James Smith III (1704 - aft. 1769)

Born 17 Dec 1704 in Canterbury, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Atherton) Smith — married 29 May 1733 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

James was the son of James's father James Smith and Mary Atherton.^[1] For the sake of clarity, he is referred to as James, Jr.

He married Sarah Atherton on 20 May 1733 in Lancaster, Massachusetts.^[2] They had children:

1. Oliver,
2. Elisha,
3. James,
4. Sarah,
5. Jeams,
6. Keziah,
7. Mary
8. Zubah

James was one of the 30 or so founders of Sharon in Litchfield County, Connecticut. They subsequently moved into nearby Nine Partners in Dutchess Co., New York.

James and his wife and children, while living in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, were regularly visited by the Moravian minister from the Sichem-in-the-Oblong settlement begining 1 Aug 1765, to which congregation James and Sarah were admitted in 1766. The last mention of James is in the lists of members of the Moravian congregation in 1769. His brothers Azariah and Theophilus were both members, with Azariah being a founding member and communicant.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Canterbury Vital Records 1703-1850; p 281 (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620 - 1988 (Ancestry.com), Lancaster, original page 13, top line "James Smith & Sarah Atherton were married by Joseph Wilder Esq May 20 1733"

• Sichem Diaries, Miscellaneous, Records of the Moravian Settlement at Sichem in the Oblong, Dutchess County, New York, held at the Moravian Aerchives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

• Church-Book of the United Brethren in Sichem begun AD MDCCLVI, held at the Moravian Aerchives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, various pages.

• The American Genealogist Vol 57 page 237 (subscription) "Four James Smiths in the Coventry-Bolton Area" by Keith M. Seymour

Acknowledgments

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