Eunice Smith

After the death of her husband in 1660 in Huntington, Long Island, Eunice filed suit in Salem for return of value of property that her husband sold to Osmand Trask in 1653. Her claim was that one-third the value of the property was her dowry. The details of this legal case can be found in Records and Files of Quarterly Courts of Essex County, volume 2, pp 251-252.

Additional information is in the Huntington, Long Island town records book, p. 36.

Eunice remarried about 1660 to Giles Smith of Farfield, Connecticut. Additional information is available in the Huntington, Long Island town records available through archive.org.

“1626-1637” By Sidney Perley. Page 373. GoogleBooks

Jonathan Porter,' a planter, lived in that part of Salem which is now Beverly. ... 'Jonathan Porter married Eunice , and removed to Huntington, L. I., in 1665; she was his wife in 1660, and married, secondly, Silas Smith oi Fairfield; children: 1. Mary, baptized Oct. 12, 1645; 2. Jonathan, baptized March 12, 1648.

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References

• ”History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume 1.” edited by Donald Lines Jacobus. Page 490. GoogleBooks
• http://hausegenealogy.com/porter.html