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Samuel SMITH

Samuel SMITH

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Samuel SMITH was born on 11 Aug 1691 (son of Samuel SMITH and Sarah BLISS).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel SMITH was born in 1664 (son of Chileab SMITH and Hannah HITCHCOCK); died on 4 Aug 1724.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Shoemaker

    Samuel married Sarah BLISS on 9 Mar 1687. Sarah (daughter of Lawrence BLISS and Lydia WRIGHT) was born on 27 Nov 1667 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died after 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah BLISS was born on 27 Nov 1667 in Springfield, Hampden, MA (daughter of Lawrence BLISS and Lydia WRIGHT); died after 1742.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Note: 1695

    Notes:

    Note:
    "One source reported to a previous compiler that she married 13 Dec 1695 to George Webster. However, he supposed this to be in error and that it was probably her cousin Sarah (dau of Samuel Bliss) who married Mr. Webster."

    Children:
    1. Samuel SMITH was born on 25 Nov 1687; died on 18 Jan 1688.
    2. Sarah SMITH was born on 10 Apr 1689.
    3. 1. Samuel SMITH was born on 11 Aug 1691.
    4. Pelatiah SMITH was born on 8 Mar 1694.
    5. William SMITH was born on 21 Dec 1696.
    6. Lydia SMITH was born on 30 Nov 1699.
    7. Hannah SMITH was born on 18 Oct 1701.
    8. Elizabeth SMITH was born on 23 Jan 1704; died on 18 Mar 1712.
    9. Esther SMITH was born on 14 Jun 1706.
    10. Margaret SMITH was born on 24 Jan 1710.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Chileab SMITH was born about 1635 (son of Lieut. Lieut. Samuel SMITH and Elizabeth SMITH); died on 7 Mar 1731.

    Chileab married Hannah HITCHCOCK on 21 Oct 1661 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. Hannah (daughter of Luke HITCHCOCK) was born in 1645; died on 31 Aug 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Hannah HITCHCOCK was born in 1645 (daughter of Luke HITCHCOCK); died on 31 Aug 1733.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Hannah Smith

    Children:
    1. 2. Samuel SMITH was born in 1664; died on 4 Aug 1724.

  3. 6.  Lawrence BLISS was born about 1628 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND (son of Thomas BLISS and Margaret HULINS); died in 1676 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.

    Lawrence married Lydia WRIGHT on 25 Oct 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Lydia (daughter of Deacon Deacon Samuel WRIGHT and Margaret STRATTON) died on 17 Dec 1699. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Lydia WRIGHT (daughter of Deacon Deacon Samuel WRIGHT and Margaret STRATTON); died on 17 Dec 1699.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 13 Feb 1699

    Notes:

    Death:
    alternate death date

    Children:
    1. Lydia BLISS was born on 29 Nov 1655 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 25 Mar 1656 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    2. Sarah BLISS was born on 11 May 1657 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 8 Jun 1657 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    3. Sarah BLISS was born on 4 Apr 1658 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; was buried on 25 Sep 1659 in Old Burying Ground, Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    4. Samuel BLISS was born on 7 Jun 1660 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 22 Jun 1660 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    5. Samuel BLISS was born on 16 Aug 1662 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 15 Mar 1733.
    6. Hannah BLISS was born on 26 May 1665 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 6 Nov 1737; was buried in Longmeadow Cemetery, Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    7. 3. Sarah BLISS was born on 27 Nov 1667 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died after 1742.
    8. William BLISS was born on 28 Apr 1670 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 15 Mar 1733.
    9. Pelatiah BLISS was born on 19 Aug 1674 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 2 Jan 1747; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Lieut. Lieut. Samuel SMITH was born about 1602 in Ipswich, ENGLAND (son of Samuel SMITH); died in Dec 1680 in Hatfield, Hampshire, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Fellmongerer, A Dealer In Furs And Hides, A Tanner.

    Notes:

    Note:
    April 3, 1634, sailed aboard ship 'Elizabeth.'He built and was part owner of the 'Tryal' the first ship builtin Connecticut.

    Note:
    Article from The American Genealogist, Vol. 32, p. 195.
    THE WIFE OF LT. SAMUEL SMITH OF WETHERSFIELD
    By Paul W. Prindle, B.S., of New York, N.Y.
    The wife of Lieutenant Samuel Smith of Wethersfield, Corin., has often been named erroneously as Elizabeth Chileab. The following article appeared in abbreviated form in "The Hartford Times, " 8 Jan 1956.
    About one year after their arrival from England, Lt. Samuel Smith's wife gave birth to a son,1 to whom they gave the unusual name of Chileab. Someone, possibly Stiles (he must at least be charged with responsibility for passing on the fiction in his "History of Ancient Wethersfield 2:646), assumed that this unusual name must have been the surname of the mother. It is unfortunate that Stiles failed to consult his Bible concordance. Had he done so, he would have learned that Lt. Smith, a devout man who made a bequest of a Bible in his will to each of his grandchildren gave biblical names to each one of his other sons, - Samuel, Philip and John, - and Chileab was no exception; the original Chileab was the son of King David by Abigail (II Samuel, 111;3). According to Rev. William Jenks, "Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible" (1836), Chiliab signifies "like his father, or the father's picture." Due to the unusual circumstances of Chileab's birth, Abigail being the lawful wife of Nabal the Carmelite, we may reasonable ascribe the touching choice of the babe's name to Abigail rather than to David. In any event in the 7 Oct. 1929 issue of "The Boston Evening Transcript," one C.D.A. wrote, in answer to query 8072-15. If Lieutenant Smith had named the child Chedorlaomer, Jaazaniah, Yephibosneth, or Maher-shalal-hash-baz ( all biblical masculine names), there would have been as much ground for assuming the selected name was.the family name of Elizabeth as there was that it was Chileab."
    The identity of Elizabeth, wife of Lt. Samuel Smith, has been determined within the bounds of probability acceptable to careful genealogists. As long ago as 14Aug1943, the late Dr. Ray G. Hulbert, in his answer to query A-2442-(6) in "The Hartford Times," gave the facts, which have been repeated on a number of occasions, once at least by the present contributor. Nevertheless, to bring all the known facts together, perhaps for the first time the following account is presented to lay the ghost of Elizabeth Chileab.
    The parish registers of St. Margarets's, Whatfield, Co.,Suffolk, England, show the Oct 6, 1624 marriage of Samuel Smyth to Elizabeth Smyth, and the baptism of their son Samuel on Feb 8, 1625 (1625/6?). The young couple next appear at Hadleigh, Co. Suffolk, three miles south of Whatfield where, at the church of St. Mary the Virgin, they baptized Elizabeth on Jan 28, 1627 (probably New Style); Mary, Oct. 9, 1628 and Philip, November1632.
    The Smith, Smyth, Smithe (all interchangeable, of course) family embarked "the last of Aprill, 1634, for New England, in the "Elizabeth," from Ipswich, Mr. Wm. Andrews, "Master" (New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 14:329; Hotten' s "Original Lists," pp. 280, 282; Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts"; James William Hook , "Lieut. Samuel Smith (1953), p. 1. The ship's list shows the following ages for the members of the Smith family:"Samuell Smithe,"; 32; "Elizabeth his wife," 32; and children of "Sam. Smith:" Samuel, 9; Elizabeth, 7; Mary, 4; Philip, 1. The ages of the children Samuel, Elizabeth, and Philip exactly correspond with their respective dates of baptism. Mary, however, was 5, not 4. Actually, this record represents a high degree of accuracy. Most ages taken from ships' lists (and from gravestones and census records as well) are questionable unless confirmed by other contemporary records.
    There remains little room for doubt that the baptismal records shown above taken from the parish registers in Whatfield and Hadleigh, are of the children who sailed on the "Elizabeth" from Ipswich only ten miles east of Hadleigh, Co. Suffolk and that Elizabeth, wife of Lt. Samuel Smith, was a Smith before her marriage.

    Lieut. married Elizabeth SMITH on 6 Oct 1624 in Whatfield, Suffolk, ENGLAND. Elizabeth was born in 1602 in ENGLAND; died on 16 Mar 1686 in Hadley, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth SMITH was born in 1602 in ENGLAND; died on 16 Mar 1686 in Hadley, Hampshire, MA.

    Notes:

    Note:
    Article from The American Genealogist, Vol. 32, p. 195.
    THE WIFE OF LT. SAMUEL SMITH OF WETHERSFIELD
    By Paul W. Prindle, B.S., of New York, N.Y.
    The wife of Lieutenant Samuel Smith of Wethersfield, Corin., has often been named erroneously as Elizabeth Chileab. The following article appeared in abbreviated form in "The Hartford Times, " 8 Jan 1956.
    About one year after their arrival from England, Lt. Samuel Smith's wife gave birth to a son,1 to whom they gave the unusual name of Chileab. Someone, possibly Stiles (he must at least be charged with responsibility for passing on the fiction in his "History of Ancient Wethersfield 2:646), assumed that this unusual name must have been the surname of the mother. It is unfortunate that Stiles failed to consult his Bible concordance. Had he done so, he would have learned that Lt. Smith, a devout man who made a bequest of a Bible in his will to each of his grandchildren gave biblical names to each one of his other sons, - Samuel, Philip and John, - and Chileab was no exception; the original Chileab was the son of King David by Abigail (II Samuel, 111;3). According to Rev. William Jenks, "Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible" (1836), Chiliab signifies "like his father, or the father's picture." Due to the unusual circumstances of Chileab's birth, Abigail being the lawful wife of Nabal the Carmelite, we may reasonable ascribe the touching choice of the babe's name to Abigail rather than to David. In any event in the 7 Oct. 1929 issue of "The Boston Evening Transcript," one C.D.A. wrote, in answer to query 8072-15. If Lieutenant Smith had named the child Chedorlaomer, Jaazaniah, Yephibosneth, or Maher-shalal-hash-baz ( all biblical masculine names), there would have been as much ground for assuming the selected name was.the family name of Elizabeth as there was that it was Chileab."
    The identity of Elizabeth, wife of Lt. Samuel Smith, has been determined within the bounds of probability acceptable to careful genealogists. As long ago as 14Aug1943, the late Dr. Ray G. Hulbert, in his answer to query A-2442-(6) in "The Hartford Times," gave the facts, which have been repeated on a number of occasions, once at least by the present contributor. Nevertheless, to bring all the known facts together, perhaps for the first time the following account is presented to lay the ghost of Elizabeth Chileab.
    The parish registers of St. Margarets's, Whatfield, Co.,Suffolk, England, show the Oct 6, 1624 marriage of Samuel Smyth to Elizabeth Smyth, and the baptism of their son Samuel on Feb 8, 1625 (1625/6?). The young couple next appear at Hadleigh, Co. Suffolk, three miles south of Whatfield where, at the church of St. Mary the Virgin, they baptized Elizabeth on Jan 28, 1627 (probably New Style); Mary, Oct. 9, 1628 and Philip, November1632.
    The Smith, Smyth, Smithe (all interchangeable, of course) family embarked "the last of Aprill, 1634, for New England, in the "Elizabeth," from Ipswich, Mr. Wm. Andrews, "Master" (New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 14:329; Hotten' s "Original Lists," pp. 280, 282; Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts"; James William Hook , "Lieut. Samuel Smith (1953), p. 1. The ship's list shows the following ages for the members of the Smith family:"Samuell Smithe,"; 32; "Elizabeth his wife," 32; and children of "Sam. Smith:" Samuel, 9; Elizabeth, 7; Mary, 4; Philip, 1. The ages of the children Samuel, Elizabeth, and Philip exactly correspond with their respective dates of baptism. Mary, however, was 5, not 4. Actually, this record represents a high degree of accuracy. Most ages taken from ships' lists (and from gravestones and census records as well) are questionable unless confirmed by other contemporary records.
    There remains little room for doubt that the baptismal records shown above taken from the parish registers in Whatfield and Hadleigh, are of the children who sailed on the "Elizabeth" from Ipswich only ten miles east of Hadleigh, Co. Suffolk and that Elizabeth, wife of Lt. Samuel Smith, was a Smith before her marriage.

    Children:
    1. Samuel SMITH was born on 8 Feb 1625 in Whatfield, Suffolk, ENGLAND; died in 1712.
    2. Elizabeth SMITH was born on 28 Jan 1627 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, ENGLAND; died in 1711.
    3. Mary SMITH was born on 9 Oct 1628 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, ENGLAND; died on 16 Dec 1665.
    4. Lieut. Lieut. Phillip SMITH was born on 30 Apr 1632 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, ENGLAND; died on 10 Jan 1684/85 in Hadley, Hampshire, MA.
    5. 4. Chileab SMITH was born about 1635; died on 7 Mar 1731.
    6. John SMITH was born in 1636 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; died on 30 May 1676 in Hatfield, Hampshire, MA.

  3. 10.  Luke HITCHCOCK
    Children:
    1. 5. Hannah HITCHCOCK was born in 1645; died on 31 Aug 1733.

  4. 12.  Thomas BLISS was born about 1590 in ENGLAND (son of Thomas BLISS); died in (DEC 1650 OR Jan 1651) in Hartford, Hartford, CT.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigratn: 1638, Hartford, Hartford, CT
    • Probate: Feb 1650/51

    Notes:

    Immigratn:
    The "Hartford Book of Distributions" states "Severall Parcells of land in Hertford upon the River of Conecticott belonging to Thomas Blisse son and to his heirs forever" Dated February 1639/40.

    Probate:
    Thomas's will was not written down but recited orally to his wife, with his daughter, Mary Parsons, as witness.

    Thomas married Margaret HULINS on 18 Oct 1621 in St. Nicholas Church, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND. Margaret (daughter of John HULINS and Margaret UNKNOWN) was born on 15 Jul 1594 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 28 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Margaret HULINS was born on 15 Jul 1594 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND (daughter of John HULINS and Margaret UNKNOWN); died on 28 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    Children:
    1. Thomas BLISS was born about 1618 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 15 Apr 1688 in Norwich, New London, CT.
    2. Ann BLISS was born about 1620 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 20 Nov 1685 in Saybrook, Middlesex, CT.
    3. Nathaniel BLISS was christened on 28 Dec 1622 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 8 Nov 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    4. Mary BLISS was born about 1626 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 29 Jan 1712 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    5. 6. Lawrence BLISS was born about 1628 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died in 1676 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    6. Sarah BLISS was born about 1630 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 27 Sep 1705 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    7. Hannah BLISS was born about 1633 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 25 Jan 1661 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    8. John BLISS was born about 1636 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died about 1636 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA.
    9. John BLISS was born about 1638 in Rodborough, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND; died on 10 Sep 1702 in Longmeadow, Hampden, MA.
    10. Hester BLISS was born about 1640 in Hartford, Hartford, CT; died on 12 Jun 1683 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    11. Elizabeth BLISS was born about 1640 in Hartford, Hartford, CT; died on 2 Oct 1683 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    12. Samuel BLISS was born about 1642 in Hartford, Hartford, CT; died on 23 Mar 1720 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.

  6. 14.  Deacon Deacon Samuel WRIGHT was christened on 30 Jun 1606 in St. Peter's Church, South Weald, Essex, ENGLAND (son of John WRIGHT and Martha CASTELL); died on 17 Oct 1665 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigratn: Aft 1635

    Notes:

    Note:
    Samuel Wright came to Springfield, MA with wife and eight children; moved to Northampton, MA in 1665. Samuel was one of two first deacons at 1st Congregational at Springfield, MA and was later deacon at Northampton, MA. Source of info. Genealogy of Lieut. Abel Wright, of Springfield, MA by Rev. Stephen Wright, NEHGS vol. 35, page 74-82, Jan. 1881.

    Regarding the children of Deacon Samuel Wright
    Ellen Baker forwarded your query about the references for Deacon Samuel Wright and his children. Unfortunately, we have yet to find any vital statistic records for any of the Deacon's children except James, Judah and the infant Helped who died shortly after birth. The births of these last three children are recorded in the early Agawam (Springfield) MA. records which are located at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum's Archive library in the Quadrangle area of downtown Springfield.

    That Samuel Wright Jr. (or Sgt. Samuel Wright as he was known) was the Deacon's son there can also be no doubt. The Deacon was forced to acknowledge this son in official documents to the Springfield courts of those days for some misdeeds. (See Pynchon Court Records in "Families of the Pioneer Valley," Regional Publications, West Springfield, MA 2000).

    Evidence of the relationship to the Deacon for the girls, Margaret, Hester (Ester), Lydia, and Mary is most strongly established by the wills left by the Deacon and his wife. All are named in both wills. And, although for Margaret and Lydia there are also Springfield VR for their marriages (Lydia married four times!) and other records for Margaret (See NEHGR Vol IX, p. 200), there is nothing for Hester or Mary in the official records,and we know of their marriages via mention in wills and death records.

    So I source the wills first. The original handwritten wills, or shall I say officially transcribed wills, for the Deacon and Margaret are in the First Records Book of the Town of Northampton, MA. This record book is very fragile and is currently archived in the Hampshire County Clerk's office in Northampton, MA. It may be viewed by special request made to the County Clerk at the time of your visit. With their kind assistance, I have made a copy of all the pertinent Wright ancestry documents in it, including the two wills. I translated and transcribed both wills in their entirety for my publication.

    In these wills, the Deacon makes mention of each of his children, Samuel, Margaret, Hester, Lydia, Mary, James and Judah. Margaret, his wife, does much the same in her will mentioning also Hester's husband, Samuel Marshfield, and son James' daughter, Helped, to whom she bequeathed her bed.

    What is notable about these two wills is that neither the Deacon nor Margaret mention anything about Benjamin Wright or Hannah (Wright) Stebbins of Springfield who have been often assigned by previous researchers as his eldest children. What I think is most important is that there is no mention made of any of the children of Benjamin or Hannah (Wright) Stebbins, either. It is true that Hannah had died in 1661, prior to the Deacon (1665), and might not have been mentioned in his will (prepared 1663) for that reason. But Hannah's children were alive and husband, Thomas Stebbins, did not remarry until 7 years after the Deacon's death. So, if the Deacon was so diligent in bequeathing to each of his other children, and since he would have known at the time of making his will in 1663 that Hannah was dead, he would have known he had to make provisions for Hannah's portion to go to her children. Therefore, I think it is certain he would have named them in his will if they were his grandchildren. On the basis that neither he nor Margaret mention these potential grandchildren in their wills, I believe Benjamin and Hannah were not his children.

    Nevertheless, Benjamin and Hannah have often been assigned as the eldest children of the Deacon, and thought I do not believe this is the case, I do believe they may have been niece and nephew to the Deacon or some other relation. Certainly I believe they were some member of the large Wright clan to which the Deacon belonged (originating from Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hatch, Co. Essex, England).

    Deacon married Margaret STRATTON about 1625 in ENGLAND. Margaret died on 24 Jul 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 15.  Margaret STRATTON died on 24 Jul 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigratn: Aft 1635

    Children:
    1. Samuel WRIGHT died on 2 Sep 1675 in Northfield, Franklin, MA.
    2. Margaret WRIGHT was born between 1630 and 1633 in ENGLAND.
    3. Hester WRIGHT died on 3 Apr 1664 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    4. 7. Lydia WRIGHT died on 17 Dec 1699.
    5. Mary WRIGHT
    6. James WRIGHT was born in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    7. Judah WRIGHT was born on 10 May 1642 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 26 Nov 1725 in Northampton, Hampden, MA.
    8. Helped WRIGHT was born in Springfield, Hampden, MA.