Family:Beriah Smith and Alice Small (1)

The consensus seems to be that the "Alice Wormwood" who married Beriah Smith was Alice Small, widow of an unknown Mr. Wormwood. Per Source:Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury. Descendants of Edward Small of New England, p. 1:102, says that Francis Small, Jr., in his will dated 22 Aug 1709, remembered his "Sister Alice Wormwood". That he bequeathed to a sister, even though he had a wife and children, suggests she was lacking in support, consistent perhaps with being a widow. This will is witnessed by Beriah Smith, and so the above conclusion is naturally suggested, since the marriage record in Truro shows Beriah marrying Alice Wormwood in 1711. Source:Davis, Walter Goodwin. Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine, p. 113, says "Alice Small m. a Wormwood ... on April 19, 1711, she married Beriah Smith". Source:Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p. 841 agrees.

1. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, and Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933)
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   Beriah Smith and alice wormwood ware married the nineteenth day of april 1711 : by : Joseph Doane Esq'r : Recorded [by] Tho : Paine Tow [sic] Clerk