Lieut. Samuel Smith

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.

Samuel married Elizabeth Smith on 6 Oct 1624 in Suffolk, England. Elizabeth was born about 1602 in Suffolk, England; died on 16 Mar 1686 in South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
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.

1. Samuel Smith was born before Feb 1625 in Suffolk, England; and died.
2. Elizabeth Smith was born between 1626 and 1627 in Suffolk, England; died about 23 Sep 1656 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
3. Mary Smith was born on 9 Oct 1628 in Suffolk, England; died on 16 Dec 1668 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
4. Lieut. Philip Smith was born on 30 Apr 1632 in Suffolk, England; died on 10 Jan 1684 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
5. Chileab Smith was born about 1635 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 7 Mar 1730 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
6. John Smith was born about 1637 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 30 Mar 1676 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.