The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Smith · ◉ direct ancestor

⚭ Married more than once

♂Jonathan Smith

Died between 1741 and 1742, Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

Jonathan Smith (died between 1741 and 1742) was a resident of Exeter, in the Province of New HampshireW, whose two marriages and fifteen children are entered in the town records between 1714 and 1741. He was the sixth great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through his son Obadiah Smith (born 1731).

Marriages and family

The Exeter town records, as printed in a history of the town published in 1888, give his first marriage, to Mary Ames, on 17 March 1713-14, and two children of it: Jonathan, born 9 January 1714-15, and Mary, born 21 February 1716-17. Mary Ames died on 21 December 1717. On 11 August 1719 Jonathan Smith married his second wife, Bridget Keniston. The records list thirteen children of the second marriage, from Abraham, born 1 June 1720, to Nathan, born 7 May 1741; Elizabeth and Abigail are entered under the same date, 25 February 1725-26, and Obadiah, born 26 March 1731, is the eighth name.

Death

He died at Brentwood between 13 July 1741, the date of his will, and September 1742. His will was proved on 29 September 1742, with his widow Bridget as sole executrix. The date of his birth is not known.

Notes

Parentage

A family history published in 1886 by Dean Dudley, a great-grandson of Obadiah, makes Obadiah “a son of Jonathan Smith, of Exeter, and his wife Bridget Keniston”, in agreement with the town records. A supplement to that history, published in 1898, calls him Jonathan Smith, Jr., and makes him a son of Jonathan Smith, a brickmaker, and Mehetabel Holdred; the town records as printed in 1888 list children of an earlier Jonathan Smith born between 1671 and 1685, but no Jonathan among them.

Family time line

◉ Jonathan Smith –1741/1742 ⚭
1st spouseMary Ames –1717
Married 17 Mar 1714, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, Exeter, New Hampshire
○ Jonathan Smith 1715–
○ Mary Smith 1717–
2nd spouse◉ Bridget Keniston –bef 1771
Married 11 Aug 1719, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, Exeter, New Hampshire
○ Abraham Smith 1720–
○ Lydia Smith 1722–
○ Isaac Smith 1724–
○ Elizabeth Smith 1726–
○ Abigail Smith 1726–
○ Hephzibah Smith 1727–
○ Jacob Smith 1729–1755
◉ Obadiah Smith 1731– ☘
○ Deborah Smith 1733–
○ John Waldron Smith 1735–
○ Caleb Smith 1737–
○ Bridget Smith 1738–
○ Nathan Smith 1741–

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Death
between his will (13 Jul 1741, 'in health of Body') and its proof (29 Sep 1742); inventory 'of Brentwood parish'
 bet 13 Jul 1741 and Sep 1742 Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States on record
Estate settled
Will of 13 Jul 1741 proved 29 Sep 1742; wife Bridget sole executrix; inventory GBP 2251.4.0 by Jedediah Philbrick and Jeremy Webster of Kingston (NH Prov. Probate 3:62-64; Prob. Rec. vol. 15 p.200)
 29 Sep 1742 Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America on record
17411742

Sources

  • Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, vol. 3, 1741-1749 (State Papers Series vol. 33, Concord, 1915) — Death, Estate settled, about this person, family with Bridget Keniston, Marriage (Bridget Keniston), family with Mary Ames
  • Dean Dudley, History of the Dudley Family, vol. 1 (Wakefield, Mass., 1886) — about this person, family with Bridget Keniston
  • Bell, Charles H. History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire (Exeter, 1888) — about this person, family with Bridget Keniston, Marriage (Bridget Keniston)
  • New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Deeds 108:379-380: David Clifford of Kingston to Jeremiah Bean, guardian of Jacob Smith, minor, et al., Oct 1771, recorded 26 Mar 1777 — about this person
  • WikiTree (wikitree.com) member tree - finding aid only, NO EVIDENCE YET (owner rule s1211) — about this person
  • Exeter, New Hampshire, town records of births, marriages and deaths, 1657-1919, in 'New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947' — Marriage (Bridget Keniston), Marriage (Mary Ames)

Borders as they stood about 1715 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Jonathan Smith 1640–1725
    1. Robert Smith
    2. Susanna (surname unknown) –1680
  2. Mehitable Holdridge 1652–1689
    1. William Holdridge 1610–1680
    2. Isabella (surname unknown) 1612–1689

Descendants

  1. Jonathan Smith 1715–
  2. Mary Smith 1717–
  3. Abraham Smith 1720–
  4. Lydia Smith 1722–
  5. Isaac Smith 1724–
  6. Elizabeth Smith 1726–
  7. Abigail Smith 1726–
  8. Hephzibah Smith 1727–
  9. Jacob Smith 1729–1755
    1. Jacob Smith 1755–1794
      1. William Wilder Smith 1784–1860
        1. Rebecca Sally Smith 1820–1854
  10. Obadiah Smith 1731– ☘
    1. Sarah Smith 1760–
      1. Mary Dudley 1783–1869
      2. Eunice Dudley 1787–1842
      3. Joseph Dudley 1790–
        1. Alvin Dudley
      4. Samuel Dudley 1796–1863 ⚭
      5. Stephen Dudley 1798–
    2. Stephen Smith 1761–
    3. Jonathan Smith 1762–
    4. Anna Smith 1764–1825
      1. Edmund Dudley 1784–
        1. Laura Augusta Dudley 1807–
        2. Elkanah Bangs Dudley 1809–
        3. Harrison Dudley 1811–1816 ✧
        4. Julia O. Dudley 1815–1864
        5. Albion Smith Dudley 1816–1882 ⚭
        6. Eunice Sparrow Dudley 1818–
        7. Mary Leavitt Dudley 1820–1885
        8. Dean Dudley 1823–
        9. Rebecca Bangs Dudley 1825–1885
      2. Betsey Dudley 1786–
      3. Mary Dudley 1787–1791 ✧
      4. Nathaniel Dudley 1789–1790 ✧
      5. Anna Dudley 1790–
      6. Mary Dudley 1792–1793 ✧
      7. Areana Dudley 1793–1812
      8. Sarah Dudley 1795–1839
        1. Mary Ann Blanchard abt 1823–
        2. Elizabeth Trueworthy Blanchard 1825–1884
        3. Alexander Blanchard 1828–
        4. Marcellus Blanchard 1831–
        5. Horatio Nelson Blanchard 1834–1863
      9. John Gilman Dudley 1797–
      10. Nathaniel Dudley 1799–1869
        1. Franklin Augustus Dudley 1836–1851 ✧
        2. George Wilson Dudley 1839–
        3. Jane Grey Dudley 1840– ⚭
        4. Milton L. Dudley 1843–
        5. Nathaniel Marcus Dudley 1849–
      11. John Gilman Dudley 1806–
        1. Elvira S. Dudley 1831–1843 ✧
        2. Nathaniel Dudley 1833–
        3. Thirza S. Dudley 1835–
        4. John Gilman Dudley 1837–
        5. Olive Dudley 1840–
        6. Matilda Dudley 1842–
        7. Joseph Leroy Dudley 1845–1847 ✧
        8. Warren Trueman Dudley 1847–
        9. Arvilla Melvina Dudley 1851–
      12. William K. Dudley 1810– ⚭
        1. Anna Smith Dudley 1833–
        2. Harriet Gilbert Dudley 1834–
        3. Llewellyn K. Dudley 1836–
        4. James P. Dudley 1838–
        5. William F. Dudley 1840–
        6. Mary P. Dudley 1843–
        7. Lucien P. Dudley 1845–
        8. Infant Dudley
        9. Alice Dudley
      13. Miriam S. Dudley –1876 ⚭
        1. Susan Jane Dudley 1823–
        2. Cyrus T. Dudley 1825–
        3. Ward Spooler Dudley 1829–
        4. Gilman Stillson Dudley 1831–
        5. Emeline L. Dudley 1833–
        6. Sarah Elizabeth Dudley 1836–
        7. Henry H. Dudley 1838–
        8. Nancy Gilbert Dudley 1840–
        9. Orin Plummer Dudley 1843–
    5. Mary Smith 1765–
    6. Timothy Smith 1770–
    7. Moses Smith 1772–
    8. Jacob Smith 1774–
    9. Obadiah Smith
    10. Daniel Smith
  11. Deborah Smith 1733–
    1. Anna Scribner 1752–1811
      1. Deborah Sanborn 1775–1855
        1. Richard Jenness 1801–1872
  12. John Waldron Smith 1735–
  13. Caleb Smith 1737–
  14. Bridget Smith 1738–
  15. Nathan Smith 1741–