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Lieutenant Elisha Smith

Lieutenant Elisha Smith

Male 1680 - 1714  (34 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 14 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Elisha Smith 
    Prefix Lieutenant 
    Birth 26 Jan 1680  Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 May 1714  Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 23 Sep 1937  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID LHT5-DSX 
    Burial Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID I11686  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Seth Smith,   b. 1635, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1682, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Mary Thurston,   b. 8 Mar 1642, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1696, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1660  Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Wheelock,   b. 25 Jan 1671, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1704, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1699  Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Seth Smith,   b. 25 Oct 1701, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1724, Windham, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     2. Esther Smith,   b. 24 Nov 1702, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1737, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Family ID F6252  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Remington 
    Marriage 3 Sep 1712  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Martha Smith,   b. 26 Apr 1713, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1801, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Mary Smith,   b. 23 May 1714, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1802, Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F6253  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Jan 1680 - Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Jan 1699 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Sep 1712 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 May 1714 - Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 23 Sep 1937 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Vermont, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Smith, Elisha b1680
    Smith, Elisha b1680
    Smith, Elisha b1680
    Smith, Elisha b1680
    Smith, Elisha b1680
    Smith, Elisha b1680

  • Notes 
    • Lieut. Elisha Smith
      (26 January 1679 - 1 May 1714)

      Lieut. Elisha Smith, s. of Seth Smith & Mary Thurston, b. of record at M e dfield, Massachusetts Jan. 26, 1679/80. He d. at Windham, Connecticut M a y 1, 1714, Æ 35.

      On Jan. 15, 1699/700 at Medfield, Massachusetts, Elisha m. Elizabeth Whe e lock, dau. of Capt. Eleazer Wheelock & his 1st wife the former widow El iz abeth (Fuller) Sabin, b. at Medfield, Massachusetts Jan. 2, 1678/9. Sh e d . of record at Windham, Conn. Jan. 20, 1703/4, Æ 26. Elisha & Elizabe th h ad the following two children:

      • i. Seth Smith, b. at Medfield, Massachusetts Oct. 25, 1701; d. unmarri e d at Windham, Connecticut June 24, 1724, Æ 23.

      • ii. Esther Smith, b. at Windham, Connecticut Nov. 24, 1702, d. at Wind h am Oct. 10, 1737, Æ 35; m. at Windham Oct. 20, 1719 as his first wife , De a. Ebenezer Wales, Esq., s. of Dea. Nathaniel Wales & Susanna Blake.

      Sometime prior to 1713, Lieut. Elisha Smith m. a second wife named Eliza b eth, whose identity has not been determined .

      They had the following two children of record at Windham:

      • iii. Martha Smith, b. Apr. 26, 1713; she is included in the May 1716 d i stribution of her father's estate, but no further certain record of he r c an be found.

      • iii. Mary Smith, b. May 23, 1714; she is included in the May 1716 dist r ibution of her father's estate, but no further certain record of her c a n be found.

      In Manwaring's digest of the Hartford Probate District, Vol. II, p. 29 7 , citing Probate Vol. VIII, is:

      • Elisha Smith, Windham. Invt. £207-09-09. Taken 22 July 1714, by Samu e l Webb and William Allen. [Invt. in Probate Vol. IX, page 56.]

      • Court Record, Page 209--2 August 1714: Adms. granted to Elizabeth Smit h , widow of sd. dec(ease)d.

      • Page 210--2 August 1714: This Court appoint Jonathan Bingham of Windh a m to be guardian of Esther Smith, about 12 years of age, daughter of El is ha Smith, decd. Recog. £70.

      • Page 211--2 August 1714: This Court appoint Ralph Wellock of Windha m t o be guardian to Seth Smith, 12 [sic] years of age, son of Elisha Smi th , decd. Recog. £70.

      • Page 14 (Vol. IX) 1st May 1716: Elizabeth Smith, Adms., by her attorne y , Samuel Webb, exhibits account of her Adms. Allowed. Order to dist. t h e estate:

      To Elizabeth Smith, widow, land, with...........................£03-06-04

      To Seth Smith, only son,.........58-12-08

      To Esther, Martha and Mary
      Smith, to each,.....................29-06-04

      And appoint Capt. John Fitch, Jonathan Crane and Joseph Cary, of Windha m , distributors.

      What happened to the widow Elizabeth Smith and her two daughters is curr e ntly unknown to the memorialize.