Friday, February 27, 2015

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 61: #68, Aaron Smith (1765-1841)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I am extending this theme in 2015 to 104 Ancestors in 104 Weeks. Here is my ancestor biography for week #61:

Aaron Smith (1765-1841)  is #68 on my Ahnentafel list, my 4th great-grandfather. He married in 1795  to #69 Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850).



I am descended through:

*  their son 
#34 Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840) who married  #35 Elizabeth Dill (1791-1869),  in 1826.
*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884), who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901), in 1852.
*  their son, #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922), who married #9 Hattie Louise Hildreth (1847-1920) in 1874. 
*  their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                       Aaron Smith[1–8]   
*  Sex:                          Male   

*  Father:                     Moses Smith (1732-1806)   
*  Mother:                   Patience Hamant (1735-1780)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                      29 May 1765, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]
*  Census :                  1 June 1800 (age 35), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[3]
*  Census:                  1 June 1820 (age 55), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[4]
*  Census:                  1 June 1830 (age 65), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[5]
*  Census:                  1 June 1840 (age 75), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[6]
*  Death:                    4 December 1841 (age 76), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[7]
*  Burial:                    after 4 December 1841 (after age 76), Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[8]   
  
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
   
*  Spouse 1:                Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)   
*  Marriage 1:             6 October 1795 (age 30), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[2]
*  Child 1:                   Susanna Smith (1795-1813)   
*  Child 2:                   Patience Smith (1799-1842)   
*  Child 3:                   Mary Plimpton Smith (1800-1890)   
*  Child 4:                   Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)   
*  Child 5:                   Lucy Smith (1804-1884)   
*  Child 6:                   Elizabeth P. Smith (1806-1876)   
*  Child 7:                   Nancy Smith (1808-1879)   
*  Child 8:                   Aaron Smith (1815-1851)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

William S. Tilden edited the book History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 published by Geo. H. Ellis in Boston, Mass., in 1887.  The family genealogy section of the book provides this summary of the life of Aaron Smith:

"Aaron Smith was born in Walpole in 1765, and came to Medfield about 1782.  He married in 1795 Mercy Plimpton, and bought the place on South Street near the South School-house.  He died in 1841, his wife in 1850."

Aaron was the first born of four sons of Moses Smith and Patience Hamant, who was Moses second wife.[1]  All four children were born in Walpole, and Moses and Patience died there in 1806 and 1780, respectively. 

The Walpole vital records book entry says[1] :

"SMITH, Aaron, son of Moses and Patience, 29 May 1765"

The Medfield, Massachusetts vital record book lists the marriage of Aaron Smith and Mercy Plimpton[12] :

"Aaron Smith of Walpole and Mercy Plimpton, Oct. 6, 1795"

In the 1800 U.S. Census, Aaron Smith was head of household in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.[3]   The household included:

*  One male aged 26 to 45
*  Two females under age 10
*  One female aged 26-45.

There is no listing for Aaron Smith in the 1810 U.S. Census in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

In the 1820 US Census, the Aaron Smith family resided in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.[4]   The household included:

*  One male under age 10, 
*  One male aged over age 45, 
*  Two females aged 10 to 16, 
*  One female aged over age 45.

In the 1830 US Census, the Aaron Smith family resided in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.[5]   The household included:

*  One male aged 10 to 14, 
*  One male aged 20 to 29, 
*  One male aged 60-69, 
*  One female aged 20-29, 
*  One female aged 50 to 59

In the 1840 US Census, Aaron Smith was a head of household in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.[6]   The household included:

*  One male aged 20-30, 
*  One male aged 70 to 80, 
*  One female aged 15-20, 
*  One female aged 60-70 

Aaron Smith died on 4 December 1841 in Medfield, Massachusetts.[7]   The death record in the Medfield vital records book says:

"Smith, Aaron, Dec. 4, 1841, age 76"

The gravestone inscription in Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield for Aaron Smith says:[8] 


In memory of
AARON SMITH
died
Dec. 4, 1841:
aged 76 years.

There are no probate records listed for Aaron Smith in the Norfolk, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1793-1900.

5)  SOURCES
 
[1] Vital Records of Walpole, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1902), Births, page 73, Aaron Smith entry.

[2] Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Marriages, page 171, Aaron Smith and Mercy Plimpton entry.

[3] 1800 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Medfield town; Page 90, Aaron Smith household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com) citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M32, Roll 18.

[4] 1820 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Medfield town; Page 464, Aaron Smith household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com) citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M33, Roll 52.

[5] 1830 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Medfield town; Page 274, Aaron Smith household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com) citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M19, Roll 60.

[6] 1840 United States Federal Census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Medfield town; Page 196, Aaron Smith household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com) citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M704, Roll 192.

[7] Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Deaths, page 234, Aaron Smith entry.

[8] Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Mass., Aaron Smith memorial # 59933167.


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