Aholiab Smith (1748 - 1840)

Born 15 Jul 1748 in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1840 at age 92 in Gouverneur, St Lawrence, New York

Biography

Aholeab (sometimes spelled Aholiab) was one of the pioneer settlers of Gouverneur. He and his son Benjamin came to Gouverneur in 1807, making their own path through the dense woods and sleeping under their wagon at night while watching for indians and wild animals. They settled in the area now known as Little Bow, where they proceeded to make their own bricks with which to build a brick house which was still standing almost 200 years later.

One descendant line from DAR record: Aholiab>Benjamin J Smith>Jason Smith>Benjamin Smith>William Henry Smith>Frank Gilbert Smith (b 1870 St. Lawrence, New York, d Syracuse, Onondaga, New York 1942)

DNA

Descendant of yDNA group NE40 John Smith-42051, the miller (c1595 ENG-1648 RI) m Alice Knight-3286?. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, haplogroup Rb1 NE40 John Smith, the miller.

• American Genealogist, The Vol 24 (1948) page 125
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 7, 2017), "Record of Eleazer Ballou", Ancestor # A005586.
• Find-A-Grave [1] Little Bow Cem, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, NY