Rebecca (Buswell) Smith (1592 - aft. 1668)

Born 23 Apr 1592 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Smith Sr. — married 13 Feb 1615 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Descendants

Died after Oct 1668 after age 76 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Rebecca (Buswell) Smith was born in England.

Disputed Origins

Per directions at Disputed Parentage:

The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield states with a careful analysis that his parents were unknown. Please see New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 143 page 240.

I am disconnecting the spouse Thomas Fox for lack of documentation. Please provide a substantial source and post your proof here before reconnecting this spouse.

I am disconnecting the spouse Richard White and the son John White for lack of documentation. Please provide a substantial source and post your proof here before reconnecting this spouse and child.

In 1949 Donald Lines Jacobus identified the wife of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut as Rebecca Buswell (TAG 25:126-139). Roderick Bissell Jones, "The English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," published in NEHGR 128:136-139, identified Richard Smith as the man baptized 16 November 1585 at Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, and traced family relationships for that man. Later Dr. Gale Ion Harris cast doubt on this identification in "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut," NEHGR 143:240-246. Thompson's research has confirmed that Richard Smith of Wethersfield was married and had children baptized not at Stratford-on-Avon, but in Husbands Bosworth, co. Leicester, where his wife's family lived. Richard Smith's ancestry remains to be established.^[1]

^[2]

Marriage 13 Feb 1615/16, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England to Rebecca Buswell.^[3]

Smith, Richard (ca 1589-1669+) & Rebecca [?Buswell] (-1667+); b 1617; Wethersfield, CT.^[4]

1. Richard Smith, (1616/17 - 1690), c: 1 JAN 1616/1617 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
2. Susanna Smith, (1619 -), c: 30 MAY 1619 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
3. Anne Smith, (1621/22 -), c: 24 FEB 1621/1622 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
4. Joseph Smith, (1625 - abt 1673), c: 25 DEC 1625 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
5. Mary Smith, (1630 - aft 1684), c: 11 DEC 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
6. Rebecca Smith, (1630 -), c: 11 DEC 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
7. Jonathan Smith, (1635 - 1711), c: 4 OCT 1635 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
8. Abigail Smith, (1637/38 - aft 1683), c: 21 JAN 1637/1638 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.^[5]

Timeline

• Medical; 12 May 1658; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.^[6] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Richard, his wife

• Medical; 2 Aug 1658; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.^[7] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Richard, his wife

• Medical; 2 Feb 1658/59; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.^[8] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Richard Senior his wife vide Feb 2 1658

• Medical; Bet 2 Feb 1910 And Mar 1658/59; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.^[9] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Rich. Sen. His wife vide Feb 2 & Mar 10, 1658

• Medical; 7 Mar 1659/60; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.^[10] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Rich. Sen. His wife

See Also

New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 158 (subscription) Article entitled, Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester and England by Neil D. Thompson, pages 33-39.

NEHGR Vol. 164, July 2010

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Page 687

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEHGS, 2004 - New England, Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters. Page 38, Page 38b, Page 38c.

Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist, Volumes 25-26, D.L. Jacobus, 1949 - Genealogy, “Richard Smith of Wethersfield” The American Genealogist 25:128; pg 126a, pg 126c.

Thompson, Neil D., "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England," NEHGR 158:1 (Jan 2004) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 38, Los Angeles Public Library.

Jacobus, Donald Lines, Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.), p. 459, Family History Library, 929.273 H135j 1978.

Harris, Gale Ion, "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut," NEHGR 143:3 (Jul 1989) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), pp. 240–46, Los Angeles Public Library.

One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960 By R. Thomas Collins; Page 83 #60

Genealogies of Massachusetts Families Vol IV by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams; 1910; Pages 2349 & 50

Michael Ray Lechner and Ted Harold Lechner, "Lechner Family History: Richard Smith, Sr.," Richard Smith Notes, 25 Nov 2007.

• Source: S01 Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," Genealogical Publishing Com, Jan 1, 1985 - Reference - 1009 pages, (Google eBook)
• 'Children of Roger and Margaret (_____) Buswell, baptized at Husbands Bosworth, co. Leicester [citing Husbands Bosworth parish register]: ...
• Rebecca Buswell, bp. 23 April 1595; living Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Conn., 12 Oct. 1668 [citing Deposition in David D. Hall, Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England (Boston, 1991), 172-73]; m. Husbands Bosworth 13 Feb. 1615/6 Richard Smith, ...'
• Source: S04 Evelyn Beran, "Sanford-Shulsen Family," 7 NOV 2012, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sanford-shulsen&id=I38819
• Source: S05 J. Devlin, "Descendants of Richard Smith," http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/smith_3.htm
• Source: S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139). Cited by #S05
• Source: S09 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000, link updated 23 Aug 2013]). p 334. Cited by #S05
• Source: S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000, link updated 23 Aug 2013]). p 326. Cited by #S05
• Source: S12 Donald Lines Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield," The American Genealogist 25 [1949], Page: 126

Rebecca Bushwell. ^[11][12] Smith. ^[13] Smith. ^[14] Smith. ^[15] Bushwell. ^[16] Found multiple versions of name. Using Rebecca Bushwell.

Born 1593 Parish, Leicestershire, England. ^[17][18][19]

Baptism: 23 Apr 1595. Husbands Bosworth,Leicester,England. ^[20]

Event: Arrival 1637 Virginia^[21]

Died 1667 Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. ^[22][23][24]

Buried Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. ^[25]

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Marriage Husband @P1480@. Wife @P1479@. Child: @P1465@. Marriage 13 Feb 1615. Parish, Leicestershire, , England. ^[26][27]

Married Richard Smith at Husbandsworth, 13 Feb 1615.^[28]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S04 Evelyn Beran, "Sanford-Shulsen Family".
2. ↑ Source: #S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139).
3. ↑ Jacobus, p. 126-129
4. ↑ Source: #S01 "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," pg 687.
5. ↑ Jacobus, pp 126-129
6. ↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 326.
7. ↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 332.
8. ↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 340.
9. ↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 345.
10. ↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 360.
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19. ↑ Source: #S-905815574
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21. ↑ Source: #S-904248743 Place: Virginia; Year: 1637; Page Number: 301
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28. ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP47-K3ZT : 6 June 2018), Richard Smith and Rebecca Buswell, 13 Feb 1615; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Marriage, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Valerie Koutek, Alexis Connolly, John Hermanson, John Putnam, Michael Lechner and Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.