Saturday, January 19, 2013

Surname Saturday - SMITH (England > Medfield, Mass.)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 555: Abigail SMITH (1686-1726). [Note: the 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three American generations of this SMITH family 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)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34.  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35.  Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)


138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton (1708-1756)
277.  Abigail Fisher (1711-1785)


554.  John Fisher, born 22 December 1677 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 14 August 1727 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1108. John Fisher and 1109. Hannah Adams.  He married 23 April 1705 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

555.  Abigail Smith, born 18 December 1686 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 03 February 1725/26 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  
Children of John Fisher and Abigail Smith are:  Solomon Fisher (1706-1706); Abigail Fisher (1707-1711); Sarah Fisher (1709-1711); Abigail Fisher (1711-1785); John Fisher (1714-1777); Sarah Fisher (1719-1756); Joshua Fisher (1725-????).

1110.  Samuel Smith, born 13 August 1641 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 October 1691 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 22 February 1676/77 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1111.  Sarah Clark, born 20 February 1650/51 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 20 May 1704 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2222. Joseph Clarke and 2223. Alice Fenn.
Children of Samuel Smith and Sarah Clark are:  Sarah Smith (1679-1769); Henry smith (1680-1743); Daniel Smith (1682-1704); Nathaniel Smith (1684-1762); Abigail Smith (1686-1726); Mary Smith (1688-1774); Prudence Smith (1691-1785).

2220.  Henry Smith, born about 1607 in Buckinghamshire, England; died 1687 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1635 in England.
2221.  Elizabeth, born about 1603 in England; died 12 June 1670 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Henry Smith and Elizabeth are:  Seth Smith (1635-1682); John Smith (1637-1691); Daniel Smith (1639-1641); Samuel Smith (1641-1691); Joseph Smith (1643-1661).

Information about these families was obtained from the town vital record books and the book:


William S. Tilden (editor), History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886 (Boston : Geo. H. Ellis, 1887).  

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