Smith and Young Families of northern Rhode Island



Hi. My name is Dan. I was born in R.I. but grew up in a military family and moved a lot. I live in
the Southeast now, quite a ways from R.I. and my relatives and deceased ancestors. I have always
been interested in my family's history since my teens. I am a member of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society (http://www.newenglandancestors.org/) and the Rhode Island Genealogical Society
(http://www.rigensoc.org/). If you are doing genealogical research in New England and Rhode Island,
I highly recommend joining these two excellent organizations.

This web site lists some of my Smith and Young Family ancestors of northern Rhode Island and their
allied families that I have been researching. The Smith and Young Families were primarily located in
the Town of Smithfield, R.I. The allied families include Chillson (Chilson), Flynn, Laramee (Laramie/Larmie),
Colwell, Harris, Knight, Greene (Green), Loomis/Lomas, Jenckes, Wilcox, and Seamans. This web site is
dedicated to my mother, her parents, and all living and deceased relatives. All of the gravestone pictures
on this web site were photographed by Dan. Unless otherwise noted, older portrait pictures are courtesy of
my great-grandparents.


For the Young Family, click here.




Some of my Immigrant Ancestors to New England


Christopher Smith (Bef. 1610 - 1676) (Providence, R.I.)
Thomas Angell (Bef. 1619 - Bef. 1694) (Providence, R.I.)
Thomas Arnold (Abt. 1599 - 1674) (Watertown, Mass. and Providence, R.I.)
John Russell (Abt. 1608 - 1694/5) (Marshfield and Dartmouth, Mass.)
Joseph Jenks (Abt. 1603 - 1683) (Lynn, Mass.)
Benjamin Herendeen (Abt. 1618 - 1687) (Providence, R.I.)
Walsingham Chilson (Abt. 1613 - Aft. 1669) (Salem, Mass. and Saco, Maine)
Thomas Harris (Bef. 1610 - 1686) (Providence, R.I.)
Chad Browne (Bef. 1611 - Bef. 1663) (Boston, Mass. and Providence, R.I.)
John Greene (1651 - 1729) (East Greenwich and Warwick, R.I.)
William Hopkins (Bef. 1610 - 1684) (Roxbury, Mass.)
Henry Matteson (1646 - 1690) (East Greenwich, R.I.)
William Wardwell (1606/7 - 1670) (Boston, Mass., Exeter, N.H. and Wells, Maine)
Robert Colwell (Bef. 1610 - Aft. 1670) (Providence, R.I. and Long Island, New York)
Joshua Winsor (Bef. 1610 - 1679) (Providence, R.I.)
Roger Williams (Abt. 1604 - 1683/4) (Founder of Rhode Island, Providence, R.I.)
Richard Tew (Bef. 1610 - 1673) (Newport, R.I.)
John Francis Flynn (1841 - 1920) (My Irish Line: New York City, Mass., and Smithfield, R.I.)
Nicolas Dehornay dit Laramee (Abt. 1710 - Bef. 1790) (My French Canadian Line: Normandy, France to Quebec, Canada)
Richard Knight (1603 - Abt. 1680) (Hampton, N.H. and Newport, R.I.)
Edward Wilcox (1603/4 - Bef. 1660) (Portsmouth, R.I.)
Thomas Seamans (Abt. 1660 - Bef. 1750) (Swansea, Mass.)
Matthew Irons (1615 - 1661) (Boston, Mass.)


Note: I have many more female lines that I have yet to look at, so the above list is just a starter.





For R.I. burial locations listed on my web site, check the Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project
web site.
The transcription project is a voluntary effort by genealogists in Rhode Island to compile all of the
historical cemeteries in Rhode Island with gravestone inscriptions. Rhode Island has the highest
concentration of historic cemeteries per land area in the nation. Although a small state, Rhode Island
has taken the national lead in terms of identifying its historic cemeteries with the RIHCTP. The
transcription project web site is an excellent tool for R.I. genealogists in possibly finding the burial
locations of ancestors. I have used it successfully several times myself. John Sterling was the primary
leader and organizer for the R.I. Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project and was its director for over
a decade. He has published several excellent books on historic cemeteries for select townships in R.I.
Roger Beaudry did much of the field work for northern Rhode Island for the RIHCTP. Special thanks to both
of these men. Thanks also to the several other project volunteers of the RIHCTP.

One flaw with the RIHCTP is the "Telephone Pole" Navigation System for each cemetery. GPS technology has
made the "Telephone Pole" system obsolete. Charlene and Bob Butler of West Greenwich are currently
identifying and inventorying all of the existing historic cemeteries in the Town of West Greenwich, R.I.
They have "rediscovered" several "missing" cemeteries in West Greenwich and are recording GPS coordinates
for each cemetery. As I have some West Greenwich families in my family tree, I have benefited from their
research. "Google Earth" is a very useful program to use when plotting or investigating historic cemeteries
in Rhode Island or New England (see John E. Sterling, "Google Earth: A New Tool for Cemetery Research" in
the June 2008 issue of "Rhode Island Roots", R.I.G.S.). I will attempt to include GPS coordinates for
historic cemeteries listed on my website. This process will take some time, so please be patient.

A Note on Rhode Island Historic Cemeteries:
There are well over 4,000 historic cemeteries within the borders of the Great State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations. Each one is unique and the legal access and ownership issues of each one are also unique. I would
estimate that at least half of these historic cemeteries were reserved out of the original property. Landowners
and several of my living relatives do not seem to understand the legal implications of the access and ownership
of these small vestiges of our Family's Heritage. For cemeteries that were reserved legally (either by Land Deed
or Probate) out of the original property, we the descendants have an obligation to take care of and maintain these
resting places of our ancestors. While there are some groups in Rhode Island that have volunteered to clean
historic cemeteries, you living cousins (particularly those in New England) need to take some INITIATIVE and help
keep our family cemeteries in good order. The more of you who help out, the better. Just a few hours of work a year
out of your busy schedule can make a big difference!





Places I love to do Research at:


Rhode Island Historical Society Library, Providence, R.I.
Definitely my favorite. Superb collection of genealogies, microfilm, town histories for R.I. and New England States.
The manuscript collection here is truly outstanding. I could literally spend years in this place just working on my
personal families. The library staff have always treated me well.


Rhode Island State Archives, Providence, R.I.
My second favorite. Another excellent collection of records, especially military (Revolutionary War and Civil War).
The state workers here have always treated me well. The location is a bit difficult in terms of parking, but I like to walk,
so I park on the east side of Providence and walk in. The State of Rhode Island should invest more tax dollars in this
worthy facility.


New England Historic Genealogical Society Library, Boston, Massachusetts
One of the best Genealogical Libraries in the country. Excellent collection of genealogies, microfilm, town histories,
and manuscripts. Not easy to get to in downtown Boston (I take the train up from Providence, R.I. and walk in). Most of
the libary staff are friendly, and some of them are national class (Fellows of the American Society of Genealogy).


Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, D.C.
Another excellent Genealogy Library, one of the best in the country. Many genealogies, town histories, some microfilm.
The Rhode Island Collection here is very good (a lot of it was donated by DAR members since the early 1900's), just a notch
below the RIHS Library in Providence. I take the metro in to downtown and walk in.


National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
I have spent some time here researching the Rhode Island Revolutionary War Continental Line Regiments and other New England
Regiments. Lots of muster rolls, pay rolls, etc. on microfilm. A researcher can also view Civil War personnel records in
person after getting a researcher card.


LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
Regardless of what you think of the Mormon religion (as a descendant of Roger Williams, I think toleration of religions is in
good order), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints built this superb library near the Mormon Temple complex in
downtown Salt Lake City in Utah. Genealogy is important to the Mormons because they believe that followers of their church
need to baptise all of their deceased ancestors in the Mormon faith. I have been to the LDS Family History Library once, and
have to say, it is first-rate. What sets this library apart is the world class Microfilm Collection. Land deeds, probate records
Town Council records of most of the Rhode Island towns are here. There I was in Salt Lake City looking at Smithfield, R.I. Town
Council records from the late 1700's. But that's not all, as there are several English, Canadian, and European microfilm records
as well. The library also has a good genealogical books collection, but the microfilm collection here is simply amazing.


Rhode Island Town Halls
Primarily, I look up land deeds and probate records at the town halls. For Smithfield, R.I., the post 1870 records are
at the Smithfield Town Hall at Georgiaville, R.I. The early 19th and 18th century records for Smithfield, R.I. are at
the Central Falls City Hall. The staff at Central Falls are nice and the collection is good, I just dislike the location.
Some of my favorite R.I. Town Halls include Smithfield (Georgiaville), Scituate, Glocester, East Greenwich, West Greenwich,
and Coventry. However, in the last couple of years, many Rhode Island Town Halls have all but closed their Vital Records
Collections to Researchers, even those from the late 1800's.





Places I hate to do Research at:


Rhode Island Judicial Archives Center, Pawtucket, R.I.
I have visited the Judicial Archives Center a couple of times. A researcher goes up to the second floor in an ugly
old mill building in downtown Pawtucket and is greeted with a large glass wall and scowling state judicial clerks ("What
do you want?????"). The whole set up here is very researcher unfriendly. The surviving judicial records (several are
unfortunately missing) need to be professionally restored and preserved. The records should be microfilmed, and a
large room set up for researchers with microfilm readers. The surviving judicial records should be indexed, and the
index should be made available on the Internet. The Archivist was nice to me, and did mail the surviving records
that I was interested in. However, the State of Rhode Island needs to invest some money in this facility and make
it more research friendly. It is quite a shame, as there are many records here that are valuable to researchers that
are sitting and deteriorating in this old mill building.


Providence City Archives, Providence, R.I.
This is the Providence City version of the normal Rhode Island Town Hall. Unfortunately, unlike the typical
Rhode Island Town Hall, this one is not particularly research friendly. The location is the top floor of the
Providence City Hall downtown. The research area is small and cramped. Searching for Probate Records and Land
Deeds is a pain because you have to get a City Archives Clerk to pull each Land Deed or Probate Volume for you.
If you want to look at several land deed records, this procedure will take you some time. The City Archives clerks
were not particularly friendly during my visits.















I encourage my relatives in Rhode Island and New England to get involved. Learn about your ancestors,
see where they are buried, and help keep the cemeteries clean! Many of the historic cemeteries of Rhode Island
legally belong to the descendants of those buried in them, so it is our responsibility to maintain them.
As the old scenic farmlands and historic houses of Smithfield become rapidly destroyed and developed into
suburban shopping malls, churches, and housing developments, the historic cemeteries become our only
tangible link to our families' primarily rural history.




If you have stories, anecdotes, pictures to share on any of the families on this web site, please email me.





I'll start with my Smith Line first. Some of the branches are not complete, and more research is required.
The two major Smith Families of northern Rhode Island are the John Smith the Miller Family and the
Christopher Smith Family. The John Smith the Miller Family is covered well in Charles William Farnham's
genealogy of John Smith in "Rhode Island History", volumes 20-24, 1961-1965 (also available in:
"Genealogies of Rhode Island Familes from Rhode Island Periodicals", volume 2, Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1983). After several years of research, I have found that my Smith Family descends from the
Christopher Smith line.

There are no comprehensive genealogies of the Christopher Smith Family that have been published yet.
Thus, research on this family can be slow and tedious, and the excellent work of Farnham on the
John Smith the Miller Family should be consulted frequently to eliminate potential Smith candidates. The
early part of my Smith Family is based upon Dean Crawford Smith's "The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell"
(1992), pp. 466 - 479, John O. Austin’s "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island" (1887, 1969),
pp. 376 - 379, and Barbara J. Nichols' "Smith/Mitchell Genealogy" (1994) in the R.I.H.S. Library. The
descendants of Joshua Smith are based on my own research.




Acknowledgements


I have not listed the names of living relatives or their parents for privacy reasons. Thanks to my late
cousin Ted for information and several good leads on the old Smith Family. I'm sorry that you couldn't
see all of the results. Thanks to my cousin Wendy and my late grandmother for help with the modern Smiths.
Thanks to my cousin Michael, who researched the Nancy Smith (1827 - 1900) and Edwin P. Williams
(1833 - 1906) line. Thanks to Patricia Wood of Pascoag, R.I. for researching the Ephraim Smith (1790 - 1854) line.
Special Thanks to Mr. Eayrs and his son for information, and for digitizing and making available their excellent
collection of photographs of the Eayrs and Smith Families.





Recommended Reading


The following works I recommend for reading for additional knowledge on our Allied Families and where they lived:


Betsey Ann White, "Three Holes in the Chimney, or a Scattered Family", (Waltham, Massachusetts: Press of Rice and Drake, 1886).
This book is available for download on Google Books. It gives a good portrayal of the Quaker Culture in northern Rhode Island.
Most of the characters in the book are based on real people who lived in North Smithfield and Lincoln in the 1800's.


Dr. Patrick T. Conley, "Rhode Island's Founders from Settlement to Statehood", (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2010).
Several sketches of well-known and not so well-known leading men and women of Rhode Island.


The Arcadia Series "Images of America":
Excellent collection of old photographs of select Townships in Rhode Island (and other states). I recommend the following:


North Smithfield Heritage Association, "North Smithfield", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003).


Ken Brown Sr., Jim Ignasher, and Bill Pilkington, "Smithfield", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2008).


Thomas E. and Barbara A. Greene, "North Providence", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1996).


Patricia Zifchock Mehrtens, "Burrillville", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1996).


Charles E. Savoie, "Lincoln", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2004).


Charles E. Savoie, "The Lower Blackstone River Valley [Rhode Island]", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1997).


Heritage Room Committee, "Scituate, Rhode Island", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 1998).


Raymond A. Wolf, "The Lost Villages of Scituate", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2009).


Dr. Kathleen A. Swann, "West Greenwich", (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2011).


Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Tougias, "King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict",
(Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1999). Excellent history of the late 1600's Native American versus English
War that was at times quite brutal. Battles were fought in Rhode Island as well, the largest being the "Great Swamp Fight"
in southern Rhode Island.


Jim Ignasher, "Remembering Smithfield Sketches of Apple Valley", (Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2009).
Highly recommended 1800's and 1900's history of the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island. The Town Poor Farm, Apple Industry,
Firefighting, and Police reviews in this book are great.















Smith Family




Christopher¹ Smith    
b. Abt. 1600’s in England
m. Bef. 1625 in England    Alice ( ? )    b. Abt. 1600’s in England    d. Bef. October 3, 1681 in Providence, R.I.
d. June 1676 in Newport, R.I.
burial: unknown (presumably in Newport, R.I.)


Christopher Smith immigrated to Providence, R.I. from England in the late 1640’s. He obtained land just north of
Providence along both sides of the Mooshausick River. He was a Quaker and was moderately wealthy based on early
Providence tax records. Christopher served on the jury for the Providence General Court in the 1650’s, and also
served as a constable in the 1650’s. He obtained more land in the 1660’s and 1670’s. With the outbreak of King
Philip’s War in 1675, most of Providence was abandoned. Less than 30 men stayed behind, including Christopher’s
son Edward Smith and Roger Williams. On March 29, 1676, after meeting peacefully with Roger Williams, the
Narragansett sachem Canonchet led his warriors to the mostly abandoned Providence and put the town to the torch.
None of the remaining Englishmen were killed in the attack, but the town of Providence was virtually destroyed
with Christopher Smith’s house also going up in flames (Eric Shultz and Michael Tougias, "King Philip’s War",
The Countrymen Press, Vermont, 1999, pp. 282 - 283). Christopher had evacuated to Newport, R.I., but died in
June of 1676.


children:
Susanna² Smith (Abt. 1625 - Aft. 1663)
Benjamin² Smith (Abt. 1631 - 1713)
***Edward² Smith
Thomas² Smith (Abt. 1635 - 1670)





Susanna² Smith   (Christopher¹)  
b. Abt. 1625 in England
m. Bet. 1647 - 1650 in Providence, R.I.?    Lawrence Wilkinson    b. 1620’s in England    d. August 9, 1692 in Providence, R.I.
d. Aft. 1662 in Providence, R.I.?


children:
Samuel³ Wilkinson ( ? - Aft. 1727)
Susanna³ Wilkinson (1652 - bef. 1672)
John³ Wilkinson (1654 - 1708)
Joanna³ Wilkinson (1657 - ? )
Josias³ Wilkinson ( ? - 1692)
Susannah³ Wilkinson (1662 - ? )




Benjamin² Smith   (Christopher¹)  
b. Abt. 1631 in England
m. Abt. 1660 in Providence, R.I.    Lydia Carpenter    b. ? in Providence, R.I.    d. October 1, 1711 in Pawtuxet, R.I.?
d. December 23, 1713 in Pawtuxet, R.I.

Benjamin was an assistant to the Governor from 1666 - 1673, in 1675, in 1686, from 1689 - 1690, in 1696, in 1698, and from
1700 - 1704. He was also a Deputy to the General Assembly from 1670 - 1671, from 1673 - 1674, in 1680, in 1682, and
from 1684 - 1685. Benjamin and family lived in Warwick, R.I.


children:
Benjamin³ Smith (Abt. 1661 - 1730)
Joseph³ Smith (Aft. 1661 - Aft. 1705)
William³ Smith (1664 - 1745)
Simon³ Smith (Aft. 1661 - 1712)
Lydia³ Smith (1668 - 1741)
Elizabeth³ Smith (Abt. 1672 - 1718)





***Edward² Smith   (Christopher¹)  
b. Abt. 1630’s in England
m. May 9, 1663 in Providence, R.I.    Amphillis Angell    b. Abt. 1644 in Providence, R.I.    d. Aft. 1694 in Providence, R.I.
d. November 8, 1693 in Providence, R.I.
burial: unknown (presumably in Providence, R.I.)


Edward immigrated to Providence, R.I. with his father Christopher in the late 1640’s. He served as the Town
Sergeant of Providence in 1661, and as a deputy to the General Court from the 1670’s to 1680’s. Edward served
on the Providence Town Council in the 1670’s and 1680’s. He worked as a farmer in Providence. His final service to
the town of Providence was as a magistrate in 1693. Edward’s wife Amphillis was the firstborn child of Providence
immigrant Thomas Angell.


children:
Alice³ Smith (Abt. 1664 - 1739)
Edward³ Smith (Bef. 1670 - 1726)
Amphillis³ Smith (Bef. 1670 - Aft. 1704)
***Thomas³ Smith
Christopher³ Smith (Bef. 1680 - Abt. 1758)
Benjamin³ Smith (Bef. 1680 - 1749)
Joseph³ Smith (1680 - 1733/34)





Thomas² Smith   (Christopher¹)  
b. Abt. 1635 in England
m. Abt. 1659 in Providence, R.I.    Ruth Wickenden    b. Abt. 1630’s in Providence, R.I.    d. January 16, 1670 in Pawtuxet, R.I.
d. January 16, 1670 in Pawtuxet, R.I.

Thomas was a tailor in Warwick, R.I. He lived next to his brother Benjamin. He died tragically by drowning in the
Pawtuxet River during the night of January 16, 1670 when he fell out of his row boat. His wife Ruth tried to save him with
a stick, but she was pulled into the river also. Neither Thomas nor Ruth could swim, and they both drowned.


children:
John³ Smith (Abt. 1661 - 1683)
Thomas³ Smith (1664 - ? )
William³ Smith (1667 - Aft. 1715)
Joseph³ Smith (1669 - 1739)






Alice³ Smith    (Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. Abt. 1664 in Providence, R.I.
m. May 20, 1684 in Providence, R.I.    Joseph Whipple    b. Abt. 1662 in Providence, R.I.    d. April 28, 1746 in Providence, R.I.?
d. July 20, 1739 in Providence, R.I.?
burial: North Burial Ground (PV001), Providence, R.I.


children:
John⁴ Whipple (1685 - ?)
Jeremiah⁴ Whipple (1686 - ? )
Joseph⁴ Whipple (1687 - ? )
Amphillis⁴ Whipple (1689 - ? )
Sarah⁴ Whipple (1691 - ? )
Susanna⁴ Whipple (1693 - ? )
Freelove⁴ Whipple (1694 - ? )
Alice⁴ Whipple (1696 - ? )
Amey⁴ Whipple (1699 - ? )
Christopher⁴ Whipple (1701 - ? )
Mary⁴ Whipple (1704 - ? )
Christopher⁴ Whipple (1706/7 - ? )






Gravestone of Alice (Smith) Whipple (1664 - 1739), wife of Col. Joseph Whipple, in
the North Burial Ground in Providence, R.I. Inscription reads “In Memory of
Mrs. Alice Whipple, wife of Col. Joseph Whipple. Born in Providence and Died
July 20 Anno Domini 1739. Aged 75 years.” Grave location from John E. Sterling,
"North Burial Ground: Providence, R.I.: Old Section 1700-1848", R.I.G.S. Special Pub.
No. 5, 2000, p. 12.






Grave of Col. Joseph Whipple in the North Burial Ground in Providence, R.I.
Joseph was the son of original immigrant John Whipple (Abt. 1617 - 1685), who is
buried nearby. Grave location from John E. Sterling, "North Burial Ground:
Providence, R.I.: Old Section 1700-1848", R.I.G.S. Special Pub. No. 5, 2000,
pp. 12 - 13.






Edward³ Smith    (Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. Bet. 1665 - 1670 in Providence, R.I.
m. Bef. 1700    Mercy Mowry    b. Abt. 1680 in Providence, R.I.    d. Aft. 1741 in North Kingston, R.I.?
d. November 9, 1726 in Providence, R.I.

Edward was a farmer in Providence, R.I. He was involved with several probate cases for the Town of Providence.


children:
Edward⁴ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1733)
Alice⁴ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1741)
Sarah⁴ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1748)
Martha⁴ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1759)
Abraham⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
Mercy⁴ Smith (Abt. 1714 - 1799)
Amey⁴ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1749)
Freelove⁴ Smith ( ? - 1766)
Rachel⁴ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1753)
Mary⁴ Smith ( ? - 1741)
Anne⁴ Smith (Abt. 1719 - 1810)





Amphillis³ Smith    (Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. Bet. 1660 - 1670 in Providence, R.I.
m. Bef. 1703    Noah Whipple    b. ? in Providence, R.I.    d. November 10, 1703 in Providence, R.I.
d. Aft. 1704 in Providence, R.I.?

Amphillis was the second wife of Noah Whipple and had no children with him.





***Thomas³ Smith    (Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. February 19, 1671 in Providence, R.I.
m. Bef. 1697    Phebe Arnold    b. November 5, 1672 in Providence, R.I.    d. Aft. 1741 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. September 2, 1741 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown (possibly at the Friends Burial Ground at Union Village, North Smithfield, R.I.)


Thomas lived in Providence until 1710 - 1720, when he bought land in the modern day Woonsocket area near
Providence Road. The first permanent settler of Woonsocket was John Arnold, son of Richard Arnold, who had
established a saw mill at Woonsocket Falls by 1666. John Arnold built the first house in Woonsocket in 1712 which
still stands on Providence Street ("History of Woonsocket" by E. Richardson, Woonsocket, S.S. Foss,
Printer, 1876, pp. 33 - 41). Thomas Smith was a Quaker and was one of a group of eight Quaker men who bought half
an acre of land from Eleazer Arnold in 1708 for the existing Lower Society of Friends meeting house which
was built in 1703 (Early Records of the Town of Providence, Vol. 20, pp. 284 - 287). The Lower Friends Meeting
House still stands in Saylesville in Lincoln, R.I. Thomas’ wife Phebe Arnold was the daughter of the same
Eleazer Arnold, who built the stone ender Eleazer Arnold House (1687), which still exists on the Great Road
in Lincoln, R.I. After his move to the Woonsocket area, Thomas would sell part of his land for the establishment
of the Upper Society of Friends Meeting House which was built in 1719 in modern day Union Village, North Smithfield.


children:
***Thomas⁴ Smith
John⁴ Smith (1700 - ? )
Phebe⁴ Smith (1703 - ? )
Mary⁴ Smith (1705 - ? )
Hannah⁴ Smith (1707 - ? )
Daniel⁴ Smith (1709 - ? )
Ruth⁴ Smith (1712 - ? )






The Lower Society of Friends Meeting House was built in 1703 on land owned by
Eleazer Arnold. This original meeting house is preserved as the small ell in the back of
the current structure. A congregation of Quakers still meets here over 300 years
after the Smithfield Society of Friends was first established. The Lower Meeting House
in Saylesville (Lincoln), R.I. acted as the Monthly Meeting House for all of northern R.I.
A historic cemetery dating from the 18th century lies behind the Meeting House. In the
1700’s, it was common Quaker practice to mark gravestones with initials of the deceased
and the year of death or alternatively gravestones had no markings at all.







1741 Will of Thomas3 Smith from Smithfield Probate Records Vol. 1, 1733-1753 [Pages 1-230],
pp. 193-194, courtesy of Central Fall's City Clerk's Office.







Continuation of 1741 Will of Thomas3 Smith, courtesy of Central Fall's City Clerk's Office.






Christopher³ Smith    (Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. Bet. 1670 - 1680 in Providence, R.I.
m. Bef. July 1697    Mary Stephens    b. April 7, 1679 in Providence, R.I.?    d. Aft. Oct. 1758 in Scituate, R.I.?
d. Abt. 1758 in Scituate, R.I.?

Christopher was a blacksmith in Providence and Scituate, R.I.


children:
Jeremiah⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
Elizabeth⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
Amphillis⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
James⁴ Smith (Abt. 1706 - ? )
Christopher⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
Abigail⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
Benjamin⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )





Benjamin³ Smith    (Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. Bet. 1670 - 1680 in Providence, R.I.
m1. ?    Sarah Burlingame    b. ? in Providence, R.I.?    d. Before 1742
m2. June 24, 1742 in Smithfield Friends Monthly Meeting, R.I.    Anne Smith    b. October 5, 1717 in Providence, R.I.?    d. January 26, 1782 in Providence, R.I.?
d. December 26, 1749 in Smithfield, R.I.

Benjamin’s second wife Anne Smith was the daughter of Benjamin Smith, a descendant of John Smith the Miller.
Anne married as her second husband in 1755 Gov. Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Anne is buried next to Stephen Hopkins in the North Burial Ground (PV001) in Providence, Rhode Island.
See Cherry F. Bamberg's articles on this family in "Rhode Island Roots": "Amy (Smith) Russell and Her Family",
Volume 37, No. 2, June 2011, pp. 57-78; "Hopkins Family Letters (Part One)", Volume 37, No. 3, September 2011,
pp. 119-141; "Hopkins Family Letters (Part Two)", Volume 37, No. 4, December 2011, pp. 185-206. Unfortunately,
as a Brown University graduate, Cherry continues to weave her personal Slavery Agenda into this story (and many
of her writings); it is highly unlikely Mrs. Bamberg would have even written about our Smith Family if it weren't
for Hopkins' slavery link to the story. Stephen Hopkins was the only Slave Owner here, as the vast majority of our
Christopher Smith Family were opposed vehemently to Slavery. In fact, Stephen Hopkins was kicked out of the
Smithfield Quaker Meeting for refusing to free his slaves. The Brown University Crowd is great at showing only
one (biased) side of the Slavery story.....


children2:
Sarah⁴ Smith (1743 - ? )
Benjamin⁴ Smith (1744 - 1812 )
Ruth⁴ Smith (1746 - 1812 )
Amey⁴ Smith (1748 - 1784 )





Joseph³ Smith    (Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. October 12, 1680 in Providence, R.I.
m. Abt. 1705    Patience Mowry    b. ? in Providence, R.I.?    d. Aft. 1734 in Smithfield, R.I.?
d. February 17, 1733/34 in Smithfield, R.I.

Joseph was a Quaker Preacher in Smithfield, R.I. (Farnham, "John Smith the Miller", p. 53).


children:
Jacob⁴ Smith (1706 - 1797 )
Susanna⁴ Smith (1708 - ? )
Joseph⁴ Smith (1710 - ? )
Abigail⁴ Smith (1712 - ? )
Samuel⁴ Smith (1713 - ? )
Jethro⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
Rebekah⁴ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1766)
Bathsheba⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
Dinah⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )
Elnathan⁴ Smith ( ? - ? )





***Doctor Thomas⁴ Smith    (Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. December 5, 1697 in Providence, R.I.
m1. October 21, 1724 in Smithfield, R.I.?    Sarah Russell    b. Abt. 1702 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts    d. Bef. 1732 in Smithfield, R.I.
m2. April 6, 1732 in Smithfield, R.I. (possibly at the Friends Meeting House on Great Road at Union Village)    Abigail Aldrich    b. September 18, 1712 in Mendon, Massachusetts    d. October 5, 1789 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. September 15, 1777 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown (probably at the Friends Burial Ground at Union Village, North Smithfield, R.I.)


Thomas was a blacksmith in the 1720’s through 1740’s. He was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in
Smithfield (Smithfield was separated from Providence and was incorporated as a town in 1731). Apparently, there
were not many female members of the early Quaker Church in Smithfield in the 1720's, as Thomas married a woman
from the Dartmouth, Massachusetts Society of Friends Meeting in 1724. His first wife Sarah Russell died before
1732, perhaps during childbirth. Sarah was the granddaughter of Joseph Russell, the first settler and founder of old
Dartmouth (New Bedford), Massachusetts. In 1732, Thomas married as his second wife Abigail Aldrich, the daughter
of Moses Aldrich, a prominent Quaker preacher from Mendon, Mass. Thomas became an elder of the Upper Friends
Meeting House in Smithfield, and was discontinued as an elder in 1773 (RIHS Library, Quaker Microfilm
Collection, Box 125, “Men’s Minutes”, 1763 - 1780, p. 65, 69, 72).

Thomas served on the Smithfield Town Council in 1734 ("History of Woonsocket", by E. Richardson, Woonsocket,
S.S. Foss, Printer, 1876, pp. 33-34). He owned a 1/4 share of the first iron-mill at Woonsocket Falls in 1742
(ibid., pp. 54 - 56). Later in life, Thomas became a physician. He probably apprenticed with a doctor before
beginning his own practice. I haven’t found any evidence that he attended a college. Thomas lived near the
Woonsocket Cedar Swamp. "Dr. Thomas Smith" billed the Town of Smithfield on March 7, 1774 11 shillings and
six pence for attending my ancestor Joseph Chillson and also 18 shillings and ten pence for attending
Jabez Herrendeen (Smithfield Town Council Journal, 1771 - 1797, FHL Microfilm 959,526). Thomas Smith's will
was presented before the Smithfield Town Council by his wife Abigail on September 25, 1777. On October 18, 1777
Abigail again appeared before the Smithfield Town Council to make provision for her son Moses Smith, an idiot child
(Smithfield Town Council Journal, 1771 - 1797, FHL Microfilm 959,526).


children1:
***Joshua⁵ Smith
Caleb⁵ Smith (Bef. 1732 - Aft. 1800)

children2:
Mary⁵ Smith ( Aft. 1732 - ? )
Hannah⁵ Smith ( Aft. 1732 - ? )
Sarah⁵ Smith ( Aft. 1732 - ? )
Moses⁵ Smith ( Aft. 1732 - ? )






The Upper Society of Friends Meeting House was built in 1719 on land owned by
Thomas Smith (1671 - 1741). The current Quaker Meeting House was built in the
1800’s and sits on the border between North Smithfield and Woonsocket in Union
Village, R.I. The Upper Smithfield Meeting House was used as the weekly place of
worship for Quakers in far northern R.I. Once a month, the Quakers of the Upper
Meeting House would travel to Saylesville, R.I. to attend the monthly Meeting. A yearly
Meeting of selected Quakers from all over Rhode Island and New England was held,
often times in Newport during the 1700’s. The cemetery in the woods to the left in
this picture is an ancient one dating from the 1720's. Several of my Smith ancestors
who were members of the Quaker religion are likely buried here.







1777 Will of Dr. Thomas Smith from Smithfield "Inventory Probate Records Wills" Book,
1769-1797 [Pages 1-250], pp. 153-154, courtesy of Central Fall's City Clerk's Office.







Continuation of 1777 Will of Dr. Thomas Smith of Smithfield, courtesy of Central Fall's City Clerk's Office.







1783 Will of Abigail (Aldrich) Smith, second wife of Dr. Thomas Smith, from Smithfield "Inventory Probate
Records Wills" Book, 1769-1797 [Pages 251-549], p. 305, courtesy of Central Fall's City Clerk's Office.






John⁴ Smith    (Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. October 7, 1700 in Providence, R.I.
m. August 22, 1723 in Smithfield, R.I.    Abigail Aldrich    b. ? in Providence, R.I.?    d. Aft. February 1775 in Smithfield, R.I.?
d. July 9, 1752? in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown

John was a farmer and member of the Society of Friends (Upper Meeting House) in Smithfield, R.I.
This family reconstruction is based on Arnold’s Vital Records and a few land deeds.


children:
Susanna⁵ Smith ( 1724 - ? )
John⁵ Smith ( 1726 - 1736 )
Sarah⁵ Smith ( 1727 - ? )
Phebe⁵ Smith ( 1729/30 - ? )
Benjamin⁵ Smith ( 1732 - ? )
Abigail⁵ Smith ( 1734/35 - 1752? )
John⁵ Smith ( 1737 - ? )
Samuel⁵ Smith ( 1739 - 1759? )
Thomas⁵ Smith ( 1740/41 - 1803 )
Jean⁵ Smith ( 1742/43 - ? )
Ruth⁵ Smith ( 1743 - ? )
Unknown son⁵ Smith ( 1743/44 - ? )





Daniel⁴ Smith    (Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. June 29, 1708 in Providence, R.I.
m. August 3, 1735 in Smithfield, R.I.    Mercy Aldrich    b. ? in Providence, R.I.?    d. Aft. August 1774 in Smithfield, R.I.?
d. Aft. August 1774 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown

I don’t know much about Daniel yet. He was a blacksmith and member of the Society of Friends in Smithfield.
I have found one potential child for Daniel, a Daniel Smith Jr.





Ruth⁴ Smith    (Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. June 13, 1712 in Providence, R.I.
m. October 8, 1735 in Smithfield, R.I.    Ebenezer Thornton    b. ? in Providence, R.I.?    d. ? in Smithfield, R.I.?
d. October 8, 1790? in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown

Ruth’s son Elisha Thornton became a Quaker Elder and a teacher. Elisha founded the Thornton Academy near
Slatersville, R.I.


children:
Elisha⁵ Thornton ( Aft. 1735 - ? )





Jacob⁴ Smith    (Joseph³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. May 3, 1706 in Providence, R.I.?
m. January 8, 1727 in Providence, R.I.?    Dinah Harris    b. ? in Providence, R.I.    d. Aft. 1739 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. July 1, 1797 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown

Jacob was a farmer in Smithfield and member of the Society of Friends. Family information is from
D.A.R. Mass. G.R.C. 1938-1939 S1 V114, p. 165; Howard D. Smith of Chelmsford, Mass., a descendant,
contributed the information in 1938. I’ve included this line because some of Jacob’s descendants moved to
the Douglas Pike area of Smithfield and were living near some of my Smith ancestors.


children:
Abigail⁵ Smith ( 1729 - ? )
David⁵ Smith ( 1731 - ? )
Jeremiah⁵ Smith ( 1733 - 1818 )
Patience⁵ Smith ( 1735 - ? )
Mary⁵ Smith ( 1737 - ? )
Rufus⁵ Smith ( 1741 - 1826 )
Sarah⁵ Smith ( 1745 - ? )





Benjamin⁴ Smith    (Benjamin³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. October 14, 1744 in Smithfield, R.I.?
m. ? in Smithfield, R.I.?    Mary Tillinghast    b. December 7, 1753 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. October 14, 1796 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. March 17, 1812 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Friends Burial Ground (LN025), Saylesville, R.I.


children:
Sarah⁵ Smith ( 1773 - 1778 )
George⁵ Smith ( 1775 - 1859 )
Daniel⁵ Smith ( 1777 - 1805 )
Benjamin⁵ Smith ( 1779 - 1806 )
Joseph⁵ Smith ( 1781 - 1847 )
Anne⁵ Smith ( 1782 - 1855 )
Stephen⁵ Hopkins Smith ( 1784 - 1858 )
Hopkins⁵ Smith ( 1786 - 1791 )
Amey⁵ Smith ( 1788 - 1802 )
Robert⁵ Smith ( 1791 - 1871 )
Mary⁵ Smith ( 1795 - 1878 )






Gravestone of Benjamin Smith (1744 - 1812) and his son Daniel Smith (1777 - 1805)
in the Lower Society of Friends Cemetery (LN025) in Saylesville, R.I.






Gravestone of Mary (Tillinghast) Smith (1753 - 1796), wife of Benjamin Smith, in
the Lower Quaker Meeting House Cemetery (LN025).






Gravestone of Stephen Hopkins Smith (1784 - 1858), son of Benjamin Smith, in
the Lower Quaker Meeting House Cemetery (LN025).






Stephen Hopkins Smith (1784 - 1858) won a fortune in the Louisiana Lottery and used
the money to build Hearthside, which still stands on the Great Road in Lincoln, R.I.
Hearthside was built from 1810 - 1811 by Stephen to impress a woman who he was
courting. The story goes that the woman who was from Providence did not like the rural
setting of Hearthside and ended up rejecting Stephen. Stephen never married and lived in
Hearthside mansion with his brother Joseph Smith. Stephen was an intelligent and
industrious man who built and operated the nearby Butterfly Mill. He was also active
in gardening and scientific pursuits, and Stephen helped develop the gardens of the
modern Lincoln Woods (“Lincoln R.I. Statewide Historical Preservation Report P.L-1”,
Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1982, pp. 16 - 18).





***Joshua⁵ Smith    (Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. Bef. 1732 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. July 5, 1750 in Smithfield, R.I.    Amey Herendeen    b. Abt. 1734/35 in Smithfield, R.I.    d. Bef. 1811? in Smithfield, R.I.
d. September 15, 1814 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown (possibly in Smith Lot, NS028, or Oliver Smith Lot, NS048, both off Rocky Hill Road, North Smithfield, R.I.)


Joshua was a farmer in Smithfield. He lived southeast of the Woonsocket Cedar Swamp. He was listed
in the Smithfield Tax List of 1778. His inventory for the Tax of 1778 included: "1 house, 5 horned
cattle, 3 swine, 3 acres pasture to keep 2 cows, 2 acres of tillage, 16 bushels grain, 5 acres meadow,
5 tons English Hay, 28 acres wood and waste land, total acres 38; 1.10 Pounds debt; 22 Pounds Personal
Estate; 114 Pounds Real Estate; Rateable Value: 136 Pounds" (Source: Rhode Island Roots, December 1996,
p. 129). Joshua, at about age 50, was in the lower middle portion of total estate value amongst
landowners in Smithfield in 1778.

Joshua signed an affadavit in a Petition to the General Assembly of Rhode Island on June 9, 1763 (Petitions to
R.I. General Assembly, Vol. 11-2, page 49, Microfilm, R.I. State Archives). In the affadavit, Joshua stated that
he had a conversation with my ancestor Mr. Jonathan Harris concerning a law suit between Elijah Phillips and John
and William Smith. Jonathan Harris stated that he thought "the Rascals lied" referring to John and William Smith.
Joshua served as the First Constable of the Town of Smithfield from June 1, 1772 to 1773.

By process of elimination, Joshua Smith can be shown to be the soldier of that name who served in Captain
Abraham Tourtelott's Company in Colonel Archibald Crary's Rhode Island State Regiment in 1778. The Joshua Smith
of Westerly, Rhode Island who filed Pension S42336 served in Col. Israel Angell's Continental Regiment in 1778.
The Joshua Smith of Rehobeth, Massachusetts who filed Pension W15345 served on a merchant vessel in 1777 and was
captured by a Royal Navy vessel later that year. This Joshua was forced to serve in the Royal Navy for the rest
of the war. Captain Abraham Tourtellot was from Glocester, Rhode Island, and he recruited his company from Glocester
and Smithfield. Joshua Smith appears on manuscript Pay Rolls of the Company in May 1778 and July 1778 in the
Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscript Collections, MSS 673, Revolutionary War Records, Subgroup 2, Series 3,
Subseries B, Shepley Collection, Book Volume 1, p. 127 and 135. The reader can see the original pay rolls by visiting
the R.I.H.S. Library in Providence. Joshua's enlistment was for 15 months, so he probably was discharged in early 1779.
Very likely Joshua Smith's son Esek was the soldier "Esek Smith" who served in Captain Abraham Tourtellott's Company
in Col. Crary's R.I. State Regiment in 1779 (see National Archives Microfilm M246, Revolutionary Muster and Pay Rolls,
Roll 88).

Joshua Smith was chosen the Third Constable of the Town of Smithfield on June 5, 1780 and served to 1781 (Smithfield
Town Meeting Records, FHL Microfilm 959593; Smithfield Town Council Journal, 1771-1797, FHL Microfilm 959,526).
Joshua likely served a few times in the Smithfield militia during the Revolutionary War as well (he died before
the first federal Pension Laws were enacted in 1818; Smithfield militia Revolutionary War muster rolls are
incomplete). His sons Esek, Oliver, and Elijah Smith have documented Revolutionary War service.


children:
Esek⁶ Smith (Bef. 1757 - Aft. 1811 )
***Oliver⁶ Smith
David⁶ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1811 )
Elijah⁶ Smith (1761 - 1852)
Silva⁶ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1811 )
Amey⁶ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1811 )
Sarah⁶ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1811 )
Abigail?⁶ Smith ( ? - Bef. 1811 )






Will of Joshua Smith in the Town of Smithfield Records, Probate Book Vol. 3, 1797-1819, Part 2
[pages 379-745], pp. 542-543, Courtesy of City Clerk's Office, Central Falls, Rhode Island.
Click on the Image for a larger view.







Continuation of Will of Joshua Smith from old Town Records of Smithfield in Central Falls, R.I.






Caleb⁵ Smith    (Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. Bef. 1732 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. October 25, 1750 in Smithfield, R.I.    Martha Mitchell    b. Abt. 1732 in Glocester, R.I.    d. Aft. 1800 in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
d. Aft. 1800 in Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Caleb was a blacksmith in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He moved to Dudley, Worcester County, Massachusetts
in the early 1770’s. By the 1790’s, Caleb and family were living in the town of Charlton, Worcester County,
Massachusetts, where he presumbably died. Information on this family is from Arnold’s Vital Records of
Smithfield and the Smith/Mitchell Genealogy (1994) researched by Barbara J. Nichols (copy in the RIHS Library).


children:
Patience⁶ Smith ( 1751 - Bef. 1832 )
William⁶ Smith ( 1754 - ? )
Shadrack⁶ Smith ( 1756 - ? )
Russell⁶ Smith ( 1761 - ? )
Caleb⁶ Smith ( 1766 - ? )






Jeremiah⁵ Smith    (Jacob⁴, Joseph³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. February 11, 1733 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. October 4, 1759 in Smithfield, R.I.    Lavina Olney   b. Abt. 1737-1738 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. August 4, 1826 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. September 17, 1818 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Jeremiah Smith Burial Ground (LN043), Lincoln, R.I.

Jeremiah lived at Limerock in the northern part of old Smithfield. Jeremiah operated a lime kiln near the
Limerock quarries of the Dexter and Harris Families. He was a member of the Smithfield Society of Friends.
Family information is from D.A.R. Mass. G.R.C. 1937-1938 S1 V70, p. 27; Howard D. Smith of Chelmsford,
Mass., a descendant, contributed the information in 1937. See also p. 26, James H. Olney "A Genealogy of
the descendants of Thomas Olney: an original proprietor of Providence, R.I., who came from England in 1635",
Providence, R.I., Freeman & Son, 1889.


children:
Lydia⁶ Smith ( 1760 - 1827 )
Stephen⁶ Smith ( 1763 - 1764 )
Israel⁶ Smith ( 1765 - 1838 )
Phebe⁶ Smith ( 1767 - Aft. 1812 )
Adah⁶ Smith ( 1768 - 1808 )
Jeremiah⁶ Smith ( 1770 - 1854 )
Obadiah⁶ Smith ( 1772 - 1842 )
George⁶ Smith ( 1774 - 1856 )
Lavina⁶ Smith ( 1775 - Aft. 1812 )
Willard⁶ Smith ( 1778 - 1845 )
Naomi⁶ Smith ( 1780 - 1807 )
Mary⁶ Smith ( 1782 - 1867 )
Edward⁶ Smith ( 1784 - 1867 )
Patience⁶ Smith ( 1787 - 1866 )





This house off Clark Road in Smithfield, R.I. dates to at least 1776,
when Jeremiah Smith bought it and the homestead farm of 129 acres from
the Bradway Family (Smithfield Deeds Book 6, p. 456). Jeremiah Smith
sold this house to his son George Smith on January 12, 1807 (Sm Deeds,
Book 11, p. 288). The house remained in the Smith Family until 1879.
The current owners have the original Grantee copies of the above land
deeds. Thanks to the Elfast Family for the tour of the property. The
Bradway/Smith house is not listed in the 1992 "Historical and Architectural
Resources of Smithfield, Rhode Island", but it is listed in "Some 18th
Century Houses of Smithfield, Rhode Island", by Kay K. and Louise W. Moore,
for the Historical Society of Smithfield, January 2, 1985, a copy of which
can be found on the Greenville Public Library Website under "Digital Archives".






Outbuilding adjacent to the Bradway/Smith house also likely dates to the 18th century.






Jeremiah Smith, who operated a Lime Kiln in nearby Limerock, had this
house (the Jeremiah Smith House) built in 1790 on Wilbur Road in modern day
Lincoln (“Lincoln R.I. Statewide Historical Preservation Report P.L-1”,
Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1982, p. 69).






Thomas⁵ Smith    (John⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. January 14, 1740/41 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. January 9, 1772 in Smithfield, R.I.    Mary Sayles    b. ? in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. Aft. 1803 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. Between October 28 and November 9, 1803 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown


children:
Cynthia ⁶ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1803 )
Marcy⁶ Smith ( ? - Aft. 1803 )





Esek (Eseck)⁶ Smith  (Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. probably before 1757 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. September 3, 1780 in Smithfield, R.I.    Mary (Shippee) Brown   b. ? in Smithfield, R.I.    d. ? in Smithfield, R.I.?
d. Aft. 1811 in Smithfield, R.I.?
burial: unknown


Esek enlisted in Capt. David Dexter’s Company of Col. Christopher Lippitt’s Regiment in very early 1776.
He was sick in the Spring of 1776, as his brother Oliver Smith served as a substitute in Dexter’s Company for
two months. Lippitt’s Regiment remained on guard duty in Newport, Rhode Island until early September 1776,
when the regiment received orders to join General Washington’s main army in New York. Two R.I. accounts of the
activities of Lippitt’s Regiment in New York and New Jersey exist: one written by Private John Howland in
Capt. David Dexter’s Company (Edwin M. Stone, “The life and recollections of John Howland, the late
president of the Rhode Island historical society.”, Providence, R.I., G.H. Whitney, 1857) and one written by
Sgt. John Smith of Capt. Loring Peck’s Company (“Sergeant John Smith’s Diary of 1776”, edited by
Louise Rau, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, Sept. 1933, pp. 247 - 270).

After marching through Connecticut, Lippitt’s Regiment arrived on Manhattan Island on October 1, 1776
(“John Smith’s Diary”, p. 253). The men of the regiment camped on the northern end of the island with the
main American Continental Army. On October 12, 1776, the British began their amphibious landing on
Throg’s Neck, which they found to be too marshy for offensive operations. Lippitt’s Regiment marched to
East Chester, New York on October 14, 1776 and camped there as part of General John Nixon’s Brigade
of General Charles Lee’s Division (“John Smith’s Diary”, p. 254). On the 16th of October, the
regiment marched to Valentine’s Hill. The British attacked Pelham’s Bay on October 18, 1776 and were
repulsed near Pell’s Point with heavy losses by troops under General John Glover. The men of Lippitt’s
Regiment conducted patrols in the East Chester area until October 25, 1776 when they marched for
White Plains, New York. The British during this time had landed their main force near Pell’s Point and marched
northeast to New Rochelle, just missing Lippitt’s Regiment to their west. The Battle of White Plains took place on
October 28, 1776, and Lippitt’s Regiment saw only a little action during the battle. John Howland relates: “a part
of Connecticut Troops under General Spencer with McDougals Brigade were posted on a ridge of land next south
of the hill on which our regiment was stationed ..... We therefore stood under arms and with our cannon loaded,
as silent spectators of the conflict” (Edwin M. Stone, pp. 62 - 63). Howland later states, “A [British] company
of about 50 artillery men with two heavy mounted cannon, approached ...... a short distance from us, and began a
discharge on our line” (Stone, p. 63). After a couple of return discharges from the American cannon nearby, the British
artillery men withdrew “in confusion”. The antagonists entrenched and faced each other for two days before rain
soaked the battlefield all day on the 31st of October 1776. Washington withdrew his army to North Castle Heights
on November 1 (“The Battle for New York”, Barnet Schecter, Penguins Books, 2002, pp 240-242). Lippitt’s
Regiment went into camp near North Castle Heights and conducted some patrols while the British marched down
the Hudson River to encircle Fort Washington, which was surrendered by the Americans after heavy fighting on
November 16, 1776. British General Cornwallis led a heavy detachment up the Palisades cliffs on the Hudson River
and approached Fort Lee from the rear. The American garrison under Rhode Island General Nathaniel Greene
abandoned the fort on November 20, 1776 and retreated to New Jersey (Schechter, pp. 243 - 257). Thus began
the New Jersey campaign, and the American cause looked all but lost.

Lippitt’s R.I. Regiment remained in the North Castle, New York area until December 5, 1776, when they crossed over
to the west bank of the Hudson River (“John Smith’s Diary”, p. 262). The regiment later marched to Morristown,
New Jersey, arriving there on December 11, 1776. The British main force under Cornwallis were pursuing
Washington’s army to Trenton, New Jersey. Lippitt’s Regiment retreated through Germantown, New Jersey
towards the Delaware River after General Charles Lee, their Division Commander, was captured by British
Dragoons under Lt. Col. Tarleton on December 13 at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, where Lee unwisely spent the
night away from the protection of his division (“John Smith’s Diary”, pp. 264 - 265; Schecter, pp. 263 - 265).
The remaining Rhode Islanders of Lippitt’s Regiment (who were not discharged due to sickness) crossed the
Delaware River to Easton, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1776. The regiment marched south with their brigade,
now commanded by Rhode Island Colonel Daniel Hitchcock, paralleling the west bank of the Delaware River to
reach the main American Army under General Washington at Trenton, New Jersey. On the 22nd of December,
Lippitt’s Regiment arrived in Bristol, New Jersey on the Delaware River south of Trenton as a part of Hitchcock’s
Brigade (“John Smith’s Diary, pp. 266 - 267). Hitchcock’s Brigade was joined by the Pennsylvania Associaters,
a militia unit from Philadelphia commanded by General John Cadwalader.

During the evening of December 25, 1776, while Washington’s main force was crossing the Delaware River in boats
to attack the Hessian garrison at Trenton, the soldiers of Lippitt’s Regiment attempted to cross the Delaware River
over to Burlington, New Jersey to attack a Hessian garrison there as part of a diversionary advance on the enemy by
Cadwalader’s and Hitchcock’s brigades. Several men of Cadwalader’s force got over the river, but were forced to
turn back by large ice jams and the inability to get supporting artillery across the Delaware (“Washington’s Crossing”,
David Hackett Fischer, Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 214 - 215). None of the men of Hitchcock’s Brigade got
over the river. John Smith described the scene: “the 25th in the Afternoon our Regt paraded and every man that
was able to goe upon Duty was ordred to get in Readyness to march and Join the Brigade which they Did and Crossed
over to Burlintown and marched that Evening Several miles to a River [the Delaware River] and Some of the troops
Crosed But the Ice was in the River so that they Could not Get over the artillery and was Oblig’d to Give over the
Expeadition for this Night and about 3 a clock [AM] it Began to hail Verey fast. Our Regt Returned in the meen
time and soon after was a Verey Bad Storm of Rain and hail Snow and thundring of Cannon which Began about
7 or 8 a clock in the morning and Continiued Very Loud and quick for a Considerable time [Washington’s attack
on Trenton].......” (“John Smith’s Diary”, pp. 267 - 268). Fortunately for the Americans, Washington’s force defeated
the Hessian garrison at Trenton in the early morning hours of December 26, 1776.

On the 27th of December, Cadwalader’s and Hitchcock’s force successfully crossed over the Delaware to Burlington,
New Jersey, which the Hessians abandoned on December 26 after Washington’s attack. The Americans advanced
from Burlington to nearby Crosswicks, New Jersey. Here, the Rhode Island men had to make a critical decision.
Their one year enlistment was set to expire at the end of December, so on the 30th of December, General
Thomas Mifflin had the Rhode Island soldiers paraded in regimental formation and “harangued” the Brigade
appealing to the critical need of the nation and the soldier’s individual patriotism to serve another month after their
original enlistments expired. John Smith tells us: “the 30th in the Afternoon our Brigade was sent for into the feild
where we Paraded Befor the General who was present with all the feild officers and after meaking many fair
promises to them he begged them to tarey one month Longer in the Service and Almost Every man Consented
to stay Longer who Received 10 Doler Bounty as soon as Signed their names then the Genl with the soldiers
have three Huzzas and was with Claping of hands for Joy amongst the Specttators and as soon as that was over
the Genel ordred us to heave a gill of Rum pr man and set out to trenton to acquaint Genl Washington with his
good success as he termd it to Meak his heart Glad once more we was Dismisd to Goe to our Quarters with great
Applause the inhabitents and others saying we had Done honour to our Country viz New England ......”
(“John Smith Diary”, pp. 269 - 270 ).

General Washington ordered a concentration of all of his forces at Trenton, New Jersey on January 2, 1777 as
a force of 9,000 British soldiers under General Cornwallis was advancing from Brunswick down the Princeton road.
With the muddy roads, the British made slow progress from Princeton on January 2nd. They were ambushed and harrassed
by American riflemen all afternoon and did not reach the outskirts of Trenton until 4PM. As the American riflemen
and advanced artillery retreated through Trenton, Washington sent Hitchcock’s Rhode Island Brigade over the bridge
at Assunpink Creek into downtown Trenton to cover their retreat (Fischer, pp. 290 - 299). The British rushed right
up to the rearguard of the Rhode Island Brigade, which opened fire on the British and held them off long enough
to evacuate most of the American forces south of Assunpink Creek. John Howland of Capt. David Dexter’s Company wrote:
“...... the bridge was narrow and our platoons in passing it were crowded into a dense and solid mass, in the rear of
which, the enemy were making their best efforts ....... The noble horse of Gen. Washington stood with his breast
pressed close against the west rail of the bridge, and the firm, composed, and majestic countenance of the General
inspired confidence and assurance in a moment so important and critical. In this passage it was my fortune to be next
the west rail, and arriving at the end of the bridge rail, I was pressed against the shoulder of the general’s horse
and in contact with the general’s boot. The horse stood as firm as the rider, and seemed to understand that he was
not to quit his post and station” (Edwin M. Stone, "Life of John Howland", p. 73). Heavy fighting continued in Trenton
until nightfall with the British making repeated infantry charges over the Assunpink Bridge that were bloodily repulsed
by the Americans, thus ending the Second Battle of Trenton (Fischer, pp. 305 - 307).

Outnumbered by a strong force of the enemy, the Americans seemed to be in a dangerous position with the Delaware
River to their backs. After a council of war which Rhode Islanders Nathanael Greene and Daniel Hitchcock attended,
Washington agreed to a bold plan proposed by General Arthur St. Clair and some of the local New Jersey officers to
flank the British left wing by a forced night march along cut trails and country lanes east of the Assunpink Creek. If
undetected, the American Army could reach Princeton and attack the rear areas of the British Army (Fischer,
pp. 313 - 316). A screening force of American militia tended the campfires during the night of January 2, 1777
to keep up the illusion that the Americans were staying put for a fight in the morning. From midnight to 2 AM,
the American Army moved out in bitter cold weather which turned the muddy roads into hard frozen ground. The
men were sleepy and tripped often over paths of newly cut tree stubs felled by the American vanguard. At
dawn the Americans had reached the Quaker Bridge, where they were forced to construct a temporary bridge for
their artillery (Fischer, pp. 316 - 323). After finishing the bridge and crossing Stony Brook, the American
Army split into two columns, the left under General Nathanael Greene and the right under General John Sullivan.
Hitchcock’s Brigade was with Sullivan’s column. The lead element of Greene’s Division commanded by
General Hugh Mercer ran into a heavy detachment of British troops led by Col. Mawhood that were marching to Trenton
from Princeton. In the resulting fierce and chaotic fight, the British charged with fixed bayonets and broke many
of the Americans of Mercer’s command and Cadwalader’s men who came up in support of Mercer. General Mercer
attempted to rally his men but was mortally bayonetted by the British and left for dead on the field (he would later
die of his wounds at the Thomas Clark House). At this time, General George Washington appeared on the battlefield
and took personal command of the American soldiers. He brought up Hitchcock’s Rhode Island Brigade to the right
of Cadwalader’s rallied troops and the whole American line advanced and fired a volley into the British. The British
finally broke and retreated and the fighting shifted into Princeton and the campus of Princeton College. General
Sullivan’s Division with supporting artillery defeated the remaining British in Princeton. The Americans were in no
condition to continue an attack towards Brunswick, so Washington decided to march to Morristown, New Jersey,
where the Army could maintain a strong defensive position in the mountains of northern New Jersey (Fischer,
pp. 334 - 343). After their arrival in Morristown, Lippitt’s Regiment was ordered to Chatham, New Jersey
southeast of Morristown. Here they conducted patrols to forage for the American Army at Morristown and to
harass British forage parties. John Howland states: “In February, Captain Dexter’s Company were discharged
at Chatham. Our paper money wages, forty shillings per month, was never paid fully, and we received nothing to bear
our expenses home” (Stone, p. 78). Some of the men marched to Peekskill, New York where they received some
shoes from J.J. Hazard from Rhode Island with the aid of Capt. David Dexter. John Howland became sick in
New York and was forced to remain there three weeks under the care of Capt. Loring Peck of Lippitt’s Regiment
(Stone, pp. 78 - 79).
The proof that Esek Smith served in Lippitt’s Regiment through January 1777 is seen based on a few wage receipt
rolls. Esek appears on a wage receipt roll dated December 24, 1776, also a “wages to Smithfield and Cumberland”
roll dated January 18, 1777 in Chatham, New Jersey, and a “wages for Continental Service” receipt roll dated
April 2, 1777 in Providence, Rhode Island (Revolutionary War Transcription File Index, Rhode Island State Archives,
Providence, R.I.).

Esek is probably the “Esek Smith” who served in Capt. Joseph Sprague’s Company in October 1777 in
Col. Chad Brown’s Rhode Island Militia Regiment (a unit which his brothers Oliver and Elijah served in).
He also likely served in Col. Chad Brown’s Regiment in August 1778 during the Battle of Rhode Island campaign
(Revolutionary War Transcription File Index, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence, R.I.).

After the war, Esek owned a small piece of land adjacent to his father Joshua Smith in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
I have found little other information about Esek.


children:
Unknown




***Oliver⁶ Smith  (Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. October 26, 1757 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. February 21, 1779 in Smithfield, R.I.    Elethear (also spelled Alethere) Herendeen   b. Abt. 1759 in Smithfield, R.I.    d. March 6, 1848 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. August 16, 1843 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Oliver Smith Lot (NS048), Rocky Hill Road, North Smithfield, R.I.
G.P.S. Coordinates: 41^o 56' 46.02" [56.767'] N; 71^o 30' 58.56" [30.976'] W , Elevation 574'
Thanks to Mr. Sokol for showing me the location of the Oliver Smith Lot. I first visited this cemetery in October 2004.
It was lightly overgrown with vegetation and has been cleaned. Some of the gravestones have fallen over.
There are about 4 to 5 older graves marked by eroded fieldstones. There may be additional graves on the
western side of the lot.


Oliver served with various militia units during the Revolutionary War. His Revolutionary War Pension File (W24991)
details his service (see also D.A.R. R.I. G.R.C. 1970 S1 V59 page 97). His brother Esek Smith enlisted in
Capt. David Dexter's Company of Col. Babcock's Regiment (Col. Christopher Lippitt assumed command shortly thereafter)
in January 1776 for one year. Esek became sick in Spring 1776 (perhaps with smallpox?), and Oliver served two months
in Esek's place in Capt. David Dexter's Company that Spring of 1776 in Newport, R.I. Lippitt's 2nd Regiment of
Rhode Island State Troops was attached later to Daniel Hitchcock’s Rhode Island Brigade (Continental) and served with
the Continental Army in New York in October 1776.

John Howland, who was born in Newport, Rhode Island and moved to Providence, Rhode Island before the
Revolutionary War, enlisted in Capt. David Dexter’s Company as well. John gave a record of his service in
Col. Lippitt’s Regiment in his memoirs, which were written by Edwin M. Stone in 1857 (Edwin M. Stone,
“The life and recollections of John Howland, the late president of the Rhode Island historical society.”,
Providence, R.I., G.H. Whitney, 1857). Lippitt’s Regiment was raised by the Rhode Island General Assembly
to protect Newport, R.I. since the harbor there was “infested” by 15 or 16 ships commanded by
Capt. James Wallace of the frigate HMS Rose, which raided Narragansett Bay at will and would cause much grief for
Rhode Islanders in coastal communities (Stone, p. 52). The terms of enlistment for Lippitt’s Regiment were
“two month’s pay in advance, and we were to find our own clothes”. Pay for a private was 40 shillings per month
(Stone, p. 53). John Howland reported for duty in Lippitt’s Regiment at the Headquarters which were
in the Bannister House in Newport, R.I. “There was a small regiment of State troops, commanded by
Col. William Richmond, of Little Compton, and a company of artillery, stationed in the island [i.e. Aquidneck Island]
when our regiment was formed, and in the spring of the year, we were all marched into town and quartered on the point
north of long wharf. These troops were formed into a brigade, and William Barton, who kept a hatter’s shop in Providence,
was appointed brigade major” (Stone, p. 55).


After his brother Esek returned to duty in Lippitt’s Regiment, Oliver Smith enlisted for three months as a private in
Capt. Samuel May's Company in Col. John Cook's Regiment (First Regiment) of R.I. State Troops in Sept. 1776
and served out his term. Oliver states in his service affadavit that he was on Aquidneck Island when the British took
possession of Newport in December 1776.


During the winter in early 1777, Oliver was drafted and served one month in Capt. Job Mowry's Company in
Col. Chad Brown's Regiment (2nd Providence Co. Regiment of R.I. Militia) and one month in Capt. Stephen Winsor's
Company in the same regiment. Oliver states in his affadavit that he stood sentry outside Brig. General Benedict
Arnold's quarters in Providence "many nights" during the early months of 1777. Brig. Gen. Arnold had been sent
to New England by General Washington to prepare local New England militias for the possible amphibious attack by
British forces attached to a British Fleet anchored off Connecticut. Brig. Gen. Arnold had a few months earlier in
October 1776 saved northern New York for the year with his skillful command of the rebel fleet on Lake Champlain.
With his assignment in New England in early 1777, Gen. Arnold displayed his usual talent for field command and
aggressive offensive spirit as he requested additional Continental Forces to attack the British forces garrisoned in
Newport. General Washington could spare no forces in 1777, but Arnold's plans to attack the British on Aquidneck
Island would see fruition under Major General John Sullivan's campaign in 1778. Brig. Gen. Arnold would later
lead Connecticut militia into battle against those same British forces anchored off Connecticut in April 1777
at Compo Hill, Conn. (Danbury Raid).
Oliver Smith was drafted again in the Spring of 1777 and served as a private in Capt. Nehemiah Smith's Company in
Col. Chad Brown's Regiment in Providence for one month. In the Fall of 1777 he was drafted and served as a private
in Capt. Joseph Sprague's Company in Col. Chad Brown's Regiment for two months. He was stationed at the "college
in Providence" (modern Brown University) and at the “Joseph Brown house” (on South Main Street in Providence).


In July or August of 1778, Oliver was drafted and served as a private for two months in Capt. Joseph Sprague's
Company of Col. John Angell's Regiment in General William West's Brigade during Major General John Sullivan's
expedition to Aquidneck Island. Oliver states in his affadavit that he participated in the Battle of Rhode
Island on "August 28" (the battle was fought on August 29, 1778; for a good review of the 1778 campaign, read
Paul F. Dearden's book "The Rhode Island Campaign of 1778: Inauspicious Dawn of Alliance", 1980). Oliver's final
service in the war was a one month term in the Fall of 1779 in Capt. Smith's Company of Col. Chad Brown's Regiment
of militia.

After the war, Oliver was a farmer in Smithfield, R.I. His primary farm was on the north side of Rocky Hill Road (see below).


children:
Unknown Female 1⁷ Smith (Bef. 1785 - ? )
Celia⁷ Smith (Abt. 1783 - 1843)
***Thomas⁷ Smith
Lucretia⁷ Smith (Abt. 1789 - 1848)
Thamor⁷ Smith (1791 - 1868 )
Juni⁷ Smith (Abt. 1795 - 1856)
Stephen⁷ Smith 2nd (Abt. 1802 - 1877)
Unknown Male 1⁷ Smith (Aft. 1800 - ? )
Unknown Male 2⁷ Smith (Aft. 1800 - ? )
Pannelia⁷ Smith (Aft. 1800 - ? ) [Pannelia Smith had an illegitimate son named Miranda Perry Aldrich
with Nathan Aldrich in 1828, see Smithfield Vital Records and Lucretia Smith Will below]






Joseph Brown, a scientist and architect, and a member of the wealthy and renown
Brown Family of Providence, had this house built in 1774 at modern day 50 South
Main Street in Providence. The old Field Garrison House of the 1600’s stood at
this site and was torn down to build the Joseph Brown House. Oliver Smith in his
pension application states that he was quartered at the Joseph Brown House in
Fall 1777 while he served in the Rhode Island Militia (sources: Edwin M. Stone,
“The life and recollections of John Howland, the late president of the Rhode Island
historical society.”, Providence, R.I., G.H. Whitney, 1857, pp. 23 - 24; William
McKenzie Woodward, “Guide to Providence Architecture”, Providence Preservation
Society & American Institute of Architects - Rhode Island Chapter, 2003, p. 20 ).






Gravestone of Oliver Smith in the Oliver Smith Lot (NS048).






Gravestone of Elethear (Herendeen) Smith in the Oliver Smith Lot (NS048).






Gravestone of Oliver Smith's daughter Celia Smith in the
Oliver Smith Lot (NS048).






Gravestone of Oliver Smith's daughter Lucretia Smith in the
Oliver Smith Lot (NS048).






Map by Dan of NS048, the Oliver Smith Lot (Family Cemetery) in North Smithfield, R.I. Click on
the map for a larger version. There are several unknown graves (likely Smith relatives) marked
by old fieldstones.





2011/2012 Legal Issues Concerning the Oliver Smith Historic Cemetery (NS048) and a Notice to all Oliver Smith Descendants:




As has been noted elsewhere on this website, the Towns of Smithfield and North Smithfield, Rhode Island continue to change, and
Land Developments proceed. Two new houses are currently planned on Rocky Hill Road that will block your access to the
Oliver Smith Historic Cemetery. One of the houses is being built, and the other one has not been started yet, as of November 2011.
Unfortunately, you descendants have been sleeping on the job (so to speak), and have not maintained the cemetery! From local landowner
accounts, there were some individuals of the Smith Family who kept the cemetery clean into the 1990's. Apparently, these individuals
have died. From 2004 to the present, I (Dan) and my Cousin and his son from Massachusetts are the only ones who have made any attempts to
clean the cemetery. You descendants living in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are much closer than the thirteen hour drive I have to
make just to get to Rhode Island. STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR ANCESTORS!
How much effort does it take for someone living in Rhode Island or Massachusetts to visit our family cemeteries a few times a year
and cut some vegetation with some clippers?????? I have cut several trees down in the cemetery in September 2011, and I will clear out
the rest of them the next time I get back to R.I. Unfortunately, I have several cemeteries in Rhode Island to look after, a ton of
research projects to do, and a book project to finish. What are YOU doing? GET MOTIVATED PEOPLE! If it weren't for your
hard-working ancestors, you wouldn't enjoy your modern, comfortable American Lifestyle!










Legal Ownership of the Oliver Smith Historic Cemetery (NS048) and the current Land Title Dispute:





This Case is under Legal Review by an Attorney I have hired. As with all Legal Matters, there is no guarantee
of success. We (interested Descendants) should have at minimum some sort of access to the Cemetery through the
Easement required by the Town of North Smithfield as shown in the Plat Maps below. I will keep the Family
updated through this web page. I would like to thank my Cousin and his son from Massachusetts who have helped out
in this matter. However, I am very disappointed in my living Cousins in Rhode Island and elsewhere who have chosen
to sit on the sidelines and take no action. This inaction seems to be your Standard Operating Procedure over the
years, so I guess I should not be surprised!











Map of Plat 20, Lot 21 courtesy of the Town of North Smithfield Town Clerk's Office.
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Detail of above Map showing general site location courtesy of the Town of North Smithfield Town Clerk's Office.
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Detail of above Map showing Lot 2 and the Oliver Smith Cemetery courtesy of the Town of North Smithfield Town Clerk's Office.
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Detail of above Map showing Oliver Smith Cemetery courtesy of the Town of North Smithfield Town Clerk's Office.
Notice how the cemetery boundaries are drawn within the Lot 2 property boundaries and that only 3,051 square feet are shown
for the cemetery.
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Detail of Notes of above Map courtesy of the Town of North Smithfield Town Clerk's Office.
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November 2011 View to the West down Rocky Hill Road towards the distinct bend in the road where the house on Lot 1 at
700 Rocky Hill Road has been built. The woods to the right in this photo are on Lot 2 which will be developed with another
house and garage that will block our access to the Historic Oliver Smith Cemetery (NS048).
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November 2011 View to the North up Rocky Hill Road towards the distinct bend in the road and the new house and garage
owned by the Morrissey Family at 700 Rocky Hill Road. The Oliver Smith Cemetery is in the woods directly behind the garage
in this perspective.
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November 2011 View of the new house on Lot 1 at 700 Rocky Hill Road in North Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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Map of the Lots on North Smithfield Plat 20 courtesy of the Town of North Smithfield Town Clerk's Office. Lots 21, 44, and 45
made up the old Oliver Smith Farm (approximately 19 acres of Land), while Lot 32 is part of the City of Woonsocket Reservoir No. 3
Land which came from the old Jonathan Paine Farm. Thamor Smith, daughter of Oliver Smith, married Jonathan Paine. Oliver Smith
also owned some Land on the south side of Rocky Hill Road.
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First portion of the Original Oliver Smith Will in Smithfield Probate Book Volume 6, Part 2, pp. 583-584 in the old
Smithfield Records in the Central Falls Town Clerk’s Office.
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Second portion of the Original Oliver Smith Will in Smithfield Probate Book Volume 6, Part 2, pp. 583-584 in the old
Smithfield Records in the Central Falls Town Clerk’s Office.
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Third portion of the Original Oliver Smith Will in Smithfield Probate Book Volume 6, Part 2, pp. 583-584 in the old
Smithfield Records in the Central Falls Town Clerk’s Office.
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Fourth portion of the Original Oliver Smith Will in Smithfield Probate Book Volume 6, Part 2, pp. 583-584 in the old
Smithfield Records in the Central Falls Town Clerk’s Office.
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First portion of the Original Lucretia Smith Will in Smithfield Probate Book Volume 7, Part 2, pp. 440-441 in the
Central Falls Town Clerk’s Office.
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Second portion of the Original Lucretia Smith Will in Smithfield Probate Book Volume 7, Part 2, pp. 440-441 in the
Central Falls Town Clerk’s Office.
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Elijah⁶ Smith   (Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. April 24, 1761 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. Bef. 1790 in Smithfield, R.I.    Mary (Smith?)    b. December 18, 1769 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. November 22, 1824 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. June 23, 1852 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (NS017), Douglas Pike, North Smithfield, R.I.
This cemetery was in good condition in October 2004. It lies just north of the Mattity Road intersection.

Elijah served in the Rhode Island militia during the Revolutionary War. His Revolutionary War Pension File
(S21982) details his service (Thanks to Patricia Wood of Pascoag, R.I. for sending me a copy of Elijah’s
service record). In December 1776, the British invaded Newport, R.I with a powerful fleet and conducted an
unopposed amphibious landing on Aquidneck Island. The Rhode Island State Militia that were not on Aquidneck
Island (Elijah’s brother Oliver Smith was serving with Col. John Cook’s First Regiment on Aquidneck when the
British landed) were called out on alarm to Bristol, R.I. to defend the rest of the state. Elijah’s father Joshua Smith
was called out to serve with the militia at Bristol, but Elijah, at age 15, served in his place for 15 days in
Capt. John Eddy’s Company of Col. Chad Brown’s Regiment of Militia (2nd Providence Co. Regiment of R.I. Militia).
In April 1777, when Elijah turned 16, he enlisted in Capt. John Eddy’s Company of Col. Chad Brown’s Regiment
and served from April to December 1777. The Regiment was organized so that each man had to serve for one
full month every third month. Elijah served as a private on guard duty mostly in Providence and
sometimes along the shores of Narragansett Bay. In 1778, Elijah served with the same company but under
the command of Col. John Angell.
In July and August 1778, Elijah participated in Gen. John Sullivan’s campaign against the British on Aquidneck
Island. During the Battle of Rhode Island, Elijah and brother Oliver Smith were with Col. John Angell’s Regiment,
which saw little action during the battle but acted as the rearguard for the American army as it withdrew over
Howland’s Ferry to Tiverton on the night of August 30, 1778.
In 1779, Elijah served four full months as a private in Col. Chad Brown’s Regiment. Elijah’s final service
was an enlistment in the one month militia regiment raised in March 1780 for duty on Aquidneck Island under
Brigadier General Nathan Miller. Elijah served in the Battalion commanded by Lt. Col. George Peck and was
discharged in April 1780.

After the war, Elijah was a farmer in Smithfield (in present-day North Smithfield). Note: some birthdates
in this family came from D.A.R. Application # 71720, Microfilm Section, D.A.R. Library, Washington, D.C.


children:
Ephraim⁷ Smith (1790 - 1854)
Stephen⁷ Smith (1799 - 1883) [a.k.a. "Stephen Smith the 1st"]
Simon⁷ Smith (1802 - 1882)
Unnamed infant son⁷ Smith (1805 - 1805)
Mary⁷ Ann Smith (1811 - 1890)





The “Stephen Smith” House, located on the corner of Mattity Road and
Douglas Pike, was built about 1815 by Stephen Smith’s father, Elijah Smith.
After Elijah died in 1852, the house was inherited by Stephen Smith. The house
remained in the Smith Family until the early 1900’s. Historic Cemetery NS017,
where the Smiths are buried at, is located just north of Mattity Road along
Douglas Pike. (Sources: “Images of America, North Smithfield”, North Smithfield
Heritage Association, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, S.C., 2003, p. 53 ; “Historic
and Architectural Resources of North Smithfield, Rhode Island: A preliminary
Report”, Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1980, p. 47).






"Smith Lot" (NS017), the lot where Elijah Smith and family are buried.
This cemetery was reserved out of the original property by the Will (Probate)
of Stephen Smith the 1st, February 17, 1879, Town of North Smithfield Probate Records.






Gravestone of Elijah Smith in the Smith Lot (NS017).






Gravestone of Mary Smith in the Smith Lot (NS017).





Israel⁶ Smith   (Jeremiah⁵, Jacob⁴, Joseph³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. May 19, 1765 in Smithfield, R.I.?
m1. 1799 in Smithfield, R.I.?    Amey Phillips    b. 1779 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. August 4, 1826 in North Scituate, R.I.
m2. February 24, 1829 in North Scituate, R.I.    Lucy Peckham    b. ? in R.I.?    d. ? in North Scituate, R.I.?
d. November 2, 1838 in North Scituate, R.I.
burial: Glenford Cemetery (SC031), Route 116, North Scituate, R.I.

Israel lived in North Scituate, Rhode Island. His sons Canton and Henry Smith moved to
Grand Rapids, Michigan and lived out their lives there. Family information from Mass.
D.A.R. G.R.C. 1938-1939 S1 V114, p. 164, contributed by Howard D. Smith of Chelmsford, Mass.
Howard D. Smith (1881 - 1964) was a son of Lt. Martin S. Smith and is buried in the
Glenford Cemetery (SC031) in North Scituate.


children1:
Martin⁷ Smith (1800 - 1870)
Waty⁷ Smith (1801 - 1864)
Canton⁷ Smith (1802 - 1882)
Henry⁷ C. Smith (1804 - 1886)
Galatia⁷ Smith (1812 - 1830) (Twin)
Statira⁷ Smith (1812 - 1869) (Twin) (married Alexander Hawkins)
Alcey⁷ W. Smith (1814 - 1889)
Jerusha⁷ L. Smith (1816 - 1836) (Twin)
Russell⁷ Smith (1816 - 1889) (Twin)






Grave of Israel Smith (1765 - 1838) in the Glenford Cemetery in Scituate, R.I.







Grave of Israel's son Martin Smith (1800 - 1870) and his Family in the
Glenford Cemetery in Scituate, R.I. Martin served in the Rhode Island
General Assembly in 1867.







Picture of 2nd Lt. Martin S. Smith of Company K, 3rd Battalion,
14th Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, from "The Fourteenth
Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (colored) in the War to
Preserve the Union, 1861 - 1865), by Lt. William H. Chenery,
Snow and Farnham, Printers, Providence, R.I., 1898, p. 312.
Martin taught NCO classes to the colored enlisted men of the
regiment, p. 48 (see also p. 43, and p. 106 of the above Volume).







Grave of Israel's grandson 2nd Lt. Martin S. Smith (1844 - 1936) and his Family
in the Glenford Cemetery. Martin S. Smith served as a Lieutenant in
Co. K, 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment (colored) which became
the 11th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment on May 21, 1864. This unit
served in Louisiana in the New Orleans area. Martin graduated from Brown
University in 1867 and was a member of the Rhode Island General Assembly in
1874, 1875, and 1879-1884. He was also a trial judge from 1879 to 1883, a
member of the Scituate Town Council in 1878, and a superintendent of schools
in Scituate. Martin was a member of the First Baptist Church in Providence
(Richard M. Bayles, ed., "History of Providence County, Vol. 1 and 2,
"Biographical Sketches: Town of Scituate", p. 622). Note Martin S. Smith's
son Howard D. Smith (1881 - 1964) who lived in Chelmsford, Mass.







The "Martin Smith House" on Gleaner Chapel Road in northern Scituate, R.I.
This house dates to 1740. It was bought in 1785 by Israel Smith. His son
Martin Smith (1800 - 1870) inherited the house, who passed it on to
Lt. Martin S. Smith, who lived in it from 1878 to his death ("Historical and
Architectural Resources of Scituate, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report",
1980, p. 45).






George⁶ Smith 2nd  (Jeremiah⁵, Jacob⁴, Joseph³, Edward², Christopher¹)  
b. April 14, 1774 in Smithfield, R.I.?
m. March 11, 1804 in Smithfield, R.I.?    Mary Farnum    b. May 1785 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. December 11, 1868 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. March 19, 1856 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: George Smith Lot (SM022), Clark Road, Smithfield, R.I.
GPS coordinates: 41^o 54' 19.22" N; 71^o 29' 51.44" W
I visited this cemetery in June 2008. A historic house that Jeremiah⁵ Smith owned in the 1700's is
nearby. Jeremiah Smith sold this house to his son George Smith on January 12, 1807.
Thanks to the Elfast Family for a tour of the property and access to the cemetery.


George was a farmer and lived off Douglas Pike near Clark Road. I have not figured out why he
is called "George 2nd" yet. George Smith the blacksmith also lived in Smithfield in the mid-
1800's and appears as a likely member of the Christopher Smith family. Family information from
Mass. D.A.R. G.R.C. 1938-1939 S1 V114, p. 163, contributed by Howard D. Smith of Chelmsford, Mass.


children:
Arnold⁷ Smith (1805 - 1879)
Stephen⁷ Smith (1807 - 1856)
George⁷ F. Smith (1809 - 1839)
Almond⁷ B. Smith (1813 - 1814)
Cyrus⁷ O. Smith (1815 - 1819)
Henry⁷ A. Smith (1818 - 1876)






A view of the George Smith Lot (SM022) off Clark Road in Smithfield, R.I.






***Thomas⁷ Smith  (Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. Abt. February 1785 in Smithfield, R.I.
m1. Bef. 1808   Sarah Chillson   b. September 5, 1788 in Smithfield, R.I.    d. September 24, 1841 in Smithfield, R.I.
(Sarah Chillson is buried in Smith Lot (SM049) on Smith Ave. in Greenville, R.I.).
m2. May 2, 1844 Elsa ( ? ) Richardson    b. Abt. January 26, 1809 in Connecticut    d. January 15, 1855 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. May 20, 1857 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: "Aldrich Lot" (SM012), Douglas Pike, Smithfield, R.I.

Thomas was a wheelwright and farmer. He lived and owned land along Douglas Pike in northern
Smithfield (near present-day Bryant College) during the early 1800's. His land was in the
"Island Woods" section along Douglas Pike near the land of Jenckes Harris. Thomas and his second
wife Elsa are buried with George A. Richardson, a child of Elsa's first marriage, in the
"Aldrich Lot" (SM012), a small historical cemetery visible off the entrance drive to Bryant
University (from Douglas Pike) on the right side about 50 yards in front of the security hut.


children1:
Unknown Male 1⁸ Smith (Bef. 1810 - ? )
***Delilah⁸ Smith
Charles⁸ Smith (1812 - 1886)
Thomas⁸ Smith Jr. (1815 - 1878)
Elisha⁸ M. Smith (1819 - 1853)
Sterry⁸ Smith (1821 - 1898)
Amelia⁸ (a.k.a. "Amaline") Smith (1825 - Aft. 1856)
Nancy⁸ Smith (1827 - 1900)
Sarah⁸ A. (a.k.a. “Sally”) Smith (1827? - 1887)
Julia⁸ Ann Smith (1829 - 1898)
Frances⁸ Jane Smith (1831 - 1890)


children2:
Oliver⁸ Smith (1846 - 1913)






This unidentified Daguerreotype might be of Thomas Smith (1785-1857) about 1840's.
Daguerreotype from Smith Daguerreotype Album, Eayrs Family Collection, courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Massachusetts.





A Note on the Smith Daguerreotype Album
The Smith Dageurreotype Album is owned by a cousin of mine who is a descendant of George Smith (1837-1908).
It features several unidentified Portraits of people from the mid 1800's who look mostly like Smiths to me.
I believe many of the individuals are brothers and sisters of Delilah Smith (1807-1875), who is shown lower on
this web page. The individuals probably include Charles Smith, Thomas Smith Jr., Elisha M. Smith, Sterry Smith,
Amelia Smith, Nancy Smith, Sarah A. ("Sally") Smith, Julia Ann Smith, and Frances Jane Smith.
IF YOU ARE A DESCENDANT OF ONE OF THESE BROTHERS OR SISTERS OF DELILAH SMITH AND HAVE OLD PICTURES OF YOUR
ANCESTORS, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THE EMAIL LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS WEB PAGE! WE WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY
THESE INDIVIDUALS. An example of just two pages of the Album are shown directly below.






Two pages of the Smith Daguerreotype Album, courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.











Will of Thomas Smith in Smithfield Probate Book 10, p. 235, in the Central Falls City Clerk's Office.
Click on the Image for a larger picture.











"Aldrich Lot" (SM012), the small lot where Thomas and Elsa Smith are buried. This cemetery was reserved out of
the original property in the Land Deed from Pearl C. Perreault to Bryant College, Smithfield (Georgiaville)
Deeds Book 38, pp. 679-681, dated November 4, 1968. Visitors to the Cemetery also have a right of passage to the
Cemetery from Douglas Pike through this Land Deed. If Bryant University Security bother or harass you during your
visit (the Bryant Front Gate is clearly visible as you walk to the cemetery), please contact me at the email link
at the bottom of this page, and I will send you a copy of the Land Deed (your legal passport) to show the Security
Personnel.






Gravestones of Thomas Smith and Elsa ( ? ) Richardson.




                 
Gravestone of Sarah (Chillson) Smith in Smith Lot (SM049) in Greenville, R.I.        Back side of gravestone of Sarah (Chillson) Smith.


Thanks to the Friends of Smithfield Cemeteries for restoring and maintaining the Smith Lot (SM049), as this cemetery was in bad shape a few years ago.






Town of Smithfield Survey of Douglas Pike about 1850 likely by Asa Winsor. The west side of Douglas Pike is to the left.
"Obadiah Smith Road" is modern day Limerock Road; Obadiah Smith had a farm on the east side of Douglas Pike. Note the small
schoolhouse at Harris Road, which is the modern day Harris Road. The Daniel Angell House (Tavern) has been removed and
preserved as an addition to a historic house in Glocester, R.I. at the intersection of Cooper Road and Farnum Road (see
Article "Glocester resurrects Angell Tavern" by Katie Warchut in the August 6, 2004 "Providence Journal" Newspaper).
Map from Plat Map A98, courtesy of Central Falls Town Clerk's Office.
Click on the Photo for a larger image.






Town of Smithfield Survey of Douglas Pike about 1850 likely by Asa Winsor with a view farther north than the first map above.
George Smith is "George Smith 2nd", son of Jeremiah Smith, and this house has been torn down. "City Road" is modern day
Hanton City Road which was condemned recently by the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. on Douglas Pike (where Fidelity
put their campus). The diagonal road coming down to "City Road" is modern day Lydia Ann Road which was also condemned by
R.I. Economic Development Corp. The "Town House" was the Smithfield Town Poor Farm, which like so many old Smithfield Houses
has been destroyed. Map from Plat Map A98, courtesy of Central Falls Town Clerk's Office.
Click on the Photo for a larger image.






Town of Smithfield Survey of Douglas Pike about 1850 likely by Asa Winsor. "Branch Road", the road leading to the
northeast, is modern day "Branch Pike", while the "Woonsocket Road" is the modern day "Brayton Road". Jenckes Harris
owned a good portion of the land to the right on this map. Ethan Harris was Jenckes Harris' brother. Thomas Smith's
house and farm, where Thomas is buried at in Smithfield Historic Cemetery SM012, is where modern day Bryant University
lies. Most of these Smithfield Historic Houses have been torn down. Map from Plat Map A98, courtesy of Central Falls
Town Clerk's Office.
Click on the Photo for a larger image.





Juni⁷ Smith  (Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. Abt. 1795 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. Bef. 1824      Roby ( ? )    b. Abt. 1803 in Connecticut    d. ? in Smithfield, R.I.
d. February 27, 1856 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Oliver Smith Lot (NS048), Rocky Hill Road, North Smithfield, R.I.

Juni Smith was a farmer who lived next to the Smithfield Town Poor Farm off Douglas Pike during the 1800's.


children:
Mary⁸ Smith (1824 - 1891)
Nelson⁸ Smith (Abt. 1826 - ? )
Israel⁸ Smith (Abt. 1831 - ? )
Daniel⁸ Smith (Abt. 1833 - ? )
Phebe⁸ E. Smith (Abt. 1836 - ? )
Susan⁸ Smith (Abt. 1842 - ? )





The gravestone of Juni Smith in the Oliver Smith Lot (NS048).





Stephen⁷ Smith 2nd   (Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. Abt. 1802 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. October 10, 1841 in Smithfield, R.I.      Marcella Ballou    b. August 18, 1824 in Rhode Island    d. August 26, 1899 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. March 16, 1877 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith-Harris Lot (NS025), Providence Pike, North Smithfield, R.I.
This cemetery was cleaned in the late summer of 2005. The land that the cemetery is on is the old
Stephen Smith 2nd farm (and later John Harris farm) which is currently in a state of neglect.


Stephen Smith 2nd was a farmer who lived just north of the Douglas Pike and Branch Pike (Providence Pike)
intersection in modern northern Smithfield near the North Smithfield line. He was named "Stephen 2nd" to
distinguish him from his uncle Elijah Smith's son Stephen who was born earlier in 1799. Stephen served
as a Major in the 6th Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Providence County Militia in 1837. He served as a Lt. Col.
in the same regiment from 1838 to 1840 (see Joseph Jencks Smith, "Civil and Military List of R.I.", Vol. II).


children:
David⁸ I. Smith (Abt. 1842 - 1851)
Oreanna⁸ Smith (1844 - 1916)
Stephen⁸ H. Smith (Abt. 1848 - 1865)
Horace⁸ G. Smith (1854 - 1901)





North Smithfield Historic Cemetery NS025 after a good vegetation removal.





Gravestone of Stephen Smith 2nd in NS025.





Gravestone of Marcelia (Ballou) Smith, wife of Stephen Smith 2nd, in NS025.





Gravestone of Stephen H. Smith, son of Stephen Smith 2nd and Marcelia Smith in NS025.




Ephraim⁷ Smith  (Elijah⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. November 16, 1790 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. Bef. 1822      Elizabeth Inman    b. October 25, 1789 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. October 14, 1848 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. March 4, 1854 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Mowry-Smith Lot (NS033), Rankin Path, North Smithfield, R.I.

Ephraim Smith was a farmer who lived in modern day North Smithfield. The family information is based on
the research of Patricia Wood of Pascoag, R.I. and D.A.R. Application #71720.


children:
Ephraim⁸ Smith Jr. (Abt. 1822 - 1850)
Mary⁸ F. Smith (1826? - ? )
Daniel⁸ Smith (1826 - 1861)
Rachel⁸ M. Smith (1829 - 1911)
Anne⁸ E. Smith (1833 - 1911)
Harris⁸ Jackson Smith (Abt. 1837 - 1911)





Stephen⁷ Smith  (Elijah⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. July 22, 1799 in Smithfield, R.I.
m1. ? in Smithfield, R.I.      Mezada ( ? )    b. Abt. October 2, 1804 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. March 17, 1825 in Smithfield, R.I.
m2. ? in Smithfield, R.I.      Elizabeth ( ? )    b. Abt. December 14, 1801 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. June 9, 1860 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. December 7, 1883 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (NS017), Douglas Pike, North Smithfield, R.I.

Stephen Smith was a farmer who lived in modern day North Smithfield.


children:
unknown






Survey of Douglas Turnpike about 1850 likely by Asa Winsor showing
the Stephen Smith House at the Mattity Road Intersection, from
Plat Map A98, Courtesy Central Falls Town Clerk's Office.







Gravestone of Elijah Smith's son Stephen Smith in the
Smith Lot (NS017).






Simon⁷ Smith  (Elijah⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. January 17, 1803 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. Bef. 1836 in Smithfield, R.I.?      Maranda ( ? )    b. Abt. October 1, 1813 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. May 7, 1903 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. November 30, 1882 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (NS017), Douglas Pike, North Smithfield, R.I.

Simon Smith was a farmer who lived in modern day North Smithfield.


children:
Amanda⁸ Smith (1835 - 1917)
Albert⁸ S. Smith (1838 - 1885)
Susan⁸ J. Smith (1839 - ? )
Thomas⁸ W.D. Smith (Abt. 1844 - ? )
Helen⁸ J. Smith (1845 - ? )
Sarah⁸ M. Smith (Abt. 1847 - ? )
Simon⁸ L.B. Smith (1853 - 1857)





Mary⁷ Ann Smith   (Elijah⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. July 22, 1811 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. December 31, 1890 in North Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (NS017), Douglas Pike, North Smithfield, R.I.

I haven't found evidence that Mary married. She lived with her brothers in modern day North Smithfield.






***Delilah⁸ Smith   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. Abt. October 17, 1807 in Smithfield, R.I.

Had twin sons with unknown father about 1837:
***Jencks⁹ Smith
George⁹ Smith

m1. Aft. 1840  William F. Waterman b. June 7, 1803 d. September 8, 1862
d. January 9, 1875 in Greenville, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (SM049), Smith Ave., Greenville, R.I.

Delilah's nickname was "Duma". The twin boys Jencks and George took the Smith surname of their mother
Delilah after the unknown father left Smithfield and did not marry Delilah. Delilah is listed in the
Federal Census of 1840 in Cumberland, R.I. with two boys, and she later married William⁷ F. Waterman
(Lt. Andrew⁶, Andrew⁵, Resolved⁴, Resolved³, Resolved², Richard¹; see "Descendants of
Richard Waterman of Providence, R.I.", by Jacobus and Waterman, 1954, pp. 272-273; thanks to
Stuart Waterman for the source). William was a painter in Smithfield who raised the Smith boys at times
as his own sons. Jencks and George Smith became painting apprentices to William, and the painting
occupation would continue for several generations in the Smith family. William had one child with
Delilah, a daughter named Harriet.

children1:
Harriet⁹ J. (Hattie) Waterman   b. Abt. December 1849 d. 1932
        m. Edwin Clifford Harris  b. Abt. 1847  d. February 4, 1938
burial: Harris Lot (SM016), Harris Rd., Smithfield, R.I.






    
I believe these three Daguerreotypes are of Delilah Smith (1807-1875). The first one is fairly early, probably 1840's. The last one is likely from the 1860's
to 1870's. If you put a copy of the Daguerreotype of George Smith below next to the first image of Delilah above, the resemblance is striking.
Daguerreotypes from Smith Daguerreotype Album, Eayrs Family Collection, courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






Map by Dan of SM049, the Smith Lot on Smith Ave. in Greenville, R.I. Click on the map for a
larger version. SM049 is one of my favorite cemeteries in R.I. because of the people buried in
it. In the upper right, Amasa and Olive Smith are distant cousins descended from the Scituate
Smiths (Amasa's father was Christopher Smith). Sarah (Chillson) Smith, the daughter of
Revolutionary War soldier John Chillson who served in the Second R.I. Regiment (Continental)
and the Rhode Island Regiment (Continental), was the mother of Delilah (Smith) Waterman,
Elisha M. Smith, Julia A. (Smith) Medbery, and Amelia (Smith) (Baxter) Bellows.
Delilah (Smith) Waterman's son George Smith (1837 - 1908) is buried right next to her.
George's twin brother Jencks (1837 - 1910), whom I am descended from, is buried in the
Greenville Cemetery (SM045) across the road. George Smith married Edna Frances Fiske, whose
parents Emory and Sophia A. (Waterman) Fiske are buried nearby. Sgt. William A. Fiske served
in the 3rd Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment and died at sea when the Steamship "North America"
foundered in a storm off the east coast of Florida the night of December 22 to 23, 1864.
194 lives were lost in the sinking, many of them Union soldiers. I am also descended from
George N. and Nancy H. (Knight) Young.






1879 Copy of an Original July 4, 1854 Survey of the Pardon Angell/Francis Brown Cemetery, which became the
Modern SM049 Historic Cemetery, known today as the "Smith Lot" in Greenville, R.I. The "Public Cemetery"
to the left became St. Phillip's Catholic Church instead of a burial ground. Cemetery plot owners were
filled in later on the drawing. Cemetery Survey from Plat Map 35, courtesy of Town of Smithfield (Georgiaville)
Town Clerk's Office.
Click on the Map for a larger Image.






Detail of the above Cemetery Survey with Lot owners; compare to Dan's Map above. Ira Smith was a son of
Amasa Smith.
Click on the Map for a larger Image.






Gravestone of Delilah (Smith) Waterman in Smith Lot (SM049) in Greenville, R.I. Inscription reads: "Delilah, wife of
William F. Waterman, died January 9, 1875, in the 67th year of her age".
Click on image for a larger picture.






Gravestone of William F. Waterman in Smith Lot (SM049) in Greenville, R.I. Inscription reads:
"William F. Waterman, died September 8, 1862, in the 60th year of his age".
Click on image for a larger picture.






Gravestone of Harriet J. Waterman and Edwin C. Harris in the
Harris Cemetery (SM016) off Harris Road.





Charles⁸ Smith   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. December 27, 1812 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. ? in Smithfield, R.I.?    Diana Pierce    b. November 22, 1826 in Cape Cod, Mass.    d. January 2, 1917 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. September 8, 1886 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (SM008), Lydia Ann Road (north of Douglas Pike), Smithfield, R.I.
Condition: Cemetery clean in October 2004. There was one broken and worn gravestone. According to
the RIHCTP, this might be Delmont Smith’s stone. Access to this cemetery has been blocked (fenced off)
by the R.I. Economic Development Corporation Property on Douglas Pike in 2008/2009!!!!!!!!!!


Charles was a wheelwright and a wagon maker who lived along Douglas Pike just east of the Lydia Ann Road
intersection.


children:
Alice⁹ Chilson Smith (1845 - 1909)
Edith⁹ Smith (1848 - ? )
Delmont⁹ Smith (Abt. 1852 - 1931? )






The Smith Lot (SM008) off Douglas Pike where Charles Smith and family are buried.
Charles lived nearby along the Douglas Pike during the 1800's.






Gravestone of Charles Smith in Smith Lot (SM008).






Gravestone of Diana (Pierce) Smith in Smith Lot (SM008).






Gravestone of Charles Smith's daughter Alice Chilson Smith
in Smith Lot (SM008).





Thomas⁸ Smith Jr.   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. Abt. 1815 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. Before 1847 Julia A. Hopkins    b. Abt. 1822   d. Bef. 1870
d. February 1, 1878 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: unknown; probably buried on his farm on Douglas Pike (I believe Julia Hopkins is buried in the Town Cemetery
Attachment (NS036) to the Union Cemetery (NS007) in Union Village, North Smithfield, R.I.)

Thomas was a wheelwright in Smithfield. He lived along Douglas Pike in northern Smithfield.


children:
Thomas⁹ Smith 3^rd (1847 - 1930)
Sessions⁹ H. Smith (Abt. 1849 - ?)
Mary⁹ E. Smith (Abt. 1850 - ?)



Elisha⁸ M. Smith   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. Abt. March 17, 1819 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. ? in Smithfield, R.I.?    Lillias ( ? )    b. ?    d. ?
d. November 27, 1853 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (SM049), Smith Ave., Greenville, R.I.


children:
Hannah⁹ T. Smith (Abt. 1836 - ? )
Edwin⁹ Smith (1843 - 1869)





                 
Gravestone of Elisha M. Smith in Smith Lot (SM049) in Greenville, R.I.          Back side of gravestone of Elisha M. Smith.





Sterry⁸ Smith   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. Abt. June 1821 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. October 16, 1842 in Smithfield, R.I.    Eliza Ann Curtis    b. Abt. 1816 in Connecticut    d. 1854 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. July 7, 1898 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Chepachet Cemetery (GL023), Acotes Hill, Glocester, R.I.

Sterry lived next to his uncle Stephen Smith 2nd in 1860. He later lived in North Smithfield.


children:
Charles⁹ H. Smith (1842 - 1924)
William⁹ W. Smith (1844 - 1845)
John⁹ W. Smith (1845 - 1928)
Truman⁹ Smith (1848 - 1907)
Edmond⁹ Smith (Abt. 1849 - 1928)





Gravestone of Sterry Smith and family in Chepachet
Cemetery (GL023), Glocester, R.I.





Amelia⁸ Smith   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. March 20, 1825 in Smithfield, R.I.
m1. Bef. 1847 in Smithfield, R.I.?    Samuel M. Baxter    b. Abt. January 1815    d. April 8, 1858 in Smithfield, R.I.?
m2. March 7, 1884 in Smithfield, R.I.?    Jay G. Bellows    b. July 31, 1841 in Smithfield?    d. Aft. 1884 in Smithfield, R.I.?
d. Aft. 1884 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (SM049), Smith Ave., Greenville, R.I.
Condition: Amelia and Jay G. Bellows’ gravestones were tipped over in October 2004. The Smith Lot appears to have
been vandalized from 2003 to 2004 as several gravestones were tipped over. This cemetery was cleaned
and repaired in early 2005, presumably by Friends of Smithfield Cemeteries (Thank you!).



children1:
Amie⁹ T. Baxter (1847 - 1869)





Nancy⁸ Smith   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. Abt. October 15, 1827? in Smithfield, R.I.
m. ? in Smithfield, R.I.?    Edwin P. Williams    b. Abt. 1833 in Olneyville, R.I.    d. December 30, 1906 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. April 5, 1900 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Greenville Cemetery (SM045), Greenville, R.I.
GPS Coordinates: 41^o 52' 5.20" N; 71^o 33' 23.93" W


children:
Hannah⁹ L. Williams (Abt. 1852 - ? )
Dorcas⁹ Williams (Abt. 1855 - ? )
Andrew⁹ Jackson Williams (1858 - 1934)
Nellie⁹ Williams (Abt. 1861 - ? )
Nancy⁹ Williams (Abt. 1868 - ? )




Sarah⁸ A. Smith   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. July 10, 1823? in Smithfield, R.I.?
m. Bef. 1843 in Smithfield, R.I.?    Smith S. Aldrich    b. Abt. 1817 in R.I.?    d. ?
d. ?
burial: Smith Lot (SM049) in Greenville, R.I.?

Sarah’s (also known as “Sally”) son George T. Aldrich is buried in Smith Lot (SM049) in Greenville, R.I.
George served in the Civil War.


children:
Sarah⁹ Maria Aldrich (Abt. 1843 - ? )
George⁹ Thomas Aldrich (Abt. 1848 - 1871)




Julia⁸ Ann Smith   (Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. August 31, 1829 in Smithfield, R.I.?
m. Bef. 1850 in Smithfield, R.I.?    Horace Medbery (Medbury)    b. Abt. 1826 in R.I.    d. ? in North Providence?
d. December 16, 1898 in Smithfield, R.I.?
burial: Smith Lot (SM049), Smith Ave., Greenville, R.I.

Julia bought three acres of land with a house along Douglas Pike (near present day Bryant University)
on August 24, 1880 from her nephew Thomas Smith 3rd (Sm Deeds Book 2 (Georgiaville), p. 163). She lived
at this house for the rest of her life.


children:
Sebastian Leon Medbury (a.k.a. Leon S. Medbury) (1849 - bef. 1920)






Gravestone of Julia Ann (Smith) Medbery (Medbury) in the Smith Lot (SM049)
in Greenville, R.I.





Orreanna⁸ Smith   (Stephen 2nd⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. October 1, 1844 in Smithfield, R.I.
m1. 1867 in Smithfield, R.I.?    John Albert Harris    b. Abt. 1845 in Smithfield, R.I.?    d. 1877 in Smithfield, R.I.?
m2. Aft. 1877 in Smithfield, R.I.?    William M. Paine    b. March 5, 1831 in Smithfield?    d. November 4, 1904 in Smithfield, R.I.?
d. March 4, 1916 in Smithfield, R.I.?
burial: Slatersville Cemetery (NS003), Greene St., Slatersville, R.I.

Orreanna married John A. Harris and lived on her father Stephen Smith 2nd’s Farm (later John Harris Farm) between
Douglas Pike and Providence Pike just north of the Smithfield/North Smithfield town boundaries. A few of
her Harris descendants became members of the D.A.R. Orreanna later married William Paine and apparently
did not have any children with him. John A. Harris is buried in North Smithfield Historic Cemetery NS025.
Orreanna’s second husband William Paine served in the Civil War.


children1:
Eleather⁹ M. Harris (1869 - 1886)
Stella⁹ Harris (1872 - 1959)
Stephen⁹ A. Harris (1872 - 1872)
John⁹ Albert Harris (1874 - 1950)





The grave of John A. Harris (1845 - 1877) in the Smith-Harris Lot (NS025)
in North Smithfield, R.I. This stone is a hand-carved fieldstone.





Grave of Eleather M. Harris in the Smith-Harris Lot (NS025). Eleather was named
for her great-grandmother Elethear (Herrendeen) Smith.





Gravestone of Orreanna (Smith) (Harris) Paine and her second husband William M. Paine in Slatersville Cemetery, NS003.




***Jencks⁹ Smith   (Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. November 30, 1837 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. Abt. 1866 in Smithfield, R.I.   Lenora Harris    b. November 24, 1847/48   d. August 11, 1930
d. October 18, 1910 in Providence, R.I.
burial: Greenville Cemetery (SM045), Greenville, R.I.
GPS Coordinates: 41^o 52' 5.20" N; 71^o 33' 23.93" W

Jencks was a house painter, and he served as the Town Police Sergeant of Smithfield
from about 1885 to 1910. He was the twin brother of George Smith (1837-1908). Jencks
acquired some fame as the arresting officer of Earl Jacques, a mill worker who confessed
to murdering Mary Eddy on January 3, 1908. Jencks was an elderly man of 70 years old at
the time, and he acquired the assistance of Providence City Police Detectives to solve the
murder case. Mary E. Eddy was 39 and worked at the Greenville Woolen Mill on Putnam Pike;
she was buried in Acotes Hill Cemetery in Glocester, R.I. (see the article "Murdered for
thirteen dollars" written by Smithfield Historian Jim Ignasher in the
"Your Smithfield Magazine", January 2010, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 66-67; see also Jim Ignasher,
"Remembering Smithfield Sketches of Apple Valley", p. 100).

A photograph of one of the Smith Twins playing in the Greenville Cornet Band about 1890
may be seen (third row, far right) in the recent Book "Images of America, Smithfield",
Arcadia Publishing, 2008, by Ken Brown Sr., Jim Ignasher, and Bill Pilkington, p. 87.


children:
Albert¹⁰ Orman Smith (1867 - 1907)
***Jenckes¹⁰ Smith Jr.
Lenora¹⁰ Delila Smith (1875 - 1903)
Willie¹⁰ Winsor Smith (1881 - 1892)
Frank¹⁰ Harris Smith (1885 - 1945)





Twin brothers Jencks Smith and George Smith circa 1860's.






Daguerreotype of Jencks Smith and Lenora Harris, probably 1870's, from Smith Daguerreotype Album,
Eayrs Family Collection, courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






Gravestone of Jencks Smith and Lenora Harris in Greenville Cemetery (SM045).






March 1895 Plat Map of the Greenville Cemetery originally owned by Pardon Angell and
John W. Mathewson on Smith Ave. [old Snake Hill Road] in Greenville, R.I. Drawing from
Plat Map 30, courtesy of Town of Smithfield (Georgiaville) Town Clerk's Office.





George⁹ Smith   (Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. November 30, 1837 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. May 24, 1865    Edna Frances Fiske     b. March 1846    d. February 11, 1900
d. June 17, 1908 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (SM049), Smith Ave., Greenville, R.I.

George was a house painter, and he served as the Town Constable of Smithfield
from the late 1880's to 1908.


children:
unknown child 1¹⁰ Smith (Bef. 1868 - ?)(died young)
George¹⁰ Smith Jr. (1868 - 1914)
Carrie¹⁰ Chilson Smith (1872 - 1935)
Harold¹⁰ Fiske Smith (1875 - 1938)
Edna¹⁰ Frances Smith (1884 - 1939)
Emily¹⁰ Green Smith (1886 - 1924)





Daguerreotype of George Smith probably from the early 1860's, from Smith Daguerreotype Album,
Eayrs Family Collection, courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






Photo of Edna Frances Fiske (1846-1900), wife of George Smith, circa 1860's. The Fiske
Family is another old Rhode Island Family. Image from Eayrs Family Collection, courtesy
of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






This image is one of my favorite portraits of George Smith, probably late 1800's.
Note the percussion cap, double-barrelled shotgun and George's sleeping hunting dog.
Photo from Eayrs Family Collection, courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






George Smith had this house at modern day 561 Putnam Pike in Greenville, R.I.
built in 1885. George lived at this house until his death in 1908 ("Historical
and Architectural Resources of Smithfield, Rhode Island", 1992, p. 59).






This view is the same house with barn in the late 1800's. The dirt road in the front is modern Putnam Pike,
currently noted for its traffic. Jencks Smith lived in a house next door to George until the early 1900's,
when Jencks resided in downtown Providence on Park Street. Click on the image for a larger view.
Historic Photo from Eayrs Family Collection, courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






Gravestone of George Smith and Family in Smith Lot (SM049) in Greenville, R.I.
This view was of the Smith Lot in the early 1990's when the cemetery was overrun
with brush. The Friends of Smithfield Cemeteries have done an excellent job of
cleaning this cemetery up.





Albert¹⁰ Orman Smith   (Jencks⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. June 14, 1867 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. February 10, 1904   Ellen Esther Knight (Harris)    b. December 1858   d. August 27, 1942
d. July 5, 1907 in Brookline, Mass.
burial: Swan Point Cemetery (PV003), Providence, R.I.

Albert O. Smith was the President of the Smithfield Town Council from 1902 to 1907, was a member of the
Republican State central committee from 1902 to 1907, and was a member of the Smithfield school committee
for ten years. For 14 years he managed the grain and milling business of Congressman Adin B. Capron
at Stillwater.




***Jenckes¹⁰ Smith Jr.   (Jencks⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. December 14, 1868 in Greenville, R.I.
m. Abt. 1901 in Smithfield, R.I.   Mary Evelyn Flynn     b. August 14, 1876    d. November 11, 1962
d. September 24, 1933 in Greenville, R.I.
burial: Greenville Cemetery (SM045), Greenville, R.I.
GPS Coordinates: 41^o 52' 5.20" N; 71^o 33' 23.93" W

Jenckes was a painter, Smithfield police sergeant, and the Chief of Police of Smithfield until 1928.
Jenckes ran one of the small Smithfield Jails in Greenville, R.I. For a good review of some of Jenckes'
Police duties, see Jim Ignasher, "Remembering Smithfield Sketches of Apple Valley", pp. 101-103.


children:
Female ¹¹ Smith
Male 1 ¹¹ Smith
***Male 2 ¹¹ Smith [My Grandfather]





Jenckes Smith Jr. (1868 - 1933) circa 1900's.





Lenora¹⁰ Delila Smith    (Jencks⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. July 14, 1875 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. bef. Nov. 1894   Asa Gideon Steere    b. September 1871   d. 1947
d. August 17, 1903 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Harmony Cemetery (GL035), Putnam Pike, Glocester, R.I.

children:
Female ¹¹ Steere



Willie¹⁰ Winsor Smith   (Jencks⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. October 12, 1881 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. December 10, 1892 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Greenville Cemetery (SM045), Greenville, R.I.
GPS Coordinates: 41^o 52' 5.20" N; 71^o 33' 23.93" W




Frank¹⁰ Harris Smith   (Jencks⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. October 11, 1885 in Greenville, R.I.
m. November 14, 1912    Alzada Knight     b. June 21, 1890    d. March 31, 1982
d. March 20, 1945 in Greenville, R.I.
burial: Greenville Cemetery (SM045), Greenville, R.I.
GPS Coordinates: 41^o 52' 5.20" N; 71^o 33' 23.93" W

Frank was an accountant, foreman, and painter. He was President of the Smithfield Town Council in 1920 and 1922.


children:
Male 1 ¹¹ Smith
Male 2 ¹¹ Smith
Male 3 ¹¹ Smith
Male 4 ¹¹ Smith
Male 5 ¹¹ Smith
Male 6 ¹¹ Smith



George¹⁰ Smith Jr.   (George⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. September 2, 1868 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. Abt. 1892    Margaret A. Barlow     b. 1859    d. 1944
d. August 14, 1914 in Greenville, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (SM049), Smith Ave., Greenville, R.I.


children:
Howard ¹¹ Barlow Smith (1893 - 1941)
child 2 ¹¹ Smith



Carrie¹⁰ Chilson Smith   (George⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. October 29, 1872 in Smithfield, R.I.
m. October 4, 1899 in Smithfield, R.I.    Weston Eayrs    b. September 13, 1873    d. June 21, 1943
d. March 11, 1935 in Middleboro, Mass.
burial: Swan Point Cemetery (PV003), Providence, R.I.


Weston Eayrs (pronounced "airs") was a master dyer for the Puritan Mills (American Woolen Co.) in Plymouth, Massachusetts.


children:
female 1 ¹¹ Eayrs
male 1 ¹¹ Eayrs
male 2 ¹¹ Eayrs
male 3 ¹¹ Eayrs (died young)
female 2 ¹¹ Eayrs
male 4 ¹¹ Eayrs
female 3 ¹¹ Eayrs
female 4 ¹¹ Eayrs





Photo of Weston Eayrs and Family from the Eayrs Family Collection,
courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Massachusetts.






Weston Eayrs in North Adams, Massachusetts. Photo from the Eayrs Family
Collection courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






Photo of Carrie Chilson (Smith) Eayrs from the Eayrs Family Collection
courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






Photo of Weston and Carrie (Smith) Eayrs with children in Greenville, R.I.
Photo from the Eayrs Family Collection courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






Weston Eayrs with daughter Carrie about 1913. Photo from the Eayrs Family
Collection courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.






Weston Eayrs and Carrie Chilson (Smith) Eayrs with daughter Edith in 1920.
Photo from the Eayrs Family Collection courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.





Harold¹⁰ Fiske Smith   (George⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. October 12, 1876 in Greenville, R.I.
m. Abt. 1897    Mary A. Jordan     b. August 1868 in New York    d. ? in Smithfield, R.I.
d. January 30, 1938 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Greenville Cemetery (SM045), Greenville, R.I.
GPS Coordinates: 41^o 52' 5.20" N; 71^o 33' 23.93" W


children:
Clifford¹¹ D. Smith (1891 - 1897)
Mary¹¹ E. Smith (1898 - 1978)





Edna¹⁰ Frances Smith   (George⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. June 27, 1884 in Greenville, R.I.
m. November 15, 1905 in Smithfield, R.I.    Asa Gideon Steere    b. September 1871    d. 1947
d. August 22, 1939 in Greenville, R.I.
burial: Harmony Cemetery (GL035), Putnam Pike, Glocester, R.I.


children:
infant Male ¹¹ Steere (died 1907)






Asa G. Steere and his second wife Edna F. Smith about 1930's. Click on the image for a larger view.
Photo from the Eayrs Family Collection courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.





Emily¹⁰ Green Smith    (George⁹, Delilah⁸, Thomas⁷, Oliver⁶, Joshua⁵, Doctor Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Edward², Christopher¹)
b. February 16, 1886 in Smithfield, R.I.
d. February 22, 1924 in Smithfield, R.I.
burial: Smith Lot (SM049), Smith Ave., Greenville, R.I.

Emily was a house servant in the 1910's and later worked in a Worsted Mill.






Photo of Emily G. Smith about 1900 - 1910. Click on photo for a larger view.
Photo from the Eayrs Family Collection courtesy of Ted Eayrs of Middleboro, Mass.








Geography vs. Genealogy, a distribution of historic Smith and Harris Families in Smithfield




This is a scanned image of the USGS 7.5 minute Georgiaville, R.I. Quadrangle (1975 Photorevision) with the grave
sites and old farms of some of my 18th and 19th century Smith and Harris ancestors marked on it. Refer to this page
and the Harris Family page linked via "Lenora Harris" for specific information about the people shown on this map.
The grave sites are important because people in 18th and 19th century R.I. were typically buried in grave plots on
their own farm lands. You begin to see a clear pattern between where people lived and where they are buried.







These web pages are currently under construction, so please be patient.

If you are a relative or are interested in obtaining or providing additional information
on these families, then please send me (Dan) an email.