Simon Smith, of Haddam

6 Simon Smith, first of Hartford, and later of Haddan1, Connecticut, was 56 in 1684, which matches the baptism of Simon on January l, 1628. Simon Smith of Hartford was fined in 1646; his misdemeanor record indicated he was a servant at the Time.

Biography

The first settlers of Haddam, Connecticut were twenty-eight men and their families from Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor:

.... Simon & Elizabeth Smith ....

Children of Simon Smith and Elizabeth are:

1. JOHN2 SMITH, b. 1660, Hartford, Hartford, CT; d. July 12, 1712, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.
2. ELIZABETH SMITH, b. 1662, Haddam, Middlesex, CT; d. October 10, 1750.
3. JOSEPH SMITH, d. 1693, Barbados, West Indies.
4. BENJAMIN SMITH, b. 1665; d. 1764; m. (1) ELIZABETH WELLS; m. (2) HANNAH BENTON.
5. MARY SMITH.
6. SIMON SMITH, d. 1746; m. ALICE.
7. SUSANNAH SMITH, b. 1669; d. 1742.

notes

• Boston Transcript, 6 April 1926, #2215

Elizabeth Ely, widow of Capt. William Ely, July 29, 1748, deeded to her sister Mary, widow of Ebenezer Parker, lands inherited from her father, Simon Smith, deceased. (Haddam Land Records, Vol. 5, folio 23.) Other similar deeds simply gave us a superfluous wealth of evidence. One we will refer to, since it throws light on the date of death of Elizabeth Ely. Her sister Mary Parker, Sept. 22, 1750, deeded to her son Abner an interest in land she had bought from her sister Elizabeth Ely of Lyme, lately deceased and also lands formerly belonging to her father, Simon Smith of Haddam.

• From Probate Records, Volume V, 1687 To 1695, On File, (Not found on Record.)

Smith, Simon, Haddam. Will dated 11 November, 1687: I Simon Smith senior of Haddam, being aged and being sensabell of myu maotalyty, and at This time being visited with sickness, doe give my body to the dust in hopes of a Glorias reserecktion, and my Spirit to God that gave it. Doe make this my Last will and Testament, being sound in meamorie: I give to my Loveing Wife The use of my dwelling houss and two rowes of Apples Trees in my horchard, she takeing her choyes, and five poundes per yeare during her Widowhood, to be paid by my sonns according to their proportions That they shall have of my Es'ate, and one Cowe to be kept yearly by my Sonns, and fowr Shepe to be kept yearly for her use, and fowr poundes in good marchantabell Corne, Rie and Indian, to be paid her the next spring, and as much of the househould stores as she hath need of. I give to my sonn john my Lott by his in the Comon fild, and five pounds out of my Estate as it shall be inventoried. I give to my son Simon my upper Lott in the upper meadow. I give to my son Joseph my Cow, meadow Lott, and my swamp on the east side of the great River, and my Lott in the equall deuishon, and all my right at Machamoodas. I give to my Sonn Benjamin my hows and barn and all my homested, and my meadow Lott in the hom medow, swamp and upland. I give to my daughter Elizabeth eaighten pounds, and to my daughter Susannah Sixten pounds, and to my daughter Mary Sixten pounds. And my Will is that my two Lottes in the upper medow be left for part of their portions. And if any of my Sonnes will take the above said Lotes as they shall be inventoried, and pay my daughters, they shall have Liberty; and the rest of their portions shall be paide out of my Estate as it shall be inventoried. And if their be any over pluss, it shall be equally disposed of amongest them. Also my Will is that my sonn benjamin be my Executor to se This my Will Full filed.

Hartford, 8 March, 1687-8: At a Court of Common pleas there held, George Gates & John Bayley, upon their Corporate oathes, Testified that Simon Smith in their prsence signed and declared the above written to be his Last will & Testament, and that he was of good memory when he did the same.

Sources 

• [S86] The Ely ancestry : lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, Vanderpoel, George B, (Calumet Press, New York, 1902).
• Ancestral File #: 2LQG-7P
• Haddam Historical Society

Links

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/simon_smith.htm
• http://www.iheartcharms.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I2823&...
• http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_de.htm#118
• http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=flakey&id=...

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ID: I32531 Name: Simon Smith Surname: Smith Given Name: Simon Sex: M Birth: ABT 1628 in , England _UID: 345EFA8BE5F54F4B86657C9241EA7F9FCD8D Change Date: 11 May 2007 at 01:00:00

Marriage 1 Elizabeth b: ABT 1632 in , England Children Has Children Elizabeth Smith b: 1661 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut

References

• American Ancestors Magazine. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Genetics & Genealogy: William Shakespeare and the Christopher Smith Family by Kathleen "Kitty" Cooper Smith with Christopher Child. Volume Name 17.1 (2016) Page 50. < AmericanAncestors >

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