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Nathaniel Smith Jr. (1729 - bef. 1812)

Nathaniel Smith Jr.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 15 Jun 1752 in Rye, Westchester, New York Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died before before age 82 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private Nathaniel Smith Jr. served with 5th Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Nathaniel Smith Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A106527.

Birth: Nathaniel Smith, son of Caleb and Susannah Smith, was born on 11 Nov 1729 in Stanford, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America.[1]

Marriage: Abigail Scofield married Nathaniel Smith, Jr. in Stamford, Connecticut on 15 Jun 1752.[2]

Death: Nathaniel Smith died and was buried in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut in 1812. He was about 83, born on 11 Nov 1729. His grave is in Scofield Cemetery #3 in Stamford.[3]

Sources

  1. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Y-QZN : 7 January 2020), Nathaniel Smith, 1729.
  2. Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection).
  3. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2D-225Q : 10 June 2020), Nathaniel Smith, 1812; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Memorial #68175798.
  • Huntington, Elijah Baldwin. Stamford Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths ( Wm. W. Gillespie, Stamford, Conn., 1874) Page 103-4. Shows correct parents.
  • Louer, Robert. The Smith Families of Stamford, CT: Part 2: Henry Smith Family, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2002) Vol. 45, No. 2, Page 70.
    • This source shows wrong parents.
    • Their 15 Jun 1752 marriage was recorded in Stamford, but took place in Rye, New York.
    • He m2. Stamford 20 Jan 1789 Sarah Weed.
    • His will is dated 28 Jun 1803, probate 18 Jun 1812.
  • Scofield, Blair C. & Spiers, Robert. Descendants of Daniel Scofield, Part 2, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 1998) Vol. 41, No. 2, Page 70.
    • This source gives correct parents, but gives wrong death date.




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