According to oral family history the Smith family goes back to Puritan New England and this is now supported by YDNA evidence, see 'Smithsworldwidedotorg.' Use the symbol for 'dot.' The family was very religious and were active in the Congregational Church. They also supported the great revivals that swept New England in the early years of the nineteenth century. Their children were members of either the Congregational or Presbyterian church. Son Issac was a founding member of the church in Gouverneur, New York, in 1817.
Joseph's parents are unknown, but he grew up in Bristol County, MA, most likely, the Taunton area. On 15 November 1769 in Dighton, Bristol, MA, he married Olive Briggs. A year later Joseph and Olive moved from Massachusetts to Putney, Windham, Vermont, where they raised a large family on their farm. Two of their sons, Capt. Benjamin Smith and Joseph Smith, Jr. became successful merchants in Vermont. Near the end of his life his living children decided to relocate to Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, and that is where Joseph and his wife died. It should be noted that Joseph and his family were close to their Putney neighbors, the Ashbel Johnson family. Three of Joseph's sons, Joseph, Jr., Jonathan, and Isaac, married children from the Ashbel Johnson family, Lucy, Polly, and Nabby.
In Oneida Circular, Vol. 9-10, 1873, p. 100-101 they give a report on Joseph Smith's family in Gouverneur:
"Gouverneur, New York, March 15, 1873, I have interviewed Mr. Daniel Keyes...a Mrs. Almira Johnson (sister of the Putney Smiths) and diverse others of the men and women of sixty years. You may rely upon the information is correct though possibly some of the details will be a little tedious if you do not enjoy reading about genealogies. To begin this my investigation shows that there were at least four distinct Smith families that emigrated to Gouverneur from various parts of Vermont some fifty or sixty years ago, which families were in no wise related to each other than they first came though they have since become so by intermarriage. So you may well conclude that this (Gouverneur) is a very Smithy place...Johnson is another quite common name here and that also was first imported from Putney (VT)...I will confine myself to a mention of the Putney Smiths...51 years ago came Captain Benjamin Smith. Soon five brothers and their families had all removed to Gouverneur. Their names were Joseph, Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin and Nathaniel; the last one (Nathaniel) being the only one still living (in 1873). He now lives somewhere in the West (Wisconsin)...Benjamin Smith died twenty years ago (1853). He had a zealous interest in the (religious) revival movement...Henry and Julia (Smith) were brother and sister, children of Joseph Smith, but were adopted by their uncle Benjamin Smith who had no children of his own...(Henry's) Aunt Almira, another of the Smith sisters...lived with her brother Benjamin (at time of the 1825 revival in Gouverneur). She married Stephen Johnson, another brother of Ashbel Johnson (Jr.)..."
As mentioned we do not yet know who the parents were for Joseph Smith. However, a descendant of Joseph Smith who himself has the Smith surname submitted DNA to the Smith YDNA group (see source below for details). His DNA was a match with that of known descendants of Andrew Smith, who was born 1648, died 1717, in Taunton, Bristol, MA. Andrew Smith's wife, Mary Bundy, was the great granddaughter of James Chilton, Mayflower passenger.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Capt. Benjamin Smith, 1782-1853
Olive Smith Soper, wf of Martin, 1770-aft1796
Sarah Smith
Grandchildren, ch of Isaac:
Laura Smith Ayres
Ruel K. Smith, 1819-1880Kansas
Grandchildren:
Orin Harrington, 1798-
William Harrington, 1800VT-aft1880Middlesex, MA
Great grandchildren, ch of Jonathan Harvey Smith:
Harvey R. Smith, d. 1921MN
Julia M. Smith Torrance, d. CA
Mrs. R. Meredith Smith Jones, d. CA
Helen M. Smith Steele, d. CA
Great grandchildren, ch of Ruel K.:
Charles S. Smith, 1844-1910MI
Daniel Webster Smith, 1846-1931NY
Isaac Johnson Smith, 1844-1921NY
Great grandchildren, ch of George, grandch of Jonathan:
Elmer B. Smith, 1864-1931VT
Great great grandchildren, ch of Laura Smith Ayres:
Elizabeth Ayres Tilley, 1839-1864, wf of William H. Tilley
Sources:
'Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910,' lds familysearch
'Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine,' Vol. 56, 1922, pp. 561-562.
Google familytreedna & 'Smith'
Researcher Ed Smith
Rainbow Lady 777 for month of death for Joseph
Joseph's parents are unknown, but he grew up in Bristol County, MA, most likely, the Taunton area. On 15 November 1769 in Dighton, Bristol, MA, he married Olive Briggs. A year later Joseph and Olive moved from Massachusetts to Putney, Windham, Vermont, where they raised a large family on their farm. Two of their sons, Capt. Benjamin Smith and Joseph Smith, Jr. became successful merchants in Vermont. Near the end of his life his living children decided to relocate to Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, and that is where Joseph and his wife died. It should be noted that Joseph and his family were close to their Putney neighbors, the Ashbel Johnson family. Three of Joseph's sons, Joseph, Jr., Jonathan, and Isaac, married children from the Ashbel Johnson family, Lucy, Polly, and Nabby.
In Oneida Circular, Vol. 9-10, 1873, p. 100-101 they give a report on Joseph Smith's family in Gouverneur:
"Gouverneur, New York, March 15, 1873, I have interviewed Mr. Daniel Keyes...a Mrs. Almira Johnson (sister of the Putney Smiths) and diverse others of the men and women of sixty years. You may rely upon the information is correct though possibly some of the details will be a little tedious if you do not enjoy reading about genealogies. To begin this my investigation shows that there were at least four distinct Smith families that emigrated to Gouverneur from various parts of Vermont some fifty or sixty years ago, which families were in no wise related to each other than they first came though they have since become so by intermarriage. So you may well conclude that this (Gouverneur) is a very Smithy place...Johnson is another quite common name here and that also was first imported from Putney (VT)...I will confine myself to a mention of the Putney Smiths...51 years ago came Captain Benjamin Smith. Soon five brothers and their families had all removed to Gouverneur. Their names were Joseph, Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin and Nathaniel; the last one (Nathaniel) being the only one still living (in 1873). He now lives somewhere in the West (Wisconsin)...Benjamin Smith died twenty years ago (1853). He had a zealous interest in the (religious) revival movement...Henry and Julia (Smith) were brother and sister, children of Joseph Smith, but were adopted by their uncle Benjamin Smith who had no children of his own...(Henry's) Aunt Almira, another of the Smith sisters...lived with her brother Benjamin (at time of the 1825 revival in Gouverneur). She married Stephen Johnson, another brother of Ashbel Johnson (Jr.)..."
As mentioned we do not yet know who the parents were for Joseph Smith. However, a descendant of Joseph Smith who himself has the Smith surname submitted DNA to the Smith YDNA group (see source below for details). His DNA was a match with that of known descendants of Andrew Smith, who was born 1648, died 1717, in Taunton, Bristol, MA. Andrew Smith's wife, Mary Bundy, was the great granddaughter of James Chilton, Mayflower passenger.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Capt. Benjamin Smith, 1782-1853
Olive Smith Soper, wf of Martin, 1770-aft1796
Sarah Smith
Grandchildren, ch of Isaac:
Laura Smith Ayres
Ruel K. Smith, 1819-1880Kansas
Grandchildren:
Orin Harrington, 1798-
William Harrington, 1800VT-aft1880Middlesex, MA
Great grandchildren, ch of Jonathan Harvey Smith:
Harvey R. Smith, d. 1921MN
Julia M. Smith Torrance, d. CA
Mrs. R. Meredith Smith Jones, d. CA
Helen M. Smith Steele, d. CA
Great grandchildren, ch of Ruel K.:
Charles S. Smith, 1844-1910MI
Daniel Webster Smith, 1846-1931NY
Isaac Johnson Smith, 1844-1921NY
Great grandchildren, ch of George, grandch of Jonathan:
Elmer B. Smith, 1864-1931VT
Great great grandchildren, ch of Laura Smith Ayres:
Elizabeth Ayres Tilley, 1839-1864, wf of William H. Tilley
Sources:
'Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910,' lds familysearch
'Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine,' Vol. 56, 1922, pp. 561-562.
Google familytreedna & 'Smith'
Researcher Ed Smith
Rainbow Lady 777 for month of death for Joseph
According to oral family history the Smith family goes back to Puritan New England and this is now supported by YDNA evidence, see 'Smithsworldwidedotorg.' Use the symbol for 'dot.' The family was very religious and were active in the Congregational Church. They also supported the great revivals that swept New England in the early years of the nineteenth century. Their children were members of either the Congregational or Presbyterian church. Son Issac was a founding member of the church in Gouverneur, New York, in 1817.
Joseph's parents are unknown, but he grew up in Bristol County, MA, most likely, the Taunton area. On 15 November 1769 in Dighton, Bristol, MA, he married Olive Briggs. A year later Joseph and Olive moved from Massachusetts to Putney, Windham, Vermont, where they raised a large family on their farm. Two of their sons, Capt. Benjamin Smith and Joseph Smith, Jr. became successful merchants in Vermont. Near the end of his life his living children decided to relocate to Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, and that is where Joseph and his wife died. It should be noted that Joseph and his family were close to their Putney neighbors, the Ashbel Johnson family. Three of Joseph's sons, Joseph, Jr., Jonathan, and Isaac, married children from the Ashbel Johnson family, Lucy, Polly, and Nabby.
In Oneida Circular, Vol. 9-10, 1873, p. 100-101 they give a report on Joseph Smith's family in Gouverneur:
"Gouverneur, New York, March 15, 1873, I have interviewed Mr. Daniel Keyes...a Mrs. Almira Johnson (sister of the Putney Smiths) and diverse others of the men and women of sixty years. You may rely upon the information is correct though possibly some of the details will be a little tedious if you do not enjoy reading about genealogies. To begin this my investigation shows that there were at least four distinct Smith families that emigrated to Gouverneur from various parts of Vermont some fifty or sixty years ago, which families were in no wise related to each other than they first came though they have since become so by intermarriage. So you may well conclude that this (Gouverneur) is a very Smithy place...Johnson is another quite common name here and that also was first imported from Putney (VT)...I will confine myself to a mention of the Putney Smiths...51 years ago came Captain Benjamin Smith. Soon five brothers and their families had all removed to Gouverneur. Their names were Joseph, Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin and Nathaniel; the last one (Nathaniel) being the only one still living (in 1873). He now lives somewhere in the West (Wisconsin)...Benjamin Smith died twenty years ago (1853). He had a zealous interest in the (religious) revival movement...Henry and Julia (Smith) were brother and sister, children of Joseph Smith, but were adopted by their uncle Benjamin Smith who had no children of his own...(Henry's) Aunt Almira, another of the Smith sisters...lived with her brother Benjamin (at time of the 1825 revival in Gouverneur). She married Stephen Johnson, another brother of Ashbel Johnson (Jr.)..."
As mentioned we do not yet know who the parents were for Joseph Smith. However, a descendant of Joseph Smith who himself has the Smith surname submitted DNA to the Smith YDNA group (see source below for details). His DNA was a match with that of known descendants of Andrew Smith, who was born 1648, died 1717, in Taunton, Bristol, MA. Andrew Smith's wife, Mary Bundy, was the great granddaughter of James Chilton, Mayflower passenger.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Capt. Benjamin Smith, 1782-1853
Olive Smith Soper, wf of Martin, 1770-aft1796
Sarah Smith
Grandchildren, ch of Isaac:
Laura Smith Ayres
Ruel K. Smith, 1819-1880Kansas
Grandchildren:
Orin Harrington, 1798-
William Harrington, 1800VT-aft1880Middlesex, MA
Great grandchildren, ch of Jonathan Harvey Smith:
Harvey R. Smith, d. 1921MN
Julia M. Smith Torrance, d. CA
Mrs. R. Meredith Smith Jones, d. CA
Helen M. Smith Steele, d. CA
Great grandchildren, ch of Ruel K.:
Charles S. Smith, 1844-1910MI
Daniel Webster Smith, 1846-1931NY
Isaac Johnson Smith, 1844-1921NY
Great grandchildren, ch of George, grandch of Jonathan:
Elmer B. Smith, 1864-1931VT
Great great grandchildren, ch of Laura Smith Ayres:
Elizabeth Ayres Tilley, 1839-1864, wf of William H. Tilley
Sources:
'Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910,' lds familysearch
'Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine,' Vol. 56, 1922, pp. 561-562.
Google familytreedna & 'Smith'
Researcher Ed Smith
Rainbow Lady 777 for month of death for Joseph
Joseph's parents are unknown, but he grew up in Bristol County, MA, most likely, the Taunton area. On 15 November 1769 in Dighton, Bristol, MA, he married Olive Briggs. A year later Joseph and Olive moved from Massachusetts to Putney, Windham, Vermont, where they raised a large family on their farm. Two of their sons, Capt. Benjamin Smith and Joseph Smith, Jr. became successful merchants in Vermont. Near the end of his life his living children decided to relocate to Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, and that is where Joseph and his wife died. It should be noted that Joseph and his family were close to their Putney neighbors, the Ashbel Johnson family. Three of Joseph's sons, Joseph, Jr., Jonathan, and Isaac, married children from the Ashbel Johnson family, Lucy, Polly, and Nabby.
In Oneida Circular, Vol. 9-10, 1873, p. 100-101 they give a report on Joseph Smith's family in Gouverneur:
"Gouverneur, New York, March 15, 1873, I have interviewed Mr. Daniel Keyes...a Mrs. Almira Johnson (sister of the Putney Smiths) and diverse others of the men and women of sixty years. You may rely upon the information is correct though possibly some of the details will be a little tedious if you do not enjoy reading about genealogies. To begin this my investigation shows that there were at least four distinct Smith families that emigrated to Gouverneur from various parts of Vermont some fifty or sixty years ago, which families were in no wise related to each other than they first came though they have since become so by intermarriage. So you may well conclude that this (Gouverneur) is a very Smithy place...Johnson is another quite common name here and that also was first imported from Putney (VT)...I will confine myself to a mention of the Putney Smiths...51 years ago came Captain Benjamin Smith. Soon five brothers and their families had all removed to Gouverneur. Their names were Joseph, Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin and Nathaniel; the last one (Nathaniel) being the only one still living (in 1873). He now lives somewhere in the West (Wisconsin)...Benjamin Smith died twenty years ago (1853). He had a zealous interest in the (religious) revival movement...Henry and Julia (Smith) were brother and sister, children of Joseph Smith, but were adopted by their uncle Benjamin Smith who had no children of his own...(Henry's) Aunt Almira, another of the Smith sisters...lived with her brother Benjamin (at time of the 1825 revival in Gouverneur). She married Stephen Johnson, another brother of Ashbel Johnson (Jr.)..."
As mentioned we do not yet know who the parents were for Joseph Smith. However, a descendant of Joseph Smith who himself has the Smith surname submitted DNA to the Smith YDNA group (see source below for details). His DNA was a match with that of known descendants of Andrew Smith, who was born 1648, died 1717, in Taunton, Bristol, MA. Andrew Smith's wife, Mary Bundy, was the great granddaughter of James Chilton, Mayflower passenger.
Children (in addition to those listed in familylinks below):
Capt. Benjamin Smith, 1782-1853
Olive Smith Soper, wf of Martin, 1770-aft1796
Sarah Smith
Grandchildren, ch of Isaac:
Laura Smith Ayres
Ruel K. Smith, 1819-1880Kansas
Grandchildren:
Orin Harrington, 1798-
William Harrington, 1800VT-aft1880Middlesex, MA
Great grandchildren, ch of Jonathan Harvey Smith:
Harvey R. Smith, d. 1921MN
Julia M. Smith Torrance, d. CA
Mrs. R. Meredith Smith Jones, d. CA
Helen M. Smith Steele, d. CA
Great grandchildren, ch of Ruel K.:
Charles S. Smith, 1844-1910MI
Daniel Webster Smith, 1846-1931NY
Isaac Johnson Smith, 1844-1921NY
Great grandchildren, ch of George, grandch of Jonathan:
Elmer B. Smith, 1864-1931VT
Great great grandchildren, ch of Laura Smith Ayres:
Elizabeth Ayres Tilley, 1839-1864, wf of William H. Tilley
Sources:
'Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910,' lds familysearch
'Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine,' Vol. 56, 1922, pp. 561-562.
Google familytreedna & 'Smith'
Researcher Ed Smith
Rainbow Lady 777 for month of death for Joseph
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