Person:Elisha Smith (6)

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Elisha Smith
b.Abt 1736 Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
d.6 Aug 1815 Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Jul 1727
  1. Mary SmithCal 1728 - 1730
  2. Sarah SmithAbt 1729 -
  3. Molly SmithAbt 1733 - 1824
  4. Samuel Smith, Jr.Abt 1735 - 1823
  5. Elisha SmithAbt 1736 - 1815
  6. Capt. Reuben SmithAbt 1740 - 1832
  7. Azubah SmithAbt 1740 - 1817
  8. Jerusha SmithAbt 1742 - 1844
  9. Oliver SmithAbt 1745 - 1801
  10. Martha SmithAbt 1749 - 1830
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Elisha SmithAbt 1736 - 1815
  • W.  Eunice GroutAbt 1737 - 1830
m. Bef 1760
  1. Elisha Smith1764 - 1818
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Elisha Smith
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1736 Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1760 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Eunice Grout
Death[1][2][4] 6 Aug 1815 Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave: South Parish Cemebery, Winchester, NH, in Find A Grave
    Elisha Smith.

    Mr.
    Elisha Smith
    died,
    August 6, 1815,
    in his 79
    Year.
    [Note: birth about 1736.]

  2. ↑ New Hampshire, United States. New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947. (New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration)
    [1].

    Name: Elisha Smith
    Place of Death: Winchester, N.H.
    Date of Death: aug. 6, 1815.
    Age: 79
    Sex: Male; Color: White
    Place of Burial: Winchester, N.H.
    Clerk of: Winchester, N.H.

  3. ↑ Temple, Josiah Howard; George Sheldon; and Mary T. Stratton. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, for 150 years: with an account of the prior occupation of the territory by the Squakheags: and with family genealogies. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1875)
    p. 537.

    Elisha Smith [#6], s. of Samuel Smith [#4] and Sarah Morton, m. Eunice Grout. Removed to Winchester.
    [Note: In this sketch, his wife is said to have died 1859, a. 83, impossible if she had her first child in 1760 as indicated in this source. Her gravestone gives a death in 1830, aged 93, much more reasonable for a man born in the mid-1730s.]

  4. ↑ New Hampshire. Probate Court (Cheshire County). Probate estate files, 1769-1885. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001-2002)
    Case S-240 Smith Elisha, Winchester, 1815.

    Will of "Elisha Smith of Winchester ... yeoman", dated 27 May 1808, heirs cited 24 Aug 1815, proved 18 Oct 1815, names wife Eunice; sons Zimry & Elisha Jr.; sons Noah & Seth; daughter Trypheany Sikes; daughter Eunice Cook; daughter Abigail Smith [single]; daughter Sally Lyman. Wife and two sons Noah and Seth to be executors.
    Feb 1816: Inventory of Elisha Smith late of Winchester deceased: $6835.08, by Dan'l Hawkins, Henry Pratt, Oliver Doolittle.
    22 Apr 1817: Appraisal of real estate of Elisha Smith late of Winchester and set off to Eunice Smith widow of said deceased her dower.
    1 Dec 1817: Account of Noah Smith executor of Elisha Smith Late of Winchester Deceased, allowed. Balance half to Noah, remaining sum to Medad Alexander guardian of Sophrana Smith, Edwin Smith, Charles Smith, Clarence Smith and Sarah Smith children of Seth Smith late of Winchester deceased.
    [Note: the following division appears to be the real estate of the son Elisha.]
    26 Apr 1819: Appraisal of real estate of Elisha Smith deceased, excepting the part set off to the widow Eunice Smith as her dower, distributed to Elisha Smith; to Mary Smith and to Martha Smith. Signed by Eunice Smith guardian for Elisha Smith; Mary Smith; Martha Smith.

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