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Date:1988.Reference:R7997-0-7-E, MG25-G444Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:98401Date(s):1988.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:2 cm of textual records photocopies.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of biographical notes, letters, petitions, and genealogical charts concerning Elias Smith and his descendants, 1736-1986.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history: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.Additional information: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.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG25-G444 -
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