Person:Deborah Smith (39)

"The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island" Frederick Kinsman Smith Smithtown Historical Society, Smithtown, NY, 1967

"Deborah Smith (Jonathan, Richard), m. (lic. 8 Jly 1692) Joseph Blydenburgh, a son of Augustin and Sylvestia Blydenburgh, of New York... Joseph Blydenburgh was admitted a freeman in New York in 1691 and in the same year was elected Constable of the Dock Ward. In 1693 he bought property in the city, probably where Trinity Building now stands, and in 1695 fitted out an expedition to be made on the ship Adventure, Captain William Kidd commander. In 1697 he contributed to the glazing of Trinity Church. Deborah (Smith) Blydenburgh died before 19 May 1699, as on that date a marriage license was issued to Joseph Blydenburgh and Catherine DeHart."