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Female Abt 1785 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Polly Smith was born about 1785 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA (daughter of Samuel Smith and Abigail Wright).

    Polly married William Priest. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Smith was born on 17 Apr 1742 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of Jasiel Smith and Hannah Gachet); died on 17 Apr 1827 in Henderson, Jefferson Co, New York, USA; was buried in Henderson, Jefferson Co, New York, USA (Fales Cemetery).

    Notes:

    In Early Settlers of New York: "Samuel Smith of Spencertown, Columbia
    County New York, married Abigail Wright, daughter of John Wright. Samuel
    was a brother of Isaac, Elijah, Elkanah, Bial, Silas, Cornelius, Rachel,
    Sally and Hannah. (Cornelius had a son Darius Smith, b. September 9, 1794
    at Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York)." Lydia his daughter married
    Luther Schillinger and moved to Missouri, Mercy married Henry Millard.
    Polly married Dr. William Priest."
    From the Ancestors of Graeme Norman and Margarie Miller, source: Paul
    Smith "Samuel Smith was buried in Fales Cemetery, Henderson, New York. He
    died at the home of his son, Sylvester in Henderson, New York. He
    married in Claverack or New Canaan, New York. (Old Colony Historical
    Manuscript, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, probably written in the
    1880's)
    Samuel was the sixth or seventh son of Jasial Smith. His parents died in
    1757 or shortly before when he was no more than 14. He was in Columbia
    County New York by 1772, when he was about 29, when He married Abigail
    Wright. The family lived at Spencertown, Kinderhook, and Green River, in
    Columbia County, New York, probably in that order. He was a farmer and
    perhaps did not own h is own land, as no deeds have been found. Shortly
    after 1800 his children moved to Jefferson County, New York, which was
    just then opening up for settlement and where land was probably available
    cheaply. He spent the last years with his son Sylvester at Henderson,
    Jefferson County, New york, probably going there sometime after 1820.
    Samuel is said to have served in the American Revolution. He was married
    and had started a family at the beginning of the war.
    Charles Clark of Adams, New York, has a snuff box that belonged to Samuel
    which has passed down through Samuel's son Sylvester Smith Jr.
    The gravestone of Samuel Smith in Fales Cemetery (also known as Clark
    Cemetery in Henderson, Jefferson, County, New York, has been seen and
    photographed by several descendants. About 1980, it had fallen and
    broken and Charles Clark of Adams took it home for the winter. It has
    perhaps since been restored."

    Samuel married Abigail Wright about 1772 in Green River, , New York, USA. Abigail was born on 4 Nov 1748 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Abigail Wright was born on 4 Nov 1748 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. John Amasa Smith was born about 1773 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA; died about 1775.
    2. Deacon Daniel Smith was born on 26 Feb 1775 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA; died on 11 Mar 1854 in Rodman, Jefferson Co, New York, USA; was buried in Rodman, Jefferson Co, New York, USA (Zoar Cemetery).
    3. Mary Smith was born about 1777 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA.
    4. Abigail Smith was born about 1778 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA.
    5. Sylvester Smith was born on 4 Oct 1780 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA; died on 26 Apr 1865 in Henderson, Jefferson Co, New York, USA.
    6. Samuel Smith was born about 1784; died in in Rodman, Jefferson Co, New York, USA; was buried in Rodman, Jefferson Co, New York, USA (Zoar Cemetery).
    7. 1. Polly Smith was born about 1785 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA.
    8. Anna Smith was born about 1788 in , Columbia Co, New York, USA.
    9. Mercy Smith was born on 12 Apr 1792 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA.
    10. Sally Smith was born about 1794.
    11. Amasa Smith was born about 1796 in Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jasiel Smith was born about 1703 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of Samuel Smith and Esther Caswell); died in Jun 1757 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    Some records indicate that he was Silas Smith. He died of spotted fever.
    During his lifetime he was a blacksmith, and served in the French and
    Indian War.
    From The Smith Manuscript, Reed & Seaver, unpublished 1892, Old Colony
    Historical Society, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. "Jasiel with his
    sons Jasiel Jr., Elkanah, and Cornelius engaged in the French War about
    1754 or 1755. They were out 16 or 18 months and were at the taking of
    Schectady and several other places. In May the father with Cornelius,
    their regiment returning home, but before they landed in Boston, Jasiel
    Sr. was taken ill and was brought home on a horse litter. He got home on
    a Thursday night and died the next Sabbath night. His wife caught the
    distemper, and died 12 days after her husband. The doctors called it
    spotted fever. The following July , the sons Jasiel Jr. and Elkanah came
    home but alas, their parents were gone ."

    Jasiel married Hannah Gachet about 1728 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was born in 1711 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1755 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Hannah Gachet was born in 1711 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1755 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Isaac Smith was born in Jul 1729.
    2. Elijah Smith was born about 1731.
    3. Cornelius Smith was born in 1732 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1804 in Pittstown, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA.
    4. Jasiel Smith was born on 25 Mar 1734 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Oct 1810 in Turner, Oxford Co, Maine, USA.
    5. Elkanah Smith was born about 1736 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died about 1810 in Petersburg, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA.
    6. Abial Smith was born about 1740.
    7. 2. Samuel Smith was born on 17 Apr 1742 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Apr 1827 in Henderson, Jefferson Co, New York, USA; was buried in Henderson, Jefferson Co, New York, USA (Fales Cemetery).
    8. Hannah Smith was born about 1743 in , Dutchess Co, New York, USA; died on 28 Mar 1813 in Pittstown, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA.
    9. Rachel Smith was born about 1744.
    10. Sarah Smith was born about 1746.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Samuel Smith was born on 15 Oct 1666 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA (son of Samuel Smith and Susanna Read); died on 3 Nov 1719 in .

    Notes:

    Samuel Smith was mentioned in the will of his grandfather, Francis Smith,
    in 1679. He also administered upon the estate of his father Samuel. In
    1698 he filed an addendum to the inventory of his father's estate. The
    addition was a one "half share of the old Iron works in" Taunton. This
    half share was divided among his own children twenty years later, after
    his death, which provides a firm link among three generations. Samuel's
    grandfather had bought this share in the iron works in the 1650's.
    Several of Samuel's children sold their shares in their father's estate
    in 1726 to Samuel Pitts. Their mother was mentioned as Esther Fisher,
    thus she had remarried in the eight years since her husband's death. No
    marriage record for Samuel and Esther exists , but she is found as Esther
    Smith, widow of Samuel Smith, selling her rights in her father's, Thomas
    Caswell's, estate in 1722.
    Samuel belonged to the First Foot Company of Taunton and was impressed
    into expeditions against Canada at least twice during the French and
    Indian Wars. The first time was on April 7, 1693. The second time was on
    June 26, 1711 for an ill-fated expedition. The fleet set sail on July 30,
    but one night eight transports were wrecked and one thousand soldiers
    were lost. The remainder of the expedition returned at that time without
    undertaking their mission. Samuel appears on a list of the Military
    Training Company of Taunton on May 30, 1700 under Capt. Thomas Leonard.
    He was also on the list of First Foot Military Company of Taunton in 1710
    under the now Major Leonard.
    Source: Paul Smith
    Samuel's two children by his first wife Rebeckah Hoar, Samuel and Sarah
    were beneficiaries under their grandfather Hezehiah Hoar's will, her
    son's receiving land in Eaton (Taunton North Purchase) and moving there.

    Samuel married Esther Caswell in 1695 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. Esther was born on 4 Jun 1669 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in Aug 1718 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Esther Caswell was born on 4 Jun 1669 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in Aug 1718 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    Children:
    1. Marcy Smith was born in 1696.
    2. Keziah Smith was born in 1698.
    3. 4. Jasiel Smith was born about 1703 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA; died in Jun 1757 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. Damaris Smith was born about 1706 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Benjamin Smith was born about 1707 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. Esther Smith was born about 1709 in Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA.


 

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