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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Smith, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
309.
"Smith, Henry: [Origin] Norfolk; [Emigration] 1638 on Diligent; [Resided] Hingham, Rehoboth [NEHGR 15:27, 97:256-57; 121:12; Lechford 176, 304; ReTR 1:2; MBCR 1:297, 375; HiBOP 76; MD 10:159-62; Waters 1120-22; Ackley-Bosworth 110-12]."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Henry1 Smith, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, Editor, and N. Grier Parke (Compiler and Publisher). The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth. (Woodstock, Vt.: N.G. Parke, 1960)
110.
"Henry1 Smith, born in co. Norfolk, England, died at Rehoboth, Mass, 3 Nov. 1647; married Judith _____, who died at Rehoboth, between 24 Oct. and 15 Dec. 1650. He came with the early Hingham settlers, bringing his wife Judith, three sons two daughters, three men servants and two maid servants, in the Diligent, which sailed from Ipswich, Suffolk, in June 1638 and arrived at Boston on 10 August following. He was from Hempnell, Norfolk. While living at Hingham, he was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay, 13 Mar. 1638/9, and served as Deputy, June 1641. He was dignified with the title of respect (Mr.) both by Rev. Peter Hobart in his Journal and in Daniel Cushing's Record. He removed to Rebohoth in 1643, and was propounded for freeman of Plymouth Colony, June l645."
Henry's will, dated 3 Nov. 1647, names his wife; sons Henry and Daniel; son Hunt and brother Thomas Cooper; and daughter Judith. The will of Mrs. Judith Smith, made 24 Oct. 1650, (inventory 15 Dec. 1650), named her son Henry; daughter Judith; daughter Hunt; son John’s three children; and son DanieL."
Thomas Cooper was from Hingham, England, and as he had no sister Judith baptized there, it may be that his wife Rachel was sister of Henry Smith or of Henry’s wife Judith."
- ↑ Henry 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)
4:116.
"Henry (Smith), Hingham, was from Co. Norfk. came in the Diligent 1638, with w. three s. two ds. three men and two maid serv. freem. 13 Mar. 1639, rep. 1641, rem. to Rehoboth 1643, there d. 1649. Of his will, 3 Nov. 1647 (in wh. his w. is made Extrix. and ch. Henry, Daniel and Judith, with br. Thomas Cooper are nam.) abstr. is giv. in Geneal. Reg. IV. 319; and the will of Judith, his wid. 24 Oct. 1650, abstr. on the next page, enlarges our acquaint. with the fam. by refer. to others; but she may have been a sec. w."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Family Recorded, in Colonial Dames of America. Chapter 1, Baltimore. Ancestral records and portraits: a compilation from the archives of Chapter I, the Colonial Dames of America. (New York: Grafton Press, 1910)
2:617.
The colonist, Henry Smith, of Harghan Hall, near Hingham, Norfolk County, Eng., married Judith Cooper [according to Jacobus, her maiden name is unknown]. With their five children they sailed form Ipswich, Eng., in the "good ship Diligent," April 26, and landed at Boston, August 10, 1638. The only person on board the Diligent, dignified by the title of "Mr.," Henry Smith, brought with him three men and two maid servants and one Thomas Mayer (in what capacity is not stated). Settling at Hingham, Mass., he was one of the first deacons of the church, and Deputy in the Plymouth Council 1641. Removing to Rehoboth, Mass., he died there November 3, 1649. Issue, among others, John, Henry, and Daniel. [Savage's Geneal. Hist. of N.E. ; Smith Family Bible ; Smith Family of Hingham Mass., pub. 1889 ; Research in Court, Church and Town Records, by Caroll F. Smith.]
- ↑ 4 Judith1 Ray, in Mahler, Leslie. The English Ancestry of Judith1 Ray, Wife Of Henry1 Smith Of Hingham And Rehoboth, Massachusetts. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Dec 2015)
87:268.
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