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Nathan Smith
Last updated 14 Dec 2023 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Individual
Born: 8 May 1753 in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died: 17 May 1824 in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, United States
Father: Caleb Smith (1720 – 1797)
Mother: Deborah Chickering (1722 – 1818)
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", "Smith, Nathan"
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Nathan, 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 (Nathan 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 3
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Nathan Smith).
estate-proved-nathan-smith-1824: Proved will for Nathan Smith (1824); Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 22 Nov 2021) “〉 Rutland 〉 Probate Records, Vol 10-11, 1816-1825" images 595-596; citing “Probate Records (Rutland District, Vermont); Vermont, pages 556-559”
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Nathan 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 7
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Nathan Smith).
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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 259 (PDF page 268), "Smith, Nathan"
Comment Detail: Source includes age (71). Using his age and his death year of 1824 gives an approximate birth year of 1753.
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 7
Comment Detail: Source includes date (8 of 5mo 1753), and location (Bellingham [, Massachusetts]).
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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 259 (PDF page 268), "Smith, Nathan"
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1824) and implied location (Danby, Rutland County, Vermont).
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 8
Comment Detail: Source includes date (17 of 5mo 1824) and location (Dan [presumably this is intended to mean Danby).
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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 identifies Natahn Smith as a son of Caleb Smith. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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 2,4,7
Comment Detail: Source identifies Nathan Smith as a child of Caleb Smith. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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 identifies Nathan [Smith] as a child of Caleb Smith. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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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, entries 3,4,7
Comment Detail: Source identifies Nathan Smith as a child of Deborah Smith. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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Family
Spouse/Partner: Elizabeth Rogers (1767 – 1817)
Married: ?
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 259 (PDF page 268), "Smith, Nathan"
Comment Detail: Source notes that Nathan Smith married Elizabeth [Rogers].
estate-proved-nathan-smith-1824: Proved will for Nathan Smith (1824); Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 22 Nov 2021) “〉 Rutland 〉 Probate Records, Vol 10-11, 1816-1825" images 595-596; citing “Probate Records (Rutland District, Vermont); Vermont, pages 556-559”
Comment Detail: Source identifies Elizabeth Smith (daughter of Wing Rogers) as the wife of Nathan Smith.
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Child: Barak Smith (1787 – 1868)
Child: Mercy Smith (1789 – ?)
Child: Augustus Smith (1792 – ?)
Child: Daniel Smith (1794 – 1830)
Child: Friend Rogers Smith (1796 – ?)
Child: Ruth Smith (1799 – ?)
Child: Catherine Smith (1802 – ?)
Child: Lydia Smith (1804 – ?)
Miscellaneous Facts
Events
Christening: 30 Apr 1758 at Medway, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
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 date (Apr. 30, 1758) and location ([Medway, Massachusetts]).
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Attributes
Residence: at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, United States
Residence: at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, United States
Religion: Quaker
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 3
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 259 (PDF page 268), "Smith, Nathan"
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1799) and location ("in town" [Danby, Rutland County, Vermont]).
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 259 (PDF page 268), "Smith, Nathan"
Comment Detail: Source includes religion ("member of the Quaker society").
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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)
FOLLOWUP
Nathan may have been born in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusets, and married Elizabeth either 1779 or 1785.
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