Christopher
Smith
Born about in England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Fairbanks) Smith
— married
2 Aug 1654 (to 7 Nov 1676) in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
John Smith
Died
at about age 56
in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Christopher Smith's origins are currently unknown. His birth is estimated as 1620 based solely on his wife's known birth.
Christopher Smith first appeared in New England records 17 April 1640, when he was allowed to purchase from Jonas Humphrey his former grant of 5 acres of land in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] Christopher was admitted into the Dedham church in October 1642.[2] He signed the Dedham Covenant, but on what date is not known.[3] He was made freeman on 10 May 1643 in Massachusetts Bay Colony.[4]
There is no record of any other wife or child until he married Mary (Fairbanks) Metcalf, the daughter of Jonathan and Grace (Smith) Fayrbanke and the widow of Michael Metcalf, Jr., on 02 August 1654 at Dedham.[5] Mary was named in her father's 1668 will as the wife of Christopher Smith.[6][7][8].
Their only known child was born at Dedham:
- John Smith, b. 19 Nov 1655.[9]
Death & Estate
His death was recorded at Dedham on 07 November 1676.[10][7]
The inventory of his estate was taken 8 December 1676. Mary Smith and John Smith, (son of Christopher & Mary), made oath concerning its completeness on 13 Dec. 1676. On the same day Mary Smith, widow, John Smith and Daniel Fisher, all of Dedham posted bond.[11]
DNA
Descendant of yDNA group NE27 Christopher Smith-10534 (bc 1615 Eng dc 1692 MA) m Mary Fairbanks-26. See SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project.[12] See also: Space:SmithConnection.com_DNA_Project
Research Notes
Wife Martha (Metcalf) Stow disproved: Savage (IV:111) stated that Christopher's wife was "Martha, d. of Michael Metcalf the first, wid. of William Bignall, perhaps as sec w... the Metcalf pedigree in Geaneal. Reg. VI:173 says she took a 3d h a Stow;" this error was carried on by Clarence Almon Torrey in his New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 1986, p. 67, although he placed a question mark after "Christopher." However, the error is corrected by the will of Michael Metcalf senr, 15 9m 1664, who made bequests "To my Daughter Martha Stow" and "To my Daughter Stowes Eldest sonne, which she had by her first husband, Wm Brignall" (Abstract in Reg 6:172-3). Mary Fairbanks Metcalf Smith's identity is proved by her father's will, that of Michael Metcalf Sr., and the registration of her marriages.[13]
Savage: Makes a mess of Christopher's wife's marriages.[14]
Sources
- ↑ Hill, D. G. "The Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts. 1636-1659.", Vol. 3. Printed Records of the Town : Dedham, Mass., 1892. Page 67. Archive.org.
- ↑ Hill, Don Gleason, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ...transcribed from the Church Records in the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1888), p. 26. Archive.org.
- ↑ Hill, Don Gleason, The Early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636-1659 ( Dedham, Mass.: Dedham Transcript, 1892) Vol. 3, pp. 2-3. Archive.org
- ↑ Andrews, H. Franklin, List of freemen, Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1630 to 1691 (Exira, Iowa : Exira Print. Co., 1906) unpaginated. Archive.org.
- ↑ Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), p. 127. Archive.org.
- "[1654] Christopher Smith & Mary [or Martha] Metcalfe was married the 2 of the 6 mo."[02 August]
- ↑ Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles, Genealogy of the Fairbanks family in America, 1633-1897 (Boston, Printed by the American printing and engraving company, 1897) p. 31 (Archive.org link) (date of marriage, no location given; Christopher Smith mentioned as Mary's spouse in Jonathan Fairbank's will)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Howard Hurtig Metcalfe, Some Descendants of Rev. Leonard Metcalf of Tatterford Parish, Norfolk, England, Mostly those of his son Michael the emigrant to Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1637 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2002), p. 8.
- ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Vol 2 page 1388.
- ↑ Hill, Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Births, Marriages & Deaths and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Dedham, MA, 1635-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), p. 06. "[1655] John, the Son of Christopher & Martha Smith, was borne the 19 of the 9 mo." [19 Nov]
- ↑ Hill, Don Gleason, compiler, The Record of Births, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1845 2 vols. (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), p. 15 (Archive.org link.)
- "[1676] Christoper Smith, deceased the 7th of the 9th" [07 November]
- ↑ Suffolk Co., Mass., Probate Records, Vol. 12:13 (Admin.), 117-8 (Inventory); New Series: 2:541 (Bond), Docket #854.
- ↑ SmithConnections Northeastern DNA Project, haplogroup R1b NE27 Christopher Smith.
- ↑ Leudemann, Judith Miner Hine, "Correct Ancestry of Ebenezer Smith," Connecticut Nutmegger, v. 23 (1990), p. 68-70. AmericanAncestors.org, link by $ubscription.
- ↑ Savage, James A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, ( Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1860) Vol. 4:111 (Archive.org link).
- See also:
- Linzee, John, The history of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. ( Boston, Mass. : J.W. Linzee, 1913), p. 332. Archive.org/
- Metcalfe, Howard Hurtig Some Descendants of Rev. Leonard Metcalf of Tatterford Parish, Norfolk, England, Mostly those of his son Michael the emigrant to Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1637
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64234855/christopher-smith: accessed April 29, 2024), memorial page for Christopher Smith (unknown–7 Nov 1676), Find A Grave: Memorial #64234855, citing Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939). (No gravestone extant.)
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