| BIRTH & DEATH | Francis was born on 23 December 1658 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA as "Smith, Frances"[2,9,14,30] and died in Reading, Middlesex co., MA on 14 November 1744 as "Smith, Francis, Dea..in his 86th y." [3,9,33]. |
| RESIDENCE | He inherited the homestead around Smith's Pond and lived in Reading, Middlesex co., MA his entire life[33]. |
| TOWN SERVICE | In addition to being a Deacon of the church, Francis served as Selectman & Town Clerk of Reading[33]. |
| MARRIAGE #1 | On 1 March 1679/80 when Francis was 20, he married Ruth MAVERICK, daughter of Elias MAVERICK & Anna HARRIS, in Reading, Middlesex co., MA [9,16, 34,35,36,37,38,39,40]. |
| CHILDREN | 16. | i. | John SMITH | John was born on 9 January 1680 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[14,30,33]. |
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17. | ii. | Isaac SMITH | Please see his own page. |
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18. | iii. | Abraham SMITH | Abraham was born on 4 November 1687 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[14,26,33]. |
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19. | iv. | James SMITH | James was born on 9 February 1690/1 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[30,33]. |
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20. | v. | Catherine SMITH | Catherine was born on 5 October 1684 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA as "Smith, Katherine"[33,45]. On 6 May 1714 when Catherine was 29, she married Samuel FELCH, in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[25,33]. |
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21. | vi. | Benjamin SMITH | Benjamin was born on 16 December 1692 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[26,33]. |
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22. | vii. | Ruth SMITH | Ruth was born in 1694[33]. On 18 April 1732 when Ruth was 38, she married John BURNAP, in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[33,46]. |
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23. | viii. | Mary SMITH | Mary was born on 10 May 1695 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[33,45]. On 20 September 1722 when Mary was 27, she married Abraham KNOWLTON, in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[25,33]. |
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24. | ix. | Elias SMITH | Elias was born on 9 April 1698 in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[26,33]. On 31 December 1724 when Elias was 26, he married Elizabeth EMERSON, in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[27,33]. |
| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G7) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 932 |
| SOURCES |
1. Bond, Henry,
Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts,
(Boston: NEHGS, 1860)
[Appended to the Watertown, Middlessex co., MA VRs on the CD],
[Bond or Watertown], 2:935. 2. ????, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading,, [ReadGen], 111. 3. Reading, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records [ReadingVR], 566. 4. [Bond or Watertown], 2:433. 5. Watertown Lands, Grants, Possessions and Proprietors' Book, [WatLands], 6. 6. Ibid. 10. 7. Ibid. 14. 8. Ibid. 75. 9. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey]. 10. Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols., (Boston: D. Clapp and Son, 1879), [Charlestown], 876. 11. Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 1860-1862., (Boston 1860-1862; rpt Baltimore 1955), [Savage], 4:112. 12. Warner, Frederick Chester, The Ancestry of Samuel Freda and John Warner, 5 vols., (Boston, Mass.: 1949, 1955), typescript, [Warner-Harrington]. 13. Roxbury, Suffolk co., MA Vital Records, [RoxVR], II:640. 14. [Charlestown], II:876. 15. [Warner-Harrington], 581. 16. Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some Ancestral Lines; Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford: Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers, Collected by Their Son, Raymon Meyers Tingley, (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Publishing Co., 1935), [Tingley-Meyers], 234. 17. Shurtliff, Benjamin, Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Mass., (Revere, Mass.: 1912), [Shurtleff], 320. 18. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 11:35; 69:155; 96:240. 19. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660, (Boston: C.H. Pope, 1908), [PopesPioneersofMEandNH]. 20. [Savage], 4:119. 21. [RoxVR], II:370. 22. Bill, Ledyard, History of the Bill Family, (New York, 1867), [Bill], 44,60. 23. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 12:138. 24. [NEHGR], 96:365-6. 25. [ReadingVR], 444. 26. Ibid. 208. 27. Ibid. 443. 21. [RoxVR], II:639. 29. [ReadingVR], 210 [M.R.]. 30. Ibid. 209. 31. Ibid. 211. 32. Ibid. 565. 51. [ReadGen], 112. 34. [Charlestown], II:661 and II:876. 35. [ReadingVR], 391,443. 36. [Warner-Harrington], 443,583. 37. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 57:331; 58:210. 38. [Savage], 4:113. 39. Fuess, Elizabeth Goodhue, Cushing and Allied Families, (Andover, Mass., 1931), typescript, [Cushing (Ms)], 313. 40. [NEHGR], 69:155; 96:240. 41. [ReadGen], 112 [says aged 62]. 42. [Charlestown], II:757. 43. Boston, Suffolk co., MA Vital Records. [BostonVR or BVR], 9:59. 44. [Charlestown], II:661. 45. [ReadingVR], 210. 46. Ibid. 445. 47. Wakefield, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [WakefieldVR], 327 [C.R. - Congregational Church of Wakefield]. 48. Malden, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [MaldenVR], p. 302, #12. 49. Ibid. p. 85, #88. 50. [Charlestown], 925. 51. [ReadGen], 113.
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