Lydia (Huit) Smith (abt. 1635 - 1712)

Born about 1635 in Wroxall, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Smith — married 20 Apr 1656 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1712 at about age 77 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Lydia (Huit) Smith was a Connecticuter.

Lived 72y- 73years. Lydia Huit was the daughter of Rev. Ephraim Huit of England, then Windsor, CT. ^[1] They were Puritans and left England primarily because of religious persecution.

Lydia Huit married Joseph Smith of Hartford, 10 or 20 Apr 1656 ^[1]

Lydia died Mar 3 1712 in Windsor, Hartford, CT

Lydia is buried in Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, CT ^[2]

Research Notes

Lydia Huit and Lydia Wright are often confused. They married different men named Joseph Smith in different towns. Lydia Huit m Joe of Hartford. Lydia Wright m Joe of Wethersfield.

It is easy to see how these Smith families got confused. On page 2349 of Families of MA, there is a good article about a Richard Smith family, but even this fine reference has these Smiths mixed up. It is only with yDNA testing that we have been able to unscramble some of the mis-connections.

On page 2349 of Families of MA, the Richard Smith line incorrectly goes to Sergeant Joseph, son of Joseph and Lydia Wright, when yDNA has shown us that Sergeant Joseph was the son of Joseph Smith and Lydia Huit (or Hewett) Smith of Hartford. I am looking for more published records to support this. I expect that the two family lines will look like this:

1 Richard Smith (b___ poss Beccles, Suff. Co. ENG - dpost 1669 Wethersfield CT) m Rebecca Buswell/ Boswell/ Bushwell = 3 Sons (his 3 Sons were Immigrants as well)
-2 Richard Smith (c1617 ENG - 1690 CT) m Mary Weed = 3 Sons
-2 Susannah Smith
-2 Anne Smith
-2 Joseph Smith (c1629 ENG - 1673 CT) m Lydia Wright = 3 Sons
-2 Mary Smith
-2 Abigail Smith
-2 Jonathan Smith (c1635 ENG-post 1711)m Hannah Adams &Martha Bushnell = 6 Sons

The other family has Joseph that was one of the four Smith brothers that came to New England around 1635 with their sister Mary and possibly their Uncle Arther. Their 8 descendant yDNA tests match and confirm brothers William, Simon and Joseph.
1 William Smith (c1615 ENG -pre Jan 1670 CT) m Elizabeth Standley (3 YDNA tests)
1 Simon Smith (c1619 ENG - 1688 CT) m Elizabeth Bateman (2 YDNA tests)
1 Joseph Smith (c1630 ENG – 1690 CT) m Lydia Huit = 7 Sons (3 YDNA tests)
-2 Joseph Smith (1657-1733) m Rebecca Dickinson = 5 Sons
-2 Samuel Smith (1658-1660) infant NO poss. yDNA
-2 Ephraim Smith (1659 -1751) m Rachel Cole = 3 Sons
-2 Lydia Smith
-2 Simon Smith (1662-post 1715) m Hannah Bliss Haley = 3 Sons
-2 Nathaniel Smith (1664-1711) m Ester Dickinson = 3 Sons
-2 Lydia Smith
-2 Susannah Smith
-2 Mary Smith
-2 Martha Smith
-2 Benjamin Smith (1671-1689) age 18 NO poss. yDNA
-2 Elizabeth Smith
-2 Sarah Smith
-2 Edward Smith (1677 –1726) m Mercy Mowatt
-2 Mercy Smith

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://books.google.com/books?id=PDkPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA490&dq=%22joseph+smith%22+hartford&lr=#PPA332,M1 A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, by James Savage, Vol II Boston, 1860 , p 490
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 04 July 2019), memorial page for Lydia Hewett Smith (1635–3 Mar 1712), Find A Grave: Memorial #120889843, citing Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Gene Stephan (contributor 48184541) . maiden name spelled Hewett

• Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the ..., Volume 4 page 2349 edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams

• The Foote family: or, The descendants of Nathaniel Foote, one of the first Settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut By Nathaniel Goodwin, (1849), page 272

Source S122

Media: Book

Abbreviation: Cary Family History

Title: Cary Family History

Author: Joiner, Rev. Darrell and Sallyann

• Early CT Probate Records - Vol I
  
• Early CT Probate Records - Vol II, Page 298 (Lydia Smith)
  
• Early CT Probate Records - Vol III
  

• Catalogue Of The Name Of The First Puritan Settlers Of The Colony Of Connecticut; With The Time Of Their Arrival In The Colony, And Their Standing In Society, Together With Their Place Of Residence, As Far As Can Be Discovered By The Records. Collected From The State And Town Records, By R. R. HINMAN, 1846
  

• Families of Early Hartford by Lucius Barnes Barbour; Smiths in this book
  

• Doolittle, Mark. Historical Sketch of the Congregational Church in Belchertown, Mass. (Hopkins, Bridgman & Co., Northampton, Mass, 1852) Appendix A The Smith Family

• Congregational Church of Belchertown, MA by Mark Doolittle

• One Branch of the Booth Family Abbreviation: Booth Family Author: Charles Edwin Booth Booth Family
  

• Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. (April 1859) Page 142

• Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898)

• Page 30: "1656 Joseph Smith of Hartford was maried vnto Lidia Huit daughter of mr Ephraim Huit late of Wondzor deceased April the 10th Anno 1656"

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQB-9J7P : 15 April 2022), Lydia Huit in entry for Joseph Smith, ; citing Marriage, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272248.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2S4-K36 : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Joseph Smith, 1657.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGBB-6121 : 15 April 2022), Lidia in entry for Samuell Smith, ; citing Birth, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272248.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78X8-BVMM : 7 February 2023), Lidia in entry for Ephraim Smith, ; citing Birth, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272247.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SH-KZ3 : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Lidiah Smith, 1661.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQH-CPH8 : 15 April 2022), Lidia in entry for Simon Smith, ; citing Birth, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272248.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2S4-K3K : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Nathaniell Smith, 1664.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SH-KZW : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Susanah Smith, 1667.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SH-G6F : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Mary Smith, 1668.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SH-G6V : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Martha Smith, 1670.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74T-RV1 : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Benjamin Smith, 1671.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SH-J36 : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Elizabeth Smith, 1672.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SH-KZC : 7 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Sarrah Smith, 1674.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSP-2TX8 : 7 February 2023), Lidia in entry for Edward Smith, ; citing Birth, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272247.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQB-97F8 : 15 April 2022), Lidia in entry for Mercy Smith, ; citing Birth, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272248.