Henry SMITH

Male - 1687


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  • Name Henry SMITH  [2, 3
    • "Connecticut Ancestry": Henry Smith was among the first group of settlers that came from Wethersfield to Stamford in 1641. It has been claimed that he was the "son of Thomas Smith of st.Mary Adermanbury England," adn was born in 1619 but this origin is not yet considered proven. "The History of Ancient Wethersfield" claims that he was the son of a Samuel Smith, but without further explanation. Robert Louer (author "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut") has described these and other theories of the Henry Smith origin in more detail that will not be repeated here. Henry Smith died at Stamford, probably shortly after he made his will there on 4 July 1687.

      The name of his first wife ha been given as Hannah ?, but not proven, perhaps an assumption based on the name of their oldest daughter. Sometime after the death of Francis Andrews at Fairfield 1662, he married (2) Ann/Anna (?) Andrews, widow of Francis Andrews. On 21 January 1664, Henry Smith confirmed a prenuptial agreement with his wife that discussed legacies in he former husband's will to three of her youngest children, Rebecca, Ruth and Abraham. She actually had a total of 10 children with her first husband, namely Hanna, Elizabeth,John, Thomas, Mary, Ether, Rebecca, Jeremiah, Abraham and Ruth. Ann's death was recorded at Stamford "the second week of June 1685".

      "The lands of Henery Smith" in Stamford were entered in the town records on 26 March 1650, and included a houe and home lot of 1 1/2 acres bounded by Edward Jessup (N), common land (S), a highway (W), and the lands of Jeffrey Ferris and Thomas Hyatt on the East (E). Other lands recorded at the time were 5 acres + 3 acres of upland in the North Field, and 3 acres of meadow in the South Field. At a later time, 3 additional acres of upland in the North Field wrwe recorded on this same page of the town records as having been purchased from Edmund Lockwood in 1653.

      The General Court (Assembly) of Connecticut granted Henry Smith 80 acres of land on 11 May 1671 "upon the acco' of his seruice at the Pequit warre." The town of residence was not noted, but we assume this was our Henry Smith of Stamford.

      The will of "Hennery Smith" (who made his H mark in a feeble hand) was dated 4 July 1687 and witnessed by Joseph Garnsey and Abraham Ambler at Stamford. His son John Smith and his grandson John Knapp jointly received "my house and housing and home lott," to be equally divided. His grandson John Knapp was to pay all just debts and funeral charges. "All the other of my estate" was given to his daughter Hannah Lawrence, "expecting ye other of my children to be satisfied with what they have already received: my estate being so small."

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    Birth England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 05 Jul 1687  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I53360  Main Tree
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2018 

    Father Thomas SMITH,   b. Abt 1587, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother ? UNKNOWN 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F00624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1612, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1674, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 62 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1642  [2
    Children 
     1. Hannah SMITH,   b. Abt 1640, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1685 (Age 45 years)  [Birth]
     2. Samuel SMITH,   b. Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1658  [Birth]
    +3. Daniel SMITH,   b. abt. 1648, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Mar 1739/40, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)  [Birth]
     4. Rebecca SMITH,   b. 1653, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +5. John SMITH,   b. Abt 1656, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Nov 1711, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     6. Mary SMITH,   b. 1658, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Abigail SMITH,   b. Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F09332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2012 

    Family 2 Anna ?,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1885, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Aft 1662  [1
    Family ID F27793  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2012 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S4917] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 February Vol. 50 No. 3.

    2. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.

    3. [S4730] Lockwood Family.com: Descendants of Elinor Lockwood.