Person:Thomas Smith (390)

Thomas Smith
b.1635 England
Facts and Events
Name Thomas Smith
Gender Male
Birth? 1635 EnglandBut no baptism record at Holy Trinity Church
Marriage 27 Jan 1659 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United StatesIntention
to Ruth Wickenden
Death? 16 Jan 1670 Cranston, Providence, Rhode IslandAccidentally drowned in the river at Pawtuxet

YDNA tests in 2017 proved that Thomas was not genetically related to Christopher Smith. Christopher and Alice Smith removed as parents of Thomas Smith.

Thomas and his wife drowned in the Pawtuxet River in Rhode Island. She died trying to save him from the frozen river. They orphaned their children that day.