Mary Noyes Smith, 1st wife

Daughter of John and Mary (Noyes) Denison and a descendant of William Denison of England, who came to America in 1631. She was also a descendant of John Howland, a passenger on the Mayflower, 1620.

Mother of 16 children. Edward, the oldest, was born in Groton and the others in Stonington, where they all appear in the baptism records of First Church; eleven of whom married and had children, three died between ages 20-33 and two died as infants.

• Children
• Edward 1760
• Mary 1761
• Elizabeth 1763
• Nathan 1764
• Oliver 1766
• John F. 1768
• Denison 1769
• Nathaniel 1771
• Coddington 1773
• George W. 1776-d.1796
• Nancy Ann 1777
• Sarah 1779
• Fanny 1781
• Jesse 1783
• Ebenezer -d.1785
• Son - d.infant North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

---- THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912.  p. 383

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 346

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 20 2018, 15:33:20 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

Biography ==Mary Noyes Denison, born 24 Jan 1741/42 at Stonington, Connecticut, was the sixth child of John and Mary (Noyes) Denison, his second wife.

She married Oliver Smith. They had at least 3 children.
Mary Noyes (Denison) Smith died 17 Sep 1800 at Poquonock Bridge, Connecticut. Note: Ancestor of noted actor Ted Danson (III)<ref>"Puritans and Pioneers." <i>Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.</i> (Season 4,Episode 3). PBS. 17 Oct 2017.</ref> through her son Denison Oliver Smith.

Sources

<references/>* Smith, Henry Allen. A Genealogical History of the Descendants of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London County, Conn. (J. Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, 1889) Page 85

• DAR Ancestor #A106582
  
• History of Stonington etc. (Wheeler, 1900) p. 346 #236: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n368/mode/1up
• FindAGrave.com memorial #76642299 in Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, New London, CT
• White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1990) Vol. 1, Page 452.

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Married Oliver Smith : 5 - Apr - 1759