Sophia Smith (b. 1796, d. 1870) was born in Hatfield Massachusetts.* She inherited a sizable fortune, became deaf in mid-life and initially considered leaving her fortune to an institute for the deaf. At about the same time the Clarke School for the Deaf opened in Northampton, Massachusetts. She decided to endow Smith College, which opened in 1875.
*It is probable that Sophia descended from one of the two Smith lines I identified earlier and that she and I are related – very distantly related.

Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. Smith is a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which comprises Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Students from each institution may take courses at the other institutions if space is available. Information on Smith College can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_College. Many notable women attended Smith including First Ladies Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan.

I attended the University of Massachusetts (1970-1975) under the GI Bill (i.e., military veterans qualified for a stipend). U of M, a state sponsored school, is by far the largest of the five with a student body of about 25,000. Amherst College is an Ivy League College as are Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges (all much too liberal for most veterans). Hampshire College is, or was in the 70’s, a self-paced school where one could design their own curriculum.

Morning' Don,

Thanks for that interesting info about Sophia Smith. Will come back & have another study of all this later. And you could be distantly related to her too, I see.

Talk later
Carole :wave2:

DODIE SMITH May 1896- November 1990

She was a famous British Novelist and Playwright.
She wrote one of my favourite books 101 Dalmations

JFS

Thanks very much JFS, for the Dodie Smith info (above).
Have quoted a copy of it to the Topic
WANTED Notable Smiths for 2008 Calendar
as Dodie Smith will definitely be a good candidate for our Calendar.
Yes, I love 101 Dalmations too. :ck-smile:
Carole

Sophia Smith is d/o Joseph & Lois White Smith, decsendents of Immigrant ancestor Lt. Samuel Smith, b1602 Eng. (Hadleigh, Suffolk Co.); d 1680 Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA; m Elizabeth Smith

Here is a 'Noteworthy Smith' list that was just started by a member of our yDNA project; http://www.smithconnections.com/index.cgi

She writes:
The point of the excersize is to gather data to help exisiting GROUPS find more men; and to help Project members who are not yet in GROUPS, find their kinsmen.


GROUP 1
Sophia Smith (1796 MA -1870 MA) Founder of Smith College
[d/o- Joseph & Lois White Smith] >>>> to Imm. Lt Samuel - GROUP 1

Jedediah Strong Smith (1798 NY -1831 Cimmaron KS) Western Explorer
[s/o- Jedediah & Sally Strong Smith] >>>> to Imm. Lt Samuel - GROUP 1

Soloman Franklin Smith (1801 NY - 1869 MO) Actor, manager
[s/o- Levi & Hannah Holland Smith] >>>> to Imm. Lt Samuel - GROUP 1


GROUP 3
Seba Smith (1792 ME -1868 NY) aka 'Major Jack Downing' Political satirist
[s/o- Seba & Aphia Stevens Smith] >>>> to Imm. Francis- GROUP 3

Henry Boynton Smith (1815 ME -1877 NYC) Clergyman, Theologian, Author [s/o- Henry & Arixene Southgate Smith] >>>> to Imm. Francis - GROUP 3

Jay Hungerford Smith (1855 NY -1932 NY) Manufacturer of fruit syrups, etc.
[s/o- William Priest & Sarah Porter Hungerford Smith] >> to Imm. Francis - GROUP 3

GROUP 7
Israel Smith (1759 CT- 1810 VT) US Senator, Governor of Vermont
[s/o- Daniel & Anna Kent Smith] >>>> to Immigrant Rev Henry - GROUP 7

John Cotton Smith (1765 CT -1845) Governor of CT, diplomat
[s/o- Rev. Cotton Mather Smith] >>>> to Imm. Rev Henry - GROUP 7

Henry Preserved Smith (1847 OH - 1927 NY) Clergyman, Theological author [s/o- Preserved & Lucy Mayo Smith] >>>> to Imm. Rev Henry - GROUP 7


No GROUP yet
Asa Dodge Smith (1804 NH - 1877 NH) Clergyman, Pres. Dartmouth College
[s/o-Rogers & Sally Dodge Smith]>Imm. John d.1672 Ipswich MA, DNA 101041-No GROUP yet

Nathan Smith (1762 MA -1829 MA) Founder of Yale Medical College
his son was Nathan Ryno Smith (1797 NH -1877) Surgeon, Professor)
Elizabeth Ide Hills Smith >> to Imm. Henry Smith d.1649 Rehob. MA

Gerrit Smith (1797 NY- 1874 NYC) Reformer, Abolitionist, Philanthropist
[s/o- Peter & Elizabeth Livingston Smith] >>> to Imm. Petrus b.1717 Holland

John Gregory Smith (1818 VT -1891 VT) Governor of VT
[s/o- John & Maria Curtis Smith] >> ?poss. to Imm. John Smith d.1672 Ipswich MA

Giles Alexander Smith (1829 NY -1876) Union General -Civil War
[s/o- Cyrus & Laura Wales Smith] >>>> to Imm. Ignatius Smith

Theobald Smith (1859 NY - 1934) Animal Pathologist
[[size=9]s/o-Imm. Philip (b.in Germ) & Theresa Kexel Smith]


NO known Immigrant yet
James Smith (c.1719 Northern IRE -1806 PA) Signer Declaration of Independence [s/o- John, ''one of several bros. who Imm c.1729 to Chester & York Co. PA'']

Nathaniel (1762-1822) & Nathan (1770-1835) Smith -Lawyers & Politicians in CT (a nephew was Truman (1791 CT-1884) [s/o- Phineas & Deborah Judson Smith] [Nathaniel & Nathan sons of - Richard & Annis Hurd Smith]

Junius Smith (1780 CT -1853 NY) lawyer, promoter of 1st Ocean Liners
[s/o- David & Ruth Hitchcock Smith]

Samuel Francis Smith (1808 MA -1895) Clergyman, wrote words for ''America'' [s/o- Samuel & Mary Bryant Smith]

Horace Smith (1808 Cheshire MA -1893 MA) Smith & Wesson Gun Mfg.
[s/o- Silas & Pheobe ______Smith]

Charles Emory Smith (1842 CT-1908 PA) Diplomat & Postmaster General
[s/o- Emory B. & Arvilla Toplif Royce Smith]

Hoke Smith (1855 NC -1931 GA) Secretary of the Interior for Pres. Cleveland [s/o- Hosea (b.in NH) & Mary Brent Hoke Smith]

Robert Sidney Smith (1877 IL-1935) Cartoonist, Chicago Tribune 'The Gumps' [s/o- Thomas H. & Francis Shaffer Smith]

Buffalo Bob Smith (1917 Buff. NY -1998) Actor, ''Howdy Doody Show''
'Robert Schmidt' [s/o- Emil H. & Emma (Kuehn) Schmidt] NYT Obit


Any known descendants?
Henry Smith (c.1560-1591?) England's "silver-tongued" Puritan preacher... descendants?

Captain John Smith (1580 -1631) Explorer, Author, sailor, soldier
... descendants?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

... by date of birth....
Henry Smith 'regicide'(1620-1668) signed death warrant of King Charles I of England
Adam Smith (1723 -1790) Philosopher and economist
Henry Smith (1766 -1818) acting Governor of Rhode Island 1805-06
Erastus 'deaf' Smith (1787 NY - __TX) [s/o- Chillab] Explorer, Scout
Henry Smith (1788-1851) 1st Amer-born Governor, 'Mexican terr of TX' 1835-36
Caleb Blood Smith (1808 MA -1864 OH) Secretery of Interior for Pres. Lincoln
Edmund Kirby Smith (1824 FL - 1893) Confed. General -Civil War
Orland Smith (1825 Lewiston ME -1903) Union General -Civil War
Henry A. Smith (1830 -1915) Physician, poet, early settler of Seattle WA
Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838 MD -1915) Engineer, Artist & Author
Henry Smith (1838 -1916) US Representative from Wisconsin 1887-89[url=http://www.smithchat.com/mhtml:{2ADB52AA-EB33-4A47-A3D8-F6F841D7FC49}mid://00000311/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Smith]

[/url]Edward John Smith (1850 -1912) Captain of RMS Titanic
Henry C. Smith (1856 -1911) US Representative from Michigan
Jesse Wilcox Smith (1863 Phila. PA -1935) American Illustrator
Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873 NYC - 1944) Governor of NY
Thorne Smith (1892 MD - 1934) Author, ''Topper'' series
David Smith (1906 IN - 1963) American Sculptor
Henry Nash Smith (1906 -1986) American social and literature scientist
Henry P. Smith III (1911- 1995) US Representative from New York
Howard Kingsbury Smith (1914 LA - 2002) WWII journalist, ABC news anchor
Hal Smith (1916 -1994) Actor, 'Otis' on ''Andy Griffith Show''
William French Smith (1917 -1990) US Attorney General
Roger Smith (1921 - 2007) CEO of General Motors
Michael Smith (1945 -1986) Astronaut, killed on Challenger Shuttle


.... NO dates...yet
Samuel & Robert Smith, brothers 'of Balt MD' -aides to Pres.George Washington
William Smith 'of Geneva NY' - founder of William Smith & Hobart Colleges
James & Persis Smith 'of St Lewis MO' - founders of Smith Academy
Bill Smith 'a Dr in OH' - founder of Alcoholics Annonymous
Carlton Sprague Smith -Director of Music dept NY Public Library (in 1950's)
Carlton D. Smith - Director of television operations at NBC (in 1950's)

Best,
Evan Smith[/size]

Thanks Evan - Heck!! what a lot we got!!

As a reminder for myself - posted a link to this from
my "temporary" list..... WANTED Notable Smiths for 2008 Calendar