John Whyte Jack
ID # 7040, (1810-)
| Father | William Jack (1788-1860) |
| Mother | Mary Hood (1789-1867) |
| Birth | John Whyte Jack was born on 31 December 1810 at Scotland. |
| Marriage | He married Jane Hood. |
| Note | Familysearch has the following database, transcription only: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 John White Jack Christening date 02 Feb 1811, Christening place Barony, Lanark, Scotland. Date of birth 31 Dec 1810. Parents William Jack and Mary Hood. Carol Bennett's The Lanark Society Settlers, Global Heritage Press, page 48, has it that John Whyte Jack married Jane Hood. This is confirmed by the death registration of Jane Jack Graham of Pinewood, Ontario, in the Rainy River District. Her parents are shown as John W. Jack and Jean Hood. This lady was born in 1847 (place of birth only shown as Ontario), but this should be correct. By the time of the 1871 census in Monck Township of the Muskoka District, John W. Jack, age 60, born in Scotland and a Baptist, is shown with wife Susan, age 48, a Wesleyan Methodist. Also present in the household, along with several Jack children, is Sarah Jane Allen, age 11, born in the United States. She is also a Wesleyan Methodist and we must believe her to be the daughter of Susan. Susan and Sarah Jane have yet to be found in later years. Lot 22 of the 5th concession in Innisfil Township, as mentioned in the notes for John's father, William Jack, was sold to William by son John Whyte Jack in 1844. The Abstract Index page for the north half of this lot (100 acres) was originally assigned to John White Jack as a patent in 1836. By the time John Whyte Jack sold this to his father in July of 1844, John is evidently no longer resident in Innisfil for the entry shows him as being of West Gwillimbury Township. The index is not long on clarity, but in 1851 John Whyte Jack was back in Innisfil when he purchased this property back from his father. There are other transactions relating to a mortgage and a sale of some small portion of the property for a railway right-of-way, but the land winds up being sold by son John to William Jack the elder in 1853. These later transactions involving John Whyte Jack show him as being in Innisfil. The 1851 census for any of the townships in Simcoe County has not survived, but we may take it that John was in Innisfil until at least 1853. The 1861 census for Simcoe has survived, but John is not found therein. He is found in Monck Township of the Muskoka District in 1871. A place of burial place for John, or his wife, Jane Hood Jack, has not been found. Note: A John Jack is to be found in Marquette, South Dufferin, Manitoba, in the 1881 census. The difficulty with this is that he is age 40. With him is Gemmill Jack, age 45, and a female by the name of Jack, age 22, whose given name is quite indecipherable. They are probably sons of John Whyte Jack and his youngest daughter. Familysearch provides a will for a John Jack in South Dufferin, Manitoba. This John Jack died on 31 October, 1888, and one of the witnesses to the will was Gemmill Jack. The will leaves John's property to 'my boys' George Alexander Jack and William John Jack. Gemmill Jack is almost certainly the son of this John Jack, but we cannot clearly identify the beneficiaries with presently available information. A place of burial for the John Jack who died in Manitoba has not been found. The Manitoba Vital Statistics index of deaths does not show a John Jack. |
| Christening | He was christened on 2 February 1811 at Barony, Lanark, Scotland. |
Children of John Whyte Jack and Jane Hood |
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| Last Edited | 4 Jun 2019 |