[1] Danforth incurred heavy debts speculating in land in New York State.
Hoping to reverse his fortunes, he invested in the especially risky land titles of nearby Upper Canada and later was a highway engineer.
[2] Danforth's Road was extended in 1802 from Trenton to reach the Bay of Quinte at Stone Mills (now Glenora).
[2] Danforth Avenue, a major east-end thoroughfare in Toronto, in turn lends its name to the main east-west TTC Bloor-Danforth subway line (1966).
A Glenora Road which closely follows Danforth's 1802 path to Trenton was designated part of the Loyalist Parkway (1984).