Brief Life History of Rhoda R
When Rhoda R Smith was born on 10 March 1754, in Montague, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathan Smith, was 33 and her mother, Experience Gunn, was 25. She married Joseph D Smith on 3 March 1779, in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1754.
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Sources (14)
- Rhoda Smith, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Rhoda Smith, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Rhoda Smith, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1749–1818 Male
1754– Female
Children (8)
1780– Female
1781–1781 Male
1784–1790 Female
1786–1812 Female
1788–1790 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1721–1800 Male
1728–1815 Female
Siblings (8)
1750– Female
1751– Female
1751–1837 Female
1754– Female
1755–1755 Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 22
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 22
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 32
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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