Elkanah Smith

1758 - 1840  (81 years)

• Name	Elkanah Smith
  Born	11 Aug 1758	Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Mar 1840	Grafton, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA
  Person ID	I18682	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Elkanah Smith,   b. Abt 1736, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Abt 1810, Petersburg, Rensselaer Co, New York, USA  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Stevens
  Married	26 Oct 1757	Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F8024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hepsibah Reynolds,   b. Sep 1765, Chatham, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	26 Sep 1783	New Britain, , New York, USA
  Children	1. Lydia Smith,   b. Abt 1784   2. Pheobe Smith,   b. 11 Jul 1785
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F8057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Aug 1758 - Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He was a corporal in Captain Robert Crosman's Company of minute-men, Col. Nathaniel Leonard's regiment which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Roxbury; discharged April 29, 1775; service, 12 days; also, Sergeant, Capt. Josiah King's Co., Col. David Brewer' s 9th Regiment muster roll dated August 1, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Roxbury Camp, November 6, 1775. Also shown serving under Capt. Rufus B arney's Company, Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment; service from July 29, 1778 t o September 10 1778 in Rhode Island. He served two months under Ens. Corneli us Smith where he marched to Winter Hill , between Cambridge and Bunker Hill. He was a brick maker in New Britain, Columbia County, New York. He moved to Grafton a year after his marriage. Facts about this person: Burial Smith/Eldred Cemetery, Grafton, New York