Born in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Tower
and Judith (Briggs) Finney
Sister of
Benjamin Tower, Joseph Tower, Nathaniel Tower, Joshua Tower, William Tower, Nancy (Tower) Maxwell and Mary (Finney) Fletcher [half]
Wife of
Gideon Smith
— married
18 Oct 1770 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick
Descendants 
Mother of
Ruth (Smith) Estabrooks, Zelpha (Smith) Ayer, Judith (Smith) King, Gideon Smith, Joseph Smith, Henry Smith, Stephen Smith, Jonathan Smith, Charles Smith and Jotham Smith
Died after
after age 69
in New Brunswick
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Apr 2018
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Biography
Lucy Tower (Joseph , Benjamin , John , John , Robert ) was born on 13 Oct 1752 in Cumberland, Providence Co., RI. [1] She died after 5 Jan 1822.
Lucy married Gideon Smith, son of Gideon Smith and Mary Randall, on 18 Oct 1770 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS. Gideon was born in 1748 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. He died on 18 Apr 1816 in Sackville, Westmorland Co., NB and was buried in Sackville (GR3), Westmorland Co., NB.
They had the following children:
- + 49 F i Ruth Smith was born on 29 Feb 1772.
- + 50 F ii Zilpha Smith was born on 9 Nov 1773 and died on 23 Jul 1859.
- 51 F iii Judith Smith was born on 5 Jun 1775.
- + 52 M iv Gideon Smith was born on 13 Jun 1777 and died on 4 Jan 1850.
- 53 M v Joseph Smith was born on 7 Jun 1779 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS.
Joseph married Elizabeth Thornton, daughter of Titus? Thornton and Mary? Hicks?, on 31 Mar 1803 in , Westmorland Co., NB. Elizabeth was born about 1781.
- 54 M vi Henry Smith was born on 18 Jul 1781 in Sackville, Cumberland Co., NS.
Henry married Sarah.
- + 55 M vii Stephen Smith was born on 3 Nov 1783.
- 56 M viii Charles Smith was born about 1789.
Charles married (1) Charlotte Snowdon, daughter of Pickering Snowdon and Dorcas Estabrooks. Charlotte died before 1820. Charles also married (2) Rachel. Rachel was born about 1799 in , , NB.
- 57 M ix Jotham Smith.
Jotham married Mary Snowdon, daughter of Pickering Snowdon and Dorcas Estabrooks, on 22 Oct 1807 in , Westmorland Co., NB.
- + 58 M x Jonathan Smith was born about 1788 and died on 23 Apr 1868.
In the 1820 Sackville census there was a Smith Mrs, Widow Sackville 1. Her sons are all listed separately so this must be her.
Sources
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87F-WY3 : 17 December 2019), Lucy Tower, 1752.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucy:
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~1.56%
Sean Colby
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Dorothy (Mitchell) James :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A072930 [compare]
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Karen Soria :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FW3334675 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Paul Bumpus :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
David James :
23andMe, GEDmatch T151295 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T151295 [compare], yourDNAportal DAV70f7eedd, Ancestry member jamesdm49
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T151295 [compare], yourDNAportal DAV180f95c9, FTDNA kit #24887
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~0.78%
Kerri (Crossman) Tamm :
23andMe, GEDmatch MX3440646 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MX3440646 [compare], Ancestry member kerricrossman
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MX3440646 [compare], FTDNA kit #b42161
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~0.78%
Adam MacConnell :
23andMe, GEDmatch QA8034797 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Susan (Ayer) Barylo :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Kathy (Phelan) Phelan Mangen :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Thomas Wightman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A656082 [compare], Ancestry member tomwight1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A656082 [compare]
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A656082 [compare]
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Kim Williams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A448727 [compare], yourDNAportal KIM7b51fe75, Ancestry member williams_kimj
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A448727 [compare], yourDNAportal KIM7b51fe75, FTDNA kit #B706290
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Lael Montgomery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A312843 [compare], Ancestry member LaelMontgomery
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B7415
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Ethel (Hicks) Bannister :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T344088 [compare]
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~0.78%
Stephen Montgomery :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GW4954693 [compare], FTDNA kit #B651751
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~0.39%
Jack Meyer :
23andMe, GEDmatch A238773 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A238773 [compare], Ancestry member meyerfun56
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Living DNA, GEDmatch A238773 [compare]
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~0.39%
Hannah Dwelley :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Krista-Lee (Patterson) Bailey :
23andMe
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~0.39%
William Barter :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member garyschick11743
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LT9997002 [compare], FTDNA kit #460362
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~0.39%
D. Peters :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Anonymous Estabrook :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member daniel_estabrook
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~0.39%
Chris Walker :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member chrisywalker
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