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Grace Lee Smith 1597 – 1673 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 January 1597

Birth Location: West Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 28 Dec 1673

Death Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Robert Smyth

Mother: Grace Platt

Spouse(s): Jonathan Fairbank

Children(s): Ruth Fairbank

In 1597, Grace Lee Smith entered the world in West Yorkshire, England, born to Robert Samuel Smyth and Grace Lee Gawkroger of Platt. Grace Lee Smith married Jonathan Fairbank, and had children including Ruth Fairbank. Grace Lee Smith passed away in 1673 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1597, Grace Lee Smith entered the world in West Yorkshire, England, born to Robert Samuel Smyth and Grace Lee Gawkroger of Platt.
  • Grace Lee Smith married Jonathan Fairbank, and had children including Ruth Fairbank.
  • Grace Lee Smith passed away in 1673 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Grace Smith's Ancestors

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Grace Smith
1597 – 1673
Birth Place: West Yorkshire, England
Parents
Robert Samuel Smyth
1565 – 1652
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Grace (Lee Gawkroger of) Platt
1566 – 1597
Halifax, Halifax Parish, West Riding of Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Eduardus (Jacob Jacobi) Smythe
1540 – 1643
Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabethe Smyth
1542 – 1581
Old, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
John (Richard) Gawkroger
1535 – 1597
Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Anna Dickinson
1542 – 1599
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord Smythe
1513 – 1613
POSS Smith
1513 – 1600
John Great-Grandfather
1510 – 1545
Mallt Owen
1517 – 1545
Richard Gawkroger
1509 – 1570
Lady Field
1512 – 1560
John Dickinson
1516 – 1548
Anne Priest
1518 – 1570
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Katherine Brereton
1492 – 1541
Damasen
Sir Platts
1476 – 1543
Johanna Watterhouse
1496 –

Grace Smith's Descendants

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Grace (Lee) Smith (6 January 1597 – 28 Dec 1673) m. Jonathan Fairbank (1600 – 5 Dec 1668)
  1. 1. Ruth Fairbank (18 April 1622 – 1686) m. Hon (“John" William) Field (1616 – 22 Mar 1686)
    1. 1. John Field (22 May 1644 – 12 Aug 1693) m. Elizabeth Everden (16 April 1643 – 1697)
      1. 1. Capt. (John Field) lll (20 February 1671 – 1757) m. Elizabeth ((Mary)) Eames (6 September 1680 – 1739)
        1. 1. John Field (27 February 1704 – 28 September 1729) m. Elizabeth (Jane) Powell (1700 – 12 June 1792) m. Mary Howard (21 December 1707 – 12 June 1788)

Grace Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1597
6 January 1597
Birth of Grace Lee Smith in West Yorkshire, England
West Yorkshire, England
1673
28 Dec 1673
Age 76
Death of Grace Lee Smith in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 January 1597
    Event Place: West Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1673
    Event Place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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