Jacob Fordney

1781 - 1852  (70 years)

• Name	Jacob Fordney
  Born	18 May 1781	Virginia   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Land	Bef 1831	Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario   [4]
  Name	Jacob Fordney
  Name	Jacob Fortney
  Name	Jacob Furtney
  Residence	1842	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lived with Conrad and Elisabeth Gates.
  Eby ID Number	00035-3003
  Died	14 May 1852	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  	Cause: cancer
  Person ID	I12318	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Michael Fordney,   b. Abt 1745, , France ,   d. , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F3426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catharine Baker,   b. Abt 1780, of, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Rebecca B. Fordney,   b. Abt 1804, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   2. Daniel Furtney,   b. 3 Nov 1806, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1900, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Muma,   b. CALC 4 Apr 1789,   d. 15 Dec 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Children	1. Lydia B. Fordney,   b. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   2. Joseph B. Fordney,   b. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Christian B. Fordney,   b. 1802, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sophia M. Fordney,   b. 26 Nov 1808, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1835, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   5. Samuel B. Fordney,   b. 1809, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. , Kent Co., Michigan   6. Anna B. Fordney,   b. 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Near Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   7. John B. Fortney,   b. 20 Sep 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1878, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F3428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Eve,   b. 1773, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1842	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F26158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jacob Fordney, "son of Michael Fordney, was born in Virginia, May 18th, 1781. When a young boy his parents moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was raised. At about the close of the last century he was married to Catharine Baker and after her decease to Elizabeth Muma who was born December 12th, 1794, and died December 15th, 1840. Some time during the beginning of the present century they, with others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, on the west bank of the Grand River, (Their old farm is now in possession of Robert Bricknell) a little below the 'Toll Bridge' where he died May 14th, 1852. His family consisted of nine children, of whom the eldest two were born unto his first wife." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 664. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 21. Conrad GATES Farmer Birthplace: Germany Age 32 Elisabeth GATES Birthplace: Canada Age 21 Jacob GATES Birthplace: Canada Age 4 Res. born 1842 Elisabeth GATES Birthplace: Canada Age 1 Jacob FURTNEY Birthplace: USA Age 71 Eve FURTNEY Birthplace: USA Age 78 George CHOVERS Labourer Birthplace: Germany Age 32 [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 20 May 1852 Page 21. Jacob Fortny Died 14 May 1852 70 years, 6 months, 13 days. Of cancer. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 26. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Church, , At Green Bush, Waterloo Township, 31 Aug. 1841 To 31 Aug. 1842 Jacob Fortney, Yeom. , Of Waterloo, To Eva Wingar, Widow, Of Wilmot. Wit. T John Pickhard, Yeom. And George Parks, Both Of Wilmot [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 21.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 May 1781 - Virginia Residence - 1842 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1842 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: cancer - 14 May 1852 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth