Saturday, July 30, 2016

Surname Saturday -- SMITH (England to colonial New England)

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 #1447, who is Eleanor SMITH (1652-1722) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three 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)


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

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1805-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

90.  Simon Wade (1767-1857)
91.  Phebe Horton (1772-1820)

180.  Simon Wade (1731-1800)
181.  Deborah Tracy (1731-1800)

360.  Nathaniel Wade (1709-1754)
361.  Ruth Hawkins (1711-1789)

722.  William Hawkins (1679-1712)
723.  Elizabeth Arnold (1683-1758)

1446.  Eleazer Arnold, born 17 June 1651 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 August 1722 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 2892. Thomas Arnold and 2893. Phoebe Parkhurst.  He married about 1671 in probably Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
1447.  Eleanor Smith, born about 1652 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; died about 1722 in probably Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.  

Children of Eleazer Arnold and Eleanor Smith are:
*  Phebe Arnold (1672-1741), married 1696 Thomas Smith (1671-1741).
*  Eleazer Arnold (1674-1712), married 1700 Sarah Hawkins (1680-1759).
*  Joseph Arnold (1678-1746), married 1716 Mercy Stafford (1694-1779).
*  John Arnold (1682-1752), married 1733 Sarah LNU (????-1751).
*  Elizabeth Arnold (1684-1758), married (1) 1704 William Hawkins (1679-1712); (2) 1718 Israel Smith.
*  Eleanor Arnold (1690-1722).
*  Mary Arnold (1697-1753), married 1717 George Thomas (1694-1756).
*  Jeremiah Aenold (1700-1775), married 1721 Freelove LNU (1700-????).
*  Abigail Arnold (1700-1775), married 1720 John Mann (1694-1782).
*  Deborah Arnold (1702-????).

2894.  John Smith, born about 1623 in England; died after 16 March 1687 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.  
2895.  Elizabeth LNU, born about 1625 in England; died 1706 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of John Smith and Elizabeth LNU are:
*  Leonard Smith (1647-1676).
*  Benjamin Smith (1650-1706).
*  Eleanor Smith (1652-1722), married 1671 Eleazer Arnold (1651-1722)
*  John Smith (1658-1676).
*  Mary Smith (1661718), married 1678 Thomas Hopkins (1650-1718).

5788.  John Smith (the Mason), born about 1600 in England; died before 09 March 1660 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.  He married about 1620 in England.
5789.  FNU LNU, born about 1600 in England.

Children of John Smith and FNU LNU are:
*  Leonard Smith
*  Joseph Smith
*  John Smith (1623-1687), married 1647 Elizabeth LNU (1625-1706).
*  Elezur Smith (1644-????).

Information about this Smith family was obtained from:

*  John Osborne Austin, The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island; comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690, with many families carried to the fourth generation (Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969)


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