Silas SMITH
18 Apr 1756 - 4 Jan 1844
- BIRTH: 18 Apr 1756, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA
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- DEATH: 4 Jan 1844, Saltfleet Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, CANADA
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- BURIAL: St. Andrew's Ang. Cmtry., Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada
Father: Joseph SMITH
Mother: Rachel ALRED
Family 1
: Esther
Family 2
: Mary MCGEE
_Samuel SMITH __+
_Samuel SMITH _|
| |_Esther DUNHAM _+
_Joseph SMITH _|
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| |_Rebecca ______|
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|--Silas SMITH
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|_Rachel ALRED _|
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"Annals of the Forty"
R. Janet Powell
Grimsby Historical Society, 1950-1959
Volume 8, p. 46
The Annals cite Silas' death as being on 14 Nov 1844.
Reputedly part of 1787 party, but not on return.
[Willard Tottle claims 1778- email 2 Jun 2001. Othneil, Silas, John & 11 other families
incl. John Kelly b. 1748 made up party.]
600 acres Saltfleet Lot 2, Con II to V
Became local Methodist preacher.
"Silas Smith, UEL and his descendants" R. Janet Powell states, "lived for a time in
Germantown, Pennsylvania and then in the Log Gaol district in Sussex County, New Jersey"
Also implies a relationship between two families of John & Joseph Smith, "Family history states
that she (Esther, wife of Silas) was a cousin of Silas but this has not been proved".
Preponderance of evidence is that they are cousins.
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Log Gaol. Some sources show 14Apr
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The Smith Family History, a compendium prepared in the 1980s b
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