Saturday, February 20, 2016

Surname Saturday - SMITH (England to colonial Massachusetts)

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


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1255, who is Mariah SMITH   (1664-1724) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this SMITH family line 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)


18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

38.  Thomas J. Newton (1800-????)
39.  Sophia Buck (1797-1882)

78.  Isaac Buck (1757-1846)
79.  Martha Phillips (1757-1820)

156.  Isaac Buck (1732-????)
157.  Mary Richards (1733-????)

312.  Isaac Buck (1706-1780)
313.  Ruth Graves (1711-????)

626.  Thomas Graves (1686-1756)
627.  Ruth Collins (1685-1714)

1254.  Joseph Collins, born about 1643 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 02 November 1724 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2508. Henry Collins and 2509. Ann LNU.  He married 15 October 1684 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1255.  Mariah Smith, born 28 February 1664 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1724 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Joseph Collins and Mariah Smith are:
*  Ruth Collins (1685-1715), married 1710 Thomas Graves (1686-1756).
*  Mary Collins (1688-????), married 1715 John Farrar (1695-????).
*  William Collins (1690-1767), married 1711 Abigail Richards (1690-1774).
*  Elizabeth Collins (1692-1736), married 1716 Samuel Graves (1692-1716).
*  Joseph Collins (1695-1734), married 1717 Patience Benighton (1699-????).
*  Ezekiel Collins (1698-1765), married 1721 Rebecca Graves (1698-1739).
*  Martha Collins (1700-1731), married 1720 William Odell (1697-????).
*  Ebenezer Collins (1702-????), married (1) 1723 Mary Chadwell (1703-1730); (2) 1731 Mary Merrey.
*  Daniel Collins (1704-1729).

2510.  John Smith, born before 21 January 1622 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England; died 16 October 1672 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 5020. John Smyth and 5021. Alice Barnes.  He married about 1653 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2511. Martha LNU, born about 1632 in probably England; died in probably Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Smith and Elizabeth are:
*  John Smith (1654-1737), married 1678 Elizabeth Smith (1653-1737).
*  William Smith (1658-????).
*  Thomas Smith (1661-1726), married (1) 1685 Joanna Barber (1667-1688); (2) 1689 Mary Younglove (1670-1743).
*  Elizabeth Smith (1662-1688), married 1682 William Chapman (1651-1732).
*  Mariah Smith (1664-1724), married 1684 Joseph Collins (1664-1724)
*  Ruth Smith (1666-????).
*  Prudence Smith (1671-????),
*  Mary Smith (1671-????),

Information about this Smith family was obtained from:

*  Linton E. Love, Our Smith Families, website (http://www.smith-genealogy.com/smith-genealogy-generation-04.htm : accessed 2003, no longer available).


*  Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute,1910-1919).


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