Elizabeth (Smyth) Smith (bef. 1599 - 1686)

Born before 22 Jul 1599 in Erwarton, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Smith — married 6 Oct 1624 in Whatfield, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1686 after age 86 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Elizabeth (Smyth) Smith migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

The origins of Elizabeth Smyth who married Samuel Smith have been located! She was daughter of Phillip Smith and Ann Grymwald.^[1]

"Samuel Smyth married Elizabeth Smyth 6 Oct 1624 at St Margaret Church Whatfield, Suffolk Co., England. The church record is in Suffolk Co. Their 1st son Samuel was baptized there a year later. Then the family moved a few miles to the bigger town of Hadleigh where 4 more children were baptized (one died). They left for the Colonies in 1634.^[2]

"The parish registers of St. Margaret's, Whatfield co., Suffolk, England, show the Oct. 6. 1624, marriage of Samuel Smyth to Elizabeth Smyth, and the baptism of their son Samuel on Feb. 8 1625 [1625/6?]. The young couple next appear at Hadleigh, co. Suffolk, three miles south of Whatfield where, at the church of St. Mary the Virgin, they baptized Elizabeth on Jan. 28, 1627 [probably New Style]; Mary, Oct. 9, 1628; and Philip, November 1632."^[3]

She landed in Boston from England in 1634, along with her husband and four oldest children on the ship Elizabeth.

She died 16 MAR 1686 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. ^{[citation needed]}

Children

1. Samuel Smith b. Feb 1626
2. Elizabeth Smith+ b. Jan 1627, d. 1711
3. Mary Smith+ b. Oct 1628, d. 16 Dec 1668
4. Philip Smith, Deacon (Lt.)+ b. 25 Nov 1632, d. 10 Jan 1685
5. Chileab Smith+ b. c 1635, d. 7 Mar 1731
6. John Smith+ b. c 1638, d. 30 May 1676

Research Notes

The wife of Lieutenant Samuel Smith of Wethersfield, Conn., has often been named erroneously as Elizabeth Chileab. The following article appeared in abbreviated form in "The Hartford Times, " 8 Jan 1956:

About one year after their arrival from England, Lt. Samuel Smith's wife gave birth to a son,1 to whom they gave the unusual name of Chileab. Someone, possibly Stiles (he must at least be charged with responsibility for passing on the fiction in his "History of Ancient Wethersfield 2:646), assumed that this unusual name must have been the surname of the mother. It is unfortunate that Stiles failed to consult his Bible concordance. Had he done so, he would have learned that Lt. Smith, a devout man who made a bequest of a Bible in his will to each of his grandchildren gave biblical names to each one of his other sons, Samuel, Philip, John, - and Chileab was no exception; the original Chileab was the son of King David by Abigail (II Samuel, 111;3). According to Rev. William Jenks, "Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible" (1836), Chiliab signifies "like his father, or the father's picture." Due to the unusual circumstances of Chileab's birth, Abigail being the lawful wife of Nabal the Carmelite, we may reasonable ascribe the touching choice of the babe's name to Abigail rather than to David.

In any event in the 7 Oct. 1929 issue of "The Boston Evening Transcript," one C.D.A. wrote, in answer to query 8072-15. If Lieutenant Smith had named the child Chedorlaomer, Jaazaniah, Yephibosneth, or Maher-shalal-hash-baz ( all biblical masculine names), there would have been as much ground for assuming the selected name was.the family name of Elizabeth as there was that it was Chileab."

Sources

1. ↑ Hyde, Myrtle Stevens. The English Ancestry of Elizabeth Smith, Whose Husband Was Samuel¹ Smith of Hadley, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 141, Page 254 $subscription.
2. ↑ Paul W. Brindle, "The Wife of Lt. Samuel Smith of Wethersfield," in The American Genealogist, Vol. 32, p. 195. Transcript here.
3. ↑ Connecticut Nutmegger Vol 6 (1973) page 297 (subscription) says her maiden name was Smith based on parish records.

See also:

• The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1607-1660 by Peter Wilson Coldham; page 115

• Find A Grave: Memorial #6651028 Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, MA

• Boltwood, Lucius. Genealogies of Hadley Families (Metcalf & Co., Northampton, Mass., 1862) Page ?

• Jones, Matt Bushnell, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908: with Family Genealogies (Courier-Citizen Co., Lowell, Massachusetts, 1909) Page ?

• Moses S. Curtis Descendants and Ancestors, by Mildred Bradford; Baltimore, Md: Gateway Press, 2000.

• Gary Boyd Roberts, Notable Kin, Volume One; Carl Boyer, 3rd; Location: Santa Clarita, California; Date: 1998

• Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; 2009

• [1] Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, Volume 1, page 341, by William Richard Cutter Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912 - New York-documentation of husband, children and their birth dates

• Middletown Upper Houses, "A history of the north society of Middletown, Ct., from 1650 to 1800, with genealogical and biographical chapters on early families", by Charles Collard Adams ***Excerpt: " Lieut. Samuel1 Smith, "the fellmonger," came from Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., in 1634, in the Elizabeth; aged thirty-two, wife Elizabeth Chileab, aged thirty-two, and four children, nine, seven, four and one years of age.

• [2] "Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume III", page 504 by George Norbury MacKenzie-shows marriage to Elizabeth Chileab

• [3] "Clifton William Scott and Mildred Evelyn Bradford Scott of Ashfield, Mass.: Ancestors, Descendants and New England Heritage, Volume 1", Page 245, by Fred W. Scott-shows marriage to Elizabeth Chileab

• "Norwalk Historical Society. The Mill Hill Burying Ground, Part V"- Further documentation of Elizabeth's maiden name, Chileab (scroll down this page, towards the end, to name, "Josiah Smith" with entry above his name, "Page 80, entry 914") See attached picture. (See Research Note that disputes this as her maiden name.)Link via WayBack Machine, captured 28 March 2016. 1924 survey Page 80, entry 914

• [4] "Genealogies of Hadley Families: Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst, and Granby", Page 125, by Lucius Manlius Boltwood and [5] "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4", Page 1790, by William Richard Cutter -Documentation of date of death for Elizabeth

• [6] "Families of Western New York", Page 32, by William Richard Cutter-Documentation of Elizabeth and Samuel's six children: Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Philip, Chileab, and John
• Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M84.0059 (Sur Name - Chiliab)
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA (Sur Name - Chileab)
• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
• A family history : recording the ancestors of Russell Snow Hitchcock : this includes the ancestral
• Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\ba.ja/2/1/1 (Sur Name - Smith)
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• Hyde, Myrtle Stevens. The English Ancestry of Samuel¹ Smith of Hadley, Massachusetts, Whose Wife Was Elizabeth (Smith) Smith, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., Winter 2020) Vol. 174.

• Page 40. "married 6 October 1624 in Whatfield, Suffolk"
• Page 142."Elizabeth Smith, bp. Erwarton 22 July 1599, as "dau. of Phillip Smith"; named in the 1619 will of her father's brother James Smith as "Elizabeth Smith a lame daughter of Philip Smith my brother." Elizabeth m. Whatfield 6 Oct. 1624, Samuel Smith, and they settled in New England. When she left England in April 1634 she gave her age as 32, which was the same as her husband's. Even though she was three years older than he, she probably didn't wish to reveal the fact."

• Hyde, Myrtle Stevens. The English Ancestry of Elizabeth Smith, Whose Husband Was Samuel¹ Smith of Hadley, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 142.

• Editorial

NEHGR Vol. 174, Spring 2020. Wayback Machine, archived 14 Jul 2020