Enoch Smith (1725 - 1782)

Born 10 Nov 1725 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Goodrich) Smith — married 5 Oct 1753 in Middletown, Massachusetts

Died 10 Sep 1782 at age 56 in Connecticut, United States

Biography

Enoch Smith, son of Ralph and Mary (Mayo) Smith was born in Eastham on 10 November 1725. He married Ruth Goodrich in Middletown on 5 October 1753.^[1]

This Enoch is NOT the Capt. Enoch Smith who was buried in Hog Hill Cemetery East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut. That Enoch wasn't born until 1746, which is more than twenty years after this Enoch was born and also four years after Mary (Mayo) Smith died. Many online trees have conflated the two men.

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 114

• p 47 -The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984
• Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Enoch, m. Ruth Goodrich, Oct. 25, 1753 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.
• First-hand information as remembered by Michael Sheffield, Thursday, February 19, 2015.
• This person was created through the import of Smith-Hunter.ged on 10 March 2011.
• The Goodrich family in America : a genealogy of the descendants of John and William Goddrich of Wet, Name Enoch Smith Gender Male First Marriage Date 5 Oct 1753 Spouse Ruth Goodrich, page 47
• Death date from Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Volume 027 East Hampton, Page 194