Early Smiths of Saint David, New Brunswick

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Saint David, New Brunswick, Canada
Surname/tag: Smith

• 1784 - There were no Smiths listed 1784 list of grantees of grants to the Penobscot Bay Association around Oak Bay in St. David Parish. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/penobscotgrants.html
• 1785 - A Ruben Smith settled at Passamoquoddy of the Cape Ann Association of Loyalists in the spring of 1785 and shows up on a census from September 1785 with a wife and 8 children.http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/capeannlistorig.html
• 1790 - A list of regrantees of the Cape Ann Association included Elisha Smith, James Smith, William Smith and James Smith Jr.http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/1790annownersalph.html
• 1804. A list of persons holding land in the Wentworth and Fanning Divisions of the Cape Ann grant in 1797-1804, included Adam Smith and Ebenezer Smith.http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/1797byalpha.html and James Smith http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/1797intro.html#anchor156541
• 1805. A list of the parish officers for Saint David in 1805 included James Smith and Mark Scott as "overseers of the poor."http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/sessions1.html
• 1813. A census of some sort of St. Stephen and St. David included Thomas Smith, James Smith and George Smith. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/1812mast.pdf
• 1823. The 1823 tax list for St. David included Joshua Smith, Jeremiah Smith, Moses Smith, Reuben Smith, Ebenezer Smith, James Smith, John Smith and S? Smith. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/1823alpha.html
• 1831. The 1831 tax list for St. David included David Smith, Ebenezer Smith, James Smith, Jeremiah Smith, 2 John Smiths, Joseph Smith, Moses Smith, Sidney Smith, Silas Smith, Silas Smith Jr, and William Smith.http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/1831TaxList.html

Smiths in both the 1823 and 1831 St. David tax lists:

• Ebenezer Smith. See http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nbstdavi/smithebenezer.html
• James Smith. b. about 1770. See https://boombridgegenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I32172&tree=4Februry2018&sitever=standard
• Jeremiah Smith
• John Smith, b. about 1794, probably son of James See https://boombridgegenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I25175&tree=4Februry2018
• Moses Smith, b. say 1799, probably son of James See https://boombridgegenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I32254&tree=4Februry2018
• Sidney Smith or Silas Smith

Smiths married in St. Stephen and St. David parish 1811-1840:

• Ann of St. David, b. say 1790, m. December 26, 1811 William Higgins
• Adam Jr of St. David, b. say 1792, m. June 29, 1815 Thankful Scot
• Susannah of St. Andrews, b. say 1797, m. December 24, 1818 Martin Hopps
• Margaret of St. Andrews, b. say 1798, m. June 3, 1819 Michael Young
• John of St. Stephen, b. say 1796, m. September 9, 1819 Lydia Burnham (widow)
• John of St. David, b. say 1797, m. July 5, 1820 Dorcas Campbell
• Oliver of St. Stephen, b. say 1797, m. September 3, 1820 Mercy Tyler
• Daniel of St. Stephen, b. say 1797, m. September 3, 1820 Rachel Roberson
• Jane of St. Stephen, b. say 1799, m. September 4, 1820 Josephus Morse
• Jane of St. David, b. say 1799, m. September 21, 1820 Phineas Boynton
• Moses of St. David, b. say 1799, m. November 7, 1822 Mary Ann Monday
• Mary of St. David, b. say 1801, m. June 10, 1824 Andrew Clindennin
• James of St. Stephen, b. 1802, m. April 5, 1825 Susan Hill
• Rhoda of St. David, b. say 1804, m. April 12, 1825 Henry D. Pollard
• John of St. Stephen, b. say 1803, m. December 31, 1826 Mary Ann Bates
• Louisa of St. David, b. say 1806, m. July 26, 1827 Mark Scott Jr
• Asa of St. Stephen, b. say 1808, m. January 30, 1831 Isabella McBean
• Deborah of St. Stephen, b. say 1810, m. January 30, 1831 Benjamin Maloon
• Hulda of ____, b. say 1812, m. September 14, 1833 Frederick Joyce (wit: Martin Hopps)
• Laura of ____, b. say 1812, m. September 5, 1833 David Joyce (wit: Silas Smith and John Smith)
• Eliza of St. Stephen, b. say 1811, m. June 25, 1832 George Maxwell
• James of St. Stephen, b. say 1814, m. February 27, 1838 Margaret Atkinson
• Stillman of St. David, b. say 1818, m. October 7, 1841 Margaret Nisbet
• Mary C. of St. David, b. say 1824, m. May 1, 1845 Levi McLaughlin
• Margaret of _____, b. say 1822, m. August 6, 1843 Thomas McNutt
• Andrew J. of ___, b. say 1819, m.January 6, 1842 Jane Robertson
• Sarah A. of ____, b. say 1821, m. March 1, 1842 Wilmon O'Brien

Subset of marriages above by Smiths "of St. David": Smiths married in St. Stephen and St. David parish 1811-1840:

• Ann of St. David, b. say 1790, m. December 26, 1811 William Higgins
• Adam Jr of St. David, b. say 1792, m. June 29, 1815 Thankful Scot

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• John of St. David, b. say 1797, m. July 5, 1820 Dorcas Campbell
• Jane of St. David, b. say 1799, m. September 21, 1820 Phineas Boynton
• Moses of St. David, b. say 1799, m. November 7, 1822 Mary Ann Monday
• Mary of St. David, b. say 1801, m. June 10, 1824 Andrew Clindennin
• Rhoda of St. David, b. say 1804, m. April 12, 1825 Henry D. Pollard
• Louisa of St. David, b. say 1806, m. July 26, 1827 Mark Scott Jr

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• Stillman of St. David, b. say 1818, m. October 7, 1841 Margaret Nisbet
• Mary C. of St. David, b. say 1824, m. May 1, 1845 Levi McLaughlin