Rebecca Smith

Rebecca Buswell

• Birth: 23 APR 1595 in Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
• Death: 1667 in Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
• Father: Roger Buswell b: ABT 1545 in Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
• Mother: Margaret b: ABT 1550 in Dishley Grange, Leicestershire, England

Marriage: Richard Smith

• b: ABT 1592 in Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire, England
• Married: 13 FEB 1615

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Updated Oct 2020 from http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fesschequy/genealogy/SmithFox.html

The dates of death of Richard and his wife Rebecca are unknown, but they lived out their lives in Wethersfield, and it is known that Rebecca was still alive on 12 Oct. 1668 and Richard was still alive the following year.

The children of Richard and Rebecca Smith were:

1. 2. RICHARD SMITH JR., baptised 1 Jan. 1617 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
2. -- SUSANNA SMITH, baptised 30 May 1619 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, died 30 Nov. 1692 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, married Thomas Standish.
3. -- ANNE SMITH, baptised 24 Feb. 1622 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, probably died young.
4. -- JOSEPH SMITH, baptised 25 Dec. 1625 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, died circa July 1673 in Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, married Lydia Wright.
5. -- MARY SMITH, baptised 11 Dec. 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, died 30 Nov. 1692 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, married three times.
6. -- REBECCA SMITH, baptised 11 Dec. 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, probably died young.
7. -- JONATHAN SMITH, baptised 4 Oct. 1635 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, died 24 April 1711 in Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, married twice.
8. -- ABIGAIL SMITH, baptised 21 Jan. 1638 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, died after 2 April 1689 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, married twice.

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Less reliable list ...

11 Children (birth dates seem estimated, not baptism based, and are noted "of" Wethersfield, Connecticut)

• Susanna Smith b: ABT 1615
• Richard Smith b: ABT 1617. Married Mary Weed.
• Margaret Smith b: ABT 1619
• Anne Smith b: ABT 1621
• Susanna Smith b: ABT 1623
• Mary Smith b: ABT 1625
• Nicholas Smith b: ABT 1627
• Benjamin Smith b: NOV 1629
• Rebecca Smith b: ABT 1631
• Joseph Smith b: ABT 1633
• Jonathan Smith b: ABT 1635
• Abigail Smith b: 11 NOV 1744 in Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut (Is this date right ?)

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwel...

notes

Apparently was in ill-health for a lengthy period of time, as she was treated by John Winthrop several times between 1658 and 1660 (Wintrhop's Journal).

Winthrop wrote that Samuel Buswell of Salisbury, Mass. Was kin to Rebecca Smith of Hockanum, Conn. Richard and Rebecca named a son "Samuel" as did their son Richard and Joseph.454 There's a record for Samuel Buswell, chr. 17 Aug 1728, son of Isaac Buswell, in the Husbands Bosworth parish register.

James Buswell settled at Hockanum near Wethersfield. His will dated 24 Sep 1660, witnessed by Richard Smith, Jr., gave property to his uncle and aunt and Jonathan Smith, and his land at Glastonbury to his cousins Richard Smith and Joseph Smith. (TAG 25:126)

Tentative connection to the Husbands Bosworth family, based on AF connection. The christening record cited is for a female Buswell, no name given. All the other children listed in AF are accounted for. Husbands Bosworth is about 30 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon.

All Information above is from Ancestry.com/Rootsweb...all information provided has been researched.

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Sources

1. Thompson, Neil D. Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 2004), 158:37-38. 'Children of Roger and Margaret (_____) Buswell, baptized at Husbands Bosworth, co. Leicester [citing Husbands Bosworth parish register]: ... Rebecca Buswell, bp. 23 April 1595; living Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Conn., 12 Oct. 1668 [citing Deposition in David D. Hall, Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England (Boston, 1991), 172-73]; m. Husbands Bosworth 13 Feb. 1615/6 Richard Smith, ...'

Links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Rebecca_Buswell_%281%29_

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Children:

• 1. Richard Smith, Jr, b. c 1617, England, d. CT, USA
• 2. Jonathan Smith, b. 1635, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, USA, d. 24 Apr 1711, Hartford, CT, USA (Age 76 years)
• 3. Abigail Smith, b. c 1632, England, d. Huntington,Long Island,NY,USA
• 4. Nicholas Smith, b. 1629, d. 22 Jun 1673, Exeter, Rockingham, NH (Age 44 years)
• 5. Susannah Smith, b. c 1624, England, d. 30 Nov 1692, Wethersfield,Hartford,CT,USA (Age ~ 68 years)
• 6. Mary Smith, b. c 1627, England
• 7. Joseph Smith, b. c 25 Dec 1625, d. Nov 1673, Rocky Hill,Hartford,CT,USA (Age ~ 47 years)

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Spouse: Richard Smith, I (1589–1667). Children:

• Richard Smith, II (1617–1690);
• Susannah Francis Smith (1624–1692);
• Joseph Smith (1629–1673);
• Nicholas Smith, Sr. (1629–1673).

from U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

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Find A Grave Memorial# 157393695

Rebecca Buswell Smith

• Birth: 1593 Leicestershire, England
• Death: 1667 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 
• Family links: 
  •  Spouse:  Richard Smith (1589 - 1667)*
  •  Children:
    •   Richard Smith (1617 - 1690)*
    •   Susannah Francis Smith Standish (1624 - 1692)*
    •   Joseph Smith (1629 - 1673)*
• Burial: Wethersfield Village Cemetery Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA  

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GEDCOM Note

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References

• ”Richard Smith of Wethersfield.” The NEHGS Register, Vol 143 (1989), Page 245. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) < AmericanAncestors >

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Buswell-5
Rebecca (Buswell) Smith (1592 - aft. 1668)

Rebecca Smith formerly Buswell
Born 23 Apr 1592 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, Englandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Roger Buswell and Margaret (Unknown) Buswell
Sister of Elias Buswell, Erasmus Buswell, Joan Buswell, Agnes (Buswell) Smith, William Buswell, Thomas Buswell, Roger Buswell, Anne (Buswell) Sturgess, Susanne Buswell, Isaac Buswell and Joane Buswell
Wife of Richard Smith Sr. — married 13 Feb 1615 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, Englandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Richard Smith Jr., Susanna (Smith) Standish, Anne Smith, Joseph Smith, Mary (Smith) Wright, Nicholas Smith Sr., Rebecca Smith, Jonathan Smith Sr and Abigail (Smith) Betts
Died after Oct 1668 after age 76 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticutmap
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Contents

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1 Biography
1.1 Disputed Origins
1.2 Timeline
1.3 See Also
2 Sources
2.1 Acknowledgments
Biography

Cross of St George
Rebecca (Buswell) Smith was born in England.
Disputed Origins

Per directions at Disputed Parentage:

The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield states with a careful analysis that his parents were unknown. Please see New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 143 page 240.

I am disconnecting the spouse Thomas Fox for lack of documentation. Please provide a substantial source and post your proof here before reconnecting this spouse.

I am disconnecting the spouse Richard White and the son John White for lack of documentation. Please provide a substantial source and post your proof here before reconnecting this spouse and child.

In 1949 Donald Lines Jacobus identified the wife of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut as Rebecca Buswell (TAG 25:126-139). Roderick Bissell Jones, "The English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," published in NEHGR 128:136-139, identified Richard Smith as the man baptized 16 November 1585 at Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, and traced family relationships for that man. Later Dr. Gale Ion Harris cast doubt on this identification in "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut," NEHGR 143:240-246. Thompson's research has confirmed that Richard Smith of Wethersfield was married and had children baptized not at Stratford-on-Avon, but in Husbands Bosworth, co. Leicester, where his wife's family lived. Richard Smith's ancestry remains to be established.[1]

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Marriage 13 Feb 1615/16, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England to Rebecca Buswell.[3]

Smith, Richard (ca 1589-1669+) & Rebecca [?Buswell] (-1667+); b 1617; Wethersfield, CT.[4]

Richard Smith, (1616/17 - 1690), c: 1 JAN 1616/1617 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Susanna Smith, (1619 -), c: 30 MAY 1619 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Anne Smith, (1621/22 -), c: 24 FEB 1621/1622 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Joseph Smith, (1625 - abt 1673), c: 25 DEC 1625 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Mary Smith, (1630 - aft 1684), c: 11 DEC 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Rebecca Smith, (1630 -), c: 11 DEC 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Jonathan Smith, (1635 - 1711), c: 4 OCT 1635 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Abigail Smith, (1637/38 - aft 1683), c: 21 JAN 1637/1638 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.[5]
Timeline

Medical; 12 May 1658; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[6] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Richard, his wife
Medical; 2 Aug 1658; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[7] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Richard, his wife
Medical; 2 Feb 1658/59; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[8] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Richard Senior his wife vide Feb 2 1658
Medical; Bet 2 Feb 1910 And Mar 1658/59; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[9] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Rich. Sen. His wife vide Feb 2 & Mar 10, 1658
Medical; 7 Mar 1659/60; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[10] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Rich. Sen. His wife
See Also

New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 158 (subscription) Article entitled, Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester and England by Neil D. Thompson, pages 33-39.

NEHGR Vol. 164, July 2010

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Page 687

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEHGS, 2004 - New England, Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters. Page 38, Page 38b, Page 38c.

Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist, Volumes 25-26, D.L. Jacobus, 1949 - Genealogy, “Richard Smith of Wethersfield” The American Genealogist 25:128; pg 126a, pg 126c.

Thompson, Neil D., "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England," NEHGR 158:1 (Jan 2004) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 38, Los Angeles Public Library.

Jacobus, Donald Lines, Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.), p. 459, Family History Library, 929.273 H135j 1978.

Harris, Gale Ion, "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut," NEHGR 143:3 (Jul 1989) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), pp. 240–46, Los Angeles Public Library.

One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960 By R. Thomas Collins; Page 83 #60

Genealogies of Massachusetts Families Vol IV by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams; 1910; Pages 2349 & 50

Michael Ray Lechner and Ted Harold Lechner, "Lechner Family History: Richard Smith, Sr.," Richard Smith Notes, 25 Nov 2007.

Source: S01 Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," Genealogical Publishing Com, Jan 1, 1985 - Reference - 1009 pages, (Google eBook)
'Children of Roger and Margaret (_____) Buswell, baptized at Husbands Bosworth, co. Leicester [citing Husbands Bosworth parish register]: ...
Rebecca Buswell, bp. 23 April 1595; living Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Conn., 12 Oct. 1668 [citing Deposition in David D. Hall, Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England (Boston, 1991), 172-73]; m. Husbands Bosworth 13 Feb. 1615/6 Richard Smith, ...'
Source: S04 Evelyn Beran, "Sanford-Shulsen Family," 7 NOV 2012, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sanford-s...
Source: S05 J. Devlin, "Descendants of Richard Smith," http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/smith_3.htm
Source: S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139). Cited by #S05
Source: S09 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000, link updated 23 Aug 2013]). p 334. Cited by #S05
Source: S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000, link updated 23 Aug 2013]). p 326. Cited by #S05
Source: S12 Donald Lines Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield," The American Genealogist 25 [1949], Page: 126
Rebecca Bushwell. [11][12] Smith. [13] Smith. [14] Smith. [15] Bushwell. [16] Found multiple versions of name. Using Rebecca Bushwell.

Born 1593 Parish, Leicestershire, England. [17][18][19]

Baptism: 23 Apr 1595. Husbands Bosworth,Leicester,England. [20]

Event: Arrival 1637 Virginia[21]

Died 1667 Weathersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [22][23][24]

Buried Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. [25]

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Marriage Husband @P1480@. Wife @P1479@. Child: @P1465@. Marriage 13 Feb 1615. Parish, Leicestershire, , England. [26][27]

Married Richard Smith at Husbandsworth, 13 Feb 1615.[28]

Sources

↑ Source: #S04 Evelyn Beran, "Sanford-Shulsen Family".
↑ Source: #S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139).
↑ Jacobus, p. 126-129
↑ Source: #S01 "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," pg 687.
↑ Jacobus, pp 126-129
↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 326.
↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 332.
↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 340.
↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 345.
↑ Source: #S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 360.
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↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP47-K3ZT : 6 June 2018), Richard Smith and Rebecca Buswell, 13 Feb 1615; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Marriage, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Valerie Koutek, Alexis Connolly, John Hermanson, John Putnam, Michael Lechner and Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.