Person:Edward Smith (113)
Edward Smith
b.Est 1637
d.14 Jul 1689 New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1637
  1. Edward SmithEst 1637 - 1689
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Jun 1663
  1. Elizabeth Smith1664 -
  2. Ann Smith1665 -
  3. Rebecca Smith1668 -
  4. Sarah Smith1670 - 1694
  5. Mary Smith1672 -
  6. John Smith1674 - 1689
  7. Captain Obadiah Smith1676/77 - 1727
  8. Hannah Smith1678 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Edward Smith
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1637
Marriage 7 Jun 1663 New London, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Bliss
Death[1][3] 14 Jul 1689 New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edward Smith, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. The Granberry Family and Allied Families: including the ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry. (Hartford, Conn.: E.F. Waterman, 1945)
    317.

    "Edward1 Smith, born about 1637, died at New London, Conn., 14 July 1689; married at New London, Conn., 7 June 1663, Elizabeth3 Bliss, born at Saybrook, Conn., 20 Nov. 1645, died at New London, 10 July 1689, daughter of Thomas2 and Elizabeth (_____) Bliss. Edward Smith came from England about 1652, and followed his uncle, Nehemiah Smith, to New London. In 1679, after the death of his childless uncle, John Smith, testimony was taken to prove that John Smith had promised Edward a child's portion. Among those who so testified were Nehemiah Smith, aged about 74, and Ann Smith, aged about 64; they stated that about 27 years earlier, Antony Waters lived with them on Long Island and made a trip to England. Waters took a letter from Nehemiah's brother John Smith, then in Boston, asking his eldest brother in England to send over his eldest son, in consequence of which Edward Smith was brought from England by Waters on his return. Elizabeth Bliss, aged about 56, testified that John Smith promised Edward a child's portion when Edward was about to marry her daughter."

  2.   Smith, H. Allen (Henry Allen). A Genealogical History of the Descendants of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London County, Conn: with Mention of His Brother John and Nephew Edward, 1638-1888. (Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889)
    47-48.

    "The summer of 1689 was an exceptionally warm one, 'the like having not been known in the memory of man.' Prevalent at this time was a 'distemper of sore throat and fever, which passed through most families and proved mortal with many.' Edward, his wife and son John all died from it in less than one week. The son Obadiah and the seven daughters went to Norwich to live with relatives."

  3. ↑ New London Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    277.

    "Smith, … Edward, d. July 14, 1689, 4 days after his wife [1:69]"

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