N.B. The information contained herein should not be considered as documented. These are only a summary of notes I have gathered from various sources.
DESCENDANT CHART - printout of 10 May 2000 - E.&O.E.
1 - Andrew Klingersmith
Born - 1595 Leipzig, Germany
2 - Joseph Klingersmith
Born - 1635 Germany
sp- Elizabeth Reichart
Born - Alsace Lorreine
Died - 1670 Germany
3 - Joseph Klingersmith
Born - 1662 Germany
4 - George Klingersmith
Born - 16 Jul 1701
sp- Anna Steltzmier
Mar. - 16 Jul 1724
5 - Philip Klingersmith
Born - 1732 Pennsylvania, USA
Died - 2 Jul 1781 Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, USA
sp- Christina Waldthauser
Mar. - 1757
Died - 2 Jul 1781
6 - Peter Klingersmith
Born - 19 May 1773 Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Died - Nanticoke, Ontario
Note - Peter Klingersmith (Klingensmith) was captured by Indians in Westmoreland County Pa
as a boy of 8 years old and taken to Canada and raised to manhood by the Indians.
He married an Indian woman named Mary ??? and raised his family in the area of
Nanticoke, Haldimand County, Ontario. He died in 1855 and is buried in the
Nanticoke Cemetary where his grave is marked with a large boulder and bronze tablet.
In the Indian raid when he was captured, his father and mother and several brothers and sisters were killed.
For reasons unknown, after Peter died, the last name became corrupted into at least four different spellings.
sp- Mary (Indian)
7 - Jacob Clinansmith
Born - Abt 1792/1793
sp- ________ ________
Mar. - Abt 1812
8 - John Clinansmith
Born - Abt 1813 Raleigh Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
Died - Abt 20 Nov 1889 Addison Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan, USA
Note - 1837 marriage by Isaac Bell, J.P. At time of marriage bride and groom both of Raleigh Twp.
sp- Mary Shay
Mar. - 12 Oct 1837 Raleigh Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
sp- Luentia Phillips
Mar. - 4 Mar 1862 Dryden Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan, USA
sp- Lovinia ________
Mar. -
8 - George W_______ Clinansmith
Born - 3 Jul 1815 Raleigh Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
Died - 1861 Harwich Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
sp- Eurania Brush
Born - 12 Oct 1818 Canada
Died - Canada
Dau of Jarius R. Brush & Mary Cornwall
8 - Delilah Clinansmith
Born - 12 Mar 1819 Raleigh Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
Died - 12 May 1864
sp- John Smiley
Mar. - 11 Feb 1834 Raleigh Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
8 - Jacob Clinansmith
Born - 6 Apr 1821 Talbot Road, Raleigh Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
Died - 26 May 1910 Merlin, Kent Co., Ontario
Bur. - Pardoville Cem., Raleigh Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
Note - Papers from David Pilon show Jacob as born England. [I doubt this.]
I had marriage date as "186"; probably "1846".
sp- Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Hancock
Born - 7 Feb 1828/1831 England
Mar. - 18 Apr 1846
Died - 6 Feb 1918
Bur. - Union Cemetery, Raleigh Twp., Kent Co., Ontario
Dau of Zacharias Hancock & Elizabeth Franklin
Note - Papers from David Pilon show her birth as Feb. 2, 1828 or June 28, 1830 and as NottinghamShyre, England