Obadiah Smith

Birth: 1687 Death: Nov. 25, 1765

Age: 79th year; son of Samuel Smith & Hannah Perring; husband of Susannah Stephens [1693-1770]

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Spouse:

 Susannah Stephens Smith (1693 - 1770)*

Children:

 Obadiah Smith (1721 - 1794)*

 Philetus Smith (1730 - 1800)*

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Burial: Smithtown Cemetery Smithtown Suffolk County New York, USA

Created by: David Roberts Record added: Feb 22, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 24811644 ______________________________

The will of Obadiah Smith, dated 17 Nov 1761, proved Oct 1766, is in part, as follows: In the name of God, Amen. I Obadiah Smith of Smithtown, L.I. Imprimis I give to my well beloved wife Susannah the use of the east room in the house we now dwell in, with the two back bed rooms also all household furniture, and my negro boy Micah, during her widowhood, and my negro wench Judah I give her natural life, also 3 good milk Cows, and my will is that my sons Obadiah and Philetus provide and keep them for her. I also give her 10 good fleeces of wool annually and 6 pounds New York money yearly. I give to my son Obadiah Smith all the lands whereon he now lives, with the buildings, being the west part of my farm, and is to be bounded east by a ditch below my orchard, and from the south end of the said ditch, in a direct line to a walnut tree in the upper end of the swamp lot, and then to the corner of the fence as it now stands, and then south to the land of Nathaniel Smith, extending southward and westward to the extent of my farm. I also give him my negro man James. I give to my son Philetus Smith, all the east part of the farm where I now live with the buildings, bounded eastward by the road, and the lands of the late Platt Smith deceased, and to extend westward to the ditch, and other boundaries which I have before described, and fixed for my other son Obadiah. I also give him my negro man Dick. I give to my sons Obadiah and Philetus, the west part of my long lot of land called the Indian Head, as far as the east side of Bread and cheese Hollow, to be divided equally. I give to my son Stephens Smith the house and lot with the swamp land as it was laid out to me on the east side of Nessequage river, and the utensils of the clothier's trade. Also my share of fresh and salt meadow with the lot of land adjoining on the west side of the river as it was laid out to me, and likewise the east end of the Long lot, called the Indian Head, upon this condition namely, if he does outlive or survive his present wife, Sarah, daughter of Capt. George Owen, and upon the same condition I give him 2 acres of meadow or thatch on the east end of Jones Point thatch bed. If he does not survive his said wife then I give the said lands to my two sons Obadiah and Philetus. Additional lands were left to the sons, Obadiah and Philetus, and legacies of money to daughters, Susannah Richards, Elizabeth Scudder, and Sarah Smith. A contingent legacy if left to his grandson, Nathaniel, son of his son Stephens Smith.

Descendants

Obadiah Smith was born Aug 16, 1687 and died Nov 25, 1765. He married Susanna Stevens who died March 23, 1770. Their children were William born Oct 24, 1712; Elizabeth born Sept 15, 1714; Samuel born May 29, 1716; Obadiah 2nd born March 1, 1720; Sarah born Dec 11, 1722; Stephen born Sept 15, 1726; Alexander born Aug 15, 1728; Philetus born Oct 24, 1730 and died Dec 22, 1800; Susannah born Aug 1, 1732.

Elizabeth married Scudder; Susannah married Richards.

Philetus Smith married Jan 8 1766, Phebe daughter of Timothy and Mary Treadwell . She was born Jan 18, 1741 and died March 20, 1778. Their children were Timothy Treadwell born Jan 17, 1768 and died Oct 24, 1803; Alexander born Feb 9, 1770 and died Jan 17, 1801; Hannah born Oct 27, 1774 and died Oct 5, 1801, and Elias who died April 1831.

Elias Smith married Lorana Robbins. Their children were Joseph W. Phebe Tredwell born Sept 2, 1801; Alexander, Sarah M., and Hannah A.

Phebe Tredwell Smith married Leonard W Lawrence of Flushing. Their children were Alexander S., Anna, Willis, William, Charles born March 27, 1827 and Amelia.

William Charles Lawrence married Elizabeth, daughter of Major Ebenezer Smith. Their children are Charles Embree, (who married Julia Strong and has children Elizabeth Tunstall, Arthur Brewster and Marcia Embree); Anna Willis, (who married Charles Hilton Brown and has one daughter Gladys Alberta), and Leonard W deceased.

Obadiah Smith 2d had wife Elizabeth who died Oct 15, 1769, aged 43. Their children were William born Sept 10, 1751; Samuel born June 25, 1753; David born Sept 4, 1755 and Lucius born November 9, 1758.

David Smith married Martha daughter of Jonas Mills. She was born May 11, 1760 died Aug 10, 1826. Their children were Jonas Mills born March 14, 1779; Ebenezer born Dec 8, 1782; Obadiah born Feb 10, 1785; David Willis born April 9, 1790 and died April 10, 1886 and Elizabeth.

Jonas Mills Smith married Anna daughter of James Mapes. Their children were James P born Dec 22, 1802; Elizabeth wife of James Clayton; Jonas (lost at sea); Martha wife of Jonas Mills; and Alfred born Dec 15, 1811.

James P Smith had among other children a daughter Sarah J who married Robert A Gregory. Their daughter Minnie is the wife of Eugene A Demonet living at 395 Park Place Brooklyn.

David Willis Smith had a son Ebenezer W. Smith now living in Smithtown. He married Phebe Doxee, and has two sons Theodore W. and Henry Chatfield.

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