Mary (Bent) Smith (1769 - 1857)

Born 23 Sep 1769 in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of George Smith Jr. — married 12 Feb 1789 in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1857 at age 88 in Orwell, Ashtabula, Ohio

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Biography

Mary (Bent) Smith, known as Molly or Polly, was born in Rutland, Massachusetts on September 23, 1769. She married George Smith in that same town on January 16, 1789. They moved to northeastern Ohio, where she died on December 18, 1858.

Sources

• Her birth, marriage, death and children are found on pp.59-60 (pp.63-64 of PDF) in: Bent, Allen (1900). The Bent Family in America. Boston: David Clapp & Son.

• Maiden name found in the application of Charles S. Gleason] to the Sons of the American Revolution, available on ancestry.com. Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

Description

• Death date found in: Title: Ashtabula-OBIT46; Location: Geneva Public Library; Description: Star Beacon Obits Notebook - 1970-1990; Details: p. 9. It is available on ancestry.com. A birth date is also found in the record. The day and month match the available birth record on familysearch.org, but the year is different.

• Marriage date found here. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHL3-LZ8 : accessed 5 December 2015), George Jr. Smith and Molly Bent, 16 Jan 1789; citing reference Roll 1 P208 R2; FHL microfilm 859,332.

• Birth date found here. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45C-WD9 : accessed 5 December 2015), Molly Bent, 23 Sep 1769; citing Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, Roll 1 P64 R10; FHL microfilm 859,332.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 February 2019), memorial page for Polly Bent Smith (23 Sep 1769–18 Dec 1859), Find A Grave: Memorial #149165635, citing Orwell North Cemetery, Orwell, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Susanna (contributor 48631118) .