Lieut. Philip SMITH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 19 Jan 1685, Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts

Notes:

Excerpt from "The Descendants of Nathaniel Foote Sr. & Elizabeth Deming": He resided before 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He resided after 1659 in Hadley, Hampshire Co. Massachusetts. He died from hideous Witchcraft according to Cotton Mather on 19 January 1685 in Hadley, Hamshire Co., Massachusetts. Philip was a deacon, representaative and justice of the county court. He was the leader of military affairs in Hadley after his father retired.

Excerpt from "Genealogies of Hadley Families": Philip was one of the first men of his time, in the town of his adoption, a lieutentant, deacon, and representative, and died Jan. 10, 1685, "murdered with an hideous witchcraft, "according to Cotton Mather.

Philip married Rebecca FOOTE in 1657 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Nathaniel FOOTE and Elizabeth DEMING) was born on 03 Sep 1634 in England; died on 06 Apr 1701 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Deacon Samuel SMITH, Sr. was born in Jan 1658; died on 28 Aug 1707 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
2. Child SMITH was born about 1660 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Jan 1661.
3. Deacon John SMITH, Sr. was born on 18 Dec 1661 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Apr 1727 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
4. Jonathan SMITH, Sr. was born in 1663 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died about 1737 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Philip SMITH, Jr. was born in 1665 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jan 1725 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
6. Rebecca SMITH was born in 1668 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 07 Oct 1750 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
7. Nathaniel SMITH was born in 1671 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; died in 1740 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
8. Joseph SMITH, Sr. was born in 1674 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 08 Sep 1736 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
9. Ichabod SMITH was born on 11 Apr 1676 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 06 Sep 1746.

Notes:

Excerpt from "Genealogies of Hadley Families": Lieut. Samuel Smith, with wife Elizabeth and children, Samuel, age 9, Elizabeth, age 7, Mary, age 4, and Philip, age 1, sailed from New England, the last day of April, 1634, in the "Elizabeth" of Ipswich. He and his wife were each then called thirty two years of age. He came from Wethersfield, Ct., where he was a leading man, to Hadley, where he held important offices both in church and state. He is supposed to have died in 1680, age abt. 78. His inventory was taken January 17, 1681.

Name:
The following evidence supports the identification of Samuel Smith, the 1634 immigrant, as the son of John and Mary (Gardiner) Smith.

The 1634 passenger list shows Samuel as aged 32, which agrees with his baptismal date.

He was baptized in Burstall, Suffolk, near Whatfield (where he married in 1624) and where his older children were baptized (Whatfield and Hadleigh).

He was named in the wills of his grandmother Gardiner in 1615 and his father in 1618. Because he had immigrated to New England in 1634, he was not named with his brothers in 1635 will of their aunt Elizabeth (Gardiner ) Hayward.

Samuel and Elizabeth named a son Philip, presumable either for his brother or her father (or both).

Four of Samuel and Elizabeth's six grown children named a child Nathaniel, perhaps for his brother Nathaniel.

Samuel married Elizabeth SMITH on 6 Oct 1624 in Whatfield, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth was born about 1602; died on 16 Mar 1686. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]