Samuel Smith Jr. (1681 - 1764)

Born 24 May 1681 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Whitney) Smith — married 13 Jun 1717 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Smith — married 21 Jun 1722 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1764 at age 82 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Smith Name Study.

Samuel Smith Jr. was born on 24 May 1681 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, son of Samuel Smith Sr. (1649–1745) and Rachel (Marvin) Smith (1649–~1690).

His siblings were:

1. Rachel (Smith) Benedict (1673–1737)
2. Lidiah (Smith) Lockwood (1683–1761)
3. Ruth (Smith) Keeler (1688–1734)
4. Nehemiah Smith (1689–1757)

Samuel (36) married Sarah (Whitney) Smith (19) (born in 1697 in Norwalk, Connecticut; daughter of John Whitney and Elizabeth (Smith) Whitney) on 13 June 1717 in Ridgefield, Fairfield.^[1][2] Their known son was Samuel Smith (1719–1782).

Samuel (41) married Elizabeth (Unknown) Smith (36) (born in 1685 in Connecticut Colony) on 21 June 1722 in Ridgefield, Fairfield.^[3] Their known children were:

1. Sarah (Smith) Olmsted (1723–1781)
2. Patience (Smith) Hoyt (1727–1812)

Samuel died on 20 January 1764 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, aged 82.^[4]

Probate

His will is dated 20 January 1764, "formerly of Norwalk, now of Ridgefield, and proved on 22 March 1764 in Danbury. He mentions his children, Samuel Smith 3rd, of Ridgefield, Rachel Northrup, Sarah Olmstead, Patience Hoyt, Phebe Jones, and his grandson Job Smith.^[5]

Research Notes

His second wife Elizabeth's LNAB cannot be Hickock/Hickox, as she married to a different Samuel Smith known as "Samuel Smith of Milford".^[2]

"X. Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ___ (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec. 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec 1723, and 13 Dec 1725; collector of the minister's rates, 19 Dec. 1723; took the freeman's oath, 24 April 1733; and was one of the committee, appointed 27 Dec 1715, to run and finish the boundary line between Ridgefield and Norwalk. Her death, which took place at Ridgefield is thus recorded: "Sarah, ye wife of Mr Nor: Samll Smith dyed Octber. 22d 1720." He married his second wife, Elizabeth ___, at Ridgefield, 21 June 1722. He died at Ridgefield, he was always called "Norwalk Samuel Smith," to distinguish him from another settler, called "Milford Samuel Smith" - each from his former place of residence." (Excerpt from The Whitney family of Connecticut...^[2])

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage 1: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSX-R13X : 15 April 2022), Samuel Smith in entry for Sarah, 13 Jun 1717; citing Marriage, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272251.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations : being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1646 to 1878, Vol 1, Third Generation, (see Sarah Whitney #12) . Dorothy Phelps, Monday, April 27, 2015
3. ↑ Marriage 2: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3K-HS1P : 15 April 2022), Samuell Smith in entry for Elizabeth, 21 Jun 1722; citing Marriage, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272251.
4. ↑ Death: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F76P-FZP : 16 January 2020), Samuel Smith, .
5. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TN9Z : 16 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 149, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 277-278.

• FamilySearch Person: LJ2T-Q9P
• Dunham-Wilcox website, CT, Fairfield Co., Ridgefield Vital Records.

See also:

• Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Smith - birth: 1686; Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Where the Record Is Found (Citation):

THE WHITNEY FAMILY OF CONNECTICUT AND ITS AFFILIATIONS:, Stephen Whitney Phoenix, Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983., Paper copy, Page number: page 19

Notes

birth: 1686; Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

burial: 1764; Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

death: 25 January 1764; Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Citation:

International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA, www.familysearch.org

Notes:

Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).

Search performed using PAF Insight on 8/22/2007

birth: 1686; Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

death: 25 January 1764; Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States