Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada - Manhard Cemetery
Jacob Smith was born in Vermont about 1796; he died 13 Oct 1871 in Ontario, Canada. Married Sarah Shipman. Children. Lewis, William, Ezekiel, Reuben, Sidney, Sarah Ann, Abigail, Lura, and Horace. [1]
DNA
Descendant of yDNA group NE89 John Smith-6949 (c1620 -1691 Dartmouth MA) m Deborah Howland-116 & Ruhamah Kirby-176. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.[2][3]
"Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWT4-5PF : 10 November 2014), Jacob R Smith, Elizabethtown, Leeds County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 150, line 40; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11733, Public Archives, Ontario.
"Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQW7-7MN : 8 November 2014), Jacob R Smith, Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 64, line 41; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1044, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,864.
"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47Q-7B2 : 13 November 2014), Jacob R Smith, Elizabethtown, Brockville, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 1, line 14; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10003, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,625.
"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK7G-B4M : 11 December 2014), Jacob Smith, 13 Oct 1871; citing Elizabethtown, Leeds & Granville, Ontario, Canada, P232 cn12051, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,846,465.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-RH78 : 13 December 2015), Jacob R. Smith, ; Burial, Manhard, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada, Manhard Cemetery; citing record ID 47202292, Find a Grave.
Jacob is 75; granddaughter (?) Lura Smith, age 12, is also listed here.
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Smith-139757 and Smith-44047 appear to represent the same person because: Sorry, I created a duplicate in error. Please merge Smith-139757 into Smith-44047. Thank you!