Person:Stephen Smith (52)

"Smith street derived its name from four brothers named Smith who settled on that road. They emigrated from Nine Partners, N. Y., and came here from Manchester, Vt. Stephen Smith built a log house in 1784, on the place now owned by Orson Martin, and brought his family here in 1785. Deacon Eli Smith came also in 1784, and in 1785 located on the farm where Widow D. C. Smith now lives. He was in the battle at Stillwater, and beheld the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. He was born on November 10, 1751, and died on June 16, 1816. Major Nathan Smith in 1792 settled on the farm now occupied by Mrs. Voss. He was in the battle of Bennington, and with Benjamin Vaughan was the first to scale the breastworks in pursuit of the enemy. He died before 1800. Amos Smith, a carpenter and joiner, came here in 1793; two years later opened a store in a house owned by Jordan Post, and about 1798 lived on Smith street. About 1808 he went to Canada, where he died eight years later. Philip Smith, son of Nathan, came here in 1786 and settled on Barnum Hill. He served as constable and deputy sheriff for several years, and died February 4, 1847, aged eighty-two years."

Stephen is mentioned in Index of the State of VT, Town of Manchester, Proprietors Records, Vol. A 1761- 1850 for November, 1783, on page 18.

The Taking of Fort Ticonderoga, from Janice Farnsworth, 8/2003. A young man named Beman, who was about eighteen years old and had spent much time in the fort, and was well acquainted with all the passages, buildings and quarters of the officers and soldiers became the guide. The main entrance on the south was in ruins. Nine men from Shoreham were known to be part of the group: Nathan Beman, Thomas Rowley, Jr.*, John Crigo, Elijah Kellogg, Amos Callender, Samuel Wolcott, Samuel Wolcott, Jr.,Stephen Smith (then of Manchester) and Hopkins Rowley[4] (then of Pittsford). Allen, Arnold and their men swarmed through and came upon a single sentry. He pointed his musket at the group and pulled the trigger. It apparently misfired, so he turned and ran into the fort shouting an alarm. The Green Mountain Boys were in close pursuit, yelling like Indians.

• Susan Holt MacIntire & Sanford Stowell Witherell, A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, VT, (Rutland, VT; Academy Books, 1992), page 409.

According to the David Library of the American Revolution, John Smith was lame & thus unable to make the march to Fort Ticonderoga. MaryLu McClure, 8/03.

Whether Stephen is John's brother has not been proven.

1. ↑ Linda L. Spence, Clerk. Manchester Town Clerk Records, Book 1.
2. ↑ Manchester Land Records, Volume 1, 1766. (Town meetings, marriages, births & pig ear markings.).
3. ↑ Town Hall, Town of Manchester, Vermont. (Book 1, page 443).
4. ↑ State of Vermont Office of the Adjutant General State Veterans Affairs. Revolutionary War Rolls. (Pages 169, 227, 451).
5. ↑ State of Vermont, Town of Manchester, Proprietors Records. (Volume A, 1761- 1850).
6. ↑ MacIntire & Witherell. A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham, Vermont. (contributed by Jean Marston)
   page 201.
7. ↑ edited by H.P. Smith. History of Addison County, Vermont. (D. Mason & Company Publishing, 1886).
8. ↑ From the Family Files of Jean Marston, 1/06/2003.