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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
William Smith |
| Gender |
Male |
| Christening[2] |
23 Mar 1617 |
Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England |
| Marriage |
16 Aug 1644 |
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Stanley |
| Will[3] |
14 Dec 1669 |
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Death[1][3] |
Bet 14 Dec 1669 and 6 Jan 1669/70 |
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably) Between date of will and date of inventory. |
| Estate Inventory[3] |
6 Jan 1669/70 |
£229-00-00. Taken by Thomas Barnes, Thomas Orton & John Wadsworth. |
| Probate[3] |
3 Mar 1669/70 |
Administration to the relict. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wiliam 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)
4:136.
"William (Smith), Wethersfield 1644, br. of Christopher of Northampton, where prob. he did not seat hims. till ten or a dozen yrs. later, but must have been here at W. with William, or at Hartford with the other brs. Joseph, and Simon, and sis. Mary Partridge; m. 16 Aug. 1644, Eliz. Standley, perhaps d. of Timothy, made clk. of the milit. comp. next yr. perhaps was of Middletown 1649, for there are rec. b. of his first six ch. tho. prob. the first two were b. at W. viz. Jonathan, 20 Jan. 1647; Jobanah, 2 Jan. 1649; Susanna, 20 Mar. 1651; Eliz. and Mehitable, tw. 20 May 1653; and Joseph, 25 Aug. 1655; rem. to Farmington soon aft. join. the ch. and brot. Joseph to bapt. 15 Mar. 1657, and there had Benjamin, bapt. prob. 11 (not 14, as in Geneal. Reg. XI. 325) Apr. 1658; William, b. Apr. 1661; and Samuel, May 1664; was in the list of freem. 1669, and d. early next yr. His wid. Eliz. d. 1678, and three of the nine ch. d. in the interval, viz. Eliz. William, and Jobanah, wh. was a soldier in Capt. Newberry's comp. in Philip's war, k. by the Ind. Three of his s. Jonathan, Joseph, and Samuel, liv. at F. but nothing is kn. of their condit."
- ↑ Baptism record, in Savage, Richard, Transcriber, and Church of England. Parish Church of Stratford-upon-Avon. The Registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick. (London: Parish Register Society, 1897-1905)
Baptisms 1558-1652.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Smith, William, Farmington, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
1:235.
"Probate Records. Vol. III, 1663 to 1677. Page 68-9.
Smith, William, Farmington. Invt. £229-00-00. Taken 6 January, 1669-70, by Thomas Barnes, Thomas Orton & John Wadsworth. The children: Jonathan 23 years of age, Jobana 21, Joseph 14, Benjamin 11, William 8, Samuel 5, Susannah 19, Elizabeth and Mehetabell 16. Will dated 14 December, 1669.
I William Smith of ffarmington, being through the visitation of God very weake in Body but of good understanding, doe in the few words following dispose of that little Estate which he hath lent me: Item. I give to my wife 1-3 of my Estate wch shall then be in my house and Homested, the rest of my Estate to be divided in equal portions to my Children. I desire Mr. Anthony Howkins and Brother John Stanly to be Overseers.
That this is the last Will of William Smith of Farmington, though not subscribed by him by reason of bodily weakness, is attested by us.
Samuel Hooker, John Norton.
Court Record, Page 97—3 March, 1669-70: The last Will and Testament, together with the Inventory of the Estate, of Wm. Smith, of Farmington, was exhibited in Court & ordered to be recorded, & this Court grants Elizabeth Smith, the Relict of the sd. Wm. Smith, power of Adms.; & it being testified by Robert Porter & Jonathan Smith that it was the mind of Wm. Smith, though it be not so fully expressed in his Will, that his Relict should possess the Thirds of his whole Estate, This Court doe order that in the Distribution of the Estate it be accordingly attended."
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