Elizabeth SMITH

Female 1700 - 1761  (60 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth SMITH was born on 17 Nov 1700 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut (daughter of Nehemiah SMITH and Dorothy WHEELER); died on 17 Apr 1761 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Elizabeth married Deacon James AVERY on 13 Dec 1719 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. James (son of James AVERY and Mary GRISWOLD) was born on 27 May 1697/98 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; was christened on 29 Aug 1697 in First Church of New London; died on 02 May 1759 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Prudence AVERY was born on 16 Mar 1732 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut; was christened on 16 Apr 1732 in First Church of Groton; died on 20 Nov 1809 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut.
    2. Deacon Peter AVERY was born on 22 Feb 1730 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut; was christened on 22 Mar 1730 in First Church of Groton; died on 16 Dec 1807 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Nehemiah SMITH was born on 14 Nov 1673 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA (son of Nehemiah SMITH and Lydia WINCHESTER); died on 15 Nov 1724 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 21 Nov 1724

    Nehemiah married Dorothy WHEELER on 22 Apr 1696 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Dorothy (daughter of Isaac WHEELER and Martha PARKE) was born on 06 Dec 1679 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 25 May 1736 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Dorothy WHEELER was born on 06 Dec 1679 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Isaac WHEELER and Martha PARKE); died on 25 May 1736 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. Anna SMITH was born on 01 Nov 1717 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
    2. Lydia SMITH was born between 24 Jan 1712 and 1713 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died after 04 Feb 1766 in Franklin, New London Co., Connecticut.
    3. Mary SMITH was born on 16 Nov 1709 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died between 26 Jan 1743 and 1744 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    4. Isaac SMITH was born on 29 Dec 1707 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 14 Mar 1783 in Groten, New London Co., Connecticut.
    5. John SMITH was born on 14 Jun 1704 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 22 Dec 1758 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
    6. Nathan SMITH was born on 16 Sep 1702 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 04 Dec 1784 in Poquonock Bridge, New London Co., Connecticut.
    7. Hannah SMITH was born on 20 Feb 1699 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
    8. 1. Elizabeth SMITH was born on 17 Nov 1700 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 17 Apr 1761 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
    9. Jabez SMITH was born on 17 Feb 1714 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 11 Aug 1782 in Groton, New London Co., Conn..
    10. Dorothy SMITH was born on 26 Aug 1697 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 04 Jan 1698 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
    11. William SMITH was born on 10 May 1706 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.
    12. Sarah SMITH was born on 14 Jul 1719 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Nehemiah SMITH was christened on 24 Oct 1646 in New Haven, Connecticut (son of Nehemiah SMITH and Ann BOURNE).

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was Deputy for New London, 1690,, 1691, 1694, 1698-1703, 1705, and for Groton, 1706, 1707, 1718, 1721-1724, and was a member of the Governor's Council, 1703-1705, 1711-1715, and 1724. He was commissioned Ensign of the trainband at New London on the east side of the river, 1697, and was Justice of the Peace from 1698 to 1724.

    Nehemiah married Lydia WINCHESTER on 24 Oct 1669 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. Lydia was born in 1647 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1723 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lydia WINCHESTER was born in 1647 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1723 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Alexander Winchester

    Children:
    1. Margaret SMITH was christened on 20 May 1683; died on 04 Jun 1727 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 2. Nehemiah SMITH was born on 14 Nov 1673 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Nov 1724 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.

  3. 6.  Isaac WHEELER was born in 1646 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts (son of Thomas WHEELER and Mary ?); died on 05 Jan 171/2 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Whitehall Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Conn..

    Isaac married Martha PARKE on 10 Jan 1667 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Martha (daughter of Thomas PARKE and Dorothy TOMPSON) was born on 27 Oct 1646 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Feb 1716/7 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Martha PARKE was born on 27 Oct 1646 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Thomas PARKE and Dorothy TOMPSON); died on 15 Feb 1716/7 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. Mary WHEELER was born on 28 Nov 1668 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 03 Nov 1709 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. Martha WHEELER was born on 06 Feb 1669/70 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Dec 1745; was buried in White Hall Graveyard, Mystic, New London Co., Connecticut.
    3. Thomas WHEELER was born on 01 Dec 1671 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1691.
    4. Isaac WHEELER, Jr. was born on 05 Aug 1673 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 25 Jun 1737 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Anna WHEELER was born on 20 Aug 1675 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Richard WHEELER was born on 10 Mar 1677 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 13 Apr 1712 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    7. 3. Dorothy WHEELER was born on 06 Dec 1679 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 25 May 1736 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    8. William WHEELER was born on 09 Sep 1681 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Aug 1747 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    9. Elizabeth WHEELER was born on 26 May 1683 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Apr 1735 in Voluntown, Connecticut.
    10. Experience WHEELER was born on 21 May 1685 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 08 Jan 1759 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Nehemiah SMITH was born about 1605 in England; died about 1686 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Nehemiah Smith came to Plymouth about 1638; married at marshfield, 1640; removed to Stratford, Conn., by 1644; in 1645 was living in the Oyster River section west of New Haven; in 1652 he was living on Long island, and then bought property in New London, whither he removed, but in 1655 as in marshfield again. He lived in New London until after the settlement of Norwich, but had removed to that town by 1663.

    He was brother of JohnSmith, born about 1609, died 4 oct. 1679, who settled in Boston in 1639 and removed to New London in 1653. Edward Smith (born about 1637, died 14 July 1689) of New London was eldest son of their eldest brother in England. In the interesting testimony given after the death of John Smith when his nephew Edward was trying to break his will, John was quoted as saying that he was "stripped to his shirt" in the Civil War, indicating that the family, a Puritan one, had suffered severe losses before coming to New England to rebuild their fortunes.

    Nehemiah married Ann BOURNE on 21 Jan 1639/40 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Ann (daughter of Thomas BOURNE and Elizabeth ?) was born about 1620; died after 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann BOURNE was born about 1620 (daughter of Thomas BOURNE and Elizabeth ?); died after 1684.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth SMITH was born about 1641; was christened on 22 Feb 1645/6 in New Haven, Connecticut; died on 01 May 1712 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 4. Nehemiah SMITH was christened on 24 Oct 1646 in New Haven, Connecticut.

  3. 12.  Thomas WHEELER was born in 1602 in Cranfield, Bedford, England; died on 06 Mar 1686 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Whitehall Cemetery, Stongton, New London Co., Conn..

    Thomas married Mary ? in 1645 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Mary was born in England; died in 1680 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Mary ? was born in England; died in 1680 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth WHEELER was born in 1648 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 05 Aug 1672 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 6. Isaac WHEELER was born in 1646 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 05 Jan 171/2 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Whitehall Cemetery, Stonington, New London Co., Conn..
    3. Sarah WHEELER was born in 1650.

  5. 14.  Thomas PARKE was born on 13 Feb 1614/5 in Bures or Hitham, Suffolk, England (son of Sir Robert PARKE and Martha CHAPLYN); died on 30 Jul 1709 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Thomas Parke, was born in Preston, England' came to America with his father in 1630, and removed with him to Wethersfield in 1639. There he married Dorothy Thompson, and there at least to of his children were born. About 1650 he removed to the Pequot Plantation, (New London) Conn., where he became a Deacon in the Church of which the Rev. Richard Blinman, (his brother-in-law, they having married sisters) was pastor. He resided in Pequot for about six years and then moved to Southertown, (Now Stonington,) where he became a Selectmen.

    After residing in Mystic, within the bounds of Stonington for a number of years, he removed with his sonThomas Jr., to lands belonging to them in the northern part of New London, where in 1680 they were reckoned as inhabitants. In 1681 he was Collector of Taxes for New London. In October, 1686, he was one of the petitioners to the Legislature for the incorporation of the the town of Preston. The petition was also signed by three of his sons,Thomas Jr., Nathaniel and John. In 1698, he, together with his sons Robert and John and nine others, organized the First Church of Christ, of Preston, and he became its first Deacon.

    He died July 30, 1709, after a long and well spent life. He must have been about ninety years of age, although the exact date of his birth has not been discovered. His will, dated Sept. 5, 1707, and recorded in new London, provided for his wife,Dorothy' for children John, nathaniel, William, Martha, Dorothy and Alice; for grandson Samuel, son of Thomas; and grandson James, son of Robert.

    He married Dorothy Thompson, daughter of John and Alice Thompson, of Preston, England.

    Thomas married Dorothy TOMPSON on 20 Oct 1644 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Dorothy (daughter of John TOMPSON, Gent and Alice FREEMAN) was born on 5 Jul 1624 in Preston, England; died on 30 Jul 1709 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Dorothy TOMPSON was born on 5 Jul 1624 in Preston, England (daughter of John TOMPSON, Gent and Alice FREEMAN); died on 30 Jul 1709 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Bef 06 Jul 1624

    Children:
    1. 7. Martha PARKE was born on 27 Oct 1646 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Feb 1716/7 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    2. Thomas PARKE was born on 18 Apr 1648 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died before 1699.
    3. Robert PARKE was born in 1651; died in 1707.
    4. Nathaniel PARKE died in 1718.
    5. Dorothy PARKE was born on 06 Mar 1652 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut; died in 1704 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    6. William PARKE was christened in 1654.
    7. Capt. John PARKE was born on 10 Sep 1656 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 21 Mar 1716/7 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA.
    8. Alice PARKE