Alice (Small) Smith (abt. 1676 - aft. 1721)

Born about 1676 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Beriah Smith — married 19 Apr 1711 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 31 Jul 1721 after about age 45 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth
Her birth year is an estimate as at this time this researcher has not located an online primary source with which to base a more specific date. Due to the recorded residence of her immediate family [see below] she was probably born in coastal Maine and was the youngest of her siblings the first being born 1651, Falmouth, Maine Province. Later she and some of her siblings can be found in Truro, Barnstable county, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Her father Francis Small, Sr. was deposed 6 April 1685 where he declared his age to be about 56 years which places his birth about 1627 or thereabouts. [Underhill, Vol.3; Appendices, p.1576]

Her brother "Francis Small, Jr. aka "little Franke Smale" "probably born about 1654 at Falmouth and married Elizabeth..." [Underhill, Vol. 1, p.93] He was the only son of his father whose name appeared in the early Court Records of Maine. [Underhill, Vol.1, p.93] That he and his father Francis, Sr. were both alive in 1681 is evidenced by a 31 January 1681 court case where "Major Nicholas Shapleigh brought 'an action of Trespass upon ye Case for falling Cutting & Carrying away of his Tymber, Contra Stephen Jenkins & Fran Smale junior' the court having found for the Plaintiff." [Underhill, Vol.1, p.93] On 29 April 1682 Major Shapleigh was killed at the launching of a vessel at Kittery Foreside after which "Stephen Jenkins & Fran: Smale" brought 'an action of revew' against Mrs. Alice Shapleigh 'administratrix to ye Estate of Major Nich. Shapleigh deceased'. [Underhill, Vol.1, p.93 quoting from 'Early Records of Maine, Vol.4:102, 279-280]

Marriages & Children
Alice Small married 1st John(?) Wormwood 1701, Maine.^[2] Underhill notes that "This Wormwood family probably sprang from William (Wormwood) who was at Kittery in 1640, and removed with his wife to the Isles of Shoals in 1647, but did not long remain there. In 1681 William took the oath of allegiance as a resident of Kittery ['Underhill quoting from Stackpole, p.52, 138] and was still living in Kittery in 1686. ^[1]

Members of the Small family, including Alice and brother Francis, relocated to Barnstable county, Massachusetts.

Alice (Small) Wormwood married 2nd in 19 April 1711 at Truro, Massachusetts, Beriah Smith. ^[3] Beriah, born 2 March 1689, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, was the son of John and Susanna Smith.

Alice was Beriah's second wife, he having married Susanna Savage in 16 June 1703 at Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Alice and Beriah Smith had the following known children:

• Alice Smith, 10 Jan 1717/18, Truro, Barnstable, MA. ^[3] ; d. young(?) Note that the double dating of this record is a bit suspect given the next b. record is the couples 2nd dau. Alice b. 11 May 1718.
• Alice Smith, dau of Beriah & 'Elice Smith' b. 11 May 1718, Cape Cod, Barnstable, MA. ^[3] ; m. Elisha Strout (1715-1769) ; believed to have d. 1748, So. Portland, Cumberland, ME.
• William Smith, 29 Mar 1720, Cape Cod, Barnstable, MA. ^[3]
• John Smith, 31 July 1721, Cape Cod, Barnstable, MA. ^[3]

Bequeathment in Will from her brother Francis Small, Jr.
Underhill records "The Will of Francis Small [Vide, p.94]..." dated 22 August 1709 [Barnstable County, Probate, Book I: 338] ^[5] :

"I Francis Smalle of Town of Truroe in ye County of barnstable, Carpenter, being very sick and weak of Body but of pfect mind and memory...I give and bequeath to ELIZABETH my Dearly beloved Wife...my Elder son FRANCES...my son SAM...Also I order my Dearly beloved Wife and Frances my Elder son to Deliver to my Loving Sister ALICE WORMWOOD one cow and six sheep..." Francis goes on to name his son Frances as sole Executor. Witnessed: Hezekieah Purinton, Ebenezer Doane, BERIAH SMITH. Proved 6 July 1710.

Death
Vital records proving her death date have not been located at this time but it's clear she would have died during or after the birth of son John 31 July 1721.

Research Notes
An earlier version of this WikiTree profile referenced Stackpole's "Old Kittery and Her Families". ^[6] A search result for Alice's Wormwood family yielded the following from the Stackpole source:

p.49 Source Text: "William Wormwood appears in 1683 as a settler on York River (Maine)."

p.52 Source Text: "William Wormwood and John Reynolds witnessed the contract" of 10 Jan 1639 between John Billing and John Lander, fisherman of Piscataquack [Piscataqua], who agreed to divide their property.

p.52 Source Text: "William Wormwood received two acres from John Lander before 1646."

p.138 Source Text: "The 1st court for Province of Maine held at Saco in 1636 and present from Kittery was EDWARD SMALL (among others) and mentioned as not appearing was William Wormwood (among others)."

CAUTION: Underhill states that tracing the Wormwood family in Maine is difficult.

Location Miscellany
According to Stackpole: "The Piscataqua Plantation in old records sometimes means the settlement on the east side of the river and sometimes it means the settlement at Sandy Beach or Rye and Strawberry Bank or Portsmouth, New Hampshire but these settlements on both sides of the river were never united under the government of one plantation or town."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury "Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families... Vol.1" p.93 & 102. pub. Cambridge, Mass., USA: Riverside Press, 1910. https://archive.org/details/descendantsedwa03undegoog/page/102/mode/1up?q=Suffolk+county+Deeds%2C+Massachusetts
2. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" p.841. Baltimore, MD., USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. Reprinted (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 30 Dec 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26887549?h=2c6690
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Bowman, George Ernest, ed. "Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts to the End of the Year, 1849" p.6. pub. Boston, Mass., USA: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933. Reprinted (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 30 Dec 2021.

   p.6 [Alice Wormwood m. Beriah Smith]

   https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26887402?h=34bef2

   p.13 [Children of Alice & Beriah Smith; Alice, John] https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26889121?h=777dce

4. ↑ Holbrook, Jay Mack "Massachusetts Vital Records, Orleans, 1637-1892" p.344 (L page, 5th record from bottom). pub. Oxford, Mass., USA: Holbrook Research Institute, 1987. Reprinted (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 30 Dec 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26889932?h=0378c3
5. ↑ Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury "Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the allied families... Vol.3" see Addenda, p.1557-8. pub. Cambridge, Mass., USA: Riverside Press, 1910. https://archive.org/details/descendantsofedw03unde/page/1297/mode/1up?q=Alice
6. ↑ Stackpole, Everett S. "Old Kittery and Her Families - A history and genealogy from the settling of Kittery, Maine in the early 1600's, complete with many illustrations" pg. 733. Press of Lewiston Journal Company, Lewiston, ME. 1903.

See Also

• "Genealogical History of the Dore, Dorr, Doore, Dorr Family and Allied Ancestors" December 12, 1977 - Copy at the Maine State Library. Miriam Dorr Cobb 22928 Arminta, Canoga Park, California.
• Franks, Jean L. "Descendants of Christopher Strout, Sr." Jean L. Franks, 1013 Jacoby St., Schofield, WI 54476.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 10 September 2010.
• WikiTree profile Small-681 created through the import of mike_walton_2011.ged on Aug 20, 2011 by Mike Walton.
• Contributions by direct descendant Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear

See Also

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDC-6M7 : 4 December 2014), Beriah Smith and Alice Wormwood, 19 Apr 1711; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 907,353.
• Vital-Records-to-1850/image/?volumeId=13774&pageName=6&rId=245554237 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850] Truro V1 page 6[http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Steve Goodwin and Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.Cooper-1 10:59, 14 January 2016 (EST)
• Contributions by descendant Ann (Thompson) Johnson
• Contributions by direct descendant Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear