Should Henry Smith be PGM? He immigrated with parents to New Hingham 1638

Question

From Daniel Cushing's Record, "1638. Mr. Henry Smith and his wife and 3 sons and two daughters, and three men servants, and 2 maid servants and Thomas Mayer came from Hay**en Hall in Norfolk and settled in New Hingham." See "Daniel Cushing's Record," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 15 (1861):25-27 at 27; digital images, Hathi Trust.

The names of Henry Smith's immigrating children, devised from various wills, including the will of Nicholas Stanton--"Judith Smith the late wife of Henry Smith, living in New England ... [and] her five children, Judith, John, Elizabeth, Henry and Daniel."  See Henry F. Waters, Genealogical gleanings in England, 2 vols., paginated consecutively  (Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1901), 2:1120-21 (Nicholas Stanton), 1121n, 1122n; digital images, Hathi Trust. Transcribed to WikiTree free space page, "Stanton-Cooper-Smith Association."

Comments

Have added the PGM project box to profile.

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Has anyone looked at the upstream lineage on this which supposedly stretches all the way to Adeline de Montfort (11th Century)?

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.... all of which lacks historical support and reasoning. 

Prior to working on the children, Henry and Daniel, did post a dispute/proposal to sever [[Smith-5522|Henry Smith (abt.1593-bef.1647)]] from attached parents and thus lineage. 

Note: it's not like Smith is a common name or anything, right? 

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There will never be enough of us.

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Ah ... hahahaha. --Gene

Answer 1

Don't know if this is needed as the post was 19 hours ago and PGM has been added to son; however, father 'Henry' is listed in Anderson's Directory (another source for Smith-5522):

Smith, Henry: Norfolk; 1638 on Diligent: Hingham, Rehoboth [NEHGR 15:27, 97:256-57, 121:12; Lechford 176, 304; ReTR 1:2; MBCR 1:297, 375; HiBOP 76; MD 10:159-62; Waters 1120-22; Ackley-Bosworth 110-12]. In Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640. Boston: NEHGS, 2015. Page 309.

Comments

Thank you, Carol. --Gene

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Thank you! JeanJ X