Jacob SHORTT

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jacob Short
• Reference Number: 241.5*
• Residence: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• _UID: BFF79D1D1E3F4934ADBE0F5CA4B24B16D755
• Military: 1812, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; Prince Edward Militia
• Residence: Abt 1819, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Marriage witness: 6 Mar 1844, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada; to the marriage of Henry Tripp and Sillia Shortt
• Marriage witness: 6 Mar 1844, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West, Canada; to the marriage of his daughter, Zilla Shortt, of Sophiasburgh, to Henry Tripp, of Sophiasburgh,

Notes:

Military:
He was a Private in Captain John Stinson's Troop of Horse in the Prince Edward Militia. He served 6 months during the war [1812].

Residence:
His daughter, Keziah Shortt, was born around this time.

Marriage witness:
The other witness was Benjamin Vanblaricomb.

Marriage witness:
The other witness was Benjamin Vanblaricomb. The minister was Rev. James Rogers, Presbyterian minister.

Family/Spouse: Rebecca DOXSEE. Rebecca (daughter of Archelaus DOXSEE and Martha RAYNER) was born in 1761; died in 1816 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; was buried in 1816 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha SHORTT and died.
2. John SHORTT and died.
3. Sarah SHORTT and died.
4. Amy SHORTT and died.
5. Charlotte SHORTT and died.
6. Idia B. SHORTT and died.
7. Zilla SHORTT and died.
8. Catherine SHORTT and died.
9. Eliza SHORTT and died.
10. William SHORTT and died.
11. Emily SHORTT and died.
12. Angeline SHORTT was born on 23 May 1816; died on 5 Feb 1884.
13. Keziah SHORTT was born about 1819 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; and died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: Germany; "while still a young man" to America
• Immigration: New York, United States; from Germany
• Name: Adam Kurtz
• Occupation: Germany; as an apprendiced weaver
• Occupation: New Jersey, United States; weaving
• _UID: C9214FD4DAE14BECAB2DED9DFE0C3BC36939
• Moved: Abt 1783
• Name: Abt 1784, Upper Canada, Canada
• Immigration: Abt 1800, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; from New Jersey
• Residence: 24 Aug 1835, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1839, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada

Notes:

Military:
He was a Prussian soldier. "Disliking both his master and his trade [weaving], Kurtz ran away to Hanover, where he found agents recruiting soldiers to fight for King George III in his War with the American Colonies. He enlisted, and so found his way to the Western World."

Immigration:
He arrived "after an eighteen weeks' passage."

Occupation:
"After serving three years, weaving cotton, linen and wool, he became a full-fledged journeyman, qualified to earn his living, which he did, travelling from place to place as the exigencies of his vocation demanded."

Occupation:
"There he lived and wove for fifteen years, and acquired a reputation for industry and integrity."

Moved:
"Peace having been declared he was given the option of returning to Europe or of taking up land in Canada. He chose the latter and located on the High Shore, where he acquired three hundred acres."

Name:
"With the very natural inclination to appear more British, he had his name translated into "Shortt".

Immigration:
"Being in sympathy with a British connection for the colonies, and averse from trusting himself and his means to an untried republic, he left New Jersey about the year 1800 with his wife - he had married a Miss Odell - and four children, came to Prince Edward County."

Residence:
His son, Adam John Shortt, was born around this time.

Adam married Miss ODELL about 1785 in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada. Miss and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 80FD6F83DBF34CDB86C11AF80BD6E18706CE