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- According to many sources Lt. Samuel Smith was born circa 1602 at England. This was based on his age shown on the ship's manifest at the time of his emigration from England.1,2,3 I believe Lt. Samuel Smith was baptized on 6 September 1601 at Burstall, Suffolk, England. I have gone through films of parish transcripts for the towns in the vicinity of Hadleigh and Whatfield (towns in which Lt. Samuel Smith was known to reside) and have found no other baptism for a Samuel which would fit Lt. Samuel Smith. Burstall is within three or four miles of both Whatfield and Hadleigh. I am fairly confident this is the baptism record of Lt. Samuel Smith. He was the son of John Smith and Mary. (A will of an Elizabeth Hayward of Elmsett [Archdeaconry of Sudbury wills, FHL Film No. 97086] dated 13 Jun 1635 and proved 27 Jul 1635 leaves a bequest to "John Smith, Philip Smith and Nathanael Smith, the three sonnes of my sister Smith, late of Bramford, deceased". These three are brothers to the Samuel baptized at Burstall. Mary, wife of John Smith, died in 1626 and would have been deceased in 1635. Lt. Samuel Smith left England in 1634 and also would not have been in the area in 1635. Samuel Smith also named 3 of his children John, Mary and Philip. The Elizabeth Hayward will also refers to her brother, Philip Gardiner, making Mary, wife of John Smith, most likely a Gardiner.). He was the son of John Smith and Mary Gardiner. Lt. Samuel Smith married Elizabeth Smith on 6 October 1624 at St. Margaret's Church, Whatfield, Suffolk, England.6,7 Lt. Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Smith emigrated on 30 April 1634 from Ipswich, Suffolk, England, on the ship "Elizabeth". The Master of ship was William Andrews.3,2,6,8,1 Lt. Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Smith arrived at Massachusetts, in July 1634.3,1 Lt. Samuel Smith was made a freeman in September 1634 at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1 Circa 1636 Lt. Samuel Smith was residing at Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.9 He was named a Deputy between November 1637 and May 1656 at Wethersfield, Connecticut.1 He was an assistant to the Connecticut Colony between March 1638 and April 1638 at Wethersfield, Connecticut. He was granted land in 1639 at Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; It was known at that time as Naubuc Farms and Nayaug Farms. On 28 December 1649 at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Lt. Samuel Smith and Richard Treat were chosen along with Nathaniel Dickinson by the town to seat men and women in the meeting house.1 Lt. Samuel Smith was a member of a Particular Court in February 1651 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.1 On 28 March 1653 at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Lt. Samuel Smith was chosen to meet with a committee from Mattabeseck (Middletown) to fix the boundary line between the towns. He was a member of the Committee for War in May 1653 at Wethersfield, Connecticut. Lt. Samuel Smith signed a compact to remove to Hadley, Massachusetts. On 18 April 1659 at Goodman Ward's House, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Fifty-nine men signed the Compact. They agreed to remove themselves to the new settlement on the east side of the river from Northampton and to be dwelling there by the 39th (?) day of Sept. 1660. Rev. John Russell, Jr. of Wethersfield was their spiritual leader and became their first minister at Hadley.1 In December 1660, Lt. Samuel Smith, along with Nathaniel Dickinson, Andrew Bacon, Andrew Warner and William Lewis, was selected as a townsman at Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. At that time the town was called Norwottuck plantation. On 31 December 1660 at Hadley, Massachusetts, Lt. Samuel Smith was chosen with Peter Tilton to lay out the lands for the settlers, place stakes at the "front and rear" of every lot and keep a record of them. He was appointed a Juror at the General Court in March 1661 at Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.1 He was Deputy to the General Court along with Andrew Bacon and William Westwood. On 22 May 1661 at Hadley, Massachusetts.1,11 On 16 December 1661 at Hadley, Massachusetts, Lt. Samuel Smith was chosen as a rate maker (assessor), and also for a number of years afterwards. He was Deputy to the General Court between 1663 and 1668 at Hadley, Massachusetts. Between May 1663 and 1678 at Hadley, Massachusetts, Lt. Samuel Smith was approved as Lieutenant of the Hadley Trainband to serve under Cpt. John Pynchon of Springfield. He resigned in 1678 because of his advanced age.1 On 14 January 1667 at Hadley, Massachusetts, Lt. Samuel Smith was a Trustee of the Hopkins Fund. He was chosen along with Rev. John Russell and Aaron Cooke in regards to a fund offered by Mr. John Davenport of New Haven and Mr. William Goodwin of Hadley, acting as trustees under the will of the late Mr. Edward Hopkins for the establishment of a grammar school in Hadley. The fund was divided between Hadley, Hartford and New Haven, CT, and Harvard University. Samuel was also chose with others to serve on a committee to select the land that would be used by the school. In 1669 at Hadley, Massachusetts, Lt. Samuel Smith was an original member of the Hadley School Committee This was for 50 years which was in effect a life tenure assignment and given only to those who were the most trusted and highly respected in the town.1 He was Deputy to the General Court in 1671 at Hadley, Massachusetts.1 He was Deputy to the General Court in 1673 at Hadley, Massachusetts.1 He was an Associate of the County Court for Hampshire County at Hampshire County, Massachusetts, between 1678 and 1679
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