Matthew
Smith
Born about in Sandwich, Kent, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Smith) Atwood and Matthew Smith Sr.
Died about
at about age 85
in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay
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Disputed Origins
Some have associated him with Matthew Smith of Corsham, Wiltshire who married there Jane/Joan Harding. But that couple were baptizing children well into the 1640s in Corsham, (see his profile for source information), therefore could not have been the same as the Matthew and Jane who emigrated with four children in the 1630s.
Biography
Matthew Smith[1] was born about 1595, some say in Sandwich, Kent Co, England, but the only association we have for Sandwich is the passenger list from Sandwich; it doesn't necessarily mean he was BORN there; only that he embarked from there
About June of 1637, Matthew emigrated on "The Hercules" with his wife Jane and four children. He was listed as a cordwainer (shoemaker).[2]
He settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
He was made freeman in 1645. He served as town crier in Charlestown in 1648/9 and 1657. He was town messenger in 1666.
NOTE: There was another, different, Matthew Smith of Watertown, member of the Train-band there in 1652, and who drowned at Noddles Island 21 May 1658.
Children
The children's names were discovered in 1921 on passenger lists from Sandwich, England:
- Matthew; granted administration of his father's estate in 1681. Served with his father as herdmen in 1649 and 1655.
- John; no further record; died young?
- Hanna; may have been the Hannah Smith who m 1653 Joseph Hills; if so, she died in Malden in 1674.
- Elizabeth; may have been the Elizabeth Smith who m. at Boston May 17, 1658, John McDaniel. "Elizabeth Smiths were not numerous in Boston at that time, and the others are accounted for. NOTE: This information conflicts with the theory that she married (1) Thomas Grover and (2) Philip Atwood.
Sources
- ↑ Unless otherwise cited, information here is from Edward Church Smith, "The Family of Matthew Smith of Charlestown, Mass.," in The American Genealogist, 19:203-
- ↑ Banks, Charles Edward. The planters of the Commonwealth : a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co. 1961. Pg 188-190 See also: The planters of the Commonwealth available for download on “The Internet Archive”)
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Additionally, Mathew senior from Corsham was a gent and hence very unlikely that Mathew the younger would be a shoemaker as per the profile for Mathew born in Kent.