Saturday, March 24, 2012

Surname Saturday - SMITH (England > Rhode Island)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  I am now up to number 375, who is Renewed SMITH (1717-????), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back through four generations of SMITH ancestors is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

10. Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11. Julia White (1848-1913)

22. Henry Arnold White ((1824-1885)
23. Amy Frances Oatley (1826-before 1870)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92.  Joseph Oatley (1755-1815)

93.  Mary Hazard (1765-1857)


186.  Stephen Hazard (1730-1804)
187. Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????)


374..  Daniel Carpenter, born 18 December 1712 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died in  .  He was the son of 748. Solomon Carpenter and 749. Elizabeth Tefft.  He married 29 April 1733 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
375.  Renewed Smith, born 08 May 1717 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  

Children of Daniel Carpenter and Renewed Smith are:  Jeremiah Carpenter (1734-????); Sarah Carpenter (1736-????); Jonathan Carpenter (1739-????); Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????); Daniel Carpenter (1744-????); Renewed Carpenter (1746-1810); Margaret Carpenter (1749-????); Mercy Carpenter (1752-????);  Hannah Carpenter (1754-????); James Carpenter (1756-????); Mary Carpenter (1759-1823); Stephen Carpenter (1763-1835).

750.  Ephraim Smith, born about 1680 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died before 14 May 1733 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.  He married about 1710 in probably Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
751.  Margaret Pearce, born about 1689 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 1502. Daniel Pearce and 1503. Mary Weaver.

Children of Ephraim Smith and Margaret Pearce are:  Renewed Smith (1717-????); Margaret Smith (1719-????); Ephraim Smith (1722-????).

1500.  Jeremiah Smith, born about 1648 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died before 11 April 1720 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He married 02 January 1672 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
1501.  Mary Gereardy, born 11 October 1654 in New Amsterdam; died 1722 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 3002. Jan Gereardy and 3003. Renewed Sweet.

Children of Jeremiah Smith and Mary Gereardy are:  John Smith (????-????); Ebenezer Smith (????-????); Sarah Smith (1678-1765); Ephraim Smith (1680-1733); Mary Smith (1682-????); Deliverance Smith (1684-1715); 

3000.  John Smith, born about 1621 in England; died before 24 October 1677 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He married about 1640 in probably Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
3001.  Margaret, born about 1620 in England; died after 1677 in Rhode Island, United States.

Children of John Smith and Margaret are:  John Smith (1646-1730); Jeremiah Smith (1648-1720); Mercy Smith (1650-1697); Hannah Smith (1655-1713); Daniel Smith (1657-1707).

I have found very little published material on this SMITH family line, and have done none of my own research on this line.  I have found two interesting websites that appear to have information about John Smith of Prudence Island and some of his descendants:

*  The Bailey Family website -  http://nybirds.net/jsbailey/d184.htm#P6026.

*  Alfred Rose's family tree on Rootsweb WorldConnect -  http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=butchrose&id=I04677

Note that this is one of at least five John Smiths that resided in Rhode Island in the 1600s.  I'm related also to John Smith the Miller, but not John Smith the Mason (as far as I know).  However, there seems to be no connection between these two and John Smith of Prudence Island and Portsmouth.

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2012/03/surname-saturday-smith-england.html

Copyright (c) 2012, Randall J. Seaver

1 comment:

Elaine Schenot said...

When I saw the Rhode Island surnames in this article, I took a closer look and found the Hazard connection to my own family line. I'm descended from Hannah Hazard and her husband Samuel Watson, of West Greenwich, RI. If you need an insomnia remedy, you could read my Watson article: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~schenot/samuel_watson/samuel26watson.html
Best, Elaine Schenot