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Lieut. Samuel Smith

Male 1601 - 1681  (78 years)


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  • Name Samuel Smith  [1, 2
    Prefix Lieut. 
    Born 6 Sep 1601  Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died Between 1680 and 1681  Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • "The earliest ancestor whom we can trace of Sophia Smith was Lieut. Samuel Smith, who came with his wife Elizabeth and four children in 1636 when he was 32 years old from England.....He was one of the [Hadley] selectmen chosen on the 9th of November 1659 'to order all puvlic occasions that concern the good of the country for the ensuing year,'....(Hopkins Grammer School) was the first endowed school of the kind in Hampshire County, and Samuel Smith was chosen one of the first trustees, it afterward vecame Hopkins Academy and Sophia Smith was one of its pupils.....In the early records of the town [of Hadley], he is frequently chosen for the management of town affairs, where a person of integrity and sagacity seems to have been demanded."

      --Unsigned and undated history from Sophia Smith's homepage

      www.smith.edu/libraries/ca/sophia/family/gen1.htm

      Occupation Lieutenant and Fellmonger

      Source of Information: Ancestry of Col. John Harrington Stevens and Francis Helen Miller by Mary Lovering Holman, Concord, NH. 1948, page 369-375.

      Samuel Smith resided at England; traveled on the "Elizabeth" to Boston April 30, 1634 from Ipswich, Suffolk, England with wife and several children; Watertown, Connecticut 1634; Wethersfield, Connecticut 1635/1636; Hadley, Massachusetts 1659/1660. Commanding officer of Hadley, Massachusetts Company, 1663-1678, probably was in King Philips War.

      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcstayfamily/lt.htm

      Passenger list of the Elizabeth said to be published NEGHS register 14, page 329, not verified.

      Per his FindAGrave memorial page:

      New Research in 2020.... NEHGR 174:40ff.... his parents were John Smith (c1572-1618) and Mary (Gardner) Smith (c1575-1626). Both John and Mary were buried in Burstall, Co.Suffolk.

      He married Elizabeth Smith/Smythe on Oct 6,1624 at Whatfield, Co.Suffolk.

      He sailed from England on the ship "Elizabeth" out of Ipswich with his wife Elizabeth, and landed in Boston with their four Children, Samuel,Elizabeth, Mary, and Philip in 1634. In 1636, they moved to Connecticut, and he was one of the Founders of Wethersfield,CT. In 1659, they moved to Massachusetts and he was one of the founders of Hadley.
    Person ID I21331  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2021 

    Family Elizabeth Smith,   b. Abt 1602, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1686, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Married 6 Oct 1624  Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Church marriage records show the marriage of Samuel Smyth to Elizabeth Smyth. See excellant discussion in Paul W. Pringle, "The wife of Lt. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield," The American Genealogist, Vol. 32, 1956, page 202.
    Children 
     1. Samuel Smith,   b. Bef Feb 1625, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elizabeth Smith,   b. Between 1626 and 1627, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 23 Sep 1656, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
     3. Mary Smith,   b. 9 Oct 1628, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1668, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     4. Lieut. Philip Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1632, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1684, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     5. Chileab Smith,   b. Abt 1635, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1730, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 95 years)
     6. John Smith,   b. Abt 1637, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1676, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2021 
    Family ID F7374  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Sep 1601 - Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Oct 1624 - Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Between 1680 and 1681 - Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S365] Smith ; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcstayfamily/smith.htm.

    2. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 6651026 (Reliability: 3).