Joseph Addison Smith (abt. 1766 - 1853)

Born about Oct 1766 in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Butman — married 3 Feb 1798 in Sandy Bay, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 26 May 1853 at about age 86 in Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born about 1766. Joseph Smith ... He passed away in 1853. ^[1]

(I) Thomas Smith, of Newbury, the Immigrant American ancestor of the family here under consideration, came from Romsey, county Hants, England, and sailed from Southampton in the "James" in 1635, landed at Boston, and went first to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and afterword to Newbury. One reliable authority says that he was of Gloucester in 1643 and Mr. Babson mentions that Thomas Smith was a early settler and proprietor and a commissioner for ending small causes, in 1643.; Further, that he had a son Thomas born 1643; that these Smiths remained in the town only a short time, but the name subsequently reappeared there. (II) Thomas Smith, son of the first Thomas had a son John. (III) John Smith, son of Thomas (2), married Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Smith, and by her had children-- Daniel, Mary, Joseph and Jonathan. in 1694 he bought land on Eastern Point, on the south side of Smiths cove, near where his house was built, and where his descendants lived for many years afterward. (IV) Daniel Smith, son of John and Rebecca (She was daughter of Samuel Smith and by their marriage two branches of the family were united) was born September 10, 1692; Married Lydia Sargent; children: four Daughters, and four sons -- Daniel, John, Andrew and Benjamin. (V) John Smith, second son of Daniel and Lydia Smith, born October 22, 1723, lived on his grandfather’s estate at Eastern Point. where he engaged in the fisheries. He was one of the leading men of the town, selectman, and one of the committee of safety during the revolution. He married November 27, 1746. Abigail, daughter of Samuel Fleming, and died in 1789. The names of all of their children are not found, but among them were Henry, who married a daughter of Captain Jacob Allen; Joseph. (VI) Joseph Smith was a farmer, and lived in that part of Gloucester which afterward was set off to form Rockport, where some of his descendants have remained to the present time.(1908) By his wife Abigail ______, he had at least two sons, Henry and Allen, and perhaps other children, both sons and daughters.

Birth

Circa OCT 1766 in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Death

86 yr 7 mo

26 MAY 1853 in Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts

DNA

HAPLOGROUP, MRCA, CDYa, CDYb, DYS19, DYS19a, DYS19b, DYS385a, DYS385b, DYS385c, DYS385d, DYS388, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS395S1a, DYS395S1b, DYS406S1 , DYS413a, DYS413b, DYS425, DYS426, DYS436, DYS437

Residence

1850

Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^[7]

1840

Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^[8]

Occupation

Farmer

Marriage

03 FEB 1798 in Sandy Bay, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by David Smith, Apr 27, 2013
2. ↑ Source: #S11 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_304; Page: 331; Image: 238.
3. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: T9_528; Family History Film: 1254528; Page: 358.4000; Enumeration District: 171; Image: 0717.
4. ↑ Source: #S340 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_315; Page: 149A; Image: . Object: @M84@
5. ↑ Source: #S394 Page: Database online. Object: @M341@
6. ↑ Source: #S394 Page: Database online. Object: @M341@
7. ↑ Source: #S340 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_315; Page: 149A; Image: . Object: @M84@
8. ↑ Source: #S390 Page: Database online. Year: 1840; Census Place: Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: ; Page: . Object: @M262@
9. ↑ Source: #S341 Page: Database online.
10. ↑ Source: #S394 Page: Database online. Object: @M352@

• Source: S11 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 USA Federal Census Publication: Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the USA 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bure;

• Source: S135 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 USA Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Repository: #R1

• Source: S138 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 USA Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Repository: #R1

• Source: S340 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the; Repository: #R5

• Source: S341 Author: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Title: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Famil; Repository: #R5

• Source: S390 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1840 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1

• Source: S394 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to David Smith for starting this profile.