Person:Joseph Smith (395)

Name^[1]	Joseph Smith
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]	Jul 1691	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Degree^[2]	1709	Yale College
Marriage	5 Jul 1711	New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Martha Bryan
Will^[1]^[2]	11 Sep 1755	New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Death^[1]	Bef 18 Sep 1769	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesprobate
Probate^[1]^[2]	18 Sep 1769	New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesWill proved.

Sources listed list different fathers. More research needed.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Abbott, Susan Woodruff, and Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979)
677.

"5. Joseph Smith s of Benjamin was born ca 1685 and died Milford 1769. Will made 11 September 1755 and proved 18 September 1769."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
Oct 1701-May 1745, 92-93.

JOSEPH SMITH, the eldest son of Joseph Smith, of Milford, Connecticut, and the earliest of this wide-spread name to be educated at the College, was born in Milford, in July, 1691.

He spent his life in the cultivation of his extensive farm in his native town, and there died in the summer of 1769, aged 78.

His will was proved at New Haven, September 18, 1769. It is dated in 1755, and mentions two sons and four daughters. His property had probably been distributed mainly among his children before his death, as his estate is inventoried at only £400.

He married, July 5, 1711, Martha, daughter of Captain Samuel Bryan, of Milford. She was born in 1689, and died in 1771. He and his wife were admitted to the Milford Church on the 6th of April, 1718.

AUTHORITIES.
R. D. Smyth, College Courant, August 15, 1868, 99.