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Adam SHORTT[1]

Male 1760 - 1854  (94 years)


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  • Name Adam SHORTT  [2, 3
    Birth 1760  Stra Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 29B79C95233244E896963A61B61722FE4666 
    Name Adam KURTZ  [1
    Occupation Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Apprenticed Weaver 
    Occupation Soldier 
    Occupation 1785-1800  New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Weaver 
    • Dates aproximate
    Residence Hanover, , Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1785-1800  New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Dates aproximate
    Residence Aft 1800  Green Point, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 1854  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I10071  Ryeland Family Tree
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2022 

    Family 1 ODELL,   b. Abt 1764, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1782  New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
    +1. Mary SHORTT,   b. Abt Jan 1791, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1828, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    +2. John SHORTT,   b. New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Jacob SHORTT,   b. New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Elizabeth SHORTT,   b. New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F3149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rachel FERGUSON,   b. 1794   d. 1860 (Age 66 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Adam J SHORTT,   b. 1839, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Mary S SHORTT   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F6018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Apprenticed Weaver - - Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1782 - New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Weaver - 1785-1800 - New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Hanover, , Niedersachsen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1785-1800 - New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Aft 1800 - Green Point, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1854 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • 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 [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S467] Kenneth C SHORTT Oshawa - Provided to me by Elizabeth Hancocks, The SHORTT Family.

    2. [S20] FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0, (URL: http://www.familysearch.org).

    3. [S647] Roblin Cemetery Transcription.

    4. [S181] Jane Lovell, Jane Lovell Email.


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