Elias Smith Sr. (abt. 1738 - aft. 1806)

Born about 1738 in Egg Harbor, Gloucester County, New Jersey

Husband of Sarah (Ireland) Smith — married 11 Aug 1760 in Egg Harbor, Gloucester, New Jersey

Descendants

Died after 1806 after about age 68 in Egg Harbor, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA

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Elias Smith Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A105179.

Biography

He was named guardian of Thomas Ireland, Jr. on 12 Jan 1785 in Gloucester, New Jersey.

Elias Smith married on 11 Aug 1760 in Egg Harbor, Gloucester County, New Jersey to Sarah Ireland. ^[1]

Elias Smith, Sr. died after 16 Dec 1806 in Egg Harbor, Gloucester County, New Jersey and was buried at Ireland Burial Bround in Estelville, Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA.

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

• SMITH, ELIAS
• Ancestor #: A105179
• Service: NEW JERSEY
• Rank(s): PRIVATE
• Birth: 1738 GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY
• Death: ANTE 12-16-1806 GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY
• Service Description: 1) GLOUCESTER CO
• Residence: Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: , By: Conversion 1) County: GLOUCESTER CO - State: NEW JERSEY
• Spouse: SARAH IRELAND;Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)
• Child son: ELIAS SMITH, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] HANNAH LEE

Tuckihoe (Tuckahoe) Baptist Church

This church is distinguished as above from the river which runs near the meeting house. The house measures 28x24. It was built in 1751 in Egg Harbor Township and County of Gloucester, 60 miles southeast from Philadelphia. The lot on which it stands contains about one acre and is the gift of James Hubbard. His deed is dated May 15, 1750. The house is now in a ruinous condition, but the people are talking of building another in a more convenient place, Alderman.

Benezet promises to give them land, timber, glass and nails. There is another house which the church occupies, but is not their own. It stands on May's Landing about 12 miles off of this.

The families which usually assemble at Tuckihoe are about 60, where of 63 persons are baptised, and in the communion, here administered the first Sunday in every month; salary about 20 pounds. The above is the present state of Tuckihoe, 14 April 1790.

In 1770 Rev. James Sutton came hither with a view to settle among them. This put them on thinking of becoming a distinct church. Accordingly they were, July 23, 1771, incorporated by the assistance of Revs. Vanhorn and Heaton. The names were ...

Rev. James Sutton, Joseph Savage, Esq., Jonathan Smith, William Goldin, Jacob Garrison, Joseph Ingersol, Thomas Ireland, Elias Smith^[2], John Ingles, Esq., Lemuel Sayres, Lemuel Edwards, John Scull, Isaac Scull, Katharine Garrison, Mary Goldin, Jane Ingersol, Debora Lore, Tabitha Scull, Mary Ireland, Elizabeth Garrison, Jane Camp, Mary Camp, Abigail Scud and Catharine Weaver.

The same year they joined the association. This church is the daughter of Dividing Creek. It has now existed 19 years and increased from 24 to 63.

Rev. Benjamin Sutton resigned in 1772.

Rev. William Lock, 1773, resigned 1779.

Rev. Isaac Bonnel, ordained pastor 17 Sep 1783.

Sources

1. ↑ GS film#802941 folder#004836074 image#00301 p256
2. ↑ "History of the Tuckihoe Baptist Church" by Morgan Edwards, A.M.

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A105179
• DAR #A105179 for Elias Smith, Revolutionary War, d: 1806 R130

• New Jersey Index of Land Documents doc#974.981 R28s

• "Early History of Atlantic County, New Jersey"] p11, 106, 107 call#974.984 H2a with broken link https://www.archive.org/stream/earlyhistoryofat00atlaearlyhistoryofat00atla_djvu.txt

• https://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/atlantic/history/localgreateggharbor.txt

• New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, etc. v2&3

• New Jersey Abstract of Wills 1670-1817; New Jersey Archives; for Elias Smith, d: 1806 Gloucester County, Will books

• "Notes on old Gloucester County, New Jersey" v1 compiled & edited in 1917 by Frank H. STEWART, Historian of the New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania & printed by Sinnickson Chew & Sons Company of Camden, New Jersey. (text only)

• Family Group Sheet FGS195 for Elias Smith & Sarah Ireland at www.familysearch.org

• Ancestry Family Tree with broken link https://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=11200667&pid=-508344872