Caleb Smith
Last updated 14 Dec 2023 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Individual
Born: 15 Apr 1720
Died: 23 Jan 1797 in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, United States
book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869: J. C. Williams, The History and Map of Danby, Vermont; Rutland, Vt.: McLean & Robbins, 1869; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed before 20 Apr 2018) [Includes a section devoted to family sketches of contemporary and ancestral individuals as well as sections for civil and military town history. The family sketches appear to be the result of interviews with residents by the author.]
Reference Detail: Pages 258-259 (PDF pages 267-268), "Smith, Caleb"
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Caleb Smith).
book-vital-records-of-medway-ma-to-1850: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing “Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston: New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905” [Transcribed list of birth, marriage, and death records, including names, parent names, and dates only.]
Reference Detail: Page 120 (image 119, downloaded 30 Jun 2021)
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Caleb Smith).
census-us-1790-vt-rutland-danby-243: 1790 U.S. Census, Vermont, Rutland County, Danby, pages 243-244; 1790 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 11 Aug 2018) 〉 "Vermont 〉 Rutland 〉 Danby" image 2; citing "First Census of the United States, 1790, NARA microfilm publication M637, roll 12 (of 12), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C." [FHL microfilm 0568152]"
Reference Detail: Page 243, col 2, line 2
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Caleb Smith).
family-barak-smith-family-bible-register: Family bible registry entries for the family of Barak Smith; photocopy, privately held [Most entries are believed to have been made by Barak and Mary Smith. Entries are separated by inconsistent types of lines, and not all entries have individuals or couples; several are informational.]
Reference Detail: Births page 1, right side, entry 2
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Caleb Smith).
marriage-smith-chickery-intention-registry-1748: Intentions of marriage registry entry for Calleb Smith and Deborah Chickery (1748); Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 14 Dec 2023), “〉 Mendon 〉 Births, Marriages and Death”, image 391; citing “Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)”
Reference Detail: Page 9, entry 9
Comment Detail: Source includes name (〈spelling〉 Smith). See research notes for spelling details.
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family-barak-smith-family-bible-register: Family bible registry entries for the family of Barak Smith; photocopy, privately held [Most entries are believed to have been made by Barak and Mary Smith. Entries are separated by inconsistent types of lines, and not all entries have individuals or couples; several are informational.]
Reference Detail: Births page 1, right side, entry 2
Comment Detail: Source includes date (15 of 5mo 1720).
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family-barak-smith-family-bible-register: Family bible registry entries for the family of Barak Smith; photocopy, privately held [Most entries are believed to have been made by Barak and Mary Smith. Entries are separated by inconsistent types of lines, and not all entries have individuals or couples; several are informational.]
Reference Detail: Deaths page, left side, entry 2
Comment Detail: Source includes date (23 of 1mo 1797) and location (Danby, Vt.)
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Family
Spouse/Partner: Deborah Chickering (1722 – 1818)
Married: Aft 14 Nov 1748 in Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869: J. C. Williams, The History and Map of Danby, Vermont; Rutland, Vt.: McLean & Robbins, 1869; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed before 20 Apr 2018) [Includes a section devoted to family sketches of contemporary and ancestral individuals as well as sections for civil and military town history. The family sketches appear to be the result of interviews with residents by the author.]
Reference Detail: Page 258 (PDF page 267), "Smith, Caleb"
Comment Detail: Source notes that "Smith, Caleb from Uxbridge Mass., in 〈conflict〉, m. a Chickering..." See research notes for conflict details.
family-barak-smith-family-bible-register: Family bible registry entries for the family of Barak Smith; photocopy, privately held [Most entries are believed to have been made by Barak and Mary Smith. Entries are separated by inconsistent types of lines, and not all entries have individuals or couples; several are informational.]
Reference Detail: Births page 1, right side, entries 2,3
Comment Detail: Source identifies Deborah Smith as the wife of Caleb Smith.
marriage-smith-chickery-intention-registry-1748: Intentions of marriage registry entry for Calleb Smith and Deborah Chickery (1748); Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 14 Dec 2023), “〉 Mendon 〉 Births, Marriages and Death”, image 391; citing “Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)”
Reference Detail: Page 9, entry 9
Comment Detail: Source includes registration date of intention (Nov.14th.1748) and location (Mendon [, Province of Massachuesetts Bay, British America]).
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Child: Ebenezer Smith (1749 – 1826)
Child: Asa Smith (1751 – 1837)
Child: Nathan Smith (1753 – 1824)
Child: Barak Smith (1755 – 1828)
Child: Deborah Smith (1755 – 1848)
Child: Lydia Smith (1757 – 1837)
Child: Rhoda Smith (1761 – 1850)
Miscellaneous Facts
Attributes
Residence: at Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Residence: at Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Residence: at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, United States
Religion: Quaker
book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869: J. C. Williams, The History and Map of Danby, Vermont; Rutland, Vt.: McLean & Robbins, 1869; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed before 20 Apr 2018) [Includes a section devoted to family sketches of contemporary and ancestral individuals as well as sections for civil and military town history. The family sketches appear to be the result of interviews with residents by the author.]
Reference Detail: Page 258 (PDF page 267), "Smith, Caleb"
Comment Detail: Source includes implied date ([before his marriage to Deborah Chickering]) and location (Uxbridge Mass.).
marriage-smith-chickery-intention-registry-1748: Intentions of marriage registry entry for Calleb Smith and Deborah Chickery (1748); Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 14 Dec 2023), “〉 Mendon 〉 Births, Marriages and Death”, image 391; citing “Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)”
Reference Detail: Page 9, entry 9
Comment Detail: Source includes entry date (Nov. 14th.1748) and residence location (Mendon [, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America]).
census-us-1790-vt-rutland-danby-243: 1790 U.S. Census, Vermont, Rutland County, Danby, pages 243-244; 1790 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 11 Aug 2018) 〉 "Vermont 〉 Rutland 〉 Danby" image 2; citing "First Census of the United States, 1790, NARA microfilm publication M637, roll 12 (of 12), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C." [FHL microfilm 0568152]"
Reference Detail: Page 243, col 2, line 2
Comment Detail: Source includes approximate census date (1791 [i.e., after Vermont was admitted to the U.S. as a state]) and location (Danby [, Rutland County, Vermont]). Although the Vermont census was taken in 1791 after it became a state, it was included in the 1790 US Census schedules.
book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869: J. C. Williams, The History and Map of Danby, Vermont; Rutland, Vt.: McLean & Robbins, 1869; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed before 20 Apr 2018) [Includes a section devoted to family sketches of contemporary and ancestral individuals as well as sections for civil and military town history. The family sketches appear to be the result of interviews with residents by the author.]
Reference Detail: Page 258-259 (PDF page 267-268), "Smith, Nathan"
Comment Detail: Source includes religion ("member of the Quaker society").
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General Notes and Anecdotes
When Caleb moved to Vermont [Republic of Vermont], he built a house and began a farm in the dense wilderness near Danby [book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869]
book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869: J. C. Williams, The History and Map of Danby, Vermont; Rutland, Vt.: McLean & Robbins, 1869; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed before 20 Apr 2018) [Includes a section devoted to family sketches of contemporary and ancestral individuals as well as sections for civil and military town history. The family sketches appear to be the result of interviews with residents by the author.]
Reference Detail: Pages 258-259 (PDF pages 267-268), "Smith, Caleb"
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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)
CONFLICTS
Marriage Date (Deborah Chickering): This database does not yet have a date. The book, History and Map of Danby Vermont uses a date of 1778. The date makes little sense, since the source also lists seven children from this pairing, all confirmed by a family bible register as having birth dates between 1749 and 1761. [book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869, family-barak-smith-family-bible-register]
SPELLING
Given Name: This database uses Caleb. A marriage intention registry entry uses the spelling Calleb. [marriage-smith-chickery-intention-registry-1748]
FOLLOWUP
All of Caleb Smith's children (that are known to this database) were baptized in Medway, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. (The town is currently located in Norfolk County.) What is unexpected is that all of them were baptized 30 Apr 1758, except for Rhoda, who was baptized on 30 May 1762. Had the family just moved from Holliston (where several of his older children were born) in 1758, and did Caleb now feel the need to (re-)baptize everyone in their new church? [book-vital-records-of-medway-ma-to-1850]
book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869: J. C. Williams, The History and Map of Danby, Vermont; Rutland, Vt.: McLean & Robbins, 1869; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed before 20 Apr 2018) [Includes a section devoted to family sketches of contemporary and ancestral individuals as well as sections for civil and military town history. The family sketches appear to be the result of interviews with residents by the author.]
Reference Detail: Page 258 (PDF page 267), "Smith, Caleb"
book-vital-records-of-medway-ma-to-1850: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed on multiple dates); citing “Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston: New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905” [Transcribed list of birth, marriage, and death records, including names, parent names, and dates only.]
Reference Detail: Page 120 (image 119, downloaded 30 Jun 2021)
family-barak-smith-family-bible-register: Family bible registry entries for the family of Barak Smith; photocopy, privately held [Most entries are believed to have been made by Barak and Mary Smith. Entries are separated by inconsistent types of lines, and not all entries have individuals or couples; several are informational.]
Reference Detail: Births page 1, right side, entry 2
marriage-smith-chickery-intention-registry-1748: Intentions of marriage registry entry for Calleb Smith and Deborah Chickery (1748); Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 14 Dec 2023), “〉 Mendon 〉 Births, Marriages and Death”, image 391; citing “Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)”
Reference Detail: Page 9, entry 9
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