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49. HAZELBURN |
| Samuel Peters Jarvis (1792-1857) spent his life battling with debt(1). His duel with John Ridout [site 37]
was not so much because John was his enemy, but because Ridout was a
reminder of his father’s debts and unlike a slip of parchment,
Ridout was a living, breathing target. The money which Jarvis owed
Ridout was one of many debts which for any aristocratic family lead to
slander and dishonour. The same year of the duel Jarvis inherited his father’s property, the land from Lot (now Queen) to Bloor between Mutual and George Streets, and his tangled affairs(2). Despite his victory that day over the young Ridout, the battle was misdirected and gave Jarvis no sense of resolution. Jarvis married Mary Boyles Powell, the daughter of Chief Justice Powell, in 1818. Though they had nine children and lived in a lovely home for many years, Jarvis’ mother-in-law constantly watched him, awaiting his failure. Hazelburn, on the southern area of the lot, was named so by Samuel because of the profusion of hazelnut bushes and a small stream (known as a “burn” in Scotland). On this site John Ewart [site 3, 5, 6] designed a two-storey brick building in 1824(3). The deep verandah extended the full length of the front facade, and looked out onto the orchards and gardens of the grounds. In 1826 William Lyon Mackenzie [site 23] implied in his newspaper that Jarvis was a murderer because of the duel-related death of John Ridout(4). This lead to the Type Riot and the destruction of Mackenzie’s press and shop. Jarvis took the lead in this instance, as he later did during the 1837 Rebellion, by raising the Royalist Queen’s Rangers(5). He later became the commander of all troops in the garrison. Debt was the reason behind the subdivisions of Hazelburn in 18456. Then in 1847 the house was demolished so that New Street (now Jarvis) could pass(7). |
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