THE SMITH FAMILY




1. Lieut. Samuel Smith, with his wife, Elizabeth, and four ch. - Samuel, a. nine years; Elizabeth, seven; Mary, four; and Philip, one year - sailed in the Elizabeth of Ipswich for New England, Apr. 30, 1634. He and his wife were then called 32 years of age. He came from Wethersfield, Conn., to Had. (Hadley), where he held important offices in chh. and state. He is supposed to have d. in 1680, a. 78. His wife, Elizabeth, d. Mar. 16, 1686, a. 84.

Children:
Samuel, b. abt. 1625; m. Elizabeth Smith.
Elizabeth, b. abt. 1627; m. (1) Nathaniel Foote; m. (2) William Gull.
Mary, b. abt. 1630; m. John Graves.
Philip, b. abt. 1633; m. Rebecca Foote.
Chileab, b. abt. 1635; m. Hannah Hitchcock.
John, b. abt. 1637; m. Mary Partridge.


2. John, s. of Lieut. Samuel (1), was slain by Indians in Hat. Meadow, May 30, 1676. He m. Nov. 20, 1663, Mary, dau. of William Partridge. She d. May 20, 1683, having m. (2) Peter Montague.

Children:
John, b. May 15, 1665; d. Jan. 20, 1724.
Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 1667; k. by falling from a horse, June 19, 1681.
Joseph, b. Nov. 16, 1670; m. Canada Waite.
Benjamin, b. 1673; settl in Wethersfield, Conn.
Marah, b. 1677; m. John Day, Mar. 10, 1696.


3. Joseph, s. of John (2), was b. Nov., 1670; m. Canada Waite, Dec. 15, 1696; d. Feb. 6, 1752, a. 81. She was b. in captivity Jan. 22, 1678, and d. in Hat., May 5, 1749, a. 72.

Children:
Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1697; m. Joseph Field.
Martha, b. Oct. 19, 1699; m. Thomas Nash.
Benjamin, b. Nov. 17, 1701; slain June 18, 1724.
John, b. Dec. 26, 1703; d. abt. middle of July, 1705.
Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1707; m. Elisha Smith.
Esther, b. June 2, 1710; m. Jonathan Field.
Anna, b. July 22, 1712; m. Moses Dickinson.
Samuel, b. 1715.
Eleanor, b. Dec. 9, 1717; m. Jonathan Morton.
Joseph, b. Nov. 21, 1720.


4. Lieut. Samuel, s. of Joseph (3), was b. in 1715; d. July 20, 1767, of an apoplectic fit brought on by overwork on a very hot day while in the hay field, a. 52. He m. Mary Morton, dau. of Jonathan Morton of Hat. She was b. Sept. 29, 1727, and d. Jan. 11, 1807, a. 80. She was appointed guardian of her six sons then living, Oct. 6, 1767, Oliver at that time being one and one half years old. The distribution of the estate was in 1780 in equal shares.

Children:
Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1750; d. Oct. 23, 1750.
Samuel, b. Apr. 16, 1752; m. Sarah White, Mar. 24, 1780. He d. Oct. 26, 1834.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 9, 1754; m. (1) Lucy Morton, Aug. 2, 1776; m. (2) Lois Warner, Feb. 16, 1791. He d. Apr. 21, 1841.
Elijah, b. Nov. 7, 1756; m. Lucy White, Jan. 26, 1779.
Joseph, b. Nov. 7, 1758; m. Lois White, Feb. 19, 1789.
Rufus, b. Sept. 13, 1761; m. Lavinia Bangs, May 5, 1785. He d. Dec. 24, 1841.
Oliver, b. Jan. 20, 1766; unm.; d. Dec. 22, 1845. He founded the Smith Charities. His estate was inventoried Mar. 2, 1847, at $391,561.77.


5. Lieut. Samuel, s. of Lieut, Samuel (4), was b. Apr. 16, 1752; m. Mar. 24, 1780, Sarah, dau. of Daniel White of Hat. She d. Dec. 7, 1843, a. 88. He was commissioned 2d lieutenant by John Hancock, governor, and served in the war of the Revolution. He d. in Hat., Oct. 26, 1834, a. 83.

Children:
Sarah, b. Dec. 23, 1780; unm.; d. Jan. 31, 1864, a. 83.
Clarissa, b. Aug. 16, 1783; unm.; d. June 18, 1861, a. 78.
Fanny, b. June 17, 1787; m. Wililam Dickinson of Hat. He d. in Hat. Dec. 29, 1870, a 87. She d. Feb. 21, 1853, a. 65.
Samuel, b. Dec. 20, 1792, unm.; d. Apr. 22, 1876, a. 83.
Asenath, b. Apr. 19, 1794; unm.; d. Apr. 5, 1878, a. 83.
William, b. Sept. 5, 1797; d. Sept. 26, 1798.


6. Benjamin, s. Samuel (4), was b. Apr. 9, 1754; m. (1) Lucy Morton, Jan., 1777. She d. Jan. 13, 1777. He m. (2) Lois Warner, Feb. 16, 1791. She d. Feb. 3, 1844. He d. in Hat., Apr. 21, 1841. Lived on the William Allis allotment.

Children:
Chester, b. Nov. 1, 1796; d. Oct. 5, 1798.
Almira, b. July 29, 1799; m. Nov. 27, 1824, Judge Samuel F. Lyman of Nhn. She d. Nov. 7, 1871. He d. Jan. 3, 1876.


7. Elijah, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Nov. 7, 1756; m. Jan. 26, 1779, Lucy, dau. of Daniel White of Hat. She was b. Aug. 23, 1757, and d. June 9, 1839. He d. in Hat., Nov. 30, 1829. He lived on the Eleazer Frary allotment.

Children:
Charles, b. Feb. 21, 1782; d. Dec. 1, 1786.
Erasmus, b. Jan. 14, 1784; d. Jan. 4, 1858.
Mary.
Charles, b. Jan. 17, 1787; m. Orethea Morton. She d. mar. 15, 1875, a. 83. He d. June 15, 1857, a. 70.
Lucy, b. Apr. 28, 1789; unm.; d. Apr. 15, 1864.
Elijah, b. Aug. 7, 1791; unm.; d. Sept. 3, 1826.


8. Joseph, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Nov. 7, 1758; m. Feb. 19, 1789, Lois White, dau. of Lieut. Elihu White of Hat. She was b. Oct. 14, 1769; d. Oct. 10, 1829. He d. Jan. 2, 1836. Lived on the Nathaniel Dickinson Jr. allotment.

Children:
Austin, b. Oct. 8, 1790; d. in New York, Mar. 8, 1861. Always lived in Hat. and bequeathed his large estate of about $450,000 to his sister Sophia.
Joseph, b. Apr. 1, 1792; m. Jan. 28, 1823, Hannah Wells; d. Oct. 25, 1861.
Elihu White, b. Apr. 11, 1794; unm.; d. Aug. 17, 1829.
Sophia, b. Aug. 27, 1796; unm.; d. June 12, 1870. Estate valued at $499,144.54. She endowed Smith Academy of Hat., with $75,000 and also with most of the balance endowed Smith College of Nhn. (Northampton).
Harriet, b. Apr. 11, 1800; unm.; d. Sept. 7, 1859.
Miranda, b. Feb. 12, 1803; unm.; d. Sept. 11, 1831.
Louisa, b. Nov. 22, 1805; unm.; d. June 20, 1828.


9. Lieut. Rufus, s. of Samuel (4), was b. Sept. 13, 1761; m. May 5, 1785, Lavinia Bangs. He lived on the John Allis allotment and d. in Hat., Dec. 24, 1841.

Child:
John, b. Feb. 27, 1786; d. May 22, 1842, a. 58.


10. Charles, s. of Elijah (7), was b. Jan. 17, 1787; m. Orethea Morton. Lived on the John Coleman allotment. He d. in Hat., June 15, 1857, a. 70.

Children:
Charles, b. Aug. 8, 1818.
Catharine, b. 1823; d. Aug. 20, 1844, a. 21.


11. Almira, dau. of Benjamin (6), was b. July 29, 1799; m. Nov. 27, 1824, Samuel F. Lyman of Nhn., who was judge of Probate Court for Hampshire County. He d. Jan. 3, 1876. She d. Nov. 7, 1871.

Children:
Elizabeth Lyman, b. Apr. 10, 1828; lived in Nhn. and d. Dec. 29, 1881.
Jane Fowler Lyman, b. Aug. 28, 1830; lives in New York city.
Harriet Willard Lyman, b. Apr. 3, 1834; d. in Nhn., 1836.
Benjamin Smith Lyman, b. Dec. 11, 1835; lives in Philadelphia, Penn.
Mary Lyman, b. Aug. 10, 1837, lives in Pittsburg, Penn.


12. John, s. of Rufus (9), was b. Feb. 27, 1786; lived in Hat.; m. Oct. 6, 1806, Sophia, dau. of Lieut. Lemuel Dickinson. She was b. Oct. 5, 1787. He d. May 22, 1844, a. 58.

Children:
Rufus, b. Aug. 4, 1807.
Mary Dickinson, b. July 5, 1809; d. May 13 ,1810.
Mary Dickinson, b. Apr. 11, 1811.
Lavinia, b. Dec. 17, 1813.
Sophia Dickinson, b. Aug. 20, 1818.
Lemuel Dickinson and Lydia Davenport, twins, b. Nov. 29, 1820.
John Woodbridge, b. June 29, 1826.


13. Charles, s. of Charles (10), was b. in Hat., Aug. 8, 1818; m. in Salem, Dec. 6, 1849, Caroline L. Sprague, who was b. in Salem, June 21, 1827. He was a graduate of Amh. College, class of 1841, and Andover Theological Seminary, class of 1845; held pastorates at Warren, Shawmut Ave. (Boston), and 17 years at Andover; was representative to General Court from Andover for four years, 1882, 1883, 1885 and 1887. He d. in Andover, Oct. 27, 1887.

Children:
Edwin Bartlett, b. in Warren, Feb. 27, 1851.
Charles Sprague, b. in Andover, Apr. 27, 1853.
Caroline Reed, b. in Boston, Sept. 30, 1857; resides in New York city.


14. Edwin Bartlett, s. of Charles (13), was b. Feb. 27, 1851; m. June 27, 1883, Alice W. Noyes of Faribault, Minn. She was b. in Hart., May 2, 1863. They reside in Chicago, Ill.

Child: Noyes Bartlett, b. in Anover, May 8, 1884.


15. Charles Sprague, s. of Charles (13), was b. Apr. 27, 1853; was graduate of Amh. College, class of 1874; m. Nov. 11, 1884, Isabella J. Dwight of Clinton, N.Y. She was b. Nov. 11, 1861. They reside in New York city.

Child:
Hilda Sprague, b. in New York, Sept. 18, 1885.


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Mary Lyon was also a direct descendant of Lieut. Samuel Smith, the line being as follows:


1. Lieut. Samuel Smith of Hadley, as above.

2. Chileab, s. of Lieut, Samue (1) was b. abt. 1635; d. mar. 7, 1731, a. 95. He m. Oct. 2, 1661, Hannah, dau. of Luke Hitchcock of Wethersfield, Conn. She d. Aug. 31, 1733, a. 88.

3. Mary, dau. of Chileab (2), was b. Aug. 16, 1681; m. (1) Dec. 15, 1697, Preserved Smith, s. of Samuel Smith of Had., m. (2) Peter Montague.

4. Chileab, s. of Mary Smith, was b. May 21, 1708; was the third male sett. in Ashfield; was at the age of 80 years ordained a Baptist minister by his sons. He m. (1) Jan. 28, 1732, Sarah Moody. She d. Dec. 23, 1789, a. 87. He m. (2) Jan. 4, 1792, Rebecca Butler. He d. Aug. 19, 1800, a. 92.

5. Jemima, dau. of Chileab (4), was b. Mar. 15, 1740; m. Jan. 19, 1764, Dea. Isaac Shepard of Ashfield. He d. May 13, 1802, a. 69. His wid. d. in Stockton, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1828.

6. Jemima, dau. of Jemima (5) and Isaac Shepard, was b. Jan. 25, 1765; m. (1) in 1784, Aaron Lyon Jr., of Ashfield. He d. in 1802. His wid. m. (2) Dea. Jonathan Taylor.

7. Mary Lyon, dau. of Aaron Lyon Jr. and Jemima (6), was born at Buckland, Feb. 28, 1797; d. at So. Had., Mar. 5, 1849. She was the founder of Mount Holyoke Seminary, now Mount Holyoke College.


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