Mary (Hopkins) Smith (1640 - bef. 1700)

Born Nov 1640 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Smith — married 3 Jan 1665 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died before 2 Jul 1700 before age 59 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary Hopkins was born in November 1640 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of Giles and Catherine (Whelden) Hopkins.^[1][2]

She married Samuel Smith on 03 January 1665[/6] in Eastham, Plymouth Colony.^[3] Samuel was baptized in Hingham on 11 July 1641, the son of Ralph Smith.^[2] He died on 22 March 1696/7 in his 55th year at Eastham.^[3] Their homestead was located on Billingsgate Island in Eastham on Cape Cod Bay.^[4] Billingsgate was eroded by the sea and was submerged into the Bay in the first half of the 20th century.^[5]

Administration of Samuel's estate was granted to his widow, Mary Smith and his son, John Smith on 20 April 1697. The settlement of his estate, dated 22 April 1697, named his widow Mary Smith; grandsons Samuel and Joseph Smith, the sons of eldest son Samuel; son John Smith; and daughter Mary Hamilton. The widow of son Samuel, Bathshua Freeman alias Smith, was awarded a portion of the estate as her due from a marriage agreement that had not been completed by Samuel Smith Sr. as his son had died suddenly.^[4]

Mary Smith died shortly before 02 July 1700 in Eastham when her estate was inventoried.^{[4] [6][7][8]}

When Mary's estate was divided on 18 July 1700, the same heirs were named as in Samuel's estate settlement. The administrator of her estate was son-in-law Daniel Hamilton.^[4] Daniel Hambleton made oath to the truth of the inventory. Her estate was divided between her grandchildren and children: Samuel Smith, Joseph Smith, John Smith, and Mary Smith, alias Hambleton.^[9]

The children of Samuel and Mary (Hopkins) Smith were recorded at Eastham:^[3][2]

1. Unnamed son Smith, b. and d. March 1667.
2. Samuel Smith, b. 26 May 1668; d. 22 Sep 1692 at Eastham; mar. Bathshua Lothrop 26 May 1690 at Eastham.
3. Mary Smith, b. 03 Jan 1669[/70]; d. bef. 1708; mar. Daniel Hamilton ca. 1690 at Chatham.
4. Joseph Smith, b. 10 Apr 1671; d. 22 Sep 1692, age abt. 21 at Eastham; unm.
5. John Smith, b. 26 May 1673; d. bef. 25 Feb 1717/18; mar. Bethiah Snow 14 May 1694 at Eastham.
6. Grace Smith, b. 05 Sep 1676; d. 01 Dec 1691 at Eastham; unm.
7. Rebecca Smith, b. 10 Dec 1678; not mentioned in father's estate division, 1697, nor in mother's in 1700; n.f.r.

Sources

1. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 7(1905):236. Archive.org
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), pp. 9, 21-22.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans VRs," MD Vol. 8:17-18. Archive.org
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Bowman, "Hopkins-Smith Notes," MD Vol. 12:112-117. Archive.org
5. ↑ Setterlund, Christopher. "Billingsgate: The Lost Cape Cod Island," March 25, 2024. CapeCod.com.
6. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 2:108 Inventory of Mary Smith (illegible, silkscreened).
7. ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-N9LD : 22 April 2024), Film# 00770540, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 133-134, Vol 2.
8. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Increasings. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995) p. 63. Accessed at Ancestry.com ($) Cites Mayflower Descendant 12:116
9. ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-N9LD : 22 April 2024), Film# 00770540, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 133-134, Vol 2.

See also:

• Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
• Ferris, Mary W. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Volume 1, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2005; original book privately printed, 1943.
• DeForest, L. Effingham and Anne Lawrence DeForest, Moore and Allied Families: The Ancestry of William Henry Moore,' (New York, NY :The DeForest Publishing Company 1938) Archive.org.
• Austin, John D., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 6, Family of Stephen Hopkins, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 1992, Vol. 6 p. 26.
• New Englanders in Nova Scotia (AmericanAncestors.org $ubscription) compiled by Fred E Crowell, c1938. Page 50 erroneously says she died two days before her husband, March 20, 1696-7 in Eastham, Massachusetts
• Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006)
• Hills, Leon Clark, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie (Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981) Borrow on Archive.org.

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