Nathaniel Smith Sr. (1664 - abt. 1711)

Born Oct 1664 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Dickinson) Porter — married 9 Jul 1696 in Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about Dec 1711 at about age 47 in Connecticut

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Biography

Nathaniel Smith, son of Joseph and Lydia (Huit) Smith ^[1] was born in October, 1664 ^[2]

Nathaniel married Esther Dickinson on July 9, 1696. ^[1] Esther, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Crow) Dickinson of Hadley, Massachusetts and Wethersfield, Connecticut was born on January 22, 1673/4. ^{[3] [1]}

Nathaniel and Esther's children were:

1. Nathaniel, ^[1] born January 27, 1697 ^[2]; married Mary (___) about 1727. ^[3]
2. Susannah ^[1] born on October 5, 1699 ^[2]; married Thomas Hale on July 11, 1721-2. ^[3]
3. Esther ^[1] baptized March 30, 1701; died young. ^[3]
4. Jerusha ^[1] baptized on September 6, 1702 ^[3]; named in the distribution of Nathaniel Smith's estate in November, 1721. ^[4]
5. Abigail ^[1] born on December 4, 1704 ^{[2] [3]} ; named in the distribution of Nathaniel Smith's estate in November, 1721. ^[4]
6. Mercy born in 1706 ^[1] baptized September 8, 1706 ^[3]; likely died before November 1721. ^[4]
7. Gideon ^[1] baptized on October 10, 1708; married Sarah Porter, daughter of Hezekiah. ^[3]
8. Joseph ^[1] baptized on November 13, 1709. ^[3]
9. Esther baptized on March 10, 1712 ^[3]; likely died before November 1721. ^[4]

Nathaniel died in 1711 ^[3], probably very late in the year as his estate was inventoried on January 2, 1711/12.

The inventory of Nathaniel's estate was taken on January 2, 1711/12 and on January 7, 1711/12, administration was granted to widow Esther Smith and her brother Thomas Dickinson. His estate was assessed at L88.00.04. ^[4]

On April 7, 1713, administration was granted solely to widow Esther Smith, her brother Thomas Dickinson having neglected or having refused to give bond. ^[4]

After Nathaniel's death, Esther married second, on June 12, 1714, Hezekiah Porter of Hartford. ^{[1] [3]}

On November 7, 1721, Esther Smith, alias Porter, exhibited her accounting of the administration of her late husband Nathaniel Smith's estate. The estate was distributed among the following heirs: ^[4]

• eldest son Nathaniel
• sons Gideon and Joseph
• daughters Jerusha, Susanna and Abigail Smith

Hezekiah Porter was appointed guardian to Abigail, Gideon and Joseph Smith, and as attorney for eldest Nathaniel Smith, set off the Nathaniel Smith Sr.s' homelot for Nathaniel Jr. ^[4]

A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford district, 1700-1792 By Charles William Manwaring Page 116.

Smith, Nathaniel, Hartford. Invt . £88-00-04. Taken 2 January, 1711-12, by Ciprian Nicholls, Thomas Seamore and Henry Brace.

Court Record, Page 43—7 January, 1711-12: Adms. granted to Esther Smith, widow, and Thomas Dickinson.

Page 133—7 April, 1713: Adms. granted entirely to Easter Smith, •widow, her brother Thomas Dickinson ha vein g neglected or refuseing to give bonds.

Page 157 (Vol. IX) 7 November, 1721: Esther Smith, alias Porter, Adms., exhibits now an account of her Adms. Order to dist. the estate among the surviving heirs as followeth: To Esther Porter, alias Smith, widow of the decd., to Nathaniel,eldest son, to Gideon, to Joseph, Susannah, Jerusha and Abigail Smith, children of the decd. And appoint Thomas Hosmer, Daniel Merrells and Thomas Warren distributors. This Court appoint Hezekiah Porter to be guardian to Abigail, Gideon and Joseph Smith, children of Nathaniel Smith, decd. Hezekiah Porter, attorney to Nathaniel Smith, eldest son of Nathaniel Smith, moved that the home lot of sd. Nathaniel decd, be set out to the sd. Nathaniel Smith,eldest son, provided bond be given to pay to the rest of the heirs their proportionable parts. This Court, being therewith satisfied, do so order.

DNA

Descendant of yDNA group NE18 brother Joseph Smith-1807 (c1629 ENG-1690 CT) m Lydia Huit-1. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Dickinson, Frederick, compiler. To the Descendants of Thomas Dickinson: Son of Nathaniel and Anna Gull Dickinson, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and Hadley, Massachusetts, W. D. Grant 1897, p. 89
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. p. 293: 297-8
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11} Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, Reprint: 1977, p. 461: 545
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Probate Records: Volume III: p. 298-9. Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1730. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006-2019), (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, by Charles W. Manwaring, R. S. Peck & Co. Printers, Hartford, CT, 1904.).
5. ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, haplogroup Rb1 NE18 Christopher Smith-27264 (imm. from Stratford-Upon-Avon) Kit #346482.

See also:

• A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 Author: James Savage, Originally Published Boston, 1860-1862, Vol. II Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994;
• Savage (all vol.)
• Savage Cross Index

• One Branch of the Booth Family Author: Charles Edwin Booth, Page: 71

• Early CT Probate Records - Vol II By Charles William Manwaring, Page: Vol II p 298

• CATALOGUE OF THE NAME OF THE FIRST PURITAN SETTLERS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT; WITH THE TIME OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE COLONY, AND THEIR STANDING IN SOCIETY, TOGETHER WITH THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE, AS FAR AS CAN BE DISCOVERED BYTHE RECORDS. COLLECTED FROM THE STATE AND TOWN RECORDS By R. R. HINMAN, 1846

• Families of Early Hartford, CT By Lucius Barnes Barbour, Page 43

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.