Stephen Smith (1749 - 1827)

Born 23 May 1749 in Chatham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Godfrey) Smith — married 1 Aug 1772 in Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1827 at age 78 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia Colony

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Biography

Stephen Smith Jr was born on May 23, 1749, the son of Stephen Smith and Mehitable Eldredge of Chatham Mass^{[1] [2] [3]}

Circa 1760, he emigrated to Liverpool, Nova Scotia with his parents^[4].

On August 1, 1772, he married Susanna Godfrey, daughter of Josiah and Eunice Godfrey, who also settled in Liverpool, NS^{[5] [6]}. Their children included:

1. Smith, Josiah, son, born at Liverpool, NS, April 7, 1773^[5], who married Esther Collins^[7], and then married Elizabeth Barss^[8]
2. Smith, Stephen (3rd), son, born at Liverpool, NS, March 31, 1775^[5], who married Abigail West^[9]. He was a sea captain, the prizemaster of the Privateer, Charles Mary Wentworth, and a master of the Liverpool Paquet^[10]
3. Smith, Susanna, daughter born at Liverpool, NS, July 14, 1777^[5].
4. Smith, Samuel, son, born at Liverpool, NS, Apl 24 1779^[5]
5. Smith, Eunice, dau, born at Liverpool, NS, Nov 7 1781^[5]. Died April 11, 1801, in 20th yr. ^[11].
6. Smith, Mehitable, 3rd, born at Liverpool, NS, Dec 31, 1783^[5]
7. Smith, Lodowick, who married Elizabeth Kempton Jan 1, 1812^[12]
8. Smith, Alexander, listed by Lucius, page 14
9. Smith, Lothrop, listed by Lucius, page 14

Susanna (Godfrey) Smith, died May 29 1795^[6], and Stephen remarried Rebecca (Nickerson) Freeman, the widow of Joseph Freeman and daughter of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Hurd) Nickerson, of Harwich Mass and Liverpool Nova Scotia^[13]

• By this marriage Stephen became the step-father of "Col Joe" Freeman of Liverpool.

Stephen Smith, Jr died June 24, 1827, in his 79th year^[14], and is buried in the Congregational Burial Ground in Liverpool, NS^[15]]

Notes

Lucius, page 14, says: "Stephen, son of Stephen, lived at Sandy Cove, now the property of Jacob Meisner's sons, the old gambol-roofed house being remembered to this day. He was engaged in lumbering, owning a large part of the Great Hill, and having an interest in a lumber mill in Mill Village. He probably did some farming as most of the men of his time did. His wife was Susannah dau of Josiah Godfrey and sister to the famour Capt Alexander of the Rover. Their family were Alexander, Stephen, Josiah, Lothrop, Lodowick, His first wife dying he married Rebecca, widow of Joseph Freeman, Sr."

Stephen Smith, Jr, is mentioned in Simeon Perkins Diary, starting on July 31, 1782, mostly in conjunction with commercial transactions: Perkins was an investor and a trader in some of Stephen's cargoes. Unlike his father, who sailed the local coastal waters in a small boat (shallop), the diary describes Stephen Jr as a ship's captain who sailed a schooner on the open sea. He fished and traded along the eastern seaboard. One of his schooners was named the Harlequin^[10].

DNA

Descendant of Ralph Smith (c1612 ENG-1685 MA) m Elizabeth Hobart, group NE08 on SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.^[16]

Sources

• Mayflower Births & Deaths, Vol. 1, by Susan Roser

See also:

1. ↑ Chatham Mass Vital Records; page 131 found in Chatham V1, page 169 of the Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
2. ↑ TB Smith Collections, v.855 Images 630-632
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 states: "Stephen Smith the Son of Stephen Smith and Mehitable his wife was born May 23 1747 AD."
4. ↑ Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Vol. 1; Smith, Stephen, S. of Stephen; b. Chatham, Mass., May 23, 1749; to Liverpool 1760 (3: No. 54)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Vital Records of Liverpool, NS, page 93 found in Volume 126, page 287 of the Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Long Page 431
7. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-HQZ : 5 December 2014), Josiah Smith and Esther Collins, 03 Jan 1797; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
8. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-H3T : 5 December 2014), Josiah Smith and Elizabeth Barss, 05 Jan 1804; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
9. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-HZS : 5 December 2014), Stephen Smith and Abigail West, 30 Nov 1797; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} The Diaries of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1780 (volume I) The Publications of the Champlain Society, Volume 29; Author: Simeon Perkins; Editor: Harold A. Innis; Published: 2013.
11. ↑ Epitaphs, P71
12. ↑ Vital Records of Liverpool, NS, page 100 found in Volume 126, page 289 of the Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
13. ↑ John Payzant's Marriages: Dec. 24, 1795: Stephen Smith to Rebecca Freeman
14. ↑ Epitaphs, page 74
15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #178067438
16. ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, group NE08 Rb1- Ralph Smith.

TBS Collections for Stephen Smith III https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95N4-75L?i=629&wc=M6G1-JTR%3A206521701%2C206521702&cc=1918186

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.