Jonathan Smith

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• Name	Jonathan Smith
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I18609	Smith Smyth Schmidt Smythe Smitt
  Branches/DNA What is a Branch?	Smith Branch: Jonathan Smith b 1789 MA m Susannah Powers (Kit# 2331****/ )     Showing line by DNA type-if DNA tester representation, will be on above line If a branch has more than one Smith line, be sure to check the branch description (click Smith Branch: link above) to see which group, if any, represents each line JOIN the Smith Official DNA Project w a DNA Kit If you are a male Smith or have a male Smith that can test for you, do a YDNA test Smith Matched Groupings List (All) Is This Your Line? Have confirmed DNA match? Have additions/corrections? Come Collaborate With Us!-Submit Your Tree/Match or Suggest a Change/Reference/Source
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  Family	Susanah Powers
  Children	+ 1. Jonathan Smith,   b. 12 Apr 1789, Deerfield, MA d. 1 Feb 1860, Arkona, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2012 Help
  Family ID	F7026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  This is probably a bit of information overload, but here is most all that I know about Jonathan Smith b 1789: Jonathan Smith b 12 April1789 at Deerfield, Massachusetts d 1 Feb 1860 Arkona, Ontario, Canada 1st Wife Rhole Barrett b 28 Feb 1793 d Jan 1832 m 1811 2nd Wife Thirza Tilton Eastman b 29 Apr 1800 d 28 Aug 1878 m 1832 Jonathan Smith fought fifteen days in the War of 1812 At 23 years old, Lieutenant and later Captain of the Fourth New York Infantry for America. Captured at Black Rock near Buffalo NY by General Proctor?s Brigade. John Proctor helped him escape. Later, John Proctor?s son Alexander married Jonathan?s daughter Thirzah. He was a sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Jirah Rowley, in the Regiment of Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Blakesley in the war with Great Britain (war of 1812) He volunteered at the Town of Victor in the County of Ontario State of New York on or about the first day of December AD 1813 for an unlimited time to guard the lines at Buffalo and Black Rock and continued in actual service in said war over fourteen days that he was taken Prisoner at Black Rock, on the 13th December A.D. 1813 On 18 April 1855, Jonathan Smith applied for his award. He was granted 160 acres based on the ?Act of 3 March 1855? He was a captain in the New York Militia commissioned by Gov. De Witt Clinton Jonathan?s business partner, Joseph Stryker, married Thirzah Eastman. They had 5 children (one died young). Jonathan later married Thirzah Eastman. Jonathan Smith was one of the first graduates of Oberlin College and its president, Charles Finney, was his good friend. Jonathan named one of his sons Charles Finney Smith. He was one of the contractors on the Welland and Erie Canals. Jonathan Smith's Aunt Chloe was the grandmother of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Jonathan Smith moved from NY to Canada shortly after 1832.