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Richard "of Wethersfield" Smith Sr.
Born about 1583 in Leicester, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of Rebecca (Buswell) Smith — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of Richard Smith Jr., Susanna (Smith) Standish, Anne Smith, Joseph Smith, Mary Smith, Abigail A. (Smith) Betts and Jonathan Smith Sr
Died after June 3, 1669 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CTmap
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Categories: Puritan Great Migration | 17th Century American Immigration | Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire | Wethersfield, Connecticut | Patients of John Winthrop Jr.
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1 Biography
2 Sources
3 Notes
4 Images & Documents
5 Research Links
5.1 Foot Notes
Biography
I am disconnecting the parents John Smith-3649 and Alice Walker-950 for lack of documentation. Please provide a substantial source before reconnecting these parents.
Revolutionary War descendants:
Asa Smith (1761 CT-1834 IN) m Sarah/Abigail Goodrich (Pension S32528)
Daniel Smith (1722-1814 NY) m Mary & Liz Rich,Mary Blinn
David Smith (1764 CT-1837 VT) m Olive Talcott
Isaac Smith (1735 -1796 CT) m Ruth Hollister
Birth
Born abt 1583.[1][2]
Born abt. 1589, per Donald Lines Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield," The American Genealogist, Vol. 25, 1949: pg. 126.
'... Richard Smith, b. say 1583 [footnote: Aged "about 84 years" on 2 February 1666/7 ("Medical Records of John Winthrop," Manuscript, 701, ... cited by Harris, "Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith", Register 143:243)], living Wethersfield in 1669 [footnote: See Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield", The American Genealogist 25:126, for the 1669 reference to him "come 80 years."].'[3]
Harris, in the Register article cited, indicates that the 1669 entry actually reads 'above 80 y', and uses a birth year of about 1583, based on the 1666/7 reference giving his age as 84.[4]
Rebecca Buswell, christening 23 Apr 1595, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.[5]
Family
In 1949 Donald Lines Jacobus identified the wife of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut as Rebecca Buswell (TAG 25:126-139). Roderick Bissell Jones, "The English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," published in NEHGR 128:136-139, identified Richard Smith as the man baptized 16 November 1585 at Stratford-on-Avon, co. Warwick, and traced family relationships for that man. Later Dr. Gale Ion Harris cast doubt on this identification in "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut," NEHGR 143:240-246. Thompson's research has confirmed that Richard Smith of Wethersfield was married and had children baptized not at Stratford-on-Avon, but in Husbands Bosworth, co. Leicester, where his wife's family lived. Richard Smith's ancestry remains to be established.[6]
Richard married Rebecca Buswell,[7] daughter of Roger Buswell and Margaret Unknown (Buswell), on 13 Feb 1614/15 in Leicester, Eng.[8][9] (Rebecca Buswell was born in 1593 in Leicester, Eng.[10][11] and died about 1667 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[12])
Marriage 13 Feb 1615/16, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England to Rebecca Buswell.
Smith, Richard (ca 1589-1669+) & Rebecca [?Buswell] (-1667+); b 1617; Wethersfield, CT.[13]
Richard Smith, (1616/17 - 1690), c: 1 JAN 1616/1617 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Susanna Smith, (1619 -), c: 30 MAY 1619 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Anne Smith, (1621/22 -), c: 24 FEB 1621/1622 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Joseph Smith, (1625 - abt 1673), c: 25 DEC 1625 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Mary Smith, (1630 - aft 1684), c: 11 DEC 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Rebecca Smith, (1630 -), c: 11 DEC 1630 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Jonathan Smith, (1635 - 1711), c: 4 OCT 1635 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Abigail Smith, (1637/38 - aft 1683), c: 21 JAN 1637/1638 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England.
Documented events in his life were:
Emigrant Ancestor; 1648; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[14]
Jury Duty; 15 May 1650; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.[15]
Jury Duty; 5 Sep 1650; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.[16]
Donald Lines Jacobus, “Richard Smith of Wethersfield,” The American Genealogist 25 (1949):126–39, at 128. On 21 February 1652[/3], Richard Smith wrote from Wethersfield to John Winthrop Jr. in New London describing the strange symptoms of “[m]y sons wife Lidia Wright,” who was suffering from an ailment modernly diagnosed as pulmonary echinococcosis (Malcolm Freiberg, ed., Winthrop Papers, Volume VI, 1650–1654 [Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1992], 251–52, note 3). The editor unfortunately followed confused and superseded accounts in Henry R. Stiles, The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, 2 vols. (New York: Grafton Press, 1904; repr. Somersworth, N.H.: New England History Press, 1987), 1:299, 2:645, for remarks about the identity of this Richard Smith.
Lawsuit; 14 May 1652; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.[17] Richard Smith plt Contra Georg Woollcott and his wife defendts in an Action of Slaunder to the damage of 100£. In the Action betweene Rich: Smith plt and Geo: Woolcott and his wife defendts the Jury findes for the plt damages 28£ and Costs of Courte: Execution dd the 22th of July 1651.
Marriage - Granted Permission; 26 Aug 1657; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.[18] A Coppy of a Certificate vndr the names of these subscribed: These are to certify to any to whom it may come, that our children John Addams & Abigail Smith haue our full consent to be marryed together, & wee know not engagemt of either party to any other, as wittnesse our hands. Rich: Smith Jer: Addams
Aug 1658, A Petition from several of the inhabitants of Wethersfeild*
Richd Smith Sen.[19]
Medical; 5 Dec 1658; Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[20] Treated by John Winthrop Jr.: Smith, Richard Sen.
Living
Rebecca Buswell, living Oct 1668, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.[21]
Richard Smith, living 1669, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.[22]
Death: AFT. 3 JUN 1669 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.[23]
Died after 1669 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.[24][25]
Sources
George Lathrop Cooley and Clara Elizabeth Hall : their ancestors and descendants by Harl Preslar Aldrich, Jr., 2001. Page 204 on slide; 191 on "paper" page.
The American Geneaolgist Vol 25 Page 126 Article "Richard Smith of Wethersfield"
Genealogies of Massachusetts Families Vol IV by William Richard Cutter; Page 2349 (This book lists Joseph m Rebecca Dickinson as a descendant. DNA has proven this Joseph was a son of Joseph Smith m Lydia Huit, resided in Hartford, CT.)
George Lathrop Cooley & Clara Elizabeth Hall. . . Allied Lines from Immgrants Richard Seymour, Richard Smith allied family by Harl Preslar Aldrich, Jr
The English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Conn., By Roderick Bissel Jones. Article from "The New England Historic Genealogical Register, April 1974, pp. 136-139
NEHGR Vol. 164, July 2010
Notes
This family is mentioned in "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Vol. 4" by William Richard Cutter (Page 2349 & 50).
Also see:
Amer. Genealogist Vol 25 (1949) p.126-139 and Vol 34 (1958) p.159-160
History of MA (post 1904) p. 817-818 online
Images & Documents
New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Page 687
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEHGS, 2004 - New England, Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters. Page 38, Page 38b, Page 38c.
Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist, Volumes 25-26, D.L. Jacobus, 1949 - Genealogy, pg 126a, pg 126c.
Research Links
A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford district, 1635-1700, Vol I edited by Charles William Manwaring; page 362
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the ..., Volume 4 page 2349 edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams
History of Ancient Wethersfield, CT Vol I by Sherman W. Adams and Henry R. Stiles; Page 298
History of Ancient Wethersfield, CT Vol II Sherman W. Adams and Henry R. Stiles
Thompson, Neil D., "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England," NEHGR 158:1 (Jan 2004) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 38.
Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before 1692 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-62.), 4:129-130.
Adams, Arthur, "Jeremy Adams of Hartford, Conn., and Some of His Descendants," NEHGR 59:3 (Jul 1905) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 316.
Jacobus, Donald Lines, Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978.), p. 459, Family History Library, 929.273 H135j 1978.
Harris, Gale Ion, "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut," NEHGR 143:3 (Jul 1989) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 244.
Jones, Roderick Bissell, "Harris-Hamlin-Smith," The American Genealogist 46:3 (Jul 1970), p. 137.
Harris, Gale Ion, "The First Wife of Ralph Keeler of Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut," The American Genealogist 80:3 (Jul 2005), p. 178.
Jones, R., TAG 46:3, p. 135.
Source: S01 Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," Genealogical Publishing Com, Jan 1, 1985 - Reference - 1009 pages, (Google eBook)
Source: S02 Harris, Gale Ion. The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul1989), 143:244.
Source: S03 Thompson, Neil D. Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 2004), 158:38.
Source: S04 Evelyn Beran, "Sanford-Shulsen Family," 7 NOV 2012, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sanford-shulsen&id=I38819
Source: S05 J. Devlin, "Descendants of Richard Smith," http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/smith_3.htm
Source: S06 Ancestors of Harold Monroe Jr. Walden, (Harold Monroe Walden, 30214 Briarcrest Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628-1149, ). Cited by #S05
Source: S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139). Cited by #S05
Source: S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). Cited by #S05
Source: S09 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000, link updated 23 Aug 2013]). p 334. Cited by #S05
Source: S10 Ancestors of Corey Ryan Spangler, (David Christian Beck~ 10445 Bonneville Street~ Riverside, California 92505 ). Cited by #S05
Source: S11 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000, link updated 23 Aug 2013]). p 326. Cited by #S05
Source: S12 Donald Lines Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield," The American Genealogist 25 [1949], Page: 126
Source: S13 The public records of the Colony of Connecticut ... transcribed and published, (in accordance with a resolution of the General assembly) ... Published 1850 by Brown & Parsons. in Hartford. Covers years 1636-1776. Vols. 1-3 edited by J. H. Trumbull; v. 4-15, by C. J. Hoadly. archive.org
Foot Notes
↑ Source: #S02 Harris, Gale Ion. "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," (NEHGS, Jul 1989), 143:244. mrl
↑ Source: #S03 Thompson, Neil D. "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England," (NEHGS, Jan 2004), 158:38. mrl
↑ Source: #S03 Thompson, Neil D. "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England," (NEHGS, Jan 2004), 158:38. mrl
↑ Source: #S03 Thompson, Neil D. "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England," (NEHGS, Jan 2004), 158:38. mrl
↑ Source: #S03 Thompson, Neil D. "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England," (NEHGS, Jan 2004), 158:38. mrl
↑ Source: #S04 Evelyn Beran, "Sanford-Shulsen Family". mrl
↑ Source: #S10 Ancestors of Corey Ryan Spangler, (David Christian Beck~ 10445 Bonneville Street~ Riverside, California 92505 ). mrl
↑ Source: #S06 Ancestors of Harold Monroe Jr. Walden, (Harold Monroe Walden, 30214 Briarcrest Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628-1149, ). mrl
↑ Source: #S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139). mrl
↑ Source: #S06 Ancestors of Harold Monroe Jr. Walden, (Harold Monroe Walden, 30214 Briarcrest Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628-1149, ). mrl
↑ Source: #S10 Ancestors of Corey Ryan Spangler, (David Christian Beck~ 10445 Bonneville Street~ Riverside, California 92505 ). mrl
↑ Source: #S10 Ancestors of Corey Ryan Spangler, (David Christian Beck~ 10445 Bonneville Street~ Riverside, California 92505 ). mrl
↑ Source: #S01 "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," pg 687. mrl
↑ Source: #S05 J. Devlin, "Descendants of Richard Smith," http://dunhamwilcox.net/source_files/smith_3.htm mrl
↑ Source: #S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 82. mrl
↑ Source: #S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 86. mrl
↑ Source: #S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 99-100. mrl
↑ Source: #S08 Records of The Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, (Hartford, 1928). p 182. mrl
↑ Source: #S13 "The public records of the Colony of Connecticut ... " page 319. mrl
↑ Source: #S09 John Winthrop, Jr., Winthrop Medical Journal, (Transcribed from microfilms of the original by Pam; on line at http://www.pamsgenealogy.net/SS/Winthrop.htm [9 Nov 2000]). p 334. mrl
↑ Source: #S03 Thompson, Neil D. "Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England," (NEHGS, Jan 2004), 158:38. mrl
↑ Source: #S02 Harris, Gale Ion. "The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield," (NEHGS, Jul 1989), 143:244. mrl
↑ Source: #S12 Donald Lines Jacobus, "Richard Smith of Wethersfield," The American Genealogist 25 [1949], Page: 126. mrl
↑ Source: #S06 Ancestors of Harold Monroe Jr. Walden, (Harold Monroe Walden, 30214 Briarcrest Drive, Georgetown, TX 78628-1149, ). mrl
↑ Source: #S07 Edgar Waterman, Richard Smith of Wethersfield, (The American Genealogist, Vol 25, No 1, Jan 1949, p 126-139). mrl
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