Elizabeth Smith
12 January 1751–
Sunderland, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
The Life Summary of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Smith was born on 12 January 1751, in Sunderland, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathan Smith, was 29 and her mother, Experience Gunn, was 22.
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Family Time Line
Nathan Smith
1721–1800
Experience Gunn
1728–1815
Margaret Smith
1750–
Elizabeth Smith
1751–
Esther Smith
1751–1837
Rhoda R Smith
1754–
Mary Smith
1755–1755
Samuel Smith
1758–1850
Mercy Smith
1769–1836
Naomi Smith
1777–1854
Parents and Siblings
1721–1800Male
1728–1815Female
Siblings
(8)
1750–Female
1751–Female
1751–1837Female
1754–Female
1755–1755Female
+3 More Children
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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