Samuel Smith Jr (1714 - 1785)

Born 26 Jan 1714 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Gould) Smith — married 27 May 1734 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1785 at age 71 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Research Notes

Descendant of Robert Smith (c1625-1693 MA) m Mary French, group NE53 on SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.^[1]

Biography

Captain Samuel Smith Jr performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Samuel Smith Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A105738.

Samuel Smith Sr Ancestor A105738 Service: Massachusetts
Rank(s): Patriotic Service
Birth: 1-26-1714 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Death: 11-14-1785 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
Service Source: Journal of the Provincial Congress, MA, P 78 Service: Member of the Provincial Congress from Topsfield. Spouse(s): 1) Priscilla, daughter of Zacheus Gould; 2) Priscilla, daughter of Joseph Gould. ^[2]

Samuel Smith, Jr., was a distinguished community leader and supporter of the American War of Independence. He served six terms in the Massachusetts state legislature and twelve as a town selectman. He was chairman of the Tea Committee at Topsfield in 1773, which sustained the action of the Boston Tea Party, and he was elected to the First Provincial Congress in Massachusetts in 1774.^[3][4]

DAR records say he married 1st Priscilla Gould, daughter of Zacheus Gould. He married 2nd Priscilla Gould, daughter of Joseph Gould. on October 8, 1748 . ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, group R1b-NE53 Robert Smith.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 19, 2017), "Record of Samuel Smith Sr", Ancestor # A105738.
3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Mormonism The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedure of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Encyclopedia_of_Mormonism
4. ↑ The journals of each Provincial congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775, and of the Committee of safety, with an appendix, containing the proceedings of the county conventions-narratives of the events of the nineteenth of April, 1775-papers relating to Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and other documents, illustrative of the early history of the American revolution by Massachusetts (Colony). Provincial Congress Publication date 1838. Publisher Boston, Dutton and Wentworth, Printers to the state. Volume Pt. 1. https://archive.org/details/journalsofeachpr01mass
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-KM46 : 6 November 2017), Samuel Smith and Priscella Gould, 08 Oct 1745; citing Marriage, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 761,323

• Vital records of Topsfield, Massachusetts.
• Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #42297751 in Pine Grove Cemetery, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Restricted Hunter and Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.