Benoni Smith, of Glastonbury

Family

Benoni Smith, born 1700 in Hadley, son of Samuel Smith who died in East Hartford is not the same as the Benoni Smith of Rhode Island. (Benoni Smith, Esq., of Westerly)

Benoni Smith of Hadley/Glastonbury/East Hartford, has children born in Glastonbury (per Barbour) and baptised in the Glastonbury church (per CT Church Record Abstracts), the following children with a wife or wives unknown:

1. Benjamin Smith, 1734
2. Lucy Smith, 1736, married Jedediah Sage, Middletown, CT/Sandisfield, MA
3. Elisha Smith, 1738, married Ruth Johnson, Middletown, CT, 2nd. Grace Williams, Sandisfield, MA
4. Samuel Smith, 1740, married Abigail _____
5. Sarah Smith, 1744, married Elijah Loveland, Glastonbury, CT/Hinsdale, MA
6. Amos Smith, 1749, married Mehitable Mabel Goodrich

The Glastonbury Church (Per CT Church Record Abstracts) shows a Benoni Smith d. 8 Mar 1776.

Origins

Samuel Smith 1707 will filed in Hartford names Benoni Smith:

• Name: Samuel Smith
• Location: Hartford
• Date of Will: 10 Sep 1707
• Page: 177-8
• Full Text: Page 177-8 Died 28 August, 1707. Invt. œ567-04-10. Taken 10 September, 1707, by Joseph Olmsted and Roger Pitkin. Court Record, Page 98--6 October, 1707: Mary Smith, the widow, with George Stilman, are appointed Administrators. Page 115--2 August, 1707-8: This Court direct Mary Smith, widow, and George Stilman, Adms., to sell so much of the lands as shall produce the sum of œ80, towards the payment of debts. Page 16 (Vol. VIII) 3 July, 1710: Mary Smith, widow, and George Stilman exhibit now an account of their Adms. on the sd. estate until this time, with the effects of 3 parcels of land sold, and what they have paid out of the sd. estate: œ s d In debts and charges and spent for the use of the family, 295-01-02 Inventory, with some debts received, 341-07-01 There remains of the moveable part of the estate, 46-05-11 Account allowed and ordered to be kept on file. Page 127--6 April, 1713: Mary Smith and George Stilman, Adms., having formerly rendered an account of their Adms., this Court order the estate to be dist. as followeth: œ s d To the widow, her part of the housing and lands during life, 15-09-00 To Samuel Smith, eldest son, 64-05-10 And to Benoni Smith, 32-02-11 To Timothy, 32-02-11 To Mary Smith, daughter, 32-02-11 To Rebeckah Smith, 32-02-11 To Mehetabell Smith, 32-02-11 To Marcy Smith, 32-02-11 And appoint Jonathan Hill, Hezekiah Porter and Timothy Cowles distributors. Page 167--4 January, 1713-14: Report of the dist. to be recorded and kept on file. Page 6 (Vol. X) 7 February, 1715-16: Samuel Smith, a minor son of Samuel Smith, late of Hartford, decd., chose Philip Smith to be his guardian.

Source: A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS. 1700 to 1710.