Person:Joseph Smith (257)
Joseph Smith
chr.25 Dec 1625 Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
d.Bef 28 Aug 1673 Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 Feb 1615/16
  1. Richard Smith1616/17 - 1690
  2. Susanna Smith1619 - 1693
  3. Anne Smith1621/22 -
  4. Joseph Smith1625 - Bef 1673
  5. Mary Smith1630 - Aft 1684
  6. Rebecca Smith1630 -
  7. Deacon Jonathan Smith1635 - Aft 1711
  8. Abigail Smith1637/38 - Aft 1683
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph Smith1625 - Bef 1673
  • W.  Lydia WrightEst 1634 - Bef 1688/89
m. Abt 1653
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Joseph Smith
Gender Male
Christening[1] 25 Dec 1625 Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
Marriage Abt 1653 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United Statesto Lydia Wright
Death[2][5] Bef 28 Aug 1673 Rocky Hill, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesBefore date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[5] 28 Aug 1673 £441-07-06. Taken by James Treat, Sergt. John Deming, Emanuel Buck, Townsmen.
Probate[5] 4 Sep 1673 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thompson, Neil D. Isaac Buswell and Rebecca (Buswell) Smith of Husbands Bosworth, Co. Leicester, and New England. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 2004)
    158:38.

    "Joseph (Smith), bp. (Husbands Bosworth) 25 Dec. 1625."

  2. ↑ Harris, Gale Ion. The Doubtful English Ancestry of Richard Smith of Wethersfield, Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1989)
    143:245.

    'Joseph [son of Richard and Rebecca Smith], b. ca. 1626 (aged 41 in August 1667); d. at Wethersfield (Rocky Hill) before 28 Aug. 1673, the date of his inventory; m. by 1654 Lydia Wright ([daughter of] Thomas) of Wethersfield …'

  3.   Wright, Curtis. Genealogical and Biographical Notices of Descendants of Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, Essex England, in America, Thomas Wright of Wethersfield, Conn., Samuel Wright, of Northampton, Mass., 1610-1670, 1614-1665. (Carthage, Mo.: The Author, 1915)
    page 79.

    'Lydia Wright, b. 1634, m. Joseph Smith of Wethersfield, Conn.'

  4.   Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:645.

    'Vol. III--Prob. Ct., Hartford, Ct.--held Nov. 25, 1673--Inv. … of the Est. of Joseph Smith late of Rocky Hill was exh'd & Lydia Smith relict …'

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Smith, Joseph, Rocky Hill, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:233.

    "Probate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 113.

    Smith, Joseph, Rocky Hill. Invt. £441-07-06. Taken 28 August, 1673, by James Treat, Sergt. John Deming, Emanuel Buck, Townsmen. The children: Lydia, age 19 years, Joseph 13, Jonathan 10, Samuel 7.

    Court Record, Page 132—4 September, 1673: Adms. is granted to Lydia, the Relict.

    Page 134—25 November, 1673: Order to Dist. to Lydia the Relict £46-06-08 forever, and 1-3 of the profits of the Real Estate during life; to the Eldest son £150, to the two youngest sons £90 to each of them, and £59 to the daughter. This Court appoint Thomas Wright and Jonathan Smith Overseers.

    Page 130—(Vol. IV) 3 May, 1687: This Court, upon the Motion of Lydia Harris, Relict to Joseph Smith of Rocky Hill, that there might be a settlement of the Estate of sd. Joseph Smith upon his Children, This Court do appoint Mr. John Buttolph, Mr. John Robbins, with Jonathan Smith, to Dist. the Estate to his wife and Children according to such proportion as the Court hath allotted to each of them in their Dist. of 25 November 1673, & to divide to the sons their proportions in Lands as equally as may be, so far as it will go. You are to take the Eldest son as living."

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