FRANCIS SMITH/SMYTH b. ca. 1614 England...but where?

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Hello Smiths,

I'm beginning to try to trace Francis' roots 'across the pond' and any advice would be greatly appreciated:

FRANCIS SMITH b. ca. 1614 England, d. (probably Taunton) Plymouth Colony (will dated Feb 22, 1679). Supervisor of Highways, Constable, half share owner of Taunton Iron Works Co.
m. Agnes _____b.____ poss. Weymouth, MA, d. Jan 6, 1665 Taunton, MA
m. Sarah _____ca. 1667 d.____ MA

Current clues are a Francis and Agnes Smith in Sandringham, Norfolk and 1769 family correspondence mentions Cowes, Isle of Wight Smith/Smyth relatives; in the absence of traditional paper genealogical evidence yDNA testing can help link Francis to his cousins: www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=J83140.

Here's our current group of Francis' descendents linked through yDNA at SmithConnections - Northeastern Smiths DNA Project (US):

GROUP 3
18558 Francis Smith, b 1614 England; res. Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA and Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.
20517 Francis Smith, b 1614 England; res. Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA and Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.
62625 Francis Smith, b 1614 England; res. Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA and Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.
65378 Nelson Gates Smith, b c1816 Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY.
99851 Hiram Smith, b c1815 VT.
A99990 Reuben Smith, b1825 VT (Windsor); d 1890 Kansas; father born in VT & mother born in ME.
http://www.smithconnections.com/index.cgi

My Smiths were especially fun to trace as the Taunton Massachusetts fire of 1838 destroyed the original town records in combination with having descended from a few John Smiths!

For possible connections, here are generations 5 through 12 of my line of American Smiths:

12. FRANCIS SMITH b. ca. 1614 England, d. (probably Taunton) Plymouth Colony (will dated Feb 22, 1679). Supervisor of Highways, Constable, half share owner of Taunton Iron Works Co.
m. Agnes _____b.____ poss. Weymouth, MA, d. Jan 6, 1665 Taunton, MA
m. Sarah _____ca. 1667 d.____ MA Children of Francis and Agnes Smith:
? i. Hannah Smith b. 1637?
ii. Samuel Smith baptized 1639. the eldest son, the proprietor of
Taunton of that name.
? iii. Susannah Smith b. 1641?
iv. John Smith, b. 1644? my ancestor
? v. Elizabeth Smith, b. 1647, d. Jan. 31 1687, aged 40.
Child of Francis and Sarah Smith
? vi. Damaris Smith, born 1668, died Oct. 29, 1689 "aged 21."
She was but 10 when her father died and is not mentioned in his will.

11. JOHN SMITH (4th child of Francis and Agnes) b. 1644 Taunton, MA, Plymouth Colony, d.____. Yeoman (farmer) and Constable
m. Elizabeth Tisdale ca. 1670 Taunton, MA, b.1657 Taunton, MA, Plymouth Colony d.1726, Taunton, MA, Plymouth Colony
Children of John and Elizabeth (Tisdale) Smith:
i. Francis Smith, lived in Plainfield and Voluntown, CT, near his brother John. Frequently mentioned in Larned's History of Windham Co. CT, d. 1751.
ii. John Smith, my ancestor
iii. Sarah Smith, married William Dean of Taunton, Mass. and Plainfield, CT
iv. Abigail Smith, married Nathaniel French of Plainfield and Voluntown, CT
v. Hannah Smith, married (1) Jonathan French, (2) Thomas Gallup of Stonington and Plainfield, CT

10. JOHN SMITH JR. b. ____ (before 1679) d. 1752 Windham County CT Colony, prob. Oneco, CT (after Jan 26, 1749). First Settler of Voluntown, CT with his brother Francis, Yeoman, Deputy to General Assembly for eight sessions, member of the very first Presbyterian Church in CT.
m. Susannah Hall m. ca. 1699, b. 1680 Concord, MA, d. ____ prob. Oneco, CT
Children of John and Susannah (Hall):
i. Susannah Smith b. Oct. 15, 1700. Married Jonas Shepherd of Plainfield May 29, 1722. d.?
ii. Ruth Smith b. Sept. 19, 1702 d. Dec. 28, 1715, 13 years old
iii. Elizabeth Smith b. July 30, 1706 m. Rev. Samuel Dorrance of Voluntown Aug. 1, 1726. d. pre 1753
iv. John Smith (my ancestor) b. Dec. 18, 1708. Married Phebe Pierce of Plainfield Nov. 24, 1736.
v. Lemuel Smith b. Plainfield, Ct. Feb. 25, 1710-1711. (Yeoman) m. Martha Coit d. Sept. 21, 1759.

9. LEMUEL SMITH b. Feb 25, 1710-11, Plainfield, CT, d. Sept 21, 1759, Sterling, CT. Farmer. Original proprietor of Susquehanna Land Company. Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Oneco section of Sterling CT. m. Martha Coit Plainfield CT ca. 1736, b. ca. 1713 Plainfield CT, d. (1788?) at the home of her eldest son, Hon. Francis Smith, in Plainfield, NH
Children of Lemuel and Martha (Coit) Smith:
i. Francis Smith, b. Voluntown (now Sterling), Windham County, CT; January 9, 1737. d. Plainfield, N. H; m. ____.
ii. Benjamin Smith, b. Voluntown August 30, 1738; d. Oct. 1st. 1757; m. ____.
iii. Lemuel Smith, b. Voluntown September 7, 1740; d. ____ ; m. Rachel Deane of Plainfield.
iv. Joseph Smith, b. Voluntown, Sept. 5, 1742; d. Plainfield, N. H; m. ____.
v. Isaac Smith, b.Voluntown, November 2, 1744; d. March 25, 1817, Gilmantown. N. H; m.(1) Mary; (2) Sarah Eaton.
vi. Willard Smith, b. Voluntown, December 23, 1746; d. ____, Royalton, Vermont; m. ____.
vii. John Smith, b. Voluntown, March 7, 1749; d. 1817; m. 1773 Alice Andrews.
viii. Martha Smith, b. Voluntown, April 20, 1751; d.____; m. (1) Mr. Avery, died 1797, (2) General Mott.
ix. Mary Smith, b. Voluntown, April 26, 1753; d.____; m. Mr. Denison of Stonington, CT.
x. Luther Smith, b. Voluntown, October 1, 1756; d.____; m. Ruth Harwood January 6, 1780.
xi. Experience Smith, b. Nov. 1758 Voluntown, New London County, CT; d. Feb. 14, 1841 Milton, Saratoga County, NY; m. Elisha Swan May 24, 1778, Stonington, New London County, CT.

8. Rev. JOHN SMITH, b. Mar 7, 1749 Sterling CT; d. May 15, 1817 near Newtown, Tioga County NY. Princeton Class of 1770 with brother Isaac; Pastor, Missionary, Land Speculator, Philanthropist, member of Kentucky State Synod.
m. Alice ANDREWS, July 8, 1773 Dighton, MA; b. Jan 12, 1758 Dighton, MA; d. July 14, 1811 Elmira, NY.
http://www.joycetice.com/kelsey/kjws2.htm (needs minor updating)
Children of Rev. John Smith and Alice (Andrews) Smith, all born in Dighton, Massachusetts:
i. John Smith, b. October 31, 1774 Monday 1 o’clock A.M; d. ____; m. ____.
ii. Joseph Coit Smith, b. February 3, 1777 Thursday 6 o’clock P.M; d. ____; m. ____.
iii. Alice Smith, b. May 30, 1779 Sabbath 5 A.M; d. ____; m. ____.
iv. Elkanah Smith, b. June 10, 1781 Monday 11 P.M; d. ____; m. ____.
v. Henry Smith, b. December 10, 1783 Th. 10 P.M; d. 1853; m. 1813 Arixene Southgate.
vi. Francis Smith, b. January 17, 1786 Monday 4 P.M; d. ____; m. ____.
vii. Lemuel Smith, b. May 25, 1788 Sabbath 4 P.M; d. ____; m. ____.
viii. Martha Smith, b. June 27, 1791 Sabbath A.M; d. ____; m. ____.
ix. Benjamin Smith, b. April 20, 1794 12 M; d. ____; m. ____.
x. Thomas Andrews Smith, b. August 25, 1797; d. ____; m. ____.

7. HENRY SMITH, b. Dec 10, 1783 Dighton, MA; d. July 22, 1853 Saccarappa, ME; Merchant.
M.(1)Arixene SOUTHGATE, Jan 31, 1813 Scarborough, ME; b. Sept 17, 1793 Scarborough, ME; d. Dec 6, 1820 Portland, ME.
M.(2) Sally Maynard, ____; b.____ ; d. March 6, 1887 Portland, ME.
Children of Henry and Arixene (Southgate) Smith:
i. Frederick Southgate Smith, b. Portland, Maine; d. February 14, 1814, aged 8 weeks.
ii. Henry Boynton Smith, b. Portland, Maine, November 21, 1815; d. New York February 7, 1877; m. January 5, 1843 Elizabeth Lee Allen; d. Lakewood, N. J. Dec, 5, 1898.
iii. Frederick Southgate Smith, b. Portland, Maine, January 26, 1817; d. ‘Northern’ PA, October 17, 1861; m. Washington D. C, October 29, 1856 Emma Pike of Broome County, New York; d. Sarasota, Florida, February 22, 1917.
iv. John Coit Smith, d. February 14, 1820, aged 14 months.
v. Horatio Southgate Smith, b. Portland July 28, 1820; A.B. Dartmouth, 1840; M. D. Bowdoin 1843; d. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 27, 1876; m. Boston May 16, 1849 Susan Dwight Munroe; d. Cambridge, MA, November 7, 1910.

6. Rev. HENRY BOYNTON SMITH I LL.D. D.D; b. Nov 21, 1815 Portland, ME; d. Feb 7, 1877 NYC; A.B. Bowdoin 1834, Andover, Bangor and Union Theological Seminaries, Pastor, Professor, Theologian, Editor, Author.
m. Elizabeth LEE ALLEN, Jan 5, 1843 Northampton, MA (by her father William Allen); b. ____1817; d. Dec 5, 1898 Lakewood, NJ; Poet and Author
Children of Henry B. and Elizabeth (Lee Allen) Smith
i. Arixene Southgate Smith, b.1843; d. 1931; m. 1867, Col. Charles William Woolsey, b. 1840; d. 1907.
ii. Maria Malleville Wheelock Smith, b. 1845; d. 1924; m. 1874, Rev. Charles Henry McClellan, b. 1843; d. 1916.
iii. William Allen Smith, b. 1848; d. 1899; m. 1874, Zilpha Ingraham Cutler, b.1851; d. 1927.

iv. Henry Goodwin Smith, b. 1860; d. 1940; m. 1891 Helen Randolph Forman, b. 1869.

5. Rev. HENRY GOODWIN SMITH M.A. D.D; b. Jan 8, 1860 NYC; d. Aug 7, 1940 Goshen, MA; Amherst Class of 1881; Pastor, Professor, Theologian, Author.
m. Helen RANDOLPH FOREMAN Dec 3, 1891 at Freehold Seminary, Freehold, NJ (by HBS I); b. ____1869; d. April 19, 1952 ____ .
Children of Henry G. and Helen (Randolph Forman) Smith:
i. Henry Boynton Smith, b. 1892; d. 1965; m. 1924 Constance M. Bogardus.
ii. Howard Forman Smith, b. 1895; d. 1971; m.(1) 1918 Sara Evelyn Bennet, Born 1895; (2)
(Howard changed his name the Southgate)
iii. Elizabeth Allen Smith, b. 1897; d. ; m.(1) 1921 Prof. Robert Von Nardroff, Born 1895; (2) Col. Azel F. Hatch
iv. Eleanor Randolf Smith, b. 1901; d. ; m. 1932 Leonard William Snagge, Born 1901.

Best regards,
Evan Smith
EvanSmith8(at)aol(dot)com

BTW, some other U.S. branches from Francis Smith are:

(currently, the first eight linked also through yDNA)

1)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG -1679 Taunton, MA) m. Agnes or Sarah
-John Smith (c.1644 MA -__?_) m. Elizabeth Tisdale
--John Smith (pre 1679 - 1752 CT) m. Susannah Hall
---Lemuel Smith (1710/11 CT - 1759 CT) m. Martha Coit
----Rev. John Smith (1749 CT - 1817 NY) m. Alice Andrews
-----Henry Smith (1783 MA - 1853 ME) m. Arixene Southgate
------Rev. Henry Boynton Smith I (1815 ME - 1877 NYC) m. Elizabeth Lee Allen

2)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG -1679 Taunton, MA) m. Agnes or Sarah
-Samuel Smith (1633-1688 MA) m. Susanah Reed
--Samuel Smith (1666-1718) m. Ester Caswell
---Jasiel Smith (1700-1755/57) m. Hanna Gasket
----Cornelius Smith (1732- ___) m. Dorcas Lincoln
-----Daruis King Smith (1759/62-1843) m(2) Sophia Champion
------Daruis Champion Smith (1794-1869) m. Mary/Polly Leemon
-------Joseph Richardson Smith (1829/30-1915) m. Almira & Eunice Reid Moran
--------Cornelius Norman Smith (1860-1894) m. Emma Lee Gunn
---------Joseph Claude Smith (1884-___) m. Margaret Hilty

3)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m.Agnes or Sarah
-John Smith (c.1644 MA-___) m. Elizabeth Tisdale
--John Smith (pre 1679-post 1749 CT) m. Susannah Hall
---Lemuel Smith (1710/11 CT-1759 CT) m. Martha Coit
----Rev. John Smith (1749 CT-1817 NY) m. Alice Andrews
-----Elkanah Smith (1781 MA–1853 PA) m. Abigail Smith
------Cyrus Talbot Smith (1820 NY–1898 MD) m. Almeda Impson

4)
(not yet sure of connection to Immigrant Ancestor Francis Smith)

Possible Father of Nelson Gates Smith (Eli or Frederick or Phineas or William) Smith
Nelson Gates Smith (c.1816 NY-1885 IL ?) m. Mary Hickok

5)
(not yet sure of connection to Immigrant Ancestor Francis Smith)

Hiram Smith (c1815 VT-1904 WI) m. Lydia McGowan
-John James Smith (1837 NY-1917 Jackson Co. MN) m. Anna Leticia Fields

6)
Not yet sure of connection to Immigrant Ancestor Francis Smith but one working hypothesis is as follows:

Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m.Agnes or Sarah
-John Smith (c.1644 MA -____) m. Elizabeth Tisdale
--John Smith (pre 1679-post 1749 CT) m. Susannah Hall
---Lemuel Smith (1710/11 CT- 1759 CT) m. Martha Coit
----Willard Smith (1746 CT- ___VT) m. Mary _______
-----Richard Smith (1788 Windsor Co. VT- ____) m. Betsey Cahoon
------Reuben Smith (1825 Windsor Co. VT-1890 KS) m. Adelaide Dorinda Cushman

7)
Not yet sure of connection to Immigrant Ancestor Francis Smith but one working hypothesis is as follows:

Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG -1679 Taunton, MA) m.Agnes or Sarah
-John Smith (c.1644 MA -____) m. Elizabeth Tisdale
--John Smith (pre 1679-post 1749 CT) m. Susannah Hall
---Lemuel Smith (1710/11 CT-1759 CT) m. Martha Coit
----Willard Smith (1746 CT- ___Royalton, VT) m. Mary _______
-----Richard Smith (1788 Windsor Co. VT - ____) m. Betsey Cahoon
------Reuben Smith (1825 Windsor Co. VT-1890 KS) m. Adelaide Dorinda Cushman

8)
Not yet sure of connection to Immigrant Ancestor Francis Smith but one working hypothesis is as follows:

Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m.Agnes or Sarah
-John Smith (c.1644 MA -____) m. Elizabeth Tisdale
--John Smith (pre 1679-post 1749 CT) m. Susannah Hall
---Lemuel Smith (1710/11 CT-1759 CT) m. Martha Coit
----Willard Smith (1746 CT- ___Bethel, VT) m. Mary _______
-----Richard Smith (1788 Windsor Co. VT- ____) m. Betsey Cahoon
------Reuben Smith (1825 Windsor Co. VT-1890 KS) m. Adelaide Dorinda Cushman

9)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m.Agnes or Sarah
-John Smith (c.1644 MA -____) m. Elizabeth Tisdale
--John Smith (pre 1679-post 1749 CT) m. Susannah Hall
---Lemuel Smith (1710/11 CT-1759 CT) m. Martha Coit
----Luther Smith (1 Oct 1755 Sterling CT; d 3 Oct 1839 Plainfield CT) m Ruth Harwood
Daughter Mary Smith (29 Aug 1783 Plainfield CT; d 14 Aug 1873 Plainfield CT) m Elkanah Cobb Eaton
-Benjamin Smith Eaton (? -1919 CA) m. Helena Hayes

10)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m.Agnes or Sarah
-John Smith (c.1644 MA-1702) m. Elizabeth Tisdale
--John Smith (1675-1752 CT) m. Susannah Hall
---Lemuel Smith (1710 CT-1759 CT) m. Martha Coit
Daughter Experience Smith (1758 CT-1841 NY) m. Captain Elisha Swan
Daughter Elizabeth Coit Swan (1782-1855) m. Israel Young
Lt. Col. Erasmus Darwin Swan Young (1805-1861) m. Mary Ann Lyon
Edward Delaven Young (1846-1905) m. Harriet Eleanor Morris

11)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m. Agnes or Sarah
-Samuel Smith (1633-1688 MA) m. Susanna Read (Reed)
--Samuel Smith (1666-1718) m. Esther Caswell
---Jasiel Smith (1700-1755/57) m. Hanna Gazine
----Samuel Smith ( ? -1827 NY) m. Abigail Wright
-----Daniel Smith (1775 NY-1854 NY) m. Susan Holmes
Daughter Almira Holmes Smith m John Beardsley Bucklin
Daughter Marcia Adelle Bucklin m George Fuller (1840 NY - 1866 NY)

12)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG -1679 Taunton, MA) m. Agnes or Sarah
-Samuel Smith (1633-1688 MA) m. Susanna Read (Reed)
--Samuel Smith (1666-1718) m. Esther Caswell
---Jasiel Smith (1700-1755/57) m. Hanna Gazine
----Samuel Smith (c1743-1827) m. Abigail Wright
-----'Deacon' Daniel Smith (1775 NY-1854 NY) m. Susan Holmes
------Daniel Smith Jr. (1815 NY-1898 NY) m Elizabeth Ann Robbins

13)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m. Agnes or Sarah
-Samuel Smith (1633-1688 MA) m. Susanna Read (Reed)
--Samuel Smith (1666-1718) m. Esther Caswell
---Jasiel Smith (1700-1755/57) m. Hanna Gazine
----Samuel Smith (? - 1827 NY) m. Abigail Wright
-----Daniel Smith (1775 NY-1854 NY) m. Susan Holmes
Daughter Almira Smith (1809-1896) married John Beardsley Bucklin
D'Estaing Bucklin (1840-1906) m Eleanor Tobin

14) Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m. Agnes or Sarah
-Samuel Smith (1633-1688 MA) m. Susanna Read (Reed)
--Samuel Smith (1666-1718) m. Esther Caswell
---Jasiel Smith (1700-1755/57) m. Hanna Gazine
----Samuel Smith (1743 -1827 NY) m. Abigail Wright
-----Daniel Smith (1775 NY-1854 NY) m. Susan Holmes
Daughter Almira Smith (1809-1896 NY) m. John Bucklin (1803-1897 NY)

Many thanks again,
Evan Smith
EvanSmith8(at)aol(dot)com

Evan,

You have an interesting puzzle. I’m intrigued by your DNA research; may give it a try one of these days.

I have found “Savage’s Genealogical Dictionary” a good starting point in identifying early New England ancestors. I‘ve extracted all the Smiths and posted them above, see "Smith's" identified in Savage's Genealogical Dict. I think your Francis Smith is number 44 in the list. The dates for the deaths of two children, Elizabeth and Damaris, match. If this is the same Francis, it appears he lived in Hingham prior to moving to Taunton.

Many thanks for the reply Don.

Where
the paper records end we're hoping to find living male Smith
descendants to compare DNA with...time to spread the word I 'spose.

Best,
Evan Smith

Yet another branch through Francis just contacted me, down through my G4 GF's brother and guardian Rev. Isaac Smith who ismentioned in about 30 pgs of Lancaster's 'History of Gilmanton'; IE pgs 181-193 http://books.google.com/books?id=utBdyz7PgXgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=history+of+Gilmanton&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA181,M1

15)
Francis Smith (c.1614 ENG-1679 Taunton, MA) m.(1) Agnes (2) Sarah
-John Smith (c.1644 MA -__) m. Elizabeth Tisdale
--John Smith (pre 1679-1752 CT) m. Susannah Hall ---Lemuel Smith (1710/11 CT-1759 CT) m. Martha Coit
----Isaac Coit Smith (1744 CT-1817 NH) m. (1) Mary Badger (2) Sarah Eaton
-----Joseph Badger Smith (1786 NH -1866) m. 1791 Mary Labaree (b. 1786)
------George Washington Smith (1824-1900) m. Olive Jane Coates

pg. 211
(Isaac) Smith's eldest son, Ebenezer, died when about a year
and a half old. The second son, Isaac Coit, went to sea in
1803, at the age of 16. The ship was bound for a sealing
voyage. Isaac C. was pressed aboard a British man of war, and
has not since been heard of. Joseph Badger, the third son,
married Anna Gerrish, daughter of Dea. Enoch Gerrish of Bos-
cawen, and settled on land owned by his father, in Eaton, Upper
Canada. She lived with him eight years, and died, leaving
two daughters. His second wife was Mary Labaree, daughter
of Benjamin Labaree of Charlestown, and sister of Dr. Benjamin
Labaree, President of Middlebury College. She had one
son, Isaac Coit. His third wife was Susannah Sawyer, daughter
of Josiah Sawyer, Esq., a Proprietor of Eaton.
http://books.google.com/books?id=utBdyz7PgXgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=history+of+Gilmanton&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA211,M1

Rev. Isaac Smith's Spouses:
Mary (Badger) Smith, dau of the Honorable Joseph Badger) b. 4 Oct. 1758, m. 23 Jan 1777, d. Aug 1, 1788 in the 30th year of her age.

Sarah (Eaton) Smith, d. Aug 19, 1828 ae 72.

Rev. Isaac Smith's Children with Mary Badger, (dau of the Honorable Joseph Badger; d. Aug 1, 1788 in the 30th year of her age. Rev. Isaac d. March 25, 1817):

1) Ebenezer, baptised Nov 23, 1777, d. Feb 15, A.D. 1779 aged one year and 3 months.

2) Martha, baptised May 28, 1780, m. William Badger, d. (in childbirth) Jan 30, 1810 ae 29.

3) Hannah B., baptised Jan 5, 1783, m. , d. May 22, 1842 age 59

4) Isaac Coit, baptised Dec 5, 1784, m. , d.

Rev. Isaac Smith's Children with Sarah Eaton (b. , m. aft Aug 1788, d. Aug 19, 1828 ae 72)

1) Lemuel Eaton Smith, baptised Jan 13, 1793, m. , d.

2) Francis P. Smith, b. Aug. 22, 1795

3) John Smith, baptised Nov 9, 1797, d. Aug 16, 1831 ae 38.

Some of Isaac's children, though not Francis at:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/belknap/church/gilmanton/smith.txt

Rev. Francis P. Smith, son of Rev. Isaac Smith, was
born Aug. 22, 1795, fitted for College at Gilmanton Academy,
graduated at D. C. 1816, read Law with Jeremiah H. Woodman,
Esq., of Rochester, one year, with Oliver Crosby, Esq., of
Dover, one year, and with Augustus Peabody, Esq., of Boston,
one year. He was admitted to the Bar in Boston, 1819, practiced
Law two years in Medway, Ms., one year in Kingston, N. H.,
and 10 years in Ossipee. Oct. 14, 1821, he married Eliza-
beth Sophia, daughter of Rev. Ezra Weld of Braintree, Ms., by
whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth Juliette born March 12,
1828. In 1832, Mr. Smith left the Profession of the Law for
the Ministry, supplied his father's former charge in Gilmanton,
one year, the Church in Epsom, one year, was ordained in Guildhall,
Vt., Sept. 12, 1838, where he remained till 1844, when he
resigned his pastoral charge, and is now settled in Sebasticook,
Maine.
http://books.google.com/books?id=utBdyz7PgXgC&pg=PA250&dq=%22Isaac+Smith%22+son+Rochester+died&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1

Also see Isaac family data here:
http://steve-badger.net/famtree/PS02/PS02_312.htm

Children of Joseph Badger Smith (1786 NH -1866) m. 1791 Mary Labaree (b. 1786):

Joseph Coit Smith (b.Eaton, 'Upper Canada')
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jr40AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Joseph+Badger+Smith%22&ie=ISO-8859-1]Some Descendants of Rev. Leonard Metcalf of Tatterford Parish, Norfolk ...

by Howard Hurtig Metcalfe - Reference - 2002
Page 375
Wife of Lucian Metcalf: Hannah Smith, dau. of Joseph Badger Smith and Mary Labaree.
Born on 19 March 1817. Died on 18 June 1896, 79 years old. ...

PRINCETONIANS

1769-1775

A BIOGRAPHICAL

DICTIONARY

By RICHARD A. HARRISON

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

CLASS OF 1770

[size=12]Isaac Smith

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Isaac's brother Rev. John Smith (continued from PRINCETONIANS)

JOHN SMITH, A.B., Congregational clergyman, was born on March 7,

1749, in Sterling, Connecticut, the seventh son of a wealthy farmer,

Lemuel Smith, and his wife, Martha Coit Smith. He was the classmate

of his older brother Isaac, whom he chose as his guardian in 1765.

Apparently, his parents put enough faith in numerology that he was

required as a boy to "stroke for the King's Evil," that is, to touch

victims of scrofula in the superstitious belief that a seventh son could

cure the disease. He was always disgusted by the experience.

Isaac and John Smith began their education together in 1766 in

Plainfield, New Hampshire, where Isaac had a farm; and both enrolled

in the College in 1768. They helped create the Cliosophic Society out of

the Well-Meaning Club at Nassau Hall. Reports of the commencement

of 1770 indicate that John took part in two presentations during his

commencement exercises-a rebuttal defense of the Non-Importation

Agreement and a Latin syllogistic debate on the proposition "Omnes

Homines, Jure Naturae, liberi sunt." Almost certainly, his brother

Isaac should have received credit for one of those.

Early in 1772 a town meeting in Dighton, Massachusetts voted to

hire Smith as the associate pastor of the Congregational church there,

to assist the aging minister Nathaniel Fisher (Harvard 1706). Smith

was offered a settlement of £75. Some members of the congregation

from the eastern and southern parts of town wanted to establish a

church closer to their homes, and the issue of convenience had taken

on theological trappings and threatened to split the parish. Fisher, who

was not entirely reconciled to being put on half-pay in semiretirement,

exploited the dissension. He had agreed to calling Smith, but then

apparently felt shunted aside. He therefore ostentatiously absented

himself from Smith's ordination an April 22, 1772. The town sent a

deputation to appease its venerable pastor, who finally agreed not to

obstruct Smith's work.

The congregation also seemed pacified. Smith's theology suited same

of the dissidents, and when Fisher died in 1777, another potential

source of discord was removed. In 1797, when practicality truly man-

dated the creation of another church, Smith cheerfully supplied the

new pulpit on alternate Sundays until a permanent pastor could be

found.

Between 1787 and 1789, when the rival western land claims of New

York and Massachusetts were resolved, citizens of Dighton rushed into

the area of the so-called Phelps and Gorham purchase to stake out

their claims. After establishing a settlement at Newtown, New York,

they created the Dighton Company to secure their title and supervise

the sale of individual lots. A prominent member of the Dighton Com-

pany, Smith went to New York in 1789 and 1790 to help survey the

firm's 46,080 acres and was one of the two men in whose name the

company received its land. In the course of his surveying tour, Smith

preached one of the first sermons to the settlers in the Genesee area.

On April 4, 1801, Smith resigned from his pulpit in Dighton to

serve as a missionary on the New York frontier. With its thanks, the

congregation gave him the unpaid balance of his settlement plus $66

interest. Later that year Smith was in Canandaigua, New York, where

he called together the church members from all of the nearby settle-

ments, none of which had a church, to preach to them and administer

the Lord's supper. This "congregation" existed only on that day, but it

was the first in the area. Smith stayed on at Newtown for at least one

season. He was also, instrumental in founding the Canandaigua Acad-

emy and was on its board of trustees when it opened in 1804. His

missionary work took him to several settlements, including Bristol.

According to family records, Smith later went to serve as a mission-

ary in central Pennsylvania. By 1813 he was in Nelson County, Ken-

tucky, where he died in 1820.* He had married Alice Andrews in Digh-

ton on July 8, 1773. The couple had at least ten children, all of them

born before 1800.

SOURCES: Family correspondence, alumni file, PUA; D. Lancaster, Story of Gilmanton

(1845) 207-208; C. R. Williams, Clio. Soc. (l916), 17; Pa. Chronicle, 15 Oct 1770

(commencement); Stiles, Literary Diary, 1, 226-27; F. W. Hutt, Hist. of Bristol

Cnty., Mass. (l924), 1, 716-17; O. Turner, Hist. of . . . Phelps and Gorham Purchase

(1851), 168 & n., 198-199; J. H. Hotchkin, Hist. of . . . Western N.Y. (1848), 28, 74;

C. F. Milliken, Hist. of Ontario Cnty., N.Y. (l911), 1, 236, 281; R. Davidson, Hist. of

the Pres. Chh. . . . in Ky. (1847), 369.

PUBLICATIONS: see STE

*Rev. John Smith actually died May 15th 1817,
near Newtown, (now Elmira) Tioga County, NY.
http://www.joycetice.com/kelsey/kjws2.htm

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Here's an account of Isaac's passing, a month after his younger brother Rev. John -- starting on pg 212 in The History of Gilmanton:

Mr. Smith was tall and slender in his person, rather bony, broad shoulders and large frame, and in later years his hair was perfectly white. His motions were quick, of great vivacity, an animated and pointed preacher, and a discriminating theologian.

Nor was he less interesting out of the pulpit than in it. One incident may here be inserted as illustrating his manner of intercourse in private. It will be given in the language of his son (Francis) to whom it has reference. Speaking of his father, he says, "He had a faculty of saying things at the right time, so that they would be remembered. I shall never forget the last religious advice he gave me. The year after leaving College, I entered the office of J. H. Woodman, Esq., of Rochester, where I spent a year. I went home to spend a short time in the winter season, which happened a few weeks before my father died. In the spring, the day after the March meeting, he carried me to Rochester, to resume my studies. He took cold as the snow was melting away, and complained some the morning after. He passed the night at Rochester. In the morning, as we were walking up the street to the office, he asked me if I wanted some money. I told him I should like some, if convenient. He put his hand into his pocket and took out three silver dollars*, saying at the same time that he dropped them into my hand, 'Remember Death, Judgment, and Eternity ! these three !!!' then turned about and took his leave of me. I saw him no more alive, but could never forget his last solemn admonitions and impressive manner amidst all my waywardness in sinful pursuits."

Mr. Smith's death occurred the same month. After his return from Rochester, he continued to complain of a cold, which finally threw him into a fever ; though he kept about and even attended a funeral at the Academy, four days before his death. But the confusion of mind and forgetfulness attending the exercises, were proof that disease was even then raging in the brain. After he had closed his prayer, it is said he repeated again, " let us pray," but, recollecting himself, concluded the exercises.

But on his return home he mistook the road and went out of his way. When he arrived, he took his bed and after a sickness of only three days, expired on the 25th of March, 1817, in the 73d year of his age, and 43d of his ministry. His funeral was attended on the 27th, by several of the neighboring clergymen, and a large concourse of the citizens of the town and vicinity.

The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Josiah Carpenter of Chichester, the oldest minister in the Association. The following entry was at that time made in the Diary of Rev. Mr. George of Barnstead, "died on Tuesday, March 25th, at one o'clock, P. M., at his residence in Gilmanton, the Rev. Isaac Smith, pastor of the church in that place. His remains were committed to the grave on Thursday, the 27th, deeply lamented by all who have any sense of justice, truth, mercy and goodness, all of which constantly shone in his character. His charity and benevolence perhaps were not equaled by any minister in the State." His death was a severe affliction to the church. A monument was erected to his memory, at their expense, as a tribute of affection, on which is the following inscription :

Sacred
to the memory of the
REV. ISAAC SMITH,
Pastor of the
Congregational Church &L Society in Gilmanton,
who died March 25, 1817, aged 72,
and in the 43d year of his ministry.
He was a native of Sterling, Con.
was educated at Princeton College, N. J.
and was ordained Minister over the
people in Gilmanton, soon after its first settlement.
As a husband and parent he was affectionate,
he held strictly to the doctrines of grace, was
indefatigable in his exertions to promote the
spiritual interests of his people, was a solemn and
searching preacher, and exemplified the truths
of the Gospel in his life and Death.

" Life speeds away
From point to point, tho' seeming to stand still,
The cunning fugitive it swift by stealth ;
Too subtle is the movement to be seen
Yet soon man's hour is up and we are gone."

The church in Gilmanton, erect this
monument as a memorial of their respect
and affection to their beloved Pastor.

Mrs. Sarah Smith, his widow, survived until the age of 72,
when she died August, 1828.
http://books.google.com/books?id=utBdyz7PgXgC&pg=PA213&dq=%22Isaac+Smith%22+Rochester&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1#PPA212,M1

*$46.92 in the year 2006 has the same "purchase power" as $3 in the year 1817.

Isaac Smith, born in Voluntown (now Sterling) CT, November 2, 1744. he used part of his legacy to secure an education. He graduated from Princeton in 1770, studied theology and was pastor of the Congregational church at Gilmantown, N. H. from November 30, 1774 to the day of his death March 25, 1817, over 42 years. He was a trustee of the Gilmantown Academy for 23 years. A long account of his life will be found in Lancaster's History of Gilmantown. N. H.
- Among the Original Proprietors of Plainfield, NH
- On February 1, 1763, he voted to offer the members of the Proprietory an encouragement to improve land in the grant.
- A group of the Proprietors went to the New Hampshire Grants during the summer of 1763 to improve their estates.
- He had clear three acres of land, and help build one house for every five volunteers by November, 1763.
- Took up farming like his three older brothers in Plainfield, New Hampshire.
- In 1765 his younger brother and College of New Jersey (Princeton) classmate, John, chose him as his guardian.
- Began his educations to enter the ministry in New Hampshire in 1766 at 22 years old.
- Entered the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1768.
- He graduated from Princeton in the same class of 1770 with his brother John.
- Licensed in 1771, and preached in Plainfield, NH for a time and was the first settlee minister.
- In 1772-1773 he is recorded as an Early Congregational Pastor on the West Side of Town.
- In December 1772 he was invited to settle there. The negotiations were lengthy, involving at least one increase in the proferred salary. But Smith was apparently more interested in Gilmanton, New Hampshire and at the March 10, 1772 Town Meeting he refused the offer and settled in the older, established town of Gilmantown where he preached with increasing frequency between 1772 and 1774.
- Studied theology and was pastor of the Congregational church at Gilmantown, N. H. from November 30, 1774 to the day of his death March 25, 1817, over 42 years.
- He was a trustee of the Gilmantown Academy for 23 years.
I see as I scan the Gilmanton Church records that "...Salem a negro man...were all admitted into the full communion of this Church Lords day May 4, 1800 at our Communion Season."
Live Free Or Die!
The old New Hampshire town of "Smith Meeting House" was named after Isaac's Church. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/nh/state/main/towns.html

SMITH MEETING HOUSE BURIAL GROUND AT GILMANTON, NH, files 3 to 5
Originally copied by Mary Lovering Holman, 1911. The Smith Meeting House in Gilmanton
was the first church in that part of New Hampshire. Gilmanton has now been divided
into Gilmanton, Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilford and Belmont.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/belknap/cemetery/gilmanton/smith3t5.txt

1828 Farmer's New-Hamshire (sp) Annual Register; Literary Publications
Isaac SMITH, Gilmanton. Ordination Sermons.
http://www.usroots.com/~usgwnhus/archive/1828/nh1828-i.htm

Rev. Isaac Smith's Lot: (too much premature death here)
Table Tomb...
...At the head of the tomb.
In memory of Sarah Smith wife of Rev. Isaac Smith who died Aug 19, 1828 ae 72
In memory of Mr. John Smith son of Revd. Isaac Smith who died Aug 16, 1831 ae 38.
Hannah B. Smith died May 22, 1842 age 59
Here lies buried the body of Mrs. Mary (Badger) Smith, wife of Rev. Isaac Smith and dau of the Honorable Joseph Badger who departed this life Aug 1, 1788 in the 30th year of her age.
Here lies the body of Ebenezer Smith the only son (at the time) of the Rev. Isaac Smith who departed this life Feb 15, A.D. 1779 aged one year and 3 months.
Broken field stone.
At the foot of the tomb:
Hannah P. wife of Hon. William Badger died Feb 22, 1869 ae 77.
Hon. Wm .Badger Esq. (Isaacs brother in law) born Jan 13, 1779 died Sept 21, 1852. He was honored by Public Offices Viz: Aid-de-camp (sic) to Gov. Langdon in 1807. Representative in 1810, 11, 12. Senator in 1814, 15 and President of the Senate in 1816. Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 1816-1821. High Sheriff 10 years. Governor of this state in 1834 and 1835. Elector of President and Vice President in 1824, 36 and 44. Trustee of the Gilmanton Academy from 1814 and President of the board 14 years. His last years were spent reading and meditating.
Martha (Isaac's daughter) wife of William Badger died (in childbirth) Jan 30, 1810 ae 29.
John Badger son of William and Martha Badger who died Jan 3, 1826 aged 21 years.
Martha S. Badger daughter of William and Martha Badger who died May 3, 1826 aged 16 years. (her twin died 4 months later)
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/belknap/cemetery/gilmanton/smith3t5.txt

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