Person:Arthur Smith (45)

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Arthur Smith
b.Bef 1618
d.Bef 29 Nov 1655 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
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  • H.  Arthur SmithBef 1618 - Bef 1655
  • W.  Margaret _____Bef 1623 - Bef 1693/94
m. Bef 1643
  1. Mary Smith1644/45 -
  2. Elizabeth SmithEst 1653 - Est 1700
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Name[1][2] Arthur Smith
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Bef 1618 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1643 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Margaret _____
Death[3] Bef 29 Nov 1655 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[3] 29 Nov 1655 £380-02-06. Taken by Thomas Bull, Gregory Wolterton, John Barnard and George Grave.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arthur Smith, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:110.

    "Arthur (Smith), Hartford 1640, was engag. on a salary for the col. to cease that yr., had w. Margaret, and sev. ch. perhaps Mary, b. and bapt. Feb. 1645, wh. d. young, was one; eldest s. John; Arthur, bapt. 20 Apr. 1651; and perhaps Eliz. in the will of her mo. call. Thompson, w. of Thomas. He d. bef. 1655, and the wid. m. Stephen Hart, and d. 1693."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arthur Smith, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    542-43.

    "Arthur Smith died 1654 mar Margaret who m Stephen Hart and Joseph Nash. She died Mch 1, 1693-4. Early member 1 Ch. Name on Founders Monument. …

    An original proprietor; his home lot in 1639 was on the highway now Elm St.; fence-viewer 1639; constable 1642. He was allowed Feb 16, 1639-40 to have half of Thomas Alcock's lot, which had been forfeited. Appointed with Thomas Woodford to attend upon the townsmen, and to do any official services required by them Feb 1639-40. Inv. Nov 29, 1655 £380-2-6. Hinman says he was a soldier in the bloody battle with the Pequots at Mystic Fort in 1637 where he was severely wounded, and was rescued from the flames of the fort by his brother soldiers."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Arthur, Hartford, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:152.

    "Probate Records. Vol. II, 1650 to 1663. Page 62-3.

    Smith, Arthur, Hartford. Invt. £380-02-06. Taken 29 November, 1655, by Thomas Bull, Gregory Wolterton, John Barnard and George Grave.

    Court Record, Page 79—1st Thursday in December, 1655: Invt. Exhibited. Page 63—15 June, 1665 (see Vol III, Page 34): Joseph Nash, having married the Widow Relict of Arthur Smith, applys for a Dist. of the Estate of ye sd. Arthur Smith, ordered by the Court:

    To John Smith the Farm at Niantick, £80-00s-00d; To ye 3 daughters to each of them, 35-00-00; To Arthur, at the age of 21 years, 58-00-00 Arthur eventually to have the real estate in Hartford."

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