"2. Thomas2 Smith (Robert1) was born about 1657, as he states his age to be forty in a deposition taken in 1697. He was brought up by his grandfather French in Ipswich, and his father made no provision for him in his will for that reason. Twenty-five years after his father's death, on February 16, 1719, he quitclaimed any interest which he might have had as 'eldest son of Mr. Robert Smith of Boxford' to his brothers, Ephraim, Samuel and Jacob (Essex Probate, 313 98.).
Thomas Smith was an innkeeper in Ipswich, his house being opposite the green, on Meeting-house hill. …
Thomas Smith, 'innholder,' died on February 25, 1725(6). His will, made November 22, 1725, and probated February 28, 1725/6, leaves one-third of his real and personal property to his wife Martha, states that his sons Thomas, John, Ebenezer and Ephraim (deceased) had received their shares of his property previously, and leaves the residue to his daughters Martha Urin, Mary Hodgkins and Abigail Gleasure (Essex Probate, No. 25785.)."
