Samuel Smith (abt. 1742 - 1815)

Born about 17 Jun 1742 in Sudbury, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Fay) Smith — married 22 Apr 1766 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died Dec 1815 at about age 73 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Samuel Smith served with 7th Regiment, Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Smith is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A105762.

Samuel was born in 1742, possibly the son of Joseph and Abigail of Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Samuel Smith and Sarah Fay were married in 1766 in Barre, Massachusetts,^[1] and had the following children in Barre, Massachusetts:^[2]

• Jane 1767
• Samuel 1769
• Laken 1770
• Wallis 1772
• Joseph 1774
• Sarah 1776
• Mary 1778
• Hannah 1781
• Solomon 1782
• Isaac 1784
• David 1787
• Moses Fay 1789

There is no record in Barre of the birth of Sarah Fay. However, a Sarah Fay was born to Moses and Mary Fay in Southborough 30 dec 1744,^[3] to Eben and Sarah Fay 3 jan 1743 in Leicester,^[4] and to Jedudiah and Sarah Fay 13 mar 1743 in Westboro.^[5]

Samuel Smith died in dec 1815 in Barre, Massachusetts.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Barre Vital Records, p 202, available at americanancestors.org
2. ↑ Barre Vital Records, p. 82-84 available as above.
3. ↑ Name: Sarah Fay Gender: Female Birth Date: 30 Dec 1744 Birthplace: Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Father's Name: Moses Fay Mother's Name: Mary Fay "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJ5-9GQ : 10 February 2018), Sarah Fay, 30 Dec 1744; citing Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, Film 4818 P6 R18; FHL microfilm 861,127.
4. ↑ Name: Sarah Fay Event Type: Birth Event Date: 03 Jan 1743 Event Place: Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Female Father's Name: Eben'R. Fay Mother's Name: Sarah Fay "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FT-JPX : 4 November 2017), Sarah Fay, 03 Jan 1743; citing Birth, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,192.
5. ↑ Name: Sarah Fay Gender: Female Birth Date: 13 Mar 1743 Birthplace: WESTBORO,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name: Jeduthan Fay Mother's Name: Sarah "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4T-M9Y : 10 February 2018), Sarah Fay, 13 Mar 1743; citing WESTBORO,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0824365 IT 2.
6. ↑ Barre Vital Records, p. 268, available as above.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 9, 2019), "Record of Samuel Smith", Ancestor # A105762.
• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Samuel, s. Joseph and Abigail, June 17, 1742.
• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Samuel, Dec. __, 1815, a. 74 y. C.R.
• Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Will of Samuel Smith of Leominster names: dau Sarah Wilder, dau Haney Sukey(sp?), wife Sarah, son Samuel. No mention of a son David.

Reference for research:

• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Marriage: Samuel Jr. and Molly Clark of Petersham, Jan. 26, 1795. At Petersham.