Person:Seth Smith (11)

Seth Smith

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m. 27 Dec 1660

Facts and Events

Name^[3]	Seth Smith
Alt Name^[3]	Samuel Smith
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[3]	20 Dec 1662	Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death^[2]^[3]	21 Dec 1662	Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
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Smith, Seth, s. Seth and Mary, [born] Dec. 20, 1662.
↑ Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
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Smith, Samuell [sic], s. Seth and Mary, [died] Dec. 21, 1662.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Note that the birth record says Seth and the death record says Samuel. There is barely time for two children to be born since their marriage in 1660, and no reason to think that they had 2 children. Chronologically, there is a birth of Seth 20 Dec 1662, then a death of Samuel 21 Dec 1662. In later years, there is the birth of Samuel 1665 and Seth in 1669. It appears that the birth and death in 1662 apply to the same child, but it is not clear whether his name was Seth or Samuel, though possibly Samuel, since that was reused first?