Susanna (Richardson) Smith (1755 - 1846)

Born May 1755 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ralph Smith — married 27 Nov 1804 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Dec 1846 at age 91 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Susanna Richardson, daughter of John Richardson and Susanna Perrin, born in May 1755; married James Howe of Roxbury, on Dec 28 1773.^[1]

Susannah Richardson was the daughter of John and Susannah (Perrin) Richardson, born 15 May 1756^[2] or May 1755^[3].

She married first James Howe on 28 Dec 1773.^[3] They lived in Roxbury and had eight children. He died in 1798.^[2]

She married second in Roxbury on 27 Nov 1804 Ralph Smith.^[2][4]

Ralph Smith served as a Private with Lt James Morton in Massachusetts during the American Revolution. He also ferried supplies out of New York as he was licensed by the New York Council of Safety. ^[5]

She died 9 Dec 1846.^[2] The Roxbury records says Susannah Smith, widow, died 8 Dec 1846, a 90 y. 7 m.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Page 544 Richardson memorial vol ii
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Howe, Daniel Wait. 'Howe Genealogies, Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts,pages 35-36
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Vinton, John Adams. (1876).Vol II. The Richardson Memorial; Full History and Genealogy of Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. Posterity of Thomas Richardson.Portland ME, p.544. https://archive.org/details/richardsonmemori00vint/page/544/mode/2up
4. ↑ Vital Records of Roxbury MA, p. 215. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064881170&view=1up&seq=227&skin=2021
5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 Oct 2021), "Record of Ralph Smith", Ancestor # A106686.Meehan-411
6. ↑ Vital Records of Roxbury MA, p. 640. [652/706]. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064881170&view=1up&seq=652&skin=2021

• Vinton, John Adams. (1876).Vol II. The Richardson Memorial; Full History and Genealogy of Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. Posterity of Thomas Richardson.Portland ME.