Barak Smith
Last updated 14 Dec 2023 in Spear–Johnson Family.
Individual
Born: 11 Feb 1755 in Holliston, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died: 1828
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"
Comment Detail: Source includes name (⟨spelling⟩ [Smith]). See research notes for spelling details.
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 (⟨spelling⟩ Smith). See research notes for spelling 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, entry 8
Comment Detail: Source includes name (Barak [Smith]).
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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 8
Comment Detail: Source includes date (11 of 2mo 1755), and location (Holliston [, 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: Pages 258-259 (PDF pages 267-268), "Smith, Caleb"
Comment Detail: Source includes year (1828).
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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: Pages 258-259 (PDF pages 267-268), "Smith, Caleb"
Comment Detail: Source identifies Bareck [Smith] as a child of Caleb Smith. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.
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 Baruch 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 2,4,8
Comment Detail: Source identifies Barak [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 3,4,8
Comment Detail: Source identifies Barak [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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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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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)
SPELLING
Given Name: This database uses Barak. His name is given in the The History and Map of Danby, Vermont as Bareck. [book-history-and-map-of-danby-vermont-1869]
Given Name: This database uses Barak. His name is given in the Viital Records of Medway, MA as Baruch. [book-vital-records-of-medway-ma-to-1850]
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)
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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