The birth date for Jacob Countryman was 15 August 1743. This date was calculated since his age at death was recorded in church records for Osnabruck Township, Stormont County, Ontario. Jacob died 10 July, 1814 at age 70 years, 10 months and 26 days;.
Annotation: Date and place of loyalist oath of allegiance. Extracted from RG1, L7, volume 52B District Loyalist Rolls and Others, located at the Manuscripts Division of the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa. File number, district name, township name, and index[3]
Notes
Jacob’s marriage date came from Kay Rhodes (CFH-F185). We have not seen this record. No record of Jacob's wife's name has been found. There may be another daughter of Jacob and his wife that died in infancy. In a settler census of September 25, 1784, the family lists two boys "over 10" and two girls "over 10" and "two girls at Montreal expected up this fall." However in a 1783 census, it lists one boy "under 10", one girl "over 10", and two girls "under 10.”
Children
Several of Jacob's children are named in The Loyalists in Ontario: The Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada, by William D. Reid, copyright 1973, as found on Ancestry.ca. Beside each name is a date prefaced by O.C., which stands for Order in Council. From The Old United Empire Loyalist List, Appendix B:
On November 9, 1789 in Quebec, the "Order In Council" was ordered. Land Boards were to provide 200 acres of land to each child of American Loyalists... To sons, as soon as they reached the age of 21 years, and to daughters at age 21 years or at marriage. Many young children came into Ontario without a father, but if they could prove their father was Loyal to the King and they were born in the American Colonies they also recieved land, some times only 100 acres. This was called the "Order In Council", commonly seen as "OC" and "O.I.C.". These initals will often be seen in lists of Loyalists and seen throughout this Index.
The O.I.C. date provides us with important clues. Men recieved the O.I.C. Grant at age 21 years. But O.I.C. dates make it difficult with daughters, because it could be either a birth date or a marriage date, both dates were often used. However the O.I.C. date still provides clues for estimated birth dates. A very important tool in comparing your own ancestral dates, therefore more proof that your ancestor was a Loyalist.
Notes as found in the Loyalist List are noted beside Jacob's respective children:
Margaret, born about 1767, married Unknown Aman (Jacob Eamon), O.C. 10 June 1800
The King's Royal Regiment of New York under the leadership of Sir John Johnson made a raid into the Schoharie and Mohawk River Valleys in 1780.[5] Jacob, who had attached himself to the Loyalist cause, was a member of this unit. Jacob had grown up in what was known as Dutchtown, later called Minden, in the Mohawk Valley. When Dutchtown was raided, the home of Jacob's brother George was the only one left standing. Apparently Jacob had prevailed upon his comrades to spare the house, thinking his own family, which he had left behind, were present there. After the war, Jacob wrote to George assuring him that if he had known that they were not there, he "would have seen his house smoke like the rest". George is reputed to have replied "forbidding his brother ever to darken his door."[6]
Date: December 1783,
The King's Royal Regiment of New York were disbanded in Montreal
Thank you to Michael Harris for creating WikiTree profile Countryman-148 through the import of M. F. Harris Family Tree_2013-09-09.ged on Oct 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
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