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Joel Smith 1735 – 1817 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 June 1735

Birth Location: Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 10 June 1817

Death Location: Canborough, Haldimand, Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

Father: Jabez Smith

Mother: Ruth Seymour

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Children(s):

Joel Smith was born in 1735 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, the child of Jabez Smith and Ruth Seymour. Joel Smith passed away in 1817 in Canborough, Haldimand, Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • Joel Smith was born in 1735 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, the child of Jabez Smith and Ruth Seymour.
  • Joel Smith passed away in 1817 in Canborough, Haldimand, Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.

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Joel Smith's Ancestors

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Joel Smith
1735 – 1817
Birth Place: Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Jabez Smith
1705 – 1787
Milford,New Haven,Connecticut,USA
Ruth Seymour
1707 – 1776
Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Grandparents
Preserved Smith
1677 – 1715
Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial Amer, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Smith
1681 – 1746
Hadley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Matthew Seymour
1669 – 1735
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sarah Hayes
1673 – 1712
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Hayes
1640 – 1712
Elizabeth Moore
1657 – 1729
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Hayes
1600 – 1650

Joel Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1735
9 June 1735
Birth of Joel Smith in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1817
10 June 1817
Age 82
Death of Joel Smith in Canborough, Haldimand, Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
Canborough, Haldimand, Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 June 1735
    Event Place: Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 June 1817
    Event Place: Canborough, Haldimand, Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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