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Lot 30, Concession 6 was originally a Clergy Reserve lot. The property was leased to Asa Jones from 1803 to 1815. From 1815 to 1836, the property was leased to George Mustard. During George Mustard’s lease, Irish immigrants Thomas and Sarah Hasty lived on the east half of the property and constructed a fine frame house in the Neo-classical style in 1829. In 1849, Sarah Hasty, a widow by this time, received the Crown patent for the east 100 acres of Lot 30, Concession 6. Their son, Thomas Hasty Jr., (c.1826-1890), changed his surname to Hastings by the time of the 1871 census. Thomas Edward Hastings (1863-1941), known as Edward, was the son of Thomas Hastings Jr. and his wife, Matilda. He farmed the property during the late 19th and early 20th century. Their son, also named Thomas Edward Hastings, (1900 - ?), was willed the property in 1941. The Hastings family remained here until at least the 1960s. A branch of the family lived in Whitchurch Township. Dr. Charles Hastings, Toronto’s medical officer of health 1910- 1929 and proponent of the pasteurization of milk and vaccinations, was born in Markham in 1858 and is a relative, but more research is required to determine the family connection to the branch of the family that lived on this property. |