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Richard Smith Sr. (abt. 1583 - aft. 1669)

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Richard "of Wethersfield Connecticut" Smith Sr.
Born about in Leicester, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
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Died after in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticutmap
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Categories: Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire | 17th Century American Immigration | Wethersfield, Connecticut | Patients of John Winthrop Jr | Hartford County, Connecticut Colony | Puritan Great Migration.

The Puritan Great Migration.
Richard Smith Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
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Contents

Biography

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.

Disputed Origins

Per directions at Disputed Parentage:

Author Gale Ion Harris states with a careful analysis that his parents were unknown. [1] Vol 143 page 240.

Disconnected the parents John Smith-3649, Alice Walker-950, John Smith-7466, and Mary Browning-71; and wife Rebecca Taylor for lack of documentation. Please provide a substantial source and post your proof here before reconnecting these profiles.

Who was Richard Smith that died c1644?

Birth

Born abt 1583.[1][2]

Born abt. 1589[3]

... 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]

Rebecca Buswell, christening 23 Apr 1595, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.[2]

Family

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]

Children: [13]

  1. Richard Smith, (1616/17 - 1690), c: 1 JAN 1616/1617 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
  2. Susanna Smith, (1619 -), c: 30 MAY 1619 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
  3. Anne Smith, (1621/22 -), c: 24 FEB 1621/1622 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
  4. Joseph Smith, (1625 - abt 1673), c: 25 DEC 1625 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
  5. Mary Smith, (1630 - aft 1684), c: 11 DEC 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
  6. Rebecca Smith, (1630 -), c: 11 DEC 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
  7. Jonathan Smith, (1635 - 1711), c: 4 OCT 1635 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
  8. Abigail Smith, (1637/38 - aft 1683), c: 21 JAN 1637/1638 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.

Documented events in his life were

Emigrant Ancestor; 1648; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[14]

Jury Duty; 15 May 1650; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.[15]

Jury Duty; 5 Sep 1650; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.[16]

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*

  • Richd Smith Sen.[19]

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]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harris, Gale Ion. "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," (NEHGS, Jul 1989), 143:244. http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image/?pageName=240&volumeId=11712&rId=235394753
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Thompson, Neil D.. "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England". New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 158. Jan 2004. pp.38. http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Donald Lines Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield," The American Genealogist, Vol. 25, 1949, 126-139 pg. 126.
  4. ↑ Evelyn Beran, "Sanford-Shulsen Family" World Connect 7 NOV 2012, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sanford-shulsen&id=I38819
  5. ↑ Source: #S10 Ancestors of Corey Ryan Spangler, (David Christian Beck~ 10445 Bonneville Street~ Riverside, California 92505 ).
  6. ↑ Source: #S06 Ancestors of Harold Monroe Jr. Walden, (Harold Monroe Walden, 30214 Briarcrest Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628-1149, ).
  7. ↑ Source: #S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139).
  8. ↑ Source: #S06 Ancestors of Harold Monroe Jr. Walden, (Harold Monroe Walden, 30214 Briarcrest Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628-1149, ).
  9. ↑ Source: #S10 Ancestors of Corey Ryan Spangler, (David Christian Beck~ 10445 Bonneville Street~ Riverside, California 92505 ).
  10. ↑ Source: #S10 Ancestors of Corey Ryan Spangler, (David Christian Beck~ 10445 Bonneville Street~ Riverside, California 92505 ).
  11. ↑ Source: #S-903584337 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  12. ↑ Source: #S01 "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," pg 687.
  13. ↑ "Isaac Busewell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith." New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 158 page 39]
  14. ↑ Source: #S05 J. Devlin, "Descendants of Richard Smith," http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/smith_3.htm
  15. ↑ Source: #S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 82.
  16. ↑ Source: #S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 86.
  17. ↑ Source: #S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 99-100.
  18. ↑ Source: #S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 182.
  19. ↑ Source: #S13 "The public records of the Colony of Connecticut ... " page 319.
  20. ↑ Source: #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]). p 334.
  21. ↑ Source: #S02 Harris, Gale Ion. "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," (NEHGS, Jul 1989), 143:244.
  22. ↑ Source: #S06 Ancestors of Harold Monroe Jr. Walden, (Harold Monroe Walden, 30214 Briarcrest Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628-1149, ).
  23. ↑ Source: #S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139).
  24. ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.

See also:

  • History of MA (post 1904) p. 817-818 online
  • George Lathrop Cooley & Clara Elizabeth Hall. . . Allied Lines from Immigrants Richard Seymour, Richard Smith allied family by Harl Preslar Aldrich, Jr
  • NEHGR Vol. 164, July 2010
  • "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 4" by William Richard Cutter (Page 2349 & 50).
  • New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Page 687
  • 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.

Research Links

  • 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)


  • S05 J. Devlin, "Descendants of Richard Smith," http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/smith_3.htm
  • 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.

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Collaboration

On 15 Apr 2018 at 14:45 GMT Ellen Smith wrote:

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.

On 9 Feb 2018 at 05:27 GMT Anne B wrote:

I think Nicholas can go, but the list of baptisms on the profile comes from NEHGS 158:38 so rebecca should stay but there's an extra Mary

On 9 Feb 2018 at 02:07 GMT Kitty (Cooper) Smith wrote:

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.

On 6 Jan 2017 at 01:04 GMT Cynthia (Billups) B wrote:

Seems per the bio and sources that Richard Smith married to Rebecca Buswell (not Rebecca (Taylor-12772) who married 1st to Walter Baseden).

Yes, please disconnect Taylor-12772.

On 6 Jan 2017 at 00:20 GMT Kitty (Cooper) Smith wrote:

Yes, Anne please delete Rebecca Taylor for lack of documentation.

On 5 Jan 2017 at 22:05 GMT Anne B wrote:

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?

On 26 Dec 2016 at 17:19 GMT Sandy Culver wrote:

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.

On 6 Aug 2015 at 01:19 GMT Kitty (Cooper) Smith wrote:

Yes. I removed it.

On 6 Aug 2015 at 01:11 GMT Heather Husted wrote:

Hi cousins, okay to remove the "Questionable Gateway Ancestor" category now that his parents are set as unknown? -- Heather, 11th gg-daughter :)

On 3 Apr 2015 at 22:50 GMT Robert Bradshaw wrote:

Smith-54694 and Smith-68658 do not represent the same person because: Where wife Rebecca?

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