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Smith, Benjamin

Male 1658 - 1738  (80 years)


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  • Name Smith, Benjamin  
    Birth Apr 1658  Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 14 Apr 1658  1st Cong'l Church,Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death (wp) 9 May 1738  Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: The children of William Smith of Farmington are identified by name and age in his inv of estate, 6 Jan 1669, Hartford, Conn. District Probate, 3:69 (FHL #004572). Benjamin was listed as being 11 yrs old in Apr 1669. Place of birth was almost certainly Farmington where the family is of record, 1655-1678.
      CHR: Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:52 (FHL #004241). The given name appears to have been written later in pencil.
      MAR #1: No mar rec found. Mar is proved by the adm of estate of Samuel Loomis (father of Ruth) 30 Sep 1690, Hampshire Co. Probate, 2:54 (FHL #879184).
      MAR #2: Springfield Vital Records, 1:120 (FHL #185414). This is a mar intention; actual mar rec not found in Springfield or Simsbury vital recs. Wife is called "widow Mary Buttolyth of Simsbury," no doubt the widow of David Buttolph of Simsbury, who died 5 Apr 1717. Mary Buttolph, widow, was granted adm of estate on 6 Aug 1717 (Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. [Hartford, 1904-1906], 1:366-67 [FHL #974.6 P2m]).
      MAR #3: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 259 (FHL #002983). Intentions were recorded in Springfield Vital Records, 1:161, 24 Jan 1725/6 (FHL #185414). Hannah Phelps was possibly a widow, maiden name "Hanchet." See Israel P. Warren, THE STANLEY FAMILIES OF AMERICA (Portland, ME, 1887), 28 (FHL #908714).
      DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Benjamin Smith of Springfield, 14 May 1735, proved 9 May 1738, inv 23 May 1738, Hampshire Co. Probate, 6:9-10,19-20 (FHL #879185).
      OCC: Yeoman

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      BEPS1,3: IGI
    Person ID I4226  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Smith, William,   b. Abt 1619, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (inv) 6 Jan 1669/70, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother (Stanley?), Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1623, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (inv) 4 Dec 1678, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1644  Hartford,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Loomis, Ruth,   b. 14 Jun 1660, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1724/1725, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1681 
    Children 
     1. Smith, William,   b. Abt 1682   d. 6 Apr 1749, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +2. Smith, Ruth,   b. 8 Feb 1684/1685, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 26 Nov 1726, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 41 years)
     3. Smith, Benjamin,   b. 14 Feb 1686/1687, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1758, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     4. Smith, Samuel,   b. 24 Aug 1689, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1724/1725, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
     5. Smith, Elizabeth,   b. 14 Feb 1691/1692, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1780, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     6. Smith, Rachel,   b. 25 Oct 1694, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1761, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +7. Smith, Jonathan,   b. 20 Oct 1697, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1772, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     8. Smith, Job,   b. 29 Dec 1700, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1786, West Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     9. Smith, Mary,   b. 12 Aug 1703, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1748, Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F1728  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1725  Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Phelps, Hannah 
    Marriage 22 Feb 1725/1726  Springfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart