Samuel C. Smith was 2 and a half when his father passed away in 1795. His mother re-married a few years later in 1798 and removed from Dracut to Merrimac, Hillsborough Co., NH. Samuel appears to have moved to Hartford CT about 1810, perhaps around the time his step father died and his mother moved to Hollis. While at Harford he enlisted in the War of 1812 and marched to Groton, New London Co., CT. His pension record has the account of his service, including how he was injured. He was listed as a fisherman in one directory. All three of his sons became captains. He remained in the New London County area most of his life, with a brief few years (1847-1850)in Washington DC for some unknown reason (to me).
The stone has his birth year as 1786; however, his birth record can be found both in Dracut MA, as well as his War of 1812 pension record (with d/m/y all the same). It is possible that his surviving children did not know his exact birth year when the stone was prepared. He cannot be found in the 1850 or 1860 census (thus far). Perhaps an estrangement or other reason where his grown children did not see their father much in the last decades of his life? Wife Sarah is with her son in 1850, Samuel no where to be found.
The stone has his birth year as 1786; however, his birth record can be found both in Dracut MA, as well as his War of 1812 pension record (with d/m/y all the same). It is possible that his surviving children did not know his exact birth year when the stone was prepared. He cannot be found in the 1850 or 1860 census (thus far). Perhaps an estrangement or other reason where his grown children did not see their father much in the last decades of his life? Wife Sarah is with her son in 1850, Samuel no where to be found.
Samuel C. Smith was 2 and a half when his father passed away in 1795. His mother re-married a few years later in 1798 and removed from Dracut to Merrimac, Hillsborough Co., NH. Samuel appears to have moved to Hartford CT about 1810, perhaps around the time his step father died and his mother moved to Hollis. While at Harford he enlisted in the War of 1812 and marched to Groton, New London Co., CT. His pension record has the account of his service, including how he was injured. He was listed as a fisherman in one directory. All three of his sons became captains. He remained in the New London County area most of his life, with a brief few years (1847-1850)in Washington DC for some unknown reason (to me).
The stone has his birth year as 1786; however, his birth record can be found both in Dracut MA, as well as his War of 1812 pension record (with d/m/y all the same). It is possible that his surviving children did not know his exact birth year when the stone was prepared. He cannot be found in the 1850 or 1860 census (thus far). Perhaps an estrangement or other reason where his grown children did not see their father much in the last decades of his life? Wife Sarah is with her son in 1850, Samuel no where to be found.
The stone has his birth year as 1786; however, his birth record can be found both in Dracut MA, as well as his War of 1812 pension record (with d/m/y all the same). It is possible that his surviving children did not know his exact birth year when the stone was prepared. He cannot be found in the 1850 or 1860 census (thus far). Perhaps an estrangement or other reason where his grown children did not see their father much in the last decades of his life? Wife Sarah is with her son in 1850, Samuel no where to be found.
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