Patience was christened on 25 Jan 1784 at South Newington in Oxfordshire, the daughter of George Austin and his wife Martha.
James Smith married Patience Austin at the church of Saint Marylebone in London in 1808. A witness was Richard Austin. What James was doing in London at the time one can only guess, but one possibility is that he had accompanied his employer to London and met Patience there. Patience is said to be "of the same parish" but her residency may not have been of very long duration. She may well have come to London either to visit or to live with her married brother Richard, who had come to live at London c.1808.
After they were married, James and Patience lived at Aberdeen until their departure for Canada at the end of March 1835. Six children were baptised there. One, James Jr, died in 1815, age 2 1/2.
James Smith and his family left the port of Aberdeen for Canada on the afternoon of Monday 30 March 1835 on the Arkwright, captain James Birnie. After a voyage of one month and four days, they arrived at New York on 4 May 1835. They would most likely then have traveled from New York to Albany by steamboat on the Hudson River, and from there either by canal boat or stage coach passing through Utica and Syracuse to Oswego on Lake Ontario, a total journey of about a week. There were regular lake steamers from Oswego calling at Kingston, Cobourg, Toronto and Niagara. As James Smith purchased land in Woolwich township, and as settlers were strongly advised not to buy land sight unseen, he may have left his family at Toronto and gone first to inspect the land he eventually bought - 106 acres of land in Woolwich township (near the centre of the town of Winterbourne).
James Smith of Woolwich Township later also purchased 100 acres of Crown Land (Concession II, lot 28, in Brantford Township) and was awarded a patent for the property from the Lieutenant Governor dated 31st Oct 1836.
The 1837 census of Woolwich township lists a James Smith living in the 1st Concession together with a female over 16 and a male under 16. He has no land but he is shown as owning three horses and three cows. The other children of James Smith and Patience most likely had gone ahead to Brantford to claim the land and to begin clearing it and building a house.
The Smith family establish the Brantford Nursery at their farm (Newington Farm) located at Concession II, lot 28. Their second son named James Smith died there in 1841 age 19, and her husband James Smith died in 1844.
The 1861 census for the Brantford township farm of James Smith's elder son William shows:
· William A. Smith, Farmer, born Scotland, C. of S., 48, male, single
· Petience Smith, born Scotland, C. of S., 76, female, widow
· Sarah Smith, born Scotland, C. of S., 42, female, single
James Smith married Patience Austin at the church of Saint Marylebone in London in 1808. A witness was Richard Austin. What James was doing in London at the time one can only guess, but one possibility is that he had accompanied his employer to London and met Patience there. Patience is said to be "of the same parish" but her residency may not have been of very long duration. She may well have come to London either to visit or to live with her married brother Richard, who had come to live at London c.1808.
After they were married, James and Patience lived at Aberdeen until their departure for Canada at the end of March 1835. Six children were baptised there. One, James Jr, died in 1815, age 2 1/2.
James Smith and his family left the port of Aberdeen for Canada on the afternoon of Monday 30 March 1835 on the Arkwright, captain James Birnie. After a voyage of one month and four days, they arrived at New York on 4 May 1835. They would most likely then have traveled from New York to Albany by steamboat on the Hudson River, and from there either by canal boat or stage coach passing through Utica and Syracuse to Oswego on Lake Ontario, a total journey of about a week. There were regular lake steamers from Oswego calling at Kingston, Cobourg, Toronto and Niagara. As James Smith purchased land in Woolwich township, and as settlers were strongly advised not to buy land sight unseen, he may have left his family at Toronto and gone first to inspect the land he eventually bought - 106 acres of land in Woolwich township (near the centre of the town of Winterbourne).
James Smith of Woolwich Township later also purchased 100 acres of Crown Land (Concession II, lot 28, in Brantford Township) and was awarded a patent for the property from the Lieutenant Governor dated 31st Oct 1836.
The 1837 census of Woolwich township lists a James Smith living in the 1st Concession together with a female over 16 and a male under 16. He has no land but he is shown as owning three horses and three cows. The other children of James Smith and Patience most likely had gone ahead to Brantford to claim the land and to begin clearing it and building a house.
The Smith family establish the Brantford Nursery at their farm (Newington Farm) located at Concession II, lot 28. Their second son named James Smith died there in 1841 age 19, and her husband James Smith died in 1844.
The 1861 census for the Brantford township farm of James Smith's elder son William shows:
· William A. Smith, Farmer, born Scotland, C. of S., 48, male, single
· Petience Smith, born Scotland, C. of S., 76, female, widow
· Sarah Smith, born Scotland, C. of S., 42, female, single
Patience was christened on 25 Jan 1784 at South Newington in Oxfordshire, the daughter of George Austin and his wife Martha.
James Smith married Patience Austin at the church of Saint Marylebone in London in 1808. A witness was Richard Austin. What James was doing in London at the time one can only guess, but one possibility is that he had accompanied his employer to London and met Patience there. Patience is said to be "of the same parish" but her residency may not have been of very long duration. She may well have come to London either to visit or to live with her married brother Richard, who had come to live at London c.1808.
After they were married, James and Patience lived at Aberdeen until their departure for Canada at the end of March 1835. Six children were baptised there. One, James Jr, died in 1815, age 2 1/2.
James Smith and his family left the port of Aberdeen for Canada on the afternoon of Monday 30 March 1835 on the Arkwright, captain James Birnie. After a voyage of one month and four days, they arrived at New York on 4 May 1835. They would most likely then have traveled from New York to Albany by steamboat on the Hudson River, and from there either by canal boat or stage coach passing through Utica and Syracuse to Oswego on Lake Ontario, a total journey of about a week. There were regular lake steamers from Oswego calling at Kingston, Cobourg, Toronto and Niagara. As James Smith purchased land in Woolwich township, and as settlers were strongly advised not to buy land sight unseen, he may have left his family at Toronto and gone first to inspect the land he eventually bought - 106 acres of land in Woolwich township (near the centre of the town of Winterbourne).
James Smith of Woolwich Township later also purchased 100 acres of Crown Land (Concession II, lot 28, in Brantford Township) and was awarded a patent for the property from the Lieutenant Governor dated 31st Oct 1836.
The 1837 census of Woolwich township lists a James Smith living in the 1st Concession together with a female over 16 and a male under 16. He has no land but he is shown as owning three horses and three cows. The other children of James Smith and Patience most likely had gone ahead to Brantford to claim the land and to begin clearing it and building a house.
The Smith family establish the Brantford Nursery at their farm (Newington Farm) located at Concession II, lot 28. Their second son named James Smith died there in 1841 age 19, and her husband James Smith died in 1844.
The 1861 census for the Brantford township farm of James Smith's elder son William shows:
· William A. Smith, Farmer, born Scotland, C. of S., 48, male, single
· Petience Smith, born Scotland, C. of S., 76, female, widow
· Sarah Smith, born Scotland, C. of S., 42, female, single
James Smith married Patience Austin at the church of Saint Marylebone in London in 1808. A witness was Richard Austin. What James was doing in London at the time one can only guess, but one possibility is that he had accompanied his employer to London and met Patience there. Patience is said to be "of the same parish" but her residency may not have been of very long duration. She may well have come to London either to visit or to live with her married brother Richard, who had come to live at London c.1808.
After they were married, James and Patience lived at Aberdeen until their departure for Canada at the end of March 1835. Six children were baptised there. One, James Jr, died in 1815, age 2 1/2.
James Smith and his family left the port of Aberdeen for Canada on the afternoon of Monday 30 March 1835 on the Arkwright, captain James Birnie. After a voyage of one month and four days, they arrived at New York on 4 May 1835. They would most likely then have traveled from New York to Albany by steamboat on the Hudson River, and from there either by canal boat or stage coach passing through Utica and Syracuse to Oswego on Lake Ontario, a total journey of about a week. There were regular lake steamers from Oswego calling at Kingston, Cobourg, Toronto and Niagara. As James Smith purchased land in Woolwich township, and as settlers were strongly advised not to buy land sight unseen, he may have left his family at Toronto and gone first to inspect the land he eventually bought - 106 acres of land in Woolwich township (near the centre of the town of Winterbourne).
James Smith of Woolwich Township later also purchased 100 acres of Crown Land (Concession II, lot 28, in Brantford Township) and was awarded a patent for the property from the Lieutenant Governor dated 31st Oct 1836.
The 1837 census of Woolwich township lists a James Smith living in the 1st Concession together with a female over 16 and a male under 16. He has no land but he is shown as owning three horses and three cows. The other children of James Smith and Patience most likely had gone ahead to Brantford to claim the land and to begin clearing it and building a house.
The Smith family establish the Brantford Nursery at their farm (Newington Farm) located at Concession II, lot 28. Their second son named James Smith died there in 1841 age 19, and her husband James Smith died in 1844.
The 1861 census for the Brantford township farm of James Smith's elder son William shows:
· William A. Smith, Farmer, born Scotland, C. of S., 48, male, single
· Petience Smith, born Scotland, C. of S., 76, female, widow
· Sarah Smith, born Scotland, C. of S., 42, female, single
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