Samuel Smith

1742 - 1827  (85 years)

• Name	Samuel Smith
  Born	17 Apr 1742	Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Apr 1827	Henderson, Jefferson Co, New York, USA
  Buried	Henderson, Jefferson Co, New York, USA (Fales Cemetery)
  Person ID	I18504	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Jasiel Smith,   b. Abt 1703, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Jun 1757, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	Hannah Gachet,   b. 1711, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1755, Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Married	Abt 1728	Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F8022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Wright,   b. 4 Nov 1748, Killingworth, Middlesex Co, Connecticut, USA
  Married	Abt 1772	Green River, , New York, USA
  Children	1. John Amasa Smith,   b. Abt 1773, Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA ,   d. Abt 1775  (Age ~ 2 years)   2. Deacon Daniel Smith,   b. 26 Feb 1775, Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA ,   d. 11 Mar 1854, Rodman, Jefferson Co, New York, USA  (Age 79 years)   3. Mary Smith,   b. Abt 1777, Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA   4. Abigail Smith,   b. Abt 1778, Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA   5. Sylvester Smith,   b. 4 Oct 1780, Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA ,   d. 26 Apr 1865, Henderson, Jefferson Co, New York, USA  (Age 84 years)   6. Samuel Smith,   b. Abt 1784,   d. Rodman, Jefferson Co, New York, USA   7. Polly Smith,   b. Abt 1785, Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA   8. Anna Smith,   b. Abt 1788, , Columbia Co, New York, USA   9. Mercy Smith,   b. 12 Apr 1792, Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA   10. Sally Smith,   b. Abt 1794   11. Amasa Smith,   b. Abt 1796, Spencertown, Columbia Co, New York, USA
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F8007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Apr 1742 - Taunton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In Early Settlers of New York: "Samuel Smith of Spencertown, Columbia County New York, married Abigail Wright, daughter of John Wright. Samuel was a brother of Isaac, Elijah, Elkanah, Bial, Silas, Cornelius, Rachel, Sally and Hannah. (Cornelius had a son Darius Smith, b. September 9, 1794 at Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York)." Lydia his daughter married Luther Schillinger and moved to Missouri, Mercy married Henry Millard. Polly married Dr. William Priest." From the Ancestors of Graeme Norman and Margarie Miller, source: Paul Smith "Samuel Smith was buried in Fales Cemetery, Henderson, New York. He died at the home of his son, Sylvester in Henderson, New York. He married in Claverack or New Canaan, New York. (Old Colony Historical Manuscript, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, probably written in the 1880's) Samuel was the sixth or seventh son of Jasial Smith. His parents died in 1757 or shortly before when he was no more than 14. He was in Columbia County New York by 1772, when he was about 29, when He married Abigail Wright. The family lived at Spencertown, Kinderhook, and Green River, in Columbia County, New York, probably in that order. He was a farmer and perhaps did not own h is own land, as no deeds have been found. Shortly after 1800 his children moved to Jefferson County, New York, which was just then opening up for settlement and where land was probably available cheaply. He spent the last years with his son Sylvester at Henderson, Jefferson County, New york, probably going there sometime after 1820. Samuel is said to have served in the American Revolution. He was married and had started a family at the beginning of the war. Charles Clark of Adams, New York, has a snuff box that belonged to Samuel which has passed down through Samuel's son Sylvester Smith Jr. The gravestone of Samuel Smith in Fales Cemetery (also known as Clark Cemetery in Henderson, Jefferson, County, New York, has been seen and photographed by several descendants. About 1980, it had fallen and broken and Charles Clark of Adams took it home for the winter. It has perhaps since been restored."