Roswell Smith (1758 - 1844)

Born 19 Jan 1758 in Vernon, Tolland, CT

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Kingsbury) Smith — married 11 Nov 1790 in Vernon, Tolland, CT

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1844 at age 86 in Vernon, Tolland, CT

Biography

Descendant of Richard & Rebecca Buswell Smith

SAR P-292975

listed in 1840 Census of Pensioners, Tolland County, CT in Vernon

Photographed Primary Sources

Sources

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Q-XQH : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith, 1758.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSL-MGTG : 21 September 2019), Roswel Smith, ; citing Marriage, 1790, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272248.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Q-XQ3 : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith in entry for Obadiah K Smith, 1791.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WG-RS6 : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith in entry for Fanny Smith, 1793.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WG-RWR : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith in entry for Electa Smith, 1794.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77P-2VT : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith in entry for Harriot Smith, 1797.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77P-2PX : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith in entry for Mabel Smith, 1799.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WG-R49 : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith in entry for Anna Smith, 1802.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Q-XQD : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith in entry for Roswel Smith, 1804.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WG-RSH : 7 January 2020), Roswel Smith in entry for Emily Smith, 1809.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPST-PD43 : 21 September 2019), Roswel in entry for Anna Smith, ; citing Death, 1812, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272247.

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-L9S7 : accessed 12 July 2021), Roswell Smith, 04 Mar 1831; citing Connecticut, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 5; FHL microfilm 1,319,385.

• "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VQ-VW1 : 16 September 2020), Roswell Smith, 1844.

Secondary Re-Sources

Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts by William Cutter, 1910. Page 818

[1] Vital Records of Bolton to 1854 and Vernon to 1852

Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich by Frederick John Kingsbury

Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #58416197 in Elmwood Cem, Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.