Joshua Smith

Private Joshua Smith served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Joshua Smith is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A106307.
Joshua was born in 1724 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony to Joshua Smith and Mary Whittaker.[1] He was baptized on 28 Nov 1725 in Rehoboth.[2] He married Joanna (Redaway) Smith on 16 Jun 1748 in Rehoboth.[3]

The Smiths were another of the early families in this community. Deacon Joshua Smith was prominent at the very beginning of the settlement. He died Dec. 10, 1743, in the fifty-first year of his age. On his stone is thig epitaph:
"Though a little while here
He had his shear
Of sorrow, grief & pain;
His Sole we Trust
Is with the Just
Where it shall ever reign."

"In Memory of Mrs. Mary Smith, wife of Joshua Smith, who died April 3d, 1795, in the 95th year of her age."
Others are Thomas Smith (87) and his wife Rebecca (76).
"In Memory of Deliverance Smith, late Wife of Mr. Samuel Smith, who died Dec. 23, 1775, in the 43d Year of her Age."
"My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last Trumpet's joyful Sound
Then burst the Chains with Sweet Surprise
And in my Savior's Image rise."
"In Memory of Mrs. Sarah Smith, late Wife of Mr. Ebenezer Smith, died April 9, 1762, in ye 25th Year of her Age"

Source:

http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/rehoboth_cem1.htm

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-28831

Joshua Smith (1724 - abt. 1804)

Deacon Joshua Smith

Born 19 Sep 1724 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Joshua Smith and Mary (Whittaker) Smith
Brother of Thomas Smith, Samuel Smith, Mary (Smith) Bliss, Abiah Smith, Elizabeth Smith, David Smith, Lydia (Smith) Bliss and Huldah Smith
Husband of Elizabeth (Perrin) Walker — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of Joanna (Redway) Smith — married 14 May 1748 (to 5 Jan 1756) in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Hannah (Smith) Bliss, Sarah (Smith) Bliss, Joshua Smith and Samuel Smith
Died about 15 Feb 1804 at about age 79 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Contents

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1 Biography
2 Notes
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements
Biography

1776 Project
Private Joshua Smith served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Joshua Smith is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A106307.
Joshua was born in 1724 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony to Joshua Smith and Mary Whittaker.[1] He was baptized on 28 Nov 1725 in Rehoboth.[2] He married Joanna (Redaway) Smith on 16 Jun 1748 in Rehoboth.[3] Joshua and Joanna had at least one son and three daughters before Joanna passed away on 5 Jan 1756.[4] Joshua remarried on 10 Jun 1756 with Elizabeth (Perrin) Walker in Rehoboth.[5] This couple had at least four sons and one daughter during their marriage.[6] Joshua passed away on 15 Feb 1804 in Rehoboth.

Notes

Joshua is the third descendent in a row with the first name Joshua.

Sources

↑ Birth:"Rehoboth, Massachusetts, U.S., Vital Records, 1642-1896"
Original data: Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Providence, RI, USA: Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1897
Ancestry Record 4824 #70370 (accessed 10 January 2024)
Joshua Smith born on 19 Sep 1724 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA.
↑ "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZXD-N23Z : Mon Nov 13 23:21:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Joshua Smith and Joshua Smith, 28 Nov 1725.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-RZK4 : Wed Oct 25 15:14:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Joshua Smith and Joanna Redaway, 16 Jun 1748.
↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LJ2M-LBH
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-36J9 : Wed Oct 25 14:55:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Joshua Smith and Elizabeth Walker, 10 Jun 1756.
↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/27CZ-CNS
Acknowledgements

Dee Christophel D'Errico,18 May 2012.