Joseph Smith, of Farmington

Joseph Smith

• Birth: Aug 25 1655 England
• Marriage: Nov 20 1691 Connecticut

Family includes

• Parents: William Smith 1615 - 1670, Elizabeth Smith (born Stanley) 1621 - 1678
• Wife: Joanne Smith (born Loomis) 1665 - ?
• Daughter: Susannah Gridley (born Smith) 1698 - 1779

Sources

1. BIRTH: "Middletown Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1651-1854," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1923; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 412 (FHL #002974).
2. CHR: Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:45 (FHL #004241).
3. MAR #1: No mar rec found. "Lydia Smith wife of Joseph" in full communion, 3 Aug 1684, Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:102-103.
4. MAR #2: "Farmington Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1645-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1927; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 150 (FHL #002970).
5. DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Joseph Smith of Farmington, 2 Sep 1718, inv 18 Sep 1718 acct and distribution 3 Mar 1718/9, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 2:433-34 (FHL #974.6 P2m). ~LDS ORDINANCES BEPS,2: IGI
6. Torrey, New England Marriages. Page 686.
7. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford district, 1700-1792. Page 433-434. Page 292. "Smith, Joseph, Sen., Farmington. Invt. £309-09-09. Taken 18 September, 1718, by Thomas Bird and Daniel Judd. Court Record, Page 79—2 September, 1718: Adms. unto Joanna Smith, widow of the decd., and Isaac Cowles of Farmington. Page 98—3 March, 1718-19: Adms. account exhibited, allowed and accepted. Order to distribute the estate: To Joanna Smith, widow, dower for life and £31-07-08; to Joseph Smith, eldest son, £41-16-08; to Jobanna Smith, £10-18-04; to Lydia Woodford, to Mary Porter, to Joanna Porter, to Elizabeth Cowles, to Ruth Smith, to Susannah Smith, to Thankfull Smith, to Mercy Smith, to Esther Smith, and to Experience Smith, to each of them the sum or value of £21-18-04, which is their single parts of sd. estate. And this Court do appoint Thomas Bird, Joseph Hawley and Daniel Judd, of Farmington, distributors."

Links

• http://nefamilies.com/fam/groupsheetI100003815.aspx
• First Settlers of Middletown / William Smith
• http://www.ourgenerationsancestors.org/getperson.php?personID=I4241...