"Bethiah (Smith), b. say 1660; d. at Wethersfield between 19 and 28 Apr. 1725; m. at Wethersfield, 15 Aug. 1684, Joshua Stoddard, … No issue. By verbal will she made a bequest to her cousin Dorothy Smith, dau. of her brother Benjamin of Glastonbury. Distribution was ordered to her brothers and sisters: Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith, Benjamin Smith, Beriah Fox, and heirs of Esther Strickland."
'Stoddard, Bethiah, Wethersfield. April the 28th, 1725: We, the subscribers, being desired by Samuel Smith and Joseph Smith, of Glastonbury, to apprise the estate of their sister, Bethiah Stoddard, of Wethersfield, late deceased, … The verbill will of Bethia Stoddard, deliuered to us the subscribers as witness the 19th of April, 1725, as followeth: …'
Child of John and Mary (Foote) Stoddard: 'Joshua, b. Sept. 12, 1648; m. Aug. 15, 1684, Berthia, dau. of Richard Smith, of Wethersfield. He d. abt. 1725, p. s.'