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 |  Subject: Brit Smiths to USA or Canada Topics on our UK Boards  Tue 10 Jul 2007 - 22:28 | |
|  Below are some notes quoted from Don Allen's Topic on our "Other Uk Counties - Smith & Related" sub-board. Don is from New England (Massachusetts specifically) but now lives in Virginia not far from Washington DC, and is researching his family's English ancestry back from the 17th Century when they migrated from the British Isles to America.
Don Allen has two Smith branches, & about the first he writes.......
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The one of most interest to me, and on which I have the least information, originates with Joseph Smith. What I believe to be true is that he emigrated from England prior to 1644 with Christopher, Simeon, and William his brothers and Mary his sister: not much to work with! This Smith branch, which is reasonably documented, continued through 1935 until the death of my g. grandfather, but numerous distant cousins carry on the name. |
More info from Don Allen about Joseph Smith's family:
| Quote: | I have no clue as to where Joseph Smith and his siblings emigrated from. There were perhaps 30,000 emigrants from England to New England before the English Civil War. Ship lists that I found (see http://www.winthropsociety.org/ships.php) identify only a small fraction of these and I would guess there were many, many ships not documented or documentation has been lost.
I’m hoping the grouping of the children’s names, i.e., Joseph,Christopher, Simeon, William, and Mary in the 1630’s or 40’s may resonate with someone. (Names are probably not in birth order)I doubt his wife’s origins points to his birthplace but one never knows.
Joseph married Lydia Huitt on 20 Apr 1656 in Hartford. She was born abt. 1635 in Wroxall,Warwickshire. Her father, Ephraim Huitt (various spellings of Huitt) was a minister near Kenilworth. He drew the displeasure of Archbishop Laud in 1638 and emigrated the following year. This information is from Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Planters. (see http://puritanism.online.fr/puritanism/Savage/savage.html )
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About Don's second family of interest, he writes:
| Quote: | | The second is Samuel Smith (b. 1602, d. 1680) who came to New England in 1634 in the Elizabeth. He came from Ipswich with his wife Elizabeth Chileab (b. 1602, d. 1685) and children (Samuel 9, Elizabeth 7, Mary 4, and Philip 1). I believe, but with limited certainty that, Samuel was the son of Samuel Smith (born 19 Jul 1575 in Ipswich and died Jun 1618 in Ipswich) and Barbary Mumford, (born 1579 in Ipswich and died 1624 in Ipswich). Offspring of this branch, via a roundabout route, merged with the above branch in 1784. |
To reply to Don with any information or suggestions for further research for him, see his Topic..........
Link: Smiths to America 17thC from Ipswich & Wroxall-Warwicks
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Carole
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| | Subject: Re: Brit Smiths to USA or Canada Topics on our UK Boards Thu 6 Sep 2007 - 19:16 | |
| Gillian posted some information here about her SMITH relatives of Liverpool who emigrated in the 1890s. Thanks very much Gillian & this is now split to a separate Topic.............
Link>>SMITHs from Liverpool to Canada 1893 & to USA 1894>>>
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