1. Smith Family Bible (London: Royal Bible Society, 1812). Present owner: Edgar Cagney. Present whereabouts are unknown. Last known location: Coburg ON 1996. Condition at time of examination was good. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. 5. Land Titles Office, Land Titles for Northumberland County (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Queen's Printer, Government of Ontario, no date), Land Record Office. 6. Smith Bible, Took place at a Methodist camp meeting. 7. Ibid. 8. Ibid. 9. Ministry of Defense, Great Britain, Service of Officers Retired on Full and Half Pay, 1828 (Kew, England: Public Record Office, no date), Public Record Office. Records are not indexed. Use of a professional researcher is required. 10. International Genealogical Index Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salt Lake City: 1993, Family History Library, Salt Lake City. This data is from an index and must be considered questionable until confirmed. 11. Reginald Edward Smythe monument, MacPhail's Cemetery, Lot 34 Concession 3, Brighton Twp, Ontario, Canada. 12. Ibid. 13. “Ceremony was held at John's home by a Roman Catholic missionary at Maria's request.” Smith Bible. 14. Ibid. 15. Ibid. 16. Ibid. 17. Ministry of Defense, Great Britain, Officer Service. 18. Ibid. 19. Smith Bible. 20. Ibid. 21. Ibid. 22. “On reaching his majority John came into his inheritance. At this time he changed his name to John Potter Smith.” Township of Brighton, Township Papers (No place: Archives of Ontario, no date), Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 23. Smith Bible. 24. “John Smith, age 38, Maria, age 35, John age 14, Charles, age 13, Angeline age 11, Maria age5. John and boys religion is Methodist. Maria and girls, Roman Catholic. John was born in England, Maria in Quebec, children in Ontario. John has square timbered 4 room house, a barn, two horses, one cow, 2 pigs, 20 acres in peas and potatoes, 50 acres in wheat a wagon and a sleigh.” Government of Canada, 1851 Census of Ontario (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Queen's Printer, no date); LDS #s 1432567-1432988, Family History Library, Salt Lake City. 25. Smith Bible. 26. Ibid. 27. Ibid. 28. Ibid. 29. Ibid. 30. Ibid. 31. Ibid. 32. Ibid. 33. Ibid. 34. Ibid. 35. Ibid. 36. Ibid. 37. Ibid. 38. Clarence Alexander Smythe II, Smythe Family Records (The Strand, London: Vanity Publishers, no date), Page 36; Call number 93 V32 nm, Saffron Walden Public Library, Essex, England. Condition, fair. This is a limited edition book. Only known copy is in the Saffron Walden Library. 39. Ibid. 40. Ibid. 41. Curate Edward Gregg, St Margaret's Parish Registers, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England (No place: Church of England, no date), Page 26, Item 3; LDS # 462789, Family History Library, Salt Lake City. Registers cover the period from 1865 to 1837. Registers are in excellent condition. 42. Ministry of Defense, Great Britain, Officer Service. 43. “Reginald and his wife, the former Mrs. Rachel Moore, nee Woods, born in Ilford on May 2, 1785, left for Canada today.” Smythe, Smythe Family Records, Pages 56. 44. “Letter from Reginald. Anna died three days from port. Buried at sea.” Ibid., Page 62. 45. “Reginald Edward, son of Sir Charles Smythe and his late wife, the Lady Jane Edwards.” Gregg, Par Reg Ickleton, Page 26. 46. “Sir Charles sent Reginald to Ridgeways in the hope they would discipline the child.” Smythe, Smythe Family Records, Page 40, Paragraph 2. 47. “Reginald entered King's College on September 12, 1797.” Ibid., Page 42, Paragraph 1. 48. “Sir Charles was greatly pleased.” Ibid., Page 44; “Reginald Edward Smythe, Bachelor of Arts.” Registrar of King's College, Cambridge University, Graduate Lists 1455-1939 (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England: Cambridge Press, no date), Page 56, Line 4.; LDS # 1234567, Family History Library, Salt Lake City. Lists not complete. 49. Smythe, Smythe Family Records. 50. Ibid. 51. Ministry of Defense, Great Britain, Officer Service, Page 52. 52. Ibid. 53. Ibid., Banns were read May 20, 27 and June 3rd. 54. Ibid. 55. “Lt. Smith promoted to Captain” Ibid., 65. 56. “Captain Reginald Smythe retired at half pay.” Ibid., Page 76. 57. “Reggie and wife left for Canada today.” Smythe, Smythe Family Records, Page 62. 58. Archives of Ontario, Land Records Index (No place: Archives of Ontario, no date), Free Grant, RG Series, Vol 2. Page 141; LDS # 0609876, Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 59. Smythe, Smythe Family Records. 60. Reginald Smythe Will, Address: Coburg, ON, 12 January 1825; Will was found with land records for lot 32, concession 10, Brighton Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada., Land Record Office. 61. “I, Reginald Smythe, do leave my land and implements to my son, John. To my adopted daughter, Rebecca I leave my household goods. Any moneys remaining after my funeral expenses shall be equally divided between the two aforementioned.” Ibid. 62. Ministry of Defense, Great Britain, Officer Service. 63. IGI, 1993, FHL. 64. MacPhail's Cemetery.
