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Inaccurate Information from Ancient Wethersfield [7 July 2012]
Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Wethersfied, p. 628:
- is supposed, m. the tenor of his will to have been married twice. Of his first wife nothing is known, not even her name; and of the second wife, her Christian name only-- Dorothy. After his dth. in 1648, she became (1649) the (second) wife of John Russell, the father of Rev. John Russell, who succeeded Mr. Smith in the pastorate of Weth., and who ten yrs later became the first minister of Hadley, Mass. Mr. Russell d. 8 May, at H., 1680, age 83. Mrs. Dorothy (Smith) Russell, d. at Hadley, 1694. Children by his first wife -- and known only by reference made in his will:
- 1. Peregrine, who d. unm before his father.
- 2. Dau., who m. and had ch. before her father's dth.
- 3. Dau., who m. and had ch. before her father's dth.
- (By second wife-- Dorothy:)
- 4. Dorothy, b. 1638; m. (1) John (s. of Rev. Adam) Blakeman, of Stratford, Ct., abt 1653; m. (2) 21 Oct 1665 Francis Hall of S.; m. (3) Mark Sension, of Norwalk, Ct.; m. (4) Dea. Isaac Moore, of Farmington, formerly of Norwalk, and whom she survived. She was the second wife of her last three husbands, and d. 1706, at Far. She had issue (by her first husband only)...
- (footnote): Mr. Smith is said to have a son b. on the ocean, whom he named Preserved. we have seen no evidence to substantiate this. His s. Samuel had a son by that name.
Jacobus and Waterman provided a much more coherent account of this family in Hale, House (1952), sketch of Rev. Henry Smith, pp. 730-33.--jaques1724 16:25, 7 July 2012 (EDT)
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