Captain
Moses
Rogers
Smith
Born in Huntington, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Shubael Smith II
and Freelove (Rogers) Smith
Brother of
Shubal Smith, Stephen Smith, Stephen Smith, Betsey Smith, John Smith and Rebecca (Smith) Conklin
Husband of
Mary (Reed) Smith
— married
31 Oct 1798 in New York, New York, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Ann (Smith) Coddington, Mary Christiana (Smith) Fry, Moses Rogers Smith, Sophia Malantha Smith, George Ormond Smith, Rebecca Emily (Smith) Hill, Francis Shubael Smith, Freelove Wiggins (Smith) Higginson and Lucy Agnes (Smith) Coryell
Died
at age 77
in New York, New York, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Aug 2015
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Captain Moses Smith served in the United States Navy in the War of 1812
Service started: mmm dd, 1812
Unit(s): Gunboat
Service ended: June 16, 1815
Service started: mmm dd, 1812
Unit(s): Gunboat
Service ended: June 16, 1815
Biography
He was born on 11 Jul 1769 in Huntington, New York and he was the son of Freelove (Rogers) and Shubael Smith, Jr..
Moses Rogers Smith married at the end of October 1798 at Trinity Church Parish in New York, New York, USA to Mary Reed. [1]
Capt. Moses Rogers Smith was a Master mariner and one of the first merchant marines to be recruited by Capt. Isaac Chauncey, Commander of the New York Navy Yard, to man his shallow-drafted, but heavily-armed gunboats at the opening of hostilities in the War of 1812. Moses Rogers Smith was one of the first to serve as a sailing master in the US Navy. He commanded Gunboat #94 and was Senior Sailing Master of the New York Flotilla.
He was discharged from the U.S. Navy on 16 Jun 1815 when the gunboats were decommissioned.
He passed away on 29 Jun 1847 and was buried at Saint Johns Cemetery in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA. [2]
Children
- Elizabeth Ann Smith
- Mary Christiana Smith
- Moses Rogers Smith
- John Townsend Smith
- Sophia Malantha Smith
- George Ormond Smith
- Rebecca Emily Smith
- Sarah Sweel Smith
- Francis Shubael Smith, occ: owner of "New York Weekly"
- Freelove Wiggins Smith
- Harriet Frances Smith
- Lucy Agnes Smith.
Sources
- ↑ New York, Marriages 1686-1980 citing FHL#974.7 B2N; v69-72
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #60730558
- 1800 USA Census of Ward#7, New York City, New York, New York; on ancestry.ca; p251; for Moses Smith @26-44 & wife @26-44yrs
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Categories: Saint Johns Cemetery, Huntington, New York | New York, War of 1812 | United States Navy, War of 1812
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