Person:Edward Smith (100)
Edward Smith
chr.17 Mar 1633 Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England
d.8 Sep 1693 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1 May 1616
  1. William Smith1617 - Bet 1669 & 1669/70
  2. Christopher Smith1619 - 1692
  3. Susanna Smith1620/21 - Bet 1670 & 1680
  4. Mary Smith1623 - 1680
  5. Samuel Smith1624 - 1628
  6. Simon Smith1628 - Bet 1687 & 1687/88
  7. Joseph Smith1629 - Bef 1689/90
  8. Benjamin Smith1631 - 1713
  9. Edward Smith1633 - 1693
Spouse and Children
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m. 9 May 1663
  1. Edward Smith1667 - 1726
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Edward Smith
Gender Male
Christening[2] 17 Mar 1633 Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England
Marriage 9 May 1663 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesto Amphillis Angell
Death[3] 8 Sep 1693 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

On 27 Aug 1656, he was granted common equal with other inhabitants of Providence, including a vote. Served as town sergeant in 1662, as deputy seven times 1665-1683, and on the town council most years in the 1680s. In 1688, he was listed as having 5 cows, 2 oxen, 2 horses, 155 acres of land (140 of that forest). Died while serving as magistrate in Providence.[4]

References
  1. ↑ 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)
    4:112.

    EDWARD was of Providence, when he engag. alleg. June 1668, and was publish. 1669, to Amphyllis, d. of Thomas Angell of the same, by wh. I suppose, he had Edward, and Joseph; among those wh. did not rem. in the perils of 1676; d. Jan. 1703, without a will.

  2. ↑ transcribed by Richard Savage, in Savage, Richard, Transcriber, and Church of England. Parish Church of Stratford-upon-Avon. The Registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick. (London: Parish Register Society, 1897-1905)
    Baptisms, 1897.

    https://archive.org/stream/registersofstrat06stra#page/120/mode/1up
    http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-7413
    Supported by 16 yDNA tests in SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project group NE18. https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/smith-connections/about/results

  3. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891).

    Providence deaths: SMITH Edward (**1-8), Sept. 8, 1693.

  4. ↑ Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. (Orig. 1887; Reprinted 1969 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing).
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