 1632 - 1685 (~ 52 years)
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| Name |
Smith, Philip |
| Christened |
25 Nov 1632 |
Hadleigh,Suffolk,Eng  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
10 Jan 1684/1685 |
Hadley,Hampshire,MA |
| Notes |
- CHR: Hadleigh par reg (FHL #919574).
MAR: No mar rec found. Philip's own will, below, mentions a wife Rebecca. A dau Rebecca Smith is identified in the will of Elizabeth Welles of Wethersfield, 28 Mar 1678, no probate act, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:379-81 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Elizabeth was the widow of Nathaniel Foote and Gov. Thomas Welles. Lt. [Philip] Smith received a portion in the division of estate. Rebecca Foote, age 10, is mentioned in the inv of estate of her father, Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, 20 Nov 1644 (Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:12). Hence, it is believed that Philip Smith married Rebecca, dau of Nathaniel Foote.
DEATH: "Births, Marriages, and Deaths, [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hadley, p. 81 (FHL #760648). Also see the will of Lt. Philip Smith of Hadley, 5 Jan 1684, proved 31 Mar 1685, Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:243 (FHL #879184). According to Rev. Cotton Mather, he was "murdered by a hideous witchcraft" (James William Hook, LIEUT. SAMUEL SMITH [Privately Printed, 1953], 19 [FHL #929.273 Sm51h).
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEPS: IGI
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| Person ID |
I5898 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
25 Nov 2003 |
| Father |
Smith, Samuel, b. Abt 1602, of Suffolk,Eng , d. (inv) 17 Jan 1680/1, Hadley,Hampshire,MA |
| Mother |
Smith, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1602, of Suffolk,Eng , d. 16 Mar 1685, Hadley,Hampshire,MA (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
6 Oct 1624 |
Whatfield,Suffolk,Eng |
| Family ID |
F2548 |
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