Jedidah Mayhew Smith

BIRTH 1656 Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 6 Jan 1736 (aged 79–80) Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
BURIAL Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA, MEMORIAL ID 11418817, Photos by Shanna Nicole & Robert Murowchick

Biography

Jedidah Mayhew was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Mayhew and Jane (some say Paine), and the wife of Benjamin Smith. See The Mayhew Family of Martha's Vineyard for more information about her family. She was also sister to the famous Rev. John Mayhew, who carried on the ministry to the Indians after the death of his father and grandfather, Governor Thomas Mayhew.

Inscription HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF Mrs.
JEDIDAH SMITH WIFE
TO BENJAMIN SMITH ESQr.
DECd JANry. Ye 6th 1735/6
IN Ye 80th YEAR
OF HER AGE.

Genealogy

Parents Thomas Mayhew 1618–1657
Jane Gallant Paine Mayhew 1625–1657

Spouse
Benjamin Smith 1658–1720 (m. 1684)

Siblings
Matthew Mayhew 1648–1710
Thomas Mayhew 1650–1715
John Mayhew 1651–1688
Mehitable Sarson Lothrop 1673–1733

Children
Dorcas Smith Hawes Worth1687–1730
Benjamin Smith 1691–1737
Thomas Smith 1697–1765
Abiah Smith Claghorn 1698–1730

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11418817/jedidah-smith