Samuel (Small) Smalley (abt. 1690 - 1729)

Born about 1690 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Isabel (Dyer) Hatch — married about 1713 in Truro, Barnstable, Ma

Descendants

Died 1729 at about age 39 in Lost at Sea

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Biography

Samuel Smalley

Samuel Smalley was a whale fisherman and son of Francis and Elizabeth (Hicks) Small|Smalley of Truro. A whaler, he was lost at sea in 1729. He and Isabel Dyer, daughter of Dr. William and Mary (Taylor) Dyer of Truro, were married about 1713.

The Proprietors of Truro recorded 26 Apr 1715 that land was sold to Samuel Smalley, Francis Smalley, William Dryer and Jonathan Dyer, and a further division of land to these proprietors was ordered. In a list of proprietors living in Truro 16 Feb 1730 appears the name Francis Smalley and Isabel Smally, then widow of Samuel Smalley.

It is probable that Samuel Smalley was a "Whale-fisherman", then the most daring and lucrative occupation of that area, and that he was lost at sea. The inventory of Samuel Smalley, late of Truro, deceased, was taken 20 Aug 1729. On 10 Jul 1730, Isabel Smalley petitioned the court for assistance due to her low circumstances and having 7 small children to care for. On 27 Jan 1730/31 she became the third wife of Joseph Hatch, then of Provincetown.^[1]

Name

Samuel /Smalley/ aka Smally, aka Small. The surname of "Smally occurs frequently in Cape Cod records, for Samuel^[2]

Birth

Samuel Smalley was born ca. 1690 at Maine .

Marriage

Samuel Smalley married Isabel Dyer, daughter of Dr. William and Mary (Taylor) Dyer of Truro, Abt 1713, at Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, Massachusetts . #S25, Page: 128.

Children

Samuel Smalley and Isabel Dyer had the following children^[3]:

• 1 Samuel Smalley, Born 15 Sep 1714 at Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, Massachusetts ^[4]; Spouse Hannah Gross, Married 13 Apr 1742 Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, MA.

• 2 Taylor Small, Born 15 Sep 1716 at Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Died 1812 Harpswell, Cumberland Co., Maine; Buried; Spouse Thankful Ridley, Married 1742 Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Alternate Birthplace: 15 Sep 1716, Birthplace: BOWDOIN, SAGADAHOC, MAINE^[5]Does not make sense...another Taylor Smalley|Small with same birthday?

• 3 Francis Small, Born 2 Aug 1719, Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, MA^[6]

• 4 Mary Small, Born Oct 1721 Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Died; Buried.

• 5 Isabel Small, Born Apr 1724 Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Died: Buried.

• 6 Lydia Small, Born Mar 1726/27 Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Died, Buried.

• 7 Hicks Small, Born 11 Apr 1729 Truro, Barnstable Co., Cape Cod, Massachusetts; Died; Buried.

Death

Samuel Smalley died ca. 1729. Lost at Sea.

Notes

• Samuel Smalley was a whale fisherman and son of Francis and Elizabeth (Hicks) Small of Truro. A whaler, he was lost at sea in 1729. He and Isabel Dyer, daughter of Dr. William and Mary (Taylor) Dyer of Truro, were married about 1713.^[7]

• "Samuel (Smaley)" owned the covenant in the church at Truro, February 19, 1726-7"^[8]

• Inventory of his estate taken 20 Aug 1729. The assessment of property took place consisting of 25 items which included:

• House and Barn 15:0:0 pounds
• House Land 30:0:0 pounds
• Land purchased of 20:0:0 pounds
• Share of the Sixth Great
• Woodlot of Eastern Harbor 14:0:0 pounds
• Share of Eastern Harbor
• Meadows 6:0:0 pounds
• 1/6th of whaleboat and oars 2:11:9 pounds

• Christened in Jul 1691 location SALEM, ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS

Sources

• Website: Cape Cod History http://capecodhistory.us/genealogy/truro-births.xls

• Website: GENI: Samuel Small, Sr

• Website: Family: Samuel Small/Isabel Dyer

• Book: Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Vol. 1; Call Number: R929.2 S635uV.1; Author: Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury; Publication: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, 1934; Note: NS113603. Vol. 1, Page 94 & Page 105-134 S25

• Website: "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQD7-3RN : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Samuel Small, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0874031, 0874032, 874033.

• Website: "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4WD-C2H : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Samuel Small in entry for Taylor Small, 15 Sep 1716; citing BOWDOIN,SAGADAHOC,MAINE; FHL microfilm 962279.

1. ↑ GENI: Samuel Small, Sr
2. ↑ Cape Cod History Turo Births Line 135
3. ↑ Family: Samuel Small/Isabel Dyer
4. ↑ Cape Cod History Turo Births Line 135
5. ↑ Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
6. ↑ >Cape Cod History Turo Births Line: 216, Smalley, Francis, M, Aug 1719, Smalley, Samuel, Dyer, Isabel, Wife: Smith, Elizabeth
7. ↑ Info source: Aurie W. Morrison, 1545 56th Square W, Vero Beach, FL 32966-2397.
8. ↑ [Descendants of Edward Small and Allied Families, Underhill, Revised Edition, 1934, Vol. 1, pp 128,129,130,133,134]

Acknowledgements

• Small-132 was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.
• Small-132 was adopted by Tom Quick, Quick-803 23:16, 25 November 2014 (EST).