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• Name: Adam KURTZ
• Occupation: Germany; Apprenticed Weaver
• Occupation: Soldier
• Residence: Hanover, , Niedersachsen, Germany
• Occupation: 1785-1800, New Jersey, USA; Weaver
• Residence: 1785-1800, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: Aft 1800, Green Point, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

No parents listed in IGI Nov 2004

Adam Shortt was a Prussian soldier originally spelling the name "Kurtz"
Kurtz was an apprenticed weaver in his own country and disliking both master and trade, he ran away to Hanover where he was recruited for soldiering under George III.
After peace was declared, he elected to stay in the new world settling on 300 acres on the High Shore, Sophiasburgh. He changed his name to "Shortt" by translating it in order to get along with his British and American neighbors.
"Shortt" served with the British but left them and made his way through the American lines to New Jersey. He lived there 15 years, working as a weaver.
He left New Jersey about 1800 with his wife, nee Odell, and four children, settling at Green Point on the Bay of Quinte, in Sophiasburgh.
He lived here many years, worked as a weaver until shortly before the death of his 2

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Adam married ODELL about 1782 in New Jersey, USA. was born about 1764 in New Jersey, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary SHORTT was born about Jan 1791 in New Jersey, USA; died in May 1828 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Roblin Family Cemetery, Near Fish Lake In Sophiasburg.
2. John SHORTT was born in in New Jersey, USA; and died.
3. Jacob SHORTT was born in in New Jersey, USA; and died.
4. Elizabeth SHORTT was born in in New Jersey, USA; and died.

Family/Spouse: Rachel FERGUSON. Rachel (daughter of Farrington FERGUSON and Elizabeth COLE) was born in 1794; died in 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Adam J SHORTT was born in 1839 in Ontario, Canada; and died.
2. Mary S SHORTT and died.