Person:Benjamin Smith (28)

m. 1 May 1616
  1. William Smith1617 - Bet 1669 & 1669/70
  2. Christopher Smith1619 - 1692
  3. Susanna Smith1620/21 - Bet 1670 & 1680
  4. Mary Smith1623 - 1680
  5. Samuel Smith1624 - 1628
  6. Simon Smith1628 - Bet 1687 & 1687/88
  7. Joseph Smith1629 - Bef 1689/90
  8. Benjamin Smith1631 - 1713
  9. Edward Smith1633 - 1693
m. Abt 1660
  1. Benjamin SmithAbt 1660 - Abt 1730
  2. Elizabeth Smith1672 - 1718/19
  3. Simon Smith - 1712
  4. Joseph SmithEst 1684 - 1727
  5. William Smith - Aft 1692
  6. Lydia Smith - Aft 1692
Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Smith
Gender Male
Christening[4] 30 Oct 1631 Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England
Marriage Abt 1660 Rhode Island, United Statesto Lydia Carpenter
Will[3] 13 Aug 1692 Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Death[1][2] 23 Dec 1713 Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
References
  1. William1 Carpenter of Providence, Rhode Island, in Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors. (Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters, 2008)
    page 9.

    'BENJAMIN SMITH, b. ca. 1631–1632 (aged about 43 on 17 March 1674/5 [deposition]), d. Warwick 23 Dec. 1713, probable son of Christopher and Alice (______) Smith' sources follow

  2. Warwick Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    202.

    SMITH, Benjamin, Jr., died Dec. 20, 1713.

  3. Abstracts of Warwick Wills, in Alden G. Beaman. Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (The Rhode Island Genealogical Research Institute)
    2:138.

    SMITH, Benjamin, of Pawtucot. Will dated 13 Aug 1692, proved 22 Jan 1713/4, pps. 95-96; gift from wife to her sons on p. 97.
    Wife Lyea Smith.
    Sons: Benjamin, eldest, Joseph 2d, William 3d & Simon 4th.
    Daughters Lidy Fones eldest and Elizabeth Smith 2d.
    p. 97 - Whereas as by deed of my father William Carpenter of Providence dec'd land given at my husband decease - his will dated 29 Nov 1703 unto our 4 sons. Know that Lydia Smith wife of Benjamin Smith of Pawtucit township of Warwick give unto my 4 sons viz: Benjamin, Joseph, William & Simon land.
    7 Feb 1705/6. Lydia Smith 22 Jan 1713/4.

  4. transcribed by Richard Savage, in Savage, Richard, Transcriber, and Church of England. Parish Church of Stratford-upon-Avon. The Registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick. (London: Parish Register Society, 1897-1905)
    Baptisms, 1897.