Ann (Skerry) Smith (1669 - aft. 1700)

Born 14 Jun 1669 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Smith — married 6 Feb 1689 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 18 Nov 1700 after age 31 in Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Biography

Ann Skerry was born at Salem, Massachusetts Bay, in mid-June of 1669, a daughter of Henry Skerry, Jr., and Priscilla (Lunt) Skerry. She married John Smith at Salem on the 6th of February, 1689.

Ann died on a date as yet not discovered, later than 18 November of 1700, the birthdate of the couple's daughter Elizabeth.

Research Notes

She may be the widow Ann Smith whose death was recorded at neighboring Ipswich on 12 December 1723. See: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-YL3G : 18 October 2022), Ann Smith, 12 Dec 1723; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.

If so, her husband may thus be the John Smith who also died at Ipswich on 20 April of that year. See: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-LD8Z : 18 October 2022), John Smith, 20 Apr 1723; citing Death, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.

Note that a couple John & Ann Smith had a son born at Boston on 7 July 1692; see: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMH-LXF : 15 January 2020), John Smith in entry for John Smith, 1692. [Note that correct image of linked original is #135 of 361, not #134.]

Sources

• Birth 14 June 1669 [transcribed as 14 April; original has "14 : 4 mo :1669", which should be Julian calendar's 14 June]: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-C5TN : 18 October 2022), Ann Skerry, 14 Apr 1669; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011200.

• Marriage to John Smith 6 Feb. 1689, at Salem: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-GCLY : 19 May 2022), John Smith and Ann Skerry, 06 Feb 1689; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Fred Goodell for creating Skerry-2 on 17 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Fred and others.