Captain Samuel T Smith

1714 - 1785  (71 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 39 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Samuel T Smith
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	26 Jan 1714	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Nov 1785	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Burial	16 Nov 1785	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	27 Jun 1879	SGEOR
  FamilySearch ID	KN4M-V9K
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I51080	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Smith,   b. 26 Jan 1666, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 12 Jul 1748, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Curtis,   b. 20 Jan 1687, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 2 Mar 1753, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1707	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F18987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Gould,   b. 4 Aug 1707, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 25 Sep 1744, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1734	Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	+ 1. Priscilla Smith,   b. 26 Dec 1735, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 7 Dec 1792, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 56 years) + 2. Samuel Smith, III,   b. 28 Oct 1737, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 14 Nov 1785, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 48 years) + 3. Vashti Smith,   b. 5 Oct 1739, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Aft 1776, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States (Age > 38 years) + 4. Susannah Smith,   b. 24 Jan 1741, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 13 May 1766, Waltham, Addison, Vermont, United States (Age 25 years) + 5. Asael Smith,   b. 7 Mar 1744, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 31 Oct 1830, Stockholm, St. Lawrence, New York, United States (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F18930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Jan 1714 - Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Marriage - 27 May 1734 - Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death - 14 Nov 1785 - Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Burial - 16 Nov 1785 - Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 27 Jun 1879 - SGEOR  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Capt. Samuel T. Smith was the ring-leader of the Boston Tea Party Revolu t ionary War Positions held - Committee of Safety, 1775-1785 Representati v e to the General Court, 1764-1770, 1772, 1777, 1778, 1781 Provincial Co ng ress, Oct. 1774 at Concord Second Provincial Congress, Feb. 1775, Camb rid ge, His service extended through Lexington and Bunker Hill Battles. C hair man of Tea Committee, 1773-1774 Topsfield Committee for Corresponden ce, 1 773 Served under General Washington; died insolvent due to worthles s Cont inental dollar, 1785. Good acquaintances of Samuel Smith - Paul Re vere, S am Adams, John Adams. Picture - House of Samuel and Asael Smith , Topsfiel d, MA. Picture - Batle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill. (William Duty , Major McC ley, Major Knowlton)