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Samuel Smith (abt. 1600 - 1642)

Samuel Smith
Born about in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
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Husband of — married about 1617 in Englandmap
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Died at about age 42 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Samuel Smith migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 312)
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Biography

Samuel Smith of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England, came to New England in 1635, and resided in Salem, Massachusetts in 1637. His will, dated Oct 5, 1642 at Wenham, Massachusetts, was proven Dec 27, 1642. In it he mentions his wife, Sarah, son/son-in-law William Browne (and his two children, William and John), son Thomas and daughter Mary. His wife Sarah's maiden name was unknown; she died in Salem in 1650.[1]

Samuel was one of the very first settlers of Enon, which became Wenham. He died in the autumn of 1642. His wife's name was Sarah _______; she married second Daniel Rumball. Samuel and Sarah's known children are:[2]

  • Thomas
  • Marie, living in 1642
  • Sarah, married Hon. William Browne

Sources

  1. ↑ Frost, Josephine C, Ancestors of Henry Rogers Winthrop and his wife Alice Woodward Babcock, published 1927. Reference page 450
  2. ↑ Perley, Sidney, The history of Salem, Massachusetts, published 1924-28. Reference Volume 2, page 11
  • Marriage source showing other relevant citations: New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.Reference Volume 2, page 1404. Subscription




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M. Gary
* Will of Samuel Smith of wenham dated October 10 1642 tells of son William Brown with 2 sons a William Brown and a John brown

Found in the vital records of Wakefield ,Massachusetts to the year 1850 There are 3 volumes of the Essex antiquarian in the records. Image # 218

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