Samuel Smith (1638 - 1703)

Born 27 Jan 1638 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Ensign) Smith — married 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1703 at age 65 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Biography

Samuel lived at Northampton, Ma 1666-1680, then moved to Hadley, MA to care for his widowed mother. Included in the letter referring to his father was the following reference to his stepfather, John Russell: "He was sometimes a little short of ye Charity which thinketh no Evil, at te least I was wont to think so when his Hand was too heavy on my Shoulder & I remembered ye sweetnesse & ye Charity of my firste Father, but on ye whole said he was a Goode Man & did well by my Mother & her children & no doubt we did often try his wit & temper."

For more information on Samuel Smith, see his father's free space page at Rev. Henry Smith in Wethersfield, Expanded.

DNA

Descendant of yDNA group NE07 Rev. HENRY Smith-2065 (c1600 ENG - 1648 Wethersfield CT) m poss. 2x Dorothy Unknown-7644. This is a list of Rev. Henry’s YDNA descendants. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.^[1]

Samuel Smith, son of Rev Henry Smith and Dorothy, was b in Wethersfield, Connecticut, 27 Jan 1638/9; d. Hadley, Massachusetts 10 Sep 1703; m. Mary Ensign d/o James and Sarah (_____) Ensign of Hartford. Had seven children.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, haplogroup Rb1 NE07 Rev. Henry Smith.
2. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines, et al., Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1952) p. 733

• Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1987 (2nd Printing), pg. 688.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch [1] : 4 December 2014), Mary in entry for James Smith, 12 Jun 1674; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, v 1 p 100; FHL microfilm 14,766.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch [2] : 4 December 2014), Mary in entry for Mary Smith, 18 Jan 1672; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, v 1 p 99; FHL microfilm 14,766.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch [3] : 4 December 2014), Mary Smith in entry for Preserved Smith, Aug 1677; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Part 2of5 P.18; FHL microfilm 186,161.
• "Moses S. Curtis Descendants and Ancestors" by Mildred Bradford, Baltimore, Md
• Tuckerman, Bayard. A Sketch of the Cotton Smith Family of Sharon, Connecticut (Plimpton Press, Boston, 1915) Page 10: See letter he wrote to his son Ichabod.