Jacob Randall
M, b. 27 September 1768
| Father | Joseph Randall b. 17 Jul 1720, d. c 1810 |
| Mother | Mary Bartlett b. 12 Sep 1729, d. 13 May 1822 |
Jacob was born on Tuesday, 27 September 1768 in Orange County, New York. Jacob moved to Nova Scotia in 1783 with his parents who were members of the United Empire of Loyalists. In 1822, Jacob and six of his ten sons immigrated to Ontario where they all secured land. Jacob Jr. was a shipwright and resided with his wife, Margaret, in Trafalgar Township, Halton County, Ontario. Margaret was buried in Little Trafalgar Burying Ground located East of the Queen Elizabeth Way at Oakville. She was 51 years old when she died in 1847.1
Citations
- [S441] Mrs. Mathews, Oakville and the Sixteen, In her book, Mrs. Mathews writes of Jacob Randall, shipwright, Trafalgar "One of ten sons born to Jacob Randall, Sr., a Loyalist, who had migrated in 1783 from the Providence of New York, Jacob Jr. was born in Nova Scotia. In 1822, he accompanied his father and five brothers to Upper Canada where all secured grants of land."