Richard
Smith
Born about in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Judah Smith
and Mary (Unknown) Smith
Brother of
Content Smith, Susanna Smith, William Smith, Meribah (Smith) Colvin [half] and Michael Smith
Husband of
Dorothy (Potter) Smith
— married
24 Feb 1731 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Richard was a Friend (Quaker)
Richard Smith was born 4d 3m 1702 [4 May 1702] (last digit not visible in digital image).[1][2] He was the son of Judah and Mary Smith.[1][3]
He married Dorothy Potter, daughter of Stokes Potter of Dartmouth, on 24d 12m 1730/1 [24 Feb 1731].[3]
He was noted as residing in The Oblong in Dutchess County, New York in 1755 when he was enumerated in an census of Quakers in regard to service in the militia.[4] His profession was that of a farmer.[4]
Children
- Children of Richard Smith & Dorothy:
- Judah Smith, born 16 of 11m, 1734 [16 Jan 1735].[1][5]
- Joseph Smith, born 15 of 9m, 1736 [25 Nov 1736].[1][5]
- Rachel Smith, born 20 of 9m, 1738 [20 Nov 1738].[1][5]
- Mary Smith, born 21 of 2m, 1740 [21 Apr 1740].[1][5]
- Benjamin Smith, born 7 of 5m, 1745.[5]
- Elizabeth Smith, born 12 of 11m, 1751.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 7.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4RJC : 5 November 2017), Richard Smith, 07 Mar 1702; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 244.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New-York, Volume 3. United States: Weed, Parsons & Company, Public Printers, 1850. pp 1027.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 [Quaker Births From Oblong Monthly Meeting]Quaker Births From Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess County, New York, LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost, Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 13-16.
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