Joseph Smith

7 Joseph Smith was of legal age in May 1653, when he was one of twenty-four men who petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for "liberty to plant, possess and inhabit Nonotucke [Northampton]." Joseph was baptized on December 30, 1629 at Stratford upon Avon, son of Christopher Smith and Alice Gibbes. He married Lydia Hewett and had 15 children.

Origins

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132973022/joseph-smith

Some suggest that He is the son of Lt Samuel Smith of 1602, however if you look at his memorial 0ne will see that Joseph does not fit in the lineup of children born in that family. He is also not mentioned as being a child of Samuel & Elizabeth Smith. ie mem# 6651026
Addendum:

We now know for a genetic fact that William, Simon, Joseph, Benjamin and Edward were all sons of Rhode Island Christopher Smith and his wife, Alice Gibbes. Their other children as recorded in the baptism records were Christopher, Susannah, Samuel, and Mary. This information based on an article entitled, "William Shakespeare and the Christopher Smith Family" by Kathleen Kitty Smith and Christopher Child, American Ancestors Magazine, Vol 17 Iss. 1. Published by the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2016.

Links

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 >
• http://records.ancestry.com/Joseph_Smith_records.ashx?pid=13687022
• Smith DNAFamilyProject
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ksmith8&i...
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132973022

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 9 2017, 23:20:08 UTC

Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) for Joseph Smith Hartford Vital Records 1635-1855 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1062/VBMDUSACT1634_0019-0390/3...

Joseph Smith

in the The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011

Name: Joseph Smith Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 20 Apr 1656 Marriage Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA Spouse Name: Lydia Huit Spouse Father Name: Ephraim Huit Source Information Ancestry.com. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2129/32608_234075-00155?pid=10...