Thomas “Innkeeper” Smith, Sr.

Not the same as Thomas “Wheelwright” Smith

Biographical notes

(Abraham Hammat Papers, No. 1, Appendix.)

Thomas baptized about 1657. 'He was an inn-holder of Ipswich, where in a plan of a section of the town in 1717, his house was on the "rim of the Meeting House Green," and the old block house on the corner of the Lane was owned by his son Ephraim, a saddler. In a deposition dated 23 September 1698, Thomas calls himself 40 years old. his wife Martha 40 years, and says that Robert Smith of Boxford is his father, and his brothers are Ephraim, Samuel, and Jacob, of Boxford.

From the book Ancestors and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale page 54.

On 16 February 1719 he quit-claimed his rights in the estate ot his father and mother. He died at Ipswich, where he was living as early as 1680, on 25 February 1725. His wife, Martha Knowkon, died 4 February 1728. The estate was valued at £218.7.9. Eight children are mentioned in his will, four of whom were sons.

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Children of Robert and Mary (French) Smith:

i. Thomas Smith, b. ca. 1657, d. 25 Feb 1725,[ m. 1st Joanna, m. 2nd Esther Morese, m. 3rd at Ipswich 1680 Martha Knowlton, ] m. 4th at Ipswich 1680 [after March 1683] Martha Gilbert;

Origins

Robert Smith came from England to America circa 1640 when about fifteen years of age. Nothing is known of his antecedents in England. After his arrival in America he settled in Essex county, Mass., where he married Mary French, who bore him ten children. He purchased two hundred and eighty acres of land, located partly in Boxford township and partly in Topsfield. He died Aug. 30, 1693.

Children:

Thomas, born about 1656, married Martha Knowlton [SIC: Gilbert]

References

• Martha Smith? was perhaps a wife
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pattyrose/engel/g... Mary Smith (married Aquila Chase) was the daughter of Thomas SMITH and Martha KNOWLTON
• Martha Smith Marriage 1682 / by March 1683, Location Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Original Text SMITH, Thomas (ca 1657-1725/[6]), Innholder & Martha [GILBERT] (?1656-1728); aft Mar 1683, 1682?; Ipswich (Utah Gen. Mag. 20:17 wrong; Towne Anc. 27-28 wrong); {Reg. 55:268, 64:11; Hammatt: Ipswich 336; Smith-Hale 54; Caldwell (Smith G SMI 280)} Spouse Thomas SMITH Volume Name Volume 2 Page 1408 AncestryImage
• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Ipswich/aDeathsS.shtml Ipswich Deaths. “Smith, Thomas, innholder, Feb. 25, 1725.“