| The SMITH Family
of Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH and
Leicester, Worcester, MA |
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ENS. MOSES SMITH
(d. 1777) of Leicester and Chesterfield m. Elizabeth Unknown
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ELIZABETH
SMITH (b. 1745) m. Dea. Benjamin Emmons
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Generation 1
ENS. MOSES SMITH (d. 1777) of Leicester and Chesterfield
Parents: Unknown
Moses died on 20 Jul 1777. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref] Elizabeth died on 20 Jul 1777, age 61. [Ref]
Moses Smith, who was the first settler of Chesterfield, from Leicester. [Ref]
Children of Moses Smith and Elizabeth Unknown:
ELIZABETH SMITH (b. 1745)
Parents: Ens. Moses Smith and Elizabeth Unknown
Elizabeth Smith was born on 13 Aug 1745 in Leicester. [Ref] She married Benjamin Emmons on 18 Nov 1765 in Chesterfield. [Ref] Randall [Ref] says that Moses's daughter Elizabeth probably married Abel Emmons. However, but Benjamin Emmons's wife was named Elizabeth Smith and Benjamin's brother Abel married someone else.
References
Local Histories
Dana, Henry Swan, History of Woodstock, Vermont, Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1889.
Randall, Oran E., History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H.: From the incorporation of "Township Number One" by Massachusetts in 1736, to the year 1881: together with family histories and genealogies, Brattleboro, Vt., D. Leonard, printer, 1882.
Vital Records
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.