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Thomas Small

Born about 1741 in Falmouth, York, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Ancestors

Son of Edward Small Sr and Abigail (Unknown) Small

Brother of Micho Small, Job Small, Edward Small and Anna (Small) Dyer [half]

Husband of Sarah (Roberts) Small — married 10 Mar 1763 in Falmouth, Maine

Descendants

Father of Mary B (Small) Lunt, Thomas Small Jr, Sarah Small, Ebenezer Small, Abigail (Small) Sellers, Hannah A (Small) Randall, Elizabeth (Small) Choate, William Small, Joseph Small, Lydia (Small) Smith and Benjamin Small

Died 23 Mar 1827 at about age 86 in Deer Isle, Maine, United States

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Biography

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Small served with 5th Regiment, Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Thomas Small is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A105532.

Thomas Small is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P291289
Rank: Lieutenant

Thomas Small was a pioneer settler of Deer Isle.

Thomas Small (also given Smawley) served, in the Revolutionary war, as " 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Thomas Roben's [Capt. Thomas Robbins's] (4th) CO. [Deer Island Plantation], Col. Jonathan Buck's (5th Lincoln Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of ofiicers chosen in said regiment; ordered in Council July 23, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned July 23, 1776." § IMAGE page 1550 Descendants of Edward Small New England, Vol. 3, Lora Altine Woodbury Underhill

"Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-FHBF-6?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-MHJ%3A1589088707 : 20 September 2019), Slarrow, Joseph - Smith, Dudley > image 1026 of 2762; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.

Small, see also Smawley; Thomas, Lt, Mil r Deer Island b Falmouth 1741Capt. Robbin's co d Deer Isle 1827 m Sarah 1S;13S; CL-4, 1: 623 MOCA ^[1]

Thomas Small ... received deed for Deer Isle Lot, from father-in-law, Ebenezer Roberts of Royalsborough, 17 Oct 1777, acknowledged: 21 Sept 1789, recorded: 1 July 1801.

Deer Isle Maine_Small's Cove [Smaleys Cove; 1776 Map] was named from the two brothers of that name who settled near it. Mr. Thomas Small lived on the northern, and Mr. Job Small on the southern, side. ^[2]

Descendants of Edward Small New England, ^[3]Vol. 3 page 1150 has the following:

"VI. Thomas ⁵ b. about 1741, in Falmouth. The marriage intention of "Thomas Small & Sarah Roberts, both of Falmouth," was recorded May 15, 1762;* they were mar. March 10, 1763^[4], by Rev. Ephraim Clark. Sarah ⁵ Roberts probably was daughter to Ebenezer* and Sarah (Elwell) Roberts, of Falmouth. ^[5] The connection was not so apparent when the family of Ebenezer* was written, as it is now, or Sarah would have been mentioned with the other children. Thomas Small removed to Deer Isle, about 1767 ; he settled " near the bar which lies across the mouth of what is now known as Small's Cove," on land which was occupied, in 1905, by his great-grandson, Enoch Small. Thomas Small died March 23, 1827, in Deer Isle. Issue:

1.	Mary⁶, b. Jan. 10, 1764, in Falmouth. She was married to Micajah Lunt, of Newburyport ; she d. in 1859, in Deer Isle.
2.	Thomas⁶, b. May 9, 1768, in Deer Isle. He mar. Jan. 1, 1793, in Deer Isle, Anna Saunders, daughter to Thomas and Hepzibah (Chase) Saunders. Thomas Small d. March 8, 1846.
3.	Sarah ⁶, b. , in Deer Isle. She was mar. June 17, 1790, by Rev. Ephraim Clark, to her cousin, Edward ⁶ Small, Jr., of Falmouth, son to Micah ⁵ and Hannah Small.
4.	Ebenezer⁶, b. April 30, , in Deer Isle. This name was not common in the Small family ; he probably was named for his mother's father, Ebenezer⁴ Roberts, of Cape Elizabeth. Ebenezer Small mar. Jan. 23, 1792, in Deer Isle, Ann, daughter to Ebenezer Webster. Captain Ebenezer Small (master-mariner) lived on the homestead of his father; he d. Sept. 2, 1828.
5.	Abigail⁶, b. March 17, 1774, in Deer Isle. She was mar. Nov. 20, 1798, to William Sellers; she d. about 1850.
6.	Hannah⁶, b. Jan. 12, 1776, in Deer Isle. She was married to Joseph Randall; they removed to Bucksport, Maine, where she died.
7.	Betsey⁶, b. Jan. 13, 1778, in Deer Isle. She was married, about 1809, to George C. Choate.
8.	William ⁶,b. Sept. 9, 1782, in Deer Isle. He married Lydia Colby, daughter to Joseph Colby, Jr.; he d. about 1814; his widow was married to Israel Dorr, of Frankfort.
9.	Joseph ⁶, b. July 27, 1784, in Deer Isle. He mar. May 20, 1807, Mary Chase Pettingill, daughter to Benjamin and Abigail (Chase) Pettingill, of Newbury, Mass. Joseph Small d. 1807, in Surinam, leaving one son; his widow was married, second, to John Howard; third, to Samuel Small, Sr.
10.	Lydia ⁶, b. July 3, 1786, in Deer Isle. She was married to Simon Smith, of Deer Isle.
11.	Benjamin ⁶, b. , in Deer Isle. He mar. March 22, 1812, Mary M. Lunt, daughter to Enoch and Jane Lunt, of Newburyport; he d. about 1827. Several of their children settled in Massachusetts.*

Sources Cited by Woodbury

Town Records of Cape Elizabeth, vol. i : 551.

Vide page 1024. (Town Records of Cape Elizabeth page 1024)

An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine, by George L. Hosmer, 1905 : 97.

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, vol. 14 : 323. 318.

Ruth Gray's Maine Families in 1790 ^[6]

Smally, Thomas 27b 2-3-5-0-0

Deer Isle Town, Hancock County

THOMAS SMALL, b. c1737/8 (from death rec.) prob. Cape Elizabeth, son of EDWARD & ABIGAIL SMALL; d. Deer Isle 23 Mar 1827, ae 89y; m. Cape Elizabeth, 10 Mar. 1763, Sarah Roberts; b. c 1740 dau. of Ebenezer & Mary (Kinnicum) Roberts, of Falmouth.

Thomas occupied lot #56 Deer Isle formerly owned by Ebenezer Robbards ^[7]

His wife died 'nearly the same time as her husband'. Thomas served in the French and Indian War at Fort Pownal. He also served in the Rev. War. At the age of 75y in 1813, he rowed into Small's Cove under heavy British gunfire to pilot an American privateer within range of a grounded British warship. He came to Deer Isle c 1765." [Battle of Small's Cove]

Thomas served in the French and Indian War at Fort Pownal ^[8]. At the age of 75y in 1813, he rowed into Small's Cove under heavy British gunfire to pilot an American privateer within range of a grounded British warship ^[9] ^[10]

He is buried on Deer Island in Old Cemetery. ^[11]

Sources

↑ Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War, Maine. Carlton & Sue Fisher, compilers. page 719.
↑ History of Deer Isle, Maine p 291.
↑ Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury. 1910. Descendants of Edward Small of New England and the allied families: with tracings of English ancestry. Cambridge: Priv. Print. at the Riverside Press.
↑ Maine Marriage Records, 1713-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.
↑ Maine Genealogy Archives: Marriages by Rev. Ephraim Clark of Cape Elizabeth, 1756-1797 [p. 101] MARRIAGES IN FALMOUTH (CAPE ELIZABETH), SOLEMNIZED BY REV. EPHRAIM CLARK, PASTOR 2d PARISH. CONTRIBUTED BY CHARLES BURLEIGH, ESQ. Source: Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder [Ancestry.com], vol. 3 (Portland, Me.: S.M. Watson, 1886). http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2007/02/marriages-by-rev-ephraim-clark-of-cape.html
↑ "MAINE FAMILIES IN 1790" Vol. 2, Spec. Pub. No. 5, ME Geneal. Society, pub. 1990, by Picton Press. Ed. by Ruth Gray. p. 260-261.
↑ Ebenezer Roberts of Royalsborough; Hancock County Deeds Book 8 pages 368 & 369 Adrian Stanley_18 Sept. 2015.
↑ Massachusetts Archives 9:33-4
↑ Herman W. Small, "Small Genealogy, 1924, MS, MHS
↑ Source: SMALL-L Archives Archiver > SMALL > 1998-12 > 0914114026 From: Donna Chernick <donna.chernick- Subject: [SMALL-L] SMALL families in Maine Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 16:33:46 -0800.
↑ Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.