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  • Name Ebenezer Smith 
    Birth 02 Sep 1668  Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Sep 1728  Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I1171  Smith Smyth Schmidt Smythe Smitt
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    Smith Branch: Henry Smith (Rev) b Eng. d 1648 Wethersfield, CT m Dorothy(2.Samuel 3.Ebenezer) (Kit# N547****/ ), Smith Branch: Henry Smith (Rev) d 1648 CT (2 Samuel 3 Preserved) (Kit# 2300****/ ), Smith Branch: Henry Smith d 1648 Wethersfield CT 2. Samuel 3 Ebenezer (Kit# B591****/ ), Smith Branch: Jedediah Smith b 1726 CT m Sarah Cook( ), Smith Branch: Phillip Smit b c 1730 Germany(1) Henry Smith b Eng d Wethersfield CT (2) (Kit# B435****/ ), Smith Branch: Henry Smith (Rev) b Eng.; d 1648 Wethersfield, CT m Dorothy(2.Samuel 3.Ebenezer) (Kit# 1165****/ ), Smith Branch: Henry Smith (Rev) b Eng.; d 1648 Wethersfield, CT(2.Samuel 3. Ebenezer) (Kit# 9208****/ ), Smith Branch: 3 Lines.1st Abraham Smith b 1734 CT 2 Enos Smith b 1749 MA 3. Petrus Smith b 1731 NY (Kit# B807****/ ), Smith Branch: Rev Henry Smith d 1648 CT 2. Samuel 3 Preserved 4 Samuel (Kit# 9058****/ )
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    Father Samuel Smith,   b. 27 Jan 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1703, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Mary Ensign,   b. 1 Aug 1639, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1723, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    c 1662 
    Documents
    Samuel Smith b 17 Jan 1639 m Mary Ensign
    Samuel Smith b 17 Jan 1639 m Mary Ensign
    History of Hadley : including the early history of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts
    by Judd, Sylvester, 1789-1860; Boltwood, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius), 1825-1905
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Huxley,   b. 1675, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1749, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 1693  Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Smith,   b. 17 Sep 1694, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1733, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     2. Dorothy Smith,   b. 21 Dec 1696, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1781, Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +3. Ebenezer Smith,   b. 12 Apr 1699, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1748, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    +4. Nathaniel Smith,   b. 3 Mar 1702, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1766, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     5. Joanna Smith,   b. 8 Jun 1703, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1772, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +6. Jonathan Smith,   b. 01 Aug 1705, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1776, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     7. Dorcas Smith,   b. 19 Nov 1707, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1731, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     8. Mary Smith,   b. 26 Mar 1710   d. 1711 (Age 0 years)
     9. Mary Smith,   b. 24 May 1713   d. 1716 (Age 2 years)
    Family ID F559  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
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  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 02 Sep 1668 - Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1693 - Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Sep 1728 - Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Ebenezer Smith d 15 Sep 1728 Suffield CT
    Ebenezer Smith d 15 Sep 1728 Suffield CT
    History of Hadley : including the early history of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Massachusetts
    by Judd, Sylvester, 1789-1860; Boltwood, Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius), 1825-1905

  • Notes 
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      Ebenezer Smith , the son of Samuel and Mary Ensign Smith, was born in 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

      Ebenezer married Sarah Huxley, daughter of Thomas Huxley and Sarah Spencer, in 1693 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Sarah was born in 1675, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah first married James Barlow in 1688 and had one son. James was born in 1659 and died in March 1690. Ebenezer and Sarah lived at Hadley, Massachusetts until about 1698 when they moved to Suffield, Connecticut. After Ebenezer?s death Sarah married third in 1732, Martin Kellogg, son of Lt. Joseph and Joanna Kellogg. This was Martin?s third marriage.

      Sarah?s grandfather Thomas Spencer was from Stotfold, Bedfordshire, England. Thomas is your third ancestor to make the voyage to New England in 1631. Thomas made the voyage with his brothers William, Gerard, and Michael to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thomas became a freeman on in May 1634. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut by 1639 as original proprietor, chimney viewer in 1650, north side constable in 1658, surveyor of highways in 1672, Sgt. of train band in 1650, receiving a land grant in 1671 for his service in militia and Pequot War. His name appears on Hartford's Founders Monument. Thomas married Sarah Bearing, daughter of Nathaniel Bearing, in September 1645, in Hartford, Connecticut.

      Sarah?s 7th Great-grandparents were Henry Spencer and Isabella Lincoln. Henry was born in 1394 in England and died in 1477 in England, aged 83. Descendants of Henry and Isabella who are your notably cousins are:

      George Washington, 1St U.S. President,

      James Abram Garfield, 20th U.S. President

      George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st U.S. President

      George Walker Bush, 43rd U.S. President

      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain

      John Bateman 2nd Viscount Bateman

      Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales

      Prince William Windsor and Prince Harry Windsor

      Elihu Root, U. S. Senator from New York and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 1912,

      Henry Robinson Luce publisher, founder of Sports Illustrated , Life, and Time

      Thomas Lanier 'Tennessee' Williams, playwright

      John Pierpont Morgan, banker and financier, founder of J. P. Morgan & Co. and U. S. Steel Corp



      Ebenezer died in 1728, in Suffield, Connecticut aged 60 and Sarah died in 1749, in Suffield, Connecticut aged 74. Ebenezer and Sarah had nine children: Sarah, Dorothy, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Joanna, Jonathan, Dorcas, Mary, Mary and Dorcas Smith.