Stephen Smith (bef. 1726 - 1807)

Born before 18 Dec 1726 in Chatham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1807 after age 80 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Stephen Smith was baptized December 18, 1726, the son of Stephen Smith and Hannah Collins of Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts^{[1] [2] [3]}

Circa 1746, he married Mehitable Eldridge, the daughter of Nathaniel Eldridge and Sarah Conant of Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts^{[1] [3]}. Their children included^{[4] [5]}:

1. Jonathan Eldridge Smith, born August 21, 1747^[4], who married Elizabeth Harrington^[6]
2. Stephen III, born May 23, 1749^{[4] [3]}, who married Susanna Godfrey^{[7] [8]}
3. Hannah, born March 8, 1752^{[4] [3]}, who married John McIntyre^[9]
4. Bethiah, born January 5, 1754^{[4] [3]}, who married Benjamin Harrington
5. Lodowick, born August 22, 1756^{[4] [3]}, who married Elizabeth Cohoon^[10]
6. Dorcas Tabitha, born March 20, 1759^{[4] [3]}, who married William Cahoon Jr^{[11] [8]}
7. Sarah, born July 1, 1761^[5], who married Ebenezer Harrington^[12]
8. Mehitable, born March 12, 1764^[5], who married Abel Chadsey^[13]
9. Elizabeth (Betty), born May 12, 1765^[5], who married John Roberts^{[14] [8]}
10. Nathaniel, born June 22, 1769^[5], who married Ruth Millard^[15]

Circa 1760, Stephen and Mehitable emigrated to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, where he is listed among the first proprietors of the town^[16]. They are also noted in Simeon Perkins Diary in various passages^[8].

Stephen erected one of the first grist mills in Liverpool. He was a ship-owner who [fished inshore] (i.e. in a shallop or smaller boat on coastal waters). He was a deacon in the Congregational Church, and one of the first to convert to the New Light Church] under the influence of Rev. Henry Alline^[8]

Stephen Smith died September 9, 1807, and is buried in the Old Congregational Cemetery^[17]

DNA

Descendant of Ralph Smith (c1612 ENG-1685 MA) m Elizabeth Hobart, group NE08 on SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Stephen Hopkins Volume 6, page 258
2. ↑ Familysearch notes the loss of records in Barnstable Mass and refers to the following source
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Topics Registers of births, etc.--Massachusetts--Cape Cod, Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.), Marriage records--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Barnstable (Mass.)--Genealogy, Cape Cod (Mass.)--Genealogy, genealogy; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Collection sturgislibrary; regionaldigitizationmass; americana; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Vol. 44 (Smith to Soper). See page 254 for Stephen with his parents, and page 255 for Stephen with his wife and eldest children
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} 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).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Vital Records of Liverpool, NS, page 24 found in Volume 126, page 101 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. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-HQM : 5 December 2014), Jonathan Smith and Elizabeth Harrington, 22 May 1771; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
7. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-H8V : 5 December 2014), Stephen Smith and Susannah Godfrey, 01 Aug 1772; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} 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.
9. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-DYY : 5 December 2014), John Mcintire and Hannah Smith, 09 Nov 1769; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
10. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-HQW : 5 December 2014), Lodowick Smith and Elizebeth Cahoon, 18 Nov 1778; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
11. ↑ "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9S-8CLM : 8 November 2017), Smith in entry for Almira Manthorne, 13 Jan 1922; citing Port Medway, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 269, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
12. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-D9J : 5 December 2014), Ebenezer Harrington and Sarah Smith, 03 Aug 1778; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
13. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-HZK : 5 December 2014), Abel Chadsey and Mehetabel Smith, 03 Aug 1778; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
14. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-H3L : 5 December 2014), John Roberts and Betty Smith, 18 May 1780; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
15. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5D-HQG : 5 December 2014), Nathaniel Smith and Ruth Millard, 24 Sep 1792; citing Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 837,883.
16. ↑ The history of Queens County, N.S. by More, James F. (James Fullerton), 1802-1878; Published in Halifax in 1873; Digitizing sponsor University of Alberta Libraries, see pages 11 and 12 for the list of proprietors
17. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #95940365
18. ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, group NE08 Rb1- Ralph Smith.

See also:

• New Englanders in Nova Scotia (subscription) compiled by Fred E Crowell, c1938. Page 50

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.