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Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith

Male Abt 1672 - 1751  (79 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Benjamin Smith 
    Birth Abt 1672  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Apr 1751  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 15 Apr 1937  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID LRQZ-L9S 
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    Person ID I10356  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father John Smith,   b. 1639, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1682, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Sarah Whipple,   b. 2 Feb 1642, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 12 May 1710, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 68 years) 
    Marriage 1659  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F772  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mercy Angell,   b. 10 Feb 1675, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1721, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1693  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Captain John Smith,   b. 8 Dec 1694, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 1778, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. Daniel Smith,   b. 24 Jun 1697, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1770 (Age 73 years)
     3. Mercy Smith,   b. 18 Apr 1699, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1746, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    +4. Captain Solomon Smith,   b. 4 Mar 1702, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1771, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    +5. Mary Smith,   b. 3 Aug 1704, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Hezekiah Smith,   b. 18 Aug 1706, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1753, North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     7. Jonathan Smith,   b. 3 Mar 1708, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1795, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     8. Nehemiah Smith,   b. 2 May 1710, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1726, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     9. Sarah Smith,   b. 26 Apr 1712, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1729, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     10. Abigail Smith,   b. 10 Jun 1714, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1801, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     11. Ann Smith,   b. 5 Oct 1717, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1782, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     12. Ruth Smith,   b. 9 Apr 1719, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

    Family 2 Mercy Waterman,   b. 1663, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1756 (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1722  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Freelove Smith,   b. 12 Dec 1724, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William Smith,   b. 15 Apr 1736, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John Smith,   b. 14 Feb 1740, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1798, Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     4. Susanna Smith,   b. 20 Nov 1742, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Mary Smith,   b. 1743, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1769 (Age 26 years)
    Family ID F5704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1672 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Apr 1693 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Jun 1722 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Apr 1751 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 15 Apr 1937 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_ ( A lbany, N.Y., 1887; reprinted. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1 97 8) p. 222.

      Death: Place now called North Providence. Genealogies of Rhode Island Fa m ilies from Rhode Island Periodicals (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1 98 3), 2:17.

      SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," Submitted to the Whipp l e Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003.

      SOURCE: Will, dated 20 Jan 1749, proved 25 May 1751. Abstracted in Lucil l e B. Beaman, "Abstracts of Providence, Rhode Island, Wills," Rhode Isla n d Genealogical Register, vol. 4, no. 2 (Oct 1981), p. 156.

      SOURCE: The Sprague Database (Mail from Dick Weber (REWeber at sprague-d a tabase dot org) to Weldon Whipple, 23 Oct 1997)