York Militia under a young Lieutenant John Beverly Robinson and was captured by the Americans at the Battle of York and paroled on April 27th, 1813. In March, 1814, he was appointed Pound Keeper. On the 27th of March, 1834 he was elected as the first Councillor for the St. Lawrence Ward in Toronto's first Municipal election but did not serve long as he died of Cholera at home on August 14th. His remains were originally interred in the York General Burying Ground (Potter's Field) across from the present-day Reference Library and were interred here April 4th, 1859.
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