Major
Jeremiah
Smith
Jr.
Born in Salem County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of Jeremiah Smith Sr.
and Abigail (Somers) Steelman
Brother of
William Smith, John Steelman III [half], Abigail (Steelman) Higbee [half], Jonathan Steelman [half], Daniel Steelman Sr. [half] and Absalom Steelman [half]
Husband of
Naomi (Babcock) Smith
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Garretson (Smith) Veal, Lydia (Smith) Steelman, Jeremiah Smith III and Rachel (Smith) Weatherby
Died
at age 78
in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States
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Jeremiah Smith Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A105744.
Major Jeremiah Smith Jr. served with 3rd Battalion, Gloucester County Militia, New Jersey during the American Revolution.
Biography
Daughters of the American Revolution information:
- SMITH, JEREMIAH
- Ancestor #: A105744
- Service: NEW JERSEY
- Rank(s): MAJOR
- Birth: 7-24-1752 NEW JERSEY
- Death: 2-1-1831 GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY.
- Service Source: NJ, REV WAR: COMP OF REV WAR SLIPS & DOCUMENTED MATERIALS FROM OTHER SOURCES, FHL ROLL #568724 , MSS #642, #3941. Service Description: 1) ALSO CAPT, GLOUCESTER CO MILITIA; 2) COL RICHARD SOMERS. RESIDENCE: 1) County: GLOUCESTER CO - State: NEW JERSEY
- SPOUSE: NAOMI BABCOCK.
- Child daughter: LYDIA SMITH, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] CHARLES STEELMAN.
- Child daughter: RACHAEL SMITH, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] BENJAMIN WEATHERBY.
- Child son: JEREMIAH SMITH, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] ELIZABETH VANNAMAN
- Burial: Head of the River Cemetery, Estell Manor, Atlantic County, New Jersey.[1]
- Jeremiah Smith (1752-1831) Wife Naomi Babcock. Children listed on Find A Grave: Charlotta, Rachel, Mary, James.
Sources
- https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A105744
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7DD-3RP
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12894569/jeremiah-smith
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jeremiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jeremiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jeremiah:
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~0.78%
Christopher Matson
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RA3347260 [compare], yourDNAportal CHR119ea235, Ancestry member critic482
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~0.39%
Randy Coggeshall :
23andMe
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Brian Klinger :
23andMe
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Paula (Cullen) Staunton
Smith-113498 and Smith-75293 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates and daughter
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