Captain
Abner
Smith
Born in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
Ancestors 
and Brother of
Lydia (Smith) Fones [half], Sarah Smith, Abigail Smith, Elijah Smith, Hephzibah Smith and Benjamin Smith
Husband of
Mehitable (Knowles) Smith
— married
26 Apr 1750 [location unknown]
Husband of
Rebecca (Gibbs) Smith
— married
11 Oct 1780 [location unknown]
Husband of
Deborah (Brainerd) Smith
— married
25 May 1784 (to 20 Aug 1809) in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Husband of
Roxanna (Rush) Smith
— married
25 Oct 1809 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Dorothy Smith, Mehitable Smith, Dorothy (Smith) Wheeler, Mehitable Smith, Sarah Smith, Jerusha Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Hephzibah Smith, John Smith, Willard Smith, Benjamin Smith, Abner Smith, Elizabeth Smith and John Brainerd Smith
Died
at age 83
in Cromwell, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Apr 2013
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Biography
Lieutenant Abner Smith served with Lexington Alarm - April 1775, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
Abner Smith is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A104564.
Bronze Son of the American Revolution at his grave.
In 1771 a train band was organized in the Ponsett district of Haddam and he served as its captain. In 1775 he was a lieutenant in the Army of Defense serving from May 1. In Jan., 1776, he built in the Upper Houses. He served as captain through the greater part of the Revolutionary War. To him and his first wife were born twelve children. In Nov., 1771, the ten then living were baptized in Haddam. Of these Dorothy, b. Feb. 7, 1755, m. ____Towner; Mehitable, b. Jan. 19, 1757, m. Aug. 20, 1778, Timothy White, and d. Sept. 1, 1794 Sarah, m. ____ Rowland Jerusha, m. Dec. 13, 1781, Luther Savage Hepzibah, m. ____Love. Of John the Cromwell Church records reads: "Feb. 20, 1780, heard of the death of John Smith, son of Capt. Abner Smith, prisoner in New York." There were no children by the second marriage. Internet source
Physical Description
Descendant of brother Simon Smith, group NE18 on SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, group Rb1- Lt. Samuel Smith.
- ↑ FindAGrave.com memorial #42659635 in Kelsey Cem, Cromwell, Middlesex, Connecticut
- Middletown Upper Houses by Charles Collard Adams. Page 675
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 14, 2015), "Record of Capt. Abner Smith", Ancestor # A104564.
- Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 70
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DNA Connections
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Raymond Smith
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, FTDNA kit #269516 - Edwin Smith :
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- Anonymous Smith :
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- Simeon Smith :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #64829
- Gregg Smith :
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~0.39%
Clay Ohlemann :
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~0.39%
Rebecca (Phelps) Vodochodsky :
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