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Richard Sutton
Frizzell 1817-1876 Richard Frizzell, a Tory Loyalist active
during the Rebellion of 1837, was disdainful of the rebel's cause.
On October 18, 1837 he removed a 'Liberty or Death' flag from
Gibson House and wove it into the tails of the rebels' horses
outside. On December 4, noticing rebel movement on Yonge Street,
Frizzell approached Benjamin Thorne, Thornhill's founder, for
assistance. Thorne was reluctant to lend a horse as his Mill
workers were mostly rebels, but he offered encouragement. After
warning Sir Francis Bond Head at York (Toronto), Frizzell took part
in the ensuing skirmishes but he refused to betray the location of
his rebel friend Samuel Lount who was captured and hanged for
treason.
Erected by the Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill
with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and
Recreation and the Thornhill Recycling Association,
1981.
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