Elizabeth Smith

Notes:

Her maiden name is shown by some as CHILEAB, and this error probably occurred in one of the early genealogies of this family because they named one of their sons Chileab and then the error has been passed on through the years in subsequent genealogies.

Article from The American Genealogist, Vol. 32, p. 195.
THE WIFE OF LT. SAMUEL SMITH OF WETHERSFIELD
By Paul W. Prindle, B.S., of New York, N.Y.

The wife of Lieutenant Samuel Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut., has often been named erroneously as Elizabeth Chileab. The following article appeared in abbreviated form in "The Hartford Times, " 8 Jan 1956.

About one year after their arrival from England, Lt. Samuel Smith's wife gave birth to a son,1 to whom they gave the unusual name of Chileab. Someone, possibly Stiles (he must at least be charged with responsibility for passing on the fiction in his "History of Ancient Wethersfield 2:646), assumed that this unusual name must have been the surname of the mother.

It is unfortunate that Stiles failed to consult his Bible concordance. Had he done so, he would have learned that Lt. Smith, a devout man who made a bequest of a Bible in his will to each of his grandchildren gave biblical names to each one of his other sons, - Samuel, Philip and John, - and Chileab was no exception; the original Chileab was the son of King David by
Abigail (II Samuel, 111;3). According to Rev. William Jenks, "Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible" (1836), Chileab signifies "like his father, or the father's picture." Due to the unusual circumstances of Chileab"s birth, Abigail being the lawful wife of Nabal the Carmelite, we may reasonable ascribe the touching choice of the babe's name to Abigail rather than to David. In any event in the 7 Oct. 1929 issue of "The Boston Evening Transcript," one C.D.A. wrote, in answer to query 8072-15. If Lieutenant Smith had named the child Chedorlaomer, Jaazaniah, Yephibosneth, or Maher-shalal-hash-baz ( all biblical masculine names), there would have been as much ground for assuming the selected name was the family name of Elizabeth as there was that it was Chileab.

The identity of Elizabeth, wife of Lt. Samuel Smith, has been determined within the bounds of probability acceptable to careful genealogists. As long ago as 14 Aug 1943, the late Dr. Ray G.Hulbert, in his answer to query A-2442-(6) in "The Hartford Times," gave the facts, which have been repeated on a number of occasions, once at least by the present contributor. Nevertheless, to bring all the known facts together, perhaps for the first time the following account is presented to lay the ghost of Elizabeth Chileab.

The parish registers of St. Margarets's, Whatfield, Co.,Suffolk, England, show the Oct 6, 1624 marriage of Samuel Smyth to Elizabeth Smyth, and the baptism of their son Samuel on Feb 8, 1625 (1625/6?). The young couple next appear at Hadleigh, co. Suffolk, three miles south of Whatfield where, at the church of St. Mary the Virgin, they baptized Elizabeth on Jan 28, 1627 (probably New Style); Mary, Oct. 9, 1628 and Philip, November1632. The Smith, Smyth, Smithe (all interchangeable, of course) family embarked "the last of Aprill, 1634, for New England, in the "Elizabeth," from Ipswich, Mr. Wm. Andrews, "Master" (New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 14:329; Hotten' s "Original Lists," pp. 280, 282; Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts"; James William Hook , "Lieut. Samuel Smith (1953), p. 1.The ship's list shows the following ages for the members of the Smith family:"Samuell Smithe,"; 32; "Elizabeth his wife," 32; and children of "Sam. Smith:" Samuel, 9; Elizabeth, 7; Mary, 4; Philip, 1. The ages of the children Samuel, Elizabeth, and Philip exactly correspond with their respective dates of baptism. Mary, however, was 5, not 4. Actually, this record represents a high degree of accuracy. Most ages taken from ships' lists (and from gravestones and census records as well) are questionable unless confirmed by other contemporary records.

There remains little room for doubt that the baptismal records shown above taken from the parish registers in Whatfield and Hadleigh, are of the children who sailed on the "Elizabeth" from Ipswich only ten miles east of Hadleigh, co. Suffolk and that Elizabeth, wife of Lt.Samuel Smith, was a Smith before her marriage.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heathsmith/smith/ancestors_gen1.htm

Per her FindAGrave memorial page:

Her surname has been identified as Smith(or Smyth) from parish registers of St.Margaret's, Whatfield, Co. Suffolk where her marriage to Samuel is recorded. Earlier resources indicating her surname to have been "Chileab" have been refuted. NEHGR Vol.174. A series of articles published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register published in the Winter, Spring, and Summer of 2020 outline an extensive search of records in Suffolk, England. A review of wills establishes the parentage of Elizabeth as Philip Smith and Ann (Grymwade) Smith.

Church records indicate she was baptized 22 Jul 1599 in Erwarton, Suffolk, England.

Children: Samuel Smith Jr, Elizabeth Smith Foote Gull, Mary Smith Graves, Philip Smith, Philip Smith, Chileab Smith, and John Smith.

Elizabeth married Lieut. Samuel Smith on 6 Oct 1624 in Suffolk, England. Samuel was born on 6 Sep 1601 in Suffolk, England; died between 1680 and 1681 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nathaniel Foote. Nathaniel (son of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming) was born on 5 Mar 1618 in England, United Kingdom; died about 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Graves. John was born before 1622 in England, United Kingdom; died on 19 Sep 1677 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on 30 Apr 1632 at England. Baptized in Nov 1632 at Hadleigh, Suffolk, Eng. Philip died at Hadley, MA, on 10 Jan 1685. The son of Samuel SMITH and Elizabeth CHILEAB.

Philip, first of Wethersfield, removed to Hadley after 1659.

Philip was one of the first men of his time to be a lieutenant, deacon, and representative in Hadley. He was "murdered with an hideous witchcraft" according to Cotton Mather.

Some quotations from Lawson's web pages follow.

From The Magnalia Christi Americana, by Cotton Mather - 1702.

Mr. Philip Smith, aged about 50 years, a son of eminently virtuous parents, a
deacon of a church in Hadley, a member of the General Court, a justice in the
County Court, a selectman for the affairs of the town, a Lieutenant of the troop, and
which crowns all, a man for devotion, sanctity, gravity, and all that was honest,
exceeding exemplary. Such a man was in the winter of the year 1684, murdered
with an hideous witchcraft, that filled all those parts of New England, with
astonishment. He was, by his office concerned about relieving the indigences of a
wretched woman in the town; who being dissatisfied at some of his just cares about
her, expressed herself unto him in such a manner, that he declared himself
thenceforth apprehensive of receiving mischief at her hands. Early in January, he
began to be very valetudinarious. He shewed such weanedness from the weariness
of the world, etc.... While he remained yet of a sound mind, he solemnly charged
his brother to look well after him. Be sure (said he) to have a care for me.... There
shall be a wonder in Hadley.... In his distress he exclaimed much upon the young
woman aforesaid, and others, as being seen by him in the room. Some of the young
men in the town being out of their wits at the strange calamities thus upon one of
their most beloved neighbors, went three or four times to give disturbance unto the
woman thus complained of; and all the while they were disturbing her, he was at
ease, and slept as a weary man; yea, these were the only times they perceived him to
take any sleep in all his illness. Gally pots of medicine provided for the sick man
were unaccountably emptied: audible scratchings were made about the bed, when his
hands and feet lay wholly still, and were held by others. They beheld fire sometimes
on the bed; and when the beholders began to discourse of it, it vanished away.
Divers people actually felt something often stir in the bed, at a considerable distance
from the man; it seemed as big as a cat, but they could never grasp it. Several trying
to lean on the bed's head, tho' the sick man lay wholly still, the bed would shake so
as to knock their heads uncomfortably. Mr. Smith dies; the jury that viewed his
corpse found a swelling on one breast, his back full of bruises, and several holes
that seemed made with awls. After the opinion of all had pronounced him dead, his
countenance continued as lively as if he had been alive; his eyes closed as in a
slumber, and his nether jaw not falling down. Thus he remained from Saturday
morning about sunrise, till Sabbathday in the aftenoon. When those who took him
out of the bed, found him still warm, tho' the season was as cold as had almost been
known in any age; and a New England winter does not want for cold. But on
Monday morning they found the face extremely tumified and discolored. It was
black and blue, and fresh blood seemed running down his cheek upon the hairs.
Divers noises were also heard in the room where the corpse lay; as the clattering of
chairs and stools, whereof no account could be given. This was the end of so good a
man.

From History of Hadley, by Sylvester Judd - 1863.

Mary Webster, the woman who disturbed Philip Smith, was sent to Boston, tried
for witchcraft, and acquitted. The young men of Hadley tried an experiment upon
her. They dragged her out of the house, hung her up until she was near dead, let her
down, rolled her some time in the snow, and at last buried her in it, and there left
her. But she survived, and died in 1696. No inhabitant of Hampshire Co. was ever
executed for witchcraft.

From Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, by Lucius Barnes Barbour - 1976.

William Webster s. of John & Agnes died 1688 mar Feb 17, 1670 Mary Reeve who
died 1696 dau of Thomas Reeve of Springfield. Hadley; his wife was accused of
witchcraft and sent to Boston for trial 1684, but was acquitted and died in peace.
s.p.

Source: http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_444.html

Philip married Rebecca Foote on 1 Mar 1657 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Rebecca (daughter of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming) was born on 3 Sep 1634 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Apr 1701 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Chileab is a biblical name, a son of King David, and the meaning of the name is "like his father."

Chileab married Hannah Hitchcock on 2 Oct 1661 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Luke Hitchcock and Elizabeth Gibbons) was born about 1645; died on 31 Aug 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Slain by the Indians in Hatfield Meadow.

http://clio.fivecolleges.edu/smith/sophia/family/gen1.htm

Family/Spouse: Mary Partridge. Mary was born about 1648; died on 20 May 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Sarah WHITE. (Dave Graves).

Notes:

She married Samuel BALL, Benjamin STEBBINS, and James WARRINER. (Dave Graves).

Notes:

He married Sarah WYATT and Abigail ??? and Deliverance ???. (Dave Graves).

Family/Spouse: Sarah ???. Sarah was born before 1669; died on 15 Oct 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married Edward STEBBINS. (Dave Graves).

Notes:

She married Thomas JONES (Dave Graves).

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He married Hannah WARRINER. (Dave Graves).

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He married Mary COLTON. (Dave Graves).

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Married Mary CHURCH on November 16, 1682.

http://www.footefamily.org/ancestor.htm#rebecca(4)

Notes:

Deacon of the church at Hadley. (Pane-Joyce Genealogy).

John married Joanna Kellogg on 29 Nov 1683 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Joanna (daughter of Lieut. Joseph Kellogg and Joanna Foote) was born on 8 Dec 1664 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died after 16 Apr 1727 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Abigail Kellogg on 14 Nov 1688 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Lieut. Joseph Kellogg and Abigail Terry) was born on 9 Oct 1671 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died after 1742 in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Mary BLISS on 9 July 1687 and Mary ROBINSON in September 170

http://www.footefamily.org/ancestor.htm#rebecca(4)

Family/Spouse: George Stillman. George was born about 1654 in England, United Kingdom; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Mary DICKINSON, the dtr. of Nathaniel DICKINSON and Hannah BEARDSLEY. (James Albury; Chris Bird).

Nathaniel married Mary Dickinson on 6 Feb 1695. Mary was born about 1673; died on 16 Aug 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Esther Parsons. Esther was born on 24 Dec 1672; died on 30 May 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Smith. James (son of Samuel Smith and Mary Ensign) was born on 12 Jun 1675; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Preserved Smith on 15 Dec 1697 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Preserved (son of Samuel Smith and Mary Ensign) was born in Aug 1677; died about 1713. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I ASSUMED that he died before his younger brother, also named Chileab, was born in February 1685.

Joseph married Canada Waite about 1696. Canada (daughter of Benjamin Waite and Martha Leonard) was born on 22 Jan 1677 in Canada; died about 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Mary BUCK on 14 Mar 1699/00. (Dave Graves).

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Married John DAY on 10 May 1695/96. (Dave Graves).

Notes:

She married Daniel SMITH on 7 April 1709. (Marie Doorneweerd).

Sarah married Daniel Smith on 7 Apr 1709. Daniel was born before 1687; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married first a Hannah. He married second Elizabeth COMBS on 2 Jun 1715. (James Albury).

Abraham married Thankful Bardwell on 23 May 1717 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Thankful was born about 1697 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Mar 1775 in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Abigail Bardwell on 6 Jun 1720 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Abigail was born about 1699 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 31 Oct 1786 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Rebecca WRIGHT and Rachel NEWTON. (James Albury).

Notes:

She was said to have married John BARDWELL.

Samuel married Grace Hitchcock on 9 Apr 1728. Grace (daughter of David Hitchcock and Elizabeth Mighill) was born on 25 Jul 1711 in Enfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Dec 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Deranged."

Source:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcstayfamily/smith.htm

Notes:

Married John PARSONS. (Pane-Joyce Genealogy).

Notes:

Resided at Amherst, Massachusetts. (Pane-Joyce Genealogy).

Moses married Mary Marsh in Nov 1726 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 27 Oct 1704 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mr. Smith was known as "Goodman Smith" and seldom spoken of by any other name. He came to the Straits with other families about 1731 or '32 and built on the west side of the Deerfield Road. The house stood very near where the house of his great-grandson, Israel S. Smith, now is. The old house was very large and used for many years as a hotel with a store near by which was used for general merchandising. History of Whately, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Jennie Smith Prouty.DAR ID Number: 17916 Born in Meriden, Connecticut.Wife of Willis J. Prouty. Descendant of Elisha Smith and of Philip Smith, of Massachusetts. Daughter of Henry G. Smith and Ann Marilla Whitney, his wife. Granddaughter of Alanson Smith and Abigail Wright, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Asa Smith and Judith Graves, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Philip Smith and Elizabeth Graves, his wife. Gr.-gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Elisha Smith and Sarah Fields, his wife. Elisha Smith, (1705-84), turned out with the minute men from Whately at the Lexington Alarm. [p.335] Philip Smith, (1730-1806), served as a private in Capt. Salmon White's company, 1777. He was born and died in Whately, Mass. Also No. 16053.

Notes for SARAH SMITH: For her parentage and her date of birth we are indebted to Daniel W. Wells of Hatfield.

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

Per his FindAGrave memorial page:


His tombstone shows he died 30 Oct 1789. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 records Elisha Smith's death as 7 Nov 1784 at age 80. This tombstone stands next to his wife Sarah's tombstone.

Elisha was the son of Jonathan Smith and his wife Abigail Kellogg. He married Sarah Smith, daughter of Rev. Joseph Smith and his wife Canada Waite in 1727.

Elisha married Sarah Smith before 1728. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Smith and Canada Waite) was born on 14 Oct 1707 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Aug 1795 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Richarde Chauncy on 6 Nov 1728. Richarde was born about 1703 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha Scott. Martha was born after 1710; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Abigail Scott. Abigail was born after 1714; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was also married to Rebecca BUTLER and Mary MOODY (b. 13 Jan 1709, married Chileab on 28 Jan 1732 in Hadley). (McStay-Turner Family Tree).

Chileab married Sarah Moody about 1732. Sarah was born about 1702; died about 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph Field on 13 Sep 1716. Joseph was born on 9 Jun 1689 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Elisha Smith before 1728. Elisha (son of Jonathan Smith and Abigail Kellogg) was born on 10 Jul 1705 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died in Nov 1784 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in East Whately Cemetery, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther married Jonathan Field about 1739. Jonathan was born on 13 Oct 1697 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Moses Dickinson on 24 Oct 1737 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Moses was born on 28 Sep 1711; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Mary Morton about 1749. Mary was born about 1727; died about 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]