While he was away at York (Toronto), his brothers, and later his eldest son, Henry, looked after the store and mills, and his wife, Elizabeth, tended a growing family that eventually numbered eight children. ###>Pendant ses séjours à York (Toronto), ses frères et plus tard son fils aîné, Henry, dirigeaient le magasin et les moulins tandis que sa femme, Elizabeth, s’occupait de leur famille de plus en plus nombreuse, qui finit par compter huit enfants.