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Joseph Smith 1655 – 1718 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Aug 1655

Birth Location: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Death Date: 02 Sep 1718

Death Location: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Father: William Smith

Mother: Elizabeth Stanley

Spouse(s): Johanah Loomis, Lydia Bristol

Children(s): Joanna Smith*, Ruth Smith, Susanna Smith, Thankful Smith, Mercy smith, Experience Smith, Lydia SMITH, Mary Smith, Elizabeth Smith

The story of Joseph Smith began in 1655 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Joseph Smith married Johanah Loomis, Lydia Bristol, and had children including Joanna Loomis Smith*, Ruth Smith, Susanna Smith, Thankful Smith, Mercy smith, Experience Smith, Lydia SMITH, Mary Smith, Elizabeth (6) Smith. Joseph Smith passed away in 1718 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Smith began in 1655 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
  • Joseph Smith married Johanah Loomis, Lydia Bristol, and had children including Joanna Loomis Smith*, Ruth Smith, Susanna Smith, Thankful Smith, Mercy smith, Experience Smith, Lydia SMITH, Mary Smith, Elizabeth (6) Smith.
  • Joseph Smith passed away in 1718 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Smith
1617 – 1669
Birth Location: Straford, Warwick, England
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Elizabeth Stanley
1621 – 1674
Birth Location: Kent, England
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Spouses(s)

Johanah Loomis
1665 – 1758
Birth Location: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Lydia Bristol
1657 – 1752
Birth Location: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Children(s)

Joanna Smith*
1692 – 1758
Birth Location: Farmington, Hartford, CT*
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Ruth Smith
1695 – 1728
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Susanna Smith
1699 – 1779
Birth Location: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
SS
Thankful Smith
1700 –
Birth Location: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Mercy smith
1702 – 1765
Birth Location: –
Ms
Experience Smith
1704 –
Birth Location: –
ES
Lydia SMITH
1684 – 1710
Birth Location: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Mary Smith
1686 –
Birth Location: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Elizabeth Smith
1689 – 1767
Birth Location: Connecticut, United States
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Joseph Smith's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Smith
1655 – 1718
Birth Place: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Parents
William Smith
1617 – 1669
Straford, Warwick, England
Elizabeth Stanley
1621 – 1674
Kent, England
Grandparents
William Smith
Mary (William) Smith
John Stanley
1603 – 1634
Ashford, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Peter Stanley
1539 – 1583
Joane Masterson
1542 – 1572
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Stanley
1515 – 1538
Richard Masterson
1514 – 1553
Joane Bechyog
1518 – 1553

Joseph Smith's Descendants

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Joseph Smith (25 Aug 1655 – 02 Sep 1718) m. Johanah Loomis (22 Oct 1665 – Sep 1758) m. Lydia Bristol (03 Jan 1657 – 08 Aug 1752)
  1. 1. Joanna (Loomis) Smith* (15 Oct 1692* – Aft. Sep 1758)
  2. 2. Ruth Smith (05 Dec 1695 – 1728) m. Joseph Sedgwick (16 May 1697 – 01 Nov 1765)
    1. 1. Samuel Sedgwick (1725 – 1785) m. Deborah Higgins (26 Oct 1725 – 1769) m. Hannah (Katherine) BACKER (1763 – 17 Sep 1826)
      1. 1. Gordon Sedgwick (27 Jul 1748 – 15 Jan 1838)
      2. 2. Naomi Sedgwick (1749 – 1775)
      3. 3. Deborah Sedgwick (1751 – 16 Sep 1833)
      4. 4. Naomi Sedgwick (1752 – )
      5. 5. Samuel Sedgwick (14 Mar 1754 – 20 Aug 1828)
      6. 6. Experience Sedgwick (18 Apr 1755 – 10 Apr 1849)
      7. 7. Joseph Sedgwick (08 Nov 1756 – 1776)
      8. 8. Desire Sedgwick (08 Dec 1758 – 19 May 1835)
      9. 9. Kezia Sedgwick (08 Dec 1758 – 19 Nov 1835)
      10. 10. Titus Sedgwick (23 Mar 1761 – Aft. 1809)
      11. 11. Ebenezer Sedgwick (1763 – 12 Oct 1838)
      12. 12. Ruth Sedgwick (1765 – 1854) m. Richard Larrabee (26 Jun 1762 – 17 Feb 1834)
        1. 1. William Larrabee (15 Aug 1784 – )
        2. 2. Polly Larrabee (10 Jul 1787 – )
        3. 3. Lucy Larrabee (25 Aug 1788 – 01 Sep 1868)
        4. 4. Joseph Larrabee (1790 – )
        5. 5. Richard Larrabee (1792 – )
        6. 6. Deborah Larrabee (02 Oct 1796 – )
        7. 7. Martha Larrabee (03 Oct 1798 – 09 Mar 1856)
        8. 8. Hiram Larrabee (11 Apr 1800 – 08 Jun 1879) m. Eleanor Ernest (09 May 1798 – 01 Jun 1886)
        9. 9. Bethena Larrabee (29 Oct 1802 – )
        10. 10. David Larrabee (28 Sep 1807 – 09 Aug 1875)
        11. 11. Pamelia Larrabee (Feb 1810 – )
      13. 13. Rhoda Sedgwick (28 Jul 1767 – Jul 1854)
      14. 14. Rhoda Sedgwick (28 Jul 1767 – 1805)
      15. 15. Elijah Sedgwick (13 Dec 1769 – 16 Dec 1861)
  3. 3. Susanna Smith (20 Nov 1699 – 09 Dec 1779)
  4. 4. Thankful Smith (04 Nov 1700 – )
  5. 5. Mercy smith (06 Aug 1702 – 20 Oct 1765)
  6. 6. Experience Smith (1704 – )
  7. 7. Lydia SMITH (18 Aug 1684 – 1710)
  8. 8. Mary Smith (30 Jan 1686 – )
  9. 9. Elizabeth ((6)) Smith (16 Feb 1689 – 16 Aug 1767) m. Isaac ((6)) Cowles (28 Mar 1675 – 07 Feb 1756)
    1. 1. Judah Cowles (27 Nov 1718 – 1718)
    2. 2. Solomon Cowles (12 Sep 1719 – 06 Aug 1793) m. Martha Seymour (14 Feb 1719/20 – 06 Feb 1812)
      1. 1. Martha Cowles (29 Jun 1751 – 13 Feb 1757)
      2. 2. Isaac Cowles (10 Jul 1753 – 20 Aug 1755)
      3. 3. Isaac Cowles (29 Jul 1756 – 05 Jun 1837) m. Lucina Hooker (14 Mar 1758 – 05 Apr 1817)
        1. 1. Horace Cowles (18 Oct 1782 – 06 Feb 1841) m. Mary (Ann Steele) Smith (16 Feb 1784 – 08 Apr 1837) m. Elizabeth HURLBUT (16 Jan 1795 – 22 Nov 1879)
        2. 2. Timothy Cowles (24 Apr 1784 – 28 Apr 1858) m. Catherine Deming (05 Feb 1787 – 30 Oct 1859)
        3. 3. Richard Cowles (03 Mar 1786 – 10 Apr 1845) m. Fanny Deming (18 Feb 1786 – 22 Sep 1854)
        4. 4. Lucy (Hooker) Cowles (20 Jan 1789 – 16 Nov 1875)
        5. 5. Solomon Cowles (17 Nov 1793 – 01 Apr 1795)
        6. 6. Solomon Cowles (08 Feb 1796 – 01 Apr 1866) m. Mary (Emiline) Sloper (1799 – 05 Aug 1879)
        7. 7. Samuel (Hooker) Cowles (05 Mar 1798 – 01 Feb 1827)
      4. 4. Solomon ((General)) COWLES (26 Feb 1758 – 25 Nov 1846) m. Polly GLEASON (08 Dec 1759 – 27 Feb 1803) m. Mary Cowles (07 Jan 1771 – 06 Jan 1839)
        1. 1. George Cowles (1780 – 07 Jan 1860) m. Abigail Deming (26 Feb 1780 – 26 Oct 1856)
        2. 2. Fanny Cowles (18 Oct 1783 – 26 Nov 1859) m. Charles Curtiss (22 Mar 1778 – 27 Dec 1833) m. Charles (Cottsworth) Curtis (18 Oct 1783 – 27 Dec 1834)
        3. 3. child COWLES (1785 – 1785)
        4. 4. Charity Cowles (13 Sep 1788 – 03 Sep 1875) m. William (Lewis) Cowles (26 Jan 1787 – 26 Mar 1868)
        5. 5. Charlotte Cowles (1793 – 02 Oct 1881)
        6. 6. Martha (Seymour) Cowles (1796 – 23 Sep 1876)
        7. 7. Sarah (Gleason) Cowles (1803 – 20 Feb 1833)
        8. 8. Charles Cowles (1805 – 27 May 1851) m. Margaret (E) Brooks (31 Jul 1814 – Jan 1876)
        9. 9. Elizabeth (Maria) Cowles (1807 – 23 Mar 1833)
        10. 10. Albert (Sinclair) Cowles (1810 – 21 Nov 1857)
        11. 11. Franklin Cowles (1811 – 06 Feb 1813)
        12. 12. Franklin Cowles (1813 – 01 Jul 1849)
      5. 5. Zenas Cowles (22 Feb 1761 – 04 Feb 1835) m. Mary LEWIS (20 Oct 1766 – 17 Apr 1836)
        1. 1. Julia Cowles (1785 – 21 May 1803)
        2. 2. Dolly Cowles (1787 – 21 Sep 1803)
        3. 3. Edward Cowles (1789 – 25 Mar 1864)
        4. 4. Jeanette Cowles (1792 – 22 Feb 1809)
        5. 5. Emily Cowles (09 Feb 1796 – 28 Aug 1876) m. John Richards (14 Mar 1797 – 29 Mar 1859)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Cowles (1798 – 04 Nov 1823)
        7. 7. Lewis (Seymour) Cowles (1800 – 19 Dec 1825)
        8. 8. Julia Cowles (1803 – 20 Jan 1859) m. Stephen Crosby (Abt. 1799 – )
        9. 9. Walter (Bull) Cowles (1806 – 15 Apr 1869)
        10. 10. Thomas Cowles (12 Jan 1809 – 22 Oct 1884) m. Julia (Ann) Cowles (22 Sep 1810 – 28 Dec 1843) m. Elizabeth (Ells) Sheffield (07 Mar 1821 – 20 Oct 1884)
    3. 3. Ezekiel Cowles (04 Nov 1721 – 23 Sep 1806)
    4. 4. James ((Lieut)) Cowles (20 Dec 1723 – 21 Jun 1789) m. Abigail HOOKER (05 Feb 1735/36 – 27 Feb 1772) m. Mary BULL (02 May 1736 – 12 Oct 1811)
      1. 1. Susannah Cowles (22 Feb 1754 – 07 Mar 1824) m. John Deming (09 Oct 1753 – 02 Jul 1810)
        1. 1. Samuel Deming (09 May 1776 – 29 May 1776)
        2. 2. Anna DEMING (08 Sep 1777 – 15 Feb 1848) m. Gad Cowles (23 Nov 1768 – 23 Dec 1845)
        3. 3. Abigail Deming (26 Feb 1780 – 26 Oct 1856) m. George Cowles (1780 – 07 Jan 1860)
        4. 4. Fanny Deming (18 Feb 1786 – 22 Sep 1854) m. Richard Cowles (03 Mar 1786 – 10 Apr 1845)
        5. 5. Caroline Deming (27 May 1789 – 02 Sep 1843) m. James (Kellogg) Camp (15 Mar 1784 – 06 Apr 1845)
        6. 6. Samuel Deming (29 Jan 1798 – 28 Apr 1871) m. Catherine (Matilda) Lewis (22 Aug 1801 – 12 Oct 1884)
      2. 2. Diadema Cowles (25 Dec 1756 – 15 Sep 1826) m. Chauncey Deming (19 Jul 1757 – 26 Mar 1827)
        1. 1. Diadema Deming (21 Jul 1785 – 22 Jul 1785)
        2. 2. Catherine Deming (05 Feb 1787 – 30 Oct 1859) m. Timothy Cowles (24 Apr 1784 – 28 Apr 1858)
        3. 3. Diadma Deming (05 Feb 1787 – 30 Oct 1859)
        4. 4. Jennette Deming (18 Dec 1789 – 04 Sep 1791)
        5. 5. daughter (twin) DEMING (26 Mar 1791 – 28 Mar 1791)
        6. 6. Samuel Deming (06 Mar 1793 – Mar 1794)
      3. 3. Amy Cowles (25 Dec 1758 – 25 Nov 1827) m. Joseph Andrews (23 Dec 1751 – 23 Nov 1831)
      4. 4. Abigail Cowles (19 Apr 1761 – 27 Sep 1826) m. Luke Wadsworth (21 Oct 1759 – 02 May 1817)
        1. 1. Sukey Wadsworth (1783 – 26 Feb 1814)
        2. 2. Amos WADSWORTH (1786 – 01 Oct 1850)
        3. 3. Laura Wadsworth (1791 – 13 Jun 1808)
        4. 4. Fenn Wadsworth (1793 – 09 Oct 1795)
        5. 5. Harriet Wadsworth (1796 – 05 Nov 1828)
        6. 6. Eliza (Fenn) Wadsworth (1801 – 16 Feb 1845)
        7. 7. James (C) Wadsworth
        8. 8. Catherine Wadsworth
      5. 5. Elias COWLES (11 Oct 1765 – 21 Jan 1837) m. Lydia ADAMS (17 Aug 1774 – 02 Jul 1846)
        1. 1. James (Andrew Adams) Cowles (18 Jun 1794 – 25 Dec 1868)
        2. 2. William (Samuel) Cowles (10 Mar 1796 – 26 Nov 1867) m. Louisa (Mary) Cowles (26 Sep 1815 – 16 Dec 1843)
        3. 3. Henry (Booth) Cowles (18 Mar 1798 – 17 May 1873)
        4. 4. Frances (Hooker) Cowles (05 Jul 1801 – 02 Jul 1864) m. Theophilus NELSON (17 Oct 1798 – 04 Apr 1872)
        5. 5. Edward (Elias) Cowles (05 Jan 1803 – 28 Jan 1808)
        6. 6. Infant Cowles (1808 – 20 Dec 1808)
        7. 7. Edward (Elias) COWLES (14 Feb 1810 – 25 Jan 1869)
      6. 6. Elizabeth Cowles (13 Aug 1768 – 06 Oct 1836) m. Elijah COWLES (20 May 1755 – 12 Jan 1826)
        1. 1. Harriet Cowles (12 Jan 1790 – 15 Jun 1808)
        2. 2. James COWLES (17 Apr 1795 – 20 Nov 1858)
        3. 3. Elijah COWLES (06 Oct 1797 – 28 Nov 1797)
        4. 4. child COWLES (21 Sep 1800 – 21 Sep 1800)
        5. 5. Augustus COWLES (13 May 1803 – 17 Feb 1851)
        6. 6. Harriet (E) COWLES (12 Jul 1808 – 27 Dec 1874)
      7. 7. Caroline Cowles (12 Aug 1771 – 08 Oct 1847) m. James Richards (29 Oct 1767 – 02 Aug 1843)
        1. 1. Anna (Smith) Richards (21 Sep 1796 – 13 Dec 1842) m. Aaron Beach (Oct 1790 – 09 Nov 1842)
        2. 2. Harriet (Caroline) Richards (12 Feb 1799 – 12 Apr 1871)
        3. 3. James (Henry) Richards (06 Sep 1801 – Dec 1801)
        4. 4. Henry (Smith) Richards (06 Dec 1802 – 05 Jul 1846)
        5. 5. James (Cowles) Richards (03 Mar 1805 – 1806)
        6. 6. Edward (Cowles) Richards (27 Mar 1806 – Abt. 1806)
        7. 7. James Richards (21 Jul 1815 – Aft. 1907)
      8. 8. Jeremiah Cowles (14 Aug 1774 – 30 Nov 1834) m. Abigail WOODRUFF (Aug 1768 – 12 May 1843)
        1. 1. Mary (Bull) COWLES (15 Oct 1800 – 10 Nov 1869)
        2. 2. Caroline (Abigail) COWLES (1802 – 21 Feb 1882)
        3. 3. James (Woodruff) COWLES (13 Aug 1804 – 16 Nov 1867)
        4. 4. Philip (Lyman) COWLES (26 Dec 1808 – 30 Jul 1822)
      9. 9. Jeremiah COWLES (14 Aug 1774 – 30 Nov 1834)
    5. 5. Elijah ((5)) Cowles (02 Jan 1727 – 29 Jun 1793) m. Sarah Hart (17 Apr 1723 – 12 Jul 1751) m. Eunice ((5)) Gould (18 Apr 1731 – 12 Jan 1810)
      1. 1. Jonathan (Hart) COWLES (07 Jul 1751 – 23 Jul 1751)
      2. 2. Elijah Cowles (20 May 1755 – 12 Jan 1826) m. Elizabeth Cowles (13 Aug 1768 – 06 Oct 1836)
        1. 1. Harriet Cowles (12 Jan 1790 – 15 Jun 1808)
        2. 2. James Cowles (17 Apr 1795 – 20 Nov 1858) m. Jane (E.) Lewis (1818 – 12 Feb 1887)
        3. 3. Elijah Cowles (06 Oct 1797 – 28 Nov 1797)
        4. 4. Augustus COWLES (21 Sep 1800 – 21 Sep 1800)
        5. 5. Augustus Cowles (13 May 1803 – 17 Feb 1851) m. Lucy (Norton) TREADWELL (06 Mar 1806 – 29 May 1833) m. Eliza (Wadsworth) Langdon (16 Apr 1813 – )
        6. 6. Harriet Cowles (12 Jul 1808 – 27 Dec 1874) m. Charles Thompson (1788 – 20 Nov 1854)
      3. 3. Jonathan ((4)) Cowles (03 Feb 1757 – 17 Aug 1822) m. Esther ((4)) Lewis (26 Apr 1764 – 30 Sep 1838)
        1. 1. Nancy Cowles (1784 – 29 May 1787)
        2. 2. William (Lewis) Cowles (26 Jan 1787 – 26 Mar 1868) m. Charity Cowles (13 Sep 1788 – 03 Sep 1875)
        3. 3. Nancy Cowles (24 Feb 1789 – 23 Mar 1809)
        4. 4. Henry (Booth) Cowles (13 Apr 1791 – 1853) m. Rebecca (F.) Green (1794 – 13 Dec 1876)
        5. 5. Maria (L) Cowles (20 Apr 1795 – 26 Sep 1884) m. Robert (D.) James (BET 1778 AND 1798 – BET 1812 AND 1884) m. Robert (Darrington (3)) James (Abt. 1797 – Nov 1860)
        6. 6. Louisa Cowles (26 Nov 1797 – 25 Apr 1802)
      4. 4. Sarah (Hart) Cowles (1759 – 10 Oct 1810)
      5. 5. Gad COWLES (03 Mar 1761 – 06 Aug 1768)
      6. 6. Seth Cowles (11 Jun 1763 – 30 Apr 1842)
      7. 7. Eunice Cowles (15 Nov 1765 – 29 Jan 1843)
      8. 8. Gad Cowles (23 Nov 1768 – 23 Dec 1845) m. Anna DEMING (08 Sep 1777 – 15 Feb 1848)
        1. 1. Helen (Marie) Cowles (14 Dec 1801 – Nov 1883) m. George Spalding (16 Mar 1797 – 22 Nov 1858)
        2. 2. Julia (Ann) Cowles (26 Aug 1803 – 27 Aug 1803)
        3. 3. John (Deming) Cowles (10 Feb 1806 – 06 Apr 1806)
        4. 4. Elijah COWLES (10 Feb 1808 – 22 May 1859) m. Mary (D.) Lewis (Abt. 1821 – 21 Sep 1848) m. Evelina (Beatrice) Robinson (Bet. 1808–1815 – Aft. 1859)
        5. 5. Julius (Deming) Cowles (22 Sep 1810 – 26 Jan 1894) m. Mary Hull (Abt. 1824 – 27 Sep 1889)
        6. 6. Julia (Ann) Cowles (22 Sep 1810 – 28 Dec 1843) m. Thomas Cowles (12 Jan 1809 – 22 Oct 1884)
        7. 7. Horatio Cowles (02 Dec 1813 – 18 Aug 1881)
        8. 8. Henry (Augustus) COWLES (24 Oct 1816 – 17 Feb 1837)
        9. 9. Jane (Eliza) Cowles (29 May 1820 – 25 Aug 1820)
      9. 9. James Cowles (1770 – Jan 1771)
      10. 10. Mary Cowles (07 Jan 1771 – 06 Jan 1839) m. Solomon ((General)) COWLES (26 Feb 1758 – 25 Nov 1846)
      11. 11. Martin Cowles (26 Mar 1774 – 19 Sep 1844) m. Nancy Hooker (01 Sep 1782 – 29 Apr 1808) m. Harriet Welles (1791 – 04 Mar 1868)
        1. 1. Lucy (Hooker) Cowles (11 Feb 1803 – 12 May 1869)
        2. 2. Julius Cowles (18 Mar 1805 – 19 Mar 1805)
        3. 3. John (Edward) Cowles (19 Oct 1806 – 04 Oct 1818)
        4. 4. Francis (Winthrop) Cowles (13 Nov 1810 – 07 Mar 1868)
        5. 5. Nancy Cowles (31 Jan 1813 – 10 Feb 1888)
        6. 6. Louisa (Catherine) Cowles (04 Jun 1815 – 24 Nov 1832)
        7. 7. Caroline (Augusta) Cowles (15 Jul 1817 – 21 Apr 1853)
        8. 8. John (E.) Cowles (04 Nov 1819 – 22 Feb 1898)
        9. 9. Henry (Martin) Cowles (21 Jun 1822 – 18 Oct 1844)
        10. 10. Ellen Cowles (11 Aug 1824 – 17 Aug 1825)
        11. 11. Ellen (Maria) Cowles (12 Nov 1827 – 27 Mar 1877)
        12. 12. Harriet (Welles) Cowles (27 Aug 1830 – 04 Mar 1910)
        13. 13. Edmund (Butler) Cowles (04 Aug 1833 – 29 Dec 1893)
      12. 12. Gad Cowles ( – 06 Aug 1768)
    6. 6. Amos Cowles (29 Jul 1730 – 20 Nov 1800) m. Susannah Bull (20 Feb 1731 – 02 Jan 1796)
      1. 1. Truman Cowles (01 Aug 1768 – 06 Feb 1831)
      2. 2. Ursula Cowles (09 Sep 1770 – 20 Dec 1812)

Joseph Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1655
25 Aug 1655
Birth of Joseph Smith in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
1718
02 Sep 1718
Age 63
Death of Joseph Smith in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Aug 1655
    Event Place: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
    [2] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [3] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [4] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 8365.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Genealogy of the Cowles families in America

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 Sep 1718
    Event Place: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
    Record Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
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