Smith

♂Thomas Smith

Born 1697, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Thomas Smith was a man of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the sixth great-grand-uncle of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), the brother of Dorcas Smith (1687–1730), Roger’s sixth great-grandmother.

By compiled accounts he was a man of Martha’s Vineyard. A compiled genealogy, Charles Banks’s history of Martha’s Vineyard, gives his birth as May 1697 at Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and makes him a son of Benjamin Smith (1659–1720) and Jedidah Mayhew (1656–1736). No birth record is named for him, so his birth and parentage rest on that one compilation.

Family time line

◉ Benjamin Smith 1659–1720

◉ Jedidah Mayhew abt 1656–1736

Married bef 8 Feb 1684, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Edgartown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

○ Jane Smith abt 1685–

◉ Dorcas Smith 1687–1730 ⚭

○ Jedidah Smith abt 1689–

○ Benjamin Smith 1691–1737

○ Mary Smith 1693–

○ Thomas Smith 1697–

○ Abiah Smith 1698–1730

○ Ebenezer Smith 1700–

Recorded events

Event	When	Where	Evidence ?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
Birth no record seen	May 1697	Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America	not yet documented

Sources

Banks, Charles Edward, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, vol. 3: Family Genealogies (Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, 1925) — about this person
Dukes County, Massachusetts, Probate records vol. 1 (1690-1752), transcribed copy — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1700, 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

Benjamin Smith 1659–1720
1. John Smith –aft 1700
2. Susanna Hinckley 1625– ⚓
  1. Samuel Hinckley –1662 ⚔⚓⚭
    1. Robert Hinckley –1606
      1. John Hinckley –1577
        Robert Hynckleye 1483–1517
        John Hynckleye 1455–1484
        Margaret (surname unknown) 1455–
        not yet known
      2. Johane Bills 1515–1564
    2. Katherine Leese 1555–1605
  2. Sarah Soole –1656 ⚓
    1. Thomas Soole 1567–1615
      1. John Soole 1540–1569
      2. Maria Whitfield 1544–1569
    2. Mary Iddenden 1573–
      1. John Iddenden
      2. Christian Mercer
Jedidah Mayhew abt 1656–1736
1. Thomas Mayhew abt 1621–1657 ✝
  1. Thomas Mayhew 1593–1682 ⚖
    1. Matthew Mayhew –bef 1614
      1. Thomas Mayhew 1509–1590
        Robert Mayhew 1480–1520
        Joan Bridmore 1483–1520
      2. Alice Waterman 1520–1586
        Unknown Waterman 1502–1524
        not yet known
    2. Alice Barter
      1. Edward Barter 1526–1574
      2. Edith (surname unknown) 1530–1576
        not yet known
        Margaret (surname unknown) 1504–
  2. Unknown (surname unknown) 1595–1635
2. Jane Paine abt 1628– ⚭