Lieut. Philip Smith

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:

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]

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:

From Whately or Hatfield, taxed 1789 in Deerfield.

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.

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

Philip married Elizabeth Graves on 18 Apr 1758. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Graves, Jr. and Grace Hitchcock) was born on 1 Jul 1734 in Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Mar 1813 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married John WAITE. (James_albury@hotmail.com)

Notes:

She married Joseph HILL. (James_albury@hotmail.com)