Samuel SMITH "of Norwalk" was the son of Samuel SMITH of Norwalk and Rachel MARVIN. He was born in about 1680 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT.
Samuel Smith first married Sarah WHITNEY on 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.
They had two known children:
•Stillborn SMITH 1718-1718
•Samuel SMITH 1719-
She died in 1720.
Samuel SMITH remarried to Elizabeth ____.
They had two known children
•1. Sarah SMITH who married a unknown SMITH and then to Deac. Nathan OLMSTED.
•2. Patience SMITH who married Benjamin HOYT.
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This Samuel was known as Samuel Smith "of Norwalk" because there was another Samuel Smith in this town known as Samuel "of Milford". (see # 11258657)
Note that Samuel "Milford" Smith in this cemetery, buried with wife Elizabeth Hickock/Hickox or Ely. This is a different couple.
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Excerpt from The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations : being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney:
" X. Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ___ (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec. 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec 1723, and 13 Dec 1725; collector of the minister's rates, 19 Dec. 1723; took the freeman's oath, 24 April 1733; and was one of the committee, appointed 27 Dec 1715, to run and finish the boundary line between Ridgefield and Norwalk. Her death, which took place at Ridgefield is thus recorded: "Sarah, ye wife of Mr Nor: Samll Smith dyed Octber. 22d 1720." He married his second wife, Elizabeth ___, at Ridgefield, 21 June 1722. He died at Ridgefield, he was always called "Norwalk Samuel Smith," to distinguish him from another settler, called "Milford Samuel Smith" - each from his former place of residence." The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations : being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1646 to 1878, Vol 1, Third Generation, (see Sarah Whitney #12)."
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Samuel Smith first married Sarah WHITNEY on 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.
They had two known children:
•Stillborn SMITH 1718-1718
•Samuel SMITH 1719-
She died in 1720.
Samuel SMITH remarried to Elizabeth ____.
They had two known children
•1. Sarah SMITH who married a unknown SMITH and then to Deac. Nathan OLMSTED.
•2. Patience SMITH who married Benjamin HOYT.
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This Samuel was known as Samuel Smith "of Norwalk" because there was another Samuel Smith in this town known as Samuel "of Milford". (see # 11258657)
Note that Samuel "Milford" Smith in this cemetery, buried with wife Elizabeth Hickock/Hickox or Ely. This is a different couple.
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Excerpt from The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations : being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney:
" X. Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ___ (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec. 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec 1723, and 13 Dec 1725; collector of the minister's rates, 19 Dec. 1723; took the freeman's oath, 24 April 1733; and was one of the committee, appointed 27 Dec 1715, to run and finish the boundary line between Ridgefield and Norwalk. Her death, which took place at Ridgefield is thus recorded: "Sarah, ye wife of Mr Nor: Samll Smith dyed Octber. 22d 1720." He married his second wife, Elizabeth ___, at Ridgefield, 21 June 1722. He died at Ridgefield, he was always called "Norwalk Samuel Smith," to distinguish him from another settler, called "Milford Samuel Smith" - each from his former place of residence." The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations : being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1646 to 1878, Vol 1, Third Generation, (see Sarah Whitney #12)."
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Samuel SMITH "of Norwalk" was the son of Samuel SMITH of Norwalk and Rachel MARVIN. He was born in about 1680 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT.
Samuel Smith first married Sarah WHITNEY on 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.
They had two known children:
•Stillborn SMITH 1718-1718
•Samuel SMITH 1719-
She died in 1720.
Samuel SMITH remarried to Elizabeth ____.
They had two known children
•1. Sarah SMITH who married a unknown SMITH and then to Deac. Nathan OLMSTED.
•2. Patience SMITH who married Benjamin HOYT.
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This Samuel was known as Samuel Smith "of Norwalk" because there was another Samuel Smith in this town known as Samuel "of Milford". (see # 11258657)
Note that Samuel "Milford" Smith in this cemetery, buried with wife Elizabeth Hickock/Hickox or Ely. This is a different couple.
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Excerpt from The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations : being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney:
" X. Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ___ (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec. 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec 1723, and 13 Dec 1725; collector of the minister's rates, 19 Dec. 1723; took the freeman's oath, 24 April 1733; and was one of the committee, appointed 27 Dec 1715, to run and finish the boundary line between Ridgefield and Norwalk. Her death, which took place at Ridgefield is thus recorded: "Sarah, ye wife of Mr Nor: Samll Smith dyed Octber. 22d 1720." He married his second wife, Elizabeth ___, at Ridgefield, 21 June 1722. He died at Ridgefield, he was always called "Norwalk Samuel Smith," to distinguish him from another settler, called "Milford Samuel Smith" - each from his former place of residence." The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations : being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1646 to 1878, Vol 1, Third Generation, (see Sarah Whitney #12)."
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Samuel Smith first married Sarah WHITNEY on 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT.
They had two known children:
•Stillborn SMITH 1718-1718
•Samuel SMITH 1719-
She died in 1720.
Samuel SMITH remarried to Elizabeth ____.
They had two known children
•1. Sarah SMITH who married a unknown SMITH and then to Deac. Nathan OLMSTED.
•2. Patience SMITH who married Benjamin HOYT.
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This Samuel was known as Samuel Smith "of Norwalk" because there was another Samuel Smith in this town known as Samuel "of Milford". (see # 11258657)
Note that Samuel "Milford" Smith in this cemetery, buried with wife Elizabeth Hickock/Hickox or Ely. This is a different couple.
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Excerpt from The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations : being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney:
" X. Sarah Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn., date not found; married, 13 June 1717, at Ridgefield, Conn., Samuel Smith, a farmer, son of Samuel and ___ (Marvin) Smith, of Norwalk. He was one of the proprietors and first settlers of Ridgefield, where he was chosen townsman 19 Dec. 1716, 21 Dec 1721, 4 Dec 1732, 10 Dec. 1734, and 13 Dec. 1738; lister, 19 Dec 1723, and 13 Dec 1725; collector of the minister's rates, 19 Dec. 1723; took the freeman's oath, 24 April 1733; and was one of the committee, appointed 27 Dec 1715, to run and finish the boundary line between Ridgefield and Norwalk. Her death, which took place at Ridgefield is thus recorded: "Sarah, ye wife of Mr Nor: Samll Smith dyed Octber. 22d 1720." He married his second wife, Elizabeth ___, at Ridgefield, 21 June 1722. He died at Ridgefield, he was always called "Norwalk Samuel Smith," to distinguish him from another settler, called "Milford Samuel Smith" - each from his former place of residence." The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations : being an Attempt to Trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1646 to 1878, Vol 1, Third Generation, (see Sarah Whitney #12)."
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In Memory of
Mr SAMUEL SMITH
who departed
this Life January 20th
AD 1764 in ye
84th Year of His Age
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