Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 31

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008


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John Smith, a boy of thirteen, SMITH came from London, England, in the ship "Planter," with hismother, Alice Smith, who was forty, and evidently a widow. They settled at Watertown, Massa- chusetts. He married Mary --- , who died 1659. He made his will April 12, 1665, and


died 1669, having two months before his death given his property to John Moore, his son-in- law, in consideration for support. The will of John Smith mentions children: John, Rich- ard, Ann and Alice.


(II) Richard, son of John and Mary Smith, was made a freeman at Watertown, Massa- chusetts, 1652. He was later wheelwright at Lancaster, Massachusetts, where his first wife, Mary Smith, bore him a child May 23, 1615; his wife died May 27, 1654, and his child died August 2, 1654. Governor Bellingham, of the Massachusetts colony, married Richard Smith and Joanna Quarles, at Boston. They moved to Lyme, then next town west of New London, and signed the parting covenant between Lyme and Saybrook as a separate town. Richard Smith died before March, 1687-88. He had sons Richard, Francis, James and John, and daughters Mary, married Benjamin Andrews, and Eliza, married John Lee. John Smith had a son named for his mother, Quarles Smith.


(III) Francis, son of Richard and Joanna (Quarles) Smith, was born August 26, 1657; had at least three sons: Benjamin. Francis, Jr., and Hezekiah, who resided in Lyme.


(IV) Benjamin, son of Francis Smith, re- sided in what is now East Lyme. He married Sarah Way, who died in 1769. Children : Deacon Elijah; Simon, died 1758; Nathan, Steven, Lucy, married William Tinker; Sa- brina. Joseph, Sylvanus.


(V) Nathan, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Way) Smith, was born at Lyme, 1725; died January 7, 1809. He became an inhabitant of New London about 1759, and bought a tract of land of Noah Hammond, later owned by his son, John Smith, and afterward by John Fellowes. The house was standing at last accounts, owned by John C. Dolbeare, and lately owned by Hon. Francis Fellowes, of Hartford, and used for a summer home. He was a tanner and currier by trade. He was a member of Rev. David Jewett's church, for- merly of Rev. Mr. Griswold's church. He married (first) Elizabeth Sterling, died June 29, 1776; (second) Anna Rawson, died May 24, 1807. Children : Abigail, Elizabeth, mar- ried a Dr. Caulkins; Esther, married Jesse Beckwith ; Nathan, Sarah, Simeon, Benjamin, Lucy, John, Caroline, Belinda, Nancy, Caro- line, married Lemuel Whipple ; John, married Caroline Chester. The story of the romantic elopement of Caroline and Lemuel Whipple is told in the "History of Montville, Connecti- cut ;" she died at the age of one hundred and eight years, we are told.


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(VI) Simon, son of Nathan Smith, was born in 1759. He removed from Montville, formerly New London, to Westfield, Massa- chusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Moses Harvey's company, Colonel Jonathan Brewer's regiment, in Massachusetts, 1775, and appears to have been in the service often from 1776 to 1782 in a company from Northampton, Massachusetts, and vicinity. He was a pensioner in later life. He was a tanner and shoemaker. He married, January 1, 1784, Abigail Fowler, born December 3, 1758, died 1835, daughter of Ebenezer and Catherine (Root) Fowler (see Fowler ). Children, born at Westfield : I. Caroline, October 2, 1784; died 1848. 2. Lydia, February 26, 1786; mar- ried Amos Kellogg. 3. Daniel, April 23, 1788. 4. John, March 9, 1790. 5. Horace, August 15, 1792 ; mentioned below. 6. Nathan, No- vember 17, 1794. 7. Charles, February 2, 1797. 8. Hiram, September 21, 1800.


( VII) Horace, son of Simon Smith, was born at Westfield, August 15, 1792 ; died Octo- ber 8, 1869. He was deacon of the First Con- gregational Church, of West Springfield, and superintendent of the Sunday school. He mar- ried Grata Bagg; children : I. Rev. Henry, born November 8, 1819; died August 10, 1882 ; married, December 29, 1847, Sarah Hazen. 2. Joseph A., mentioned below. 3. Franklin F., born November 6, 1822; died November I, 1879 ; married Sarah M. Frisbie. 4. Margaret, born March 6, 1824; married, December 29, 1847, Addison Day. 5. Harriet A., horn May 17, 1826. 6. William H., born October 1, 1827: died February 1, 1892; married Maria L. Storrs. 7. Samuel D., born November 17, 1830; died November 27, 1906; served in civil war ; married, May, 1855, Mary J. Taylor. 8. Caroline T., born May 18, 1833 ; died January 8, 1900. 9. Lyman C., born March, 1836; died February, 1837.


(VIII) Joseph Addison, son of Horace Smith, was born July 5, 1821, at Westfield ; died at West Springfield, May 12, 1877. He resided at West Springfield. He was a pros- perous market gardener. He married Frances Olcott Mather, daughter of Timothy Mather (see Mather ). Children: 1. Joseph Timothy, born December 7, 1849 : died August 30, 1850. 2. Joseph Mather, born October II, 1851; mentioned below. 3. Clara Frances, born May 27, 1854; died in infancy. 4. Clara E., died in infancy. 5. Addison Henry, born Novem- ber 5, 1857; mentioned below. 6. Harriet Amanda, born December 25, 1858.


(IX) Joseph Mather, son of Joseph Addi-


son Smith, was born in West Springfield, Oc- tober 11, 1851. He attended the public schools, and was a student in the Chicopee high school for two years, when Governor George D. Robinson was principal. He was later in school at Suffield, Connecticut, and in the Wesleyan Seminary, at Wilbraham. He is associated in the market gardening business on the home- stead, in partnership with his brother. They employ from twenty to seventy-five hands, according to the season, and have one of the most extensive and successful farms in this section of the state. He is a Republican in politics. He is a prominent member of the First Congregational Church, deacon and treas- urer since 1876, clerk since 1878. He was president of the No-license League in 1908, when for the first time in fifteen years the town voted no-license. He is a member of the Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution. He married, March II, 1875, Ellen C., daughter of Levi Moody. ' Children : I. Ida Frances, born April 24, 1878; graduate of West Springfield high school; student one year at Mt. Holyoke College ; married Llew- ellyn Goodwin, now of Westfield, Massachu- setts ; children : Gladys, Ralph, Ruth. 2. Dwight Moody, born September 7, 1880; mar- ried Helen J. Bliss ; child, Florence Bliss. 3. Clara Pease, born July 8, 1884; graduate of high school, and attended Simmons College, Boston ; teacher of domestic science.


(IX) Addison Henry, son of Joseph Addi- son Smith, was born November 5, 1857. He graduated from the Chicopee high school, and from Amherst College in 1878. For several years he had charge of public schools in West Springfield. He has spent nearly all his life engaged in horticultural pursuits. He has been a member of several agricultural and horticul- tural societies, and held the office of vice-presi- dent of the Hampden Agricultural Society and of the County Horticultural Society. He is a member of the Congregational Club, and a Re- publican in politics. He married, March 19, 1886, Maria L., daughter of Reuben and Sophia (Smith) Brooks. Children: 1. Edith L., graduate of Mr. Holyoke, 1907 ; is now a teacher of mathematics. 2. Stanley B., grad- uate of West Springfield high school. 3.


Harold A.


(The Fowler Line).


(11) John Fowler, son of Ambrose Fowler (q v.), was born November 6, 1648, at Wind- sor, Connecticut. He settled in Westfield, Massachusetts. He married, in 1687, Mercy


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(or Mary) Miller, of Northampton. Chil- dren, born in Westfield: I. John, September 21, 1689 ; died January 29, 1785, aged ninety- five. 2. Mercy, January 10, 1691 ; died Octo- ber 4. 1694. 3. Abraham, August 26, 1693; died February 3. 1785, aged ninety-one. 4. Mercy. August 7, 1695. 5. Isaac, November 12, 1697; mentioned below. 6-7-8. Triplets, July 25, 1700; two died soon ; the third died in a few days. 9. Jacob, born October 31, 1701. IO. Mehitable. September 16, 1703. II. Eben- ezer, September 3, 1706.


(III) Isaac, son of John Fowler, was born in Westfield. November 12, 1697, and died there May 28, 1790, aged ninety-two years. He married, December, 1728, Abigail Pixley, died June 28. 1759, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Clark) Pixley, granddaughter of William Pixley, of Westfield, and John Clark, of Hartford, Connecticut. Children, born at Westfield: I. Ebenezer, September 28, 1729; mentioned below. 2. Rachel, August 6, 1733; died October 26, 1738. 3. Mercy, September 8, 1736. 4. Abigail, August 8, 1739 ; died Sep- tember 21, 1739. 5. Isaac, December 21, 1741.


(IV) Ebenezer, son of Isaac Fowler, was born at Westfield, September 28, 1729. He also settled in that town. He married, April 27, 1755, Catherine Root, died November 5, 1787, aged sixty-two years. Children, born at Westfield: I. Ebenezer, February 19, 1756; married Sarah Noble. 2. John, June 20, 1757 ; died September 4, 1758. 3. Abigail, December 3, 1758; married, January 1, 1784, Simon Smith (see Smith). 4. Medad, August 16, 1760; married Louisa Falley. 5-6. Catherine and Lydia (twins), September 30, 1762. 7. Justus, February 2, 1765; married Abigail Gilbert.


SMITH This surname is found in various forms, Smith, Smyth, Smythe, Smythie, etc., and like many of the Anglo-Saxon names indicates the occupa- tion of the family. It was in frequent use in England and among the first of the name to arrive in this county we find the famous Cap- tain John Smith, of the Virginia settlement. It was well represented among those who set- tled first in America, especially in the Plymouth and Providence Bay colonies, Rehoboth, Mass- achusetts, and Smithfield, Rhode Island, hav- ing many of the name.


(I) Henry Smith, immigrant ancestor of the Rehoboth branch of the family, came from Haddon Hall, Norfolk, England, in the ship "Diligent," with three sons, two daughters,


three men servants and two maid servants. He settled first at Charlestown where his chil- dren Henry and Dorothy were admitted to the church, July 10, 1637, then removed to Hingham, where he was made freeman, March 13, 1638-39. He served as deacon and deputy, was representative to the general court in 1641, and December 9, 1644, was one of nine chosen at a general meeting to consider the peace of the inhabitants. Removed to Rehoboth in 1643 and was one of the early proprietors ; made freeman of Plymouth colony, June 4, 1645: drew allotment of land, June 3, 1644. His will is dated on the day of his death, No- vember 3, 1647, probated June 4, 1651, inven- toried at one hundred and forty-nine pounds sixteen shillings, October 24, 1650, and men- tions his wife, "his brother" Thomas Cooper, sons Henry and Daniel, and daughter Judith. His widow's will was probated December 14, 1650, her death having occurred shortly after his, and was inventoried at one hundred and twenty pounds, six shillings. He married Judith Cooper and had children: Judith, Henry, see forward; Hunt, Dorothy and Daniel.


(II) Ensign Henry, eldest son and second child of Henry and Judith (Cooper) Smith, was born in England, and was interred in the old burial ground at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, November 24, 1676. He was a surveyor and yeoman and prominent in the settlement of the town. He and his brother Daniel with Nathaniel Paine laid out fifty acres of land and five acres of meadow "unto John Steven- son, in consideration of John's help to his father-in-law. William Blackstone, by order of the Court for the jurisdiction of New Plymouth." In 1641 he, with divers others, was granted eight miles square for the settle- ment of Secunke, to be a town bounded by Pultukett river, etc., by Governor Bradford. The value of his estate in 1643 was two hun- dred and sixty pounds. May 24, 1652, he was chosen grand juryman; February 22, 1658, was accepted as a freeman; May 26, 1668, he drew a lot in the North Purchase ( Attleboro) ; January 9, 1670-71, laid out bounds for Cap- tain Hudson, of Boston, and John Fitch, of Rehoboth, for their warehouse and wharf. He was a representative to the general court in 1662 and for several years thereafter. He married Elizabeth - -, who was buried be- side him, December 3, 1690. Children : Joshua, see forward ; John, born August 6, 1661 ; Eliz- abeth, December 7, 1663 ; Judith, February 17. 1665; Thomas, June 15, 1667; Mary, Novem-


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ber 22, 1670; Henry, December 4, 1673, died October 31, 1744; Abigail, born November 12, 1676.


(III) Joshua, eldest child of Ensign Henry and Elizabeth Smith, was born in Rehoboth, October 2, 1658; died there September 20, 1719. He resided in the southeastern part of the town and appears to have been a man of means as he and twenty others, all individuals of the "neighborhood of Palmer's river," enter- ed into an agreement to free the town, on the receipt of fifty pounds, from all further ex- penses that might accrue to it from the build- ing of the meeting house. This was about two years prior to his death. His name is found in the list of inhabitants and proprietors having rights and titles to the quit claim deed of Will- iam Bradford of the town of New Plymouth (Rehoboth ), February 7, 1689. He married, February 9, 1687-88, Mary, born in Rehoboth, November 17, 1662, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Peck. Children: Rebecca, born Feb- ruary 3. 1689-90; Elizabeth, December 8, 1691 ; Henry, October 14. 1693; Joshua, see for- ward: Sarah, born January 12, 1697. ;


(IV) Joshua, second son and fourth child of Joshua and Mary (Peck) Smith, was born in Rehoboth, October 10, 1695. He lived near his father in the Palmer river district and deeds show him to have been a yeoman with con- siderable property. He was captain of the military company, and May 9, 1773, was one of a committee of nine chosen to oversee the building of the new meeting house. He mar- ried, February 15, 1721-22, Mary, born March 3, 1700, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Square) Whitaker. Children: Thomas, see forward ; Joshua, born September 19, 1724; Samuel, February 4, 1726-27; Mary, April 29, 1729; Abigail, April 18, 1730; Elizabeth, December 8. 1732: David, June 8, 1735 : Lydia, April 8, 1739; Huldah, September 13, 1741.


(V) Thomas, eldest child of Joshua and Mary (Whitaker ) Smith, was born in Reho- both, September 9, 1722. He was a farmer and basket maker, and took an active part in the early events of the revolution. He was a member of the First Congregational Church. He was married by the Rev. David Turner, June 11, 1744, to Rebecca, daughter of Ste- phen and Rebecca Moulton. Children: Re- becca, born November 29, 1745; Mary, No- vember 29, 1747; Thomas, May 14, 1750; Stephen, see forward; Judith, born November 9. 1755, died May 28, 1773; Joseph, born Sep- tember 15, 1758; Nathan, June 13, 1762; Ruth, October 28, 1765.


(VI) Stephen, second son and fourth child of Thomas and Rebecca ( Moulton) Smith, was born in Rehoboth, August 11, 1753, died in West Mansfield, Massachusetts, November 1, 1824 During the revolution he enlisted a number of times, serving in Captain Hodges' company, Col- onel Francis' regiment ; Captain Nathaniel Car- penter's company, Colonel John Hathaway's regiment ; also same company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment. Returning after the war to his home he resumed farming and cattle raising, and after his marriage removed to West Mansfield, where all his children were born. He was a member of the Baptist church, and of the Whig party in politics. He mar- ried, in Rehoboth, February 10, 1782, Susie, born in Norton, December 18, 1754, died in West Mansfield, March 1, 1833, daughter of David and Abigail ( Gilbert) Smith. Chil- dren: Betsey (Elizabeth), born February 3, 1783, died June 11, 1805 ; Rebecca, born Octo- ber 26, 1785, died December 4, 1814. married Stratton; David, born June 7, 1788, died December 1I, 1812; Susie, born April 6, 1792 ; Salmon, born July 3, 1795, died Septem- ber 21, 1839; Stephen, see forward.


(VII) Stephen, youngest child of Stephen and Susie (Smith) Smith, was born in a house still standing in West Mansfield, June 2, 1798; died in Attleboro, Massachusetts, January 12, 1851. He was educated in the district school, and this training he supplemented by close reading in later life. At the death of his father he inherited the family homestead in considera- tion of his taking care of his blind sister Susan (Susie) during his life. She was later taken care of by her nieces and nephews. He was successful in his farming operations, and also cut quantities of timber which he converted into charcoal for which he found a ready mar- ket in Providence, Rhode Island. He sold his farm in 1835 to Jesse Hodges, his brother-in- law, removing to Attleboro, where he pur- chased the eighty acre farm of Joel Reed, in that part of the town which was then called the Reads and Ives neighborhood, this consist- ing of twenty-five acres of woodland, and the remainder for tillage and pasture. Mr. Smith became a prosperous and successful dairy farmer, with an extensive milk route in Paw- tucket, which he managed until his death. While living in Mansfield he realized some money by the sale of some of that same farm to the Boston & Providence railroad. While a youth he joined the First Baptist Church in North Attleboro, and in later years was a member of the church of that denomination in


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Pawtucket. Rhode Island, remaining so up to his death. His political support was at first given to the Democratic party, but later he joined the Free Soilers, when but few men in this section advocated the principles of the party. He took an active interest in public affairs, was an earnest student of the times, and conversant with all important topics of the day. His disposition was quiet and re- served, and he was honored for his sterling integrity. He married (first) December 5, 1824, Ruth, born in Mansfield, June 4, 1801, died in Mansfield, December 20, 1828, daugh- ter of Captain Elisha Hodges. Child, Stephen Nelson, a sketch of whom follows this. He married (second) February 6, 1830, Mercy Shepard, born in Attleboro, February 22, 1796, died November 9, 1858, in Central Falls, Rhode Island. daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Daggett ) Ide. Children: I. A son who died when a few days old. 2. Ruth Ann, born Sep- tember 4. 1833: died September 11, 1861. 3. Maria Avis, born February 22, 1835; died October 4, 1854. 4. Theron Ide, see forward. 5. Josephine Hortense, born November 6, 1837 ; died January 6, 1886; married, May 19, 1870, William Gooding; children: i. Mabel, born May 21, 1871 ; ii. Edith Gertrude, born Janu- ary 20, 1875, died December 1I, 1908, mar- ried, August 3, 1906, John Stonemetz and their child, Ralph Stonemetz, was born December 23, 1907 ; iii. William, born March 9, 1880. 6. Hannah Daggett, born March 23, 1839; mar- ried George Crawford ; child, Eugene A., born 1859, married Mattie Read and had two chil- dren : Earl and Dana Crawford. 7. Eliza E., born September 3, 1842; died June 23, 1880; married (first) John Shurtleff ; child, Lillian, born June 29, 1862; married (second) May 26, 1869, George F. Crowningshield; children : Ida Gertrude, born April 27, 1870, died Sep- tember 20, 1883 ; George H., born January 19, 1875, married, September 22, 1902, Hattie Belle Ladd, and their child, George H., Jr., was born February 20, 1907 ; Emily Eva, born February 3, 1880, died August 11, 1880.


(VIII) Theron Ide, second son and fourth child of Stephen and Mercy Shepard ( Ide) Smith, was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, April 9, 1836. His education was the ordinary one of the time, and his early years were spent on the farm. At the age of eighteen he was apprenticed in North Attleboro to Ira Rich- ards & Company to learn the jewelry trade. His compensation was to be six cents per hour for the first year, seven the second, and eight the third, eleven hours to constitute a days


work. Toward the end of the first year busi- ness became dull and the firm closed the fac- tory for two weeks, after which they opened on an eight hour per day schedule. As they refused to allow young Smith to work eleven hours per day as agreed or pay him for that time, the contract was broken, and he left their employ. He then found employment with J. T. Bacon & Company, receiving one dollar per day, which was later increased by twenty-five cents. At the end of six months, owing to ill health, he was obliged to give up work for a time; he then found employment with Barrows & Sturdy, with whom he re- inained until 1856. He then worked for Mer- ritt & Draper for a period of two years, when he formed a partnership with D. D. Codding, under the firm name of Codding & Smith, and commenced to manufacture on a limited scale. After one year they removed to Mansfield, but upon the outbreak of the war they were obliged to discontinue their manufacture, as they found it impossible to collect on the goods they had already delivered, and shortly after the plant was destroyed by fire. Mr. Smith found employment with William Boyd, of Mansfield, a maker of percussion cap boxes for the army, and in the spring of 1862 return- ed to his former employers, Merritt & Draper, in North Attleboro, taking charge of their shop for three years. He then again became asso- ciated with his former partner, Mr. Codding, and with C. H. Ames, under the name of Cod- ding, Smith & Company, in Stephen Richard- son's building. After two years of prosperous business, Mr. Ames retired from the firm and another Mr. Codding, A. E., was admitted in his stead. In January, 1867, they removed the plant to the Dennis Everett building, re- mained there three years, and then removed to the new building of Mr. Richardson ; they gave employment to fifty hands. In 1873 Mr. Smith purchased the interests of his partners, conducted the business alone for one year, then admitted D. D. Codding to a half interest, the firm being T. I. Smith & Company. In July, 1880, they removed to E. I. Richards' build- ing in Elm street, where they were burned out in April, 1898. They then took quarters in the Stanley Freeman building at Attleboro Falls for seven months, locating then in their present factory in Washington street. It is located near the railroad bridge and is furnish- ed with the most modern equipment through- out. The business was incorporated under the laws of Rhode Island in 1901, being known as the T. I. Smith Company, with T. I. Smith,


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president and treasurer; L. W. Wise, vice- president and superintendent ; H. H. Pierce, secretary. They manufactured bracelets, pins, charms, collar studs, etc. Mr. Smith has always given his political support to the Re- publican party, and voted first for Abraham Lincoln. He has been a member of the Uni- versalist church since its organization and has served on its committees. He has always taken an active interest in all affairs of the town, but refused to hold office. He was an active factor in the division of the town, mak- ing North Attleboro a separate town, was a prime mover in obtaining a railroad from North Attleboro direct to Boston and later in contining the same from North Attle- boro to Adamsdale, expending both labor and capital in the accomplishment of this enter- prise. He was a member of the Business Men's Club, of North Attleboro, and took an active part in its affairs ; this club started and carried through the fine system of water works now in use.


Mr. Smith married (first) May 16, 1856, Emily Chloe, born February 4, 1839, died at North Attleboro, October 23, 1896, daughter of Abiel and Chloe ( Daggett ) Codding. Child, Eva Codding, born May 16, 1860, married, November 12, 1879, Henry Howland Curtis ; children : i. Fanny Smith, born October 21, 1880, married, June 27, 1900, Harris H. Pierce, child, Harris Howland, born November 18, 1902; ii. Eva Blanche, born April 19, 1882, died January 5, 1909, married, June 26, 1907, Clifton C. Edwards; iii. Emily C., born Sep- tember 20, 1886; iv. Theron Smith, born De- cember 28, 1892. Mr. Smith married (second) Tune 20, 1898, Mrs. Henrietta (Hancock ) Swift, widow of Oliver Swift, of Foxboro, Massachusetts, and daughter of Timothy Ed- win and Harriet (Gilmore) Hancock. No children by this marriage. Mrs. Emily Chloe Smith, as a member of the Woman's Relief Corp, Grand Army of the Republic, took it upon herself to provide suitable quarters for the various Grand Army associations ; she suc- ceeded in raising, with the assistance of others interested in the Relief Corp, about $3.500 and proceeded to build on land contributed by her husband, what is called the Grand Army or Memorial Hall, which cost about $14,000. A mortgage was placed for the amount above what had been raised by the corp at the time of her death. Mr. Smith, having a desire to see her efforts completed, cancelled that mort- gage with the understanding that the property should be given to the town. For this and


other favors Mr. Smith was made an honorary member of the Grand Army of the Republic.


(For ancestry see preceding sketch).




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