Lieut. Samuel Smith

1601 - 1681  (78 years)

• Name	Samuel Smith  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Lieut.
  Birth	6 Sep 1601	Suffolk, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1680 and 1681	Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Burial	Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  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 d. 16 Mar 1686, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1624	Suffolk, England   [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 d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth Smith,   b. Between 1626 and 1627, Suffolk, England d. Abt 23 Sep 1656, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 30 years)   3. Mary Smith,   b. 9 Oct 1628, Suffolk, England d. 16 Dec 1668, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age 40 years)   4. Lieut. Philip Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1632, Suffolk, England d. 10 Jan 1684, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age 51 years)   5. Chileab Smith,   b. Abt 1635, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 7 Mar 1730, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 95 years)   6. John Smith,   b. Abt 1637, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 30 Mar 1676, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 39 years)
  Family ID	F7374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Sep 1601 - Suffolk, England Marriage - 6 Oct 1624 - Suffolk, England Death - Between 1680 and 1681 - Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S365] Smith ; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcstayfamily/smith.htm. [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).