Nehemiah Tracy, son of Nehemiah and Susanna (Smith) Tracy, was born Nov. 8, 1753 at East Haddam, Conn. During the Revolutionary war, he served in a troop of Light Horse cavalry. He married, Oct. 14, 1789 Lucy Olmstead, who was born Jany. 3, 1766 at Colchester, Conn. and died Sept. 23, 1847 in Smithfield. In 1805 Mr. Tracy removed with his family from East Haddam to Smithfield, arriving at his new home July 20. "The last few miles of the journey were through the woods and leaving the father and older boys to cut a way through the log-blocked road. Mrs. Tracy went on foot with the two youngest children, her husband not joining her until after dark. She found her home most forbidding. The house had neither boards, nails, nor glass in its composition. It was about 16 by 18 feet, made of logs laid up cob-house fashion, the roof being covered with sheets of basswood bark. The chimney was very capacious at the bottom and would hold logs of almost any size. The cabin had neither floor nor windows. The whole country with few exceptions was a dense forest of heavy timber. Every necessity of life had to be brought quite a distance over bad roads and it was absolutely necessary to prepare some other dwelling for the ensuing winter. Within a few months a framed house (yet standing), the first in Smithfield, was erected."
Nehemiah Tracy, son of Nehemiah and Susanna (Smith) Tracy, was born Nov. 8, 1753 at East Haddam, Conn. During the Revolutionary war, he served in a troop of Light Horse cavalry. He married, Oct. 14, 1789 Lucy Olmstead, who was born Jany. 3, 1766 at Colchester, Conn. and died Sept. 23, 1847 in Smithfield. In 1805 Mr. Tracy removed with his family from East Haddam to Smithfield, arriving at his new home July 20. "The last few miles of the journey were through the woods and leaving the father and older boys to cut a way through the log-blocked road. Mrs. Tracy went on foot with the two youngest children, her husband not joining her until after dark. She found her home most forbidding. The house had neither boards, nails, nor glass in its composition. It was about 16 by 18 feet, made of logs laid up cob-house fashion, the roof being covered with sheets of basswood bark. The chimney was very capacious at the bottom and would hold logs of almost any size. The cabin had neither floor nor windows. The whole country with few exceptions was a dense forest of heavy timber. Every necessity of life had to be brought quite a distance over bad roads and it was absolutely necessary to prepare some other dwelling for the ensuing winter. Within a few months a framed house (yet standing), the first in Smithfield, was erected."
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