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Jacob Smith 1762 – 1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 Aug 1762

Birth Location: Albany, New York, USA

Death Date: 22 May 1837

Death Location: North Fredericksburgh, 1654314, Ontario, Canada

Father: Johann Schmidt

Mother: Maria KRAFFT

Spouse(s): Elisabetha Fretz

Children(s): Margaret Smith

According to available records, Jacob Smith was born in 1762 in Albany, New York, USA, the child of Johann Jacob Schmidt and Maria Barbara KRAFFT. Following those early years, Jacob Smith married Elisabetha Margaretha Fretz, and their family grew to include Margaret Smith. In the later years of life, Jacob Smith died in 1837 in North Fredericksburgh, 1654314, Ontario, Canada.

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Parents

Johann Schmidt
1726 – 1790
Birth Location: Affalterbach, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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Maria KRAFFT
1736 – 1790
Birth Location: Staatsburg, Dutchess, New York, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elisabetha Fretz
1769 –
Birth Location: Sprantal, Baden, Preußen, Deutschland (Germany)
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Children(s)

Margaret Smith
1793 – 1831
Birth Location: Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox Addington County, Ontario, Canada
MS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 07 Aug 1762
    Event Place: Albany, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 May 1837
    Event Place: North Fredericksburgh, 1654314, Ontario, Canada
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