Joseph Wixson Sr.  1840's	Joseph Sr. continued his political career in Upper Canada and the new Province of Canada. In 1836 Joseph became a Commissioner, or Town Warden, as it was later called in Pickering Township. He gave control of his original farm to his son Joseph Jr., after severing several plots in the south-west corner where a small village began forming in the 1840's. It was named Nobel's Corners after a local merchant, and took up the four corners of the Brock Road and the Ninth Concession Road.  Historical summary: 1840's   Joseph Sr. became more active in his brother's church, being baptised in 1847. It was on the orginal farm that the congregation agreed a permanent house of worship be built. Up to this point, services were held in various places -- the schoolhouse on the 7th con. in Pickering, the schoolhouse on the 9th con. in Whitchurch, in the Town of Uxbridge, with baptisms held in local creeks.  In March of 1850, Joshua Sr. and the church members agreed to purchase three-quarters of an acre of land at seven pounds, ten shillings from Joseph Jr. They would build a plank chapel 28 feet wide and 34 feet long.
Joshua Wixson Sr.  dies 1850	In December of that year, Joshua Sr. died, and never saw completion of his parish's church. He had taken on Mr. David Evans in 1848 to perform the baptisms and services, and was 70 years old when he passed away. Joshua was buried beside the church, in which the first service was held in the fall of 1851.  Historical summary: 1850's   Wixson farms: 1851
Joseph Wixson Sr. and Deborah  die in 1855	Joseph died February 14, 1855, age 76. His grave stone reads:  The unbroken forest met my view  The fruitful fields I leave to you  I love the habitation of thy house  and the place where thy glory dwells  -- Psalm 26, 8 His wife Deborah died September 7, 1855, age 80.  Their stones are still present, side by side with Joshua Wixson in the graveyard of what is now called the Claremont Baptist Church.  Continue with Joseph Jr.  or Ruth Wixson Sharrard .  Future research will endeavour to complete the stories of Ruth and Joseph Jr. This is expected by late 1998. -MB