Samuel Smith

Biography

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Samuel Smith was the son of Francis Smith and Agnes. He is called eldest son in his father’s will which also names Samuel’s children Hannah, Samuel and Susannah in that order.

SAMUEL SMITH [#180], bap. Hingham, MA Oct 1639, d. 5 Mar 1688, m. Boston, MA 13 Dec 1659 SUSANNA READ (dau. of William Read and Susanna Hayme), b Eng. abt. 1633. She may have m(2) Taunton 14 Nov 1689 Thomas Lincoln.

Samuel Smith was born in Hingham but moved with his family to Taunton at an early age. His wife's name was Susanna. A number of reputable sources believe him to be the Samuel Smith who married Susanna Read in Boston on Dec. 13, 1659. The record quoted is "Samuel Smith & Susanna Read dau. of William Read of Boston were married 13th Dec. by John Endecott Gov." 1659.[3] There is apparently no proof matching this Samuel with Samuel of Taunton. However, there is a fair amount of circumstantial evidence.

While Boston and Taunton were somewhat remote from one another, there was still a good deal of travel between the two. Also the Smith and Read families both came from the Hingham/Weymouth area, and Samuel and Susanna could have met as children or while both were visiting family or friends in their former towns. The date of the marriage also fits very well with the birth of the Taunton couple's children. Finally there are no other known Samuel Smith's of the time with a wife Susanna. With all this evidence, it is a strong likelihood that the wife of Samuel Smith of Taunton was indeed Susanna Read. [4]

Children of Samuel Smith Sr. and Susanna Reade: [4] [5]

1. Hannah Smith b. 17 September 1662 at Taunton. She married John White on 24 February 1679 at Taunton.
2. Sarah Smith b. 25 January 1664 at Taunton. d. 18 July 1665 at Taunton.
3. Samuel Smith b. 15 October 1666 at Taunton.
4. Shubael Smith b. 15 October 1666 at Taunton. No further records.
5. Susanna Smith b. 20 July 1669 at Taunton. No further records. She is sometimes incorrectly said to have married Thomas Lincoln Jr. in 1689. This is actually the remarriage of her mother to Thomas Lincoln Sr. [4]
6. Esther Smith b. 6 January 1671 at Taunton
7. Nathaniel Smith b. 26 July 1675 at Taunton

Death

Died: Before 1 March 1679/80. Samuel Smith died intestate before 1 March 1680 when the inventory and division of his estate was before the Plymouth Court. [4] [6] On 4 August 1698, Samuel Smith Jr., son of Samuel Smith and grandson of Francis Smith signed a note of obligation to complete the division of his grandfather’s share of the Taunton ironworks which had never been done properly.

Notes

He is named in the will of his father where he received land, moveables, and his fathers “part in the iron works.” The will also names three of his children, This, along with a bond obligation signed by his son Samuel concerning the iron works, helps tie together and confirm the relationships of Francis, Samuel and Samuel jr. The bond of Samuel jr. names his grandfather Francis, his grandfather’s widow Sarah, and his father Samuel. Samuel Smith performed many of the same duties as his father. He was a surveyor in 1663. [7] He took the oath of fidelity on 5 March 1668, and was on a list of freemen in 1670. [8] [9] Samuel was constable of Taunton in 1668 and 1683. [10] [11] He was chosen as a select man from 1676 to 1679. [12] He was also among those who completed the North Purchase from sachem Massasoit in 1668, and, along with his father, in the South Purchase from King Phillip in 1672, which greatly expanded the town of Taunton. [13]

iv. Susanna Read b. ABT 1641 prob. England or Ireland d. AFT 1688 Taunton, Bristol, MA

Family

(1): Samuel Smith 13 Dec. 1659 Boston, Suffolk, MA b. 1639 Hingham, Plymouth, MA d. 5 Mar. 1688 Taunton, Bristol, MA Father: Francis Smith b. poss. Hingham, Norfolk, England Mother: Agnes "SMITH, ...(4803ii[1]) SAMUEL, Boston, m. 13 Dec. 1659, (4803ii) Susanna, d. of (4802) William Read."

From The Lincoln Family Magazine by Clemens, William Montgomery, 1860-1931, ed. Published 1916 Topics Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Lincoln family. "Thomas Lincoln of Hingham, England and some of his Descendants," by M.L.P. 1917. page 82-83

This Thomas (2) Linkon was living in 1694, died previous to 1696; married, first, Mary Austin, daughter of Jonah and Constant Austin; she died 1694, and he married, second, Susanna (Macey) [SIC] Smith, widow of Samuel Smith. Children were all by first wife.

References

• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mroman/genealogy/smith.htm