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Elias Smith family fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1988.

Reference:

R7997-0-7-E, MG25-G444

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98401

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Elias Smith family fonds
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Date(s):

1988.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2 cm of textual records photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of biographical notes, letters, petitions, and genealogical charts concerning Elias Smith and his descendants, 1736-1986.

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Smith, Elias (family)

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Smith, Elias, fl. 1760-1805

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Smith, Elias, fl. 1760-1805 : Elias Smith, (1736-1820) was a native of New York who served with the British Army from 1774 to 1783 as carpenter, contractor and paymaster of artificers, spending his latter years in command of a Loyalist corps of artificers. In 1764 he married Catherine Miller (1745-1826) and together they had eleven children. In 1783 the Smith family moved to Quebec but returned to New York City in 1784 where Elias was listed as a carpenter, distiller and merchant. About 1788 he settled at Niagara. In 1792 he petitioned for land in Hope Township as a Loyalist, thereafter moving to Port Hope in 1801. Between 1802 and 1813 Elias operated a distillery and acted as Justice of the Peace (1805-1813). He also maintained business connections with Montreal, where he acted as a merchant and had interests in printing. Elias Smith died in 1820.

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General note:

Received in 1988 from Phyllis White of Peterborough, Ontario.

Location of originals note:

Original material in the possession of Phyllis White, Peterborough, Ontario.

Related material:

See also: "Elias Smith fonds" in MG23, HII13.
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Hope Township (Ont.) - Genealogy, 1736-1986

Port Hope (Ont.) - Genealogy, 1736-1986

United Empire loyalists
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Private

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1988/0172

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MG25-G444
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