Author Gale Ion Harris in the article "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," [1] says this Richard and Rebecca may have also had children Anne Smith bp 24 Feb 1621; and Rebecca bp 11 Dec 1630 that probably died young as there is no record of them in New England.
... Richard Smith, b. say 1583 [footnote: Aged "about 84 years" on 2 February 1666/7 ("Medical Records of John Winthrop," Manuscript, 701, ... cited by Gale Ion Harris[1] [footnote: See Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield", The American Genealogist 25:126, for the 1669 reference to him "come 80 years."].[2]
Harris, in the Register article cited, indicates that the 1669 entry actually reads 'above 80 y', and uses a birth year of about 1583, based on the 1666/7 reference giving his age as 84.[2]
In 1949 Donald Lines Jacobus identified the wife of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut as Rebecca Buswell [3]. Roderick Bissell Jones, "The English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," published in NEHGR 128:136-139, identified Richard Smith as the man baptized 16 November 1585 at Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, and traced family relationships for that man. Later Dr. Gale Ion Harris cast doubt on this identification in "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut," NEHGR 143:240-246. Thompson's research has confirmed that Richard Smith of Wethersfield was married and had children baptized not at Stratford-on-Avon, but in Husbands Bosworth, co. Leicester, where his wife's family lived. Richard Smith's ancestry remains to be established.[4]
Richard married Rebecca Buswell,[5] daughter of Roger Buswell and Margaret Unknown (Buswell), on 13 Feb 1614/15 in Leicester, Eng.[6][7] (Rebecca Buswell was born in 1593 in Leicester, Eng.[8][9] and died about 1667 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[10])
Marriage 13 Feb 1615/16, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England to Rebecca Buswell.
Marriage
13 Feb 1615.
Parish, Leicestershire, , England. [11]
Smith, Richard (ca 1589-1669+) & Rebecca [?Buswell] (-1667+); b 1617; Wethersfield, CT.[12]
Donald Lines Jacobus, “Richard Smith of Wethersfield,” [3]. On 21 February 1652[/3], Richard Smith wrote from Wethersfield to John Winthrop Jr. in New London describing the strange symptoms of “[m]y sons wife Lidia Wright,” who was suffering from an ailment modernly diagnosed as pulmonary echinococcosis (Malcolm Freiberg, ed., Winthrop Papers, Volume VI, 1650–1654 [Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1992], 251–52, note 3). The editor unfortunately followed confused and superseded accounts in Henry R. Stiles, The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, 2 vols. (New York: Grafton Press, 1904; repr. Somersworth, N.H.: New England History Press, 1987), 1:299, 2:645, for remarks about the identity of this Richard Smith.
Lawsuit; 14 May 1652; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.[17] Richard Smith plt Contra Georg Woollcott and his wife defendts in an Action of Slaunder to the damage of 100£. In the Action betweene Rich: Smith plt and Geo: Woolcott and his wife defendts the Jury findes for the plt damages 28£ and Costs of Courte: Execution dd the 22th of July 1651.
Marriage - Granted Permission; 26 Aug 1657; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.[18] A Coppy of a Certificate vndr the names of these subscribed: These are to certify to any to whom it may come, that our children John Addams & Abigail Smith haue our full consent to be marryed together, & wee know not engagemt of either party to any other, as wittnesse our hands. Rich: Smith Jer: Addams
Aug 1658, A Petition from several of the inhabitants of Wethersfeild*
Medical; 5 Dec 1658; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[20] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Richard Sen.
Living
Rebecca Buswell, living Oct 1668, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.[2]
Richard Smith, living 1669, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.[21]
Death and Legacy
Death: AFT. 3 JUN 1669 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.[3]
Died after 1669 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[22][23]
Revolutionary War descendants
Asa Smith (1761 CT-1834 IN) m Sarah/Abigail Goodrich (Pension S32528)
Daniel Smith (1722-1814 NY) m Mary & Liz Rich, Mary Blinn
David Smith (1764 CT-1837 VT) m Olive Talcott
Isaac Smith (1735 -1796 CT) m Ruth Hollister
DNA Search
Immigrant Ancestor, Richard Smith-40488 (abt. 1583 - aft. 1669 Connecticut) and Rebecca Buswell-5. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project. (No yDNA group yet.)[24]
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.4 Thompson, Neil D.. "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England". New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 158 (Jan 2004), p 38. Subscription$
↑ 3.03.13.23.3 Donald Lines Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield," The American Genealogist, Vol. 25, 1949, 126-139 pg. 126.
"Genealogies of Massachusetts Families Vol IV" by William Richard Cutter; Page 2349 (This book lists Joseph m Rebecca Dickinson as a descendant. DNA has proven this Joseph was a son of Joseph Smith m Lydia Huit, resided in Hartford, CT.) Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts
George Lathrop Cooley & Clara Elizabeth Hall. . . Allied Lines from Immigrants Richard Seymour, Richard Smith allied family by Harl Preslar Aldrich, Jr
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEHGS, 2004 - New England, Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters. Page 38, Page 38b, Page 38c.
Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist, Volumes 25-26, D.L. Jacobus, 1949 - Genealogy, pg 126a, pg 126c.
Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before 1692 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-62.), 4:129-130.
Adams, Arthur, "Jeremy Adams of Hartford, Conn., and Some of His Descendants," NEHGR 59:3 (Jul 1905) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 316.
Jacobus, Donald Lines, Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.), p. 459, Family History Library, 929.273 H135j 1978.
Jones, Roderick Bissell, "Harris-Hamlin-Smith," The American Genealogist 46:3 (Jul 1970), p. 137.
Harris, Gale Ion, "The First Wife of Ralph Keeler of Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut," The American Genealogist 80:3 (Jul 2005), p. 178.
Jones, R., TAG 46:3, p. 135.
S01 Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," Genealogical Publishing Com, Jan 1, 1985 - Reference - 1009 pages, (Google eBook)
S06 Ancestors of Harold Monroe Jr. Walden, (Harold Monroe Walden, 30214 Briarcrest Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628-1149, ). Cited by #S05
S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139). Cited by #S05
S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). Cited by #S05
S09 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000, link updated 23 Aug 2013]). p 334. Cited by #S05
S10 Ancestors of Corey Ryan Spangler, (David Christian Beck~ 10445 Bonneville Street~ Riverside, California 92505 ). Cited by #S05
S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000, link updated 23 Aug 2013]). p 326. Cited by #S05
S13 The public records of the Colony of Connecticut ... transcribed and published, (in accordance with a resolution of the General assembly) ... Published 1850 by Brown & Parsons. in Hartford. Covers years 1636-1776. Vols. 1-3 edited by J. H. Trumbull; v. 4-15, by C. J. Hoadly. archive.org
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Find A Grave: Memorial #157393648 Wethersfield Village Cemetery. No source. No photo. Wrong death date. No value.
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Smith-68658 and Smith-40488 appear to represent the same person because: Death date, death location, and marriage date and location on Smith-68658 lead me to think this is the same man as Smith-40488.
The children of Richard and Rebecca Buswell Smith are listed as (TAG 25 page 126)
Richard (1617-1690); Susannah (1624-1692); Mary (1627- ); Joseph (1629-1673); Abigail (1632- ); and Jonathan (1635-aft 1711). I think Nicholas and Rebecca need to be removed as children without supporting documentation.
Richard and Rebecca (Taylor) Adams were not husband and wife, I dont know how they got attached, (I suspect a bad merge) but I am going to disconnect. Objections?
Smith-72553 and Smith-40488 appear to represent the same person because: offspring appear to line up, uncertainty is birth year, Smith-40488 ought to be the LNAB and has the data, plus family for both profiles to be merged.
Richard (1617-1690); Susannah (1624-1692); Mary (1627- ); Joseph (1629-1673); Abigail (1632- ); and Jonathan (1635-aft 1711). I think Nicholas and Rebecca need to be removed as children without supporting documentation.
Yes, please disconnect Taylor-12772.