Eliashib Smith (1747)

Born 8 Aug 1747 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Phillips) Smith — married 17 Sep 1772 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Eliashib was a Friend (Quaker)

Eliashib was born on 8 Aug 1747 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay.^[1] He was the son of Joseph Smith and Elizabeth (Davis) Smith.^[1].^[2]

He married Alice Phillips, daughter of Thomas and Susanna Philips of Dartmouth, on 17d 9m 1772.^[2]

Children

Children of Eliashib Smith:

• Silvia Smith.^[3]
• Mehetable Smith.^[4]
• Mary Smith.^[5]
• Thomas Smith.^[6]

Research Notes

Smith Mill's is in North Dartmouth, MA. The mill belonged to Eliashib Smith, who passed it down to his son, Joseph.

According to the probate index, Eliashib Smith's will is recorded in Bristol County probate Vol 19 pg 232, probated Vol 19 pg 233 which is somewhere in the 1762-1768 time-frame.

Information from VITAL RECORDS OF DARTMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TFBK : 10 November 2020), Eliashib Smith, 8 Aug 1747; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 513.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TNF6 : 10 November 2020), Eliashib Smith in entry for Silvia Smith, 27 Jul 1774; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TTWV : 10 November 2020), Eliashile Smith in entry for Mehetabel Smith, 5 Mar 1777; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010712.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVN-VH5 : 15 January 2020), Eliashib Smith in entry for Mary Smith, 1781.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZV2-QB4 : 15 January 2020), Eliashib Smith in entry for Thomas Smith, 1785.