Thomas Smith, of Pawtuxet

Thomas Smith and his wife Ruth drowned on 16 Jan 1670

in the Pawtuxet River, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Origins

A son Thomas Smith of Christopher Smith of Rhode Island & Alice Smith is included in most literature up to The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell (1992). This connection has been essentially disproven via DNA studies, and no baptism for him has been found.

Family

His parents are unknown.

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51078144

NOTE: The identity of his parents as Christopher Smith and Alice (Gibbes) Smith has been speculatively posited in the past.However, recent research has found no evidence for his baptism in Startford-upon-Avon, and DNA evidence has recently ruled out his connection with this particular Smith family. (DNA research by Kitty Cooper Smith of SmithConnections.)

He married Ruth Wickenden, marriage intentions Jan 27,1658/9.

He and his wife were both drowned in the Pawtuxet River on the same day.

Children:

1. John Smith,
2. Thomas Smith Jr,
3. William Smith, and
4. Joseph Smith.

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Source 1:

Abbrev: History of the State of Rhode Island and Providen

Title: The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:

Biographical (American Historical Society, Inc., 1920)

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1. ID: I15642
2. Name: Thomas SMITH
3. Given Name: Thomas
4. Surname: Smith
5. Sex: M
6. _UID: A9E13F000371C849A4549CBD6809BDA67331
7. Change Date: 12 Feb 2003
8. Death: 16 JAN 1670
9. Note: Thomas Smith and his wife, Ruth, were drowned in the Pawtuxet river near their home on January 16, 1670, the wife losing her balance and falling into the water in an attempt to save her husband.

Father: Christopher SMITH b: 18 MAR 1593 in Lancaster, , England

Mother: Alice ( ) SMITH b: ABT 1604 in Lancaster, , England

Marriage 1 Ruth WICKENDEN

• Married: 1659/60
• Note: The intentions of their marriage were published January 27, 1659. 1

Children 1. Joseph SMITH b: 18 FEB 1669 in Warwick, Kent Co., RI